Download or read book The Candle Still Flickers in My Heart written by Edy Elfring and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sequel, The Candle Still Flickersin My Heart, tells about why I had to leave my island at the age of 15 and all I ever knew, I took Ola, our island, witch with me in my heart and tried hard to find a way go to college to become a veterinarian and help all the hurting animals in the world. Being poor was one strike against me, but I did not let that end my dream. There is a lot to learn, weird things happen as Ola tried to protect me from far away. Finding ghost in the castles undergrounds was fun. Winding up in jail in East Germany and about to be transported to Siberia was no fun.
Download or read book Modern Chinese Stories and Novellas 1919 1949 written by Joseph S. M. Lau and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings together some of the best and most historically significant works of short fiction written in China in this century -including such important figures in the development of Chinese modernism as Lu Hsün, Mao Tun, Ting Ling, and Shen Ts' ung-wen. The companion volume to the highly acclaimed (Columbia, 1978), this new volume presents modernist short fiction from the thirty-year period leading up to the Communist revolution of 1949, after which Chinese literature entered a new phase of development. The stories range in setting from the late Ch'ing dynasty through the Sino-Japanese War and the early Communist years, and range in length from brief tales to substantial short novels. Though a large number of the writers represented are leftists, works of all political viewpoints have been included to provide the full literary panorama of one of the most fertile periods of Chinese creative activity.
Download or read book Musings A Christian Man s Journey Home written by Thomas Schippers and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Death Island written by Kelsey Ketch and published by Kelsey Ketch. This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With her family name tainted by her great-grandfather’s crimes, Meriden Cummings could only dream of fleeing her oppressive life. Then she unearthed a piece of tanned skin, and her blood revealed an ancient map adorned with Mayan glyphs, launching her on the journey of a lifetime. However, she finds herself bound to the map, and there is a cost to her newfound freedom. One that will torment her mind as well as her soul. After being shanghaied by pirates, Gregory Wilson escapes to a small English village where he runs into an obnoxious auburn-haired beauty. When he learns she is about to set sail on dangerous waters, he signs up to join her crew, hoping to defend her from the pirates seeking her great-grandfather’s treasure. But, will he be able to protect her from the ghost that haunts her or the curse running through her veins?
Download or read book The Golem written by Gustav Meyrink and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-11-06 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Golem" is a novel written by the Austrian author Gustav Meyrink. It was first published in 1915 and is considered a classic of early 20th-century horror and supernatural fiction. The novel is set in the Jewish ghetto of Prague and is heavily influenced by the legend of the golem, a creature brought to life through mystical means. The story follows the character of Athanasius Pernath, an alchemist and antiquarian who becomes embroiled in the mysteries of the ghetto, including the enigmatic Rabbi Löw and the legend of the golem. The novel weaves elements of mysticism, the occult, and the supernatural into a dark and atmospheric narrative. Gustav Meyrink was known for his interest in the esoteric and the mystical, and "The Golem" reflects his fascination with these themes. The novel has had a lasting impact on the horror and supernatural fiction genres and is celebrated for its eerie and atmospheric storytelling. It continues to be a significant work in the realm of early 20th-century horror literature.
Download or read book Pieces of My Heart written by Donna MacDonald and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The compilation of poetry I have written in my book is over the last 35 years. Some of my work is dark while others are a learning experience to pass on. Many of my pieces were written during times of being in a deeply depressed state. Not wanting to lose the many pieces of my work that were written on scraps of paper during the wee hours of the night, I decided to publish this little book as a way of keeping my writing in one place and also as an accomplishment.
Download or read book She Lives in My Lap written by Ran Walker and published by 45 Alternate Press, LLC. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Less than three hours after Lincoln Davis's graduation, his father delivers him an ultimatum: come back home to Mississippi and start paying rent on his bedroom or fend for himself in Atlanta as a completely independent adult. Choosing the latter, Lincoln finds himself meeting a whole new cast of characters who help him to navigate this new terrain. Among this cast, however, is a mysterious woman who could change his understanding of everything he thought he knew. Now Lincoln must come to terms with this newfound independence from his father, while at the same time opening himself up to the possibilities resulting from this intriguing and unexpected new love affair.
Download or read book Hope Inspired written by Robyn Minty and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2024-02-02 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beauty and healing aspects of nature are brought to us in this gentle collection of poetry, prose and prayer - entwined with the essence of hope and inspiration - the soulfulness of the Authors reflected in photography at each page. You will journey through some of the most stunning natural scenery in Gippsland, Victoria Australia.
Download or read book The White Pavilion written by Ruth Fox and published by Hague Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-04 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imre is a Dancer of the White Pavilion and a courtesan in training. When she falls when performing the Dance of a Thousand Steps, a dance that has been performed every year for the past 500 years, Imre believes she has disrupted the will of the Pattern and is responsible for the disasters befalling her world. Called to the Citadel by the Principe Thaniel she believes she is to be punished for her mistake. But at the Citadel, Imre finds the prince is both more and less than he seems. And even as Imre adjusts to her new life, the Brotherhood tightens its grip over the rotting, rusting metal city from their pedestal in the sky, and Imre finds her heart and loyalties torn between the Prince and Senor Grath, his Adviser. But on a broken world that moves to the ticking of the Pendulum and the spinning of the Wheel, can Imre prevent her world from being torn apart?
Download or read book Detective Colwyn The Shrieking Pit The Hand in the Dark written by Arthur J. Rees and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "The Shrieking Pit" – American detective Grant Colwyn is spending his holiday in England when it is brought to his attention the strange behavior of a fellow guest. A well known doctor, Sir Henry Durwood, claims that the young man is suffering from a rare form of epilepsy and may soon present a danger to other hotel guests. The strange young man leaves hotel the next day and finds a lodgings in a nearby inn, but soon after that a murder is committed in a neighboring town, and the same young man is the only suspect. Although all the evidence points to him as the murderer, Grant Colwyn believes in his innocence and sets out to prove it."The Hand in the Dark" – Mrs. Meredith has invited all her friends from her freer, wilder life in London to meet with her at her husband's family home in rural Sussex. However, she is seemingly taken ill and can't accompany the party on their final jaunt to a neighbor's house after dinner. Her husband, step-sister and friends sit down for dinner just before departing when they hear a scream from Mrs. Meredith's room, shortly followed by the gun shot. The household ascends the stairs to find the young wife murdered, shot from close range. The case is being investigated by a duo of Scotland Yard inspectors who meet a dead end, and the famous private detective Colwyn will have to offer his point of view.
Download or read book A Tale of Two Slaves written by Abul Anwaar and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-05-28 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The fanatics claims that their System, which was revealed centuries ago, suits our modern life. They forget, or ignore, the fact that the system failed to call for freedom for all. This fictional work is based on the author's imagination that the System was infallible, but another force defeated its infallibility. The teacher was faithful in delivering the message, but the other force was so powerful; it handcuffed him."
Download or read book Ranson s Folly written by Richard Harding Davis and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranson's Folly is a fictional romance and adventure novel by the war correspondent and novelist Richard Harding Davies. It revolves around the settlers at Fort Crockett. One of whom is Mr. Cahill, the post's trader, a dark, sinister man, alive only to money-making and who was known to handle a revolver with the alertness of a town-marshal. His daughter Mary joins him at the Fort. Since the day she left the convent Mary Cahill had held but two affections: one for her dear father, who brooded over her as jealously as a lover, and the other for the entire United States Army. But when Lieutenant Ranson arrives from the Philippines, the affections of Mary Cahill are less generously distributed, and her heart turns toward the new arrival. Ranson is however falsely accused of a crime and is at risk of a court martial...
Download or read book In the Fog written by Richard Harding Davis and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the Fog" by Richard Harding Davis tells the story of an exclusive men's club one foggy night in London society. When five men are in the club, one begins to tell the story of a murder that seems like more than just fiction. Surprisingly, the tale isn't new, and each of the other men in attendance has valuable information regarding the goings on of the case that can lead to discovering the culprit.
Download or read book Fourteen Great Detective Stories written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book For the Love of Wynona written by T. B. Knight and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2004-05 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journey that began as two lonely people who were beaten and battered by life eventually produced this book of love poetry and songs once the two paths merged into one.
Download or read book Omega Morales and the Curse of El Cucuy written by Laekan Zea Kemp and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans of The Girl Who Drank the Moon and Paola Santiago and the River of Tears will root for Omega Morales, in the second installment of the Omega Morales series, as she learns to trust her newfound powers when she comes face-to-face with the Mexican legend El Cucuy. After Omega discovers she has the unique ability to influence the emotions of supernatural creatures, she’s certain she’s strong enough to handle the feelings of others on Día de Muertos. But when darkness overwhelms her, it’s a sign that she’s still vulnerable—and even worse, there may be a new malicious presence in her hometown of Noche Buena. When a child goes missing at the cemetery, panic ensues, prompting the new sheriff to open an investigation. But then another child is taken. And another. Soon, with the help of Carlitos, Clau, and a magical emotional support animal, Omega uncovers that El Cucuy—the boogeyman—is responsible for the disappearances. And it doesn’t take long for Omega to realize that, just like with La Lechuza, she may be the only one who can stop him. But at what cost? This goose bump–raising sequel to Omega Morales and the Legend of La Lechuza is packed with magic, myth, and a brave heroine who must confront her own fears to save her family.…After all, what’s scarier than El Cucuy?
