Download or read book The Headstone written by David Salazar and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2003-06-26 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " I had a dream a few years ago which became the premise of my book. This is my first attempt at writing, and was begun and completed in the first 36 days of the year 2002. When my kid brother was killed in an auto accident I slipped away for a while to process his departure as well as that of my son's accidental death. The time has come for me to honor their Dreams." Dreams can come true. So can nightmares. For anyone at anytime. For people, for countries. Harbingers can be good or bad. So can people and countries.

Download or read book The Headstone Detective Agency written by Robert J. Randisi and published by Down & Out Books. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Headston is a private detective who, early in his career, was very successful, running a 12-man operation called THE HEADSTONE DETECTIVE AGENCY, mainly because the guy who painted the name on the door added the “e” at the end without realizing it was wrong. As the book opens, however, Headston is now 50, and the agency is down to just him. In his past he had run-ins with not only the law, but with the New York State Agency who had licensed him. As a result he spent some time in jail, and had his license revoked. Now he has it back, and is trying to get started again. His first case is a missing persons case, a wealthy woman whose husband just seems to have vanished from his Wall Street stockbroker job. Headston finds the man, who is now living under very odd circumstances, but the missing persons case quickly turns to murder. Aided by a tattooed young lady who decides she should work for him, Headston decides to work on the murder case, while attempting to avoid running afoul of the law and having his licensed revoked again—and possibly for good, this time.

Download or read book Reading the Gravestones of Old New England written by John G.S. Hanson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The graveyards of old New England hold an incredible range of poetic messages in the epitaphs etched into the gravestones, each a profound expression of emotion, culture, religion, and literature. These epitaphs are old, but their themes are timeless: mourning and faith, grief and hope, loss, and memory. This book tells the story of a years-long walk among gravestones and shares insights gained along the way. It identifies the source texts and authors chosen for these stones; interprets something of the tastes and beliefs of the people who did the choosing; offers some hypotheses on the various ways these texts were accessible to readers in remote towns and villages; gives a brief summary of the religious context of the times; and reflects on how the language and literature chosen for these epitaphs express these peoples' conflicted and evolving attitudes towards life, death, and eternity.

Download or read book The Stone Rejected by the Builders Exalted as the Headstone of the Corner The Fourth Edition written by Ebenezer ERSKINE and published by . This book was released on 1733 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stories in Stone written by Douglas Keister and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2004-04-05 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Certain symbols abound in modern Western culture that are instantly recognizable: the cross signifies Christianity, the six-pointed Star of David is revered by Jews, the golden arches frequently means it's time for lunch. Other symbols, however, require a bit of decoding-particularly those found in cemeteries. Cemeteries are virtual encyclopedias of symbolism. Engravings on tombstones, mausoleums and memorials tell us just about everything there is to know about a person: date of birth and death as well as religion, ethnicity, occupation, community interests, and much more. In the fascinating new book Stories in Stone: The Complete Guide to Cemetery Symbolism by noted author Douglas Keister, the secrets of cemetery symbolism are finally revealed. Did you know that it is quite rare to see a sunflower on a tombstone? Did you know that the human foot symbolizes humility and service since it consistently touches the earth? Or the humble sheaf of wheat-while it is often used to denote someone who has lived a long and fruitful life? Do you know other meanings it might carry? Stories in Stone provides history along with images of a wide variety of common and not-so-common cemetery symbols, and offers an in-depth examination of stone relics and the personal and intimate details they display-flora and fauna, religious icons, society symbols, and final impressions of how the deceased wished to be remembered. Douglas Keister has created a practical field guide that is compact and portable, perfect for those interested in family histories and genealogical research, and is the only book of its kind that unlocks the language of symbols in a comprehensive and easy-to-understand manner. Douglas Keister has photographed fourteen award-winning, critically acclaimed books (including Red Tile Style: America's Spanish Revival Architecture, The Bungalow: America's Arts & Crafts Home, and Storybook Style: America's Whimsical Homes of the Twenties) earning him the title "America's most noted photographer of historic architecture." He also writes and illustrates magazine articles and contributes photographs and essays to other books, calendars, posters, and greeting cards. Doug lives in Chico, California, and travels frequently to photograph and lecture on historic architecture and photography.

Download or read book Headstone written by Ken Bruen and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Galway private investigator Jack Taylor confronts an evil coterie named Headstone, who have committed a series of random, insane, violent crimes in Galway, Ireland.

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Download or read book Headstone s Folly written by Robert J. Randisi and published by Down & Out Books. This book was released on 2020-10-05 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Headston took a bad step 12 years ago, and it cost him his freedom and his career. But now that he’s been pardoned, and has reopened his Headstone Detective Agency, he’s ready to start again. But into his office walks the woman who was the reason he lost it all, and she wants to use him again. She wants him to find out who’s trying to kill her wealthy, older husband. Will Headston risk it all again, or will he realize the folly of that action and turn her down?

Download or read book Touching the Headstone written by Simon Perchik and published by Stride Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. -- you tie one shoe tighter/ till its shell cracks open/ and under each fingernail the pieces/ smell from damp mud, broken reeds/ riverside -- the bow stays wet (from TOUCHING THE HEADSTONE). Perchik's dreamlike transitions have been remarked upon by the Washington Review: Perchik's poetry allows past and present, familiar and fantastic, banal and bombastic to co-exist with creative tension. Perchik dives deep into the unconscious in his poetry and emerges with much that is beautiful and strange. Simon Perchik's GANDOLF POEMS is also available from SPD.

Download or read book The Graveyard Book written by Neil Gaiman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It takes a graveyard to raise a child. Nobody Owens, known as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, being raised by ghosts, with a guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the dead. There are adventures in the graveyard for a boy—an ancient Indigo Man, a gateway to the abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible Sleer. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, he will be in danger from the man Jack—who has already killed Bod's family.

Download or read book The New York Supplement written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1036 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cases argued and determined in the Court of Appeals, Supreme and lower courts of record of New York State, with key number annotations." (varies)

Download or read book The Restorer written by Amanda Stevens and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cemetery restorer with a haunting secret must break her own rules when she meets a detective on the hunt for a killer in this romantic urban fantasy. Never acknowledge the dead. Never stray far from hallowed ground. Never get close to the haunted. Never, ever tempt fate. My name is Amelia Gray. I’m a cemetery restorer who sees ghosts. In order to protect myself from the parasitic nature of the dead, I’ve always held fast to these rules passed down from my father . . . until now. Detective John Devlin needs my help to find a killer, but he is haunted by ghosts who shadow his every move. To warn him would be to invite them into my life. I’ve vowed to keep my distance, but the pull of his magnetism grows ever stronger even as the headstone symbols lead me closer to truth and to the gossamer veil that separates this world from the next.

Download or read book Planet Treasure Guardians Secret of the Stolen Scripts written by S.V. Bodle and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-07-11 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UNPREDICTABLE ADVENTURES will fascinate and delight you. Outwit formidable foes and gain miraculous powers as you dive deep into the mystery and danger of this nail-biting series. A crippling poison has left Ladeks body in a life-threatening coma. Trapped in mental darkness, he fears for his friends and worries about the danger they will face. Racing against time, Ladek must learn to manipulate energy and harness the power of his special senses. Only then can he discover the location of the stolen scripts which hold a secret so powerful that the Tanyaksa will stop at nothing to capture them. Robbie must escape the lethal inhabitants of Elquinra and unlock the power of his sun gem to save Ladeks life. But he has bigger problems when a freak accident knocks Skyla off her feet and she absorbs a near-fatal dose of ability-altering energy. Attempting to help her, Robbie unwittingly makes the situation far worse when his actions threaten to jeopardize the quest. Absorbing powers which make her stronger than ever, Mrs. Scryvun casts a mental illusion over Ladek to ensure her access to the highly guarded and most central core of the quests defence. With the jelp of a battle-hardened combatant, she is posed to gain power over all human life. As the Planet Treasure Guardians discover a hidden room, blast into outer space and uncover dangerous plots at the highest level of government, their friendship grows stronger still and the quest becomes even more fraught with danger. They will need to draw on all their resources to overcome powerful enemies, but can they hold on to the Stolen Scripts and save Ladek too?

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Download or read book Delphi Collected Works of A E W Mason Illustrated written by A. E. W. Mason and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2019-12-13 with total page 6834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A. E. W. Mason was an English early-twentieth century author of detective fiction and adventure novels, best remembered for his 1902 novel of courage and cowardice in wartime, ‘The Four Feathers’. He was also the creator of Inspector Hanaud, a French detective that served as an early template for Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. Mason was a prolific writer, whose novels and short stories feature well-drawn characters and complicated, even intriguing plots. Many of his novels were made and remade into films during his lifetime, inspiring enduring classics of British cinema. This eBook presents Mason’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Mason’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major texts * All 18 novels in the US public domain, with individual contents tables * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Easily locate the stories you want to read * Includes Mason’s rare non-fiction work ‘The Royal Exchange’, available in no other collection * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, post-1923 works cannot appear in this edition. When new texts become available, they will be added to the eBook as a free update. CONTENTS: Inspector Hanaud Series At the Villa Rose (1910) The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel (1917) Other Novels A Romance of Wastdale (1895) The Courtship of Morrice Buckler (1896) Lawrence Clavering (1897) The Philanderers (1897) Parson Kelly (1899) Miranda of the Balcony (1899) The Watchers (1899) Clementina (1901) The Four Feathers (1902) The Truants (1904) Running Water (1906) The Broken Road (1907) The Turnstile (1912) The Witness for the Defence (1913) The Summons (1920) The Winding Stair (1923) The Shorter Fiction Ensign Knightley: And Other Stories (1901) The Four Corners of the World (1917) The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Non-Fiction The Royal Exchange (1920) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks