Download or read book The Outcast Oracle written by Laury A. Egan and published by Humanist Press. This book was released on 2013-09-29 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Simply delicious fun from start to finish.” That's how Kirkus Reviews described the second novel by Laury A. Egan, The Outcast Oracle, in its starred review. The Outcast Oracle is about a teenage girl, but it’s a book for any adult who remembers the traumas of adolescence and the shock of discovering that religion is not all it’s cracked up to be. On the shores of New York’s Lake Ontario in 1959, 14-year-old Charlene Beth Whitestone has been deserted by her parents, leaving her in the custody of her grandfather, C.B. Although he loves Charlie, he is a charming con artist, moonshiner, and religious fraud who inducts her into his various enterprises yet also encourages her dreams of becoming a writer. When C.B. suddenly dies, Charlie is left alone and must use her wits and resourcefulness to take charge of her life, all the while wrestling with the morality of continuing her grandfather’s schemes. When a handsome cowboy-stranger, Blake, arrives, he insinuates himself into C.B.’s religion business and into Charlie’s heart. Despite her resistance, Blake mounts a lucrative PR campaign, touting Charlie as an “oracle” and arranging for her to perform miracles. “It’s this highly literary, easily accessible writing that lifts this story to the very top of the heap,” the Kirkus review concluded.

Download or read book Oracle s Legacy Shadows of Fate written by R. B. Holbrook and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-11-11 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oracle is dying. The position as leader of the Structure is open for the taking. Powerful Pillars and ambitious objectives see the chance to take over and have started drawing the lines of battle for war. Augustus Granger, the man everyone fears will be the next Oracle, is being hunted. Though he never wanted the position, secrets of the past and a revelation of the future might force him to accept his fate. However, he must first help find a young eight-year-old boy who ran away from home and who is essential to saving the Structure from collapse. Moon, the shadows of the Structure, have one agenda: Destruction of the Structure at all costs. At their core lies Demon's Wrath, who has a weapon he can't wait to unleash upon the world.

Download or read book The Outcast written by Taran Matharu and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrilling prequel to the New York Times–bestselling Summoner series! When stable boy Arcturus accidentally summons a demon and becomes Hominum's first common summoner, he becomes the key to a secret that the powerful overlords would do anything to keep hidden. Whisked away to Vocans Academy so he can be kept watch over, Arcturus finds himself surrounded by enemies. But he has little time to settle in before his life is turned upside down once again, for Hominum Empire is in turmoil. Rebellious intent simmers among the masses, and it will not be long before it boils over. Arcturus must choose a side . . . or watch an Empire crumble. The Summoner Trilogy The Novice The Inquisition The Battlemage Also in the Summoner series The Outcast (Summoner: The Prequel) The Summoner’s Handbook (Fall 2018) A Fine Welcome: Othello’s Journey (A Summoner Short Story)

Download or read book The People of Time Part 0 written by Joseph Joshua O'yek and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-03-19 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story revolves around a young Chronicler, Synth Elle, who was seemingly born with a mysterious black mark on his face. Not having known his parents since his birth, he only has an equally mysterious unnamed woman to take care of him, along with her overworked boyfriend from the land of Aether.It is because of this black mark that most of the Chroniclers in the land of Time see him as an outcast, and many believe that he may be an affiliate of Darkness. Trapped in the middle of an unsuspecting transfer student from the land of Air, a sickeningly mysterious teacher, and a very carefree and happy go luck foster parent, Synth is faced with a lot of problems before he can come to terms with himself and find out what he truly is.

Download or read book The Oracle s Journal written by Dimitri Liountris and published by Partridge Africa. This book was released on 2018-11-12 with total page 1022 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suddenly, it’s a world flooded with magic and danger draws closer with every passing second. When the powers of sixteen gods are inherited by four teenagers, destruction is not far behind. In Maxton City, everything changes in the blink of an eye. When a portal to the Chaos Realm – a place of torment, a world of horrors – opens up over Maxton City Park, the monsters begin to appear. Then comes the First Queen of Earth. Unbeknownst to anyone, four teenagers have found the means to battling these enemies deep in the Cradle of Humankind. They have found the Amulets of the Spirits, artefacts that house the souls of long-dead gods and grant the four powers beyond their wildest dreams, creating the new Guardians. Using these amulets, they can take the forms of the gods, and wield power that would incinerate mortals. But even that might not be enough... Serena, the First Queen, the Demon Queen, is searching for the most powerful artefact in existence, an artefact capable of granting the power of a god: The Oracle’s Journal. If she ascends, then not even the guardians can stop her. And there’ll be no gods to help them for what comes next...

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Download or read book written by R. B. Holbrook and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-02-06 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Structure is a secret civilization made up of seven houses that chase after enlightenment by attempting to understand the nature of energy. The structure of the Houses that insists upon learning and growing together is collapsing. In its place begins the seeds of infighting. Soon, without their notice, the people of the Houses begin losing their special powers. The Oracle, the leader of the Structure, hates to see what has become of her people. But she's dying and can do little to help them. Now, as the Structure begins tipping deeper into darkness, a new leader is needed to prevent conflict among the houses from escalating into an all-out war. Ollie could be the key to finding the next leader, but she has her family to think of and a life to live. Getting involved in a violent conflict is the last thing she wants to do, and so she must remain unnoticed. As power hungry factions hunt for Ollie, however, she has no choice but to get involved. She'll do whatever's necessary to protect her loved ones in Oracle's Legacy: Children Of Sun.

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Download or read book The Other Side of the Story written by Molly Hite and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation A study of the radical innovations in narrative form attempted by a number of influential contemporary women fiction writers--notably Jean Rhys, Doris Lessing, Alice Walker, and Margaret Atwood. First published by Cornell U. Press in 1989. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Download or read book Mystic Warrior written by Patricia Rice and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-07-07 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now, the thrilling conclusion no fan will want to miss As E urope is torn by revolution, the fate of the Mystic Isle of Aelynn also falls into question-its survival dependent on recovering the elusive treasure known as the Chalice of Plenty. Only the daughter of Aelynn's spiritual leader and a renegade warrior can accomplish the dangerous mission.

Download or read book Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus written by Jennifer R. March and published by Aris and Phillips Classical Te. This book was released on 2020-12-18 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oedipus Tyrannus by the great tragedian Sophocles is one of the most famous works of ancient Greek literature. The play has always been admired for the tight unity of its plot; every bit of every scene counts towards the dramatic effect. The action is concentrated into a single day in Oedipus' life; his heinous crimes of unwittingly killing his father and marrying his mother all lie long ago in the past, and now, in the action of this one day, there awaits for him only the discovery of the truth. Oedipus is portrayed as a noble king, deeply devoted to his people and they to him. Proud of his earlier defeat of the Sphinx, he is determined to save his city once again, and he unflinchingly pursues the truth of who he is and what he has done, unaware that it will bring him to disaster. The spectators, familiar with Oedipus' story, wait in horrified suspense for that terrible moment of realisation to arrive. And when it does, Oedipus survives it: he takes full responsibility for what he has done, accepts the grief and the pain, and carries on, remaining indomitable to the end. Sophocles gives no answer as to why Oedipus is made to suffer his tragic fate. He simply shows us how human life is; how even a great and good man can be brought to the utmost misery through no fault of his own. The gods may, for no apparent reason, deal out unbelievable suffering, but humankind can survive it. Jenny March's new facing-page translation brings alive the power and complexities of Sophocles' writing, with a substantial introduction and a detailed commentary.

Download or read book The Return of the Chaos Monsters written by Gregory Mobley and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gregory Mobley plunges beneath the Bible's surface to reveal its "backstories" -- the tales that constitute the backbone of the people Israel and of the body of Christ. Viewing the Bible as "essentially, relentlessly story," Mobley provides an easy-to-understand sevenpart thematic overview of the Bible that guides readers through the drama of the Hebrew Bible, highlighting the interconnectedness of biblical stories. Each story is a variation on a single theme -- the dynamic interplay between order and chaos. Intriguing Ancient Near Eastern myths, personal anecdotes, and popular cultural references from movies, musical theater, and writers ranging from Dr. Seuss to William Blake pepper the book throughout. Arresting chapter and section titles such as "It's Love That Makes the World Go 'Round" and "Lord Bezek's Big Toes" capture the imagination, and Mobley's own lyrical, energetic writing style -- exercised on vibrant biblical material -- propels the reader forward. Readers will find his enthusiasm contagious!

Download or read book Split Infinity written by Piers Anthony and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the technological, decadent world of Proton, someone was trying to destroy Stile, serf and master Gamesman. His only escape lay through a mysterious “curtain” revealed by a loving robot. Beyond the curtain lay Phaze—a world totally ruled by magic. There, his first encounter was with an amulet that turned into a demon determined to choke him to death. And there, he soon learned, his alternate self had already been murdered by sorcery, and he was due to be the next victim. “Know thyself!” the infallible Oracle told him. But first he must save himself as he shuttled between worlds. On Proton, his fate depended on winning the great Games. On Phaze, he could survive only by mastering magic. And if he used any magic at all, the werewolf and the unicorn who were his only friends were determined to kill him at once!

Download or read book Tragedy and Otherness written by Nicholas Ray and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2009 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a new account of the complex relationship between psychoanalytic theory and the key tragic dramas by Sophocles and Shakespeare in which it has often sought exemplars and prototypes. Examining the close historical and theoretical connections between Freud's interpretative appeal to tragic drama and his professed abandonment of the 'seduction' hypothesis in 1897, the author explores the ways in which otherness has subsequently been simplified out of both psychoanalytic theory and the dramatic texts it endeavours to comprehend. Drawing on Jean Laplanche's critical reformulation of the seduction theory, the book offers close rereadings of Oedipus Tyrannus, Julius Caesar and Hamlet in order to outline an approach to tragedy which takes account of the constitutive priority of the other in the itinerary of the tragic subject. By reopening the theme of seduction in relation to these key literary dramas, the book aims to generate a better understanding both of the function which psychoanalysis has called upon tragedy to perform, and the radical modes of otherness within tragedy for which psychoanalysis has hitherto remained unable to account.

Download or read book Biafra written by Okereke Pascal Cato and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-05-17 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many years ago, a torchbearer was born in the land of the rising sunone of the four promised who would show the light unto our people for the ultimate march to freedom. He was born to light up the path to the unseen future that is wrapped in the cloak of a terrible past, coated in blood. The wise ones tell that no matter how men twist it, truth is capable of straddling the millennia and remain inviolate. Do you know the truth about the genocide the world chose to deny? This is the story of my beloved Biafra, of her people, her heroes. Listen to the story of the pains of my people and the wars that never end. Hear the strident voices of the peoples cry for freedom and the echo of their undying resolve. Let there be no doubt that as long as the earth abides, the sun shall rise again in Biafra.

Download or read book Oresteia written by Aeschylus and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 1998-09-15 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meineck's translation is faithful and supple; the language employed is modern without betraying the grandeur and complexity--particularly the images--of the Aeschylean text. After reading this translation, one has but one further wish: to see it and hear it at Delphi, Epidaurus or Syracuse. --Herman Van Looy, L'Antiquite Classique

Download or read book Oracle of Shadows and Light written by Lucy Cavendish and published by Simon Pulse/Beyond Words. This book was released on 2012-04-17 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This charismatic set of forty-five oracle cards and an in-depth guidebook provides teens with the power to change their lives. Seeking both to empower and entertain, bestselling Australian author Lucy Cavendish joins forces with world-renowned fantasy artist Jasmine Becket-Griffith to craft popular oracle cards that specifically address today’s independent teens. Misfits, mystics, seekers, and wanderers alike will delve into the forty-five beautifully illustrated cards, each with its own guiding message, from developing your inner strength, intuition, or simply finding happiness with oneself. Within the wide-eyed wonder of Oracle of Shadows and Light, readers will encounter grumpy fairies, sassy witches, cheeky ghosts, and brazen beings, all acting as the magickal messengers of mysterious dreams. Honest, quirky, and haunting, these shadowy-sweet strangelings appear within the in-depth guidebook, offering with step-by-step instructions for powerful, accurate, healing readings that can shape the seeker’s day, year, and future.