Download or read book Cursed written by Adrienne Woods and published by Fire Quill Publishers. This book was released on 2024-09-22 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sophie has to help Drake, the phoenix griffin, with his dark fire and do it without losing who she is and become dark herself. Will she be able to succeed where others have failed miserably? Spirit fae, Sophie Emerson, has a lot of magical problems on her plate. Problems that can lead to a lot of troubles and probably a beheading if the Seelie Court finds out what she is hiding. To make matters worse, she has to find the cure for dark fire, otherwise, she will lose the love of her life, Drake Evans, the phoenix griffin. She also needs to find her fated-bond-creature before her magic destroys her body. Seems like nothing much has changed for this fae. The only difference is she wouldn’t change her life for anything in this world. Thank you very much.
Download or read book Cursed Consulted written by Rick Cook and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hurled into an alternate universe, hacker Walter "Wiz" Zumwalt defeated the all-powerful Black League and won the love of the beautiful witch Moira. Now Wiz must deal with computer criminals from his own world, a curse, and the dragons.
Download or read book Cursed Are You written by Anne Marie Kitz and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2014-01-13 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about curses. It is not about curses as insults or offensive language but curses as petitions to the divine world to render judgment and execute harm on identified, hostile forces. In the ancient world, curses functioned in a way markedly different from our own, and it is into the world of the ancient Near East that we must go in order to appreciate the scope of their influence. For the ancient Near Easterners, curses had authentic meaning. Curses were part of their life and religion. They were not inherently magic or features of superstitions, nor were they mere curiosities or trifling antidotes. They were real and effective. They were employed proactively and reactively to manage life’s many vicissitudes and maintain social harmony. They were principally protective, but they were also the cause of misfortune, illness, depression, and anything else that undermined a comfortable, well-balanced life. Every member of society used them, from slave to king, from young to old, from men and women to the deities themselves. They crossed cultural lines and required little or no explanation, for curses were the source of great evil. In other words, curses were universal. Because curses were woven into the very fabric of every known ancient Near Eastern society, they emerge frequently and in a wide variety of venues. They appear on public and private display objects, on tomb stelae, tomb lintels, and sarcophagi, on ancient kudurrus and narûs. They are used in political, administrative, social, religious, and familial contexts. They are the subject of incantations. They are tools that exorcise demons and dispel disease; they ban, protect, and heal. This is the phenomenology of cursing in the ancient Near East, and this is what the present work explores.
Download or read book The Curse written by Kesha Barwal and published by Wordsgenix Publication. This book was released on 2024-05-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The Curse" tells the story of a small town plagued by a mysterious curse that brings tragedy and misfortune to its residents. As the townspeople grapple with the curse's effects, they must confront their darkest secrets and inner demons to break the curse and restore peace to their community. The novel explores themes of guilt, redemption, and the power of human resilience in the face of adversity.
Download or read book The Wiz Biz written by Rick Cook and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2016-01-16 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It all began when the wizards of the White League were under attack by their opponents of the Black League and one of their most powerful members cast a spell to bring forth a mighty wizard to aid their cause. What the spell delivered was master hacker Walter Wiz Zumwalt. The wizard who east the spell was dead and nobodyÊnot the elves, not the dwarves, not even the dragonsÊcould figure out what the shanghaied computer nerd was good for. But spells are a lot like computer programs, and, in spite of the Wiz's unprepossessing appearance, he was going to defeat the all-powerful Black League, win the love of a beautiful red-haired witch, and prove that when it comes to spells and sorcery, nobody but nobody can beat a Silicon Valley computer geek! At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Download or read book The Beautiful Cursed written by Elisabet Rouen and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-10-18 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a series of grisly murders threatens the small seaside town of Sjelhul, a young policewoman must re-examine her beliefs about herself, her friends and her enemies. With the assistance of an aloof newcomer, Arielle Dekker tries to track down the murderer as the whole town turns against her. Only after losing her job, her freedom and everyone she loves does she realise that not everything is what it seems.
Download or read book Crucified and Cursed Christ written by Elkanah K. Cheboi and published by Langham Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The practice of cursing remains a significant aspect of life in many African countries. This book addresses this practice with the seriousness it deserves, arguing that Christ is the ultimate curse remover. Dr. Elkanah K. Cheboi examines the meaning and implications of the Pauline statement in Galatians that “Christ became a curse for us.” Drawing from biblical passages referencing judicial curses, and the widespread practice of cursing and blessing within the Ancient Near East and Greco-Roman world, he investigates how the crucified and cursed Christ provides the ultimate solution to the power and dominion of curses. Demonstrating the insufficiencies of curse remedies, both in the ancient world and the modern African context, this study offers christological insight into the implications of Christ’s death not simply for human sin but also human curses. Dr. Cheboi specifically examines parallels between the New Testament context and Kenya’s Marakwet culture, where curses are still deeply feared as life-threatening and generational. Offering powerful insight into aspects of contemporary African culture not always fully understood, this book integrates biblical scholarship with practical application and is an excellent resource for pastors, missionaries, and theologians alike.
Download or read book The Immortal s Curse written by Ajay Kumar Tiwari and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2024-05-15 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the ancient city of Varanasi, where the sacred Ganges River flows with the currents of time, an age-old curse casts a shadow over the land. "The Immortal's Curse" weaves a tale of mystery, mythology, and redemption set against the backdrop of one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. When Rajan Kapoor, a young scholar with a thirst for knowledge, stumbles upon a cryptic symbol etched into the walls of an ancient temple, he unwittingly unlocks a doorway to a world of ancient secrets and forbidden knowledge. Joined by Inspector Anjaneya Kumar, a determined investigator with a keen eye for detail, and Vikram Kumar, a loyal friend with a thirst for adventure, Rajan embarks on a journey that will test his courage, challenge his beliefs, and unravel the mysteries of his own destiny. "The Immortal's Curse" is a journey into the heart of darkness, a testament to the enduring power of hope, and a tribute to the timeless spirit of Varanasi—a city where the past meets the present, and the echoes of eternity linger in the air. Join Rajan, Anjaneya, and Vikram as they embark on an adventure that will take them to the very brink of existence and beyond—a journey where the threads of fate are woven and the immortal's curse is both a burden and a blessing.
Download or read book Stalin s Curse written by Robert Gellately and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Second World War almost destroyed Stalin's Soviet Union. But victory over Nazi Germany provided the dictator with his great opportunity: to expand Soviet power way beyond the borders of the Soviet state. Well before the shooting stopped in 1945, the Soviet leader methodically set about the unprecedented task of creating a Red Empire that would soon stretch into the heart of Europe and Asia, displaying a supreme realism and ruthlessness that Machiavelli would surely have envied. By the time of his death in 1953, his new imperium was firmly in place, defining the contours of a Cold War world that was seemingly permanent and indestructible - and would last until the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989. But what were Stalin's motives in this spectacular power grab? Was he no more than a latter-day Russian tsar, for whom Communist ideology was little more than a smoke-screen? Or was he simply a psychopathic killer? In Stalin's Curse, best-selling historian Robert Gellately firmly rejects both these simplifications of the man and his motives. Using a wealth of previously unavailable documentation, Gellately shows instead how Stalin's crimes are more accurately understood as the deeds of a ruthless and life-long Leninist revolutionary. Far from being a latter day 'Red Tsar' intent simply upon imperial expansion for its own sake, Stalin was in fact deeply inspired by the rhetoric of the Russian revolution and what Lenin had accomplished during the Great War. As Gellately convincingly shows, Stalin remained throughout these years steadfastly committed to a 'boundless faith' in Communism - and saw the Second World War as his chance to take up once again the old revolutionary mission to carry the Red Flag to the world.
Download or read book Pandora s Curse written by Jack Du Brul and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-09-01 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During World War II, in a secret Nazi submarine base, containers crafted entirely from looted wartime gold were hidden away. The treasure was not the solid gold chests, but the cargo they carried—an artifact so lethal that whoever possessed “Pandora’s boxes” held the power to unleash hell upon the Earth… In the unforgiving wastes of Greenland, geologist Philip Mercer uncovers a long-abandoned U.S. Army base buried under the ice—and a long-dead body still hot with radiation. But before Mercer and his colleague, the seductive Dr. Anika Klein, can investigate further, a flash fire engulfs the base. Ordered to evacuate, their plane is forced to land when a bomb is discovered on board, and they must seek shelter from the murderous weather in a hidden ice cavern. That’s where they learn the startling truth. A powerful German corporation has launched an operation to destroy evidence of its Nazi past. But one of the corporate mercenaries knows what’s inside the Pandora’s boxes, and he plans to hold the entire world hostage—unless Mercer can find a way to stop him…
Download or read book THE CURSE written by SHANKAR BHAT and published by Shankar Bhat. This book was released on 2023-02-11 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aptly named "THE CURSE", Shivananda suffers all his life after being cursed by a grief-stricken mother that he will never find peace for the harm he had inflicted on her family. Although in the garb of a Swamiji he wanders all over the country, trying to guide youngsters, it is only after a chance encounter with his daughter, born out of a wedlock, that he realizes he has never worked or earned money to be independent and has always stretched out his hand to beg for alms transformed by her bitter acrid comment he starts working, earns a lot of money which he uses for acts of social transformation in his community. This activity extends as he reaches the Himalayas to find his original Guru and here he finds some solace from the work at last, before he breathes his last in those surroundings. The loneliness of his life is finally absolved with the service to mankind.
Download or read book The Scheherazade Curse written by Sharon Whitlock and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While struggling to overcome the "curse" on their Scheherazade program music, the team helps Officer Chuck Zander monitor a computer ice skating forum used by a kidnapped missionary to send coded messages.
Download or read book Cursed Britain written by Thomas Waters and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-07 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive history of how witchcraft and black magic have survived, through the modern era and into the present dayCursed Britain unveils the enduring power of witchcraft, curses and black magic in modern times. Few topics are so secretive or controversial. Yet, whether in the 1800s or the early 2000s, when disasters struck or personal misfortunes mounted, many Britons found themselves believing in things they had previously dismissed – dark supernatural forces.Historian Thomas Waters here explores the lives of cursed or bewitched people, along with the witches and witch-busters who helped and harmed them. Waters takes us on a fascinating journey from Scottish islands to the folklore-rich West Country, from the immense territories of the British Empire to metropolitan London. We learn why magic caters to deep-seated human needs but see how it can also be abused, and discover how witchcraft survives by evolving and changing. Along the way, we examine an array of remarkable beliefs and rituals, from traditional folk magic to diverse spiritualities originating in Africa and Asia.This is a tale of cynical quacks and sincere magical healers, depressed people and furious vigilantes, innocent victims and rogues who claimed to possess evil abilities. Their spellbinding stories raise important questions about the state’s role in regulating radical spiritualities, the fragility of secularism and the true nature of magic.
Download or read book Are Resources a Curse written by Andrea Gawrich and published by Verlag Barbara Budrich. This book was released on 2010-12-20 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Energy as a Curse The analysis of rentierism in Post-soviet states, which this book presents, underscores the need for further research as rentier state concepts have mainly been applied to “older” rentier states like African, Latin American and Arab countries. An important contribution to a topical discussion. During the last 30 years, many resource-rich countries have experienced economic and political stagnation (“resource curse”). They have developed deficient political systems in which the process of modern state formation is being undercut (“rentier state”) as well as economic structures in which sectors that provide strong incentives for the accumulation of physical and human capital are under-represented (“Dutch disease”). This is very much the same in many of the post-Soviet states with high resource incomes since the mid 1990s. These incomes present opportunities for reducing poverty and promoting economic growth. But instead of taking advantage of these opportunities many of them present authoritarian regimes with high levels of corruption, low political freedom and rent-seeking elites. The book gives a detailed analysis of rentierism in Post-soviet states.
Download or read book Fiscal Policy and the Natural Resources Curse written by Paul Mosley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is widely accepted that natural resource wealth, especially in the form of oil and minerals, can be a key factor in inhibiting economic development. Many of the countries that are richest in natural resources – including oil, metals and diamonds – are amongst the world’s poorest. Why? Fiscal Policy and the Natural Resources Curse re-examines this ancient, unsolved puzzle, asking why many governments of natural resource-intensive countries are incapable, in a globalised world, of dealing with the natural-resource curse. This book offers a detailed analysis of the power-relationships which underpin the natural resource curse, using both statistical analysis and country case studies from Africa and Latin America to pinpoint the strategies that have enable developing countries to break out of the poverty trap. The book differs from other works on this subject, as it not only identifies the issues at stake but also offers solutions in the form of a series of suggested policy measures. The work focusses in particular on fiscal escape routes, namely measures to develop and diversify the tax system, and to reallocate and target public expenditure. This volume will be of great interest to scholars of economic development, the economics of natural resources and economic growth as well as all those with an interest in development, global politics and anti-poverty policies.
Download or read book The Mummy s Curse written by Jasmine Day and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most penetrating study of the curse ever conducted, The Mummy's Curse uncovers forgotten writings, examines original surveys and field observations of museum visitors, revolutionizes the study of mummy horror films and shows that the curse's structure, meaning and interpretation was changed by events such as the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb.
Download or read book Slum Dwellers Curse on Development written by Anupurna Rathor and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2003 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Slum Is A Pervasive Phenomenon Throughout The Developing Countries Of The World. Slum Cannot Be Separated From The Social System In The Urban Life. The Slum Have Created Many Social, Moral And Demographic Problems And The Situation Have Been Further Aggravated Due To Uncontrolled Migration, Unbalanced Distribution Of Income, Inadequate Community Facilities, Lack Of Urban Planning, Absence Of Community Participation And Ineffective Legal Measure.Like A Disease, Slum Seems To Grow And Multiply. Several Factors Contribute Towards The Growth Of Slum In Urban Areas. Number Of Studies Have Indicated That They Have Created Many Social Problems And There Are Many Reasons For Providing A Maximum Desirable Standard Of Living To Each And Every Section Of The Society. The Slum Dwellers Are Deprived Of The Satisfaction Of Even Basic Need Such As Living In Appaling Conditions, It Becomes Duty Of The Social Worker To Scientifically Study And To Suggest Some Measures For Betterment.
