Download or read book Devil s Noose written by Heidi Ball and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-27 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Devil s Noose written by Michael Angel and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thing that wiped out the dinosaurs is about to make its comeback.It's a trillion times smaller than a killer asteroid.And it's fallen into the hands of a madman.After surviving a horrific outbreak of the Black Nile virus, epidemiologist Leigh Austen's done her best to bury memories along with the bodies.But when a call for help from the World Health Organization (WHO) arrives at her lab, she's got to face her nightmares all over again. Something's wiping entire villages clean of humans and wildlife in a war-torn former Soviet Republic. Leigh's skills are desperately needed to identify and stop the pathogen's spread before it explodes into a global pandemic.Austen's team of scientists and armed security set off into the epicenter of the hot zone: over a mile straight down the throat of the Karakul, the deepest open-pit mine in Asia. From there, they'll contend with treacherous military officers, caverns filled with scalding-hot poisonous gas, and an organism so deadly it annihilated the dinosaurs sixty-five million years ago. What Leigh and her people discover will shake them to their very core.If they survive.Author's Note: The Devil's Noose: A Pandemic Medical Thriller is a self-contained work and does not end on a cliffhanger. It contains a limited amount of strong language, gore, and some graphic violence. Ratings-wise, it would either be a hard PG-13 or soft R. Please decide to purchase accordingly.

Download or read book The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses Devils and Demons written by Manfred Lurker and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing around 1,800 entries this dictionary covers, in one volume, all the important deities and demons from around the world. This will be an invaluable source of information for anyone interested in comparative religion.

Download or read book A Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses Devils and Demons written by Manfred Lurker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-29 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing around 1,800 entries this Dictionary covers, in one volume, all the important deities and demons from around the world. The gods of ancient mythology appear alongside the gods of contemporary religion, and `lesser' mythologies and religions are also fully covered. The author provides an extensive network of cross-references, allowing the reader to draw cross-cultural comparisons. The Dictionary will be an invaluable source of information for anyone interested in comparative religion or the diversity of religious views throughout the world.

Download or read book The rise of devils written by James Crossland and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Punctuated by the stories of a host of interesting and extraordinary characters, Crossland has produced a fascinating exploration of the long nineteenth century’s development of terrorism and counterterrorism, highlighting the role of fear and the paranoia, repression, and overreaction it engendered.' Michael Stohl, Professor at the University of California Author of Crime and Terrorism 'By applying an innovative historical lens, The Rise of the Devils by James Crossland offers a remarkable perspective on the history of terrorism that is not overdetermined by the events of 9/11 and explores a "violent strain of nihilism intoxicated by a whiff of martyrdom." The book reads like the prequel to the "National Treasure" movie franchise and offers a completely unique understanding of Terrorism’s First Wave.' Mia Bloom, Georgia State University Author of Dying to Kill: the Allure of Suicide Terror In the dying light of the nineteenth century, the world came to know and fear terrorism. Much like today, this was a time of progress and dread, in which breakthroughs in communications and weapons were made, political reforms were implemented and immigration waves bolstered the populations of ever-expanding cities. This era also simmered with political rage and social inequalities, which drove nationalists, nihilists, anarchists and republicans to dynamite cities and discharge pistols into the bodies of presidents, police chiefs and emperors. This wave of terrorism was seized upon by an outrage-hungry press that peddled hysteria, conspiracy theories and, sometimes, fake news in response, convincing many a reader that they were living through the end of days. Against the backdrop of this world of fear and disorder, The rise of devils chronicles the journeys of the men and women who evoked this panic and created modern terrorism – revolutionary philosophers, cult leaders, criminals and charlatans, as well as the paranoid police chiefs and unscrupulous spies who tried to thwart them. In doing so, this book explains how radicals once thought just in their causes became, as Pope Pius IX denounced them, little more than ‘devils risen up from Hell’.

Download or read book Devils in Sunday Hats written by Joseph D'Urso and published by Aether Press. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 12th ANNUAL NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS® FINALIST IN GENERAL FICTION. God’s pious found their Promised Land in backwater Clemency, AL, where decades pass without change, and dreams go to die. Hypocrites masquerade as saints, thieves as benefactors, and their children pay the price. Levi works a dead-end job to support his churchgoing, alcoholic mother, and wonders why he’s been left behind. Jonah’s going nowhere, held back by long-lost glory days and an inglorious future. But when Levi’s affluent neighbors move back to town and Jonah gets to know the Reverend’s darling daughter, the future’s looking brighter than ever. However, in living a tale of redemption, coming of age and the death of the American dream, they soon learn that the light at the end of the tunnel isn’t always something to follow. After all, how can one be saved when all the preachers are just devils in Sunday hats?

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Download or read book Pirates and Devils written by Nicholas G. Meriwether and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two of the final short novels from the literary manuscripts of William Gilmore Simms, unfinished before his death Pirates and Devils, edited by Nicholas G. Meriwether and David W. Newton, presents two of the most significant unfinished works by William Gilmore Simms, a prominent public intellectual of the antebellum South and one of the most prolific literary writers of the nineteenth century. These two incomplete works—the pirate romance, "The Brothers of the Coast," and the folk fable, "Sir Will O' Wisp"—are representative of the some of the last major primary texts of Simms's expansive career. Recent scholarship about Simms, including William Gilmore Simms's Unfinished Civil War, reasserts the significance of Simms's postwar writing and makes this volume's contribution timely. Left unfinished at his death, these two substantial fragments represent the last of the major primary texts from the final phase of Simms's life to be published. Together, the texts provide greater insight into Simms's creative process, but more importantly, they show Simms continuing to wrestle with the issues he faced in the aftermath of the Civil War, and they document the creativity and courage that commitment represented—and required. The publication of these fragments makes possible a complete picture of this last phase of Simms's life, as he struggled with the consequences of a conflict that had become the defining event of his life, career, and region.

Download or read book Devils Will Reign written by Sally Zanjani and published by University of Nevada Press. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nevada entered the Union in 1864 as the thirty-sixth state, a mere two decades after John Charles Frémont and his party undertook the first Euro-American exploration of the Great Basin. However, the intervening years were exceptionally eventful—gold was discovered in California in 1848; the debate over slavery in the territories made the Far West a significant topic of congressional concern; and the Mormon establishment in Utah stimulated national suspicion of the sect’s ambitions and policies—giving this remote, sparsely populated region on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada an importance that it probably would not have had in less turbulent times. In 1849, more than 22,000 people traveled the emigrant trails across the Great Basin, and soon Mormons from Utah set up a trading station in the Carson Valley to reap profit from the emigrant trade and anchor the western periphery of what their leader, Brigham Young, envisioned as a Mormon inland empire. Miners in Gold Canyon (just south of what is now Virginia City) and settlers in the Carson Valley were pushing the Native Americans out of their ancient homelands and vying with one another for control of choice land and rudimentary local governments. In Devils Will Reign, acclaimed historian Sally Zanjani recounts the momentous early history of the territory that is now known as Nevada, weaving the colorful saga of this rowdy frontier into the larger story of national political crises and economic ambitions, rapid development in California, and religious antipathy toward the polygamous Mormons. Here are intrepid frontiersmen, beleaguered Native Americans, zealous Mormons, and colorful characters and farmers, including a group of African Americans who successfully settled in the Carson Valley. Zanjani covers the lives of the pioneers, as well as the development and impact of the Comstock silver bonanza and the tenuous, halting efforts of the region’s residents to create first a territorial, then a state government. Seldom has the process of western settlement and government-making been described with such detail and insight.

Download or read book Collection of the Best Works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Possessed The Devils by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-06-24 with total page 1447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 1: Dive into the tumultuous world of revolutionary fervor with “The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.” Dostoyevsky's novel explores the consequences of radical ideologies as a group of conspirators descends into chaos. With complex characters and a searing critique of extremism, this work delves into the dark recesses of the human soul and the societal upheavals of 19th-century Russia. Book 2: Confront the existential dilemmas of the human psyche with “Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.” Dostoyevsky's novella introduces the unnamed Underground Man, a bitter and introspective figure who reflects on the nature of consciousness, free will, and societal expectations. This profound work is a pioneering exploration of existentialist thought and the complexities of individual existence. Book 3: Experience the psychological intensity of “Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.” Dostoyevsky's novel follows the tormented Raskolnikov as he grapples with guilt and redemption after committing a heinous crime. This masterpiece of psychological fiction delves into themes of morality, conscience, and the consequences of moral transgressions, leaving an indelible mark on the landscape of world literature.

Download or read book City of Devils written by Diana Bretherick and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turin, Italy 1887. When James Murray, a young Scottish doctor fascinated by the workings of the criminal mind, travels to the vibrant city of Turin, it is to study with Cesare Lombroso, the world-renowned criminologist. But just hours after his introduction to the unconventional Lombroso, the discovery of a horrifically mutilated body in the nearby Piazza Statuto—and a note that appears to implicate the celebrated criminologist himself—changes everything.With the help of his fellow apprentice, Ottolenghi; a local investigator, Tullio; and Lombroso’s beautiful but enigmatic housekeeper, Sofia; Murray must put his learning to the test and endeavor to understand the mind of a malevolent serial killer, if he is to stop the rapidly escalating bloodbath and clear the name of his mentor.Have Lombroso’s many enemies attempted to frame him? Are the notes an accusation or a challenge? And will Lombroso’s own influential theories about criminal behavior hold the keys to Murray catching a cunning and ruthless killer?

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Download or read book Devils Death Dark Wonders written by Randy Chandler and published by Red Room Press. This book was released on with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Red Room Press is proud to present the best writings of the inimitable Randy Chandler in one huge collection of over 30 short stories of horror, crime, fantasy and more. Include are notes for each story from the author. "She whispered to him and he wrote down her stories. Tales of dark wonder and awe. Of flesh and fantasy. Of black dogs and gargoyles and cranial holes opening upon other worlds. She showed him wondrous geometries far beyond the four-cornered world of his drab room."

Download or read book The Revelations of St Birgitta of Sweden The heavenly emperor s book to kings the rule and minor works written by Saint Bridget (of Sweden) and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Birgitta of Sweden was one of the most charismatic and influential female visionaries of the later Middle Ages. Her revelations influenced the spiritual lives of many individuals including Martin Luther. Interest in Birgitta has grown recently and she is now admired as a powerful voice and prophet of reform.

Download or read book A Circus of Devils written by C. Rene Astle and published by C. Rene Astle. This book was released on with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being a gladiator in a two-bit arena in a dusty city on the edge of an empire may not be the life she expected when she ran away from home, but it’s better than being married off to a monster. Freedom is her ultimate goal—but she’s owned by her gladiatorial school. And being one of its best fighters means she can’t just walk out the door. Beta sees a way out when a stranger arrives, and the owner of the school makes a bet he can’t afford to lose . . . but can’t possibly win without her. Playing against the odds, she takes a chance and soon finds herself fighting in a new set of games against opponents unlike any she’s faced before. Pitted against warriors with abnormal strength and astounding speed, and unsure who’s friend and who’s foe, she fights just to stay alive. But winning in the Circus of Devils might cost her everything.

Download or read book Devils Black Sheep written by S. F. Silver and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-02-09 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overnight the world had changed. U.S. currency failed and lawlessness ruled. A small group of people turned to the historical rules of pyracy to survive. They found others in the Rocky Mountains and soon became a strong crew that cared for one another. Their leader was their Captain, and like many before her, she was capable of both great and terrible things.

Download or read book Montana Bandits Bushwackers Outlaws Crooks Devils Ghosts Desperadoes and Other Assorted and Sundry Characters written by Carole Marsh and published by Carole Marsh Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: