Download or read book Harpy s Escape written by Laura Greenwood and published by Drowlgon Press. This book was released on with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the Supernatural Retrieval Agency Team in this light-hearted urban fantasy romance, complete with a kickass crime-fighting harpy heroine, an up-beat and quirky cupid best friend, and a medium burn workplace romance. A harpy and her team are left to investigate without official backing. When a couple of new leads come in, they learn that things are a lot worse than they first expected, and if they don't act fast, then they risk something far worse than a new crime boss. Fighting crime might be one thing on Harper's mind, but her growing relationship with Elias is also part of the equation and she finds herself spending an increasing amount of time in his arms. Can they start building a case against Ocypete that people are going to believe, or is she going to get the better of them? - Harpy's Escape is book two of Supernatural Retrieval Agency, an urban fantasy romance series filled with harpies, cupids, action, and a hint of steam with a m/f romance. If you like your romance with unusual supernatural creatures, action-packed law enforcement plots, and a quirky best friend, try the Supernatural Retrieval Agency series today, starting with Harpy's Mission. Search Terms: urban fantasy, fantasy romance, urban fantasy romance, paranormal romance, pnr, supernatural suspense, light-hearted fantasy, law enforcement, police, cops, harpies, cupids, harpy, mythology, cupid, unusual paranormal beings, unusual supernaturals, workplace romance, steamy, steamy paranormal romance, forced proximity, shifters

Download or read book Harpy s Freedom written by Laura Greenwood and published by Drowlgon Press. This book was released on with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the Supernatural Retrieval Agency Team in this light-hearted urban fantasy romance, complete with a kickass crime-fighting harpy heroine, an up-beat and quirky cupid best friend, and a medium burn workplace romance. Caught by the woman she's trying to bring down, Harper is determined to find a way to escape. When a chance turn of events brings her back together with Elias, the chances of successfully bringing Ocypete down are higher than ever, if they can figure out how to outsmart the crime boss. Can Harper find her freedom and protect the people she cares about, or will Ocypete win for good? - Harpy's Freedom is book three of Supernatural Retrieval Agency, an urban fantasy romance series filled with harpies, cupids, action, and a hint of steam with a m/f romance. If you like your romance with unusual supernatural creatures, action-packed law enforcement plots, and a quirky best friend, try the Supernatural Retrieval Agency series today, starting with Harpy's Mission. Search Terms: urban fantasy, fantasy romance, urban fantasy romance, paranormal romance, pnr, supernatural suspense, light-hearted fantasy, law enforcement, police, cops, harpies, cupids, harpy, mythology, cupid, unusual paranormal beings, unusual supernaturals, workplace romance, steamy, steamy paranormal romance, forced proximity, shifters

Download or read book Signs Taken for Wonders written by Franco Moretti and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespearean tragedy and Dracula, Sherlock Holmes and Ulysses, Frankenstein and The Waste Land-all are celebrated "wonders" of modern literature, whether in its mandarin or popular form. However, it is the fact that these texts are so central to our contemporary notion of literature that sometimes hinders our ability to understand them. Franco Moretti applies himself to this problem by drawing skillfully on structuralist, sociological and psycho-analytic modes of enquity in order to read these texts as literary systems which are tokens of wider cultural and political realities. In the process, Moretti offers us compelling accounts of various literary genres, explores the relationships between high and mass culture in this century, and considers the relevance of tragic, Romantic and Darwinian views of the world.

Download or read book Virginia Woolf s Essays written by E. Gualtieri and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-04-06 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although marginal and often neglected genres, the sketch and the essay represented for Virginia Woolf the two forms of writing through which she articulated her understanding of the workings of literary history. In this innovative study, Elena Gualtieri analyses in detail the intersection between essays and sketches in Woolf's non-fiction as part of a far-reaching argument about the scopes and models of feminist criticism, its understanding of the historical process and its position in the panorama of twentieth-century intellectual history.

Download or read book Demon King written by K. A. Magno and published by Havoc Bookhub. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amanda has been living happily in the village for years. Her ancestor, a Mage that helped the Hero in subjugating the Demon King about 500 years ago, made sure that the village becomes rich and abundant. Along with her friends – Irene, Jessica, and Grace – they promised to spend the next harvest festival together as they did this year. Until Jessica suddenly left with her lover. Amanda found it mysterious. After a year, Amanda was introduced to a noble during the Harvest Festival. It was supposed to be a routine marriage interview until she woke up in a place that she did not recognize. In the mountain beyond the thick forest that surrounds the village, a large castle looms with darkness. Will Amanda find the truth about her situation, or will she find love instead?

Download or read book Flight of the Golden Harpy written by Susan Klaus and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kari, a young woman, returns to the jungle planet of Dora after ten years in Earth's schools determined to unravel the mysteries surrounding the harpies, a feral species with the appearance half-bird, half-human. The human colonists believe harpies are dangerous animals, which are known to steal women. The creatures are hunted like wild game, their wings considered rare trophies. But Kari distrusts these rumors. When she was attacked by a monster in the jungle as a child, a male harpy with rare golden coloring rescued her. Constant hunting by men has driven the harpies to the brink of extinction. Is Kari's savior, the elegant golden harpy, is still alive? If so, how long can he and his flock survive the ravages of mankind? Susan Klaus's Flight of the Golden Harpy is an imaginative and romantic fantasy novel that questions what it means to be human. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Jack Harkaway and His Son s Escape from the Brigands of Greece Being the Continuation of Jack Harkaway and His Son s Adventures in Greece written by Bracebridge Hemyng and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-07-09 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.

Download or read book The Harpy written by Megan Hunter and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part revenge tale, part fairy tale—an electrifying story of marriage, infidelity and power by the author of the #1 Indie Next Pick, The End We Start From. A MILLIONS Most Anticipated Book of the Month A Best Book of Fall for ESQUIRE A VOGUE Novel Editors Recommend for Fall A LITERARY HUB 20 books that are laced with sinister magic Lucy and Jake live in a house by a field where the sun burns like a ball of fire. Lucy has set her career aside in order to devote her life to the children, to their finely tuned routine, and to the house itself, which comforts her like an old, sly friend. But then a man calls one afternoon with a shattering message: his wife has been having an affair with Lucy’s husband, Jake. The revelation marks a turning point: Lucy and Jake decide to stay together, but make a special arrangement designed to even the score and save their marriage—she will hurt him three times. As the couple submit to a delicate game of crime and punishment, Lucy herself begins to change, surrendering to a transformation of both mind and body from which there is no return. Told in dazzling, musical prose, The Harpy is a dark, staggering fairy tale, at once mythical and otherworldly and fiercely contemporary. It is a novel of love, marriage and its failures, of power, control and revenge, of metamorphosis and renewal. “A beautiful, poetic account of [a] marriage, and also an insightful character study . . . And when it borders on a dark fairy tale, The Harpy soars.” —NPR

Download or read book Jack Harkaway and His Son s Escape From the Brigands of Grece written by Bracebridge Hemyng and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape From the Brigands of Grece by Bracebridge Hemyng

Download or read book Harpy s Escape written by Laura Greenwood and published by Supernatural Retrieval Agency. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With no one believing them about Ocypete, Harper and her team are left to try and investigate without any official backing. When a couple of new leads come in, they learn that things are a lot worse than they first expected, and if they don't act fast, then they risk something far worse than a new crime boss. Fighting crime might be one thing on Harper's mind, but her growing relationship with Elias is also part of the equation and she finds herself spending an increasing amount of time in his arms. Can they start building a case against Ocypete that people are going to believe, or is she going to get the better of them? - Harpy's Escape is book two in the urban fantasy Supernatural Retrieval Agency Series, which includes a romantic m/f sub-plot.

Download or read book Harpy s Mission written by Laura Greenwood and published by Drowlgon Press. This book was released on with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the Supernatural Retrieval Agency Team in this light-hearted urban fantasy romance, complete with a kickass crime-fighting harpy heroine, an up-beat and quirky cupid best friend, and a medium burn workplace romance. A harpy with a dream job...and a handsome new partner to work with. Harper has wanted to join the Agency for as long as she can remember, but even she never expected to be thrown in the deep end on her first day. After she helps uncover a secret crime ring within the city, she's sent on a rescue mission to get a vital witness to safety. But when the plan goes sideways, Harper and her partner have to work out why, and how they can fix it. Can this harpy complete her mission? - Harpy's Mission is book one of Supernatural Retrieval Agency, an urban fantasy romance series filled with harpies, cupids, action, and a hint of steam with a m/f romance. If you like your romance with unusual supernatural creatures, action-packed law enforcement plots, and a quirky best friend, try the Supernatural Retrieval Agency series today, starting with Harpy's Mission. Search Terms: urban fantasy, fantasy romance, urban fantasy romance, paranormal romance, pnr, supernatural suspense, light-hearted fantasy, law enforcement, police, cops, harpies, cupids, harpy, mythology, cupid, unusual paranormal beings, unusual supernaturals, workplace romance, steamy, steamy paranormal romance, forced proximity, shifters

Download or read book Literary Wonderlands written by Laura Miller and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A glorious collection that delves deep into the inception, influences, and literary and historical underpinnings of nearly 100 of our most beloved fictional realms. Literary Wonderlands is a thoroughly researched, wonderfully written, and beautifully produced book that spans four thousand years of creative endeavor. From Spenser's The Fairie Queene to Wells's The Time Machine to Murakami's 1Q84 it explores the timeless and captivating features of fiction's imagined worlds including the relevance of the writer's own life to the creation of the story, influential contemporary events and philosophies, and the meaning that can be extracted from the details of the work. Each piece includes a detailed overview of the plot and a "Dramatis Personae." Literary Wonderlands is a fascinating read for lovers of literature, fantasy, and science fiction. Laura Miller is the book's general editor. Co-founder of Salon.com, where she worked as an editor and writer for 20 years, she is currently a books and culture columnist at Slate. A journalist and a critic, her work has appeared in the New Yorker, Harper's, the Guardian, and the New York Times Book Review, where she wrote the "Last Word" column for two years. She is the author of The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia and editor of the Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors.

Download or read book The Horrid Glory of Its Wings written by Elizabeth Bear and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's a harpy with bronze wings living in the dumpster behind Desiree's building. She's ugly and she eats garbage, but she has a little kingdom back there. Desiree wants something of her own, too -- something all hers. Can that foul old thing possibly help her? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Women and Other Monsters written by Jess Zimmerman and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh cultural analysis of female monsters from Greek mythology, and an invitation for all women to reclaim these stories as inspiration for a more wild, more “monstrous” version of feminism The folklore that has shaped our dominant culture teems with frightening female creatures. In our language, in our stories (many written by men), we underline the idea that women who step out of bounds—who are angry or greedy or ambitious, who are overtly sexual or not sexy enough—aren’t just outside the norm. They’re unnatural. Monstrous. But maybe, the traits we’ve been told make us dangerous and undesirable are actually our greatest strengths. Through fresh analysis of 11 female monsters, including Medusa, the Harpies, the Furies, and the Sphinx, Jess Zimmerman takes us on an illuminating feminist journey through mythology. She guides women (and others) to reexamine their relationships with traits like hunger, anger, ugliness, and ambition, teaching readers to embrace a new image of the female hero: one that looks a lot like a monster, with the agency and power to match. Often, women try to avoid the feeling of monstrousness, of being grotesquely alien, by tamping down those qualities that we’re told fall outside the bounds of natural femininity. But monsters also get to do what other female characters—damsels, love interests, and even most heroines—do not. Monsters get to be complete, unrestrained, and larger than life. Today, women are becoming increasingly aware of the ways rules and socially constructed expectations have diminished us. After seeing where compliance gets us—harassed, shut out, and ruled by predators—women have never been more ready to become repellent, fearsome, and ravenous.

Download or read book New York Fantastic written by Paula Guran and published by Start Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intriguing but insular man with telekinetic powers becomes New York City’s greatest superhero . . . A love affair blossoms between the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building . . . There are tunnels under New York that do not appear on any map . . . Being a Manhattan real estate broker for supernaturals is a real challenge . . . Editor and anthologist Paula Guran collects a diverse array of unusual and memorable tales set in the Big Apple, from a who’s-who of New York Times bestsellers and Hugo and Nebula Award-winning writers including George R. R. Martin, Peter Straub, Naomi Novik, Maria Dahvana Headley, Holly Black, and many more. Anyone who’s visited New York, New York knows what a “magical” place it is; these stories reveal just how marvelous, extraordinary, mysterious, and even occasionally eerie a truly fantastic city can be.

Download or read book The True Story of the Novel written by Margaret Anne Doody and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An erudite, intelligent and imaginative work of literary scholarship. With vivacity, grace, and wit, Doody traces the history (of the novel) from the ancient novels of Apuleium and Heliodorus through the Renaissance fictions of Boccaccio, Cervantes, and Rabelais to the 'official' birth of the novel in 18th-century England".--BOSTON GLOBE. 39 illustrations.

Download or read book The Monsters Know What They re Doing written by Keith Ammann and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the popular blog The Monsters Know What They’re Doing comes a compilation of villainous battle plans for Dungeon Masters. In the course of a Dungeons & Dragons game, a Dungeon Master has to make one decision after another in response to player behavior—and the better the players, the more unpredictable their behavior! It’s easy for even an experienced DM to get bogged down in on-the-spot decision-making or to let combat devolve into a boring slugfest, with enemies running directly at the player characters and biting, bashing, and slashing away. In The Monsters Know What They’re Doing, Keith Ammann lightens the DM’s burden by helping you understand your monsters’ abilities and develop battle plans before your fifth edition D&D game session begins. Just as soldiers don’t whip out their field manuals for the first time when they’re already under fire, a DM shouldn’t wait until the PCs have just encountered a dozen bullywugs to figure out how they advance, fight, and retreat. Easy to read and apply, The Monsters Know What They're Doing is essential reading for every DM.