Download or read book Rampage in the City of Light written by William Jones and published by Mamba Press. This book was released on with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "Rampage in the City of Light," an enthralling tale of myth and mayhem unfolds, captivating readers with a gripping narrative that combines elements of fantasy, suspense, and redemption. When a colossal, mythical elephant emerges amidst the iconic landmarks of Paris, the world watches in stunned disbelief as chaos reigns in the once-vibrant City of Light. Professor Benjamin Hartley, an enigmatic explorer, leads a team of daring treasure hunters on a relentless quest to unearth the origins of this mythical beast. As they delve deep into the heart of the African jungle, ancient legends and cryptic symbols paint a haunting portrait of destruction that spans the ages. The narrative intensifies as Paris grapples with the unprecedented threat, leaving authorities scrambling to contain the colossal intruder. Amidst the chaos, the truth behind the creature's rampage begins to surface, revealing a heartbreaking tale of ancient sorrow and an unquenchable longing for understanding. As the team races against time to decipher the enigmatic tablet and comprehend the colossal elephant's true purpose, the fate of Paris hangs in the balance. Will the city's inhabitants find the courage to unite and confront this mythical force before it's too late? Can humanity rise above fear and misunderstanding to uncover the deeper truths hidden within the ancient legend? "Rampage in the City of Light" is a captivating saga that explores themes of resilience, compassion, and humanity's intricate relationship with the natural world. The electrifying plot twists and turns, leading readers on a heart-pounding journey through the streets of Paris, where mystery and revelation collide. As the narrative unfolds, bonds of understanding form between the mythical guardian and the city's inhabitants, presenting a glimmer of hope amidst the devastation. With Paris as its enchanting backdrop, the novel leaves readers questioning their perceptions of myth, reality, and the power of redemption. This mesmerizing adventure challenges readers to reevaluate their connection with nature, reminding us of the delicate balance that exists between humanity and the forces of the natural world. In the face of chaos, "Rampage in the City of Light" implores readers to reflect on the transformative potential of compassion and the indomitable spirit of the human heart. Prepare to be spellbound by the pages of "Rampage in the City of Light," a tale that blends fantasy with reality, delivering an unforgettable narrative that will linger in the hearts of readers long after the final page has been turned.
Download or read book Rampage written by Justin Scott and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chris Taggart is a ruthless, driven, real estate entrepreneur whose buildings have changed the skyline of New York. Young, handsome, irresistible to women, Taggart has won it all with his bare hands and fierce ambition. But his dazzling success can never erase the bitter memory of his father's death at the hands of the mob—and now Taggart sets out to use his wealth and power to destroy the men whom he holds responsible.It is a secret vendetta—a war, in fact—that Taggart launches single-handedly against the Five Families of New York. It pits him against some of the toughest men in organized crime—as well as his own brother, a crusading assistant U.S. attorney, one of the strikeforce prosecutors.Taggart risks his fortune, his reputation, finally his life, to get revenge; only to find that he has instead become one of them, that his triumph over criminals has turned him into a more dangerous threat than any mob boss in New York.
Download or read book The Lonely Light of Darkness written by Adam Goldman and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rampage MacArthur Yamashita and the Battle of Manila written by James M. Scott and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Illuminating.… An eloquent testament to a doomed city and its people.” —The Wall Street Journal In early 1945, General Douglas MacArthur prepared to reclaim Manila, America’s Pearl of the Orient, which had been seized by the Japanese in 1942. Convinced the Japanese would abandon the city, he planned a victory parade down Dewey Boulevard—but the enemy had other plans. The Japanese were determined to fight to the death. The battle to liberate Manila resulted in the catastrophic destruction of the city and a rampage by Japanese forces that brutalized the civilian population, resulting in a massacre as horrific as the Rape of Nanking. Drawing from war-crimes testimony, after-action reports, and survivor interviews, Rampage recounts one of the most heartbreaking chapters of Pacific War history.
Download or read book Raccoon Rampage Awesome Animals written by Andrew Cope and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2012-05-03 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award-winning author of the Spy Dog series comes a wildly funny tale in HarperCollins’ Awesome Animals series – the funniest fiction, starring the wildest of wildlife from leading authors.
Download or read book The Ballad of Robert Charles written by K. Stephen Prince and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2021-02-10 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a brief moment in the summer of 1900, Robert Charles was arguably the most infamous black man in the United States. After an altercation with police on a New Orleans street, Charles killed two police officers and fled. During a manhunt that extended for days, violent white mobs roamed the city, assaulting African Americans and killing at least half a dozen. When authorities located Charles, he held off a crowd of thousands for hours before being shot to death. The notorious episode was reported nationwide; years later, fabled jazz pianist Jelly Roll Morton recalled memorializing Charles in song. Yet today, Charles is almost entirely invisible in the traditional historical record. So who was Robert Charles, really? An outlaw? A black freedom fighter? And how can we reconstruct his story? In this fascinating work, K. Stephen Prince sheds fresh light on both the history of the Robert Charles riots and the practice of history-writing itself. He reveals evidence of intentional erasures, both in the ways the riot and its aftermath were chronicled and in the ways stories were silenced or purposefully obscured. But Prince also excavates long-hidden facts from the narratives passed down by white and black New Orleanians over more than a century. In so doing, he probes the possibilities and limitations of the historical imagination.
Download or read book The Stranger in the Seine written by Guillaume Musso and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an international bestselling author: one foggy Paris night, a young woman is fished out of the Seine with no memory of who she is —but the quest to identify her leads to a woman who is already dead. On a winter night in Paris, a young woman is pulled naked out of the Seine. She has amnesia and bears no identifying marks apart from two peculiar tattoos. She is rushed to the infirmary of Paris police headquarters, but only a few hours later, she disappears. DNA analysis reveals her identity. She is the famous pianist Milena Bergman. But that’s impossible, because Milena died in a plane crash more than a year ago. Raphael, Milena’s former fiancé desperate for answers, and Roxane, a cop hell-bent on proving herself after a recent fall from grace, spearhead the investigation. Their quest to uncover the truth quickly reveals secrets long buried, a web of impostors, and danger lurking in plain sight. Nevertheless, they are determined to get to the center of this mystery: How can a person be both dead and alive at the same time?
Download or read book The Man in the Moon Book 3 written by Neil Bloom and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2023-08-23 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the final installment of “The Man in the Moon Trilogy,” the entire solar system is under siege. The Jupiter Computer is on the rampage, but this time, he’s ten times more formidable. His dragon army is ready to complete their task of total interplanetary domination. Moony is still imprisoned on Earth by Commander Donaldson and in dire need of an impossible rescue. The Moon Computer and her clan are determined to thwart the Jupiter Computer’s plans. In order to do so, they must face a fighting force never seen before in the history of the galaxy. The entire solar system must bond together to save themselves. The Moon Computer is calling the shots as usual, but there are many new “entities” who want things their way. However, wartime and humanism have transformed the Moon Computer into a different machine. Her quest now is to rid the solar system of the ultimate invasion, one-hundred and three Jupiter dragons… are on their way! Philip, Harry, Yoshi and Ernst, will help M.C. attempt to save the Earth and the moon. What ensues is nothing short of total bedlam for all the planets in our section of the Milky Way Galaxy. In the third and last volume of “The Man in the Moon Trilogy,” all debts will be settled. All accounts will be closed. Get ready for the gripping conclusion, which spans the entire history of our solar system. Time is relentless.
Download or read book Heterotopia and the City written by Michiel Dehaene and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-05-15 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heterotopia, literally meaning ‘other place’, is a rich concept in urban design that describes a space that is on the margins of ordered or civil society, and one that possesses multiple, fragmented or even incompatible meanings. The term has had an impact on architectural and urban theory since it was coined by Foucault in the late 1960s but it has remained a source of confusion and debate since. Heterotopia and the City seeks to clarify this concept and investigates the heterotopias which exist throughout our contemporary world: in museums, theme parks, malls, holiday resorts, gated communities, wellness hotels and festival markets. With theoretical contributions on the concept of heterotopia, including a new translation of Foucault’s influential 1967 text, Of Other Space and essays by well-known scholars, the book comprises a series of critical case studies, from Beaubourg to Bilbao, which probe a range of (post)urban transformations and which redirect the debate on the privatization of public space. Wastelands and terrains vagues are studied in detail in a section on urban activism and transgression and the reader gets a glimpse of the extremes of our dualized, postcivil condition through case studies on Jakarta, Dubai, and Kinshasa. Heterotopia and the City provides a collective effort to reposition heterotopia as a crucial concept for contemporary urban theory. The book will be of interest to all those wishing to understand the city in the emerging postcivil society and post-historical era. Planners, architects, cultural theorists, urbanists and academics will find this a valuable contribution to current critical argument.
Download or read book The Furthest City Light written by Jeanne Winer and published by Bella Books. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like most public defenders, Rachel Stein is an adrenaline junkie. Inspired by the case of a battered woman who stabbed her husband to death, she devotes herself tireless to the woman’s defense, eager to finally create case law that can make a difference in these cases. She isn’t prepared to lose. When she does, she loses her grip on everything. Her partner, her relationship, her belief in her way of life. If she can’t save one woman, Rachel instead obsesses about saving the world. Revolution in Nicaragua beckons. Counting on her wits and humor, she embarks on an inside-out journey that may finally allow her to believe again in the people and life that she has loved. A story of resourcefulness in a treacherously unstable world where bad things happen to good people, The Furthest City Light illuminates a journey of hope and revelations for a woman who cares too much. A Bella Attitude Novel.
Download or read book Civil Rights in Black and Brown written by Max Krochmal and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2022 Best Book Award, Oral History Association Hundreds of stories of activists at the front lines of the intersecting African American and Mexican American liberation struggle Not one but two civil rights movements flourished in mid-twentieth-century Texas, and they did so in intimate conversation with one another. Far from the gaze of the national media, African American and Mexican American activists combated the twin caste systems of Jim Crow and Juan Crow. These insurgents worked chiefly within their own racial groups, yet they also looked to each other for guidance and, at times, came together in solidarity. The movements sought more than integration and access: they demanded power and justice. Civil Rights in Black and Brown draws on more than 500 oral history interviews newly collected across Texas, from the Panhandle to the Piney Woods and everywhere in between. The testimonies speak in detail to the structure of racism in small towns and huge metropolises—both the everyday grind of segregation and the haunting acts of racial violence that upheld Texas’s state-sanctioned systems of white supremacy. Through their memories of resistance and revolution, the activists reveal previously undocumented struggles for equity, as well as the links Black and Chicanx organizers forged in their efforts to achieve self-determination.
Download or read book The City s Son written by Tom Pollock and published by Jo Fletcher Books. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An impeccably dark parable, endlessly inventive and utterly compelling" --M R Carey, author of The Girl with all the Gifts Beth's world is falling apart. Then she discovers a hidden London, full of marvels, magic . . . and menace. Perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere. Hidden under the surface of everyday London is a city where wild train spirits stampede over the tracks and glass-skinned dancers with glowing veins light the streets. When a devastating betrayal drives her from her home, Beth stumbles into the secret city, where she finds Filius Viae, London's ragged crown prince, just when he needs someone the most. For an ancient enemy has returned to the darkness under St Paul's Cathedral, bent on reigniting a centuries-old war. Desperate to find a way to save the city they both love, they find themselves in a desperate race through this bizarre urban wonderland, but when Beth's best friend is captured, she must choose between this wondrous existence and the life she left behind. The City's Son is the first book of The Skyscraper Throne trilogy: a story about family, friends and monsters, and how you can't always tell which is which.
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Download or read book Hearts of the City written by Herbert Muschamp and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2013-12-11 with total page 913 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the late Herbert Muschamp, the former architecture critic of The New York Times and one of the most outspoken and influential voices in architectural criticism, a collection of his best work. The pieces here—from The New Republic, Artforum, and The New York Times—reveal how Muschamp’s views were both ahead of their time and timeless. He often wrote about how the right architecture could be inspiring and uplifting, and he uniquely drew on film, literature, and popular culture to write pieces that were passionate and often personal, changing the landscape of architectural criticism in the process. These columns made architecture a subject accessible to everyone at a moment when, because of the heated debate between modernists and postmodernists, architecture had become part of a larger public dialogue. One of the most courageous and engaged voices in his field, he devoted many columns at the Times to the lack of serious new architecture in this country, and particularly in New York, and spoke out against the agenda of developers. He departed from the usual dry, didactic style of much architectural writing to playfully, for example, compare Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Bilbao to the body of Marilyn Monroe or to wax poetic about a new design for Manhattan’s manhole covers. One sees in this collection that Muschamp championed early on the work of Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, Zaha Hadid, Thom Payne, Frank Israel, Jean Nouvel, and Santiago Calatrava, among others, and was drawn to the theoretical writings of such architects as Peter Eisenman. Published here for the first time is the uncut version of his brilliant and poignant essay about gay culture and Edward Durrell Stone’s museum at 2 Columbus Circle. Fragments from the book he left unfinished, whose title we took for this collection—“A Dozen Years,” “Metroscope,” and “Atomic Secrets”—are also included. Hearts of the City is dazzling writing from a humanistic thinker whose work changed forever the way we think about our cities—and the buildings in them.
Download or read book The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya light novel written by Nagaru Tanigawa and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haruhi holds the fate of the universe in her hands . . . lucky for you she doesn't know it! Meet Haruhi - a cute, determined girl, starting high school in a city where nothing exciting happens and absolutely no one understands her. Meet Kyon - the sarcastic guy who sits behind Haruhi in homeroom and the only boy Haruhi has ever opened up to. His fate is now tied to hers. Meet the S.O.S. Brigade - an after-school club organized by Haruhi with a mission to seek out the extraordinary. Oh, and their second mission? Keeping Haruhi happy . . . because even though she doesn't know it, Haruhi has the power to destroy the universe. Seriously. The phenomenon that took Japan by storm - with more than 4.5 million copies sold - is now available in the first-ever English edition.
Download or read book The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy Vol 6 light novel written by Yu Shimizu and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE PRICE OF VENGEANCE Nine years ago, Sakuya lost her home and sister to a powerful Void Lord. She’s dedicated her life to fighting the Voids ever since. However, when a group of the Sakura Orchid’s greatest fighters, the Kenki Gathering, contact her with a plan to use the Seventh Assault Garden as bait for the Void Lord, she’s left in a difficult position. While she wants revenge, it can’t come at the cost of her new home, but Sakuya can’t stop the Kenki Gathering by herself. Fortunately, she knows someone who might be able to help...a Dark Lord!
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