Ordinary Cruelty

Ordinary Cruelty
Author: Amber Flame
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2017-04-15
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1949342093

In her debut poetry collection, Ordinary Cruelty, Amber Flame spells out rituals in everyday decisions to hold on or let go. While questioning the role of elder, mentor, mother in the face of losing those figures, Flame details the unrelenting nature of parenthood through the cycles of grief. Her poems exuberantly rejoice in the brown skin of the female body, while soberly acknowledging the societal dangers of claiming such skin as home. Flame takes the reader through a visceral examination of the body's processes of both dying and continuing to live and the joy to be found while we do.

Spell Sisters: Sophia the Flame Sister

Spell Sisters: Sophia the Flame Sister
Author: Amber Castle
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 101
Release: 2012-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0857076906

When eleven-year-old Gwen ventures into the forest beyond her castle home she comes across the magical island of Avalon and her life changes forever. The lady of the lake, Nineve, asks Gwen to embark on a quest to protect the enchanted island of Avalon from the evil sorceress Morgana la Fay. Morgana has imprisoned the eight Spell Sisters of Avalon throughout the kingdom and stolen their magical powers. It's up to Gwen, her best friend Flora and a very special horse named Moonlight to find the sisters and return them to Avalon before its magic is lost forever. In this first adventure Gwen and Flora search for Sophia the Flame Sister who Morgana has imprisoned in an enchanted forest. Can the girls save her and help to restore the magic of fire to Avalon?

Born of Blood and Flames

Born of Blood and Flames
Author: Amber Darwin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2021-08-09
Genre:
ISBN:

"The Darkness found me, and when I awoke, I became the most gifted Blood Witch my generation has ever known. I am a weapon. I am hunted. I am everything they fear. My name is Vivi Graves, and my story was never a fairytale." Life hasn't been simple for the city of Thornfall's best Blood Witch turned bartender. Shunned by most other witches, abused by The Academy of Elders, her love life is a dumpster fire, and even her sassy familiar doesn't listen to a word she says. But at least she's escaped the clutches of her corrupted mentors. Or has she? When a terrifyingly sexy man shows up at her workplace, all shadows and temptation, her current reality starts to unravel. There's no denying that he's dangerous for her health, her heart isn't safe either. But as their fates intertwine, buried secrets expose themselves and the past comes back to punish them both. Is blood thicker than water? Does love conquer all? And in the depths of hell, can Vivi survive the flames? There's only one way to find out... ** Born of Blood and Flames is a medium burn, enemies to lovers, dark fantasy, adult paranormal romance.

Alone Together

Alone Together
Author: Garth Stein
Publisher: Central Avenue Publishing
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2020-09-01
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1771682299

"Could there be a timelier gift to quarantined readers...? I doubt it."—The Washington Post "A heartening gathering of writers joining forces for community support."—Kirkus Reviews "Connects writers, readers, and booksellers in a wonderfully imaginative way. It's a really good book for a really good cause"—Bestselling author James Patterson ALONE TOGETHER: Love, Grief, and Comfort in the Time of COVID-19 is a collection of essays, poems, and interviews to serve as a lifeline for negotiating how to connect and thrive during this stressful time of isolation as well as a historical perspective that will remain relevant for years to come. All contributing authors and business partners are donating their share to The Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc), a nonprofit organization that coordinates charitable programs to strengthen the bookselling community. The roster of diverse voices includes Faith Adiele, Kwame Alexander, Jenna Blum, Andre Dubus III, Jamie Ford, Nikki Giovanni, Pam Houston, Jean Kwok, Major Jackson, Devi S. Laskar, Caroline Leavitt, Ada Limón, Dani Shapiro, David Sheff, Garth Stein, Luis Alberto Urrea, Steve Yarbrough, and Lidia Yuknavitch. The overarching theme is how this age of isolation and uncertainty is changing us as individuals and a society. "Alone Together showcases the human desire to grieve, explore, comfort, connect, and simply sit with the world as it weathers the pandemic. Jennifer Haupt's timely and moving anthology also benefits the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, making it a project that is noble in both word and deed."—Ann Patchett, Bestselling author, bookseller, and Co-Ambassador for The Book Industry Charitable Foundation

The Emerald Wiccan

The Emerald Wiccan
Author: Marc Sanderson
Publisher: Paper Gold Publishing
Total Pages: 751
Release: 2021-02-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

She is an Emerald. Her job is to find the young humans just coming into their magic and get them off earth as fast as possible. She sees all the signs of a youth feeling the first flush, but can't find the budding witch or warlock. She must get to them before the others find and kill the human. She locates a somewhat nerdy professor, but not the person she seeks. It's not fair to a human to allow anything to develop between them. When she discovers the full-grown man is the person she hopes to aid, she takes him home. But things have turned nasty on her world. Those who hate anyone not of the proper standing want to destroy him and she could be collateral damage physically and emotionally.

Erasmus Darwin and the Romantic Poets

Erasmus Darwin and the Romantic Poets
Author: D. King-Hele
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 309
Release: 1986-02-12
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 134918098X

Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) had the highest reputation among living English poets during much of the 1790s, through the great success of his long poem in rhyming couplets, The Botanic Garden, published complete in 1792. In this new book Desmond King-Hele shows in convincing detail how Darwin greatly influenced five major English Romantic poets, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley and Keats, and many other poets of the time, such as Crabbe and Campbell (but not Byron).

Beautiful, Beautiful Afghans

Beautiful, Beautiful Afghans
Author: American Thread Company
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2023-11-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"Beautiful, Beautiful Afghans" by American Thread Company. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Exiled Flame

Exiled Flame
Author: Julian M. Miles
Publisher: Lizards of the Host Publishing
Total Pages: 119
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

DS Tanner and DC Reeves don’t know why this gang are stealing bodies, nor do they know where they get the advanced technology they use to ensure their successes. They’re sure the military know more than is being disclosed, and there’s a hacker involved in ways that are supposed to be impossible. They need to get lucky, and soon. Narbyl is doing the best he can to protect his people. Until they stop coming, he’ll continue to do what he has to, and deal with any consequences as they arise. However, what arrived today could have consequences beyond belief. If he’s unlucky, it’s going to kill millions. A tale about angels, bodysnatching, criminal investigation, demons, goddesses, hacking, loyalty, and magic in a cyberpunk future.