Willa of the Wood

Willa of the Wood
Author: Robert Beatty
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2018-07-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1368010601

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Robert Beatty comes a spooky, thrilling new series set in the magical world of Serafina. Move without a sound. Steal without a trace. Willa, a young nightspirit of the Great Smoky Mountains, is her clan's best thief. She creeps into the homes of day-folk in the cover of darkness and takes what they won't miss. It's dangerous work—the day-folk kill whatever they do not understand. But when Willa's curiosity leaves her hurt and stranded in a day-folk man's home, everything she thought she knew about her people—and their greatest enemy—is forever changed.

Made by Sea and Wood, in Darkness

Made by Sea and Wood, in Darkness
Author: Alexandros Plasatis
Publisher: Spuyten Duyvil
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781952419522

"A beautiful novel that illuminates the fraught lives of Egyptian immigrants with a witty soulful sympathy. Plasatis conjures up a harsh radiant world in which many are adrift and terra firma is not always the salvation it's cracked up to be"--

Elisabeth Tonnard

Elisabeth Tonnard
Author:
Publisher: J & L Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 9780989531108

Elisabeth Tonnard's In This Dark Wood is a study of urban alienation in America. In a haunting, modern-gothic style, it pairs images of people walking alone in nighttime city streets with 90 different English translations, collected by Tonnard, of the famous first lines of Dante's Inferno: "Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita / mi ritrovai per una selva oscura / ché la diritta via era smarrita." ("In the middle of the journey of our life / I found myself in a dark wood / for the straight way was lost"). The images were selected from the Joseph Selle collection at the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New York, which contains over a million negatives from a company of street photographers who worked in San Francisco from the 1940s to the 70s. This edition is a reprint of a work originally self-published in 2008.

The Whisperer in Darkness

The Whisperer in Darkness
Author: Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2019-05-21
Genre:
ISBN: 9781099596650

The story is told by Albert N. Wilmarth, an instructor of literature at Miskatonic University in Arkham. When local newspapers report strange things seen floating in rivers during a historic Vermont flood, Wilmarth becomes embroiled in a controversy about the reality and significance of the sightings, though he sides with the skeptics. Wilmarth uncovers old legends about monsters living in the uninhabited hills who abduct people who venture or settle too close to their territory.

Dark Lord

Dark Lord
Author: Greywolf the Wanderer
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 578
Release: 2000-12-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1475903103

Greywolf is the general of an anemic militia that guards the frontiers of the idyllic land of the Fae, Tir-na-nog. All appears peaceful along the northern borders, until he sends animals to spy across the Mysts, that mysterious veil that separates the Human lands from the enchanted Lands of the Fae. He rushes back to his homeland only to be scorned as an opportunist by the ruling council. Almost single handedly he strives to stem the flow of the enemy not only into his own lands, but into all of Tir-na-nog itself. Will he succeed? Can he rally the kingdoms to defend the lands in time? The answer may surprise you. Enter a wayward Goddess hell bent on revenge! Diana arrives in Tir-na-nog to avenge the destruction of her temples And the murdering of her priestesses. The first living soul she encounters upon arrival is Greywolf. The Sparks fly as they form an unlikely partnership to do battle against Dark Lord! A bold fantasy tale laced with drama, comedy, magic, mystery, bloodshed, and romance. Where mythical beasts and races come alive, and interact in a world of splendor. It is a classical struggle between the forces of Good and Evil. He receives reports that in a land of an ancient enemy, troops are amassing at a fortress known as the Tower of Terror. Then the reports abruptly cease. He travels to the land of Humans himself only to discover that an invasion is being planned by an evil villain. A villain he himself used to call friend.

Tales from the Hinterland

Tales from the Hinterland
Author: Melissa Albert
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2021-01-12
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1250302730

A gorgeously illustrated collection of twelve “lush and deliciously sinister fairy tales” (Kelly Link) by the New York Times bestselling author of The Hazel Wood and The Night Country! Before The Hazel Wood, there was Althea Proserpine’s Tales from the Hinterland... Journey into the Hinterland, a brutal and beautiful world where a young woman spends a night with Death, brides are wed to a mysterious house in the trees, and an enchantress is killed twice—and still lives. Perfect for new readers and dedicated fans alike, Melissa Albert's Tales from the Hinterland features full-page illustrations by Jim Tierney, foil stamping, two-color interior printing, and printed endpapers.

Candle in the Darkness (Refiner’s Fire Book #1)

Candle in the Darkness (Refiner’s Fire Book #1)
Author: Lynn Austin
Publisher: Bethany House
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2002-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1441202870

"A gripping tale told by a gifted writer."--Beverly Lewis Caroline Fletcher is caught in a nation split apart and torn between the ones she loves and a truth she can't deny The daughter of a wealthy slave-holding family from Richmond, Virginia, Caroline Fletcher is raised to believe slavery is God-ordained and acceptable. But on awakening to its cruelty and injustice, her eyes are opened to the men and women who have cared tirelessly for her. At the same time, her father and her fiance, Charles St. John, are fighting for the Confederacy and their beloved way of life and traditions. Where does Caroline's loyalty lie? Emboldened by her passion to make a difference and her growing faith, will she risk everything she holds dear?

Stories, Tales, Folklore, and Such As!

Stories, Tales, Folklore, and Such As!
Author: Brigitta Gisella Geltrich-Ludgate
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2017-03-28
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1524573507

There are fifty-four stories in the edition Stories, Tales, Folklore & Such As. They were written over the years from the late 1950s to the present. Some of the stories or tales served as jumping boards from which longer stories or tales were written and are already published in the authors books of Tales and Bedtime Stories, The Muddy Little Bell, and Fathers Can Be Good Dads, and others that are self-contained. Most of the content was culled from the publications of The Creative with Words Publications (CWW), which was published by the author from 1975 to the present for children and adult poets and writers. Originally, not all of the stories and tales and folklore and such as were written under the authors name, Brigitta Gisella Geltrich Ludgate. They were offered under her pseudonymsBert Hower, Max Davis, and Creative Kate. All, however, are the sole creations of the author.

The Darkness Under the Water

The Darkness Under the Water
Author: Beth Kanell
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2008
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 076363719X

In 1930, sixteen-year-old Molly lives under the shadow of a governor who wants to sterilize people "unfit to be true Vermonters," such as her Abenaki family, while the loss of her family home, her mother's pregnancy, her first love, and other events transform her life.

Redemption Songs

Redemption Songs
Author: Lea VanderVelde
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2014-09-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199927308

The Dred Scott case is the most notorious example of slaves suing for freedom. Most examinations of the case focus on its notorious verdict, and the repercussions that the decision set off-especially the worsening of the sectional crisis that would eventually lead to the Civil War-were extreme. In conventional assessment, a slave losing a lawsuit against his master seems unremarkable. But in fact, that case was just one of many freedom suits brought by slaves in the antebellum period; an example of slaves working within the confines of the U.S. legal system (and defying their masters in the process) in an attempt to win the ultimate prize: their freedom. And until Dred Scott, the St. Louis courts adhered to the rule of law to serve justice by recognizing the legal rights of the least well-off. For over a decade, legal scholar Lea VanderVelde has been building and examining a collection of more than 300 newly discovered freedom suits in St. Louis. In Redemption Songs, VanderVelde describes twelve of these never-before analyzed cases in close detail. Through these remarkable accounts, she takes readers beyond the narrative of the Dred Scott case to weave a diverse tapestry of freedom suits and slave lives on the frontier. By grounding this research in St. Louis, a city defined by the Antebellum frontier, VanderVelde reveals the unique circumstances surrounding the institution of slavery in westward expansion. Her investigation shows the enormous degree of variation among the individual litigants in the lives that lead to their decision to file suit for freedom. Although Dred Scott's loss is the most widely remembered, over 100 of the 300 St. Louis cases that went to court resulted in the plaintiff's emancipation. Beyond the successful outcomes, the very existence of these freedom suits helped to reshape the parameters of American slavery in the nation's expansion. Thanks to VanderVelde's thorough and original research, we can hear for the first time the vivid stories of a seemingly powerless group who chose to use a legal system that was so often arrayed against them in their fight for freedom from slavery.