voodoo Vows

voodoo Vows
Author: Diana Marie DuBois
Publisher: Three Danes Publishing LLC
Total Pages: 263
Release: 101
Genre:
ISBN:

PRIVATE VOWS

PRIVATE VOWS
Author: Sally Steward
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2014-05-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1460350545

FOUND: ONE BRIDE She wore a blood-stained wedding gown, but had no memory of her groom—or her own name. In desperation, she turned to the sexy stranger who'd found her and begged for his help, his protection…. Ex-cop-turned-investigator Cole Grayson knew better than to get involved with another vulnerable, scared woman. But the strength beneath her fear drew him to "Mary"—and so he brought her home with him.Yet as he searched for her past, strange things began happening. Were Mary's fears valid? Suddenly Cole realized that helping her remember put him in danger—of losing her forever….

Desegregating Comics

Desegregating Comics
Author: Qiana Whitted
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2023-05-12
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 197882503X

Some comics fans view the industry’s Golden Age (1930s-1950s) as a challenging time when it comes to representations of race, an era when the few Black characters appeared as brutal savages, devious witch doctors, or unintelligible minstrels. Yet the true portrait is more complex and reveals that even as caricatures predominated, some Golden Age comics creators offered more progressive and nuanced depictions of Black people. Desegregating Comics assembles a team of leading scholars to explore how debates about the representation of Blackness shaped both the production and reception of Golden Age comics. Some essays showcase rare titles like Negro Romance and consider the formal innovations introduced by Black comics creators like Matt Baker and Alvin Hollingsworth, while others examine the treatment of race in the work of such canonical cartoonists as George Herriman and Will Eisner. The collection also investigates how Black fans read and loved comics, but implored publishers to stop including hurtful stereotypes. As this book shows, Golden Age comics artists, writers, editors, distributors, and readers engaged in heated negotiations over how Blackness should be portrayed, and the outcomes of those debates continue to shape popular culture today.

The Guest is a Goner

The Guest is a Goner
Author: Carly Winter
Publisher: Westward Publishing / Carly Fall. LLC
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2021-02-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Enjoy this humorous, paranormal cozy mystery series by USA Today best selling author Carly Winter... She's never believed in ghosts... until now. As the owner of Sedona Bed and Breakfast, Bernadette Maxwell has always played up the rumors that her business was haunted. She’s never believed it herself, even though she can’t explain the odd odors that sometimes permeate the room or why a blast of cold air comes out of nowhere… until she has an accident and can suddenly see her resident ghost—her crazy, fun-loving, hippie grandmother, Ruby. When a guest is found dead, the police rule it a homicide. It becomes apparent Bernadette is not only a suspect, but also in the crosshairs of the murderer. With no one to turn to for help, she relies on Ruby to assist her in a search for clues to bring the killer to justice. Will Bernadette and Ruby find the murderer before Bernadette becomes the next victim? If you enjoy books by Jane Hinchey, Izzy Wilder, and Angie Fox, you'll love this ghostly paranormal series! 5 Stars - Ind'Tale Magazine: The reader will find themselves laughing and turning the pages to follow along the adventures of Bernie and Ruby as they search out a killer and not get themselves killed in the process. Readers will find will find this story not just a a fun page turner filled with mystery and suspense but will enjoy the relationship between grandmother and granddaughter. Completely unputdownable. Paranormal cozy mystery, small town cozy mystery, cozy mystery animals, cozy mystery ghosts, funny cozy mystery, cozy mystery romance, cozy mystery cat

Promises I Must Keep

Promises I Must Keep
Author: Jay Thomas Willis
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2022-08-04
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1669841456

The author has written fifteen short stories that come straight from his cerebral-conscious and -subconscious mind. Each story contains approximately 2,500 words. These stories are easy reading, original, and guaranteed to entertain. They are congruent, sensible, and logical. They are fresh, entertaining, and creative; also succint, down to earth, and will force one to engage his or her imagination. The stories mimic some of the author's experiences, but are completely fictional, and in no way represent reality.

A Touch of Myth

A Touch of Myth
Author: Jean Forray
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2000-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595091830

From every part of the ancient world, these stories try to explain the mysteries of the where, why, and when. This is the search of man for himself, looking at the horizon, seeing what is always there: leading, following, falling, rising, never reachable. From "Seal Island" to "The Aztec," these stories will delight the reader. What is a rainbow? Why does a jackal laugh? Where did music come from? Who is the earth eater? Is there a Dreamtime? In our world of reality, this is fascinating reading.

Something's There

Something's There
Author: Dan Greenburg
Publisher:
Total Pages: 344
Release: 1976
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN:

The author's memoirs as a skeptic investigating the paranormal and the history of occultism. "This book is the delightful, irreverent, often spooky record of his discoveries."-back flap.

Sex Trafficking, Human Rights, and Social Justice

Sex Trafficking, Human Rights, and Social Justice
Author: Tiantian Zheng
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 589
Release: 2010-09-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 113695273X

The recognition of women’s human rights to migrate and work as sex workers is disregarded and dismissed by anti-trafficking discourses of rescue in the latest United Nation’s definition of trafficking. This volume explores the life experiences, agency, and human rights of trafficked women in order to shed light on the complicated processes in which anti-trafficking, human rights and social justice are intersected. In these articles, the authors critically analyze not only the conflation of trafficking with sex work in international and national discourses and its effects on migrant women, but also the global anti-trafficking policy and the root causes for the undocumented migration and employment. Featuring case studies on eleven countries including the US, Iran, Denmark, Paris, Hong Kong, and south east Asia and offering perspectives from transnational migrant population, the contributors rearticulate the trafficking discourses away from the state control of immigration and the global policing of borders, and reassert the social justice and the needs, agency, and human rights of migrant and working communities. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of politics, gender studies, human rights, migration, sociology and anthropology.

An Introduction to Religious Language

An Introduction to Religious Language
Author: Valerie Hobbs
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2020-12-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1350095761

Religious language is all around us, embedded in advertising, politics and news media. This book introduces readers to the field of theolinguistics, the study of religious language. Investigating the ways in which people talk to and about God, about the sacred and about religion itself, it considers why people make certain linguistic choices and what they accomplish. Introducing the key methods required for examining religious language, Valerie Hobbs acquaints readers with the most common and important theolinguistic features and their functions. Using critical corpus-assisted discourse analysis with a focus on archaic and other lexical features, metaphor, agency and intertextuality, she examines religious language in context. Highlighting its use in both expected locations, such as modern-day prayer and politics, and unexpected locations including advertising, sport, healthcare and news media, Hobbs analyses the shifting and porous linguistic boundaries between the religious and the secular. With discussion questions and further readings for each chapter, as well as a companion website featuring suggested answers to the reflection tasks, this is the ideal introduction to the study of religious language.

Invisible Enemies

Invisible Enemies
Author: Jim Croft
Publisher: Chosen Books
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2011-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 144123246X

In the last 40 years, there has been a resurgence of New Testament deliverance ministry. On the forefront of this movement is Jim Croft, pastor, teacher, and deliverance minister. In Invisible Enemies, Croft takes readers on a journey into the heart of deliverance ministry, including topics such as the reality of the demonic realm the different types of evil spirits how demons enter and display their presence why it's not unusual for Christians to need ministry how to minister deliverance Full of personal testimonies from Croft, his family, and others who have been delivered, Invisible Enemies also exposes and counters some of the more aberrant methodologies that have become the norm. Even better, Croft shows believers how to free themselves and others from demonic powers and how they can maintain that freedom.