Wrath of the Dark Circle

Wrath of the Dark Circle
Author: Brenton Udor
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2011-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0557730309

It's the end of the 1940's and Detective Shawn McCormick, along with his future wife, Maxine O'Connor, have brought to a successful conclusion, the hidden mystery of Khufu's Tablet. Since their return from Mexico, Shawn has quit the police force to become a Private Investigator. Little did anyone realize, however, that behind the scenes, in another part of the world, a vengeful plot was being hatched against them that would not only rip apart the future plans of Shawn and Maxine and their new lives together, but the rest of the country as well. So begins another danger filled adventure that will, again, plunge the couple into a life or death struggle against an ancient criminal organization bent on revenge and world domination. This time, Shawn and Maxine, along with some new found friends, will have to deal with the terrible forces unleashed upon them as they face the Wrath of the Dark Circle.

Kingdom of the Wicked

Kingdom of the Wicked
Author: Kerri Maniscalco
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2020-10-27
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0316428442

A James Patterson Presents Novel From the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Stalking Jack the Ripper series comes a new blockbuster series... Two sisters.One brutal murder. A quest for vengeance that will unleash Hell itself... And an intoxicating romance. Emilia and her twin sister Vittoria are streghe -- witches who live secretly among humans, avoiding notice and persecution. One night, Vittoria misses dinner service at the family's renowned Sicilian restaurant. Emilia soon finds the body of her beloved twin...desecrated beyond belief. Devastated, Emilia sets out to find her sister's killer and to seek vengeance at any cost-even if it means using dark magic that's been long forbidden. Then Emilia meets Wrath, one of the Wicked-princes of Hell she has been warned against in tales since she was a child. Wrath claims to be on Emilia's side, tasked by his master with solving the series of women's murders on the island. But when it comes to the Wicked, nothing is as it seems...

Wrath of a Mad God

Wrath of a Mad God
Author: Raymond E. Feist
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 485
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061758752

The master fantasist’s thrilling conclusion to The Darkwar Saga To save the future of both empires, the powerful sorcerer Pug and the Conclave of Shadows have journeyed into the darkest of terrain: the Dasati home world. There, traveling undercover among the bloodthirsty and ruthless Dasati, they have encountered Bek, a disturbing young stranger whose secrets may prove more important than Pug knows. And back in the realm of Midkemia, as the young warriors Tad, Zane, and their friends protect the Kingdom from raiders, Miranda finds herself a prisoner of the Dasati, and, even more ominously, of Pug’s nemesis, the evil sorcerer Leso Varen. And Pug finds himself allied with a friend thought long dead, a friend whose remarkable powers will be sorely needed in the battle to come . . . a battle that will bring them all together in one great struggle for the future and very soul of Midkemia.

Shelley and His Circle, 1773-1822

Shelley and His Circle, 1773-1822
Author: Kenneth Neill Cameron
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 1192
Release: 1970
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780674806115

The publication of Volumes III and IV of Shelley and His Circle under the editorial auspices of Kenneth Neill Cameron makes available a further portion of the Shelley manuscript materials in the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library. These two volumes continue in the format and style of Volumes I and II, which received the critical acclaim of, among others, John Ciardi, who lauded Cameron and his contributing editors for rescuing "the material from felonious footnotery primarily by enclosing it in a continuous narrative that contains detailed introductions to each of the characters of the circle, and a general background of their relationships and of the times." Volumes III and IV progress chronologically through Shelley's life, beginning with the early years of Shelley's marriage to Harriet Westbrook, where Volume II ended, and concluding with her suicide. Among the manuscripts are twelve letters and literary pieces by Byron including the first of his "separation" poem "Fare Thee Well," the expanded 1814 journal of Claire Clairmont, the curious triangular correspondence of Shelley, Mary Godwin, and Thomas Jefferson Hogg, Shelley's annotated copy of Queen Mab, and the suicide letter Harriet Shelley wrote a few hours before she drowned in the Serpentine. A number of maps especially prepared for this edition and other supplementary illustrations enhance the impeccable scholarship of these volumes which, with the projected publication of the remaining materials, will present a half century of interconnected biographies and will suggest the literary and intellectual tenor of the Romantic era. The Pforzheimer collection, exceeded only by that at the Bodleian in the number of Shelley and Shelleyana manuscripts, reflects the personal interests of Carl H. Pforzheimer, who put together one of the notable private libraries of modern times. Before his death in 1957, he planned the form of publication for his collection, designing it not only for the academic use of scholars but also as a stimulating and readable set for the enthusiastic layman.

Hermetic Behmenists

Hermetic Behmenists
Author: Dionysius Andreas Freher
Publisher: Topaz House Publications
Total Pages: 826
Release: 2017-10-01
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0998821314

Hermetic Behmenists reproduces the writings of Dionysius Andreas Freher and Francis Lee, two exceptional commentators on Jacob Boehme’s philosophy. The texts contained in this book were originally published in 1854, in an edition of 500, given away to friends, and sent to university libraries by their editor, Christopher Walton. They were never sold in stores. Walton was an English Behmenist and devotee of William Law, and the texts were assembled as part of a research project that was never completed, “Notes and Materials Towards an Adequate Biography of William Law”. Unfortunately, Walton presented the texts haphazardly, without table of contents, in microscopic type, with footnotes going up to one hundred pages in length, that in turn contained other texts. This edition of the writings aims to put the writings of Freher and Lee in a more accessible, and readable format. Besides Walton’s book, only fragments of Freher’s writings have been published. A great quantity of writings have been preserved in manuscript form. Freher was referred to as “Second to Boehme” in his capacity as a commentator on Boehme’s philosophy, making the inaccessibility of his works an unfortunate loss.

Hell Hath No Fury Like a Vampire Scorned: A Fiction-Comedy Novella

Hell Hath No Fury Like a Vampire Scorned: A Fiction-Comedy Novella
Author: Rick Anthony
Publisher: Rick Anthony
Total Pages: 49
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

In the realm of the extraordinary, where the supernatural collides with the mundane, there lies a world ripe for exploration. A world filled with laughs and gasps, love and heartbreak, the ordinary and the extraordinary. It is a world that is both familiar and unfamiliar, a world that exists in the intersection of reality and fantasy. Welcome to the world of "Ctrl + Alt + Delight: Debugging Love in the Supernatural Realm." Our protagonist, Leonard, is a brilliant yet socially awkward computer programmer. His life revolves around the binary world of zeros and ones, a world that is as predictable as it is logical. But Leonard's predictable world is turned upside down when he ventures into the unpredictable realm of online dating. His quest for love leads him to an encounter that is as unexpected as it is surreal: he finds himself dating a vampire. Leonard's journey is a rollercoaster ride of emotions, filled with hilarious misadventures and eye-opening revelations. It is a journey that tests his courage and resilience, a journey that forces him to step out of his comfort zone and face the extraordinary. From navigating the peculiarities of dating a vampire to warding off her wrath after a breakup, Leonard's story is a blend of science fiction and comedy, of horror and humor.

The People of the Black Circle

The People of the Black Circle
Author: Robert E. Howard
Publisher: VM eBooks
Total Pages:
Release: 2016-02-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

1 Death Strikes a King 2 A Barbarian from the Hills 3 Khemsa Uses Magic 4 An Encounter in the Pass 5 The Black Stallion 6 The Mountain of the Black Seers 7 On to Yimsha 8 Yasmina Knows Stark Terror 9 The Castle of the Wizards 10 Yasmina and Conan

The Legacy of the Wisecrack

The Legacy of the Wisecrack
Author: Eddie Tafoya
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2009
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1599424959

Despite the claim of many a Borscht Belt comic that he is a practitioner of "the world's second-oldest professsion," stand-up comedy is a young and distinctly American literary form. It was not until the last decades of the nineteenth century when, enabled by unprecedented prosperity and the right to free expression, that monologists began appearing in American vaudeville halls. Yet even though it has since become an entertainment industry mainstay, stand-up comedy has received precious little scholarly attention. The Legacy of the Wisecrack: Stand-up Comedy as the Great American Literary Form looks at the theory of stand-up comedy, its literary dimensions, and its distinctly American qualities as it provides a detailed history of the forces that shaped it. The study concludes with a look at the works of specific comedians such as Steven Wright, whose three decades of performances comprise a single picaresque tale, and Richard Pryor, whose 1982 masterpiece Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip serves as modern America's answer to Dante Aligheri's epic poem, Inferno. The result is one of the first serious treatments of stand-up comedy as a literary form.

The People of the Black Circle

The People of the Black Circle
Author: Rovert E. Howard
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 107
Release: 2021-11-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"The People of the Black Circle" is one of the original novellas about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard. The story tells about pseudo-historical Hyborian Age hero Conan the Cimmerian. This time, Conan kidnaps an exotic princess from Vendhya (prehistoric India) while foiling a nefarious plot of world conquest by the Black Seers of Yimsha.

The Wrath of Capital

The Wrath of Capital
Author: Adrian Parr
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2014-09-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0231158297

Although climate change has become the dominant concern of the twenty-first century, global powers refuse to implement the changes necessary to reverse these trends. Instead, they have neoliberalized nature and climate change politics and discourse, and there are indications of a more virulent strain of capital accumulation on the horizon. Adrian Parr calls attention to the problematic socioeconomic conditions of neoliberal capitalism underpinning the worldÕs environmental challenges, and she argues that, until we grasp the implications of neoliberalismÕs interference in climate change talks and policy, humanity is on track to an irreversible crisis. Parr not only exposes the global failure to produce equitable political options for environmental regulation, but she also breaks down the dominant political paradigms hindering the discovery of viable alternatives. She highlights the neoliberalization of nature in the development of green technologies, land use, dietary habits, reproductive practices, consumption patterns, design strategies, and media. She dismisses the notion that the free market can solve debilitating environmental degradation and climate change as nothing more than a political ghost emptied of its collective aspirations. Decrying what she perceives as a failure of the human imagination and an impoverishment of political institutions, Parr ruminates on the nature of change and existence in the absence of a future. The sustainability movement, she contends, must engage more aggressively with the logic and cultural manifestations of consumer economics to take hold of a more transformative politics. If the economically powerful continue to monopolize the meaning of environmental change, she warns, new and more promising collective solutions will fail to take root.