When the powerful witch Dreamer Black was killed, nothing was the same. Pandora and Marlon Black, her teenage children, and her husband Ted Stone seemed fine on the outside, but were grieving inside for more than two years since her death. Pandora, knowing her mother was a witch, has reason to doubt her mother remained dead, and had the feeling she was alive... and she was! Dreamer the magical wonder was spotted on the television with her mother, broadcasted all over the world, to Ted's fury: and she returns to her family the same night. It is then the adventure unfolds, the chief of police growing obsessed with Dreamer's beauty, a prisoner obsessed with Dreamer also convinced she is alive, Dreamer discovering she has a third child, her father Paul Black the powerful sorcerer also returning, and much more. Not only focusing on Dreamer, this story has much to do with love, hurt, friendship, and of course magic. Another fantasy/romance novel full of fun from Makala Thomas.
An acclaimed author introduces a sizzling new series with this tale of a fierce werewolf and a bewitching vampire--unlikely soul mates whose passion will test the boundaries of life and death. Original.
1755. Rachel Smedling is not like the other women in her isolated Pennine village: she is taller, stronger and weaves cloth like a man. Without her, the household would fall apart, for her mother is ailing and her vicious drunkard father seems to hate her so much, he would happily offer money to any man who would wed her. When her mother dies, Rachel is at the mercy of her increasingly violent father. Her only escape is by marrying a kindly man with whom she finds happiness, if not passion, and her life begins to seem complete. Rachel's growing prosperity infuriates her father and his cronies, however, and they will stop at nothing to see her destroyed.
Conrad Black, bestselling author of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom, Richard M. Nixon: A Life in Full, and Flight of the Eagle: America’s Rise from Colonial Upstart to the World’s Superpower, turns his attention to his friend President Donald J. Trump and provides the most intriguing and significant, but certainly not uncritical, analysis yet of Trump's political rise. Ambitious in intellectual scope, contrarian in many of its opinions, and admirably concise, this is surely set to be one of the most provocative political books you are likely to read this year.
What happens when a town on the verge of dying needs to get tourism and industry to notice it? Plan a murder of course! Planning it is one thing but going through with it may take a professional.
One of our most provocative military historians, Victor Davis Hanson has given us painstakingly researched and pathbreaking accounts of wars ranging from classical antiquity to the twenty-first century. Now he juxtaposes an ancient conflict with our most urgent modern concerns to create his most engrossing work to date, A War Like No Other. Over the course of a generation, the Hellenic city-states of Athens and Sparta fought a bloody conflict that resulted in the collapse of Athens and the end of its golden age. Thucydides wrote the standard history of the Peloponnesian War, which has given readers throughout the ages a vivid and authoritative narrative. But Hanson offers readers something new: a complete chronological account that reflects the political background of the time, the strategic thinking of the combatants, the misery of battle in multifaceted theaters, and important insight into how these events echo in the present. Hanson compellingly portrays the ways Athens and Sparta fought on land and sea, in city and countryside, and details their employment of the full scope of conventional and nonconventional tactics, from sieges to targeted assassinations, torture, and terrorism. He also assesses the crucial roles played by warriors such as Pericles and Lysander, artists, among them Aristophanes, and thinkers including Sophocles and Plato. Hanson’s perceptive analysis of events and personalities raises many thought-provoking questions: Were Athens and Sparta like America and Russia, two superpowers battling to the death? Is the Peloponnesian War echoed in the endless, frustrating conflicts of Vietnam, Northern Ireland, and the current Middle East? Or was it more like America’s own Civil War, a brutal rift that rent the fabric of a glorious society, or even this century’s “red state—blue state” schism between liberals and conservatives, a cultural war that manifestly controls military policies? Hanson daringly brings the facts to life and unearths the often surprising ways in which the past informs the present. Brilliantly researched, dynamically written, A War Like No Other is like no other history of this important war.
In the timeless tradition of "West Side Story" and "Crossing Delancey, " this thoroughly modern take on romance is sure to inspire laughter, tears, and the belief that love can happen when and where it's least expected.
No witch is just born into being. Becoming a witch is much more than just the initial interest one has due to a movie or book that has been watched or read. Being a witch involves much learning, much reading and a strong desire. There is no how to guide that will lead you down the path to being a witch of any sort. There are many historical references to the power of witchcraft, ways of doing divinations and spells. There is no right or wrong way, a witch will learn as they walk the path. Being a witch is not a lifestyle that allows one to project themselves as a witch when they choose; it is a daily way of life. One must truly question the reasons they have as to the desire to become a witch. Take advantage of this great opportunity and find out all you ever needed to know about becoming a witch.
Eight year old, Jenny Connolly, skips school to visit her friends in an enchanted wood. When she arrives, it's a scene of total devastation. The creatures of the wood cower in terror. There is a cruel magic at hand here. She goes by the name of Marigold Dimple, a feisty, ten year old witch from Elderwood. Marigold is a witch with a vengeance, determined to have her own way and create havoc wherever she goes. When Jenny and Marigold's paths collide, nothing will ever be the same again... Blurb One Liner: As terror, magic and mayhem abound, for the creatures of Willow Grove Wood, will things ever be the same again?
Traditional Witchcraft and the Path to the Mysteries, the sixth and last in the Traditional Witchcraft series, is a voyage of discovery and, as with every journey, it is essential that we understand where we are now and where we want to be. We need proper direction unlike that popular old Irish saying: “If I wanted to be going there, I wouldn’t be starting from here!” So let us make our preparations, put our house in order, and begin our journey of exploration and self-discovery. As with all stages of Life there are friends and acquaintances to consider: the essence of some we will take with us – the rest we will leave behind. But as the genii from Where the Rainbow Ends says: “Time is short, and we have far to travel.”
