The Demonic
The Demonic

Author: Ewan Fernie

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-02-11

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1136178570

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Are we either good or bad, and do we really know the difference? Why do we want what we cannot have, and even to be what we’re not? Can we desire others without wanting to possess them? Can we open to others and not risk possession ourselves? And where, in these cases, do we draw the line? Ewan Fernie argues that the demonic tradition in literature offers a key to our most agonised and intimate experiences. The Demonic ranges across the breadth of Western culture, engaging with writers as central and various as Luther, Shakespeare, Hegel, Dostoevsky, Melville and Mann. A powerful foreword by Jonathan Dollimore brings out its implications as an intellectual and stylistic breakthrough into new ways of writing criticism. Fernie unfolds an intense and personal vision, not just of Western modernity, but of identity, morality and sex. As much as it’s concerned with the great works, this is a book about life.

The Devil's Temptress
The Devil's Temptress

Author: Laura Navarre

Publisher: Montlake Romance

Published: 2014-04-15

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9781477835128

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In the glittering, sumptuous court of Eleanor of Acquitaine, betrayal lurks around every corner. The queen is at odds with her king, and to obey one could mean treason against the other. Even Alienore, considered the most virtuous lady at court, holds secrets. He is called the Raven--his face scarred by a Saracen blade, his voice raspy with the effects of Greek fire. His parentage is unknown, his prowess legendary. And he'll sell his sword to the highest bidder. As his piercing eyes track her every move, Alienore wonders who he's working for now.

The Devil's Work
The Devil's Work

Author: Lillith Mykals Kennedy

Publisher: Lillith Kennedy

Published:

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13:

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Rhea works at an exclusive fantasy club. The club caters to the unusual. She won't have sex with you but will fulfill your deepest desires. She wants out. A sexy client gives her the opportunity to leave this perverted world behind. Damien introduces Rhea to a world of sexual desires as she has never seen. Vampires with human pets, contracted hareems and dark desires.

Curse of the Laughing Temptress
Curse of the Laughing Temptress

Author: S. Y. Moon

Publisher:

Published: 2021-06

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9781955685016

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A fast-paced reverse harem, fantasy romance and the beginning of an epic quartet for those that love reading about romance, magic, and revenge.

Against the Loveless World
Against the Loveless World

Author: Susan Abulhawa

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2020-08-25

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1982137061

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2020 Palestine Book Awards Winner 2021 Aspen Words Literary Prize Finalist “Susan Abulhawa possesses the heart of a warrior; she looks into the darkest crevices of lives, conflicts, horrendous injustices, and dares to shine light that can illuminate hidden worlds for us.” —Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize–winning author In this “beautiful...urgent” novel (The New York Times), Nahr, a young Palestinian woman, fights for a better life for her family as she travels as a refugee throughout the Middle East. As Nahr sits, locked away in solitary confinement, she spends her days reflecting on the dramatic events that landed her in prison in a country she barely knows. Born in Kuwait in the 70s to Palestinian refugees, she dreamed of falling in love with the perfect man, raising children, and possibly opening her own beauty salon. Instead, the man she thinks she loves jilts her after a brief marriage, her family teeters on the brink of poverty, she’s forced to prostitute herself, and the US invasion of Iraq makes her a refugee, as her parents had been. After trekking through another temporary home in Jordan, she lands in Palestine, where she finally makes a home, falls in love, and her destiny unfolds under Israeli occupation. Nahr’s subversive humor and moral ambiguity will resonate with fans of My Sister, The Serial Killer, and her dark, contemporary struggle places her as the perfect sister to Carmen Maria Machado’s Her Body and Other Parties. Written with Susan Abulhawa’s distinctive “richly detailed, beautiful, and resonant” (Publishers Weekly) prose, this powerful novel presents a searing, darkly funny, and wholly unique portrait of a Palestinian woman who refuses to be a victim.

The Crimson Buccaneer
The Crimson Buccaneer

Author: Cleo Cordell

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2013-09-30

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0753550180

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In 1570s Spain, Carlotta was the devil's creature and scheming, covetous Don Felipe was obsessed with her. A pity that she loathed him. When cheated out of her inheritance, Carlotta hires the help of a rugged buccaneer, and she exacts much pleasure in wrongfully taking back what is rightfully hers.

The Fire, the Sword and the Devil
The Fire, the Sword and the Devil

Author: Janet Rosenstock

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2000-06-15

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 1475921071

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The Fire, the Sword and the Devil is a tale of dark passions, tender love and riveting suspense. Built around major historic events in the period 1520-1548, it is also a tale of tragedy, pain and human triumph. Marguerite de Navarre, sister of the king of France, first wrote a portion of this tale in her Heptameron. Once every hundred years since the 15th century, the tale of Marguerite de Roberval ordeal on an island off the coast of Labrador has been retold, though seldom in English. This work attempts to answer fictionally historic questions surrounding De Roberval and his niece Marguerite. The historic period presented is at the apex of the Age of Exploration, the Reformation and the Renaissance. It is peopled with historic figures: Rabelais and Francis I, Henry VIII and John Calvin, Cartier and De Roberval, Viceroy of New France.

The Bayfield Miracle
The Bayfield Miracle

Author: E. William Fruge

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2009-09-09

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1449019633

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The Bayfield Miracle invites you to share the journey of B.T. Montgomery, a man for whom the fantasy of instant, breath-taking wealth has unexpectedly come true - just in time! The local college where he works as a gift officer is going under, and if the college closes, the impact upon tiny Bayfield will be disasterous. Furthermore, his new wife is threatening divorce if he doesn't provide her a better life. Simple problems big money can handle, right? Not so fast! Sinister, greedy eyes are peering over his shoulder, determined his millions of dollars will never resolve those issues. It's a heartbreaking crisis begging for a miracle!

America's Longest Run
America's Longest Run

Author: Andrew Davis

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 0271030534

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America&’s Longest Run: A History of the Walnut Street Theatre traces the history of America&’s oldest theater. The Philadelphia landmark has been at or near the center of theatrical activity since it opened, as a circus, on February 2, 1809. This book documents the players and productions that appeared at this venerable house and the challenges the Walnut has faced from economic crises, changing tastes, technological advances, and competition from new media. The Walnut&’s history is a classic American success story. Built in the early years of the nineteenth century, the Walnut responded to the ever-changing tastes and desires of the theatergoing public. Originally operated as a stock company, the Walnut has offered up every conceivable form of entertainment&—pageantry and spectacle, opera, melodrama, musical theater, and Shakespeare. It escaped the wrecking ball during the Depression by operating as a burlesque house, a combination film and vaudeville house, and a Yiddish theater, before becoming the Philadelphia headquarters for the Federal Theatre Project. Because Philadelphia is located so close to New York City, the Walnut has served as a tryout house for many Broadway-bound shows, including A Streetcar Named Desire, The Diary of Anne Frank, and A Raisin in the Sun. Today, the Walnut operates as a nonprofit performing arts center. It is one of the most successful producing theaters in the country, with more than 350,000 attending performances each year.