The Gripping Beast
The Gripping Beast

Author: Margot Wadley

Publisher: Minotaur Books

Published: 2002-04-15

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1429982012

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Winner of the Malice Domestice Award for Best First Traditional Mystery Novel In Northern Scotland The Gripping Beast introduces readers to a land full of ancient history and modern day intrigue. Orkney Island was first inhabited by the Picts and then the Vikings and the residents now believe that witches live among them. Margot Wadley uses the dramatic background to debut her heroine, Isabel Garth, a young American woman who has come to the island to illustrate her deceased father's notebooks. As soon as Isabel steps off the ferry she is accosted by a beautiful young woman who warns her to leave. Andrew, a young boy she met on the ferry, proudly announces that the woman, Thora, is a witch. Isabel doesn't know what to think and as she continues her vacation she starts to feel that maybe Thora was right--maybe she is in danger. She is puzzled by the behavior of two men who seem to be following her and by the rash of accidents that are plaguing her. Then, while out sketching one day, Isabel finds Thora's body--apparently murdered. In a dramatic climax, a life is lost, a life is saved, and the treasure at the root of all the violence disappears forever.

The Gripping Beast
The Gripping Beast

Author: Peter Craigie

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2012-06-15

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0955986443

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Terry Lennox, business consultant and slightly tarnished white knight, finds himself caught up in a bewildering and dangerous world of financial and sexual corruption at the secret heart of Edinburgh's well-bred business community. Wrestling with conflicting loyalties, his attempts to unravel the truth lead him into ever more sinister secrets. International finance, a bizarre piece of Viking jewellery, the dark side of Brussels and a weird mountain fastness in Switzerland are all part of the mystery, which comes to a violent conclusion in the icy waters around Orkney.

The Gripping Beast
The Gripping Beast

Author: Joan Dugdale

Publisher: University of Queensland Press(Australia)

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13:

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Novel in which an upheaval in Ursula's life propels her on a quest into her Anglo-Norse heritage. Two journeys - one actual, one imagined - converge and lead Ursula to renewed joy in life. The author's book, 'Struggle of Memory', won the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies award for Best Australian Book of the Year in 1991.

Beastmaking
Beastmaking

Author: Ned Feehally

Publisher: Vertebrate Publishing

Published: 2021-09-16

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1839810106

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'When it comes to training for climbing, you are your own experiment.' Beastmaking by Ned Feehally is a book about training for climbing. It is designed to provide normal people – like you and me – with the tools we need to get the most out of our climbing. It is written by one of the world's top climbers and a co-founder of Beastmaker. It features sections on finger strength, fingerboarding, board training, mobility and core, and includes suggested exercises and workouts. There are insights from some of the world's top climbers, including Alex Honnold, Shauna Coxsey, Adam Ondra, Alex Puccio and Tomoa Narasaki. Free from jargon, it is intended to provide enough information for us to work out what we need to train, and to help us to train it.

A History of the Vikings
A History of the Vikings

Author: Sir Thomas D. Kendrick

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-24

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 1136242392

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First published in 1968. The barbarians of the distant and little-known north, of Scandinavia, that is, and of Denmark, became notorious in the ninth and tenth centuries as pests who plagued the outer fringes of the civilized This volume is an English narrative of the Vikings and their activities in the west, far north as well as east and south-east also.

In the Belly of the Beast
In the Belly of the Beast

Author: Jack Henry Abbott

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 1991-01-02

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0679732373

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A visionary book in the repertoire of prison literature. When Normal Mailer was writing The Executioner's Song, he received a letter from Jack Henry Abbott, a convict, in which Abbott offered to educate him in the realities of life in a maximum security prison. This book organizes Abbott's by now classic letters to Mailer, which evoke his infernal vision of the prison nightmare.

The Beast
The Beast

Author: J.R. Ward

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2016-04-05

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13: 0698192974

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Fan favorite couple Rhage and Mary return in this gripping novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Nothing is as it used to be for the Black Dagger Brotherhood. The slayers of the Lessening Society are stronger than ever, preying on human weakness to acquire more money, more weapons, more power. But as the Brotherhood readies for an all-out attack on them, one of their own fights a battle within himself... For Rhage—the Brother with the biggest appetites, but also the biggest heart—life was supposed to be perfect. Or at the very least, perfectly enjoyable. But he can’t understand or control the panic and insecurity that plague him. Terrified, he must reassess his priorities after suffering a mortal injury. And the answer, when it comes to him, rocks his—and his beloved Mary’s—world...

A History of the Vikings
A History of the Vikings

Author: Gwyn Jones

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13: 9780192801340

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A look at the ancient Scandinavian peoples.

Heathen Garb and Gear: Ritual Dress, Tools, and Art for the Practice of Germanic Heathenry
Heathen Garb and Gear: Ritual Dress, Tools, and Art for the Practice of Germanic Heathenry

Author: Ben Waggoner

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-11-25

Total Pages: 586

ISBN-13: 1941136206

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The Vikings, Anglo-Saxons, Germanic tribes, Goths, and other Germanic-speaking tribes are renowned today in myth, legend, and popular culture. But how did they live? What did they wear? How did they worship? What did they eat? And how did their traditional ways of life reflect their spiritual beliefs? Heathen Garb and Gear takes you on a tour of the world that our forebears knew. More importantly, it shows you how their ways of dressing and living-from weaving woolen cloth and cooking food, to making music and taking steam baths-are reflected in the myths and traditions that have come down to us. Anyone who's ever wanted to wear Viking clothing, or serve authentic Viking feasts, will find plenty of practical tips here. But even if you're not interested in re-enacting the old ways, you'll find much vital information and inspiration for the practice of Heathenry as a living religious tradition.

Tracing their Tracks
Tracing their Tracks

Author: Peter Hupfauf

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2015-06-18

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 1443879932

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Understanding the relation of semiology to Western iconography is essential, as it is the element that, often unconsciously, influences perception in Western society. Scholars, such as Klaus Düwel with his outstanding knowledge of runic script, sometimes reach their limits if inscriptions are complemented with abstract images that may be accidental scratches or, on the other hand, a sign or signs indicating symbolic meaning. The detailed definition of the Medieval World by Margaret Clunies ...