Eidolon

Eidolon

Author: Grace Draven

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781310196522

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Sequel to RADIANCE and Book #2 in the Wraith Kings series. In a bid for more power, the Shadow Queen of Haradis unleashes a malignant force into the world. Her son Brishen, younger prince of the Kai royal house, suddenly finds himself ruler of a kingdom blighted by a diseased darkness. His human wife Ildiko must decide if she will give up the man she loves in order to save his throne. Three kingdoms on the verge of war must unite to save each other, and a reluctant one-eyed king will raise an army of the dead to challenge an army of the damned. A tale of alliance and sacrifice.


Sabotage in Paradise

Sabotage in Paradise

Author: Dennis S. Carroll

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2010-10-12

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 1453586962

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What happens when perfection isnt good enough? A witty question gets a witty answer in the science fiction novel Sabotage in Paradise that sets the clock ahead one thousand years. On Eidolon, a scientific paradise, geneticists have delivered everyones most cherished fantasies, including health, brains, longevity, and beauty, plus an everlasting carnival of lovemaking with the most desirable partners modeled on celebrities. Driven almost mad by apathy after several hundred years of living with perfection, one of the deftest saboteurs imaginable betrays the islands worship of the double helix. This genetic genius unfolds the novels central and surprising premise in a gene-based confrontation spanning centuries. The story features such unusual items as the genome iconizer tracing future faces from the genes themselvesenhanced by beautiful as well as comic pictures in the text. Beyond the wit and fun, the tale explores the consequences of genetic determinism. The increasing legibility of the genome will inspire an all-but-irresistible homage to the double helix lurking in our future. Genes will be our Moses leading to a paradoxical Promised Land thats more fantasticand familiar!than we have imagined. Sabotage in Paradise combines philosophy with a light touch and polished style. It challenges the tyranny of standards that control us in the present and may shape us in the future after further breakthroughs in genetics. It defends diversity with a crystal ball as clever as it is original. Sabotage in Paradise creates a memorable experience by emphasizing fun amid profundity.


Ignite the Flame

Ignite the Flame

Author: Susan Griscom

Publisher: Susan Griscom

Published:

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13:

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He can take her anywhere her heart desires, but she can bring him to his knees with the gentle flick of her finger. When the tragic death of her father brings Addison MacKenna back to the town where she was born, she can't understand the strange sensations that have begun to consume her. Plagued with nightmares of her father's sudden and brutal death, Addie struggles with her anguish and refuses to believe that his demise was accidental. But that's not the only thing Addie struggles with. Caught up in the horrors of her latest nightmare while driving to work one day, she's startled beyond comprehension when she almost runs down a man standing in the middle of the road. A gorgeous, stunning man she can't seem to take her mind or her eyes off of. All of a sudden, the impossible seems possible, and it's not clear whether that's a blessing or a curse. Cael Sheridan may be arrogant and mysterious, but he's also undeniably gorgeous. A member of a secret society, he is sworn to protect the woman he believes to be the daughter of his recently murdered mentor. In the process, he finds it impossible to resist her magnetic sensuality, complicating his efforts to shield and guide her as she learns to manage her newly acquired skills. He's faced with the tough decision of whether to let her in or sabotage their new relationship in order to keep her safe as well as his own heart. Fate has brought them together, but will it make them stronger or destroy them in the end? A supernatural, urban fantasy sure to get your blood running hot, "Ignite the Flame" is the first book in the Sectorium series set in a sleepy coastal town along the Oregon Coast. (Note: Previously published as Whisper Cape and has been re-titled an enhanced for a more enjoyable read).


Quest in Modern American Poetry

Quest in Modern American Poetry

Author: Peter Revell

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13:

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'Revell approaches five major works whose restlessness or rootlessness he traces to Emerson and Whitman, as conscious quests...Most valuable for its treatment of (neglected) Aiken and (misunderstood) H. D.....for enthusiasts at any level of expertise, informing the beginners and teasing the experts.'


Spire

Spire

Author: Grant Howitt

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780996376563

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Performing Authorship in Eighteenth-Century English Periodicals

Performing Authorship in Eighteenth-Century English Periodicals

Author: Manushag N. Powell

Publisher: Bucknell University Press

Published: 2012-06-29

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1611484170

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Performing Authorship in Eighteenth-Century Periodicals discusses the English periodical and how it shapes and expresses early conceptions of authorship in the eighteenth century. Unique to the British eighteenth century, the periodical is of great value to scholars of English cultural studies because it offers a venue where authors hash out, often in extremely dramatic terms, what they think it should take to be a writer, what their relationship with their new mass-media audience ought to be, and what qualifications should act as gatekeepers to the profession. Exploring these questions in The Female Spectator, The Drury-Lane Journal,The Midwife, The World, The Covent-Garden Journal, and other periodicals of the early and mid-eighteenth century, Manushag Powell examines several “paper wars” waged between authors. At the height of their popularity, essay periodicals allowed professional writers to fashion and make saleable a new kind of narrative and performative literary personality, the eidolon, and arguably birthed a new cult of authorial personality. In Performing Authorship in Eighteenth-Century Periodicals, Powell argues that the coupling of persona and genre imposes a lifespan on the periodical text; the periodicals don’t only rise and fall, but are born, and in good time, they die.


The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories

The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories

Author: H. P. Lovecraft

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 545

ISBN-13: 1101663030

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A definitive edition of stories by the master of supernatural fiction Howard Phillips Lovecraft's unique contribution to American literature was a melding of traditional supernaturalism (derived chiefly from Edgar Allan Poe) with the genre of science fiction that emerged in the early 1920s. This Penguin Classics edition brings together a dozen of the master's tales-from his early short stories "Under the Pyramids" (originally ghostwritten for Harry Houdini) and "The Music of Erich Zann" (which Lovecraft ranked second among his own favorites) through his more fully developed works, "The Dunwich Horror," The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, and At the Mountains of Madness. The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories presents the definitive corrected texts of these works, along with Lovecraft critic and biographer S. T. Joshi's illuminating introduction and notes to each story. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.


Pleasure Unbound

Pleasure Unbound

Author: Larissa Ione

Publisher: Forever

Published: 2008-07-01

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0446537713

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In this dark and intriguing paranormal romance from New York Times bestselling author Larissa Ione, a forbidden romance turns deadly when a slayer is tasked with killing the demon who saved her life. In a place where ecstasy can cost you your life . . . She's a demon-slayer who hungers for sensual pleasure-but fears it will always be denied her. Until Tayla Mancuso lands in a hospital run by demons in disguise, and the head doctor, Eidolon, makes her body burn with unslakable desire. But to prove her ultimate loyalty to her peers, she must betray the surgeon who saved her life. Two lovers will dare to risk all. Eidolon cannot resist this fiery, dangerous woman who fills him with both rage and passion. Not only is she his avowed enemy, but she could very well be the hunter who has been preying upon his people. Torn between his need for the truth and his quest to find his perfect mate before a horrific transformation claims him forever, Eidolon will dare the unthinkable-and let Tayla possess him, body and soul...