Author: Abigail GibbsPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007505000
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
The highly anticipated sequel to The Dark Heroine: Dinner with a Vampire
Heroine
Author: Mindy McGinnisPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 006284721X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A captivating and powerful exploration of the opioid crisis—the deadliest drug epidemic in American history—through the eyes of a college-bound softball star. Edgar Award-winning author Mindy McGinnis delivers a visceral and necessary novel about addiction, family, friendship, and hope. When a car crash sidelines Mickey just before softball season, she has to find a way to hold on to her spot as the catcher for a team expected to make a historic tournament run. Behind the plate is the only place she’s ever felt comfortable, and the painkillers she’s been prescribed can help her get there. The pills do more than take away pain; they make her feel good. With a new circle of friends—fellow injured athletes, others with just time to kill—Mickey finds peaceful acceptance, and people with whom words come easily, even if it is just the pills loosening her tongue. But as the pressure to be Mickey Catalan heightens, her need increases, and it becomes less about pain and more about want, something that could send her spiraling out of control.
The Dark Heroine
Author: Abigail GibbsPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006224874X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
The Dark Heroine: Dinner with a Vampire, the debut novel from Abigail Gibbs, is a thrilling paranormal novel set in London with unforgettable characters and haunting romance. When party girl Violet Lee stumbles upon the charming and wicked vampire Kaspar Varn, she embarks on a dangerous adventure through London’s darkest streets and poshest neighborhoods. As their attraction isundeniable, the pair succumb to their desires, but at what cost? Fans of A Discovery of Witches and Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight books won’t be able to resist this tale from Wattpadd-sensation Abigail Gibbs. The Dark Heroine is an edgy and wild fantasy; an impossibly sexy read.
The Dark Heroine
Author: Abigail GibbsPublisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780062248732
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Dark Heroine: Dinner with a Vampire, the debut novel from Abigail Gibbs, is a thrilling paranormal novel set in London with unforgettable characters and haunting romance. When party girl Violet Lee stumbles upon the charming and wicked vampire Kaspar Varn, she embarks on a dangerous adventure through London’s darkest streets and poshest neighborhoods. As their attraction isundeniable, the pair succumb to their desires, but at what cost? Fans of A Discovery of Witches and Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight books won’t be able to resist this tale from Wattpadd-sensation Abigail Gibbs. The Dark Heroine is an edgy and wild fantasy; an impossibly sexy read.
Beneath the American Renaissance
Author: David S. ReynoldsPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199976406
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
The award-winning Beneath the American Renaissance is a classic work on American literature. It immeasurably broadens our knowledge of our most important literary period, as first identified by F.O. Matthiessen's American Renaissance. With its combination of sharp critical insight, engaging observation, and narrative drive, it represents the kind of masterful cultural history for which David Reynolds is known. Here the major works of Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, and Dickinson receive striking, original readings set against the rich backdrop of contemporary popular writing. Now back in print, the volume includes a new foreword by historian Sean Wilentz that reveals the book's impact and influence. A magisterial work of criticism and cultural history, Beneath the American Renaissance will fascinate anyone interested in the genesis of America's most significant literary epoch and the iconic figures who defined it.
A Forward Glance
Author: Clare ColquittPublisher: Associated University Presse
ISBN: 9780874136678
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
In June 1923, Edith Wharton, who had not set foot on native soil since before the First World War, came home to accept an honorary degree from Yale University. In April 1995, friends of Wharton again convened at Yale. The essays collected in "A Forward Glance: New Essays on Edith Wharton" represent a portion of the ocmplex and varied scholarly work delivered at that conference. -- From publisher's description.
The Seven Basic Plots
Author: Christopher BookerPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441116516
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 737
Book Description
This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of 'basic stories' in the world. Using a wealth of examples, from ancient myths and folk tales via the plays and novels of great literature to the popular movies and TV soap operas of today, it shows that there are seven archetypal themes which recur throughout every kind of storytelling. But this is only the prelude to an investigation into how and why we are 'programmed' to imagine stories in these ways, and how they relate to the inmost patterns of human psychology. Drawing on a vast array of examples, from Proust to detective stories, from the Marquis de Sade to E.T., Christopher Booker then leads us through the extraordinary changes in the nature of storytelling over the past 200 years, and why so many stories have 'lost the plot' by losing touch with their underlying archetypal purpose. Booker analyses why evolution has given us the need to tell stories and illustrates how storytelling has provided a uniquely revealing mirror to mankind's psychological development over the past 5000 years. This seminal book opens up in an entirely new way our understanding of the real purpose storytelling plays in our lives, and will be a talking point for years to come.
Below the Darkness
Author: Alexander FernandezPublisher: Alexander Fernandez
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
The demon master, Umaq, has captured Machu Picchu and transformed the Inca ruins into a mighty citadel. Aided by the witch Cessani, Umaq’s goal is to open a portal to the netherworld and summon powerful demons in his quest to destroy the Inca sun god, Inti. In Salem, Grace struggles to defy Cessani’s dangerous coven and growing influence in the region. Witches from all walks of life join Grace or Cessani as both sides build momentum toward a frightening civil war. With the moon goddesses Mama Quilla and the Maiden on Cessani’s side, the outcome looks grim for Grace and her followers. Sybil and Marcelo must race to recruit allies and build their own forces to counter Umaq and Cessani in Peru. Battling adversaries and trying to master new abilities, Sybil’s confidence unravels as self-doubt becomes her worse enemy. Adding to Sybil and Marcelo’s woes, an ancient vampire named Daiyu toys with the couple as they fight for their lives. With a multitude of adversaries and seemingly insurmountable odds, the death of a sun god and everlasting darkness will come to pass should Sybil and her friends fail to stop Umaq. Below the Darkness is the second novel in the Blood and Hexes trilogy, a paranormal romance filled with vengeance and supernatural suspense to keep you turning the pages. Great for fans of these tropes: - Vampire and Witch Romance - Morally Gray Characters - Enemies to Lovers - He Falls First - Slow-Burn Romance - Hate-Fueled Revenge ** Perfect for readers who enjoyed The Vampire Diaries, Twilight, The Marked Saga, A Shade of Vampire, A Discovery of Witches **
The Hero of the Waverley Novels
Author: Alexander WelshPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400863295
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
One of the most influential works on Sir Walter Scott, The Hero of the Waverley Novels is a model for reconstructing ideas common at a given period in time. In this book Alexander Welsh draws upon the entire canon of Scott's fiction to demonstrate its bearing on property and the behavior prescribed for the propertied classes. Analyzing the "passive hero"--the protagonist who is acted upon by outside forces--he shows how Scott became such a powerful influence for nineteenth-century literature and history. Welsh has updated his book with an essay on history and revolution in Old Mortality, another on repression and the social contract in the novels, and an afterword on the contrast of styles. Originally published in 1993. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Bodies of Desire and Bodies in Distress
Author: Xavier MendikPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443882887
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
In recent years, there has been an explosion of critical interest in the icons, genres and traditions of 1970s Italian cult film. Thanks to the international success of directors such as Dario Argento and Sergio Martino, and the influential giallo (thriller) cycle in which they worked, these unconventional and often controversial films are now impacting on new generations of filmmakers, scholars and moviegoers alike. Bodies of Desire and Bodies in Distress: The Golden Age of Italian Cult Cinema 1970–1985 considers the current interest in specific Italian directors and cult genres, exploring the social, political and cultural factors that spawned a decade of cinema dominated by extreme, yet stylish, images of sexuality and violence. Bodies of Desire and Bodies in Distress situates the explosion of 1970s Italian cult ‘excess’ against the toxic backdrop of political violence and terrorist activity that produced shocking images of carnage and crime during this period. The volume also considers why the iconography of the sexually liberated female became recast as a symbol of fear and violation in a range of Italian cult film narratives. In addition, the book also analyses how longstanding regional distinctions between Italy’s urban North and the much maligned rural South fed into sex and death cycles produced between 1970 and 1985. Bodies of Desire and Bodies in Distress profiles leading 1970s Italian directors and performers including Aristide Massaccesi (Joe D’Amato), Laura Gemser, and Dario Argento (who also provides an interview discussing his work and 1970s Italian society). The volume also provides case-studies of the giallo cycle, rape and revenge dramas, the Italian rogue cop series, post-apocalypse films, barbarian movies, and sex comedy formats. By considering the icons and genres from the golden age of Italian cult film alongside the crucial social and sexual tensions that influenced their creation, this book will be of interest to film scholars and cult movie fans alike.
