Author: Gabriele Wills
Publisher: Mindshadows
ISBN: 1775035409
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
Two women who live a century apart. Two stories that interweave to form a rich tapestry of intriguing characters, evocative places, and compelling events. Escaping from a disintegrating relationship in the city, writer Kit Spencer stumbles upon the quintessential Norman Rockwell village in the Ottawa Valley, where she buys an old stone mansion, "Moon Hall". But her illusions about idyllic country life are soon challenged by reality. Beneath the seemingly calm backwater run powerful currents, dramas already close to breaking the surface. In her rural community of farmers, hippies, and yuppies, Kit unwittingly precipitates events that will change them all forever. Violet McAllister, the ghost that reputedly haunts Moon Hall, comes vividly to life through her long-forgotten diary. From the gritty shantytown of the newly-minted capital of Canada to the extravagant balls given by the popular and flamboyant Governor General and his wife, Violet's tragic tale unfolds. Kit feels a bond with this strong and passionate woman, and realizes she must grasp her own happiness while she can. Moon Hall is a haunting tale of relationships in crisis, and touches on the full spectrum of human emotions - from raw violence and dark passions to compassion and love.
Moon Hall
Author: Gabriele Wills
Publisher: Mindshadows
ISBN: 1775035409
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
Two women who live a century apart. Two stories that interweave to form a rich tapestry of intriguing characters, evocative places, and compelling events. Escaping from a disintegrating relationship in the city, writer Kit Spencer stumbles upon the quintessential Norman Rockwell village in the Ottawa Valley, where she buys an old stone mansion, "Moon Hall". But her illusions about idyllic country life are soon challenged by reality. Beneath the seemingly calm backwater run powerful currents, dramas already close to breaking the surface. In her rural community of farmers, hippies, and yuppies, Kit unwittingly precipitates events that will change them all forever. Violet McAllister, the ghost that reputedly haunts Moon Hall, comes vividly to life through her long-forgotten diary. From the gritty shantytown of the newly-minted capital of Canada to the extravagant balls given by the popular and flamboyant Governor General and his wife, Violet's tragic tale unfolds. Kit feels a bond with this strong and passionate woman, and realizes she must grasp her own happiness while she can. Moon Hall is a haunting tale of relationships in crisis, and touches on the full spectrum of human emotions - from raw violence and dark passions to compassion and love.
Publisher: Mindshadows
ISBN: 1775035409
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
Two women who live a century apart. Two stories that interweave to form a rich tapestry of intriguing characters, evocative places, and compelling events. Escaping from a disintegrating relationship in the city, writer Kit Spencer stumbles upon the quintessential Norman Rockwell village in the Ottawa Valley, where she buys an old stone mansion, "Moon Hall". But her illusions about idyllic country life are soon challenged by reality. Beneath the seemingly calm backwater run powerful currents, dramas already close to breaking the surface. In her rural community of farmers, hippies, and yuppies, Kit unwittingly precipitates events that will change them all forever. Violet McAllister, the ghost that reputedly haunts Moon Hall, comes vividly to life through her long-forgotten diary. From the gritty shantytown of the newly-minted capital of Canada to the extravagant balls given by the popular and flamboyant Governor General and his wife, Violet's tragic tale unfolds. Kit feels a bond with this strong and passionate woman, and realizes she must grasp her own happiness while she can. Moon Hall is a haunting tale of relationships in crisis, and touches on the full spectrum of human emotions - from raw violence and dark passions to compassion and love.
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1318
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1318
Book Description
Sword Soaring the Heaven
Author: Yi MuLi
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1648843085
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1066
Book Description
In the end, he had to use his sword and go straight up to the third heaven. How could the will of a lifetime compare to that of a great Dao? Close]
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1648843085
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1066
Book Description
In the end, he had to use his sword and go straight up to the third heaven. How could the will of a lifetime compare to that of a great Dao? Close]
Merchant Vessels of the United States
Tales of the Strange by a Korean Confucian Monk
Author: Dennis Wuerthner
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824882598
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
One of the most important and celebrated works of premodern Korean prose fiction, Kŭmo sinhwa (New Tales of the Golden Turtle) is a collection of five tales of the strange artfully written in literary Chinese by Kim Sisŭp (1435–1493). Kim was a major intellectual and poet of the early Chosŏn dynasty (1392–1897), and this book is widely recognized as marking the beginning of classical fiction in Korea. The present volume features an extensive study of Kim and the Kŭmo sinhwa, followed by a copiously annotated, complete English translation of the tales from the oldest extant edition. The translation captures the vivaciousness of the original, while the annotations reveal the work’s complexity, unraveling the deep and diverse intertextual connections between the Kŭmo sinhwa and preceding works of Chinese and Korean literature and philosophy. The Kŭmo sinhwa can thus be read and appreciated as a hybrid work that is both distinctly Korean and Sino-centric East Asian. A translator’s introduction discusses this hybridity in detail, as well as the unusual life and tumultuous times of Kim Sisŭp; the Kŭmo sinhwa’s creation and its translation and transformation in early modern Japan and twentieth-century (especially North) Korea and beyond; and its characteristics as a work of dissent. Tales of the Strange by a Korean Confucian Monk will be welcomed by Korean and East Asian studies scholars and students, yet the body of the work—stories of strange affairs, fantastic realms, seductive ghosts, and majestic but eerie beings from the netherworld—will be enjoyed by academics and non-specialist readers alike.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824882598
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
One of the most important and celebrated works of premodern Korean prose fiction, Kŭmo sinhwa (New Tales of the Golden Turtle) is a collection of five tales of the strange artfully written in literary Chinese by Kim Sisŭp (1435–1493). Kim was a major intellectual and poet of the early Chosŏn dynasty (1392–1897), and this book is widely recognized as marking the beginning of classical fiction in Korea. The present volume features an extensive study of Kim and the Kŭmo sinhwa, followed by a copiously annotated, complete English translation of the tales from the oldest extant edition. The translation captures the vivaciousness of the original, while the annotations reveal the work’s complexity, unraveling the deep and diverse intertextual connections between the Kŭmo sinhwa and preceding works of Chinese and Korean literature and philosophy. The Kŭmo sinhwa can thus be read and appreciated as a hybrid work that is both distinctly Korean and Sino-centric East Asian. A translator’s introduction discusses this hybridity in detail, as well as the unusual life and tumultuous times of Kim Sisŭp; the Kŭmo sinhwa’s creation and its translation and transformation in early modern Japan and twentieth-century (especially North) Korea and beyond; and its characteristics as a work of dissent. Tales of the Strange by a Korean Confucian Monk will be welcomed by Korean and East Asian studies scholars and students, yet the body of the work—stories of strange affairs, fantastic realms, seductive ghosts, and majestic but eerie beings from the netherworld—will be enjoyed by academics and non-specialist readers alike.
Fatal Doting on Honey Wife
Author: Chun Huaqiukai
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1647674859
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
She was a crafty gangster princess, accidentally tying the wrong person and attracting demons to descend upon her.He was a ruthless businessman, and with a paper contract, he confined her to a game called revenge.He hated her, hated her, and yet refused to kill her.Love is a poison.Even though it was highly toxic, Mo Xiaodai still drank it all.She had three memories in her life.They all cried for that man and laughed for him.
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1647674859
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
She was a crafty gangster princess, accidentally tying the wrong person and attracting demons to descend upon her.He was a ruthless businessman, and with a paper contract, he confined her to a game called revenge.He hated her, hated her, and yet refused to kill her.Love is a poison.Even though it was highly toxic, Mo Xiaodai still drank it all.She had three memories in her life.They all cried for that man and laughed for him.
The Defender's Throne
Author: Alessandra Woodward
Publisher: Renaissance Creative Books
ISBN: 1777597919
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 629
Book Description
The ancient world reveres and dreads the fierce ha-mazaans. Now, an Oracle has prophesied their destruction. Heir to the Defender’s Throne in the refugee city of Themiscyra, Cyra is eager to fulfill her role as protector of the ha-mazaan sisterhood. Instead, she is betrayed, kidnapped as war-bounty, and shipwrecked with a handful of warriors in a foreign, hostile land. As Cyra leads her people on a perilous odyssey home, she is forced to choose between new love and old loyalties, and between the old ways and the future she was promised—a future she considers a curse. Too late, Cyra will discover that those she trusts most are pursuing destinies of their own, and some will stop at nothing to see their treacherous prophecies fulfilled. Will Cyra yield to her promised fate when the future of the ha-mazaans depends on it? And if she does, will the legendary story of the greatest women warriors the world has ever known be lost to history forever?
Publisher: Renaissance Creative Books
ISBN: 1777597919
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 629
Book Description
The ancient world reveres and dreads the fierce ha-mazaans. Now, an Oracle has prophesied their destruction. Heir to the Defender’s Throne in the refugee city of Themiscyra, Cyra is eager to fulfill her role as protector of the ha-mazaan sisterhood. Instead, she is betrayed, kidnapped as war-bounty, and shipwrecked with a handful of warriors in a foreign, hostile land. As Cyra leads her people on a perilous odyssey home, she is forced to choose between new love and old loyalties, and between the old ways and the future she was promised—a future she considers a curse. Too late, Cyra will discover that those she trusts most are pursuing destinies of their own, and some will stop at nothing to see their treacherous prophecies fulfilled. Will Cyra yield to her promised fate when the future of the ha-mazaans depends on it? And if she does, will the legendary story of the greatest women warriors the world has ever known be lost to history forever?
The Seed of Yggdrasill
Author: Maria Kvilhuag
Publisher: The Three Little Sisters
ISBN: 1959350021
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
The most comprehensive guide to Norse literature, historical folk lore and more. Kvilhaug peels back the layers of the Eddas, Poems and Sagas to reveal hidden truths within Maria's background in research and archaeology is visible throughout with full illustrations, timelines and beautiful translations of passages providing the key to unlocking and deciphering the hidden wisdom within. Her exploration of modern interpretations, past parables, and related cultural mythos provides a deeper layer into the mysteries of Old Norse practices.
Publisher: The Three Little Sisters
ISBN: 1959350021
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
The most comprehensive guide to Norse literature, historical folk lore and more. Kvilhaug peels back the layers of the Eddas, Poems and Sagas to reveal hidden truths within Maria's background in research and archaeology is visible throughout with full illustrations, timelines and beautiful translations of passages providing the key to unlocking and deciphering the hidden wisdom within. Her exploration of modern interpretations, past parables, and related cultural mythos provides a deeper layer into the mysteries of Old Norse practices.
Money
Author: Lois M Rodden
Publisher: American Federation of Astr
ISBN: 0866905642
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Money: How to Find it with Astrology addresses everyday down-to-earth concerns about work, career and money. Where is the spotlight on sucess? How is the wealth potential activated? What career holds the most promise? When is the best time to implement decisions? The planets, signs and houses of astrology are examined in terms of the commercial life. The vocational indicators are considered to determine what kind of job is most suitable to fulfill the earning potential, where and when optimmum opportunities exist, how to guard against financial loss, gain success in the mundane environment and realize satisfaction in the work place. Money: How to Find It with Astrology explores the maximum options in the horoscopes of how to live the good life with the most successful results.
Publisher: American Federation of Astr
ISBN: 0866905642
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Money: How to Find it with Astrology addresses everyday down-to-earth concerns about work, career and money. Where is the spotlight on sucess? How is the wealth potential activated? What career holds the most promise? When is the best time to implement decisions? The planets, signs and houses of astrology are examined in terms of the commercial life. The vocational indicators are considered to determine what kind of job is most suitable to fulfill the earning potential, where and when optimmum opportunities exist, how to guard against financial loss, gain success in the mundane environment and realize satisfaction in the work place. Money: How to Find It with Astrology explores the maximum options in the horoscopes of how to live the good life with the most successful results.
Magical Consciousness
Author: Susan Greenwood
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317517210
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
How does a mind think magically? The research documented in this book is one answer that allows the disciplines of anthropology and neurobiology to come together to reveal a largely hidden dynamic of magic. Magic gets to the very heart of some theoretical and methodological difficulties encountered in the social and natural sciences, especially to do with issues of rationality. This book examines magic head-on, not through its instrumental aspects but as an orientation of consciousness. Magical consciousness is affective, associative and synchronistic, shaped through individual experience within a particular environment. This work focuses on an in-depth case study using the anthropologist’s own experience gained through years of anthropological fieldwork with British practitioners of magic. As an ethnographic view, it is an intimate study of the way in which the cognitive architecture of a mind engages the emotions and imagination in a pattern of meanings related to childhood experiences, spiritual communications and the environment. Although the detail of the involvement in magical consciousness presented here is necessarily specific, the central tenets of modus operandi is common to magical thought in general, and can be applied to cross-cultural analyses to increase understanding of this ubiquitous human phenomenon.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317517210
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
How does a mind think magically? The research documented in this book is one answer that allows the disciplines of anthropology and neurobiology to come together to reveal a largely hidden dynamic of magic. Magic gets to the very heart of some theoretical and methodological difficulties encountered in the social and natural sciences, especially to do with issues of rationality. This book examines magic head-on, not through its instrumental aspects but as an orientation of consciousness. Magical consciousness is affective, associative and synchronistic, shaped through individual experience within a particular environment. This work focuses on an in-depth case study using the anthropologist’s own experience gained through years of anthropological fieldwork with British practitioners of magic. As an ethnographic view, it is an intimate study of the way in which the cognitive architecture of a mind engages the emotions and imagination in a pattern of meanings related to childhood experiences, spiritual communications and the environment. Although the detail of the involvement in magical consciousness presented here is necessarily specific, the central tenets of modus operandi is common to magical thought in general, and can be applied to cross-cultural analyses to increase understanding of this ubiquitous human phenomenon.