When Magic Calls PDF Download

Author: Caitlin Berve
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781952347009
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246

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Once upon a time a jealous girl stole a magical artifact from a museum to eliminate her competition. In the Rocky Mountains, a man studies a woman raised by wolves, but soon watching won't be enough. Tonight, you might find yourself in a fairy tale of your own. Will you answer magic's call?

Author: Brandon Sanderson
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1429952989
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 57

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In Brandon Sanderson's riveting "Firstborn," a Tor.com Original short story, much glory is expected of the son of a High Duke of the interstellar Empire. And expected. And still expected, despite endless proof that young Dennison Crestmar has no talent whatsoever for war. But the life Dennison is forced to live will have its surprising lessons to impart. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author: Patricia Leavy
Publisher: Left Coast Press
ISBN: 1611327075
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 495

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The turn to fiction as a social research practice is a natural extension of what many researchers and writers have long been doing. Patricia Leavy, a widely published qualitative researcher and a novelist, explores the overlaps and intersections between these two ways of understanding and describing human experience. She demonstrates the validity of literary experimentation to the qualitative researcher and how to incorporate these practices into research projects. Five short stories and excerpts from novellas and novels show these methods in action. This book is an essential methodological introduction for those interested in studying or practicing arts-based research.

Author: Donald Ray Pollock
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385525400
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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"More engaging than any new fiction in years." —Chuck Palahniuk An unforgettable work of fiction that peers into the soul of a tough Midwestern American town to reveal the sad, stunted but resilient lives of its residents. Knockemstiff is a genuine entry into the literature of place. Spanning a period from the mid-sixties to the late nineties, the linked stories that comprise Knockemstiff feature a cast of recurring characters who are irresistibly, undeniably real. A father pumps his son full of steroids so he can vicariously relive his days as a perpetual runner-up body builder. A psychotic rural recluse comes upon two siblings committing incest and feels compelled to take action. Donald Ray Pollock presents his characters and the sordid goings-on with a stern intelligence, a bracing absence of value judgments, and a refreshingly dark sense of bottom-dog humor.

Author: Funom Theophilus Makama
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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Don, Larissa and Rachael meet in the Fresh blood party amidst weird circumstances and being a wordsmith, Don displays his verbal skills to Rachael, leading her to an embarrassing situation. This prompts a dangerous reaction from her as she physically assaults him, becoming the first in a line-up of incidences between these three young people. Subsequently, the two girls fall in love with him, and this does not go well with Rachael's ex, the notorious Pontius Pirlate and as well, her longtime admirer, the well-built Mahmud Mustapha, who's also an excellent poet. Don joins the Soul Talkers Poetry contest and his prowess makes him even more famous but also having a devastating effect on his rivalry with Pontius Pirlate and his relationships with the two girls. Circumstances get messy at the semi-finals of the poetry contest between him and Larissa, giving Rachael the opportunity to pounce as she tries winning his heart by all means. Don on the other hand gets more confused, increasing the uncertainty of making a decision. With the finals just around the corner and situations becoming even more intriguing (rivalry becomes friendship and friendship becomes 'soft-enmity'), Don is faced with the up-hill task of claiming two prices, or just one, or nothing at all. His fans are in great expectation, likewise his family and friends, but above all, his heart expects much more. How would it be? Will he disappoint anyone?The Soul Talkers is not your typical kind of thriller as its story beams intrigue which increases in intensity from page one to the end. A curiosity burner, highly sophisticated with top-notch poetry, football, emotional rivalry and strong personality display, all in a London-based Campus, is this book; unique and rare. This highly entertaining masterpiece is an excitement trigger, expertly crafted in creativity and brilliance to, in no doubt, leave any contemporary reader in Awe.

Author: Joseph S. M. Lau
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231042031
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 634

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Brings together some of the best and most historically significant works of short fiction written in China in this century -including such important figures in the development of Chinese modernism as Lu Hsün, Mao Tun, Ting Ling, and Shen Ts' ung-wen. The companion volume to the highly acclaimed (Columbia, 1978), this new volume presents modernist short fiction from the thirty-year period leading up to the Communist revolution of 1949, after which Chinese literature entered a new phase of development. The stories range in setting from the late Ch'ing dynasty through the Sino-Japanese War and the early Communist years, and range in length from brief tales to substantial short novels. Though a large number of the writers represented are leftists, works of all political viewpoints have been included to provide the full literary panorama of one of the most fertile periods of Chinese creative activity.

Author: Brandon McNulty
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781952703003
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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When guitarist Ash Hudson suffers a career-ending hand injury, she seeks out the only thing that can heal it--her hometown's darkest secret. The secret involves an organ-swapping demon who has trapped Ash's family within the town for decades. Now Ash must bargain with the demon as she attempts to heal both her hand and her broken relationships.

Author: Vera Kurian
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0369705459
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 417

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Edgar Award Nominee for Best First Novel Named a New York Times Best Thriller of 2021 "I devoured this riveting book through a day of travel...My desire to rush to the end clashed with my desire to savor every word. Who would be the last psychopath standing?” — New York Times Book Review "Fresh, fast-paced and fiendishly clever! If you love watching true crime and wonder about the psychopaths among us, this is the book for you!" — Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author You should never trust a psychopath. But what if you had no choice? It would be easy to underestimate Chloe Sevre… She’s a freshman honor student, a legging-wearing hot girl next door, who also happens to be a psychopath. She spends her time on yogalates, frat parties and plotting to kill Will Bachman, a childhood friend who grievously wronged her. Chloe is one of seven students at her DC-based college who are part of an unusual clinical study of psychopaths—students like herself who lack empathy and can’t comprehend emotions like fear or guilt. The study, led by a renowned psychologist, requires them to wear smart watches that track their moods and movements. When one of the students in the study is found murdered in the psychology building, a dangerous game of cat and mouse begins, and Chloe goes from hunter to prey. As she races to identify the killer and put her own plan for revenge into action, she’ll be forced to decide if she can trust any of her fellow psychopaths—and everybody knows you should never trust a psychopath.

Author: My Little Pony
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1408344777
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 67

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A luxurious padded treasury containing FIVE bumper stories about magic and friendship, starring your favourite My Little Pony friends! Twilight Sparkle and her My Little Pony friends have decided to write a journal to tell YOU all about their best adventures! This magical story collection contains hours of storytelling fun: discover how the pony friends stop mischievous Discord from destroying Equestria; join them as they explore a spooky castle; find out how the Magic of Friendship is the most powerful magic of all . . . and much, MUCH more! With a padded hardback cover and super sparkly pink foil, this is the perfect gift for Pony fans! My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic TV series is the number 1 series on TinyPop and PopTV, and is also available to stream on Netflix and BinWeevils. Brand-new feature film with star-studded cast coming to cinemas across the UK in Autumn 2017! Look out for more brilliant stories about your My Little Pony friends: The Big Book of Equestria Princess Cadance's Royal Holiday Magical Baby Flurry Heart Race Day in Rainbow Falls Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Empire Adventure in Everfree Forest! The Secret of Gabby Gums A Springtime Surprise Cutie Mark Crusaders Forever

Author: Josh Weil
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802199895
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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From the author of The Great Glass Sea, three linked novellas set between the Virginias about men confronting love, loss, and personal demons. Set in the hardscrabble hill country between the Virginias, The New Valley contains characters striving to forge new lives in the absence of those they have loved. Told in three varied and distinct voices—a soft-spoken middle-aged beef farmer struggling to hold himself together after his dad’s death; a health-obsessed single father desperate to control his reckless, overweight daughter; and a developmentally delayed man who falls in love with a married woman intent on using him in a scheme that will wound them both—each story explores survival, isolation, and the deep, consuming ache for human connection. As the men battle against grief and solitude, their heartache leads them all to commit acts that will bring both ruin and salvation, in these tales “full of tenderness and looming menace” (The New York Times Book Review). “Stark and haunting . . . Delivers great beauty” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “[Weil’s] language is exquisite, his sentences glorious. . . . Refreshing and engaging.” —Ploughshares