Author: C. Gockel
Publisher: C. Gockel
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 3277
Book Description
A box set of MYTHIC proportions ... Want a little magic in your life? Ever wished faeries were real or for your own personal djinn? Then these ELEVEN worlds of action, adventure, humor, and romance are for you. Join the freshest voices in urban fantasy and paranormal romance as they introduce you to Norse and Greek gods, demons, djinn, angels, werewolves, and more. This magical collection is FREE for a limited time. Download it before it’s gone! About the books: I Bring the Fire - C. Gockel When Amy prays for help, Loki the Norse God of Mischief and Chaos isn't the savior she has in mind. Chosen - Christine Pope When a fatal fever nearly wipes out the entire world's population, the survivors of what became known as "the Dying" believe the worst is in the past ... The Hunted One - Meg Collett Disgraced and wingless, Archangel Michaela discovers the holy angels have a plan for Heaven, and it is one that may prove to be the End of Days. Things Unseen - C.J. Brightley A moment's compassion draws history student Aria Forsyth into a conflict between human and inhuman, natural and supernatural, and the world of the Fae. Way of the Wolf - Mark E. Cooper Doctor David Lephmann tries to aid a shifter in trouble, and is thrust into a world of violence and mistrust. Eros - Helen Harper The Greek god of Love and the human who caught his heart--Eros is a contemporary re-telling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche. The Wild Hunt - Ron Nieto Lily was meant to become a faerie doctor, disbelief and pragmatism led her away from the hidden world. She will be forced to face the truth, and the fae, if she wants to save her family. Valkyrie's Vengeance - Melissa Snark When children are abducted, Victoria, priestess of the Valkyrie, must work with her worst enemy to rescue them. The Blue Rose - Lola St. Vil The most powerful Angel that ever lived. The dangerous demon who holds her heart. Elsker - S.T. Bende Kristia Tostenson just found out her new boyfriend is the Norse God of Winter--an immortal assassin destined to die at Ragnarok. Blood Debt - Nancy Straight Camille discovers a family she never dreamed of and a world that should not exist. Keywords: free urban fantasy, free paranormal, free paranormal romance, free norse mythology, free fairy tales, free fae, free greek myths, free angels, free Valkyrie, free shifters, angels, urban fantasy, paranormal, norse mythology, fairy tales, fae, greek myths, angels, christian fantasy, free valkyrie, werewolves, vampires, djinn, gods, goddesses, ragnarok, loki, free valkyrie, valkyries, wild hunt, fae, greek gods, eros
Urban Mythic
Author: C. Gockel
Publisher: C. Gockel
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 3277
Book Description
A box set of MYTHIC proportions ... Want a little magic in your life? Ever wished faeries were real or for your own personal djinn? Then these ELEVEN worlds of action, adventure, humor, and romance are for you. Join the freshest voices in urban fantasy and paranormal romance as they introduce you to Norse and Greek gods, demons, djinn, angels, werewolves, and more. This magical collection is FREE for a limited time. Download it before it’s gone! About the books: I Bring the Fire - C. Gockel When Amy prays for help, Loki the Norse God of Mischief and Chaos isn't the savior she has in mind. Chosen - Christine Pope When a fatal fever nearly wipes out the entire world's population, the survivors of what became known as "the Dying" believe the worst is in the past ... The Hunted One - Meg Collett Disgraced and wingless, Archangel Michaela discovers the holy angels have a plan for Heaven, and it is one that may prove to be the End of Days. Things Unseen - C.J. Brightley A moment's compassion draws history student Aria Forsyth into a conflict between human and inhuman, natural and supernatural, and the world of the Fae. Way of the Wolf - Mark E. Cooper Doctor David Lephmann tries to aid a shifter in trouble, and is thrust into a world of violence and mistrust. Eros - Helen Harper The Greek god of Love and the human who caught his heart--Eros is a contemporary re-telling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche. The Wild Hunt - Ron Nieto Lily was meant to become a faerie doctor, disbelief and pragmatism led her away from the hidden world. She will be forced to face the truth, and the fae, if she wants to save her family. Valkyrie's Vengeance - Melissa Snark When children are abducted, Victoria, priestess of the Valkyrie, must work with her worst enemy to rescue them. The Blue Rose - Lola St. Vil The most powerful Angel that ever lived. The dangerous demon who holds her heart. Elsker - S.T. Bende Kristia Tostenson just found out her new boyfriend is the Norse God of Winter--an immortal assassin destined to die at Ragnarok. Blood Debt - Nancy Straight Camille discovers a family she never dreamed of and a world that should not exist. Keywords: free urban fantasy, free paranormal, free paranormal romance, free norse mythology, free fairy tales, free fae, free greek myths, free angels, free Valkyrie, free shifters, angels, urban fantasy, paranormal, norse mythology, fairy tales, fae, greek myths, angels, christian fantasy, free valkyrie, werewolves, vampires, djinn, gods, goddesses, ragnarok, loki, free valkyrie, valkyries, wild hunt, fae, greek gods, eros
Publisher: C. Gockel
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 3277
Book Description
A box set of MYTHIC proportions ... Want a little magic in your life? Ever wished faeries were real or for your own personal djinn? Then these ELEVEN worlds of action, adventure, humor, and romance are for you. Join the freshest voices in urban fantasy and paranormal romance as they introduce you to Norse and Greek gods, demons, djinn, angels, werewolves, and more. This magical collection is FREE for a limited time. Download it before it’s gone! About the books: I Bring the Fire - C. Gockel When Amy prays for help, Loki the Norse God of Mischief and Chaos isn't the savior she has in mind. Chosen - Christine Pope When a fatal fever nearly wipes out the entire world's population, the survivors of what became known as "the Dying" believe the worst is in the past ... The Hunted One - Meg Collett Disgraced and wingless, Archangel Michaela discovers the holy angels have a plan for Heaven, and it is one that may prove to be the End of Days. Things Unseen - C.J. Brightley A moment's compassion draws history student Aria Forsyth into a conflict between human and inhuman, natural and supernatural, and the world of the Fae. Way of the Wolf - Mark E. Cooper Doctor David Lephmann tries to aid a shifter in trouble, and is thrust into a world of violence and mistrust. Eros - Helen Harper The Greek god of Love and the human who caught his heart--Eros is a contemporary re-telling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche. The Wild Hunt - Ron Nieto Lily was meant to become a faerie doctor, disbelief and pragmatism led her away from the hidden world. She will be forced to face the truth, and the fae, if she wants to save her family. Valkyrie's Vengeance - Melissa Snark When children are abducted, Victoria, priestess of the Valkyrie, must work with her worst enemy to rescue them. The Blue Rose - Lola St. Vil The most powerful Angel that ever lived. The dangerous demon who holds her heart. Elsker - S.T. Bende Kristia Tostenson just found out her new boyfriend is the Norse God of Winter--an immortal assassin destined to die at Ragnarok. Blood Debt - Nancy Straight Camille discovers a family she never dreamed of and a world that should not exist. Keywords: free urban fantasy, free paranormal, free paranormal romance, free norse mythology, free fairy tales, free fae, free greek myths, free angels, free Valkyrie, free shifters, angels, urban fantasy, paranormal, norse mythology, fairy tales, fae, greek myths, angels, christian fantasy, free valkyrie, werewolves, vampires, djinn, gods, goddesses, ragnarok, loki, free valkyrie, valkyries, wild hunt, fae, greek gods, eros
The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic
Author: Jan Edwards
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780957348936
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
There is magic on the urban streets. The Mythic are alive and creating chaos in a city near you. Fourteen fantastic fables by weavers of wonder: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Kate Griffin, Mike Resnick, Gaie Sebold, Christopher Golden, Alison Littlewood, Jaine Fenn, Jonathan Oliver, Graham Edwards, Anne Nicholls, Ian Whates, Joyce Chng, Zen Cho and James Brogden. Here are tales of magic and horror; ancient curses and modern charms; strange things in the Underground; murder and redemption; corporate cults and stalwart guardians; lost travellers and wandering gods; fortune tellers and urban wizards; dragons, fae and unspeakable beasts.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780957348936
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
There is magic on the urban streets. The Mythic are alive and creating chaos in a city near you. Fourteen fantastic fables by weavers of wonder: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Kate Griffin, Mike Resnick, Gaie Sebold, Christopher Golden, Alison Littlewood, Jaine Fenn, Jonathan Oliver, Graham Edwards, Anne Nicholls, Ian Whates, Joyce Chng, Zen Cho and James Brogden. Here are tales of magic and horror; ancient curses and modern charms; strange things in the Underground; murder and redemption; corporate cults and stalwart guardians; lost travellers and wandering gods; fortune tellers and urban wizards; dragons, fae and unspeakable beasts.
Un Lun Dun
Author: China Miéville
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0345497236
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Endlessly inventive . . . [a] hybrid of Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, and The Phantom Tollbooth.”—Salon What is Un Lun Dun? It is London through the looking glass, an urban Wonderland of strange delights where all the lost and broken things of London end up . . . and some of its lost and broken people, too–including Brokkenbroll, boss of the broken umbrellas; Obaday Fing, a tailor whose head is an enormous pin-cushion, and an empty milk carton called Curdle. Un Lun Dun is a place where words are alive, a jungle lurks behind the door of an ordinary house, carnivorous giraffes stalk the streets, and a dark cloud dreams of burning the world. It is a city awaiting its hero, whose coming was prophesied long ago, set down for all time in the pages of a talking book. When twelve-year-old Zanna and her friend Deeba find a secret entrance leading out of London and into this strange city, it seems that the ancient prophecy is coming true at last. But then things begin to go shockingly wrong. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from China Mieville’s Embassytown. Praise for Un Lun Dun “Miéville fills his enthralling fantasy with enough plot twists and wordplay for an entire trilogy, and that is a good thing. A-.”—Entertainment Weekly “For style and inventiveness, turn to Un Lun Dun, by China Miéville, who throws off more imaginative sparks per chapter than most authors can manufacture in a whole book. Mieville sits at the table with Lewis Carroll, and Deeba cavorts with another young explorer of topsy-turvy worlds.”—The Washington Post Book World “Delicious, twisty, ferocious fun . . . so crammed with inventions, delights, and unexpected turns that you will want to start reading it over again as soon as you’ve reached the end.”—Kelly Link, author of Magic for Beginners “[A] wondrous thrill ride . . . Like the best fantasy authors, [Miéville] fully realizes his imaginary city.” —The A.V. Club “Mieville's compelling heroine and her fantastical journey through the labyrinth of a strange London forms that rare book that feels instantly like a classic and yet is thoroughly modern.”—Holly Black, bestselling author of The Spiderwick Chronicles
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0345497236
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Endlessly inventive . . . [a] hybrid of Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, and The Phantom Tollbooth.”—Salon What is Un Lun Dun? It is London through the looking glass, an urban Wonderland of strange delights where all the lost and broken things of London end up . . . and some of its lost and broken people, too–including Brokkenbroll, boss of the broken umbrellas; Obaday Fing, a tailor whose head is an enormous pin-cushion, and an empty milk carton called Curdle. Un Lun Dun is a place where words are alive, a jungle lurks behind the door of an ordinary house, carnivorous giraffes stalk the streets, and a dark cloud dreams of burning the world. It is a city awaiting its hero, whose coming was prophesied long ago, set down for all time in the pages of a talking book. When twelve-year-old Zanna and her friend Deeba find a secret entrance leading out of London and into this strange city, it seems that the ancient prophecy is coming true at last. But then things begin to go shockingly wrong. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from China Mieville’s Embassytown. Praise for Un Lun Dun “Miéville fills his enthralling fantasy with enough plot twists and wordplay for an entire trilogy, and that is a good thing. A-.”—Entertainment Weekly “For style and inventiveness, turn to Un Lun Dun, by China Miéville, who throws off more imaginative sparks per chapter than most authors can manufacture in a whole book. Mieville sits at the table with Lewis Carroll, and Deeba cavorts with another young explorer of topsy-turvy worlds.”—The Washington Post Book World “Delicious, twisty, ferocious fun . . . so crammed with inventions, delights, and unexpected turns that you will want to start reading it over again as soon as you’ve reached the end.”—Kelly Link, author of Magic for Beginners “[A] wondrous thrill ride . . . Like the best fantasy authors, [Miéville] fully realizes his imaginary city.” —The A.V. Club “Mieville's compelling heroine and her fantastical journey through the labyrinth of a strange London forms that rare book that feels instantly like a classic and yet is thoroughly modern.”—Holly Black, bestselling author of The Spiderwick Chronicles
Narrating the Global Financial Crisis
Author: Miriam Meissner
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319454110
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
This book analyzes how the Global Financial Crisis is portrayed in contemporary popular culture, using examples from film, literature and photography. In particular, the book explores why particular urban spaces, infrastructures and aesthetics – such as skyline shots in the opening credits of financial crisis films – recur in contemporary crisis narratives. Why are cities and finance connected in the cultural imaginary? Which ideologies do urban crisis imaginaries communicate? How do these imaginaries relate to the notion of crisis? To consider these questions, the book reads crisis narratives through the lens of myth. It combines perspectives from cultural, media and communication studies, anthropology, philosophy, geography and political economy to argue that the concept of myth can offer new and nuanced insights into the structure and politics of popular financial crisis imaginaries. In so doing, the book also asks if, how and under what conditions urban crisis imaginaries open up or foreclose systematic and political understandings of the Global Financial Crisis as a symptom of the broader process of financialization.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319454110
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
This book analyzes how the Global Financial Crisis is portrayed in contemporary popular culture, using examples from film, literature and photography. In particular, the book explores why particular urban spaces, infrastructures and aesthetics – such as skyline shots in the opening credits of financial crisis films – recur in contemporary crisis narratives. Why are cities and finance connected in the cultural imaginary? Which ideologies do urban crisis imaginaries communicate? How do these imaginaries relate to the notion of crisis? To consider these questions, the book reads crisis narratives through the lens of myth. It combines perspectives from cultural, media and communication studies, anthropology, philosophy, geography and political economy to argue that the concept of myth can offer new and nuanced insights into the structure and politics of popular financial crisis imaginaries. In so doing, the book also asks if, how and under what conditions urban crisis imaginaries open up or foreclose systematic and political understandings of the Global Financial Crisis as a symptom of the broader process of financialization.
Urban Myths and Legendary Creatures
Author: Lisa Regan
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Learning Library
ISBN: 9781433950100
Category : Animals, Mythical
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Profiles several legendary creatures from myth and lore.
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Learning Library
ISBN: 9781433950100
Category : Animals, Mythical
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Profiles several legendary creatures from myth and lore.
Urban Legends
Author: Carrie E. Benes
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271037660
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Between 1250 and 1350, numerous Italian city-states jockeyed for position in a cutthroat political climate. Seeking to legitimate and ennoble their autonomy, they turned to ancient Rome for concrete and symbolic sources of identity. Each city-state appropriated classical symbols, ancient materials, and Roman myths to legitimate its regime as a logical successor to&—or continuation of&—Roman rule. In Urban Legends, Carrie Bene&š illuminates this role of the classical past in the construction of late medieval Italian urban identity.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271037660
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Between 1250 and 1350, numerous Italian city-states jockeyed for position in a cutthroat political climate. Seeking to legitimate and ennoble their autonomy, they turned to ancient Rome for concrete and symbolic sources of identity. Each city-state appropriated classical symbols, ancient materials, and Roman myths to legitimate its regime as a logical successor to&—or continuation of&—Roman rule. In Urban Legends, Carrie Bene&š illuminates this role of the classical past in the construction of late medieval Italian urban identity.
The Urban Revolution
Author: Henri Lefebvre
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816641604
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Originally published in 1970, The Urban Revolution marked Henri Lefebvre’s first sustained critique of urban society, a work in which he pioneered the use of semiotic, structuralist, and poststructuralist methodologies in analyzing the development of the urban environment. Although it is widely considered a foundational book in contemporary thinking about the city, The Urban Revolution has never been translated into English—until now. This first English edition, deftly translated by Robert Bononno, makes available to a broad audience Lefebvre’s sophisticated insights into the urban dimensions of modern life.Lefebvre begins with the premise that the total urbanization of society is an inevitable process that demands of its critics new interpretive and perceptual approaches that recognize the urban as a complex field of inquiry. Dismissive of cold, modernist visions of the city, particularly those embodied by rationalist architects and urban planners like Le Corbusier, Lefebvre instead articulates the lived experiences of individual inhabitants of the city. In contrast to the ideology of urbanism and its reliance on commodification and bureaucratization—the capitalist logic of market and state—Lefebvre conceives of an urban utopia characterized by self-determination, individual creativity, and authentic social relationships.A brilliantly conceived and theoretically rigorous investigation into the realities and possibilities of urban space, The Urban Revolution remains an essential analysis of and guide to the nature of the city.Henri Lefebvre (d. 1991) was one of the most significant European thinkers of the twentieth century. His many books include The Production of Space (1991), Everyday Life in the Modern World (1994), Introduction to Modernity (1995), and Writings on Cities (1995).Robert Bononno is a full-time translator who lives in New York. His recent translations include The Singular Objects of Architecture by Jean Baudrillard and Jean Nouvel (Minnesota, 2002) and Cyberculture by Pierre Lévy (Minnesota, 2001).
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816641604
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Originally published in 1970, The Urban Revolution marked Henri Lefebvre’s first sustained critique of urban society, a work in which he pioneered the use of semiotic, structuralist, and poststructuralist methodologies in analyzing the development of the urban environment. Although it is widely considered a foundational book in contemporary thinking about the city, The Urban Revolution has never been translated into English—until now. This first English edition, deftly translated by Robert Bononno, makes available to a broad audience Lefebvre’s sophisticated insights into the urban dimensions of modern life.Lefebvre begins with the premise that the total urbanization of society is an inevitable process that demands of its critics new interpretive and perceptual approaches that recognize the urban as a complex field of inquiry. Dismissive of cold, modernist visions of the city, particularly those embodied by rationalist architects and urban planners like Le Corbusier, Lefebvre instead articulates the lived experiences of individual inhabitants of the city. In contrast to the ideology of urbanism and its reliance on commodification and bureaucratization—the capitalist logic of market and state—Lefebvre conceives of an urban utopia characterized by self-determination, individual creativity, and authentic social relationships.A brilliantly conceived and theoretically rigorous investigation into the realities and possibilities of urban space, The Urban Revolution remains an essential analysis of and guide to the nature of the city.Henri Lefebvre (d. 1991) was one of the most significant European thinkers of the twentieth century. His many books include The Production of Space (1991), Everyday Life in the Modern World (1994), Introduction to Modernity (1995), and Writings on Cities (1995).Robert Bononno is a full-time translator who lives in New York. His recent translations include The Singular Objects of Architecture by Jean Baudrillard and Jean Nouvel (Minnesota, 2002) and Cyberculture by Pierre Lévy (Minnesota, 2001).
Film, Folklore, and Urban Legends
Author: Mikel J. Koven
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810860254
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
From Alien to When a Stranger Calls, many films are based on folklore or employ an urban legend element to propel the narrative. Films, Folklore and Urban Legends explores the convergence of folklore with popular cinema studies and focuses on the study of urban legends and how these narratives are used as inspiration for a number of films. Beginning with a general survey of the existing literature on folklore/film, this book addresses discourses of belief, how urban legends provide the organizing principle of some films, and how certain films "act out" or perform a legend.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810860254
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
From Alien to When a Stranger Calls, many films are based on folklore or employ an urban legend element to propel the narrative. Films, Folklore and Urban Legends explores the convergence of folklore with popular cinema studies and focuses on the study of urban legends and how these narratives are used as inspiration for a number of films. Beginning with a general survey of the existing literature on folklore/film, this book addresses discourses of belief, how urban legends provide the organizing principle of some films, and how certain films "act out" or perform a legend.
Daughter of the Sword
Author: Steve Bein
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 045141635X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
As the only female detective in Tokyo's most elite police unit, Mariko Oshiro has to fight for every ounce of respect, especially from her new boss. But when he gives her the least promising case possible, the attempted theft of an old samurai sword, it proves more dangerous than anyone on the force could have imagined. Mariko's investigation has put her on a collision course with a curse centuries old and as bloodthirsty as ever. She is only the latest in a long line of warriors and soldiers to confront this power, and even the sword she wields could turn against her.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 045141635X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
As the only female detective in Tokyo's most elite police unit, Mariko Oshiro has to fight for every ounce of respect, especially from her new boss. But when he gives her the least promising case possible, the attempted theft of an old samurai sword, it proves more dangerous than anyone on the force could have imagined. Mariko's investigation has put her on a collision course with a curse centuries old and as bloodthirsty as ever. She is only the latest in a long line of warriors and soldiers to confront this power, and even the sword she wields could turn against her.
Between Urban Topographies and Political Spaces
Author: Fabio Vighi
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739188364
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Between Urban Topographies and Political Spaces: Threshold Experiences uses the term “threshold” as a means to understand the relationship between Self and Other, as well as relationships between different cultures. The concept of “threshold” defines the relationship between inside and outside not in oppositional terms, but as complementaries. This book discusses the cultural and social “border areas” of modernity, which are to be understood not as “zones” in a territorial sense, but as “spaces in between” in which different languages and cultures operate. The essays in Between Urban Topographies and Political Spaces identify the dimension in urban topographies and political spaces where we are able to locate paradigmatic experiences of thresholds. Because these spaces are characterized by contradictions, conflicts, and aporias, we propose to rethink those hermeneutic categories that imply a sharp opposition between inside and outside. This means that the theoretical definition of threshold put forward in these essays—whether applied to history, philosophy, law, art, or cultural studies—embodies new juridical and political stances.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739188364
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Between Urban Topographies and Political Spaces: Threshold Experiences uses the term “threshold” as a means to understand the relationship between Self and Other, as well as relationships between different cultures. The concept of “threshold” defines the relationship between inside and outside not in oppositional terms, but as complementaries. This book discusses the cultural and social “border areas” of modernity, which are to be understood not as “zones” in a territorial sense, but as “spaces in between” in which different languages and cultures operate. The essays in Between Urban Topographies and Political Spaces identify the dimension in urban topographies and political spaces where we are able to locate paradigmatic experiences of thresholds. Because these spaces are characterized by contradictions, conflicts, and aporias, we propose to rethink those hermeneutic categories that imply a sharp opposition between inside and outside. This means that the theoretical definition of threshold put forward in these essays—whether applied to history, philosophy, law, art, or cultural studies—embodies new juridical and political stances.