![]() ![]() ![]() Bierce’s death was as mysterious as his strange stories sometime around 1914 he left for Mexico, wanting to experience the Mexican Revolution firsthand, and was never to be seen again. He dominated the horror genre as the preeminent innovator of supernatural storytelling in the period between the death of Edgar Allan Poe and the rise of H.P. Chambers’ "The King in Yellow" to HBO’s "True Detective" starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.Īmbrose Bierce (1842-1914) was an American writer, journalist, critic, poet, and Civil War veteran, best known for "The Devil's Dictionary" (1911). The story of "The Damned Thing" has appeared in the tv show "Masters of Horror", while "Haïta the Shepherd" and "An Inhabitant of Carcosa" have reverberated in the history of supernatural fiction from Robert W. Sit yourself by a campfire or candlelight and enjoy these 24 eerie stories, told in Bierce’s witty, clear prose, filled with ghosts, apparitions, doppelgängers, grave robbers, death omens and other strange, inexplicable occurrences. "Can Such Things Be?" is a thrillingly creepy collection of short stories from one of the 19th century’s masters of horror. Le voci della Scienza, Filosofia e Religione.Le voci dell'Educazione e della Formazione.Free Audio Archive * Authors /Narrators. ![]()
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I've read everything he ever wrote including non-fiction and adult fiction, but the Chronicles of Narnia are the best of all. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was a song that only the queen could hear, calling sweetly in the rustle of the October leaves-for it had come to take her away as well. It was an old superstition from her wanderer’s upbringing, to keep fragile spirits from being lured off by the beautiful song of death. ON THE MORNING WIL WAS born, the queen ordered that sheets be hung across every window of the castle. Thirty-Eight Thirty-Nine Acknowledgments Back Ad About the Author Books by Lauren DeStefano Credits Copyright About the Publisher ALBERT CAMUSĭedication Epigraph Prologue One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Twenty Twenty-One Twenty-Two Twenty-Three Twenty-Four Twenty-Five Twenty-Six Twenty-Seven Twenty-Eight Twenty-Nine Thirty Thirty-One Thirty-Two Thirty-Three Thirty-Four Thirty-Five Thirty-Six Thirty-Seven ![]() For Aprilynne, who takes ideas and turns them into goldĪT THE HEART OF ALL BEAUTY LIES SOM ETHING INHUM AN. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, the major disadvantage of this list is that of the first 50 novels, only three are native literature, with the rest being translations. The books in the first half of the list or so are roughly organized in order of difficulty. I wanted to share my reading list here for anyone else who might want to do something similar. In this way I have already finished my first book and am working through two other books concurrently with each other. Use Anki to memorize all of those words over the span of several days. Use Chinese Text Analyser to identify all unknown words in a chapter. To combat this, I have created a reading list which I am using as a curriculum - mostly to expand my vocabulary. Anyway, the long story short: My vocabulary is still far short of what I need for casually reading most literature, which is my main goal. I have made several posts these last few months about my journey to improve my Chinese by reading novels. ![]() ![]() ![]() This epic, satirical poem which runs into more than 16,000 lines remains unfinished as Byron continued to add verses till his death. ![]() ![]() However, in Don Juan by George Gordon Byron, the serial heartbreaker is portrayed as a much wronged innocent who is instead easily taken in by women. Occasionally, he indulges in crimes like murder when thwarted in fulfilling his desires.ĭon Juan's name has become synonymous in English and many other languages with being a flirt and a womanizer. He also spends the rest of his time gambling and drinking. The legend of Don Juan in Spain portrays him as a wealthy and amoral character, who prides himself on his marvelous power to attract women of all ages. His life continued to fascinate writers like Moliere, Byron, Bernard Shaw, Pushkin, Shakespeare, Jose Saramago and musicians like Mozart, whose Don Giovanni is a brilliant work that still charms audiences and music lovers all over the world. The earliest reference was in a fourteenth century Spanish play and compiled in book form in the seventeenth century. His life has been the subject of operas, musicals and film. The legend of Don Juan is one that's been told and retold over the centuries by poets and novelists. By: George Gordon Byron, Lord (1788-1824) ![]() ![]() ![]() That night, the Taylor home catches fire, and a huge stone eagle from one of the university buildings suddenly comes to life and attacks Norman. Eventually, Norman learns that Flora Carr, the crippled wife of his rival for the chairmanship of the sociology department, is also a practitioner of witchcraft and has hypnotized Tansy into obeying her commands. When he brings her home, she attempts to kill him and later turns on the wife of one of his colleagues. Then, one evening, Tansy disappears Norman finds her nearly dead in a graveyard. ![]() Following Tansy's warning that his action has left him vulnerable to evil forces, Norman's luck changes: a girl student charges him with rape, her boyfriend threatens him, and his car runs into a ditch. When he accidentally discovers her secret, he destroys her instruments of black magic. Tansy Taylor, the wife of an English university professor, secretly practices witchcraft to further her husband, Norman's, career. ![]() ![]() Any reservations I may have had over Partials's plot were simply swept away by my enjoyment of Fragments. I liked Fragments enough to almost wish I hadn't, dooming myself to a long wait for the third book. I liked Partials enough to download Fragments as soon as I'd finished it. The second installment in the pulse-pounding Partials saga is the story of the 11th hour of humanity's time on Earth, a journey deep into places unknown to discover the means - and even more important, a reason - for our survival. But Kira's journey will take her deep into the overgrown wasteland of postapocalyptic America, and Kira and Marcus both will discover that their greatest enemy may be one they didn't even know existed. ![]() Meanwhile, back on Long Island, what's left of humanity is gearing up for war with the Partials, and Marcus knows his only hope is to delay them until Kira returns. Her companions are Afa Demoux, an unhinged drifter and former employee of ParaGen, and Samm and Heron, the Partials who betrayed her and saved her life, the only ones who know her secret. ![]() That the Partials themselves hold the cure for RM in their blood cannot be a coincidence - it must be part of a larger plan, a plan that involves Kira, a plan that could save both races. ![]() Kira has left East Meadow in a desperate search for clues to who she is. Kira Walker has found the cure for RM, but the battle for the survival of humans and Partials is just beginning. ![]() ![]() ![]() When I heard Jane Harper was coming out with a standalone thriller set in the Australian Outback, I was really excited to see how it would compare to her series. Shannon: I read and very much enjoyed both The Dry and Force of Nature last year. Harper’s previous works drew me to this book. ![]() Reviewers Shannon Dyer and Maggie Boyd read The Lost Man, and are here to share their thoughts on the novel. It’s a tale that will keep you guessing till the very end. ![]() Painting a quiet, precise picture of a rugged countryside inhabited by a tenacious, tough population, Harper tells a story that quickly sucks the reader in. When relatives, employees, neighbors and friends gather for the funeral, long held resentments burst to the surface, tempers flare and dark secrets threaten to destroy people living precariously on the edge of a brutal, unforgiving land. Now he is dead, found at an isolated site far from the family homestead, and miles away from where he was meant to be. But middle brother Cam is charming, educated, and articulate. Their father Carl had been known for his nasty disposition. The men of the Bright family don’t have the best reputations. ![]() A mysterious death in the Australian Outback is the chilling center piece for Jane Harper’s latest thriller, The Lost Man. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Beginning with her traumatic childhood in Nazi-occupied Holland, biographer Barry Paris tells the story of Audrey's life - her dreams of being a ballerina her mother's ambition, which led Audrey to London, where she was discovered in the chorus lines of the West End and catapulted to stardom in Hollywood her title role on Broadway in "Gigi" and her Oscar- and Tony-winning performances within a year of her arrival in America. The most beautiful film and fashion statement of her era, and the highest-paid film actress of the time, despite never having taken an acting lesson, Audrey Hepburn was for decades a source of delight and genuine admiration. Beginning with her traumatic childhood in Nazi-occupied Holland, biographer Barry Paris tells the story of Audrey's life - her dreams of being a ballerina her mother's ambition, which led Audrey to London, where she was discovered in the chorus lines of the West End and catapulted to stardom in. ![]() ![]() ![]() And how childhood moulds us for the future. ![]() Here, we focus on the development of a young man. When all the controversy erupted over Jawaharlal versus Patel, at the launch of this book, I was still at the beginning of the story, where in a sleepy Kerala village and with an indulgent mother, Menon, was a brilliant if rebellious young student. To the riddle that was Menon and to acknowledgement at last of his formidable accomplishment. This biography, by his great granddaughter, seemed like the perfect answer. It is clear within the story that Patel could not have done this without Menon and yet Menon himself was ephemeral, elusive. In Menon’s books, incredibly detailed, informative and insightful, you get a remarkable portrait of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and the enormous task he was entrusted with: to bring together a disparate and motley group of princely states within the borders of India.īut hovering below the surface of Patel’s astounding achievement was the writer himself, Menon. I have read both The Transfer of Power in India and The Story of the Integration of the Indian States by Menon several times over. ![]() Menon is the architect of modern India and that he is largely unsung. Because I do believe that in many ways V.P. I picked this book with great enthusiasm. ![]() |