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Black Swan, White Raven

Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling
Black Swan White Raven Book PDF

Author : Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497668607

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Black Swan, White Raven by Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling Pdf

Dark and decidedly grown-up stories inspired by fairy tales—from New York Times bestsellers Karen Joy Fowler, Joyce Carol Oates, Susanna Clarke, and more. This collection from World Fantasy Award–winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling proves that fairy tales don’t have to be for little children and that happily ever after doesn’t necessarily mean forever. Here, the plights of Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Rapunzel, and others are reimagined by some of today’s finest literary talents. Hansel and Gretel make several appearances, not the least being at their trial for the murder of a supposedly helpless old woman. The real, shocking reason for Snow White’s desperate flight from her home is revealed. And the steadfast tin soldier, made flesh and blood, pays a terrible price for his love and devotion. The twenty-one stories and poems in this collection run the gamut from triumphant to troubling to utterly outrageous, like Don Webb’s brilliant merging of numerous tales into one wild, hallucinogenic trip in his “Three Dwarves and 2000 Maniacs.” All in all, they mine the fantastical yarns we loved as children for new and darker gold. Includes stories by Michael Cadnum, Karen Joy Fowler, Michael Blumlein, Nalo Hopkinson, Esther M. Friesner, Joyce Carol Oates, Steve Rasnic Tem, Garry Kilworth, Anne Bishop, Gregory Frost, Sten Westgard, Midori Snyder, Harvey Jacobs, Don Webb, Bruce Glassco, Pat Murphy, John Crowley, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Susanna Clarke, Nancy Kress, and Jane Yolen.

Snow White, Blood Red

Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling
Snow White Blood Red Book PDF

Author : Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504055765

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Snow White, Blood Red by Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling Pdf

Fairy tales retold—with a twist—from “some of our best storytellers” including Neil Gaiman, Gahan Wilson, Tanith Lee, and others (The Washington Post). In this “no holds barred . . . nightmarish . . . provocative” collection, bestselling and award-winning fantasy masters put a dark, disturbing, and erotic spin on your favorite bedtime stories—and give you something entirely new to trouble your dreams (The New York Times Book Review). A boy is haunted through adulthood by a soul-eating creature that lies forever in wait under Neil Gaiman’s “Troll Bridge”; a melancholy amphibian shares his most private fantasies with a therapist in Gahan Wilson’s “The Frog Prince”; in Tanith Lee’s “Snow-Drop,” a lonely artist invites seven circus performers into her home to satisfy an obsession; in Steve Rasnic Tem’s “Little Poucet,” a band of lost brothers find refuge and terror with a hungry family in the woods; and Wendy Wheeler delves into the deviant psyche of the predatory male in “Little Red.” Also featuring Nancy Kress, Charles de Lint, Melanie Tem, Patricia A. McKillip, Jack Dann, and others, all paying a revisit to our favorite fairy tales in ways you’ve never dared to imagine.

White Raven

Kel Carpenter,Aurelia Jane
White Raven Book PDF

Author : Kel Carpenter,Aurelia Jane
Publisher : Raging Hippo LLC
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781957953236

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White Raven by Kel Carpenter,Aurelia Jane Pdf

An alpha wolf, a seductive vampire, and a dominant fae all walk into a bar. What do they have in common? Being mated to me, apparently. My dreams of retirement crashed and burned when the rogue shifter bit me. Not only have I changed into something neither world has ever seen before, but my mission just became even more impossible. To find the answers about what I am, I enlist the help of an infamous ex-poltergeist, a shifter freak, and my least favorite pigeon. What a team we make. Oh, and did I forget to mention that my mate’s bloodthirsty daughter is awake and hunting my ass now? Because that’s a thing too. Why? I have no idea, but we have every intention of finding out. An angel is playing games with me, but little do they know—I’ve got three alphas by my side, and this dark horse plays for keeps. WHITE RAVEN is book two in A Demon's Guide to the Afterlife series. This is an adult paranormal romance series with multiple love interests and some dark elements. If you don't like strong but flawed women and alphahole heroes that need to learn a thing or two about boundaries--this book is not for you. If you love works by Sadie Moss, Ivy Asher, Raven Kennedy, and Jaymin Eve, then dive right in to the Afterlife. It'll be one hell of a ride.

Black Thorn, White Rose

Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling
Black Thorn White Rose Book PDF

Author : Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling
Publisher : Eos
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0380771292

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Black Thorn, White Rose by Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling Pdf

Presents eighteen retellings of classic fairy tales in contemporary and adult formats, including the writings of such authors as Peter Straub and Roger Zelazny

Black Heart, Ivory Bones

Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling
Black Heart Ivory Bones Book PDF

Author : Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497668577

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Black Heart, Ivory Bones by Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling Pdf

20 fairy tales hauntingly reimagined by some of today’s finest sci-fi and fantasy authors, including Joyce Carol Oates, Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee, and more. Once upon a time, all our cherished dreams began with the words once upon a time. This is the phrase that opened our favorite tales of princes and spells and magical adventures. World Fantasy Award–winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling understand the power of beloved stories—and in Black Heart, Ivory Bones, their sixth anthology of reimagined fairy tales, they have gathered together stories and poetry from some of the most acclaimed writers of our time, including Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee, Charles de Lint, and Joyce Carol Oates. But be forewarned: These fairy tales are not for children. A prideful Texas dancer is cursed by a pair of lustrous red boots . . . Goldilocks tells all about her brutal and wildly dysfunctional foster family, the Bears . . . An archaeologist in Victorian England is enchanted by a newly exhumed Sleeping Beauty . . . A prince of tabloid journalism is smitten by a trailer-park Rapunzel . . . A clockwork amusement park troll becomes sentient and sets out to foment an automaton revolution. These are but a few examples of the marvels that await within these pages—tales that range from the humorous to the sensuous to the haunting and horrifying, each one a treasure with a distinctly adult edge.

Silver Birch, Blood Moon

Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling
Silver Birch Blood Moon Book PDF

Author : Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497668614

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Silver Birch, Blood Moon by Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling Pdf

Winner of the World Fantasy Award: New twists on classic fairy tales from Neil Gaiman, Patricia Briggs, Robin McKinley, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and more. Long ago, when we were children, our dreams were inspired by the fairy tales we heard at our mothers’ and grandmothers’ knees—stories of princesses and princes and witches and wondrous enchantments, by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, and from the pages of 1001 Arabian Nights. But, as World Fantasy Award–winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling remind us, these stories were often tamed and sanitized versions. The originals were frequently darker—and in Silver Birch, Blood Moon, they turn darker still. Twenty-one modern Grimms and Andersens—masterful storytellers including Neil Gaiman, Nancy Kress, and Tanith Lee—now reinvent beloved bedtime stories for our time. The Sea Witch gets her say, relating the story of “The Little Mermaid” from her own point of view. “Thumbelina” becomes a tale of creeping horror, while a delightfully naughty spin is put on “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” Author Caitlín R. Kiernan transports Snow White to a dark, gritty, industrial urban setting, and Patricia Briggs details “The Price” of dealing with a royal and unrepentantly evil Rumpelstiltskin. Rich, provocative, and unabashedly adult, each of these tales is a modern treasure, reminding us that wishes have consequences and not all genies have our best interests at heart.

Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears

Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling
Ruby Slippers Golden Tears Book PDF

Author : Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497668584

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Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears by Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling Pdf

Fairy tales reimagined—in stories by “a distinguished company of writers” including Neil Gaiman, Joyce Carol Oates, and Tanith Lee (Kirkus Reviews). For many of us, the fairy tale was our first exposure to the written word and the power of storytelling. These wondrous works of magic and morality enthralled us, enchanted us, sometimes terrified us, and remain in our hearts and memories still. Once again, World Fantasy Award–winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling have compiled an extraordinary collection of reimagined tales conceived by some of today’s most acclaimed contemporary purveyors of literary fantasy, science fiction, and horror, including Neil Gaiman, Gahan Wilson, Joyce Carol Oates, Tanith Lee, Nancy Kress, Gene Wolfe, and others. Remarkable things lurk in these dark and magical woods. Here Beauty confronts a serial-killer Beast, Hansel and Gretel’s witch resides not in a gingerbread house but in a luxurious resort, and Rumpelstiltskin is truly the devil demanding his due, rightfully or otherwise. The hilarious “Roach in Loafers” ingeniously combines the classic “Elves and the Shoemaker” tale with “Puss in Boots” and adds an insectile twist, while in a modern fable that blends The Wizard of Oz and Hans Christian Andersen, Dorothy is set adrift in Hollywoodland, ruby slippers and all. These are not the fairy stories you remember from childhood.

Patterns, Thinking, and Cognition

Howard Margolis
Patterns Thinking and Cognition Book PDF

Author : Howard Margolis
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0226505286

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Patterns, Thinking, and Cognition by Howard Margolis Pdf

What happens when we think? How do people make judgments? While different theories abound—and are heatedly debated—most are based on an algorithmic model of how the brain works. Howard Margolis builds a fascinating case for a theory that thinking is based on recognizing patterns and that this process is intrinsically a-logical. Margolis gives a Darwinian account of how pattern recognition evolved to reach human cognitive abilities. Illusions of judgment—standard anomalies where people consistently misjudge or misperceive what is logically implied or really present—are often used in cognitive science to explore the workings of the cognitive process. The explanations given for these anomalous results have generally explained only the anomaly under study and nothing more. Margolis provides a provocative and systematic analysis of these illusions, which explains why such anomalies exist and recur. Offering empirical applications of his theory, Margolis turns to historical cases to show how an individual's cognitive repertoire—the available cognitive patterns and their relation to cues—changes or resists changes over time. Here he focuses on the change in worldview occasioned by the Copernican discovery: not only how an individual might come to see things in a radically new way, but how it is possible for that new view to spread and become the dominant one. A reanalysis of the trial of Galileo focuses on social cognition and its interactions with politics. In challenging the prevailing paradigm for understanding how the human mind works, Patterns, Thinking, and Cognition is certain to stimulate fruitful debate.

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection

Gardner Dozois
The Year s Best Science Fiction Fifteenth Annual Collection Book PDF

Author : Gardner Dozois
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1998-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0312207530

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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois Pdf

Gardner Dozois, science fiction's foremost editor, consistently selects the field's best work each year with this showcase anthology. This year's collection presents sterling short stories from veterans and newcomers alike, including Stephen Baxter, Alan Brennert, Carolyn Ives Gilman, James Patrick Kelly, Geoffrey A. Landis, Paul J. McAuley, Robert Reed, William Sanders, Howard Waldrop, and many others. Rounded out with Dozois's insightful Summation of the Year in SF and a long list of Honorable Mentions, this anthology is the book for every science fiction fan.

White As Snow

Tanith Lee
White As Snow Book PDF

Author : Tanith Lee
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001-12-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466824867

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White As Snow by Tanith Lee Pdf

Once upon a time there was a mirror. . . . So begins this dark, unusual retelling of the story of Snow White by the writer reviewers have called "the Angela Carter of the fantasy field"—a whole novel based on a beloved story, turning it into a dark and sensual drama full of myth and magic. Arpazia is the aging queen who paces the halls of a warlord's palace. Cold as winter, she has only one passion—for the mysterious hunter who courts the outlawed old gods of the woodland. Coira is the princess raised in the shadow of her mother's hatred. Avoided by both her parents and half forgotten by her father's court, she grows into womanhood alone . . . until the mirror speaks, and blood is spilled, and the forest claims her. The tragic myth of the goddess Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, stolen by the king of the underworld, is woven together with the tale of Snow White to create a powerful story of mothers and daughters and the blood that binds them together, for good or ill. Black queen. White maid. Royal huntsman. Seven little folk who live in the forest. Come inside, sit by the fire, and listen to this fairy tale as you've never heard it told before. Once upon a time there was a mirror, and a girl as white as snow. . . . At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Swan Sister

Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling
Swan Sister Book PDF

Author : Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442460409

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Swan Sister by Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling Pdf

Just as fairy-tale magic can transform a loved one into a swan, the contributors to this book have transformed traditional fairy tales and legends into stories that are completely original, yet still tantalizingly familiar In the follow-up to A Wolf at the Door, thirteen renowned authors come together with a selection of new and surprising adaptations of the fairy tales we think we know so well. These fresh takes on classic tales will show you sides of each story you never dreamed of.

Bird Life and Bird Lore

Reginald Bosworth Smith
Bird Life and Bird Lore Book PDF

Author : Reginald Bosworth Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781108055598

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Bird Life and Bird Lore by Reginald Bosworth Smith Pdf

A set of essays from 1905, based on lifelong observation of birds, with scholarly references to birds in literature.

Murder on Black Swan Lane

Andrea Penrose
Murder on Black Swan Lane Book PDF

Author : Andrea Penrose
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496710789

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Murder on Black Swan Lane by Andrea Penrose Pdf

In Regency London, an unconventional scientist and a fearless female artist team up to trap a cold-hearted killer: “Thoroughly enjoyable” (Deanna Raybourn, New York Times–bestselling author). The Earl of Wrexford possesses a brilliant scientific mind, but boredom and pride lead him to reckless behavior. So when pompous, pious Reverend Josiah Holworthy publicly condemns him for debauchery, Wrexford unsheathes his rapier-sharp wit and strikes back. As their war of words escalates, London’s most popular satirical cartoonist, A.J. Quill, skewers them both. But then the clergyman is found slain in a church—his face burned by chemicals, his throat slashed ear to ear—and Wrexford finds himself the chief suspect. An artist in her own right, Charlotte Sloane has secretly slipped into the persona of her late husband, using his nom de plume, A.J. Quill. When Wrexford discovers her true identity, she fears it will be her undoing. But he has a proposal—use her sources to unveil the clergyman’s clandestine involvement in questionable scientific practices, and unmask the real murderer. Soon Lord Wrexford and the mysterious Mrs. Sloane plunge into a dangerous shadow world hidden among London’s intellectual enclaves to trap a cunning adversary—before they fall victim to the next experiment in villainy . . . “Sharp, engaging characters, rich period detail, and a compellingly twisty plot, Andrea Penrose delivers a winner.” —Deanna Raybourn, New York Times–bestselling author “Fans of C.S. Harris take note! A riveting ride through Regency London, from the slums of St. Giles, to the mansions of Mayfair.” —Lauren Willig, New York Times–bestselling author “Historical chemistry meets alchemy . . . A delight of a book.&rdquo

Black Female Intellectuals in Nineteenth Century America

Rebecca J. Fraser
Black Female Intellectuals in Nineteenth Century America Book PDF

Author : Rebecca J. Fraser
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000833829

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Black Female Intellectuals in Nineteenth Century America by Rebecca J. Fraser Pdf

Drawing on letters, personal testimony, works of art, novels, and historic Black newspapers, this book is an interdisciplinary exploration of Black women’s contributions to the intellectual life of nineteenth-century America. Black Female Intellectuals in Nineteenth Century America reconceptualizes the idea of what the term "intellectual" means through its discussions of both familiar and often forgotten Black women, including Edmonia Lewis, Harriet Powers, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman, amongst others. This re-envisioning brings those who have previously been excluded from the scholarship of Black intellectualism more generally, and Black female intellectuals specifically, into the center of the debate. Importantly, it also situates the histories of Black women participating in the intellectual cultures of the United States much earlier than most previous scholarship. This book will be of interest to both undergraduate and postgraduate specialists and students in the fields of African American history, women’s and gender history, and American studies, as well as general readers interested in historical and biographical works.

Advocates of Freedom

Hannah-Rose Murray
Advocates of Freedom Book PDF

Author : Hannah-Rose Murray
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108487511

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Advocates of Freedom by Hannah-Rose Murray Pdf

A transatlantic study focusing on African American resistance through unexplored oratorical and performative testimony in the British Isles.