Exorcising Angels

Author : Tim Lebbon,Simon Clark
Publisher : Crossroad Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Exorcising Angels by Tim Lebbon,Simon Clark Pdf

During the London Blitz, a veteran from World War One goes in search of the author Arthur Machen. He has some questions to ask him… “What did I really see in the trenches?” “Were those angels?” “Who am I?” The answers, when they come, challenge everything he has ever believed to be true. When Arthur Machen's "The Bowmen" was published in 1915, many English readers believed his tale of heavenly archers defeating the advancing German troops of WWI to be true. Here, Tim Lebbon & Simon Clark pay homage to Machen with their novella Exorcising Angels, set against the backdrop of The Blitz of WWII, when (in the words of the Bishop of London) all of Great Britain needed to pray a "plea to the Heavenly Father for divine protection against these Swastikad angels of Death."

Author : Simon Clark,Tim Lebbon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0972151885

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Exorcising Angels by Simon Clark,Tim Lebbon Pdf

Author : J. Kevin Story
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781351105873

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The Complexities of John Hejduk’s Work by J. Kevin Story Pdf

This book traces the development of John Hejduk’s architectural career, using the idea of "exorcism" to uncover his thought process when examining architectural designs. His work encouraged profound questioning on what, why and how we build, which allowed for more open discourse and enhance the phenomenology found in architectural experiences. Three distinct eras in his architectural career are applied to analogies of outlines, apparitions and angels throughout the book across seven chapters. Using these thematic examples, the author investigates the progression of thought and depth inside the architect’s imagination by studying key projects such as the Texas houses, Wall House, Architectural Masques and his final works. Featuring comments by Gloria Fiorentino Hejduk, Stanley Tigerman, Steven Holl, Zaha Hadid, Charles Jencks, Phyllis Lambert, Juhani Pallasmaa, Toshiko Mori and others, this book brings to life the intricacies in the mind of John Hejduk, and would be beneficial for those interested in architecture and design in the 20th century.

Author : Mary Ellen Ashcroft
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951D009735702

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Exorcising the Angel by Craft by Mary Ellen Ashcroft Pdf

Author : Msgr Stephen Rossetti
Publisher : Sophia
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1644134675

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Diary of an American Exorcist by Msgr Stephen Rossetti Pdf

Archdiocese of Washington exorcist Msgr. Stephen Rossetti and his team have a very active caseload of demonic possessions. Msgr. Rossetti presents many of these stories here, without varnish or hype. In these ninety-five detailed cases, two vivid lessons consistently emerge: 1. Demons possess or simply harass people in myriad ways and need to be taken seriously, even when they do not enter a soul. 2. Demons are defeated, decisively, by the power of Christ and His Church, employing prayer, sacramentals, rites of exorcism -- and especially, invocations to the Blessed Mother. "Despite all their bluster and arrogance, demons are cowards," Msgr. Rossetti reveals. In fact, in every section of his work, he offers detailed "Theological Reflections" explaining the meaning of these possessions, why he thinks God permitted each, and the spiritual benefits accrued. The devil is no match for the Lord of Heaven and Earth.

Author : Stephanie M. Wytovich
Publisher : Raw Dog Screaming Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-26
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1935738720

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An Exorcism of Angels by Stephanie M. Wytovich Pdf

Love is an exorcism of angels... Heaven and Hell are not places, nor times, but rather shared experiences. It's a love whether dark or light, a passion whether of pleasure or pain, and there's a beauty to the ugliness, a smile hidden amongst the tears. Heaven is often defined as paradise; Hell as damnation. The two, while opposites, more often than not, end up being one and the same, especially when it comes to falling in love. So what happens when our Heaven falls in love with our Hell? When the very person who brings us every happiness and every joy, stabs and beats at our hearts, bruising our fantasy of "happily ever after"? What happens when we can't walk away because the pain of love is better than no love at all? When we'd rather die every death again and again, than spend one moment away from our heart's true content? Wytovich plays Virgil in a collection of celestial horror that challenges the definition of angels and demons, of love and hate. She weaves through tales of heartbreak and sorrow, through poems depicting lust and greed, as her words prove testament that Heaven and Hell can be one and the same, a paradise and an inferno. Her women, some innocent, some not, walk through the circles, fall off of clouds, deny their wings, and expose their hearts to demons and devils, to imps and to fiends. They turn their backs on everything they know, question their morals and their faith, all in the name of love, and together, the good help the bad, and the bad, help the good. Not every angel has wings just as not every demon has claws. Wytovich shows us that love isn't always the saving grace that we expect it to be. To her, there is no balance of darkness to light, no line between what one desires and what one gets. There's no choosing who we fall in love with, and just as love is often Heaven, it can as easily be Hell.

Author : Christopher Golden,Tim Lebbon
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-05-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553905151

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Mind the Gap by Christopher Golden,Tim Lebbon Pdf

You never know when you’ll find yourself falling through one of the cracks in the world.… Two of today’s brightest stars of dark fantasy combine their award-winning, critically acclaimed talents in this spellbinding new tale of magic, terror, and adventure that begins when a young woman slips through the space between our everyday world and the one hiding just beneath it. Always assume there’s someone after you. That was the paranoid wisdom her mother had hardwired into Jasmine Towne ever since she was a little girl. Now, suddenly on her own, Jazz is going to need every skill she has ever been taught to survive enemies both seen and unseen. For her mother had given Jazz one last invaluable piece of advice, written in her own blood. Jazz Hide Forever All her life Jazz has known them only as the “Uncles,” and her mother seemed to fear them as much as depend on them. Now these enigmatic, black-clad strangers are after Jazz for reasons she can’t fathom, and her only escape is to slip into the forgotten tunnels of London’s vast underground. Here she will meet a tribe of survivors calling themselves the United Kingdom and begin an adventure that links her to the ghosts of a city long past, a father she never knew, and a destiny she fears only slightly less than the relentless killers who’d commit any crime under heaven or earth to prevent her from fulfilling it. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Author : Christopher Golden,Tim Lebbon
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345526328

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The Shadow Men by Christopher Golden,Tim Lebbon Pdf

From Beacon Hill to Southie, historic Boston is a town of vibrant neighborhoods knit into a seamless whole. But as Jim Banks and Trix Newcomb learn in a terrifying instant, it is also a city divided—split into three separate versions of itself by a mad magician once tasked with its protection. Jim is happily married to Jenny, with whom he has a young daughter, Holly. Trix is Jenny’s best friend, practically a member of the family—although she has secretly been in love with Jenny for years. Then Jenny and Holly inexplicably disappear—and leave behind a Boston in which they never existed. Only Jim and Trix remember them. Only Jim and Trix can bring them back. With the help of Boston’s Oracle, an elderly woman with magical powers, Jim and Trix travel between the fractured cities, for that is where Jenny and Holly have gone. But more is at stake than one family’s happiness. If Jim and Trix should fail, the spell holding the separate Bostons apart will fail too, and the cities will reintegrate in a cataclysmic implosion. Someone, it seems, wants just that. Someone with deadly shadow men at their disposal.

Author : Christopher Golden,Tim Lebbon
Publisher : Diversion Books
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781635761894

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The Map of Moments by Christopher Golden,Tim Lebbon Pdf

“Urban realism meets dark fantasy in this spine-tingling [and] wonderfully creepy thriller of a ghost story” exploring New Orleans history (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Max Corbett has returned to New Orleans for the funeral of his former girlfriend, Gabrielle Doucette, but between the destruction wrought by Hurricane Katrina and the devastation of his ruined relationship, the city feels alien. At Gabrielle's graveside, Max meets a man who tells him of a real magic practitioner—not some Bourbon Street phony—who could open a window to the past and send a warning to Gabrielle. Maybe Max can even deliver the warning in person? The man offers Max a cheap map and sends him on his way. But it turns out this quest is not so easy. When Max comes to his first stop, he is drawn into the fabric of history to witness dark and violent periods. And with each passing step, a grim conspiracy is revealed... "Golden and Lebbon vividly evoke the rich, enduring character of New Orleans, as well as spinning a compelling fantasy yarn that builds momentum as Max works his way through the city's history." —Booklist

Author : Christopher Golden,Tim Lebbon
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345521675

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The Chamber of Ten by Christopher Golden,Tim Lebbon Pdf

From two masters of dark fantasy comes a chilling tale of magic and possession, set in—and beneath—fabulous Venice, a city slowly being swallowed by the very waters that have made it one of the wonders of the world. Geena Hodge is an American archaeologist working to salvage Venice’s past from the encroaching Adriatic Sea. When she and her lover, Nico, discover the lost library of Petrarch under the Piazza San Marco, they rejoice not only at the historical significance of the find but at the opportunity to bring worldwide attention—and much-needed funding—to their endeavors. But that find soon leads to another, a room buried more deeply still: the fabled Chamber of Ten, where centuries ago the secret rulers of Venice, in their quest for absolute power, met to plot betrayals and murders. After entering the Chamber, Geena and Nico are thrust into the midst of an ancient feud, a deadly battle of wills and black magic that threatens to poison the city’s future with the evils of its past. From the Paperback edition.

Author : R.D. Hill,Jennifer M. Bray
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1978-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9622090095

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Geography and the Environment in Southeast Asia by R.D. Hill,Jennifer M. Bray Pdf

Over 30 participants from 10 countries attended the Symposium and this is a collection of their submitted papers, rearranged into five sections, focusing on problems of the urban environment, on the impact of the city on surrounding rural areas and of socio-economic development in general on the rural environment, on available tools for analysis and planning, and on the goals and methods of environmental education in its broadest sense. the views expressed in these papers will be useful and of interest to both students and research workers in the fields of human geography and other related dis.

Author : Tim Lebbon
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553905069

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Fallen by Tim Lebbon Pdf

From award-winning author Tim Lebbon comes this harrowing tale of an epic journey, crossing the forbidden boundary separating us from all we fear the most.… To the unknown corners of Noreela, the Voyagers have traveled, returning with fantastic tales of their journeys and discoveries. But no one has ever returned from the Great Divide: a sheer cliff soaring miles above the clouds and rumored to be the end of the world. Until now. Voyagers Nomi Hyden and Ramus Rheel would be mortal enemies if their lives and fates weren’t so closely entwined. But now the unlikely pair are brought together for what will be their greatest—and perhaps final—journey. When a grim wanderer named Ten arrives with an ancient parchment he claims to have brought back from the Divide, its arcane glyphs hint at the existence of a realm most consider a myth...and at something amazing sleeping there. Accompanied by the warrior Beko and his band of armed Serians, Nomi and Ramus set out to discover the truth behind the legends. But soon ambition drives them apart, this epic Voyage becomes a race...and each Voyager is faced with a choice that may alter the history of Noreela forever. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Author : Tim Lebbon
Publisher : Lucas Books
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345541932

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Into the Void by Tim Lebbon Pdf

A stand-alone tie-in to the successful comic book series, Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi reveals the origins of the Jedi Order on the remote world of Tython, where ancient philosophers and scientists share their mystical knowledge of the Force while colonizing a dangerous new homeworld. By the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Echo City. Video game tie-in.

Author : Tim Lebbon
Publisher : Tor.com
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780765384492

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Pieces of Hate by Tim Lebbon Pdf

During the Dark Ages, a thing named Temple slaughtered Gabriel's family. A man with snake eyes charged him to pursue the assassin wherever he may strike next, and destroy him. Gabriel never believed he’d still be following Temple almost a thousand years later. Because Temple may be a demon, the man with snake eyes cursed Gabriel with a life long enough to hunt him down. Now he has picked up Temple's scent again. The Caribbean sea is awash with pirate blood, and in such turmoil the outcome of any fight is far from certain. Free bonus novelette: Dead Man’s Hand In the wilderness of the American West, the assassin is set to strike again. Despite his centuries-long curse, Gabriel is still but a man, scarred and bitter. The town of Deadwood has seen many such men... though it’s never seen anything quite like the half-demon known as Temple. --- "The action is cutlass-sharp and the encounters between Gabriel and Temple are both brutal and chilling." -- Publishers Weekly At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Tim Lebbon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1439169330

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30 Days of Night: Fear of the Dark by Tim Lebbon Pdf

Marty Volk has a guardian angel. For the past five years, since he was twelve years old, it has saved Marty whenever he’s been in danger. And from a single darkened glimpse one night on the streets of London, he thinks it’s his long-lost sister Rose—ten years older than him, beautiful, intelligent . . . and deceased. For Rose has become a creature of legend that thrives, along with her undead companions, in the shadows of the human world . . . one who tenaciously holds on to her new existence, and who will do anything to survive. . . .