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Author : Simin Sarikhani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0995454647
Author : Williamsji Maveli
Publisher : Booksclinic Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789388797160
"A book of in-depth Poetic Analysis Poetry interpretations and analysis generally becomes a controversial topic among literary dignitaries and celebrities. Few publications review it at all, and with continually shrinking space and column for book reviews in general, poetry gets fewer inches than ever, at least when it comes to print and publication media. And yet, there exists a long tradition of careful prose considerations of poetic analytical contributions. A poem is a piece of writing wherein the words are chosen for their sounds and the imaginary they suggest, not just for their inner meanings. The words are arranged in separate lines, usually with a repeated internal rhythm, and often with the lines rhyme at the end of the lines. The prime purpose of poetry analysis and review is to keep the art of poetry alive, and it will be vital for our culture that we not only publish good poetry, but also, we continue to sort out for ourselves what exactly good poetry is. Much of this filtering and sorting out should take place in reviews of poetry books. This book of poetic analysis titled “Cherry Blossoms “ brings together 60 selected poems, penned by honorable Poet Cherie Sumner along with my interpretations and analysis in a thought-provoking and simple approach. Good poetic analysis and reviews may or may not be predominantly essential to help people decide if they want to buy the book or not, since anyone who has access to the Google an author and find a pretty good sampling of someone’s poems on on-line literary magazines, especially from recently published books. Writing an analysis requires the ability to delve deep into the questions and concepts of literary predecessors dealt with and the arguments and claims they had set forth initially. The analysis also enables you to track the intellectual progression and all major debates in the field of literature study. A properly written poetic review will be the best spokesperson for a poetic work."
Author : Tara Soughers
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781426731778
Treasures of Darkness: Finding God When Hope Seems Hidden People generally consider dark times in life as times that are filled with pain, fear, anxiety, depression, loss, or sadness. Tara Soughers recognizes such moments in her own life. When hope seemed hidden, however, she encountered God. She tells us that she does not always recognize her times of darkness as grace-filled. “There are times when God seems absent in the darkness. There are times when I feel lost and even abandoned. But my journeys through the darkness have revealed God to me in ways that I could never have imagined.” She shares personal stories about dark times in her life and how she encountered God through the experiences. She invites us to embrace the darkness as an opportunity to experience the treasure of God’s love, presence, and power. Soughers invites us to explore several biblical stories in which darkness plays a major role, and each of the scripture readings offers a unique treasure in the darkness. Psalm 139:12 proclaims a powerful truth about God. “Even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day, for darkness is as light to you.” God creates in darkness (Genesis 1). God gives us “life . . . the light of all people” in Jesus Christ (John 1:4). Abraham, Paul, Jacob, Job, Nicodemus, and Jesus encounter treasures from God in the darkness. As Soughers explores each biblical account, she offers a unique point of contact for contemporary Christians, treasures that can sustain us as we encounter darkness in our lives. Book contents contain: Prologue: Discovering Treasures in Darkness 1. Darkness is as Light to You (Psalm 139:7-12) 2. Let There Be Light: Creation and Creativity (Genesis 1:1-5) 3. Count the Stars: Hearing God's Promise (Genesis 15) 4. Who Are You? Overcoming our Blindness (Acts 9:1-19) 5. Why Have You Forsaken Me? Bringing Life Out of Death (Matthew 27:45-56) 6. Wrestling with God: Transformation (Genesis 32:22-32) 7. Listen to this Dream: Enlightenment through Dreams (Genesis 37:1-11; 41:1-36) 8. Out of the Whirlwind: God as Mystery (Job 3:1-8; 38:4-21) 9. How Can These Things Be? Being Born Again (John 3:1-10) 10. Gate of Heaven: Encountering God Where Least Expected (Genesis 28:10-22) 11. The Light Shines in the Darkness: God's Self-Revelation (John 1:1-15) 12. The Night Is as Bright as the Day (Psalm 139:7-12) Epilogue: Treasures of Darkness Each chapter includes questions for reflection and discussion.This book is ideal for use in local church book groups.
Author : Thea Summer Deer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-19
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781591439417
Consulting plant spirits for spiritual and psychological guidance and healing • Reveals how, by communing with the deva or spirit of a plant, we can call forth its medicine without even needing to ingest it • Includes wisdom from the devas of 13 herbs, such as rosemary, datura, and uva ursi • Empowers readers with the tools to develop their own inner resources for healing in relationship with the plant devas around them Each plant has a story to share with us, a healing story to guide us in trying times, a spirit medicine for the New Earth that is presently unfolding. Herbs are some of the most powerful allies we have for these transitional times--we just need to learn how to listen as they share their knowledge with us. In Wisdom of the Plant Devas, Thea Summer Deer reveals a new dimension of herbal medicine, one where the plant’s spirit is consulted for guidance and healing beyond the physical. Examining the botany, modern and traditional uses, history, and folklore of 13 special herbs, such as rosemary, uva ursi, and datura, she shares divinations and messages from their devas, or plant spirits, explaining how these stories carry the herbs into our lives, letting them work their magic on us. Exploring herbal medicine from an energetic perspective, she reveals that by communing with the deva of a plant, we can call on the plant’s physical, psychological, and spiritual medicine and guidance--without ingesting it or even being in its presence. Detailing the sacred space of a Medicine Wheel Garden, whether in a backyard or our imaginations, she connects us with the devas and empowers us to seek our own answers with their much-needed spiritual guidance and divinatory advice. Creating a bridge between botanical medicine and plant spirit medicine, she shows how by coming into community with the devas and co-creating with the world of nature, we can gain tremendous insights to help heal our hearts, our minds, and our spirits and consciously evolve as together we birth the New Earth.
Author : Margaret Coan
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-30
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9798765236888
I am beginning to wonder if these moments of tormenting darkness , these moments of being broken wide open, are when new life is being born and we do not know it yet? Could it be like a winter that opens into spring? My experience tells me my darkness birthed a brilliant new light in my heart and in my life. My long dark winter has opened into brilliant blossoms of wondrous spring. My hope is that in sharing my simple experience you too will find your spark and keep it.
Author : Florence Du Cane
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-02
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9789361429316
"The Flowers and Gardens of Japan" with the aid of Florence Du Cane is a captivating exploration of Japan's rich botanical heritage and its profound have an effect on on Japanese subculture. Through vivid descriptions and lovely illustrations, Du Cane takes readers on a adventure through the captivating global of Japanese gardens, showcasing the super beauty of its flora. The book delves into the importance of flowers in Japanese artwork, literature, and regular existence, providing insights into the deep religious connection between the Japanese people and nature. Du Cane highlights iconic Japanese vegetation which includes cherry blossoms, chrysanthemums, and irises, revealing the symbolic meanings attributed to every bloom. In addition to exploring traditional lawn designs, the book additionally examines the position of gardens in Japanese society, from tranquil temple gardens to meticulously manicured imperial gardens. Du Cane's meticulous attention to element and heartfelt appreciation for Japanese horticulture make "The Flowers and Gardens of Japan" a useful resource for anybody interested in the intersection of nature, tradition, and aesthetics in Japan.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Education
ISBN : HARVARD:32044102879038
Author : Francis Marion Crawford
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4057664556400
In "Khaled: A Tale of Arabia" the main protagonist, Khaled, has no soul - but he is offered one chance: if his wife comes to love him, despite his lack of a soul, he will become fully human. In "The Witch of Prague" the main character is on a quest to find the woman he loves. When he gets to Prague, he falls under the spell of a witch.
Author : NEEL. MULLICK
Publisher : Rupa Publications
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 935333294X
""Unputdownable!"" - Ruskin Bond ""Haunting and visceral..."" - Rajdeep Sardesai ""Pulse racing!"" - Puneet Gulati, CEO Barista Sam returns home from a business trip a day before his son's thirteenth birthday and is looking forward to being with his family, when his world is cruelly shattered in one fell swoop. Initially he thinks he can cope with the loss, but finally seeks the help of Cynthia, an experienced therapist, to regain his equipoise. What he does not know is that Cynthia herself is trying to cope with a debilitating divorce and the sinister shadow of her ex-husband over her daughter... What happens when doctor and patient find themselves in the same sinking boat? Moreover, when they are rowing in opposite directions--one clinging to the past, and the other unable to get rid of it! In the midst of it all is Lily, Cynthia's daughter, who harbours a secret that has the power to explode the lives around her. Taut with tension and intensity, Dark Blossom is a glimpse of what lies under the surface of apparently 'normal' people. EDITORIAL REVIEWS ""Has all the elements of a winner: real-life situations, next-door characters, explosive incidents unspooling a series of questions, and an ending that shocks even the most seasoned reader. Unputdownable!"" - Ruskin Bond ""Haunting and visceral, this is a deep look into the workings of the mind and relationships, told in a deceptively lucid style."" - Rajdeep Sardesai ""A perfect blend with your cuppa, to ease into your day or to set your pulse racing!"" - Puneet Gulati, CEO Barista
Author : Wilhelm Hauff,Charles Dickens,Mark Twain,Harriet Beecher Stowe,Oscar Wilde,Robert Louis Stevenson,Edgar Allan Poe,William Hope Hodgson,Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu,John Buchan,Louis Tracy,Bram Stoker,Henry James,Théophile Gautier,Arthur Conan Doyle,Algernon Blackwood,Thomas De Quincey,John Meade Falkner,Guy de Maupassant,Thomas Hardy,Daniel Defoe,John Kendrick Bangs,Cleveland Moffett,Rudyard Kipling,Ambrose Bierce,Frederick Marryat,Washington Irving,Nathaniel Hawthorne,Grant Allen,Arthur Machen,Wilkie Collins,Saki,William Makepeace Thackeray,Thomas Peckett Prest,James Malcolm Rymer,Walter Hubbell,Charlotte Perkins Gilman,Richard Marsh,Catherine Crowe,H. G. Wells,Robert W. Chambers,W. W. Jacobs,E. F. Benson,Jerome K. Jerome,M. R. James,E. T. A. Hoffmann,H. P. Lovecraft,Robert E. Howard,Edith Nesbit,Sabine Baring-Gould,Francis Marion Crawford,Mary Elizabeth Braddon,Mary Louisa Molesworth,Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,Nikolai Gogol,Mary Shelley,Elizabeth Gaskell,Gertrude Atherton,Edward Bulwer-Lytton,Louisa M. Alcott,Amelia B. Edwards,Fitz-James O'Brien,Émile Erckmann,Alexandre Chatrian,Pedro De Alarçon,J. K. Huysmans
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 14034 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547722601
DigiCat presents to you the biggest collection of supernatural, macabre, horror and gothic classics. Grab your copy and get ready for the chills to creep down your spine: H. P. Lovecraft: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward At The Mountains of Madness The Colour out of Space The Whisperer in Darkness The Dunwich Horror The Shunned House... Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The Mortal Immortal The Evil Eye... John William Polidori: The Vampyre Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart The Cask of Amontillado The Black Cat... Henry James: The Turn of the Screw The Ghostly Rental... Bram Stoker: Dracula The Jewel of Seven Stars The Lair of the White Worm... Algernon Blackwood: The Willows A Haunted Island A Case of Eavesdropping Ancient Sorceries... Gaston Leroux: The Phantom of the Opera Marjorie Bowen: Black Magic Charles Dickens: The Mystery of Edwin Drood Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Théophile Gautier: Clarimonde The Mummy's Foot Richard Marsh: The Beetle Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles The Silver Hatchet... Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: Carmilla Uncle Silas... M. R. James: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary A Thin Ghost and Others Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White The Haunted Hotel The Devil's Spectacles E. F. Benson: The Room in the Tower The Terror by Night... Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Birth Mark The House of the Seven Gables... Ambrose Bierce: Can Such Things Be? Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories Arthur Machen: The Great God Pan The Terror... William Hope Hodgson: The House on the Borderland The Night Land M. P. Shiel: Shapes in the Fire Ralph Adams Cram: Black Spirits and White Grant Allen: The Reverend John Creedy Dr. Greatrex's Engagement... Horace Walpole: The Castle of Otranto William Thomas Beckford: Vathek Matthew Gregory Lewis: The Monk Ann Radcliffe: The Mysteries of Udolpho Jane Austen: Northanger Abbey Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights Rudyard Kipling: The Phantom Rickshaw Guy de Maupassant: The Horla Jerome K. Jerome: Told After Supper...
Author : Wilhelm Hauff,Charles Dickens,Mark Twain,Harriet Beecher Stowe,Adelbert von Chamisso,Oscar Wilde,Robert Louis Stevenson,Edgar Allan Poe,William Hope Hodgson,Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu,John Buchan,Louis Tracy,Bram Stoker,Anatole France,Charlotte Brontë,Emily Brontë,Jack London,Henry James,Théophile Gautier,Arthur Conan Doyle,Richard Le Gallienne,Jane Austen,Ralph Adams Cram,Thomas De Quincey,John Meade Falkner,Guy de Maupassant,Thomas Hardy,William Archer,Daniel Defoe,John Kendrick Bangs,Cleveland Moffett,Brander Matthews,Marie Belloc Lowndes,Horace Walpole,Rudyard Kipling,Lafcadio Hearn,Hugh Walpole,Ambrose Bierce,Frederick Marryat,Ellis Parker Butler,Washington Irving,Leonid Andreyev,David Lindsay,Nathaniel Hawthorne,Grant Allen,Arthur Machen,Wilkie Collins,William Makepeace Thackeray,Thomas Peckett Prest,James Malcolm Rymer,Fergus Hume,Edward Bellamy,Walter Hubbell,Charlotte Perkins Gilman,Leopold Kompert,Richard Marsh,Florence Marryat,Catherine Crowe,John William Polidori,Vincent O'Sullivan,H. G. Wells,Robert W. Chambers,W. W. Jacobs,M. P. Shiel,E. F. Benson,Jerome K. Jerome,M. R. James,E. T. A. Hoffmann,Stanley G. Weinbaum,George W. M. Reynolds,H. P. Lovecraft,Robert E. Howard,Edith Nesbit,Sabine Baring-Gould,William Thomas Beckford,Francis Marion Crawford,Lucy Maud Montgomery,Mary Elizabeth Braddon,Mary Louisa Molesworth,Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,Nikolai Gogol,Mary Shelley,Elizabeth Gaskell,Edward Bulwer-Lytton,Frank R. Stockton,A. T. Quiller-Couch,Ann Radcliffe,Louisa M. Alcott,Amelia B. Edwards,Leonard Kip,Matthew Gregory Lewis,Fitz-James O'Brien,Katherine Rickford,Bithia Mary Croker,Catherine L. Pirkis,Émile Erckmann,Alexandre Chatrian,Pedro De Alarçon,H. H. Munro (Saki),Pliny the Younger,Helena Blavatsky,Villiers de l'Isle Adam,William F. Harvey,Fiona Macleod,William T. Stead,Gambier Bolton,Andrew Jackson Davis,Nizida,Walter F. Prince,Chester Bailey Fernando
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 13813 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-26
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : EAN:8596547765233
DigiCat presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: Supernatural Horror in Literature by H. P. Lovecraft Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart The Murders in the Rue Morgue... Bram Stoker: Dracula The Jewel of Seven Stars... Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The Mortal Immortal... Gaston Leroux: The Phantom of the Opera Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Rip Van Winkle... H. P. Lovecraft: The Call of Cthulhu The Dunwich Horror... Henry James: The Turn of the Screw... Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles... Robert Louis Stevenson: Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde... H. G. Wells: The Island of Doctor Moreau Matthew Gregory Lewis: The Monk Ann Radcliffe: The Mysteries of Udolpho Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White The Haunted Hotel The Dead Secret... Charles Dickens: The Mystery of Edwin Drood The Hanged Man's Bride The Haunted House... Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray... Richard Marsh: The Beetle Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu: Carmilla Uncle Silas... Nikolai Gogol: Dead Souls... Rudyard Kipling: The Phantom Rickshaw... James Malcolm Rymer: Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street Robert E. Howard: Cthulhu Mythos The Weird Menace Stories... M. R. James: Ghost Stories of an Antiquary A Thin Ghost and Others John Meade Falkner: The Nebuly Coat The Lost Stradivarius Nathaniel Hawthorne: Rappaccini's Daughter The Birth Mark... Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Closed Door The Red Room... Edith Nesbit: The Ebony Frame From the Dead Jane Austen: Northanger Abbey Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre Emily Brontë: Wuthering Heights Mary Louisa Molesworth: The Shadow in the Moonlight... John Buchan: The Wind in the Portico Witch Wood Cleveland Moffett: The Mysterious Card Possessed George W. M. Reynolds: Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf Lafcadio Hearn: A Ghost... Jerome K. Jerome: Told After Supper Catherine Crowe: Ghosts and Family Legends H. H. Munro: The Wolves of Cernogratz
Author : Théophile Gautier,William Blake,Horace Walpole,Mary Shelley,Ann Radcliffe,Matthew Gregory Lewis,Jane Austen,Charlotte Brontë,Emily Brontë,William Thomas Beckford,Eliza Parsons,Eleanor Sleath,William Godwin,Charles Brockden Brown,Percy Bysshe Shelley,E. T. A. Hoffmann,Thomas Love Peacock,Edgar Allan Poe,John William Polidori,Washington Irving,Charles Robert Maturin,James Hogg,Victor Hugo,Frederick Marryat,Nikolai Gogol,Edward Bulwer-Lytton,George W. M. Reynolds,James Malcolm Rymer,Thomas Peckett Prest,Nathaniel Hawthorne,George Eliot,Wilkie Collins,Mayne Reid,Robert Louis Stevenson,Charles Dickens,Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu,Émile Erckmann,Alexandre Chatrian,Walter Hubbell,Arthur Conan Doyle,Oscar Wilde,Guy de Maupassant,Charlotte Perkins Gilman,Arthur Machen,George MacDonald,John Meade Falkner,Marie Corelli,Richard Marsh,Henry James,Bram Stoker,Joseph Conrad,Guy Boothby,W. W. Jacobs,M. R. James,Robert Hugh Benson,E. F. Benson,Gaston Leroux,William Hope Hodgson,Grant Allen,Tobias Smollett,Clara Reeve,Friedrich Schiller,Samuel Taylor Coleridge,John Keats,Lord Byron,Robert Browning,Christina Rossetti
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 18838 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788027247516
Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom The Castle of Otranto The Old English Baron Vathek The Ghost-Seer The Castle of Wolfenbach Caleb Williams The Mysteries of Udolpho The Italian A Sicilian Romance The Romance of the Forest The Monk The Orphan of the Rhine The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Christabel Zastrozzi St. Irvyne Manfred Northanger Abbey Frankenstein... Isabella, or the Pot of Basil La Belle Dame Sans Merci The Raven The Tell-Tale Heart The Fall of the House of Usher The Cask of Amontillado... The Vampyre... The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner Porphyria's Lover St, John's Eve The Viy... Jane Eyre Wuthering Heights Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street The House of the Seven Gables... The Woman in White Goblin Market The Headless Horseman Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Carmilla Uncle Silas The Man-Wolf The Great Amherst Mystery The Hound of the Baskervilles... The Picture of Dorian Gray The Horla The Forsaken Inn The Yellow Wallpaper The Island of Doctor Moreau The Invisible Man The Beetle The Turn of the Screw... Dracula… The Necromancers The House on the Borderland The Phantom of the Opera… Wolverden Tower...
Author : Dean Dedman Jr.
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780359290017
This is the story of a mystical, magical drone pilot. It is the year following the Standing Rock Movement and many water protectors have found themselves in many kinds of struggles. Follow Shiye's journey as he processes, transitions and tries to help himself and others. Our drone pilot shares his highs and lows, his chaotic and peaceful adventures. Travel through the darkness and the lightness and find out why both are important. Shiye takes us down his path in this beautiful tale of spirituality, consciousness and Indigenous wisdom.
Author : Greg Bogaerts
Publisher : Shanti Arts Publishing
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781951651022
Author Greg Bogaerts has had hundreds of stories appear in publications in the United States, his native Australia, and elsewhere, and this is a collection of his best. Prepare to be riveted to your seat, waiting for the next staggering plot twist, the next loathsome or pitiful character, the next surprising and disquieting ending. Prepare to wallow in the kinds of descriptions that let you hear the cries of victims, taste the salt on a lover’s skin, smell the filth in the gutters of Paris streets, and feel the anger and distress of the masses. Prepare to meet the colorful, the tragic, and the magical—stories crafted by this masterful storyteller.
Author : Andrew Guardamano
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 651 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781491814086
The Empire is crippled. A new era has begun. The secret is out, and school is in session. Guarded night and day by the newly orphaned Empire, Hunter faces the overwhelming reality of his new life as La Guardaspaeldas - The Host of the Source, the creature whose very blood feeds the perpetual youth of all Immortals. After living in the isolation of the Rocky Mountains, Hunter must now travel south to a remote island off the western coast of the United States. There he will train with The Chosen, the best, brightest, and newest members of the Vampyre World. But time becomes an enemy as Hunter races to catch the thief who stole his mother's only key to survival and expose Victor's conspiracy to create a secret Vampyre Army. The curtains have been thrown wide open, but everyone has secrets. All that Hunter needs to do now is keep his eyes wide open and take the next step that will ultimately shape the fate of the Empire and the rest of the world.