Mausoleum Madness

Author : Penelope Cress,Steve Higgs
Publisher : Isle of Wesberrey Mysteries
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1915757460

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Mausoleum Madness by Penelope Cress,Steve Higgs Pdf

Wrong Doers, it's time to say your prayers! Jess Ward has only been back on the Isle of Wesberrey for a few weeks, but all the recent drama has made it feel a lot longer. Drama much increased by the unexpected arrival of her sister Susannah. The bishop is due in a few days to formally install her into the benefice of St. Bridget's and there is so much to prepare. Add to that a double funeral and a surprise visit from her mother and Jess has no time for family legends about the 'godmother' and the Well of the Triple Goddess. However, the disappearance of a wealthy businessman forces Jess to reexamine her personal connection to this ancient family myth - her family claim they can sense that he is dead. It's all madness, of course. But the discovery of his body at his father-in-law's funeral drags them all back into the island's darkest secrets. Her best friend has gone AWOL with the handsome undertaker and her sister is proving to be an unwanted distraction for the dishy police inspector. Things move fast on Wesberrey, and it's enough to make Jess dizzy. Or is that the result of reconnecting with her pagan past?

Author : Lawrence Jones
Publisher : Victoria University Press
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0864734557

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Picking Up the Traces by Lawrence Jones Pdf

The story of the generation of New Zealand writers who came of age in the 1930s and who deliberately and decisively changed the course of literature is told in this book, shedding important new light on the key participants, including Allen Curnow, Denis Glover, and Robin Hyde. The movement is traced through small circulation magazines and small press publications from 1932 to 1941. The repudiations and loyalties by which the movement defined itself are explored, including its opposition to the literary establishment and to late Georgian verse, its naming of its precursors and allies from the 1920s, and its choice of overseas models such as the British Moderns and the new American short-story writers for the creation of a new literature. oppose the cultural myths supported by the literary establishment and the writers' responses to the world-wide social upheavals of the period -- the Depression, the international crises of 1935 to 1939, and World War II.

Author : Tracy L. Harris
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595212569

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The Music of Madness by Tracy L. Harris Pdf

The Music of Madness is a book about a young, talented concert flutist and her harrowing journey from sanity into madness and back again. This true story is an odyssey that takes you through the dark cells of mental institutions to the lighted stages of concert halls. Come travel with the author as she journeys from her innocent childhood to the dark world of hallucinations, her face off with death and her emergence into the light of hope and final triumph as she reclaims her career and more importantly her sanity and her right to live life as it was meant to be. The Music of Madness is an inspirational book for all those who have felt the anguish and hopelessness of mental illness either for themselves or for a loved one. This painfully honest story is a source of renewed faith in life and provides everyone who reads it with a stronger belief in the strength of the human spirit. This book brings to everyone¡_s library an exciting adventure full of truth, and the qualities that all of us share in surviving this chancy yet exciting existence we call life. The Music of Madness; have you heard it?

Author : Birgül Açikyildiz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780857720610

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The Yezidis by Birgül Açikyildiz Pdf

Yezidism is a fascinating part of the rich cultural mosaic of the Middle East. The Yezidi faith emerged for the first time in the twelfth century in the Kurdish mountains of northern Iraq. The religion, which has become notorious for its associations with 'devil worship', is in fact an intricate syncretic system of belief, incorporating elements from proto-Indo-European religions, early Iranian faiths like Zoroastrianism and Manichaeism, Sufism and regional paganism like Mithraism. Birgul Acikyildiz here offers a comprehensive appraisal of Yezidi religion, society and culture. Written without presupposing any prior knowledge about Yezidism, and in an accessible and readable style, her book examines Yezidis not only from a religious point of view but as a historical and social phenomenon. She throws light on the origins of Yezidism, and charts its development and changing fortunes - from its beginnings to the present- as part of the general history of the Kurds. Her book is the first to place Yezidism in its complete geographical setting in Northern Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Transcaucasia. The author describes the Yezidi belief system (which considers Tawusi Melek - the 'Peacock Angel' - to be ruler of the earth) and its religious practices and observances, analysing the most important facets of Yezidi religious art and architecture (including funerary monuments and zoomorphic tombstones) and their relationship to their neighbours throughout the Middle East. Acikyildiz also explores the often misunderstood connections between Yezidism and the Satan/Sheitan of Christian and Muslim tradition. Richly illustrated, with accompanying maps, photographs and illustrations, this pioneering book will have strong appeal to all those with an interest in the culture of the Kurds, as well as the wider region.

Author : William Conant Church
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 876 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015011427211

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The Galaxy by William Conant Church Pdf

Author : Laurence Leamer
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-20
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781401395551

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Madness Under the Royal Palms by Laurence Leamer Pdf

The New York Times bestselling history of the glamor and debauchery of the ultra-wealthy Palm Beach community--from The Breakers to Trump's Mar-a-Lago. For more than a hundred years, Palm Beach has been an exclusive and exotic universe of wealth and privilege in America. And until Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme devastated its eternally sunny world, the reality of this affluent enclave has rarely been exposed to outsiders. Now, in Madness Under the Royal Palms, resident insider Laurence Leamer reveals the secrets and scandals of this South Florida island via a cast of characters that includes social climbers, trophy wives, sugar daddies, glamorous widows and their "escorts," sociopathic multimillionaires, and elegant society queens. This summer, dive into the unbelievable true story of love, lust, money, and murder in an uniquely American paradise.

Author : Justin Mac-Carthy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z265406208

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Miss Misanthrope by Justin Mac-Carthy Pdf

Author : Penelope Cress,Steve Higgs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Clergy
ISBN : 9798362907464

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Mausoleum Madness by Penelope Cress,Steve Higgs Pdf

Wrong Doers, it’s time to say your prayers! Jess Ward has only been back on the Isle of Wesberrey for a few weeks, but all the recent drama has made it feel a lot longer. Drama much increased by the unexpected arrival of her sister Susannah. The bishop is due in a few days to formally install her into the benefice of St. Bridget’s and there is so much to prepare. Add to that a double funeral and a surprise visit from her mother and Jess has no time for family legends about the ‘godmother’ and the Well of the Triple Goddess. However, the disappearance of a wealthy businessman forces Jess to reexamine her personal connection to this ancient family myth - her family claim they can sense that he is dead. It’s all madness, of course. But the discovery of his body at his father-in-law’s funeral drags them all back into the island’s darkest secrets. Her best friend has gone AWOL with the handsome undertaker and her sister is proving to be an unwanted distraction for the dishy police inspector. Things move fast on Wesberrey, and it’s enough to make Jess dizzy. Or is that the result of reconnecting with her pagan past?

Author : Eric Schlosser
Publisher : HMH
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780547526751

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Reefer Madness by Eric Schlosser Pdf

New York Times Bestseller: The shadowy world of “off the books” businesses—from marijuana to migrant workers—brought to life by the author of Fast Food Nation. America’s black market is much larger than we realize, and it affects us all deeply, whether or not we smoke pot, rent a risqué video, or pay our kids’ nannies in cash. In Reefer Madness, the award-winning investigative journalist Eric Schlosser turns his exacting eye to the underbelly of American capitalism and its far-reaching influence on our society. Exposing three American mainstays—pot, porn, and illegal immigrants—Schlosser shows how the black market has burgeoned over the past several decades. He also draws compelling parallels between underground and overground: how tycoons and gangsters rise and fall, how new technology shapes a market, how government intervention can reinvigorate black markets as well as mainstream ones, and how big business learns—and profits—from the underground. “Captivating . . . Compelling tales of crime and punishment as well as an illuminating glimpse at the inner workings of the underground economy. The book revolves around two figures: Mark Young of Indiana, who was sentenced to life in prison without parole for his relatively minor role in a marijuana deal; and Reuben Sturman, an enigmatic Ohio man who built and controlled a formidable pornography distribution empire before finally being convicted of tax evasion. . . . Schlosser unravels an American society that has ‘become alienated and at odds with itself.’ Like Fast Food Nation, this is an eye-opening book, offering the same high level of reporting and research.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Charlie English
Publisher : Random House
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780525512066

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The Gallery of Miracles and Madness by Charlie English Pdf

The untold story of Hitler’s war on “degenerate” artists and the mentally ill that served as a model for the “Final Solution.” “A penetrating chronicle . . . deftly links art history, psychiatry, and Hitler’s ideology to devastating effect.”—The Wall Street Journal As a veteran of the First World War, and an expert in art history and medicine, Hans Prinzhorn was uniquely placed to explore the connection between art and madness. The work he collected—ranging from expressive paintings to life-size rag dolls and fragile sculptures made from chewed bread—contained a raw, emotional power, and the book he published about the material inspired a new generation of modern artists, Max Ernst, André Breton, and Salvador Dalí among them. By the mid-1930s, however, Prinzhorn’s collection had begun to attract the attention of a far more sinister group. Modernism was in full swing when Adolf Hitler arrived in Vienna in 1907, hoping to forge a career as a painter. Rejected from art school, this troubled young man became convinced that modern art was degrading the Aryan soul, and once he had risen to power he ordered that modern works be seized and publicly shamed in “degenerate art” exhibitions, which became wildly popular. But this culture war was a mere curtain-raiser for Hitler’s next campaign, against allegedly “degenerate” humans, and Prinzhorn’s artist-patients were caught up in both. By 1941, the Nazis had murdered 70,000 psychiatric patients in killing centers that would serve as prototypes for the death camps of the Final Solution. Dozens of Prinzhorn artists were among the victims. The Gallery of Miracles and Madness is a spellbinding, emotionally resonant tale of this complex and troubling history that uncovers Hitler’s wars on modern art and the mentally ill and how they paved the way for the Holocaust. Charlie English tells an eerie story of genius, madness, and dehumanization that offers readers a fresh perspective on the brutal ideology of the Nazi regime.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101077262929

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The Gentleman's Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Edward T. May
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007-06-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595894802

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Cemetery Mythos by Edward T. May Pdf

Despite the best of intentions, a little boy's prayer brings horrifying consequences to a small village in Mexico. In the chaos following Hurricane Katrina a man is forced to confront his greatest phobia as a precondition for departure. A college student in search of a hallucinogenic experience gets more than he bargained for. A young woman obsessed with the occult discovers hidden messages in epitaphs, and acts on them. A troubled teen hopes to find relief from a tedious existence behind the door of a mysterious mausoleum. After having a premonition involving a premature burial a man takes action thinking he may yet cheat fate. A writer delves into the facts surrounding a witchcraft trial and its horrifying aftermath. Death and madness drip from the pages of Cemetery Mythos, composed of sixteen short stories, five poems and one script. Each selection hinges on the one place where the majority of us will spend most of our earthly existence.

Author : Judy Allen
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781684028696

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Ghostly Graveyards by Judy Allen Pdf

By day, graveyards are often peaceful places. When night falls, though, things change. The moonlight casts an eerie glow on the headstones. Trees make creepy shapes and shadows. What looks like a human shape drifts among the sea of cold, gray stones. Could it be a restless spirit? Among the 11 ghostly graveyards in this book, children will discover a tree that’s filled with blood, a mysterious lady in white who floats among headstones, a poltergeist that attacks people, a vanishing house, a funeral party formed entirely of phantoms, and many other terrifying hauntings. The creepy photographs and chilling nonfiction text will keep children turning the pages to discover more spooky stories.

Author : T. Byram Karasu
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0742559750

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Of God and Madness by T. Byram Karasu Pdf

Follows the spiritual journey of a young man, the child of the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire and a Jewish palace concubine, as he struggles to make sense of God through World War I in Istanbul, World War II in Paris, and the final years of British rule in Jerusalem, while maintaining his own precarious sanity.

Author : Justin McCarthy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CORNELL:31924013519784

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Miss Misanthrope by Justin McCarthy Pdf