Poison Priestess Lady Slayers

Author : Lana Popovic
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781683359449

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Poison Priestess (Lady Slayers) by Lana Popovic Pdf

Book 2 in the Lady Slayers series, about French murderess and fortune teller Catherine Monvoisin In 17th-century Paris, 19-year-old Catherine Monvoisin is a well-heeled jeweler’s wife with a peculiar taste for the arcane. She lives a comfortable life, far removed from a childhood of abject destitution—until her kind spendthrift of a husband lands them both in debt. Hell-bent on avoiding a return to poverty, Catherine must rely on her prophetic visions and the grimoire gifted to her by a talented diviner to reinvent herself as a sorceress. With the help of the grifter Marie Bosse, Catherine divines fortunes in the IIle de la Citee—home to sorcerers and scoundrels. There she encounters the Marquise de Montespan, a stunning noblewoman. When the Marquise becomes Louis XIV’s royal mistress with Catherine’s help, her ascension catapults Catherine to notoriety. Catherine takes easily to her glittering new life as the Sorceress La Voisin, pitting the depraved noblesse against one other to her advantage. The stakes soar ever higher when her path crosses with that of a young magician. A charged rivalry between sorceress and magician leads to Black Masses, tangled deceptions, and grisly murder—and sets Catherine on a collision course that threatens her own life.

Author : Lana Popovic
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-28
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781683356431

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Blood Countess by Lana Popovic Pdf

“A lush and bloody historical thriller” based on the infamous real-life inspiration for Countess Dracula, a Hungarian noblewoman turned serial killer.(Kirkus Reviews) In sixteenth-century Hungary, Anna Darvulia has just begun working as a scullery maid for the young and glamorous Countess Elizabeth Báthory. When Elizabeth takes a liking to Anna, she’s vaulted to the dream role of chambermaid, a far cry from the filthy servants’ quarters below. She receives wages generous enough to provide for her family, and the Countess begins to groom Anna as her friend, confident and lover. It’s not long before Anna falls completely under the Countess’s spell—and the Countess t”akes full advantage. Isolated from her former friends, family, and fiancé, Anna realizes she’s not a friend but a prisoner of the increasingly cruel Elizabeth. Then come the murders, and Anna knows it’s only a matter of time before the Blood Countess turns on her, too. “Popovic balances lush, romantic language with gruesome imagery in this tale of innocence lost. Readers will likely be inspired to do actual research into Lady Bathory’s murderous misdeeds.” —Booklist “Popovic also touches on how a patriarchal society can drive women to extremes without letting the truly terrifying Bathory, or Anna, off the hook for their own actions.” —Kirkus Reviews “Hand to fans of dark historical fiction and powerful female characters.” —School Library Journal

Author : Lana Popovic
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-21
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062436894

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Fierce Like a Firestorm by Lana Popovic Pdf

“Lush. Delicious. Bewildering. And darkly magical. Popovic has created a world that you tumble into from the very first words and wish you could stay in forever.” —Evelyn Skye, author of The Crown's Game In the bewitching conclusion to Lana Popovic’s sumptuous and romantic teen fantasy duology, perfect for fans of Holly Black and Leigh Bardugo, Malina must rescue her twin sister from a magical power more dangerous than Death. Twin sisters Iris and Malina thought they knew how to reverse the ancient curse that haunts their line, the spell that destines them to use their gleams—unique forms of beauty-manipulating magic—to entice and enchant none other than Death himself. But both sisters thought wrong. Instead of ending the wicked bargain with the power of her infinite bloom, Iris is taken to an uncanny realm between this world and the next. Only, unlike all of Death’s companions before, Iris’s body goes on the one-way journey along with her soul, arriving in a kingdom never meant to sustain a living girl. Left behind, Lina searches for a way to save Iris. But as Lina unearths the dark secrets that bind her family and Iris tries to outwit Death on his own terrain, a power resurfaces that even Mara, the original witch mother, fears. Now both sisters must learn to fully embrace their gleams—or else they’ll truly lose each other forever.

Author : Laure Eve
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781613121382

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The Graces by Laure Eve Pdf

“The Graces demands to be read twice: The first time for the suspense; the second for the subtleties you missed initially.” —The New York Times Book Review Everyone loves the Graces. Fenrin, Thalia, and Summer Grace are attractive, rich, and glamorous, and they’ve cast a spell over their high school—and their entire town. They’re also rumored to have powerful connections all over the world. If you’re not in love with one of them, you want to be one of them. This is especially true for River, the new girl at school. River’s different from the rest of the horde that both revere and fear the Grace family. She’s dark, aloof, and just maybe . . . magical. And she wants to be a Grace more than anything. But what the Graces don’t know is that River’s presence in their town is no accident. The first rule of witchcraft is that if you want something bad enough, you can get it . . . no matter who has to pay. “A teenage girl becomes obsessed with a family of reputed witches . . . vivid . . . powerful.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Eve conjures up an intriguing vision of small-town mystique, with the Grace family depicted as unknowable and otherworldly—the mystery of whether magic is at play hangs over much of the story—and self-involved, obsessive River’s less-than-trustworthy narration adds to the air of uncertainty.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Lana Popovic
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062436856

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Wicked Like a Wildfire by Lana Popovic Pdf

“Lush. Delicious. Bewildering. And darkly magical. Popovic has created a world that you tumble into from the very first words and wish you could stay in forever.” —Evelyn Skye, author of The Crown's Game “Wicked Like a Wildfire was like devouring a succulent fairy fruit—it will rob your time, settle into your dreams, and leave you starving for more.” —Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Star-Touched Queen Fans of Holly Black and Leigh Bardugo will be bewitched by Lana Popovic's debut YA fantasy novel about a bargain that binds the fates—and hearts—of twin sisters to a force larger than life. All the women in Iris and Malina’s family have the unique magical ability or “gleam” to manipulate beauty. Iris sees flowers as fractals and turns her kaleidoscope visions into glasswork, while Malina interprets moods as music. But their mother has strict rules to keep their gifts a secret, even in their secluded sea-side town. Iris and Malina are not allowed to share their magic with anyone, and above all, they are forbidden from falling in love. But when their mother is mysteriously attacked, the sisters will have to unearth the truth behind the quiet lives their mother has built for them. They will discover a wicked curse that haunts their family line—but will they find that the very magic that bonds them together is destined to tear them apart forever? Wicked Like a Wildfire is the first in a two-book series. Readers will be rapt with anticipation for the sequel.

Author : Karen Azinger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0983516081

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The Poison Priestess by Karen Azinger Pdf

While Kath and her companions chase the Mordant into the far north, the southern kingdoms erupt in flames. The Lord Raven marches south, unleashing a holy war against Lanverness. Vastly outnumbered by a ruthless enemy, Queen Liandra spins desperate gambits in a dire struggle to save her kingdom. Armies clash, battles, rage, and cities fall, as lives, loves and crowns hang in the balance, but swords are not the only way to wage war. Treachery, deceit, assassins, and the power of seduction will face-off against steadfast courage, forgotten magic, and the power of truth--Back cover.

Author : E. a. Budge Budge,Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781596053359

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The Book of the Cave of Treasures by E. a. Budge Budge,Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge Pdf

And in the days of Nimrod, the mighty man (or giant), a fire appeared which ascended from the earth, and Nimrod went down, and looked at it, and worshipped it, and he established priests to minister there, and to cast incense from it. From that day the Persians began to worship fire...-from "The Fourth Thousand Years"One of the most prolific and respected Egyptologists of the Victorian era, Budge here offers his translation of the 4th-century A.D. Syrian text commonly known as "the Cave of Treasures," a history of the world from the Creation to the crucifixion of Christ and considered by some to be an apocryphal book of the Bible. Budge's extensive notes, linking the work to other ancient writings, as well as the numerous illustrations, make this unusual work, first published in 1927, an excellent resource for students of ancient civilizations and comparative mythology.SIR E. A. WALLIS BUDGE (1857-1934) was curator of Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities at the British Museum from 1894 to 1924. Among his many works of translation and studies of ancient Egyptian religion and ritual is his best-known project, The Egyptian Book of the Dead.

Author : William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Ethics
ISBN : UOM:39015070459105

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History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne by William Edward Hartpole Lecky Pdf

Author : Lee Server
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781438109121

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Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers by Lee Server Pdf

Provides an introduction to American pulp fiction during the twentieth century with brief author biographies and lists of their works.

Author : George Alfred Henty
Publisher : London : Blackie & Son
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Bast (Egyptian deity)
ISBN : UOM:39015073478847

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The Cat of Bubastes by George Alfred Henty Pdf

In 1250 B.C. the teenaged son of the Egyptian high priest sets off a series of harrowing events when he accidentally kills the sacred cat of Bubastes and, accompanied by his sister and two foreign slaves, embarks on a dangerous journey to find safe haven beyond the borders of Egypt.

Author : Calvert Watkins
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Comparative linguistics
ISBN : 9780195085952

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How to Kill a Dragon by Calvert Watkins Pdf

In How to Kill a Dragon Calvert Watkins follows the continuum of poetic formulae in Indo-European languages, from Old Hittite to medieval Irish. He uses the comparative method to reconstruct traditional poetic formulae of considerable complexity that stretch as far back as the original common language. Thus, Watkins reveals the antiquity and tenacity of the Indo-European poetic tradition. Watkins begins this study with an introduction to the field of comparative Indo-European poetics; he explores the Saussurian notions of synchrony and diachrony, and locates the various Indo-European traditions and ideologies of the spoken word. Further, his overview presents case studies on the forms of verbal art, with selected texts drawn from Indic, Iranian, Greek, Latin, Hittite, Armenian, Celtic, and Germanic languages. In the remainder of the book, Watkins examines in detail the structure of the dragon/serpent-slaying myths, which recur in various guises throughout the Indo-European poetic tradition. He finds the "signature" formula for the myth--the divine hero who slays the serpent or overcomes adversaries--occurs in the same linguistic form in a wide range of sources and over millennia, including Old and Middle Iranian holy books, Greek epic, Celtic and Germanic sagas, down to Armenian oral folk epic of the last century. Watkins argues that this formula is the vehicle for the central theme of a proto-text, and a central part of the symbolic culture of speakers of the Proto-Indo-European language: the relation of humans to their universe, the values and expectations of their society. Therefore, he further argues, poetry was a social necessity for Indo- European society, where the poet could confer on patrons what they and their culture valued above all else: "imperishable fame."

Author : P. C. Doherty
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2006-11-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429937344

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The Assassins of Isis by P. C. Doherty Pdf

The mysterious Sebaus--a sect taking its name from demons--has stolen a powerful secret, and the wrath of the fiery Hatusu knows no bounds. But when the empire's great military hero, General Suten, is bitten to death by vipers, it appears events have spiraled out of her control. Meanwhile, a dark shadow lies across the Temple of Isis. The peace of this holy place, renowned as an oasis of calm and healing, has been disturbed. Four of the Hesets, the temple handmaids, have vanished without a trace. Will Lord Amerotke, Pharaoh's Chief Judge, unravel the mysteries before further violence erupts? Or will he find the perpetrators in league with forced beyond his jurisdiction?

Author : Marjorie Lightman,Benjamin Lightman
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781438107943

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A to Z of Ancient Greek and Roman Women by Marjorie Lightman,Benjamin Lightman Pdf

Presents a biographical dictionary profiling more than 500 important ancient Greek and Roman women, including when and where they lived, and notable accomplishments.

Author : Paul Mason,Steve Williams,Steve Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Fantasy games
ISBN : 014032156X

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The Riddling Reaver by Paul Mason,Steve Williams,Steve Jackson Pdf

Author : Matthew Sernett,Dave Noonan,Ari Marmell,Robert J. Schwalb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Dungeons and Dragons (Game)
ISBN : 0786939095

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Tome of Magic by Matthew Sernett,Dave Noonan,Ari Marmell,Robert J. Schwalb Pdf

This volume introduces three new magic subsystems for the D&D game. They introduce new base classes and spellcasting mechanics, and include new feats, prestige classes, magic items, and spells.