The Black Mountain Book

Author : Laird Barron
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780735217461

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Black Mountain by Laird Barron Pdf

Ex-Mob enforcer Isaiah Coledrige has hung out a shingle as a private eye in New York's Hudson Valley, and in his newest case, a seemingly simple murder investigation leads him to the most terrifying enemy he has ever faced. When a small-time criminal named Harold Lee turns up in the Ashokan reservoir--sans a heartbeat, head, or hands--the local Mafia capo hires Isaiah Coleridge to look into the matter. The Mob likes crime, but only the crime it controls...and as it turns out, Lee is the second independent contractor to meet a bad end on the business side of a serrated knife. One such death can be overlooked. Two makes a man wonder. A guy in Harold Lee's business would make his fair share of enemies, and it seems a likely case of pure revenge. But as Coledrige turns over more stones, he finds himself dragged into something deeper and more insidious than he could have imagined, in a labyrinthine case spanning decades. At the center are an heiress moonlighting as a cabaret dancer, a powerful corporation with high-placed connections, and a serial killer who may have been honing his skills since the Vietnam War...

Author : Elizabeth Roberts
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0801446015

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Realm of the Black Mountain by Elizabeth Roberts Pdf

Comparatively little is well known about Europe's newest and one of its smallest independent states: the small mountain fastness Montenegro. In a book written for specialists and general readers alike, Elizabeth Roberts traces its history from pre-Slavic times, including its part in the 1389 battle of Kosovo and its prominent role in resisting the Ottomans. She recounts Montenegro's development under its Prince-Bishops toward the independence achieved at the Congress of Berlin and lost after the Versailles Conference when the Podgorica Assembly voted to join the new Kingdom of Yugoslavia. When Slobodan Milosevic spoke of Montenegro and Serbia as "two eyes in the same head," he encapsulated a view that has deep roots in both nations. But not all Montenegrins agreed, and many chafed at being forced to play the role of Serbia's junior partner. Indeed, Montenegro's complex and shifting cultural and political identity is the main theme of Roberts's witty and dispassionate book, which culminates in Montenegro's defining referendum and subsequent international recognition in the summer of 2006.The history of Montenegro is at once a colorful, often bloodily violent story and instructive about how land, religion, and politics (both domestic and international) have intersected over centuries to shape and reshape cultural identities in Southeastern Europe. Students of national identity have much to learn from the Montenegrin case, and general readers will be enthralled by the dramatic tale that unfolds in Realm of the Black Mountain.

Author : Timothy Silver
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0807854239

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Mount Mitchell and the Black Mountains by Timothy Silver Pdf

This volume looks at the natural and human history of North Carolina's Mount Mitchell, part of the Black Mountain range and the highest peak in the United States. It chronicles the geological forces that created this landscape, traces its environmental change and human intervention.

Author : Fred Saberhagen
Publisher : JSS Literary Productions, LLC
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781937422608

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The Black Mountains by Fred Saberhagen Pdf

Chup begged the Lady Charmian; then he turned and knelt down slowly, face toward the cliff. Charmian was at his right, holding the long bade point down at the ground. He said, “Now, about this little surgery I need … I suppose a single stroke would be too much to ask for. But more than two or three should not be needed, the blade is very heavy and quite sharp.” Without turning to see her face he added, “You are the most beautiful, and most desirable by far, of all the women I have ever known.” From the corner of his eye he saw Charmian losing her hesitation, gathering resolve, straightening her thin wrists in a tight two-handed grip to lift the weapon’s weight. Chup studied the details of the rock wall before him He had knelt down facing this way so that his hed would not roll over— Enough of that. He was Chup. He would not even close his eyes. The Demon Lord Zapranoth will devour you, if the Beast Lord Draffut cannot save you.

Author : Kate Mosse
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781529088472

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The Black Mountain: Quick Reads 2022 by Kate Mosse Pdf

The Black Mountain is a Quick Read short story from bestselling author Kate Mosse. It is May, 1706. Ana, a young Spanish woman, lives in a small town on the north-west coast of Tenerife with her mother and twin younger brothers. The town is in the shadow of a mighty volcano, which legend says has the devil living inside it. However, there has been no eruption for thousands of years and no one believes it is a threat. One day, Ana notices that the air feels strange and heavy, that the birds have stopped singing. Tending the family vineyard, a sudden strange tremor in the earth frightens her. Very soon it will be a race against time for Ana to help persuade the town that they are in danger and should flee before the volcano erupts and destroys their world. Will they listen? And Ana herself faces another danger . . .

Author : Ann Hite
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451606430

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Ghost on Black Mountain by Ann Hite Pdf

ONCE A PERSON LEAVES THE MOUNTAIN, THEY NEVER COME BACK, NOT REALLY. THEY’RE LOST FOREVER. Nellie Clay married Hobbs Pritchard without even noticing he was a spell conjured into a man, a walking, talking ghost story. But her mama knew. She saw it in her tea leaves: death. Folks told Nellie to get off the mountain while she could, to go back home before it was too late. Hobbs wasn’t nothing but trouble. He’d even killed a man. No telling what else. That mountain was haunted, and soon enough, Nellie would feel it too. One way or another, Hobbs would get what was coming to him. The ghosts would see to that. . . . Told in the stunning voices of five women whose lives are inextricably bound when a murder takes place in rural Depression-era North Carolina, Ann Hite’s unforgettable debut spans generations and conjures the best of Southern folk-lore—mystery, spirits, hoodoo, and the incomparable beauty of the Appalachian landscape.

Author : Les Standiford
Publisher : Berkley
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0425178536

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Black Mountain by Les Standiford Pdf

Jaded transit cop Richard Corrigan didn't expect to find himself trekking through the Wyoming wilderness -- with the governor of New York no less. Corrigan can't understand why the governor is more concerned about his public image than his personal safety. And what's more disturbing is the danger that's lurking at every twist and turn in the rugged mountain trails.

Author : Patrick McDermott
Publisher : Austin Macauley
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1398403075

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Blackmountain by Patrick McDermott Pdf

Life in rural Ireland in any townland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century was far from easy. There were few opportunities for any kind of work outside farming. And few were the farmers who could remunerate anybody to help on the farm. We are in danger of forgetting the struggle these people had to eke out a living from the reluctant soil, which only answered to the best weather conditions and even then, only too frequently in a poor fashion. By painstakingly tracing the routine of the seasonal tasks like putting in the potatoes, saving the turf and hay, Patrick Mc Dermott gives us a memorable account of their lives in Blackmountain. But, he does much more than that: he gives us the names of the last inhabitants of the whole area which was popularly known as Dubh; asks why rural Ireland should be left behind; considers the influence of the Catholic Church, the EU, the future of agriculture and a host of other topics. Blackmountain is also, significantly, the ancestral townland and home of Seán Mac Diarmada, executed after the Easter Uprising in 1916, and the author discusses the often conflicted attitudes of the inhabitants to this great Irish patriot. This book is a veritable mine of information for everybody, but especially for emigrants who may look back nostalgically on their early days in Blackmountain.

Author : Fielding Dawson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Artist colonies
ISBN : UCSC:32106015830117

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The Black Mountain Book by Fielding Dawson Pdf

Author : Neil Gaiman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1472221087

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The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil Gaiman Pdf

Beautifully illustrated by renowned artist Eddie Campbell, this is a four-colour limited edition of Neil Gaiman's award-winning novelette 'The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains'- signed by the author and artist, with extra material, audio CD read by Neil Gaiman and presentation box. The text of The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains was first published in the collection Stories: All New Tales. This gorgeous full-color illustrated book version was born of a unique collaboration between writer Neil Gaiman and artist Eddie Campbell, who brought to vivid life the characters and landscape of Gaiman's story. In August 2010, The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains was performed in the concert hall of the Sydney Opera House to a sell-out crowd-Gaiman read his tale live as Campbell's magnificent artwork was presented, scene by scene, on large screens. Narrative and art were accompanied by live music composed and performed especially for the story by the FourPlay String Quartet. Full specification: 200 x 200mm, 4x4colour throughout 88pp - includes 8pp of additional material Signed by author and artist, and numbered limited editions of 250. Presentation box Audio CD - music and reading by Neil Gaiman Mailer carton

Author : Joy Chant
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1977-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345257855

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Red Moon and Black Mountain by Joy Chant Pdf

Author : Christopher Benfey
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780143122852

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Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay by Christopher Benfey Pdf

"Beautiful, haunted, evocative and so open to where memory takes you. I kept thinking that this is the book that I have waited for: where objects, and poetry intertwine. Just wonderful and completely sui generis." (Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes) An unforgettable voyage across the reaches of America and the depths of memory, this generational memoir of one incredible family reveals America’s unique craft tradition. In Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay, renowned critic Christopher Benfey shares stories—of his mother’s upbringing in rural North Carolina among centuries-old folk potteries; of his father’s escape from Nazi Europe; of his great-aunt and -uncle Josef and Anni Albers, famed Bauhaus artists exiled at Black Mountain College—unearthing an ancestry, and an aesthetic, that is quintessentially American. With the grace of a novelist and the eye of a historian, Benfey threads these stories together into a radiant and mesmerizing harmony.

Author : Eugen Blume,Gabriele Knapstein,Matilda Felix,Brenda Danilowitz,Catherine Nichols,Arnold Dreyblatt,Annette Jael Lehmann
Publisher : Spector Books
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3959052685

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Black Mountain. an Interdisciplinary Experiment 1933 - 1957 by Eugen Blume,Gabriele Knapstein,Matilda Felix,Brenda Danilowitz,Catherine Nichols,Arnold Dreyblatt,Annette Jael Lehmann Pdf

From Josef Albers and John Cage to Charles Olson and Robert Rauschenberg, the teachers and students of Black Mountain shaped postwar culture Founded in North Carolina in 1933, Black Mountain College ranks alongside the Bauhaus as one of the most innovative schools of the 20th century. Inspired by the forward-thinking pedagogical ideas of philosopher John Dewey, the experimental, interdisciplinary college combined the ideas of radical European modernism with the philosophy of American pragmatism and teaching methods designed to encourage personal initiative as well as the social competence of the individual. Visual arts, economics, physics, dance, architecture and music were all taught on an equal footing, and teachers and students lived together in a democratically organized community. The second director of the school was Josef Albers, and John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Buckminster Fuller, Walter Gropius, Franz Kline and Charles Olson were among its teachers. As a result, the college played a foundational role in the development of a range of avant-garde practices, and exerted an enormous influence on the development of the arts in the second half of the 20th century. Briefly out of print and quickly becoming a sought-after book, this gloriously designed and illustrated volume was first published for the exhibition An Interdisciplinary Experiment, 1933-1957, held at the Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin. It remains unrivaled for its sympathetic design and fulsome documentation. A profusion of archival materials--including photographs of classes in progress and college housing with its Albers-designed furniture, and page spreads from college bulletins and issues of Robert Creeley's Black Mountain Review--is presented alongside contemporary essays. Happily back in print, Black Mountain: An Interdisciplinary Experiment 1933-1957traces the key moments in the history of this legendary school.

Author : Paul Kingsnorth,Dougald Hine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Civilization
ISBN : 0995540268

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Uncivilisation by Paul Kingsnorth,Dougald Hine Pdf

Author : Jennifer Shapcott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Australian fiction
ISBN : 192083186X

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The Art of Resistance by Jennifer Shapcott Pdf