The Valkyrie Song

Author : Craig Russell
Publisher : Random House
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781446473887

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The Valkyrie Song by Craig Russell Pdf

Calling all fans of Stuart MacBride, James Oswald and Ian Rankin - this blood-curdling and hypnotically tense thriller from the pen of prizewinning and bestselling author Craig Russell with its devilishly cunning plot and mind-blowing maze of twists and turns is perfect for you. 'This splendid thriller...The story races along with pace and verve' -- Daily Express 'Very well written and a page-turner!........Craig Russell never lets his many fans down' -- ***** Reader review 'One of the most disturbing but addictive reads I had for a long time' -- ***** Reader review 'Really gripping yarn with twists and turns along the way' -- ***** Reader review 'Fabel is in fine form and the plot is wonderfully twisted. A must for lovers of good crime novels' -- ***** Reader review 'Gripping' -- ***** Reader review ********************************************************************* ONE ASSASSIN. ONE SERIAL KILLER. TWO ANGELS OF DEATH. After a gap of ten years, a female serial killer - the Angel of St Pauli - again makes the headlines when an English pop star is found in Hamburg's red-light district, dying of the most savage knife wounds. Jan Fabel is called in to investigate. Links emerge with a series of apparently unrelated events. A journalist murdered in Norway. The death of a Serbian gangster. And a long-forgotten project by East Germany's Stasi conceived at the height of the Cold War, involving a highly-trained group of female assassins, known by the codename Valkyrie. Fabel's hunt for the truth will bring him up against the most terrifyingly efficient professional killer. The ultimate avenging angel.

Author : Nancy Marie Brown
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781250200839

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The Real Valkyrie by Nancy Marie Brown Pdf

In the tradition of Stacy Schiff’s Cleopatra, Brown lays to rest the hoary myth that Viking society was ruled by men and celebrates the dramatic lives of female Viking warriors “Once again, Brown brings Viking history to vivid, unexpected life—and in the process, turns what we thought we knew about Norse culture on its head. Superb.” —Scott Weidensaul, author of New York Times bestselling A World on the Wing "Magnificent. It captured me from the very first page." —Pat Shipman, author of The Invaders In 2017, DNA tests revealed to the collective shock of many scholars that a Viking warrior in a high-status grave in Birka, Sweden was actually a woman. The Real Valkyrie weaves together archaeology, history, and literature to imagine her life and times, showing that Viking women had more power and agency than historians have imagined. Nancy Marie Brown uses science to link the Birka warrior, whom she names Hervor, to Viking trading towns and to their great trade route east to Byzantium and beyond. She imagines her life intersecting with larger-than-life but real women, including Queen Gunnhild Mother-of-Kings, the Viking leader known as The Red Girl, and Queen Olga of Kyiv. Hervor’s short, dramatic life shows that much of what we have taken as truth about women in the Viking Age is based not on data, but on nineteenth-century Victorian biases. Rather than holding the household keys, Viking women in history, law, saga, poetry, and myth carry weapons. These women brag, “As heroes we were widely known—with keen spears we cut blood from bone.” In this compelling narrative Brown brings the world of those valkyries and shield-maids to vivid life.

Author : M.D. Lachlan
Publisher : Gollancz
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780575129665

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Valkyrie's Song by M.D. Lachlan Pdf

M.D. Lachlan's brooding and powerful tales of Vikings, Norse gods and werewolves have already won praise from, amongst others, Joe Abercrombie, Adam Roberts, Mike Carey and Chris Wooding. With an original and terrifying take on magic, an ability to bring the Norse gods to vivid life on the page, a keen historical eye and a knack for fast-moving and brutally effective plots, M.D. Lachlan's series has won over critics, fellow authors and readers alike. VALKYRIE'S SONG moves the action to Norman England and the Harrowing of the North. An immortal wolf and an immortal woman are on the run, fighting for their lives. They carry a magic within them, runes which flare with power when brought together. But others hold runes of their own, and the runes desire to be united. And when they are, Ragnarok will come.

Author : Richard Wagner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Operas
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038235151

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The Valkyrie by Richard Wagner Pdf

Author : Paulo Coelho
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061842863

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The Valkyries by Paulo Coelho Pdf

A classic masterwork of spiritual tension and realization from Paulo Coelho, this powerful story of one man’s battle with self-doubt and fear is now available in a beautiful new package from HarperOne. An essential volume alongside Coelho’s other bestselling and influential books, such as The Alchemist, The Pilgrimage, Brida, and The Winner Stands Alone, the searing and unforgettable narrative in The Valkyries asks the questions most central to all literature—and all of humanity’s quest for understanding. Why is it that we destroy the things we love most? And how can we learn to let go of the past and believe in the future?

Author : Adam Auerbach
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781466874060

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Edda by Adam Auerbach Pdf

Edda is a Valkyrie (an ancient Norse goddess who guides and protects heroes). She lives in a magical land called Asgard where she has everything she wants. Well . . . almost everything. Edda wants to find a friend her own age. Edda's wise papa knows of a place where she can make friends: a place on Earth called "school." School is very different from Asgard. Edda's not sure if she likes it at first. But then she remembers that Valkyries are very brave. Even little Valkyries. Edda learns that being different is what makes her special and she begins to make new friends. A Christy Ottaviano Book

Author : Frederick Paul Walter
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781538136737

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The Annotated Ring Cycle by Frederick Paul Walter Pdf

A dazzling, new translation and notes by Frederick Paul Walter spotlight the libretto, lyrics, and stage directions of Wagner's beloved The Valkyrie from the Ring Cycle, getting the most basic ingredient right: the actual story! It contains newly created graphic-novel style illustrations and full-color, classic artwork by Rackham and others.

Author : Richard Wagner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1904
Category : Operas
ISBN : MINN:31951002128596F

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Die Walküre by Richard Wagner Pdf

The Walkyrs, or Walkyra, in Northern Mythology, were the maiden-messengers of Odin. They selected those warriors who were destined to fall in battle, and waited on them after their arrival in Walhalla, presenting them the drink of gods, mead, to quaff.

Author : Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350137103

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Valkyrie by Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir Pdf

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE Valkyries: the female supernatural beings that choose who dies and who lives on the battlefield. They protect some, but guide spears, arrows and sword blades into the bodies of others. Viking myths about valkyries attempt to elevate the banality of war – to make the pain and suffering, the lost limbs and deformities, the piles of lifeless bodies of young men, glorious and worthwhile. Rather than their death being futile, it is their destiny and good fortune, determined by divine beings. The women in these stories take full part in the power struggles and upheavals in their communities, for better or worse. Drawing on the latest historical and archaeological evidence, Valkyrie introduces readers to the dramatic and fascinating texts recorded in medieval Iceland, a culture able to imagine women in all kinds of roles carrying power, not just in this world, but pulling the strings in the other-world, too. In the process, this fascinating book uncovers the reality behind the myths and legends to reveal the dynamic, diverse lives of Viking women.

Author : AnnaHarwell Celenza
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351564229

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Hans Christian Andersen and Music by AnnaHarwell Celenza Pdf

Hans Christian Andersen was the most prominent Danish author of the nineteenth century. Now known primarily for his fairy tales, during his lifetime he was equally famous for his novels, travelogues, poetry, and stage works, and it was through these genres that he most often reflected on the world around him. With the bicentennial of Andersen's birth in 2005, there is still much about the writer that is not yet common knowledge. This book explores a single aspect of that void - his interest in and relationship to the musical culture of nineteenth-century Europe. Why look to Andersen for information about music? To begin, Andersen had a musical background. He enjoyed a brief career as an opera singer and dancer at the Royal Theater in Copenhagen, and in later years he went on to produce opera libretti for the Danish and German stage. Andersen was also an avid music devotee. He made thirty major European tours during his seventy years, and on each of these trips he regularly attended opera and concert performances, recording his impressions in a series of travel diaries. In short, Andersen was a well-informed listener, and as this book reveals, his reflections on the music of his age serve as valuable sources for the study of music reception in the nineteenth century. Over the course of his life, Andersen embraced and then later rejected performers such as Maria Malibran, Franz Liszt, and Ole Bull, and his interest in opera and instrumental music underwent a series of dramatic transformations. In his final years, Andersen promoted figures as disparate as Wagner and Mendelssohn, while strongly objecting to Brahms. Although such changes in taste might be interpreted as indiscriminate by modern-day readers, this study shows that such shifts in opinion were not contradictory, but rather quite logical given the social and cultural climate of the age.

Author : Rick de Yampert
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780738764245

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Crows and Ravens by Rick de Yampert Pdf

Exploring history, folklore, mythology, and science, this book gives you a unique look at two of the most popular magical creatures of all time. The crow and his cousin, the raven, are featured players in many cultures throughout the world, including Norse, Celtic, Jewish, and Indigenous traditions. This guide teaches you how to welcome these highly intelligent birds into your own spiritual practice, whether you follow Wicca, Heathenry, Druidry, or any other path. Crows and Ravens presents rituals, meditations, and exercises that help you discover the magic and mystery of corvids. Learn about crow and raven divination, create your own crow-raven talisman, uncover the shadowy side of corvids, and more. Found in nearly all urban and wild environments, these birds present you with magical opportunities and life lessons wherever you go.

Author : Kate O'Hearn
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781481447379

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Valkyrie by Kate O'Hearn Pdf

Originally published: Great Britain: Hodder Children's Books, 2013.

Author : Kristen Ghodsee
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781839766602

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Red Valkyries by Kristen Ghodsee Pdf

The lives of five socialist women and their legacy for modern-day feminists Red Valkyries explores the history of socialist feminism in Eastern Europe. Through the revolutionary careers of five prominent socialist women active in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries—the aristocratic Bolshevik Alexandra Kollontai; the radical pedagogue Nadezhda Krupskaya; the polyamorous firebrand Inessa Armand; the deadly sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko; and the partisan, scientist, and global women’s activist Elena Lagadinova—Kristen Ghodsee tells the story of the personal challenges faced by earlier generations of radicals. None of these women was a perfect leftist. Their lives were filled with inner conflicts, contradictions, and sometimes outrageous privilege. But they managed to fight for their own political projects with perseverance and dedication. Always walking a fine line between the need for class solidarity and the desire to force their sometimes callous male colleagues to take women’s issues seriously, these women pursued novel solutions with many lessons for those who might follow in their footsteps.

Author : Gregory Pepper
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781446191453

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The Valkyrie Sagas Hel by Gregory Pepper Pdf

Volume two: Welcome to my world.....outrageous in the extreme, the Queen of the Damned rises to seek revenge. Beautiful, brilliant, and gloriously out of control, the tormented, teenaged temptress rains down her fury on all who oppose her. With bloody wars still to be won, the Valkyries battle hard to retain control. Kat struggles too, desperately searching for the darkest secrets hidden beneath a labyrinth of lies. Can her destiny be rewritten or must she succumb to Mimir's terrible prophesy? Boundaries blur as the horrific truth is finally unveiled. Contains strong adult themes of sex and violence. For further details, author's blog, and product downloads please visit www.thevalkyriesagas.com

Author : Sarah J. Maas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781635576191

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A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas Pdf

Sarah J. Maas's sexy, richly imagined series continues with the journey of Feyre's fiery sister, Nesta. Nesta Archeron has always been prickly-proud, swift to anger, and slow to forgive. And ever since being forced into the Cauldron and becoming High Fae against her will, she's struggled to find a place for herself within the strange, deadly world she inhabits. Worse, she can't seem to move past the horrors of the war with Hybern and all she lost in it. The one person who ignites her temper more than any other is Cassian, the battle-scarred warrior whose position in Rhysand and Feyre's Night Court keeps him constantly in Nesta's orbit. But her temper isn't the only thing Cassian ignites. The fire between them is undeniable, and only burns hotter as they are forced into close quarters with each other. Meanwhile, the treacherous human queens who returned to the Continent during the last war have forged a dangerous new alliance, threatening the fragile peace that has settled over the realms. And the key to halting them might very well rely on Cassian and Nesta facing their haunting pasts. Against the sweeping backdrop of a world seared by war and plagued with uncertainty, Nesta and Cassian battle monsters from within and without as they search for acceptance-and healing-in each other's arms.