The Curse of La Croix

The Curse of La Croix
Author: Jason Kingsland
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2010-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1450270344

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Sophie Rochelle, the Duke of La Croix's only daughter, is an unhappy soul even though she is a wealthy girl living in a prosperous city. Due to a mysterious illness, she has been confined to the grounds of the Duke's vast estate since age two. Sophie immerses herself in books and waits for her twentieth birthday, when she embarks on an adventure of her own, daring physical harm and her father's wrath all for just one stolen day of freedom. But she is about to discover that her dream may not unfold exactly the way she imagined. Alaric Vashon, the greatest swordsman of the age, is on the run from a dangerous band of men who will stop at nothing to destroy him. As his flight takes him to the embattled city of La Croix now overrun with bandits he realizes that fate has dictated his journey. Meanwhile, Sophie encounters a strange beggar hated by all the townsfolk; just as their destinies and the fate of La Croix become intertwined, Sophie realizes she is facing a far greater conflict looming on the horizon. In this classic tale of good, evil, and love, one woman must take control of her future before it is too late.

Sunset

Sunset
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1164
Release: 1915
Genre: California
ISBN:

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Sabbatai Ṣevi

Sabbatai Ṣevi
Author: Gershom Gerhard Scholem
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 1093
Release: 2016-09-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1400883156

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Gershom Scholem stands out among modern thinkers for the richness and power of his historical imagination. A work widely esteemed as his magnum opus, Sabbatai Ṣevi offers a vividly detailed account of the only messianic movement ever to engulf the entire Jewish world. Sabbatai Ṣevi was an obscure kabbalist rabbi of seventeenth-century Turkey who aroused a fervent following that spread over the Jewish world after he declared himself to be the Messiah. The movement suffered a severe blow when Ṣevi was forced to convert to Islam, but a clandestine sect survived. A monumental and revisionary work of Jewish historiography, Sabbatai Ṣevi details Ṣevi's rise to prominence and stands out for its combination of philological and empirical authority and passion. This edition contains a new introduction by Yaacob Dweck that explains the scholarly importance of Scholem's work to a new generation of readers.

The Gothic World of Anne Rice

The Gothic World of Anne Rice
Author: Gary Hoppenstand
Publisher: Popular Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1996
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780879727086

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Such readers find allusions in Rice's work to that of Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto, to Ann Radcliffe's gothic romances, such as The Mysteries of Udolpho, and to Bram Stoker's Dracula, as do such present-day authors as Clive Barker, Robert R. McCammon, and Stephen King.

Sabbatai Sevi

Sabbatai Sevi
Author: Gershom Scholem
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 1058
Release: 1973
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780691018096

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"Gershom Scholem stands out among modern thinkers for the richness and power of his historical imagination. A work widely esteemed as his magnum opus, Sabbatai Ṣevi offers a vividly detailed account of the only messianic movement ever to engulf the entire Jewish world. Sabbatai Ṣevi was an obscure kabbalist rabbi of seventeenth-century Turkey who aroused a fervent following that spread over the Jewish world after he declared himself to be the Messiah. The movement suffered a severe blow when Ṣevi was forced to convert to Islam, but a clandestine sect survived. A monumental and revisionary work of Jewish historiography, Sabbatai Ṣevi details Ṣevi's rise to prominence and stands out for its combination of philological and empirical authority and passion. This edition contains a new introduction by Yaacob Dweck that explains the scholarly importance of Scholem's work to a new generation of readers."--

A Catered Christmas

A Catered Christmas
Author: Isis Crawford
Publisher: Kensington Books
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2006-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0758269145

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’Tis the season to be sleuthing—as two sisters try to solve a crime at a cooking show. Picturesque Longley, New York, is ringing in the holiday season, but visions of sugar plums are not dancing in Libby Simmons’s head—especially since she and her sister Bernie are set to appear on the Hortense Calabash Cooking Show. The premise is to give six professional caterers random ingredients and have them whip up a holiday meal. The icing on the fruitcake is that Hortense Calabash is a grinch of epic proportions. And the other contestants are some of the most demanding—and difficult—chefs in the business. Bernie and Libby are thrown into the mix as arguments and accusations simmer on the set. Then Hortense, all dressed up as Santa Claus for the opening sequence, is killed by an exploding oven. With the holiday rush in full swing and a killer still on the loose, Bernie and Libby have no choice but to wrap up the mystery before their geese are well and fully cooked… Includes scrumptious holiday recipes for you to try! “Fans of culinary cozies by Joanne Fluke and Diane Mott Davidson will enjoy discovering Crawford.” –Library Journal

Handbook of Rituals in Contemporary Studies of Religion

Handbook of Rituals in Contemporary Studies of Religion
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2024-03-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004692207

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This book brings together leading international scholars with the aim of exploring ritual perspectives in the study of contemporary religions. It combines significant theoretical and methodological reflections and applies it to four main fields relevant to the study of contemporary religions: indigeneity; new spiritualities and ecology; lived religion (with Islam and Africa as case studies); and finally, religion and embodiment. The structure and content of the book takes its point of departure from the research topics and collegial network of the internationally acclaimed scholar of ritual studies, Professor Anne-Christine Hornborg. The book is dedicated to her.

The Foreign Review

The Foreign Review
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Total Pages: 570
Release: 1830
Genre: Periodicals
ISBN:

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A More Wicked Sea

A More Wicked Sea
Author: Em Brown
Publisher: Em Brown
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2019-05-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1942822642

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In this dark sequel to A Wicked Sea, Captain Marinette La Croix faces a mutiny and the betrayal of her wickedly handsome first mate, the one man she had trusted above all others. She should have known to never trust a pirate.