The Merchants Of Souls

Author : John Barnes
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 1429970642
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Merchants of Souls written by John Barnes and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2002-11-18 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sequel to A Million Open Doors and Earth Made of Glass Special agent Giraut Leones, betrayed by his superior and closest friend, swore he would never work for the Office of Special Projects again--but now he must. A new movement on Earth seeks to use the recorded personalities of the dead as helpless virtual reality playthings, and to the worlds of the Thousand Cultures--where the reborn are accepted as normal citizens--it's a monstrous crime. If Giraut cannot stop Earth from ratifying its plans, the tenuous structure of interstellar human civilization will collapse. Complicating matters, Giraut's brain now hosts a second consciousness-the revived mind of his long-dead friend Raimbaut. Together, Giraut and Raimbaut must confront their shared past while struggling with a deadly present. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : John Barnes
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312890761
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Merchants of Souls written by John Barnes and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-11-17 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new movement on Earth seeks to use the recorded personalities of the dead as their helpless virtual reality playthings in this continuation of the interstellar epic begun in the award-winning "A Million Open Doors" and "Earth Made of Glass."

Author : Earl Lynn
Publisher : Palmetto Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781649909473
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Merchants of Souls: The Search written by Earl Lynn and published by Palmetto Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-12 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a small town in rural Mississippi in the 1960s, Willie flirts with the beautiful Althea at a bar and gives her his cigarette lighter as a memento of their meeting. Little does he know a piece of his soul is attached to it. The evil woman casts a spell on him, which sinks Willie into a mysterious coma. While visiting him in the hospital, his wife Lynn learns that a boy, David, got sick around the same time and has the same baffling symptoms. David worked at a gas station that was on the same road Willie traveled down the night he got sick, so Lynn and David's mother, Madeline, go there to investigate. While following an odd creature, they are led to a small house deep in the woods. There, they encounter a strange old woman and discover a cavern packed with jars and bottles of potions and powders. Could they be clues? Lynn recalls an old story about a couple who were very much in love, but the woman was killed. The man went to see a spiritualist, Ms. Irma, who brought his beloved wife back to life in exchange for his gold wedding ring. Lynn learns Ms. Irma is still alive and convinces Madeline they should go see her. Ms. Irma tells them they are dealing with a curse, and if they bring her all the jars and bottles from the cavern, she will free their loved ones from the spell. But can she really do it? Or is she just a crazy old lady...?

Author : Christopher Moore
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062355341
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secondhand Souls written by Christopher Moore and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In San Francisco, the souls of the dead are mysteriously disappearing—and you know that can’t be good—in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore’s delightfully funny sequel to A Dirty Job. Something really strange is happening in the City by the Bay. People are dying, but their souls are not being collected. Someone—or something—is stealing them and no one knows where they are going, or why, but it has something to do with that big orange bridge. Death Merchant Charlie Asher is just as flummoxed as everyone else. He’s trapped in the body of a fourteen-inch-tall “meat puppet” waiting for his Buddhist nun girlfriend, Audrey, to find him a suitable new body to play host. To get to the bottom of this abomination, a motley crew of heroes will band together: the seven-foot-tall death merchant Minty Fresh; retired policeman turned bookseller Alphonse Rivera; the Emperor of San Francisco and his dogs, Bummer and Lazarus; and Lily, the former Goth girl. Now if only they can get little Sophie to stop babbling about the coming battle for the very soul of humankind . . .

Author : Howard Andrew Jones
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429994819
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Desert of Souls written by Howard Andrew Jones and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The glittering tradition of sword-and-sorcery sweeps into the sands of ancient Arabia with the heart-stopping speed of a whirling dervish in this thrilling debut novel from new talent Howard Andrew Jones In 8th century Baghdad, a stranger pleads with the vizier to safeguard the bejeweled tablet he carries, but he is murdered before he can explain. Charged with solving the puzzle, the scholar Dabir soon realizes that the tablet may unlock secrets hidden within the lost city of Ubar, the Atlantis of the sands. When the tablet is stolen from his care, Dabir and Captain Asim are sent after it, and into a life and death chase through the ancient Middle East. Stopping the thieves—a cunning Greek spy and a fire wizard of the Magi—requires a desperate journey into the desert, but first Dabir and Asim must find the lost ruins of Ubar and contend with a mythic, sorcerous being that has traded wisdom for the souls of men since the dawn of time. But against all these hazards there is one more that may be too great even for Dabir to overcome... Advance Praise for THE DESERT OF SOULS: "The Desert of Souls is filled with adventure, magic, compelling characters and twists that are twisty. This is seriously cool stuff." -- Steven Brust, New York Times bestselling author of the Vlad Taltos series "A grand and wonderful adventure filled with exotic magic and colorful places — like a cross between Sinbad and Indiana Jones." -- Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling author of The Map of All Things "Like the genie of the lamp, Howard Jones has granted this reader's wish for a fresh, exciting take on the venerable genre of sword-and-sorcery!" -- Richard A. Knaak, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Legends of the Dragonrealm "Howard Andrew Jones spins an exciting and suspenseful tale in his historical fantasy debut. A rich, detailed tapestry -- part Arthur Conan Doyle, part Robert E. Howard, and part Omar Khayyam, woven in the magical thread of One Thousand And One Nights." -- E.E. Knight, Author of the bestselling Vampire Earth "An entertaining and enjoyable journey into a world of djinns and magic far darker than expected, yet one that ends with hope, both for the characters... and that there will be yet another book." -- L. E. Modesitt, Jr, author of the Recluse Saga, the Imager Portfolio, and the Corean Chronicles "A modern iteration of old school storytelling. Highly recommended to anyone in search of a fun run through strange lands and times." -- Glen Cook, author of The Black Company Series "Howard Jones wields magic like a subtle blade and action like a mighty cleaver in his scimitars and sorcery tale, weaving together Arabian myth, history, and some honest-to-gosh surprises to create a unique story that you'll not soon forget." -- Monte Cook, author of The Dungeon Masters Guide, 3rd Edition "A rousing tale of swords against sorcery. Howard Jones writes with wit and flair. His world is involving, authentic and skilfully evoked. The best fantasy novel I have read all year." -- William King, Author of the Space Wolf trilogy and creator of Gotrek and Felix "A whirlwind tale of deserts, djinn and doors to other worlds, told in a voice perfectly pitched for the style and setting." -- Nathan Long, author of Bloodborn and Shamanslayer "An Arabian Nights adventure as written by Robert E Howard. It is exciting, inventive, and most of all fun." -- Dave Drake, author of The Legion of Fire

Author : Joanne Maguire Robinson
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791490696
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nobility and Annihilation in Marguerite Porete's Mirror of Simple Souls written by Joanne Maguire Robinson and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first book-length study of Marguerite Porete's important mystical text, The Mirror of Simple Souls, examines Porete's esoteric and optimistic doctrine of annihilation—the complete transformative union of the soul into God—in its philosophical and historical contexts. Porete was burned at the stake as a relapsed heretic in 1310. Her theological treatise survived the flames, but it circulated anonymously or under male pseudonyms until 1946, and her message endures as testament to a distinctive form of medieval spirituality. Robinson begins by focusing on traditional speculations regarding the origin, nature, limitations, and destiny of humankind. She then examines Porete's work in its more immediate historical and literary contexts, focusing on the ways in which Porete conceptualizes and expresses her radical doctrine of annihilation through contemporary metaphors of lineage and nobility.

Author : Yoko Tawada
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0811223515
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Where Europe Begins: Stories written by Yoko Tawada and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2007-05-17 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gorgeous collection of fantastic and dreamlike tales by one of the world's most innovative contemporary writers. Chosen as a 2005 Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year, Where Europe Begins has been described by the Russian literary phenomenon Victor Pelevin as "a spectacular journey through a world of colliding languages and multiplying cities." In these stories' disparate settings—Japan, Siberia, Russia, and Germany—the reader becomes as much a foreigner as the author, or the figures that fill this book: the ghost of a burned woman, a traveler on the Trans-Siberian railroad, a mechanical doll, a tongue, a monk who leaps into his own reflection. Through the timeless art of storytelling, Yoko Tawada discloses the virtues of bewilderment, estrangement, and Hilaritas: the goddess of rejoicing.

Author : Leslie Gale Burgevin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Influence of Irish Folklore Upon the Work of Synge, Yeats, and Lady Gregory written by Leslie Gale Burgevin and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry David Thoreau
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 765 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thoreau's Meditations: Walden, Aurelius, Du Bois Souls [Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau/ Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius/The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois] written by Henry David Thoreau and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-06-22 with total page 765 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 1: Immerse yourself in the contemplative prose of “Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau.” Thoreau's transcendental work reflects on the simplicity of nature, individualism, and the call to resist unjust laws, inspiring readers to embrace a life of purposeful reflection and resistance. Book 2: Reflect on the wisdom of a Roman emperor with “Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius.” Aurelius's philosophical insights, penned in the form of personal reflections, offer timeless wisdom on virtue, self-discipline, and the pursuit of a meaningful life, providing a guide to ethical living through the challenges of the human experience. Book 3: Explore the profound and eloquent essays in “The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois.” Du Bois's seminal work addresses the complexities of race, identity, and social justice, presenting a collection of essays that eloquently captures the African American experience and advocates for equality and understanding in a divided society.

Author : Barbara A. Suess
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135454078
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Progress & Identity in the Plays of W.B. Yeats, 1892-1907 written by Barbara A. Suess and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Progress and Identity in the Poems of W. B. Yeats explores the ways in which Yeats's plays offer an alternative form of progress via a philosophical system of opposites: Always seeking the opposite, the nature of which changes as we change, we continually augment our personalities, and ultimately improve society, with the inclusion of the Other. This system, which eventually became Yeats's doctrine of the mask, provided his contemporaries with a method of changing what science, Platonism, and Victorian bourgeois ideologies claimed to be inescapable qualities of self. Progress and Identityn relocates Yeats's literary, social, and political relevance from his essentializing cultural nationalism to his later, more broad-minded definitions of progress.