This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Golden Ass (The Metamorphoses of Apuleius)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
Taking a postmodern critical approach, this collection of new essays explores The CW Network's popular television drama The Vampire Diaries, taking in the complete original series (2009-2017), its spinoffs, source novels and fan fiction.
'Intriguing, propulsive and profoundly disturbing, this is a fearless look into the dark heart of family politics from a naturally gifted storyteller'JONATHAN COE'Magnificent, indelible .
Excerpt: "e;Among the multifarious absurdities and chicaneries, which at different epocha of society have clung to, and engaged the attention of man, absorbing, as it were, his more active intelligence, the marvellous and the ridiculous have alternately and conjointly had to contend for pre-eminence; that, whether it were a mountain in the moon or a bottle conjuror; a live lion stuffed with straw or a mermaid; a Cocklane ghost or a living skeleton; a giant or a pigmy; the delusive bait has invariably been swallowed with avidity, and credited with all the solemnity of absolute devotion.
Shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize'Impressive' Sunday Times'Audacious' Scotsman 'Beautifully written' Michelle PaverWhat the years have buried is about to be exposed.
Excerpt: "e;"e;She had a secret library of psychological case histories, featuring pathological and brutal departures from normalcy in the area of sex.
Cybernetically enhanced zombie-aliens want to devour the universe and only a crack team of murderous misfits can stop them, in this non-stop action-adventure from Zombicide: InvaderWhen decorated military pilot Shawna Bright is convicted of a heinous crime and incarcerated, she is determined to prove her innocence.
The first dedicated exploration of the short fiction of Shirley Jackson for three decades, this volume takes an in-depth look at the themes and legacies of her 200-plus short stories.
The first dedicated exploration of the short fiction of Shirley Jackson for three decades, this volume takes an in-depth look at the themes and legacies of her 200-plus short stories.
In a tale of ancient evil, Bram Stoker creates a world of lurking horrors and bizarre denizens: a demented mesmerist, hellbent on mentally crushing the girl he loves; a gigantic kite raised to rid the land of an unnatural infestation of birds, and which receives strange commands along its string; and all the while, the great white worm slithers below, seeking its next victim.
Everyone is lyingBut the dead know the truthA week-long grief retreat on a beautiful country estate with no phones and no wifi isn't ex-tarot reader Blue's usual getaway.
This chilling horror novel recounts a man's daily struggle to survive the Zombie Apocalypse: "e;hands down the best zombie book I have ever read"e; (Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Patriot).
This chilling horror novel recounts a man's daily struggle to survive the Zombie Apocalypse: "e;hands down the best zombie book I have ever read"e; (Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Patriot).
