Showing results by narrator "Frederick" in All Categories

"Among the many whose labour has been laid under contribution in the following pages there are certain scholars whose published work, or personal advice, has been specially illuminating, and to whom specific acknowledgment is therefore due. Like many others I owe to Sir J. G. Frazer the initial inspiration which set me, as I may truly say, on the road to the Grail Castle."

Witches and warlocks abide in Birmingham, Alabama, in three ancient Houses—Rose, Iron, and Stone. They arrived over a century ago to draw their powers from the abundant ores beneath Red Mountain. Rose Brighton, a Birmingham police detective, is the last witch of House of Rose. A terrifying encounter with House of Iron has mentally crippled her best friend. Rose battles to control her own abilities and the supernatural attraction that pulls her to a mysterious, handsome warlock.

Ända sedan Mike Wazowski var ett mycket litet monster har han drömt om att bli en superskrämmare - och han vet att de bästa skrämmarna har gått på Monsters University. Men redan under den första terminen på MU spårar Mikes planer ur när hans väg korsas av en skrämmande naturlig talang: James P. Sullivan, kallad Sulley. Är Mikes dröm nu krossad, eller kan de två unga monstren övervinna sina olikheter och lära sig att arbeta tillsammans?

The United States is at a crossroads. Changing conditions have diminished our society’s cohesion and endangered our course of self-governance, leaving We the People and our republic on the brink of collapse. James Madison drew on Aristotle’s book five of Politics when he wrote of mortal diseases “under which popular governments have everywhere perished”. Stability, Justice, and Clarity are the opposite of Madison’s mortal diseases. This audiobook offers analysis for repairing and maintaining the American condition.

När Bo Larsson och Gorm Willer från Örebro Dagblad stiger in i ett mörkt rum på Stora Hotellet, får de sitt livs chock. Framför dem sitter Erik Gustaf Geijer, mannen de ska intervjua, tillbakalutad i en fåtölj. Men det är något som inte stämmer. I mannens hjärta sitter nämligen en pennkniv. Erik Gustaf Geijer är död. Mordet på hotellet blir genast stadens stora snackis. Offret var diamanthandlare, på rundresa för att visa upp Silvias Stjärna. Nu är det dyrbara smycket spårlöst försvunnet.

The Pocket Guide to Communism presents crucial material about communism that all Americans need if they are to defend their liberty and freedom. We let our guard down, but it was only a delusion that Marxist communism was defeated when the Berlin Wall fell. It had merely gone underground and regrouped. In particular, the Chinese strain of communism is much more sophisticated and subtle than the Russian brand. They view warfare as “unrestricted” and have made every aspect of our lives and minds a battlefield. More wars are lost due to confusion than anything else.

Maria Magliani, a forty-something single mom, finds fate to be unfair and unkind. Since her husband Michael died—purportedly by his own hand—she and her son Chip must fend for themselves, relying on acquired skills and experiences from a parochial Irish-Italian background.

Erik går till kyrkogården för att sätta nya blommor vid graven. Men på väg hem händer det som inte får hända. Erik hör först ett högt ljud, och ser sedan en bil och ett bylte som ligger framför. Och han vet vem bilföraren är. Femton år senare skakas Hjo när ett barnskelett dyker upp på en byggarbetsplats. Kan det vara nioårige Johan, pojken som aldrig kom fram till skolan den där dagen för länge sedan? Ryktet går och lokalpolisen inser snabbt att de måste kalla på förstärkning. Men Johans mamma är säker på att det inte är han.

En söndagsmorgon vaknar polisen Patrick Gregersson upp till en nyhet som ska komma att skaka hela Åmål i grunden. I en park, bara 200 meter från hans eget hus, har en ung kvinna hittats mördad. Snart framkommer det dessutom att hon inte varit ensam när hon kvällen innan gav sig ut på promenad. Vart har hennes lilla son tagit vägen? Mordet på Kungsberget blir en ordentlig tankeställare för Patrick och hans kollegor. Offret visar sig vara en värmländsk kvinna, som gift sig med en marockan och sedan konverterat till Islam.

Andra delen i mysdeckarserien "af Hjo" där mystik, spänning och relationer varvas om vartannat. Anlagda bränder är ett ovanligt inslag i vardagen i västgötska Hjo. Men nu har det plötsligt inträffat två stycken på kort tid. När polisen identifierar samma skoavtryck på båda platserna blir Helena Groop och hennes kollegor på stationen än mer misstänksamma. Har man fått en blivande pyroman på halsen? På Hjo-kurirens redaktion sitter journalisten Sara Blidh i liknande tankar.

Polisen Joel Anker är specialiserad på ekonomisk brottslighet. Han var toppstudent på polishögskolan och nu står han inför ett stundande uppdrag som han känner starkare för än något annat uppdrag tidigare. Men han vet att det inte kommer att bli lätt, han sätter igenom att involvera sig i fallet inte bara sig själv utan också hela sin familj i direkt fara. Hoten trillar in om det fysiska våld som väntar dem. Men det är inget som stoppar honom.

When rookie patrol officer Rose Brighton chases a suspect down an alley, she finds herself in the middle of every cop’s nightmare—staring down at a dead body with two bullet holes from her gun...in his back. He’s dead and now she has to explain it, which is going to be a problem because what happened was so strange, she doesn’t understand it herself. Rose must unravel the mystery of what happened and who she really is—a witch of the House of Rose. If she doesn’t figure it out fast, there will be more bodies, including her own.

Timing is everything. Sometimes what you see is not what is really taking place.

As I journeyed through this part of my soul, I fell in love with myself and gained more passion for what my life could be. Poems of all styles flow freely in this book displaying all aspects and perspectives of my life: history, woes, troubles, circumstances, ideals, spirituality, graciousness and raw self expression. In this book, I provide a window to my soul, a legacy for the world. I hope that one day these poems will be studied by my descendants far and wide. Just like my heroine Chimamanda Ndichie.

Rosie Stanton climbed on a westbound train to answer his ad for a wife and mother, everything she wants to be. But Tom Harris lied. He doesn't want a wife, merely a mother for his two abandoned children and a cook and cleaner for his ranch. Betrayed once, he's vowed never to let another woman into his heart. Sexy Rosie upsets all his plans and threatens to invade his scarred heart. How will he maintain his vow to keep his hands off her as she charms his children, his cowhands, his life?

In Tame a Wild Wind, an exciting, sensual, historical Western romance, Sam Colter is running from his past as a Texas Ranger, from the pain of losing his wife and daughters, from his own broken soul. He finds peace running a ranch and minding his own business until the beautiful, widowed ranch owner, Cassie O'Malley, offers him a devil's bargain...to become her lover with no strings attached. Trouble is, once he's tasted her fiery passion, he wants it all....

Forces, foreign and domestic, are attacking the United States and her Constitution. Their goal? To undermine our founding history and national character. The Declaration of Independence claimed our rights; the Constitution defends them. To stand against tyrannical forces that seek to destroy our freedom, we must learn from history.

Narrated by a much-loved grandchild, herself now old enough to be a grandmother, the story is about two young people, betrayed by their first loves, who found one another in an unexpected way. Because they’re first cousins, some considered their blossoming love anathema. They didn’t care and spent the rest of their lives unashamedly loving each other. It is also the story of a family, a mother, father, son, and daughter who loved and were loved by the two titular lovers. The book brims with love between mothers and daughters, grandparents and grandchildren, people and pets!

Aesop’s fable of Republicans and Democrats; Donald Trump as Timon of Athens. Larry King’s interview of Marcus Aurelius. AOC as Antigone. Fake news, conspiracy theories, and impeachment. In these 36 poems, by turns serious, provocative, tragical, and humorous - but always imaginative and insightful - Robert Hamblin brings back Plutarch’s illustrious Greeks and Romans as contemporary political figures.

Superhjältarna är tillbaka, men deras hjältemodiga gärningar får inte längre omvärldens beundran! Nu är det Helens tur att visa vad hjältarna kan, medan Bob passar barnen. Men inget går enligt plan, och en ny skurk hotar mänskligheten. Familjen Parr måste än en gång jobba ihop för att rädda staden från total ödeläggelse – och är lättare sagt tän gjort, hur super man än är ... Kommer de att lyckas?