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Indira Srivatsa A to Z India - Magazine: March 2023

Comics und Graphic Novels
Englisch
6957 Wörter
Ab 3 Jahren
28
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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK: 1025 A.D. CHOLA INVASION OF THE SRI VIJAYA EMPIRE - At the dawn of the eleventh century, inscriptions indicate that ties of friendship still existed between the two empires, but it was only to be expected that the Chola kings should resent, and eventually seek to break, the commercial monopoly claimed by the Maharajas of the Straits. Whatever the cause, in c. 1025 Rajendra I mounted a great raid against the Sri Vijaya empire; AMRITKAAL - THE FOUNDATION OF 'NEW INDIA', 'STRONG INDIA': WHY IS THE OPPOSITION TRYING TO TARNISH AMRITKAL? - Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government emphasizes on AmritKaal. [mehr]

Stichwörter: Culture, Literature, Magazine, India

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Keta Diablo Where The Rain Is Made

Liebe
Englisch
4459 Wörter
Keine Altersempfehlung
756
8

After a decadent-looking savage captures Francesca DuVall and her brother Marsh, she spends every waking moment planning an escape. She didn’t count on the powerful draw of desire interfering with her scheme while in the clutches of the brutal Cheyenne Dog Soldiers. Ethan Gray is a curator at a national museum . . . most of the time. When he travels through time to help his beloved People he’s Meko, leader of the most revered and feared tribe of the plains. Their worlds are decades apart and yet Meko can’t resist the dark beauty he kidnapped during a raid. Violent battles loom on the horizon, but there’s only one he must win at all costs – the capture of Cesca’s heart forever. From the windswept plains of Colorado and the harsh life of a Dog Soldier to the placid life of a curator, their love was fueled by passion and kindled by destiny. [mehr]

Stichwörter: paranormal, time travel, shapeshifter, Native American, romance, mysticism, Cheyenne, Dog soldier

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Philip Fleishman M.D. The Gemini Factor

Thriller
Englisch
2956 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
4
6

Murders are common. Serial murders are less common. Serial murders committed in two different countries at exactly the same time, in exactly the same way, are unheard of...until now. In Toronto, Inspector Raid McTavish stares at the body of the young woman carefully posed in a bed of purple iris, her throat slashed, almost beheaded, her hands placed to cover her empty eye sockets. He knows this is not a random murder, but the first of more to come. What he doesn't know is that 2,000 miles away in Tucson, Arizona, Sergeant Gary Ronstadt is viewing an identical crime scene. Months later, McTavish and Ronstadt meet at a seminar on telepathy between identical twins, where they are shocked to discover that not only are they investigating identical murders, but their lives are intimately linked by a number of inexplicable similarities and coincidences. While working together to unravel the clues purposely left by the killers, the detectives realize they have but five days to find the killers before they strike again, only this time the killings will be much closer to home. [mehr]

Stichwörter: Coincidences, twins, murder mystery, fiction, suspense, crime novel, Thriller, 4-star reviews

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Upton Sinclair The Jungle (fiscle Part-XI)

Sprache und Literatur
Englisch
149107 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
2

Upton Sinclair's The Jungle is a vivid portrait of life and death in a turn-of-the-century American meat-packing factory. A grim indictment that led to government regulations of the food industry, it is Sinclair's extraordinary contribution to literature and social reform. For those who think this book is not fit for high school reading because it's "gross, boring and hard to read," please take a moment to think. This is one of the most impactful books on American history after Appeal to Reason by Thomas Paine (for those who think that I forgot Uncle Tom's Cabin, that had no direct effect on the abolition of slavery. It, along with Bleeding Kansas, John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry, Senator Brook's attack on Sumner in Congress, the election of Abraham Lincoln, and numerous other events that led up to the secession of seven states and the form of the Confederacy ultimately leading to the Civil War.) This actually brought a direct reform on the meat packing industry. Also you must remember that you did not have a piece of contaminated meat before you opened this book and started reading. I'd bet you would be somewhat more interested in the book if you did. And of course it's going to be gross, how else are you supposed to rouse the public to action? Bottom line, it is a vital piece of history that needs to be appreciated and understood.--Submitted by John Kean [mehr]

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Ailie Baumann 31 Days of Psalms

Revealing God's Heart

Religion
Englisch
25326 Wörter
Ab 16 Jahren
149
0

The picture of God as a loving father may for some be a puzzle especially given that religion has painted God as a diety similar to Zeus waiting on the edge of his seat to raid a shower of lightning bolts to put us in our place. Or, we want to believe that God is indeed an incredible God of love yet, we wonder if he really loves us or sees us as worthy. However, God even in his majesty and might is a God of lavish love whose heart is turned towards you in devotion. For this purpose, I created 31 Days of Psalms - Revealing God's Heart. I wanted to draw you, the reader, into a deeper understanding of God's lavish love towards you, and the truth that he is intricately involved in the everyday moments of your life. Here you will find thirty-one Psalms and verses to meditate on and include in your daily time with God. In many ways, it is akin to a devotional book. Join me and a variety of other passionate Jesus writers as we explore the book of Psalms together. [mehr]

Stichwörter: Revealing God's Heart, Knowing your identity, Father God, God's love, 31 Days of Psalms, Bible study, encouragement

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H. P. Lovecraft The Horror at Red Hook

Krimi
Englisch
8317 Wörter
Ab 8 Jahren
286
2

"The Horror at Red Hook" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft. The story begins with Detective Malone describing an on-duty incident at Red Hook, Brooklyn, that gave him a phobia of large buildings. Back-tracking to where it all began, Red Hook is described in detail, with its gangs and crime, and suggesting at an occult underbelly. The "case of Robert Suydam" is then told to be the driving force behind Malone's federally ordered involvement at Red Hook. Suydam's demeanor changes suddenly. Known as a shabby recluse, he is seen around town looking younger and more radiant. News arrives of his engagement to a well-to-do woman, while at the same time, there is an increase in local kidnappings. A police raid, involving Malone, uncovers nothing useful from Suydam's Red Hook flat save a few strange inscriptions. After Suydam's wedding, he and his bride leave on a ship. A scream is heard and when the crew enter Suydam's stateroom, they find him and his wife dead, with claw-marks on his wife's body. Malone enters Suydam's flat to see what he can find. In the basement, he comes across a door that breaks open and sucks him inside, revealing a hellish landscape. Malone is found in the basement of Suydam's flat, which has caved in inexplicably above him, killing everyone else inside. The tunnels and chambers uncovered in the raids are filled in and cemented, though as Malone recounts, Red Hook never changes. [mehr]

Stichwörter: the horror at red hook, lovecraft, supernatural mystery, detective and horror, occult thriller, suspense, gothic

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DANIEL DEFOE MEMOIRS OF A CAVALIER A MILITARY

Historisches
Englisch
107742 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
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Daniel Defoe (/ˌdænjəl dɨˈfoʊ/; c. 1660 – 24 April 1731),[1] born Daniel Foe, was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy, now most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, as he helped to popularise the form in Britain and with others such as Samuel Richardson, is among the founders of the English novel. A prolific and versatile writer, he wrote more than five hundred books, pamphlets and journals on various topics (including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural). He was also a pioneer of economic journalism.[2]Daniel Foe (his original name) was probably born in Fore Street, in the parish of St. Giles Cripplegate, London.[3] Defoe later added the aristocratic-sounding "De" to his name and on occasion claimed descent from the family of De Beau Faux. His birthdate and birthplace are uncertain and sources offer dates from 1659–1662, with 1660 considered the most likely. His father, James Foe, was a prosperous tallow chandler and a member of the Worshipful Company of Butchers. In Defoe's early life, he experienced some of the most unusual occurrences in English history: in 1665, 70,000 were killed by the Great Plague of London and next year, the Great Fire of London left standing only Defoe's and two other houses in his neighbourhood.[4] In 1667, when he was probably about seven, a Dutch fleet sailed up the Medway via the River Thames and attacked the town of Chatham in the raid on the Medway. His mother Annie had died by the time he was about ten.[5][6] [mehr]

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Andrew Scorah The Omega Sanction

Thriller
Englisch
63443 Wörter
Ab 12 Jahren
3956
38

AN OLD ENEMY Thuringia, Germany, 1945 In the dyeing days of World War II, the allied forces overrun a subterranean factory in the Jonas Valley. A team from 30 Advanced Unit is sent into the tunnels, what they discover is beyond all logic, and known technology of the time. A TIME FOR REVENGE London today, MI5’s Adam Bane is working on taking down a uranium smuggling ring. A raid on a warehouse goes horribly wrong when all the players commit suicide. And the consignment turns out to be something completely different, Red Mercury, code name Xerum 25. On the back of this, Bane is seconded to a multi-national team, code name Omega. Before he can leave, he finds he has been marked for death by a Far Right group, Geheime Staat. Running for his life with assassins jumping out of the shadows, he runs to the only safe place, Omega Base. RISE OF THE NEW REICH An armed and highly skilled force has overrun Area 51, the US’s top secret testing site in the Nevada dessert. Using the bases defences, they have thwarted all attempts to retake the base. Led by the self-styled Fuhrer, Oskar Koenig, they are after a device known as Die Glocke. With this device they hope to return to the final days of World War II. A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF FEAR What if Hitler had developed a devastating new form of super-weapon? A doomsday weapon. What if Hitler knew he was going to lose the war? What if this weapon was hidden away somewhere, waiting for the time to be activated. Now imagine an old enemy who has been hiding in the shadows and is still fighting a war most thought had ended with the fall of Hitler. Oskar Koenig knows of this weapon, knows Hitler killed everyone who worked on the device. It was to be used as his final solution; he was going to burn the planet. Thankfully, he never got to use it. Now this old enemy with a new face is going to carry out Hitler’s last wish. The world will bow down to the might of the Fourth Reich or burn. Bane and Omega Group are plunged into a fight for survival. Taking them from the death lands of Nevada to the hellish last days of the Third Reich. [mehr]

Stichwörter: Thriller, Time travel, World War 2, Action and Adventure, Military

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M. Anthony Phillips Pray for Daylight/the Blood Feud

Horror
Englisch
59448 Wörter
Ab 16 Jahren
311
3

A half-vampire hybrid warrior named Simone is humanity’s last chance against vampires and demons from the underworld who is led by their leader, the vampire Kristain, her father. Fought over at her birth by angels and demons of the Underworld, Simone Akonjo, a half vampire-human was rescued at birth by a rogue Shaolin Monk who killed his own master to protect the infant from being destroyed in a vampire raid. Set in 1850’s Paris, France, and present-day Seattle, Simone is raised by her adopted father Arkamun, a former Monk preparing her to battle ancient vampires he fought for years, including her father, Kristian. Kristian, a painter in the impressionist style like Monet, when on the evening of showcasing his life’s work is laughed at by aristocrats he invited including his beloved fiance’s father. He walks the streets of Paris and is bitten by the original vampire Andras and seeks to get revenge on those who wronged him. While killing his fiance’s father, he then turns on her who is pregnant with his child. After killing the Shaolin Monk Arkamun raises the baby as his own with the help of others in a warrior society until he starts to realize that Simone is different than other girls. Secluded from Parisian society for fear of the unknown, Arkamun keeps Simone’s heritage a secret from her until Kristian shows up to take his daughter. As Arkamun ages Simone ages very slowly and Arkamun knows that Simone must choose the path that was foretold for her. Simone is given the biblical “Spear of Michael” weapon by Arc Angels and is chosen to lead an apocalyptic war against Kristian and his clan and demons for the sake of humanity along with the charismatic anti-hero Malic Turner, whose on a killing spree against vampires for killing his whole family, rogue Shaolin Monks and a courageous priest in this dark and exotic tale. [mehr]

Stichwörter: horror, fiction, vampire, acton, adventure, martial arts, black, african, urban, young adult, period, modern day, fantasy

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Robert E. Howard Beyond the Black River

Fantasy
Englisch
21831 Wörter
Ab 6 Jahren
315
2

"Beyond the Black River" is one of the original short stories about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard. A young settler named Balthus encounters Conan in the forests slaying a forest devil. Accompanying the young man back to the Fort, Conan finds the body of a merchant ensorcelled by a Pictish wizard named Zogar Sag and slain by a swamp demon. The Fort Tuscelan Commander, Valannus, is a desperate man and asks Conan to slay Zogar Sag before he raises the Picts against the whole borderlands. Taking a hand picked team of scouts and Balthus, Conan sets off stealthily in canoes. Balthus is captured and most of Conan's men slaughtered in an ambush. Balthus and one of the Scouts are tied to stakes and the scout is sacrificed by Zogar Sag to one of his jungle creatures. Before Balthus can meet a similar fate, Conan sets the Pictish village on fire and the two flee into the woods. Conan tells Balthus of the cult of Jhebbal Sag, now forgotten by most. Once all living things worshipped him when men and beasts spoke the same language. Over time men and most beasts forgot his worship. Zogar Sag has not, however, and can control those few animals and creatures who also remember. And they are on Conan's trail now. Conan is able to neutralize them using a symbol he once noticed, and the pair hurry to return to the Fort to warn them of the impending Pictish assault, but they are too late. They then go to warn the settlers that the Picts have crossed the river and are raiding. They are joined by Slasher, a feral dog formerly owned by a settler who had been slain by the Picts. Balthus is sent on to warn settlers of the coming Pict raid, and Conan parts from him to warn a group of settler who had gone to gather salt. Balthus warns the settlers, and—accompanied by Slasher—makes a stand against the coming Pict raiders. Their sacrifice delays the Picts and give the settlers time to reach safety. Conan manages to warn the salt-gathering party in time, but finds he has been marked for death by the gods of darkness for misusing the symbol of Jhebbal Sag. In the end Conan triumphs, but the fort is lost. The story ends in a tavern. A survivor tells Conan about the courageous act of Balthus and Slasher, and how their final stand had delayed the Picts just barely long enough for the settlers to reach safety. Upon hearing of the fight, Conan vowed to take the heads of ten Picts to pay for Balthus' sacrifice, along with seven heads for the dog, who was "a better warrior than many a man." [mehr]

Stichwörter: beyond the black river, robert e howard, science fantasy, science fiction, fantasy, conan the barbarian, adventure

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