The Oak and Serpent
Title | The Oak and Serpent PDF eBook |
Author | Gary B. O'sullivan, M.d. |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 339 |
Release | 2007-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 061515557X |
A definitive history of the illustrious O'Sullivan clan, including new information concerning the true meaning of the name. The O'Sullivan tartan and the O'Sullivan battle flag are introduced and a detailed account of the O'Sullivan MacCragh sept of Dunderry Castle is provided.
Vanessa
Title | Vanessa PDF eBook |
Author | Amelie Loyot |
Publisher | |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 2014-05-26 |
Genre | Farm Pond (Martha's Vineyard, Mass.) |
ISBN | 9780615989440 |
A Martha's Vineyard fairy tale about a curious Sea Serpent and how she came to live in a pond in Oak Bluffs.
The Serpent Club
Title | The Serpent Club PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Coffey |
Publisher | |
Pages | 420 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780671028282 |
Ted Lowe, a Los Angeles reporter, investigates the death of a young girl. Suddenly it becomes clear that someone does not want Ted to learn the truth.
The Essex Serpent
Title | The Essex Serpent PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Perry |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 420 |
Release | 2017-06-06 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0062666398 |
NOW AN APPLE TV+ SERIES A Washington Post Notable Work of Fiction * Winner of the British Book Awards Fiction Book of the Year and overall Book of the Year *A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of The Year * Waterstones Book of the Year * Costa Book Award Finalist “A novel of almost insolent ambition—lush and fantastical, a wild Eden behind a garden gate...it’s part ghost story and part natural history lesson, part romance and part feminist parable. I found it so transporting that 48 hours after completing it, I was still resentful to be back home.” —New York Times London, 1893. When Cora Seaborne’s brilliant, domineering husband dies, she steps into her new life as a widow with as much relief as sadness: her marriage was an unhappy one, and she never suited the role of society wife. Seeking refuge in fresh air and open space, she leaves the metropolis for coastal Essex, accompanied by her inquisitive and obsessive eleven-year-old son, Francis, and the boy’s nanny, Martha, her fiercely protective friend. Once there, they hear rumors that after nearly three hundred years, the mythical Essex Serpent, a fearsome creature that once roamed the marshes, has returned. When a young man is mysteriously killed on New Year’s Eve, the community’s dread transforms to terror. Cora, a keen amateur naturalist with no patience for religion or superstition, is immediately enthralled, certain that what locals think is a magical sea beast may be a previously undiscovered species. Eager to investigate, she is introduced to parish vicar William Ransome, who is equally suspicious of the rumors but for different reasons: a man of faith, he is convinced the alarming reports are caused by moral panic, a flight from the correct and righteous path. As Cora and William attempt to discover the truth about the Essex Serpent’s existence, these seeming opposites find themselves inexorably drawn together in an intense relationship that will change both of them in ways entirely unexpected. And as they search for answers, Cora’s London past follows her to the coast, with striking consequences. Told with exquisite grace and intelligence, The Essex Serpent masterfully explores questions of science and religion, skepticism and faith, but it is most of all a celebration of love, and the many different—and surprising—guises it can take.
The Serpent and the Rose
Title | The Serpent and the Rose PDF eBook |
Author | Kathleen Bryan |
Publisher | Macmillan + ORM |
Pages | 382 |
Release | 2008-02-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1466801611 |
The beautiful Averil is heir to the Duchy of Quitaine, in the Kingdom of Lys. She is a powerful mage, trained by the Ladies of the Isle, but when her father calls her home to take up her duties, she must leave that life behind. In her city of Fontevrai, she meets Gereint, raised as a common villager but greatly gifted in magic, a novice of the magical order of the Knights of the Rose. The Knights and their sister order, the Ladies of the Isle, defend a great secret: the means and location of the Serpent's imprisonment a thousand years ago by the Young God in whose name their order was founded. Quitaine is under subtle attack by the King of Lys, who has secretly become an adept of the hidden order of the Serpent, and he will let nothing and no one stand in the way of his quest to discover how to free his God. But the Knights of the Rose, and the Ladies of the Isle believe that if the Serpent is freed, the world will be enslaved to chaos: humanity will destroy itself, and all that man has made will be corrupted. The War of the Rose and Serpent has begun again, after a thousand years. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Serpent's Garden
Title | The Serpent's Garden PDF eBook |
Author | Richard C Loofbourrow |
Publisher | iUniverse |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 2007-06 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0595441831 |
The Serpent's Garden is a crime/thriller about the macabre and mysterious murders of five female graduate students at UCLA. A charismatic but controversial philosophy professor has been falsely charged and convicted of the ritualistic murders. All the women were found posed and clutching a Bible; the murderer left several clues including coins wedged in the victim's eyes bearing a crucified serpent, an open Bible, a novelty snake, and an eight-inch crucifix buried in the victims' birth canal. Professor Chance Carpenter ends up on death row because of a rush to judgment orchestrated by the diminutive FBI agent Laura Lamb. Her ambitions and nefarious secrets cause her to cross the thin blue line and also become a serial killer. She is captured but manages a miraculous escape from the confines of Quantico's FBI headquarters and heads west on a revenge crime spree of her own. She is now on the lam; her crimes are featured in the tabloids and a new dance craze is named after her. College kids are doing the "Laura Lamb". The true killer of the UCLA coeds, however, has blended in with average "Joe College". The thriller follows a trail of evil, surprise, and suspense.
The Strand Magazine
Title | The Strand Magazine PDF eBook |
Author | Sir George Newnes |
Publisher | |
Pages | 816 |
Release | 1902 |
Genre | England |
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