Whisperings in the Blood
Title | Whisperings in the Blood PDF eBook |
Author | Shelley Davidow |
Publisher | Univ. of Queensland Press |
Pages | 245 |
Release | 2016-02-24 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0702257060 |
An exquisitely compelling story of courage, destiny and the search for home When orphan girl Bertha Frank gets onto a ship in New York in February 1937 to go to South Africa to marry a man she's never met, she doesn't know that she is repeating a journey to escape poverty and the persecution of the Pogroms made by her father from Lithuania to America in 1913, or that she is foreshadowing a journey Shelley Davidow, her granddaughter, will make from South Africa to America decades into the future. In 1937, she doesn't know that it will be fifty years before she returns to visit her home, nor that she will live through tumultuous social upheaval in an Africa on the brink of transformation. As a hopeful young adult, she cannot imagine the beauty, the love and the irreparable loss she will experience as a Jewish migrant in South Africa. Nor does she know that far in the future, her grandchildren will retrace her steps backwards to escape the violent, decaying outpost of white colonialism. In the 1980s, at the height of Apartheid in South Africa, Shelley Davidow decides to run from her country, and spends the next two decades searching for home. Then, in 2012 she discovers a box of Bertha's letters and diaries. Shelley realises that her life is an echo of patterns and repeating journeys; that there is a whispering in the blood of our forebears that tells the story of all our lives. From the Pogroms of Eastern Europe, to America's Great Depression, to the rise and fall of Apartheid South Africa and finally to Australia in the 21st century, Whisperings in the Blood explores the emotional legacy that we inherit from our immigrant ancestors and the complex heartache of leaving the land of one's birth.
Blood and Whispers
Title | Blood and Whispers PDF eBook |
Author | A.C. Haskins |
Publisher | Baen Books |
Pages | 357 |
Release | 2021-03-02 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 162579827X |
A NEW URBAN FANTASY THE MOST DANGEROUS WEAPON IS A PAST SCORNED Thomas Quinn is a sorcerer haunted by the memories of the things he's done over centuries of service to the Arcanum. From battling djinn to killing demigods and dragons, the scars and nightmares have left him a broken man. He has long retired from that life, running an occult shop in Philadelphia for the past several decades, wanting nothing more than to be left alone with his books and his whiskey and his shame. But when two detectives come to his door asking about a brutal ritual murder in his city, Quinn must reluctantly take up the mantle of a Sorcerer of the Arcanum once more, and face down those who would threaten the fragile peace between the human and magical worlds. His investigation takes him from the streets of Philadelphia to the court of a Faerie King as he races to stop the apocalypse. Thomas Quinn was prepared to fight rogue sorcerers and Fae monsters. But the greatest threat he faces may be his own inner demons. . . . At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Whisper to the Blood
Title | Whisper to the Blood PDF eBook |
Author | Dana Stabenow |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 369 |
Release | 2009-02-17 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0312369743 |
Between two suspicious murders and a series of attacks on snow mobilers up the Kanuyaq River, part-time P.I. and newly elected chairman of the Niniltna Native Association Kate Shugak has her hands full.
Blood Whispers
Title | Blood Whispers PDF eBook |
Author | J. G. Sinclair |
Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Pages | 307 |
Release | 2014-06-03 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0571283926 |
Kaltrina Dervishi is a prostitute on the run from Serbian gang leader Fisnik Abazi. The police want her to give evidence against him: Abazi wants her dead. Only her lawyer, Keira Lynch, can keep that from happening. What Keira doesn't realise is that this is a case with global repercussions and it's not long before the CIA come calling. If Kaltrina talks and Abazi is imprisoned, then certain information will come to light - information that men will go to any lengths to keep buried. What they don't realise though is that Keira Lynch isn't your typical Glasgow lawyer. When she was eight years old she killed a man, and as they're about to find out, she's at her most dangerous when threatened.
Silver in the Blood
Title | Silver in the Blood PDF eBook |
Author | Jessica Day George |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Pages | 367 |
Release | 2015-07-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1619634317 |
New York Times bestselling author Jessica Day George brings dark secrets to life in a lush historical fantasy perfect for fans of Libba Bray and Cassandra Clare.
Whispers of Shadow & Flame
Title | Whispers of Shadow & Flame PDF eBook |
Author | L. Penelope |
Publisher | St. Martin's Griffin |
Pages | 414 |
Release | 2019-10-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1250148103 |
The Mantle that separates the kingdoms of Elsira and Lagrimar is about to fall. And life will drastically change for both kingdoms. Born with a deadly magic she cannot control, Kyara is forced to become an assassin. Known as the Poison Flame in the kingdom of Lagrimar, she is notorious and lethal, but secretly seeks freedom from both her untamed power and the blood spell that commands her. She is tasked with capturing the legendary rebel called the Shadowfox, but everything changes when she learns her target’s true identity. Darvyn ol-Tahlyro may be the most powerful Earthsinger in generations, but guilt over those he couldn’t save tortures him daily. He isn’t sure he can trust the mysterious young woman who claims to need his help, but when he discovers Kyara can unlock the secrets of his past, he can’t stay away. Kyara and Darvyn grapple with betrayal, old promises, and older prophecies—all while trying to stop a war. And when a new threat emerges, they must beat the odds to save both kingdoms.
Whispers of My Blood
Title | Whispers of My Blood PDF eBook |
Author | Mickey Mahaffey |
Publisher | iUniverse |
Pages | 230 |
Release | 2010-08-20 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1450246443 |
Mickey Mahaffey is a singular American explorer, a fearless saunterer across our modern-day dilemmas of faith and faithlessness, who has written a deeply personal and poetic memoir of his extraordinary life. Jeff Biggers, author of The United States of Appalachia, and In the Sierra Madre