Romancing the Dark in the City of Light
Title | Romancing the Dark in the City of Light PDF eBook |
Author | Ann Jacobus |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 285 |
Release | 2015-10-06 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1250064430 |
A troubled teen, living in Paris, is torn between two boys, one of whom encourages her to embrace life, while the other—dark, dangerous, and attractive—urges her to embrace her fatal flaws.
City of Light
Title | City of Light PDF eBook |
Author | Lauren Belfer |
Publisher | Dial Press Trade Paperback |
Pages | 514 |
Release | 2003-08-26 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0385337647 |
NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • “Breathtaking . . . a remarkable blend of murder mystery, love story, political intrigue, and tragedy of manners.”—USA Today The year is 1901. Buffalo, New York, is poised for glory. With its booming industry and newly electrified streets, Buffalo is a model for the century just beginning. Louisa Barrett has made this dazzling city her home. Headmistress of Buffalo’s most prestigious school, Louisa is at ease in a world of men, protected by the titans of her city. But nothing prepares her for a startling discovery: evidence of a murder tied to the city’s cathedral-like power plant at nearby Niagara Falls. This shocking crime—followed by another mysterious death—will ignite an explosive chain of events. For in this city of seething intrigue and dazzling progress, a battle rages among politicians, power brokers, and industrialists for control of Niagara. And one extraordinary woman in their midst must protect a dark secret that implicates them all. . . .
City of Shattered Light
Title | City of Shattered Light PDF eBook |
Author | Claire Winn |
Publisher | North Star Editions, Inc. |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2021-10-19 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1635830729 |
In this YA sci-fi, an heiress flees her controlling father to prevent her test-subject sister’s mind from being reprogrammed—but must ally with a smuggler to outwit a monstrous AI, gravity-shifting gladiatorial pits, and bloodthirsty criminal matriarchs to save her sister and their city.
Death in the City of Light
Title | Death in the City of Light PDF eBook |
Author | David King |
Publisher | Crown Publishing Group (NY) |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Large type books |
ISBN | 0307452891 |
The gripping true story of a brutal serial killer who unleashed his own reign of terror in Nazi-occupied Paris. Dr. Marcel Petiot was eventually charged with 27 murders, although authorities suspected the total was considerably higher. The trial became a circus, and Petiot enjoyed the spotlight. A harrowing exploration of murder, betrayal, and evil of staggering proportions.
Dark in the City of Light
Title | Dark in the City of Light PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Robertson |
Publisher | Baker Books |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 2010-07-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1441212132 |
The climate is tense in 1870s Europe as mistrust and suspicion rule the day. When the wife of Baron Harsanyi--a well-connected military attache--is found murdered, it is only the first in a series of evil acts committed by a shadowy enemy bent on destroying the baron. As nations ready for war, the baron must uncover the truth as he and his two adult children are launched straight into the maelstrom that will engulf the continent.
City of Light
Title | City of Light PDF eBook |
Author | Keri Arthur |
Publisher | Hachette UK |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 2016-01-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0349406995 |
When the bombs that stopped the species war tore holes in the veil between this world and the next, they allowed entry to the Others - demons, wraiths, and death spirits who turned the shadows into their hunting grounds. Now, a hundred years later, humans and shifters alike live in artificially lit cities designed to keep the darkness at bay.... As a déchet - a breed of humanoid super-soldiers almost eradicated by the war - Tiger has spent her life in hiding. But when she risks her life to save a little girl on the outskirts of Central City, she discovers that the child is one of many abducted in broad daylight by a wraith-like being - an impossibility with dangerous implications for everyone on earth. Because if the light is no longer enough to protect them, nowhere is safe...
Darkness Falls on the Land of Light
Title | Darkness Falls on the Land of Light PDF eBook |
Author | Douglas L. Winiarski |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 632 |
Release | 2017-02-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1469628279 |
This sweeping history of popular religion in eighteenth-century New England examines the experiences of ordinary people living through extraordinary times. Drawing on an unprecedented quantity of letters, diaries, and testimonies, Douglas Winiarski recovers the pervasive and vigorous lay piety of the early eighteenth century. George Whitefield's preaching tour of 1740 called into question the fundamental assumptions of this thriving religious culture. Incited by Whitefield and fascinated by miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit--visions, bodily fits, and sudden conversions--countless New Englanders broke ranks with family, neighbors, and ministers who dismissed their religious experiences as delusive enthusiasm. These new converts, the progenitors of today's evangelical movement, bitterly assaulted the Congregational establishment. The 1740s and 1750s were the dark night of the New England soul, as men and women groped toward a restructured religious order. Conflict transformed inclusive parishes into exclusive networks of combative spiritual seekers. Then as now, evangelicalism emboldened ordinary people to question traditional authorities. Their challenge shattered whole communities.