The Devil’s Due (A Sherlock Holmes Adventure, Book 3)
Title | The Devil’s Due (A Sherlock Holmes Adventure, Book 3) PDF eBook |
Author | Bonnie MacBird |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Total Pages | 384 |
Release | 2019-10-10 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0008195099 |
After Art in the Blood and Unquiet Spirits, Holmes and Watson are back in the third of Bonnie MacBird’s critically acclaimed Sherlock Holmes Adventures, written in the tradition of Conan Doyle himself.
The Devils Will Get No Rest
Title | The Devils Will Get No Rest PDF eBook |
Author | James B. Conroy |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 432 |
Release | 2024-06-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1982168692 |
"In a secret, no-holds-barred, ten-day debate in a Moroccan warzone, protected by British marines and elite American troops, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, George C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, George S. Patton Jr., Sir Alan Brooke, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Sir Harold Alexander, and their military peers questioned each other's competence, doubted each other's vision, and argued their way through choices that could win or lose [World War II]"--
The Jersey Devil
Title | The Jersey Devil PDF eBook |
Author | James F. McCloy |
Publisher | B B& A Publishers |
Total Pages | 126 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780912608112 |
In the course of its extraordinary history, the Jersey Devil has been exorcised, shot, electrocuted, declared officially dead, and scoffed as foolishness--none of which has had any effect on it or the people who persist in seeing it!This mysterious creature is said to prowl the lonely sand trails and mist-shrouded marshes of the Pine Barrens, and emerge perioducally to rampage through the towns and cities of New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania, leaving many communities in near-hysteria.The authors show that while a few appearances have been out-right fraud and others have likely been the result of mass hysteria, this creature has been seen by enough sane, sober, and responsible citizens to keep the possiblity of its existence alive and tantalizing.Over 50,000 in print
The Devils
Title | The Devils PDF eBook |
Author | Darren Arnold |
Publisher | Liverpool University Press |
Total Pages | 119 |
Release | 2019-06-25 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1800347227 |
Undoubtedly the most notorious title in director Ken Russell’s controversial filmography, The Devils (1973) caused a real furor on its initial theatrical release, only to largely disappear for many years. This Devil’s Advocate considers the film’s historical context, as the timing of the first appearance of The Devils is of particular importance, its authorship and adaptation (Russell’s auteur reputation aside, the screenplay is based on John Whiting’s 1961 play of the same name, which was in turn based on Aldous Huxley’s 1952 book The Devils of Loudun), and its generic hybridity. Darren Arnold goes on to examine the themes prevalent in the film—this is the only film of Russell’s which the director considered to be political—and considers the representation of gender and sexuality, gender fluidity, and how sex and religion clash to interesting and controversial effect. He concludes by revisiting the film’s censorship travails and the various versions of The Devils that have appeared on both big and small screens, and the film’s legacy and influence.
The Devil's Arithmetic
Title | The Devil's Arithmetic PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Yolen |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 178 |
Release | 1990-10-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1101664304 |
"A triumphantly moving book." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review Hannah dreads going to her family's Passover Seder—she's tired of hearing her relatives talk about the past. But when she opens the front door to symbolically welcome the prophet Elijah, she's transported to a Polish village in the year 1942. Why is she there, and who is this "Chaya" that everyone seems to think she is? Just as she begins to unravel the mystery, Nazi soldiers come to take everyone in the village away. And only Hannah knows the unspeakable horrors that await. A critically acclaimed novel from multi-award-winning author Jane Yolen. "[Yolen] adds much to understanding the effects of the Holocaust, which will reverberate throughout history, today and tomorrow." —SLJ, starred review "Readers will come away with a sense of tragic history that both disturbs and compels." —Booklist Winner of the National Jewish Book Award An American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists"
The Devil's Derivatives
Title | The Devil's Derivatives PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas Dunbar |
Publisher | Harvard Business Press |
Total Pages | 310 |
Release | 2011-07-12 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1422143163 |
A compelling narrative on what went wrong with our financial system—and who’s to blame. From an award-winning journalist who has been covering the industry for more than a decade, The Devil’s Derivatives charts the untold story of modern financial innovation—how investment banks invented new financial products, how investors across the world were wooed into buying them, how regulators were seduced by the political rewards of easy credit, and how speculators made a killing from the near-meltdown of the financial system. Author Nicholas Dunbar demystifies the revolution that briefly gave finance the same intellectual respectability as theoretical physics. He explains how bankers worldwide created a secret trillion-dollar machine that delivered cheap mortgages to the masses and riches beyond dreams to the financial innovators. Fundamental to this saga is how “the people who hated to lose” were persuaded to accept risk by “the people who loved to win.” Why did people come to trust and respect arcane financial tools? Who were the bankers competing to assemble the basic components into increasingly intricate machines? How did this process achieve its own unstoppable momentum—ending in collapse, bailouts, and a public outcry against the giants of finance? Provocative and intriguing, The Devil’s Derivatives sheds much-needed light on the forces that fueled the most brutal economic downturn since the Great Depression.
The Devils You Know
Title | The Devils You Know PDF eBook |
Author | M. C. Atwood |
Publisher | Soho Press |
Total Pages | 289 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1616957883 |
Separated from their class during a senior trip to the infamous Boulder House, five teens confront their darkest selves and band together to escape the terrors of a Wisconsin landmark.