The West wasn’t won with grit and guns. It took a sawbones with fae blood to git ’er done. Book 1 in the Otherworld Outlaw series, an action-packed romp through the Wild West, loaded with living myths, dark magic, and bloodthirsty monsters aplenty. Lula Cullen isn’t sweet and gentle, and she’s got no time for anyone’s guff. Esteemed Bostonian surgeon, she’s a woman with a career in a time when the very idea is laughed at. And nothing, not even her fiancé and his Brahmin family’s traditional values, is going to get in her way. Until… Her ambitions are derailed like a runaway steam engine when her uncle and only living relative is killed in a freak lightning accident. His dying words—“Find Toxicore Darkheart. He’s the only one who can protect you now”—launch Lula into an ill-conceived and unchaperoned trip to Abilene, Kansas, where hanged men dangle for days for minor crimes and only married women are considered respectable. Mistaken for a soiled dove the minute she hits the frontier, Lula decides to hell with respectability and starts swinging her uncle's shillelagh at anyone who asks for it. And the West sure has a lot of folks asking for it. Upon finding Darkheart, whose peculiarities go well beyond his odd name, she unearths long-buried family secrets tied to her bloodline, secrets that ultimately led to her uncle’s murder and the disappearance of her parents when she was an infant. And worse, much worse, she discovers that though she’s the one hunting for the truth—she's also being hunted. Caught between a werewolf, a necromancer, and two fae queens of the Tuatha Dé Danann, Lula has to trade her scalpel for a Colt .45 and do it fast. Because they’re not just after her, they’re after her blood. Don’t miss any of the magic-packed Otherworld Outlaws series DEADWOOD OR ALIVE • HEX ‘EM HIGH Fans of the following authors may also enjoy this Weird West Celtic Mythology series: Amy Campbell Chris Lowry David Boop Kevin Hearne Lindsay Pogue M.M. Crumley Mike Resnick Neil Adam Ray Fans of the following books and series may also enjoy this Weird West Celtic Mythology series: A Storm of Shattered Silver, Besieged, Breaker, Carter Quinn's Quirks and Curios, Dreamer, Dust and Shadow, Earth and Ember, Effigist, Fistful of Magic, Forgotten Lands, Gold Glamour's Ghost, Hammered, Hexed, Hounded, Hunted, Ink & Sigil, Needs Must, Old Magic, Open Meadows, Paper & Blood, Scourged, Shattered, Sheriff Ben Logan Series, Shimmer to Yuma, Staked, Stolen Relics, Straight Outta Tombstone, Tales of the Outlaw Mages, The Buntline Special, The Doctor and the Dinosaurs, The Doctor and the Kid, The Doctor and the Rough Ride, The Ever Emerald Edge, The Iron Druid Chronicles, The Magic Bunch, The Man Who Shot Alan Whitney, The Spectacular Seven, The Unforgotten, The Wanderers, The Widow's Son, Tide and Tempest, Trapped, Tricked, Unicorn Western, Zarahemla Two Crows Keywords related to this Weird West Celtic Mythology series: Action & Adventure Fiction, Alternate History Fantasy, Celtic Mythology, Dragons, Dragons And Mythical Creatures, Druids, Dryads, Elementals, Enchanter, Enchantress, Essential Reads, Fae, Fairies, Fairy, Fantasy Action & Adventure, Fantasy Adventure, Fantasy Series, Fantasy Stories, Fantasy Suspense, Fantasy Thriller, Fantasy Western, Folklore, Gods And Goddesses, Gritty Fantasy Epic Series Books Adventure, Gunfight, Gunslinger, Historical Fantasy, Humorous Fantasy, Mage, Magic, Magical Adventures, Magical Realism, Magician, Metaphysical Fantasy, Monsters, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Action Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Action Fiction, Mythology & Folk Tales, Myths And Legends, Occult, Occult Horror, Occult Suspense, Outlaw, Paranormal, Paranormal Horror, Paranormal Horror, Paranormal Suspense, Paranormal Suspense, Paranormal Thriller, Paranormal Thriller, Popular Series, Quest, six shooter, Sorcerer, Spells & Charms, Strong Female Lead, Supernatural, Supernatural Mysteries, Thriller & Suspense Action Fiction, Thriller & Suspense Action Fiction, Top Rated Books, Tuatha De Danann, Urban Fantasy, Warlock, Weird West, Weird Western, Weird Western Fantasy, Werewolf & Shifter Mysteries, Werewolf & Shifter Thrillers, Werewolf & Shifter Thrillers, Werewolves, Witch & Wizard Mysteries, Witch & Wizard Thrillers, Witch & Wizard Thrillers, Witches, Wizards, Wyrd West, Ya Fantasy, Ya Fantasy Books, Young Adult Fantasy Action & Adventure, Young Adult Fantasy Ebooks, Young Adult Humorous Fiction, Young Adult Series, Young Adult Wizards & Witches Fantasy Young Adult Omnibus, Young Adult Bundle, Young Adult Box Set, Omnibus Set, Omnibus Collection, Omnibus Bundle, Fantasy Omnibus, Fantasy Bundle, Fantasy Box Sets, Fantasy Box Set, Dragon Omnibus, Dragon Box Set, Collections & Anthologies, Boxed Set, Best Rated Omnibus Young Adult Dragon

***OVER A MILLION COPIES OF THE IRON DRUID BOOKS SOLD*** 'American Gods meets Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden' SFF World Atticus O'Sullivan, last of the Druids, doesn't care much for witches. Still, he's about to make nice with the local coven by signing a mutually beneficial nonaggression treaty - when suddenly the witch population in modern-day Tempe, Arizona, quadruples overnight. And the new girls are not just bad, they're bad-asses with a dark history on the German side of World War II. With a fallen angel feasting on local high school students, a horde of Bacchants blowing in from Vegas with their special brand of deadly decadence and a dangerously sexy Celtic goddess of fire vying for his attention, Atticus is having trouble scheduling the witch hunt. But aided by his magical sword, his neighbor's rocket-propelled grenade launcher, and his vampire attorney, Atticus is ready to sweep the town and show the witchy women they picked the wrong Druid to hex. Praise for the Iron Druid Chronicles: 'Atticus and his crew are a breath of fresh air! . . . I love, love, love this series' My Bookish Ways 'Entertaining, steeped in a ton of mythology, populated by awesome characters' Civilian Reader 'This is one series no fantasy fan should miss. Mystery, suspense, magic and mayhem' SciFiChick The Iron Druid Chronicles Hounded Hexed Hammered Tricked Trapped Hunted Shattered Staked Scourged Besieged (short stories) HAVE YOU TRIED . . . Kevin Hearne's epic fantasy novel A PLAGUE OF GIANTS - described by Delilah S. Dawson as 'a rare masterpiece that's both current and timeless . . . merging the fantasy bones of Tolkien and Rothfuss with a wide cast of characters who'll break your heart'. Out now!

In The Triumph of Improvisation, James Graham Wilson takes a long view of the end of the Cold War, from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 to Operation Desert Storm in January 1991. Drawing on deep archival research and recently declassified papers, Wilson argues that adaptation, improvisation, and engagement by individuals in positions of power ended the specter of a nuclear holocaust. Amid ambivalence and uncertainty, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, George Shultz, and George H. W. Bush—and a host of other actors—engaged with adversaries and adapted to a rapidly changing international environment and information age in which global capitalism recovered as command economies failed. Eschewing the notion of a coherent grand strategy to end the Cold War, Wilson paints a vivid portrait of how leaders made choices; some made poor choices while others reacted prudently, imaginatively, and courageously to events they did not foresee. A book about the burdens of responsibility, the obstacles of domestic politics, and the human qualities of leadership, The Triumph of Improvisation concludes with a chapter describing how George H. W. Bush oversaw the construction of a new configuration of power after the fall of the Berlin Wall, one that resolved the fundamental components of the Cold War on Washington’s terms.

This dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format. An engrossing guide to English folklore and traditions, with over 1,250 entries. Folklore is connected to virtually every aspect of life, part of the country, age group, and occupation. From the bizarre to the seemingly mundane, it is as much a feature of the modern technological age as of the ancient world. BL Oral and Performance genres-Cheese rolling, Morris dancing, Well-dressingEL BL Superstitions-Charms, Rainbows, WishbonesEL BL Characters-Cinderella, Father Christmas, Robin Hood, Dick WhittingtonEL BL Supernatural Beliefs-Devil's hoofprints, Fairy rings, Frog showersEL BL Calendar Customs-April Fool's Day, Helston Furry Day, Valentine's DayEL

Architecture and Modern Literature explores the representation and interpretation of architectural space in modern literature from the early nineteenth century to the present, with the aim of showing how literary production and architectural construction are related as cultural forms in the historical context of modernity. In addressing this subject, it also examines the larger questions of the relation between literature and architecture and the extent to which these two arts define one another in the social and philosophical contexts of modernity. Architecture and Modern Literature will serve as a foundational introduction to the emerging interdisciplinary study of architecture and literature. David Spurr addresses a broad range of material, including literary, critical, and philosophical works in English, French, and German, and proposes a new historical and theoretical overview of this area, in which modern forms of "meaning" in architecture and literature are related to the discourses of being, dwelling, and homelessness.

In this important contribution to narrative theory, Marie-Laure Ryan applies insights from artificial intelligence and the theory of possible worlds to the study of narrative and fiction. For Ryan, the theory of possible worlds provides a more nuanced way of discussing the commonplace notion of a fictional "world," while artificial intelligence contributes to narratology and the theory of fiction directly via its researches into the congnitive processes of texts and automatic story generation. Although Ryan applies exotic theories to the study of narrative and to fiction, her book maintains a solid basis in literary theory and makes the formal models developed by AI researchers accessible to the student of literature. By combining the philosophical background of possible world theory with models inspired by AI, the book fulfills a pressing need in narratology for new paradigms and an interdisciplinary perspective.

"In Northern Mists" is one of the best-known works by a Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen. This carefully crafted e-artnow ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents._x000D_ Volume 1:_x000D_ Antiquity, Before Pytheas_x000D_ Pytheas of Massalia: the Voyage to Thule_x000D_ Antiquity, After Pytheas_x000D_ The Early Middle Ages_x000D_ The Awakening of Mediæval Knowledge of the North_x000D_ Finns, Skridfinns (Lapps), and the First Settlement of Scandinavia_x000D_ The Voyages of the Norsemen: Discovery of Iceland and Greenland_x000D_ Voyages to the Uninhabited Parts of Greenland in the Middle Ages_x000D_ Wineland the Good, the Fortunate Isles, and the Discovery of America…_x000D_ Volume 2:_x000D_ Wineland the Good, the Fortunate Isles, and the Discovery of America_x000D_ Eskimo and Skræling_x000D_ The Decline of the Norse Settlements in Greenland_x000D_ Expeditions of the Norwegians to the White Sea, Voyages in the Polar Sea, Whaling and Sealing_x000D_ The North in Maps and Geographical Works of the Middle Ages_x000D_ John Cabot and the English Discovery of North America_x000D_ The Portuguese Discoveries in the North-West…

Twilight Inventory is a collection of reviews of forgotten British 8-bit text adventure games from the 1990s.

The Singularity has happened, and life afterward proves to be more bizarre than we thought. "SF book of the year" (Interzone).