From the depths of a valley rises the city of Mahala It's a city built upwards, not across - where streets are built upon streets, buildings upon buildings. A city that the Ministry rules from the sunlit summit, and where the forsaken lurk in the darkness of Under. Rojan Dizon doesn't mind staying in the shadows, because he's got things to hide. Things like being a pain-mage, with the forbidden power to draw magic from pain. But he can't hide for ever. Because when Rojan stumbles upon the secrets lurking in the depths of the Pit, the fate of Mahala will depend on him using his magic. And unlucky for Rojan - this is going to hurt.
Three perspectives -- one truth The victim: After his windshield was shattered with a baseball bat, HIV-positive Alex Crusan ducked under the steering wheel.
Amongst the names featured in this updated, enlarged edition are Marlon Brando, Bob Hope, President Ronald Reagan, Gregory Peck, Janet Leigh, Christopher Reeve plus a host of stars from the golden age of Hollywood, whose work is being ...
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By examining the ways in which they address the American Dream, racial progress, racial difference, blackness, whiteness, class, capitalism and a host of other issues, Leonard shows that while certainly there are differences between the ...
Take an extraordinary journey through the coolest hard rock album covers from 1965-90: vinyl's “golden age.” Renowned rock journalist Martin Popoff joins with celebrated cover artist Ioannis to offer insightful critiques of 216 covers ...
Clever, introverted Joan struggled to come to terms with her mother's death by plunging herself into a dark, colorless, emotionless world.
Another incident involving a Cleveland news anchor, Sharon Reed, who is black, stripped nude on camera during a broadcast about a nude photography exhibit that featured hundreds of nude people in a public place “at the request of two ...
A soda war explodes into murder for Nero Wolfe, “one of the two or three most beloved detectives in fiction” (Publishers Weekly).
The culinary works of a new American chef is my take on what is called new American cuisine. This is upscale contemporary cooking with ethnic influences from around the world.
Wald then reminded Hughes that he had “previously turned down SADIE THOMPSON for Jane Russell.”85 Hughes indicated he would think about it and get back to Wald but did not respond for six weeks. He then called Wald at eleven at night on ...