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Download or read book La Fee Verte written by Samuel Clark and published by Tenebris Books. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She is the nectar of the poet, the Green Muse. She steals the souls of those who love, turns their lives to despair and feeds her own. She is where love goes when it is destroyed and only hate shall remain. Her name is Green Fairy, and she lives in the absinthe. At the centre of several intertwined stories is Virginie Couvet, who falls in love with a man with ties to the church-a man who cannot afford to associate with her. Virginie and her sisters have invented a drink that their customers love but the church wants outlawed: Absinthe. Haunted by her lost love, and by strange visions of La Gargouille, Virginie desperately searches for release from her torment. Under the influence of a force she does not understand, the lines between this world and the next begin to blur. This gripping tale, pieced together from the translated diary extracts of those who have encountered La Fee Verte in her various forms, takes us on a journey that begins in sixth century France, but spans over a millennium."
Download or read book La Fee Verte written by Samuel Clark and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Gothic novel the likes of which have not been seen since Stoker's Dracula. La Fee Verte tells the story of Virginie Couvet, the youngest of the three sisters who invented absinthe. The town of Rouen laps up the green drink in its cafe's and inns, much to the chagrin of the church who hatch a plan to destroy the sisters and once and for all rid the town of the Couvet's. As a result Virginie's life spirals out of control, but can she gain the strength of will to get through it and rise from the ashes of these most darkest of days?
Download or read book La Fée Verte written by Samuel Clark and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She is the nectar of the poet, the Green Muse. She steals the souls of those who love, turns their lives to despair and feeds her own. She is where love goes when it is destroyed and only hate shall remain. Her name is Green Fairy, and she lives in the absinthe. At the centre of several intertwined stories is Virginie Couvet, who falls in love with a man with ties to the church-a man who cannot afford to associate with her. Virginie and her sisters have invented a drink that their customers love but the church wants outlawed: Absinthe. Haunted by her lost love, and by strange visions of La Gargouille, Virginie desperately searches for release from her torment. Under the influence of a force she does not understand, the lines between this world and the next begin to blur. This gripping tale, pieced together from the translated diary extracts of those who have encountered La Fee Verte in her various forms, takes us on a journey that begins in sixth century France, but spans over a millennium."
Book Synopsis The Year of Drinking Adventurously by : Jeff Cioletti
Download or read book The Year of Drinking Adventurously written by Jeff Cioletti and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You want a little adventure in your life. And why not? With thousands of breweries and distilleries in the United States, there are more choices than ever on tap and behind the bar. So many, that you’re a little bit intimidated. But throughout the course of a year you can learn to impress your friends by becoming a pub savant with The Year of Drinking Adventurously, a guide to getting out of your beverage comfort zone once a week for a year. Each of the fifty-two chapters features the story behind a unique beer, spirit, cocktail or wine, designed to broaden your drinking horizons. Some correspond with specific seasons or holidays, encouraging you to forget the million-dollar marketing-supported “conventional wisdom” and drink against the grain. It’s Cinco de Mayo? There’s much more to the celebration than lime-enhanced lager and shots of rotgut tequila. St. Patrick’s Day? Do you really want to be the 700th person of the evening to order a green-tinted brew and a shot of cheap whiskey? The Year of Drinking Adventurously takes the social imbiber on a journey into the exciting and unknown—one week at a time.
Download or read book Salon Fantastique written by Ellen Datlow and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expand your vision of what a fantasy story can be with tales by Peter S. Beagle, Lucius Shepard, Catherynne M. Valente, Paul Di Filippo, and others. Winner of the World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology Inspired by the literary salons of eighteenth-century France, Salon Fantastique brings together renowned authors to create and share new tales that show the fantasy form at its best. The resulting stories form a conversation between established and emerging writers, historical and contemporary fiction, timeless folklore themes and the immediacy of modern politics, traditional linear narratives, and more experimental storytelling. Kicking off the collection is Delia Sherman’s “La Fée Verte,” in which a nineteenth-century prostitute takes a lover among the other women in a Parisian bordello, a mysterious wraith who sees the past, present, and future. In Catherynne M. Valente’s “A Gray and Soundless Tide,” a woman shelters a selkie and learns her tragic story, while in Paul Di Filippo’s “Femaville 29,” a tsunami gives birth to a glorious new city rising from the imagination of children. In the intimate company of today’s master fantasists, you’ll be gifted with stories that will take the genre in directions you never could have imagined . . . “Bring[s] together mostly new fantasy writers, most of them contributors to previous Datlow/Windling books and perhaps forming a distinct ‘school.’ Call it American magic realism.” —Publishers Weekly “A roster of fifteen contributors to make any lover of literary fantasy go weak at the knees. . . . an anthology that rewards reflection.” —Strange Horizons
Download or read book Hideous Absinthe written by Jad Adams and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mysterious, sophisticated, alluring and almost Satanic, absinthe was the drink of choice of Baudelaire, Verlaine and Wilde. It inspired Degas, Manet and Picasso and was thought to have led to the demise of many of Paris' fin-de-siecle inhabitants. Jad Adams recounts the drink's history.
Book Synopsis Contes de la fée verte by : Poppy Z. Brite
Download or read book Contes de la fée verte written by Poppy Z. Brite and published by Editions Denoël. This book was released on 1997 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Douze nouvelles pour découvrir un registre nouveau dans le fantastique et la terreur. Une évocation sensible aux parfums, aux atmosphères, aux expériences limites d'une génération en proie au mal de vivre, parant la mort d'une étrange séduction charnelle.
Book Synopsis Young Woman in a Garden by : Delia Sherman
Download or read book Young Woman in a Garden written by Delia Sherman and published by Small Beer Press. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her vivid and sly, gentle and wise, long-anticipated first collection, Delia Sherman takes seemingly insignificant moments in the lives of artists or sailors—the light out a window, the two strokes it takes to turn a small boat—and finds the ghosts haunting them, the magic surrounding them. Here are the lives that make up larger histories, here are tricksters and gardeners, faeries and musicians, all glittering and sparkling, finding beauty and hope and always unexpected, a touch of wild magic. Praise for Delia Sherman's previous books: "Multilayered, compassionate, and thought-provoking."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Fantastic in every sense of the word, Sherman's second novel (Through a Brazen Mirror) is a skillfully crafted fairy tale that owes as much to E.T.A. Hoffman as to Charles Perrault. . . . The Porcelain Dove is no dainty vertu but a seductive, sinister bird with razored feathers."—Publishers Weekly Delia Sherman was born in Japan and raised in New York City. Her work has appeared most recently in the anthologies Naked City, Steampunk!, and Queen Victoria's Book of Spells. She is the author of six novels including The Porcelain Dove (a New York Times Notable Book), The Freedom Maze, and Changeling, and has received the Mythopoeic and Norton awards. She lives in New York City.
Book Synopsis Llewellyn's 2011 Herbal Almanac by : Susan Pesznecker
Download or read book Llewellyn's 2011 Herbal Almanac written by Susan Pesznecker and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2010-09-08 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Add some zing to your love life with home-blended aphrodisiacs. Feel charged up and refreshed every day with energy-boosting smoothies. This practical almanac contains hundreds of ways for you to use herbs to beautify your home, invigorate your life, and strengthen your ties to nature. Featuring over two dozen articles in five areas--gardening, cooking, crafts, health/beauty, and myth/lore--this edition is filled with hands-on projects and advice for everything from keeping plants healthy and sustainable harvesting to treating ailments and summer party planning. Keep your pets healthy with specially crafted infusions and ointments Make your own remedies for headaches, poor memory, and fibromyalgia Re-create tasty recipes and boost the flavors of your favorite foods with herbal butters Enjoy a pest-free garden with all-natural pesticides Learn how to choose plants, gather and dry herbs, and collect seeds Create aromatic necklaces, potpourri, and sachets for relaxation
Book Synopsis Dreams of Absinthe by : Ana Lee Kennedy
Download or read book Dreams of Absinthe written by Ana Lee Kennedy and published by Riverdale Avenue Books LLC. This book was released on 2017-08-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bizarre red fog belches from the New York City sewers. Ian, like so many others, succumbs to its paranormal caress. As he lies in the street unable to move, all he can think about is Skorpe, the man who crushed his heart and stole his money. Soon, creatures composed of no more than glowing outlines with eyes like flaming coals begin wandering the streets. Falling for Ian wasn’t in Skorpe’s plans. To save Ian from the Crimson Bane, Skorpe steals nine grand from him and leaves him to set up a safe haven then returns only to discover that he might be too late. Struggling to comprehend a world turned upside down, Ian wants only to be with his partner Skorpe at The Castle, an underground stronghold for Parallelans and Earthies. However, Ian’s unpredictable ex-fiancé, Regina, is the residing MD, and Skorpe worries that Ian still has lingering feelings for her. When explosions at the Standoff Point separate Ian and Skorpe, the two lovers vow to find each another a second time, but there’s only one problem. Regina is determined to mend fences and make Ian hers again. Stuck in the Appalachians, Ian begins a long trek back to the man he loves. However, Skorpe has a problem, too—a very handsome one. Can Ian and Skorpe’s love survive distance, temptation and demons swarming the countryside?
Book Synopsis Lord Of Mysteries 2: Circle Of Inevitability by : Cuttlefish That Loves Diving
Download or read book Lord Of Mysteries 2: Circle Of Inevitability written by Cuttlefish That Loves Diving and published by Cloudary Holdings Limited (Webnovel). This book was released on 2023-03-03 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lord of the Mysteries 2 Official English version will updated synchronously on Webnovel APP The second part of the mysterious world. In the year of 1368, at the end of July, crimson will fall from the sky.
Book Synopsis 12 Cocktails Good and True by : Nigel Bob Collins
Download or read book 12 Cocktails Good and True written by Nigel Bob Collins and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writer-journalist Nigel Bob Collins explores twelve classic cocktail, all of which have been enjoyed for nearly or more than a century. The origins, history, and mythology of each cocktail are investigated, and the original recipes are provided. The book includes all information necessary to prepare the drinks, along with a discussion of the ingredients of each. Also included are cocktail photos by the noted food photographer Denny Culbert and period photos of people and places associated with the cocktails. The book is intended for a lay audience but is an invaluable resource for the professional barman.
Book Synopsis A Bite-Sized History of France by : Stéphane Henaut
Download or read book A Bite-Sized History of France written by Stéphane Henaut and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "delicious" (Dorie Greenspan), "genial" (Kirkus Reviews), "very cool book about the intersections of food and history" (Michael Pollan)—as featured in the New York Times "The complex political, historical, religious and social factors that shaped some of [France's] . . . most iconic dishes and culinary products are explored in a way that will make you rethink every sprinkling of fleur de sel." —The New York Times Book Review Acclaimed upon its hardcover publication as a "culinary treat for Francophiles" (Publishers Weekly), A Bite-Sized History of France is a thoroughly original book that explores the facts and legends of the most popular French foods and wines. Traversing the cuisines of France's most famous cities as well as its underexplored regions, the book is enriched by the "authors' friendly accessibility that makes these stories so memorable" (The New York Times Book Review). This innovative social history also explores the impact of war and imperialism, the age-old tension between tradition and innovation, and the enduring use of food to prop up social and political identities. The origins of the most legendary French foods and wines—from Roquefort and cognac to croissants and Calvados, from absinthe and oysters to Camembert and champagne—also reveal the social and political trends that propelled France's rise upon the world stage. As told by a Franco-American couple (Stéphane is a cheesemonger, Jeni is an academic) this is an "impressive book that intertwines stories of gastronomy, culture, war, and revolution. . . . It's a roller coaster ride, and when you're done you'll wish you could come back for more" (The Christian Science Monitor).
Book Synopsis The Little Green Book of Absinthe by : Paul Owens
Download or read book The Little Green Book of Absinthe written by Paul Owens and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-02-02 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read Paul Owens and Paul Nathan's posts on the Penguin Blog A celebration of "the green goddess"-this is the first book to share absinthe recipes since it was recently legalized in the U.S. This enticing little volume presents a collection of more than 100 absinthe cocktail recipes that draw upon the classic roots of the drink as well as its new iterations. Readers will be entertained with nuggets of absinthe history and trivia, including the tradition of the green fairy, famous devotees of the drink, and the myths (or facts) of its hallucinatory properties. Readers will learn that: •America's most famous early cocktail, the sazerac, was a New Orleans creation that called for a dash of absinthe •When the absinthe backlash started in the 1890s, Edgar Degas' masterpiece L'Absinthe was booed off the auction block at Christie's in London •An experienced absintheur can identify a brand from across the room just by watching how it louches-the way the herbs' oils cloud the drink as the bartender adds water
Book Synopsis La Moisson Est Grande by : Benjamin Vallotton
Download or read book La Moisson Est Grande written by Benjamin Vallotton and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Absinthe, Sip of Seduction by : Betina Wittels
Download or read book Absinthe, Sip of Seduction written by Betina Wittels and published by Fulcrum Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Absinthe is not a relic of the past; there is a vibrant and devoted contemporary scene focused exclusively around the notorious Green Fairy. Indeed, the liquor's lore piques the interest of many: Does the drink drive one to madness? Does it serve as a gateway to boundless creativity? Which is the best method for enjoying the drink-set aflame or chilled with ice and sugar? How can I get my hands on all of the beguiling absinthe antiques? Answering these burning questions, authors Betina Wittels, Robert Hermesch, and T. A. Breaux, all astute absinthe connoisseurs, have updated their wildly successful book with an expanded historical section, new absinthe reviews to tantalize imbibers, sidebars peeking into various absinthe subcultures, stunning new imagery from both past and present, and much more. For those looking to begin their absinthe journey or for those who've been on the path for some time, this book is a must for those who fancy all things absinthe.
Book Synopsis Absinthe—The Cocaine of the Nineteenth Century by : Doris Lanier
Download or read book Absinthe—The Cocaine of the Nineteenth Century written by Doris Lanier and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-12-09 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an alcohol content sometimes as high as 80 percent, absinthe was made by mixing the leaves of wormwood with other plants such as angelica root, fennel, coriander, hyssop, marjoram and anise for flavor. The result was a bitter, potent drink that became a major social, medical and political phenomenon during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; its popularity was mainly in France, but also in other parts of Europe and the United States, particularly in New Orleans. Absinthe produced a sense of euphoria and a heightening of the senses, similar to the effect of cocaine and opium, but was addictive and caused a rapid loss of mental and physical faculties. Despite that, Picasso, Manet, Rimbaud, Van Gogh, Degas and Wilde were among those devoted to its consumption and produced writings and art influenced by the drink. This work provides a history of “the green fairy”, a study of its use and abuse, an exploration of the tremendous social problems (not unlike the cocaine problems of this century) it caused, and an examination of the extent to which the lives of talented young writers and artists of the period became caught up in the absinthe craze.
