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The Dark Lady's Mask

Author : Mary Sharratt
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544289749
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (442 download)

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Download or read book The Dark Lady's Mask written by Mary Sharratt and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Ecstasy, a novel of Renaissance England’s first female poet, and her collaboration—and love affair—with William Shakespeare. Aemilia Bassano Lanier is beautiful and accomplished, but her societal conformity ends there. She frequently cross-dresses to escape her loveless marriage and to gain freedoms only men enjoy—and then a chance encounter with a ragged, little-known poet named Shakespeare changes everything. The two outsiders strike up a literary bargain: they leave plague-ridden London for Italy, where they begin secretly writing comedies together and where Will falls in love with the beautiful country—and with Aemilia, his Dark Lady. Their Italian idyll, though, cannot last. Will gains fame and fortune for their plays back in London and years later publishes the sonnets mocking his former muse. Not one to stand by in humiliation, Aemilia takes up her own pen in her defense, and in defense of all women. Named One of the Best Books of the Year by the St. Paul Pioneer Press “An absorbing bildungsroman that grapples with strikingly contemporary issues of gender and religious identification”—New York Times Book Review “An exquisite portrait of a Renaissance woman pursuing her artistic destiny in England and Italy, who may—or may not—be Shakespeare’s Dark Lady.”—Margaret George, best-selling author of The Splendor Before the Dark “The idea of a smart, beautiful, artistic woman telling Shakespeare, ‘We shall write comedies, you and I’ is as heady as the elderflower wine Aemilia’s household staff brews.”—Washington Post “Atmospheric, well-researched, carefully plotted…and, like Shakespeare’s plays, chock-full of equal parts mirth and pith to please all.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune

Ecstasy

Author : Mary Sharratt
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544800923
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (448 download)

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Download or read book Ecstasy written by Mary Sharratt and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Illuminations, a novel of the imminent composer Alma Mahler, what she sacrificed for love, and how she brought men to their knees. Coming of age in the midst of a creative and cultural whirlwind in Vienna, young, beautiful Alma Schindler yearns to make her mark as a composer. A new era of possibility for women is dawning, and she is determined to make the most of it. But Alma loses her heart to the great composer Gustav Mahler, nearly twenty years her senior. He demands that she give up her music as a condition of their marriage. Torn by her love and in awe of his genius, how will she remain true to herself and her artistic passion? Part cautionary tale, part triumph of the feminist spirit, Ecstasy reveals the true Alma Mahler: composer, author, daughter, sister, mother, wife, lover, and muse. Mary Sharratt has finally given center stage to one of the most controversial and complex women of her time. A New York Post Must-Read Boook “Sharratt has made an impressive career fleshing out the lives of women rendered one-dimensional in the pages of history...With this fine work, [Sharratt] has us wanting more.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune “Alma Mahler is certainly worthy of joining the remarkable women about whom Sharratt has previously written.”—St. Paul Pioneer Press “This winning historical novel offers an enjoyable portrait of an ambitious woman whose struggles are as relevant today as they were a century ago.”—Publishers Weekly “[Sharratt] has in-depth knowledge of classical music and turn-of-the-20th-century Vienna…Recommended for readers who like the peaks and valleys of nonstop drama.”—Library Journal

The Darker Mask

Author : Gary Phillips
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 9781429984003
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Darker Mask written by Gary Phillips and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2008-08-19 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expanding on the concept behind Byron Preiss's Weird Heroes from the 1970s, George R. R. Martin's Wild Card series, and Michael Chabon's McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, The Darker Mask is a collection of original prose stories recalling the derring-do of the beings we call Superheroes and the worlds they fight to save. But unique to The Darker Mask stories is that these plots and characters color a literary universe outside of what has been predominantly white, idiosyncratic, and male in previous homages to pulp. This is the stuff of urban legends, new mythos, and extraordinary folks who might live in a soon-to-be-gentrified ghetto, the dreary rust-belt of the city, or in another dimension. The Darker Mask offers an eclectic mix of popular fiction writers exploring worlds gritty, visceral, and fantastic. Including stories by: Walter Mosley, L. A. Banks, Naomi Hirahara, Lorenzo Carcaterra, Tananarive Due and Stephen Barnes, Mike Gonzales, Gar Anthony Haywood, Ann Nocenti, Jerry Rodriguez, Reed Farrell Coleman, Doselle Young, Mat Johnson, Peter Spiegelman, Alexandra Sokoloff, Christopher Chambers, Gary Phillips, Victor LaValle, and Wayne Wilson. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Legacy of Masks

Author : Sallie Bissell
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 0738744557
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book Legacy of Masks written by Sallie Bissell and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2014-11-08 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ex-prosecutor Mary Crow has returned home to Pisgah County, North Carolina, three years after bringing its corrupt sheriff to justice. But the local District Attorney reneges on his promise of a job for her, and the only offer of work comes from a land developer—and former classmate—who seems to have trouble taking no for an answer. For Mary, coming home is supposed to be about renewal, about living the life she wants. She’s come home to reunite with her former lover Johnny Walkingstick . . . and to reconnect with her own past. But the reality of her homecoming takes a much darker turn as she’s plunged into the merciless world of a ruthless predator.

Daughters of the Witching Hill

Author : Mary Sharratt
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547488483
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Daughters of the Witching Hill written by Mary Sharratt and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2010-04-07 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of The Dark Lady, a novel of England’s trial of the Pendle witches of 1612 and a family struggling to survive the hysteria. Bess Southerns, an impoverished widow living in Pendle Forest, is haunted by visions and gains a reputation as a cunning woman. Drawing on the Catholic folk magic of her youth, Bess heals the sick and foretells the future. As she ages, she instructs her granddaughter, Alizon, in her craft, as well as her best friend, who ultimately turns to dark magic. When a peddler suffers a stroke after exchanging harsh words with Alizon, a local magistrate, eager to make his name as a witch finder, plays neighbors and family members against one another until suspicion and paranoia reach frenzied heights. This e-book includes a sample chapter of Illuminations. “Daughters of the Witching Hill offers a fresh approach with witches who believe in their own power and yet, in many ways, are still innocent. Sharratt’s readers—like the magistrate who took the women’s confessions—are likely to be spellbound by their stories.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Full of the reality of the day, this story is stark and real, but Sharratt’s descriptions of landscape and the daily life of the poor at the time are rich enough to feed the senses. The author weaves this vast canvas of changing culture into the personal stories of these women, and in the process transports us to a distant land, a distant time—and deep into the story of people we sympathize with and care about.”—Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Masks

Author : E. C. Blake
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0756409470
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (564 download)

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Download or read book Masks written by E. C. Blake and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When something goes horribly wrong during her traditional "Masking" ceremony in the magical world of Aygrima, Mara Holdfast must discover what happened before she is doomed to work as a slave in the mines for the rest of her life.

Revelations

Author : Mary Sharratt
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0358697395
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (586 download)

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Download or read book Revelations written by Mary Sharratt and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bishop's Lynn, England, 1413. Forty-year-old Margery Kempe has barely survived giving birth to her fourteenth child. Fearing that another pregnancy might kill her, she makes a vow of celibacy, but she can't trust her husband to keep his end of the bargain. Desperate for counsel, she visits the famous anchoress Dame Julian of Norwich. Margery confesses that she has been haunted by visceral, sensual images of the divine which send her into helpless fits of weeping. Julian then shares a confession of her own: she has written a secret book about her mystical visions, Revelations of Divine Love. Julian entrusts this dangerous text to Margery, who sets off on the adventure of a lifetime to spread Julian's radical, female vision of the divine. As Margery blazes her pilgrim's trail across Europe and the Near East, she finds a unique, spiritual path for a woman of her time, not in a cloistered cell like Julian, but in the worldly bustle of life with all of its peril and wonder." -- Back cover.

Illuminations

Author : Mary Sharratt
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547840578
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book Illuminations written by Mary Sharratt and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012-10-09 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Ecstasty, a novel of a girl who triumphed against impossible odds to become the most extraordinary woman of the Middle Ages. Hildegard von Bingen—Benedictine abbess, healer, composer, saint—experienced mystic visions from a very young age. Offered by her noble family to the Church at the age of eight, she lived for years in forced silence. But through the study of books and herbs, through music and the kinship of her sisters, Hildegard found her way from a life of submission to a calling that celebrated the divine glories all around us. In this brilliantly researched and insightful novel, Mary Sharratt offers a deeply moving portrait of a woman willing to risk everything for what she believed, a triumphant exploration of the life she might well have lived. “Sharratt brings one of the most famous and enigmatic women of the Middle Ages to vibrant life in this tour de force, which will captivate the reader from the very first page.” —Sharon Kay Penman, New York Times–bestselling author of The Land Beyond the Sea “One could not anticipate this majesty and drama…Illuminations is riveting, following von Bingen through…to emerge as one of the significant voices of the 12th century…Unforgettable.” —January Magazine “Gripping…Like Ann Patchett’s Bel Canto, [Illuminations] is primarily about relationships forged under pressure.”—Publishers Weekly “Masterful.”—Saint Paul Pioneer Press

The Vanishing Point

Author : Mary Sharratt
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618462339
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book The Vanishing Point written by Mary Sharratt and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constrained by their small 17th-century English town, two independent, spirited sisters push the limits of propriety--one journeys to America where she disappears, and the other, trained in the physician's arts, sets off to find her in a wild, uncultivated land where old rules no longer apply.

The Real Minerva

Author : Mary Sharratt
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547346883
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book The Real Minerva written by Mary Sharratt and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006-01-13 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “memorable [and] entertaining” novel of three strong women in 1920s small-town Minnesota by the author of Revelations (The Washington Post Book World). Winner of the Willa Literary Award Finalist for the Minnesota Book Award In a Midwestern farming community in 1923, as book-loving Penny enters adolescence, her mother, Barbara, pulls her out of school to send her to work. Destined to become a cleaning woman like her mother, Penny sees no escape from her bleak existence—until a scandalous figure arrives in the town of Minerva, Minnesota: Cora, very pregnant, very headstrong, and very alone, has come to make a home on her grandfather’s farm. Intrigued by this curious new resident, Penny sets out to work for Cora, setting into motion events that will change multiple lives. Drawing on her mother’s and grandmother’s stories of Minnesota farm life in the early twentieth century, acclaimed author Mary Sharratt has created a suspenseful and moving novel about the strength of women and the unexpected friendships that form between them. “A paean to the bond between mothers and daughters . . . engrossing.” —Booklist “Wonderful.” —Caroline Leavitt, New York Times-bestselling author of With or Without You

Lady of Conquest

Author : Teresa Medeiros
Publisher : Amber House Books
ISBN 13 : 1939541255
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (395 download)

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Download or read book Lady of Conquest written by Teresa Medeiros and published by Amber House Books. This book was released on 2013-10-25 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will he surrender his kingdom for a kiss? They call him Conn of the Hundred Battles, the warrior-king who forged a nation from a land of isolated clans. As High King of Ireland, he rides with the legendary Fianna, his elite band of warriors. But a threat to the throne looms from a mysterious enemy who has vanquished several of Conn’s bravest warriors. Conn rides out alone to face a seemingly invincible foe, never dreaming he will find a grief-maddened hellcat with emerald eyes and hair like liquid flame… Wielding a sword called Vengeance, Gelina Ó Monaghan has sworn to defeat the man she holds responsible for her family’s ruin. She never dreams she will be captured by him—and lose her heart in the bargain. Their forbidden passion will spark a private war fought with swords and kisses, promises and betrayal…until they discover the sweetest surrender of all in each other’s arms. Book 2 in the “Brides of Legend” Series, which includes: Shadows and Lace Lady of Conquest “Finely drawn characters bring to life a thrilling legend!”—Romantic Times “Medeiros is an extraordinary storyteller. Lady of Conquest is splendid!”—Bell, Book & Candle “A superb story that will capture your imagination and make your heart sigh with bliss. The kind of book you want to read over and over again!”—Historical Romance Club “Nobody writes humor with more heart or passion with more pleasure.”—Christina Dodd, New York Times bestselling author SPECIAL REVISED EDITION ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION

Seeker's Mask

Author : P. C. Hodgell
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
ISBN 13 : 1625794614
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (257 download)

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Download or read book Seeker's Mask written by P. C. Hodgell and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Obedience. Self-restraint Endurance. Silence. . . These are the duties of a Highborn lady, and like the veils, masks and tight-fitting underskirts female Kencyr students are obliged to wear, Jame finds them damnably constricting. Sent here by her brother Torisen, Highlord of the Kencyrath, she has tried valiantly to fit in, but the unruly girl can't help throwing the quiet Women's Halls into an uproar. It's not entirely Jame's fault, though. While Tori's vain and vicious consort treats her like an underling, the Kencyr Matriarchs, determined to winnow out her secrets, scheme to use her to their own advantage. And her own brother wants nothing to do with her. On top of this, Shadow Guild assassins have come hunting her, eager to fulfill a long-held contract to dispose of the last of the powerful Knorth clan. It's no wonder that Jame decamps. In the company of her telepathic hunting cat, Jorin, a runaway priestling named Kindrie, and a chance-met squad of cadets, she sets out to rescue a friend from a cruel and ambitious Kencyr lord who seeks the deadly Book Bound in Pale Leather. Dodging ghostwalkers and shadow assassins, riding weirdingstorms and peripatetic trees, Jame discovers that her life is tangled up in a much larger purpose. For the war against Perimal Darkling cannot resume until three terrible objects of power, and the avatars who will wield them, appear. And she just might be one of them. . . . The long-sought third book in P.C. Hodgell's intricate and engaging fantasy series follows the warrior-magician Jame as she battles enemies both in and out of the Women's Halls at Gothregor. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Lord of Darkness

Author : Elizabeth Hoyt
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1455508314
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Lord of Darkness written by Elizabeth Hoyt and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHEN STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT He lives in the shadows. As the mysterious masked avenger known as the Ghost of St. Giles, Godric St. John's only goal is to protect the innocent of London. Until the night he confronts a fearless young lady pointing a pistol at his head-and realizes she is his wife . . . BECOME LOVERS . . . Lady Margaret Reading has vowed to kill the Ghost of St. Giles-the man who murdered her one true love. Returning to London, and to the man she hasn't seen since their wedding day, Margaret does not recognize the man behind the mask. Fierce, commanding, and dangerous, the notorious Ghost of St. Giles is everything she feared he would be-and so much more . . . DESIRE IS THE ULTIMATE DANGER When passion flares, these two intimate strangers can't keep from revealing more of themselves than they had ever planned. But when Margaret learns the truth-that the Ghost is her husband-the game is up and the players must surrender . . . to the temptation that could destroy them both.

Bitch Lit

Author : Maya Chowdhry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780946745777
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (457 download)

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Download or read book Bitch Lit written by Maya Chowdhry and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features women who take the law into their own hands, who defy society's expectations, put their own needs first and don't feel guilty. Characters that give Lady Macbeth, Imelda Marcos and Marina's Snow Queen a run for their money. All these stories, in one way or another, are tales of women and power. They goad readers and dare them to strip off their niceness, leave their safe haven and go out into the dark woods knowing that the most dangerously sublime thing to be encountered in that forest is themselves unleashed.

A Lady's Code of Misconduct

Author : Meredith Duran
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501139037
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book A Lady's Code of Misconduct written by Meredith Duran and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The next steamy historical romance in USA TODAY bestselling and RITA award–winning author Meredith Duran’s “wonderfully indulgent” (Publishers Weekly) Rules for the Reckless series. A deal with the devil... Trapped in the countryside, facing an unwanted marriage and the theft of her fortune, Jane Mason is done behaving nicely. To win her freedom, she’ll strike a deal with the most dangerous man she knows—a rising star in politics, whose dark good looks mask an even darker heart. Never goes as planned... The bitter past has taught Crispin Burke to trust no one. He’ll gladly help a lovely young heiress, provided she pays a price. Yet when a single mistake shatters his life, it is Jane who holds the key to his salvation. And in a world that no longer makes sense, Crispin slowly realizes that she may be the only thing worth fighting for...

Summit Avenue

Author : Mary Sharratt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781566890977
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Summit Avenue written by Mary Sharratt and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young immigrant finds her spiritual and sexual awakening mirrored in the fairy tales she translates.

Mask of Shadows

Author : Linsey Miller
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1492647500
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book Mask of Shadows written by Linsey Miller and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I love every aspect of this amazing book—a genderfluid hero, a deadly contest, and vicious courtly intrigue. Get! Read! Now!" —Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling author I Needed to Win. They Needed to Die. Sallot Leon is a thief, and a good one at that. But gender fluid Sal wants nothing more than to escape the drudgery of life as a highway robber and get closer to the upper-class—and the nobles who destroyed their home. When Sal steals a flyer for an audition to become a member of The Left Hand—the Queen's personal assassins, named after the rings she wears—Sal jumps at the chance to infiltrate the court and get revenge. But the audition is a fight to the death filled with clever circus acrobats, lethal apothecaries, and vicious ex-soldiers. A childhood as a common criminal hardly prepared Sal for the trials. And as Sal succeeds in the competition, and wins the heart of Elise, an intriguing scribe at court, they start to dream of a new life and a different future, but one that Sal can have only if they survive. More Praise for Mask of Shadows: A Bustle Most Anticipated YA of 2017! "Compelling and relatable characters, a fascinating world with dangerous magic, and a dash of political intrigue: Mask of Shadows completely delivered. Fantasy fans will love this book."—Jodi Meadows, New York Times bestselling coauthor of My Lady Jane "An intriguing world and a fantastically compelling main character make for a can't-miss debut. Miller's Mask of Shadows will make you glad you're not an assassin—and even gladder Sal is."—Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of And I Darken and Now I Rise