Set in the South Carolina foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the late summer of 1970, Blood Kin tells the story of the Burden family and the community of outcasts that surrounds them. James Burden is the eldest son in the Burden family. A Korean War veteran and former prisoner-of-war, he strug[...]
Ruby deVarre is Rootkin, and the granddaughter of the most revered clan mother in all of New Haven. In the kin world, girls Ruby's age are expected to settle down and start a family. But settling down is the farthest thing from wild-child Ruby's mind; all she wants to do is drive fast with her frien[...]
Aliens have landed in New York. After several months of no explanations, they finally reveal the reason for their arrival. The news is not good. Geneticist Marianne Jenner is having a career breakthrough, yet her family is tearing itself apart. Her children Elizabeth and Ryan constantly bicker, agr[...]
The conclusion to the hugely popular King Rolen's Kin series
The story of Byron, Fyn and Piro picks up immediately where the cliff-hanging ending of The Usurper let off When Cobalt stole the Rolencian throne, Byren, Fyn and Piro were lucky to escape with their lives, now they ve rallied and se[...]
Contemporary Southern Gothic Horror
Steve Rasnic Tem's new novel "Blood Kin" is set in the southern Appalachians of the U.S., alternating between the 1930s and the present day. It's a dark Southern Gothic vision of ghosts, witchcraft, secret powers, snake-handling, Kudzu, Melungeons, and the Great Depression.
Steve Rasnic Tem's ne[...]
First came Scandi-crime and Nordic Noir - now it's time for Viking Crime! Make way, Lisbeth Salander and Sarah Lund, for Helga Finnsdottir. Lies. Manipulation. Murder. There's nothing quite like family . . .[...]
'For Vikings done right, come to Snorri Kristjansson' - Mark Lawrence'Truly entertaining' - Yrsa Sigurdardottir'A dark mystery in a dark age brought vividly to life' - Robert FabbriEveryone loves a family reunion.He can deny it all he likes, but everyone knows Viking warlord Unnthor Reginsson brough[...]
Tainstvennyj mister KinTainstvennyj mister Kharli Kin pojavljaetsja i ischezaet vnezapno. Nedarom ego imja tak pokhozhe na "Arlekin". On vsegda vystupaet drugom vljublennykh, no pojavlenie ego assotsiiruetsja so smertju. V etu knigu voshli dvenadtsat rasskazov (misticheskikh i ne ochen) o mistere Ki[...]
This work examines the evidence for marriage and sexual relations between siblings and between parent and child in ancient Egypt and pre-Islamic Iran. Incestuous relationships, as a cultural feature are usually dismissed for both ancient Egypt and Iran on the grounds that it is only found as the exc[...]
Within educational research that seeks to understand the quality and effectiveness of teachers and school, the role emotions play in educational change and school improvement has become a subject of increasing importance. In this book, scholars from around the world explore the connections between t[...]
Alkuperäistä thaikeittiötä kuvaa kolmen päämaun eli happaman, suolaisen ja makean yhdistäminen. Chilillä ja tuoreilla yrteillä maustetut ruoat ovat yksinkertaisia ja herkullisia. Ne ovat myös terveellisiä, koska ne sisältävät vähän rasvaa ja paljon kuituja.Kirja sisältää monia per[...]
Niramon (Oum) Thanuddhanusilp muutti Suomeen neljä vuotta sitten Chiang Maista Thaimaasta. Oum oppi jo lapsena laittamaan thai-ruokaa ja hän on ollut koko ikänsä intohimoisen kiinnostunut kokkaamisesta, hän mm. suoritti ammattikokkitutkinnon Thaimaassa. Kuitenkin vasta täällä Suomessa hän o[...]
If you've ever studied a foreign language, you know what happens when you first truly and clearly communicate with another person. As Zora O'Neill recalls, you feel like a magician. If that foreign language is Arabic, you just might feel like a wizard. They say that Arabic takes seven years to learn[...]