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Three thousand years of encounters with malevolent beings that have invaded our waking lives and our nightmaresA Penguin ClassicFor millennia, societies have told tales of their fears incarnate—otherworldly couriers of plague, death, temptation, and moral decline. Drawing from three thousand years of religious traditions and world literature, The Penguin Book of Demons follows these supernatural creatures—and the humans who have hunted and bee...

Lieutenant Commander, Owen Johnson, a decorated military officer, holds on to the guilt of losing men in a Special Forces operation. After resigning from his role at the Navy SEALS, Owen is once again called back into the role of an operative after he learns that an alleged Middle Eastern terrorist about to be captured is possibly the same person who arranged the ambush in which Owen's men got killed. By the time, Owen and the crew of the airc...

Jenna has just lost her husband to a drunk driver. Her world has turned upside down, and then she meets Ben. Their connectionis instant and baffling. When she finds out that Ben may have her husband's heart, can she stay with the man who lived only because her husband died?

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The Assault on Mount Everest, 1922 tells the story of the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition, the first mountaineering expedition with the express aim of making a successful ascent of Mount Everest. The expedition was planned and financed by the Mount Everest Committee which appointed the ebullient Brigadier General C.G. Bruce to be its leader, who subsequently wrote this compelling account of the expedition. The book also provides us with ...

The Assault on Mount Everest, 1922 tells the story of the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition, the first mountaineering expedition with the express aim of making a successful ascent of Mount Everest. The expedition was planned and financed by the Mount Everest Committee which appointed the ebullient Brigadier General C.G. Bruce to be its leader, who subsequently wrote this compelling account of the expedition. The book also provides us with ...

Josie is finally coming out of a deep depression after losing her mom to breast cancer only to find out her husband has been having an affair with her best friend. Her life is already in shambles when she learns her mother had some secrets of her own. This fictional story will resonate with many people in some way, whether it involves a spouse that has cheated, a parent who is facing a devastating illness, or family secrets that can turn your ...

Two thousand years of legend and lore about the menace and majesty of dragons, which have breathed fire into our imaginations from ancient Rome to Game of ThronesA Penguin ClassicThe most popular mythological creature in the human imagination, dragons have provoked fear and fascination for their lethal venom and crushing coils, and as avatars of the Antichrist, servants of Satan, couriers of the damned to Hell, portents of disaster, and harbin...

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Eight-year old Bobby Bruce and his siblings visited their mother for the last time while she lay dying by her own hand. As a motherless child in Appalachia in 1925, Bobby was thrust into a life beyond his experience and imagination. Moonshine and bootleggers, the Temperance Movement and religious evangelists, and the quirky, colorful residents of the small mountain community of Belspring all contributed to the man Bobby would become. This stor...

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Excerpt from Kulu and Lahoul: With Illustrations and a MapIn my last book on the Himalaya I expressed a hope that one day I should be able to travel in Kulu, Lahoul, and Spiti.Since then my luck has so far favoured me that I was able to spend a leave of more than six months in two of these attractive districts, and able to enjoy almost the most delightful time that I have ever had in the Himalaya.These districts, I venture to say, will never b...

Excerpt from Peeps at Many Lands: KashmirThere are many travellers at the present time who are fortunate enough to journey East and West. The North and South Poles even have their visitors. But there are still a great majority who cannot, for various reasons, even hope to cross the Channel. For their sake those of their countrymen who have the privilege of foreign travel try to describe by pen, brush, and camera the interests and Charms with w...

Excerpt from Brazil and the BraziliansCountry's vast dimensions - Bay of Rio described - Entrance to Amazon - Port of Para development - Old forts at San Luiz - Forta leza's struggle with difiiculties - Natal a naval base-pernambuco's quaint history - Bahia Bay's progress - Rock guarded harbours Victoria - Down to Lake Patos.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgotten...

From the Bible through Dante and up to Treblinka and Guantánamo Bay, here is a rich source for nightmares." --The New York Times Book ReviewThree thousand years of visions of Hell, from the ancient Near East to modern AmericaFrom the Hebrew Bible's shadowy realm of Sheol to twenty-first-century visions of Hell on earth, The Penguin Book of Hell takes us through three thousand years of eternal damnation. Along the way, you'll take a ferry ride ...