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The Villain

Auteure: L.j. Shen

Nombre de pages: 485

Cruel. Détestable. Inoubliable. Pour la plupart des gens, Cillian Fitzpatrick est le feu qui a tué Bambi. La maladie qui emporte des chatons innocents. Le réchauffement climatique qui détruit des milliers d’espèces. Cette image de méchant, Cillian n’en avait rien à faire, jusqu’à ce qu’elle commence à nuire à la Royal Pipelines Company. S’il veut sécuriser son avenir de P-DG, il va devoir améliorer sa réputation. Et quoi de mieux pour cela qu’un mariage ? Un malheur n’arrivant jamais seul, il a déjà la candidate idéale : Perséphone Penrose. La femme à qui il a sauvé la vie quelques années plus tôt et qui lui a déclaré un amour éternel avant de se marier avec un imbécile qui l’a laissée seule et endettée. Elle a besoin d’argent, et lui d’une épouse douce et jolie qui saura gagner le cœur du public. D’ailleurs, s’il en avait un, il serait presque excité de faire découvrir à cette jeune idiote sa vision personnelle de l’enfer... À propos de l’autrice L.J. Shen s’est imposée dès son tout premier roman comme une voix incontournable de la romance New Adult – un succès confirmé dès la parution de Vicious qui s’est...

The Villain's Guide to Better Living

Auteure: Neil Zawacki

Nombre de pages: 147

A fiendish lifestyle guide for today’s discerning evil-doers from the author of the perilously popular How to Be a Villain. All those aspiring ne’er-do-wells who cackled all the way to the cash register with the Neil Zawacki’s How to Be a Villain are ready to embrace the finer points of the evil life with The Villain’s Guide to Better Living. It covers all the topics contemporary villains care about, such as: Home d cor—Gothic? Apocalyptic? Ikea? Friends—Do I have any? Can I make them? Work—Should I be a mad scientist or obsessed with revenge? Or both?

The Villain’s Fatal Plot

Auteure: Patricia Rice

Nombre de pages: 351

Bestselling author Patricia Rice brings you another romantic, small-town mystery in Regency England. . . He's looking for a future - she must escape the past. . . if only they can survive the present. In the derelict village of Gravesyde Priory, newly-arrived Verity Palmer discovers her beloved former governess poisoned, her dying breath a whispered confidence. Shaken and alone, cautious Verity fears trusting total strangers with a dangerous secret. Seeking work and a roof over his head, bluff ex-mess sergeant Rafe Russell accepts the position of bailiff, tasked with uncovering the truth about the governess’s untimely demise. Caught in a web of suspicious characters, he discovers an unexpected ally in his best suspect, perspicacious Verity. She possesses a sharp mind that cuts through nets of intrigue, while hiding behind a cloak of mystery. With no choice but to share a cottage—and a kitchen that quickly becomes his, not hers—Verity and Rafe piece together clues to save lives, including their own. As violent incidents escalate, Verity has to confront her own past and learn to trust if they are to expose the shadowy villains stalking their every move. If they’re to have...

The Villain's Vixen

Auteure: Tabetha Waite

Nombre de pages: 286

Dominic Eastland, the Duke of Cuthbert, is a known wastrel in polite society, but he harbors an even greater secret. In London’s seedy underworld he’s known as “Avalon,” the leader of a cutthroat gang. However, he’s recently decided it’s time for someone else to rule in his stead. He owes respectability to his line and his brother who died young and never had the chance to inherit the title, so it’s time to put his past transgressions aside and attempt to become an honorable man by doing his duty and taking a wife. But then he sees her and suddenly he doesn’t want to be that good anymore. Miss Alexandra Givenwald has lived a life of simplicity under her father’s roof where she was generally ignored. When she gets the chance to go to London under the pretense of finding a husband, she has other ideas in mind. Her aunt would be thrilled if she married well, and has picked a suitable gentleman, but Lexie cares not for the strictures of a union. She wants to experience passion and explore what freedoms life has to offer. From the moment she sees him, she knows he can fulfill her deepest desires. The attraction between Dominic and Lexie is instant, and although she is ...

The Villain's Redemption

Auteure: Finnegan Jones

Nombre de pages: 164

Dante Blackthorn, once known as the feared Dark King, ruled over a city gripped by corruption and chaos. His name became synonymous with destruction, terror, and the loss of hope. But after his violent fall from power, Dante finds himself adrift in a world that no longer bends to his will. Haunted by guilt and the weight of his past sins, he embarks on a journey to seek redemption-a quest that may cost him more than he ever imagined. As Dante traverses the broken streets of his dystopian city, he encounters both enemies and unlikely allies. Guided by an enigmatic woman in a crumbling chapel, Dante must face the ghosts of his past and confront the person he once was. But redemption isn't a simple path. It's one filled with betrayal, sacrifice, and a final trial that will determine whether Dante's soul can be saved-or if he is forever destined to remain the villain.

Justice League Vol. 2: The Villain's Journey

Auteure: Geoff Johns

Nombre de pages: 176

The Justice League is the greatest force for good the world has ever seen. But not everyone sees them that way. Their never-ending battle against evil results in casualties beyond its super-powered, costumed combatants. The League's attempts to safeguard innocent lives cannot save everybody. Unbeknownst to Earth's greatest champions, their greatest triumph may contain the seeds of their greatest defeat. For heroes are not the only people who face tragedy and are reborn as something greater than they were before. Villains can take this journey, too. And once they start out on this dark path, the road could lead straight to the destruction of the Justice League.... The New York Times bestselling team of Geoff Johns (Green Lantern) and Jim Lee (Batman: Hush) are joined by artists Gene Ha (Top 10) and Carlos D'Anda (Deathblow) for JUSTICE LEAGUE VOL. 2: THE VILLAIN'S JOURNEY, collecting issues #7-12 of the series. Can the world's greatest super heroes survive a voyage deep into the heart of darkness? It all ends with one of the most shocking ... and surprising moments in DC history!

The Villain's Captive

Auteure: J. Bella

Nombre de pages: 185

I'm the one they all fear. The one they whisper about. A faceless ghost. My hands are coated with the blood of my victims. I've never missed a target, and I always deliver. I'm the Grim Reaper of the Cosa Nostra. Then there's her. The cellist whose music soothes the malignance of my existence. For years I've lurked in the shadows watching her play. Waiting. Anticipating the day I'll come for her. Her innocence tempts me. My blackened heart craves to ruin it, to smother her light with my darkness. She's the nucleus of my obsession... and my next victim.

The Villain's Beloved

Auteure: J. Bella

Nombre de pages: 137

The day Elijah took me, he vowed to tame me. I tried to fight him. Tried to survive without losing my heart. But in the end, he did what he said he’d do… tame me. He claimed me so unapologetically, and I surrendered willingly. Together we found our place within the darkness. We succumbed to wicked desires and tainted intentions. And with every kiss, every touch, I allowed myself to fall deeper. Drowning within the seduction of a killer’s obsession. I was reckless. Blinded by the promises of a man who wanted nothing but me. I should have known better. Guarded my heart more fiercely. After all—nothing good can come from falling for the villain.

Artificial Intelligence and Literary Creativity

Auteure: Selmer Bringsjord , David Ferrucci

Nombre de pages: 263

Is human creativity a wall that AI can never scale? Many people are happy to admit that experts in many domains can be matched by either knowledge-based or sub-symbolic systems, but even some AI researchers harbor the hope that when it comes to feats of sheer brilliance, mind over machine is an unalterable fact. In this book, the authors push AI toward a time when machines can autonomously write not just humdrum stories of the sort seen for years in AI, but first-rate fiction thought to be the province of human genius. It reports on five years of effort devoted to building a story generator--the BRUTUS.1 system. This book was written for three general reasons. The first theoretical reason for investing time, money, and talent in the quest for a truly creative machine is to work toward an answer to the question of whether we ourselves are machines. The second theoretical reason is to silence those who believe that logic is forever closed off from the emotional world of creativity. The practical rationale for this endeavor, and the third reason, is that machines able to work alongside humans in arenas calling for creativity will have incalculable worth.

The Villain's Daughter

Auteure: Roberta Kray

Nombre de pages: 386

Sean O'Donnell, small-time villain and family man, walked out of his home nineteen years ago and hasn't been heard of since. Now his daughter, Iris, has returned to the East End in the hope of finding him again. But she's not the only one on his trail. The psychotic Street brothers are right on her heels - and they've got good reason to want her father dead. With the help of the mysterious Guy Wilder, Iris slowly begins to unearth the horrors of the past. It isn't long before she comes to realise that some secrets are best left buried...

The Complete Concordance to Shakespere: Being a Verbal Index to All the Passages in the Dramatic Works of the Poet

Auteure: Hary-cowden Clarke

Nombre de pages: 864

How to Write a Screenplay

Auteure: Steve Zacharias

Nombre de pages: 69

How to Write a Screenplay is a book by Steve Zacharias who is best known for creating the Revenge of the Nerds movies. Zacharias sold over 75 films and 25+ movies and television shows written by Zacharias, including the Happy Days, Partridge Family and All in the Family. Learn the secret formula of how to write a winning screenplay from the man who has done it as good as anyone in the world of comedy - Steve Zacharias

The Villain's Lament

Auteure: Angela Harmon

Nombre de pages: 155

Baba Yaga is tired of being the villain. For centuries, she’s been relegated to the margins of myth, a menacing figure lurking in the shadowy depths of the primeval forest. But now, armed with her mortar and pestle, magically transformed into a multiversal vehicle, she’s ready to rewrite her story. Her journey begins in her iconic hut, perched on chicken legs, the air thick with the scent of wild herbs and simmering resentment. She’s not seeking revenge, but control. Control over the narratives that have defined her, confined her, vilified her. Her quest takes her through a dazzling, dangerous multiverse of myths. In the icy realm of Norse legend, she forges an unlikely alliance with Fenrir, the monstrous wolf unjustly chained by the Aesir gods. In the desolate corners of Greek myth, she finds kinship with Lamia, a grotesque caricature of motherhood, her story twisted by patriarchal narratives that demonize female power. And in the vibrant lands of Ashanti folklore, she enlists the aid of Anansi, the trickster spider-god, a weaver of webs as intricate as his schemes. Together, this unlikely quartet sets out to shatter the brittle narratives of the so-called righteous. They...

A New and Complete Concordance Or Verbal Index to Words, Phrases, & Passages in the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare

Auteure: John Bartlett

Nombre de pages: 1944

The Villain's Wife

Auteure: Theblips

Nombre de pages: 350

WARNING: FL is scheming and evil. Like almost every dramatic romance novel, Lily Qin’s story began with an evil stepmother, a scheming stepsister, and a dumb ex-fiance. At twenty, she fell prey to their grand scheme and became the laughingstock of the country. In despair, she left. Seven years later, Lily Qin rose from the ashes. She was labeled as an empress, an iron lady, a genius, and a prodigy. She was Miss Tycoon. Now, at twenty-seven, Lily Qin was an established businesswoman who was single-handedly controlling her multinational company abroad. She was beautiful, smart, and successful. Women envied her while men couldn’t help but worship her ethereal beauty. With her devastating past, everyone had assumed that Lily would exact revenge on the people who had wronged her. Who would have guessed that behind that beaming smile of hers was a numb heart that aimed only to make more profit? "You got it wrong." Lily elegantly propped her chin on the back of her hand. "I am seeing you today because we have something in common. We're both villains in somebody else's eyes. And I think it's time for us villains to get our own happy ending. Don't you think so?" --- Zhuo Jingren’s...

The Villains in the Major Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry James

Auteure: James Robert Bashore

Nombre de pages: 520

Punch

Auteure: Mark Lemon , Henry Mayhew , Tom Taylor , Shirley Brooks , Francis Cowley Burnand , Owen Seaman

Nombre de pages: 664

The Virtues of Vengeance

Auteure: Peter A. French

Nombre de pages: 272

"In the course of his study of vengeance as a moral concept, French exposes important distinctions between types of moral theories (karmic and non-karmic) and between people who are morally handicapped and those who are morally challenged. He examines concepts relevant to vengeance, such as honor, moral authority, and evil, and issues such as the rationality of revenge and proportionality in punishment."--BOOK JACKET.

Songs of Love and Death

Auteure: Michael Sevastakis

Nombre de pages: 240

This book examines eleven horror films in-depth and their relationships to Romantic Gothic literary conventions--mainly, but not solely, found in works dating from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. To illustrate the use of these conventions in film, Michael Sevastakis analyzes shots from scenes and sequences of all films discussed. Due to the large quantity of horror films produced during this period, the films in this book have been selected on the basis of their supernatural and preternatural content, and upon four conventions predicated on fictional literary models dealing with the villain-hero as Necrophile, Modern Prometheus, Symbol of Destiny, and Tormented Hero. These four sections comprise eleven chapters; in addition, there is an introduction and conclusion. Some of the movies that are discussed include Tod Browning's Dracula (1931), and Devil Doll (1936), Karl Freund's The Mummy (1932), and Mad Love (1935), James Whale's Frankenstein (1931), and The Invisible Man (1933),Erle Kenton's Island of Lost Souls (1933), Ruben Mamoulian's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932), abd Lambert Hillyer's Dracula's Daughter (1936).

The North American Review

Auteure: James Russell Lowell

Nombre de pages: 504

Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930.

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