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Devil's Breath Volcano

Auteure: Richard Trout

Nombre de pages: 228

The MacGregor siblings dive into the South Pacific’s underwater world to solve a deadly environmental mystery—from the author of Sign of the Dragon. When marine biologist Dr. Randy Heath contacts his old friend Jack MacGregor to investigate dangerous pollution in a pearl bed, the adventurous MacGregor family travels to the South Pacific to solve the mystery. With his younger siblings, Heather and R. O., and his girlfriend, Natalie, eighteen-year-old Chris MacGregor discovers a dangerous link between a toxic underwater leak and an illegal gold-mining operation. Now, Chris and his family must journey from the aquatic splendor of the South Pacific to the dangerous rainforests of New Guinea in order to stop the deadly pollution from destroying the pearl beds. Filled with facts about history and science, book six in the MacGregor Family Adventure Series is a thrilling quest for middle readers as Chris and his family must struggle against time to stop the criminals harming the environment and threatening the MacGregor clan! ABOUT THE SERIES The MacGregor Family Adventure Series has received praise from School Library Journal for featuring “a strong family unit with realistic...

The Devil's Halo

Auteure: Rhys Hughes

Nombre de pages: 275

“Reading is a mesmeric experience, and The Devil’s Halo is one hypnotic horizon after another!” – from the Foreword by A.A. ATTANASIO In death, as in life, paperwork is hell. The paperwork for the recently deceased Monty Zubris needs to be examined and deliberated upon. So, meanwhile, the Devil has consigned him to the Waiting Room of the Afterlife. It is ordered alphabetically, so he is compelled to make his way to his designated zone, which is, of course, near the very end of the chamber. On this voyage of enormous length, he meets various dead individuals, many of whom wish to tell him their remarkable stories. A light comedy, a picaresque journey – like a warped subterranean Pilgrim’s Progress. “Only Rhys Hughes could have written The Devil’s Halo!” – IAN WATSON, European SF Society Grand Master 2024. “For many years, I have regarded each new book from Rhys Hughes as continuing proof that the universe is a marvelous, exciting and creative place. His work brightens my days, lightens my burdens, and convinces me that I am in the presence of a font of exuberant inventiveness. THE DEVIL’S HALO is no exception, and might very well be in the Hughes Top Five....

The Devil's Tabernacle

Auteure: Anthony Ossa-richardson

Nombre de pages: 356

The Devil's Tabernacle is the first book to examine in depth the intellectual and cultural impact of the oracles of pagan antiquity on modern European thought. Anthony Ossa-Richardson shows how the study of the oracles influenced, and was influenced by, some of the most significant developments in early modernity, such as the Christian humanist recovery of ancient religion, confessional polemics, Deist and libertine challenges to religion, antiquarianism and early archaeology, Romantic historiography, and spiritualism. Ossa-Richardson examines the different views of the oracles since the Renaissance--that they were the work of the devil, or natural causes, or the fraud of priests, or finally an organic element of ancient Greek society. The range of discussion on the subject, as he demonstrates, is considerably more complex than has been realized before: hundreds of scholars, theologians, and critics commented on the oracles, drawing on a huge variety of intellectual contexts to frame their beliefs. In a central chapter, Ossa-Richardson interrogates the landmark dispute on the oracles between Bernard de Fontenelle and Jean-François Baltus, challenging Whiggish assumptions about...

Incident at Devil's Drop

Auteure: William R. Herod

Nombre de pages: 347

In 1884, a wealthy Montana Cattle Baron watches as a predator of unknown origin starts decimating his herd. However, the killings, while savage in nature don’t correspond with any known assailant. When the clandestine entity raises the ante by targeting and killing ranch hands, the ranch owner can no longer stand by idly. Three men with diametrically different dispositions are destined by fate to join forces to track down, capture or kill the rampaging killer. Included amongst the intrepid threesome are Marshal Sam McCord, who is heading the expedition, a brave but flawed individual plagued by past demons. Bauman, a taciturn trapper, and social outcast who inadvertently sets the wheels in motion. The final member of the trio and its most well-known participant is a young Theodore Roosevelt, the future 26th president of the United States. The search for the perpetrator takes the three men on an arduous and perilous pilgrimage. They eventually arrive at the designed destination only to find Bauman’s base camp destroyed. Quickly, they ascertain that the perpetrator initially believed to be an animal may be something else entirely. It’s watching, evaluating, but worst of all, it ...

The Devil's Church and Other Stories

Auteure: Joaquim Maria Machado De Assis

Nombre de pages: 167

The modem Brazilian short story begins with the mature work of Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908), acclaimed almost unanimously as Brazil's greatest writer. Collectively, these nineteen stories are representative of Machado's unique style and world view, and this translation doubles the number of his stories previously available in English. The stories in this volume reflect Machado's post-1880 emphasis on social satire and experimentation in psychological realism. If he had continued to produce the moralistic love stories and parlor intrigues of his earlier fiction, Machado's legacy would have been an entertaining but inconsequent body of work. However, by 1880 he had begun a devastating satirical assault on society through his fiction. In spite of his ruthlessness, Machado does at times reveal an ironic sympathy for his characters. He is not indifferent to human conflict but uses humor and irony to stress the absurdity of these conflicts, acted out against the backdrop of an indifferent universe. Such a spectacle creates a sense of helplessness that can only inspire wistful amusement. In his technical mastery of the short story. Machado was decades ahead of his...

The Devil's Pool and Other Stories

Auteure: George Sand

Nombre de pages: 204

Newly translated into English, "The Devil's Pool" is the most popular of George Sand's novellas and her best-selling work in France today. Illustrating Sand's brevity, liveliness, and exemplary storytelling, the tale deals with many of her characteristic themes—the relations between the sexes, the plight of the underprivileged, and the role of fantasy in human life—making it an ideal introduction to her work. Also included are translations of two of Sand's most admired short stories, "Lavinia" and "The Unknown God," as well as various relevant essays and documents.

Arms and the Man, The Devil's Disciple, and Caesar and Cleopatra

Auteure: George Bernard Shaw

Nombre de pages: 465

The three plays in this volume are some of George Bernard Shaw's most popular and frequently performed works. They demonstrate the development of Shavian comedy and contain early formulations of his idea of the Superman, an extraordinary individual who catalyzes the evolution of mankind. Arms and the Man (1894) was Shaw's first commercial success and the first public confirmation that he could make playwriting his profession. It is the first of what Shaw called his "pleasant plays',comedies that critique idealism in general rather than specific social problems (as his earlier plays did). Specifically, Shaw undermines the romance of wartime courage, reckless heroism, and nationalist pride among British spectators while using the Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1886 as an exotic veneer. Shaw wrote The Devil's Disciple (1897) for William Terriss, an actor known for his swashbuckling roles who had requested a play that would 'contain every "surefire" melodramatic situation' —mistaken identities, terrifying adventures and last-second escapes, and frequent emotional outpourings.. Caesar and Cleopatra (1898) is Shaw's revision of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra as well as a ...

The Devil's Replacement: a thrilling and twisted dark comedy

Auteure: Michael D. A. Clarke

Nombre de pages: 133

"Wonderfully dark horror comedy!" - Sharron Joy Reads "Clever, Entertaining and Thought-Provoking." - Jai Hui "So entertaining, I could not put it down!" - Holly Schultz "Finally! A twist I didn’t expect." - Aaron The Devil is ready to retire from ruling Hell. Before settling down with his girlfriend, he must first seek a worthy replacement. Through a series of gripping and connected short horror stories, we meet a variety of candidates potentially ready to take the reins. From the twisted ringmaster of a circus that contains a dark secret, to an unstable superhuman saviour who begins to question whether society deserves to be punished rather than protected, each individual has their own unique, thrilling, twisted and often hilarious story to tell. Only one of them will ultimately get the job. Place your bets. The Devil's Replacement is a real treat for any horror fan.

The Devil's Punch Bowl and Natchez MS

Auteure: Bobby L Dennis

Nombre de pages: 109

Discover the Enigmatic World of Legends and Landscapes Deep in the heart of the American South lies a place where the earth's mystique intertwines with human intrigue, a site shrouded in layers of myth and history: the Devil's Punch Bowl in Natchez, Mississippi. This book invites you on an enthralling journey through its tumultuous past and vivid folklore. Imagine a world where geologic marvels and human stories meet. From the site's mythical origins, rooted in Native American folklore, to its formation through awe-inspiring natural processes, explore how legends shaped the very identity of Natchez. As you traverse through each chapter, uncover the rich cultural exchanges that redefined folklore from the time of early European settlers to Civil War narratives and beyond. What drives humanity's relentless fascination with myth and reality? Delve into the heart of local storytelling traditions that have evolved over centuries. Marvel at the adaptations of legends from the past.

Playing for the Devil's Fire

Auteure: Phillippe Diederich

Nombre de pages: 257

Thirteen-year-old Boli and his friends are deep in the middle of a game of marbles. An older boy named Mosca has won the prized Devil's Fire marble. His pals are jealous and want to win it away from him. This is Izayoc, the place of tears, a small pueblo in a tiny valley west of Mexico City where nothing much happens. It's a typical hot Sunday morning except that on the way to church someone discovers the severed head of Enrique Quintanilla propped on the ledge of one of the cement planters in the plaza and everything changes. Not apocalyptic changes, like phalanxes of men riding on horses with stingers for tails, but subtle ones: poor neighbors turning up with brand-new SUVs, pimpled teens with fancy girls hanging off them. Boli's parents leave for Toluca and don't arrive at their destination. No one will talk about it. A washed out masked wrestler turns up one day, a man only interested in finding his next meal. Boli hopes to inspire the luchador to set out with him to find his parents. Phillippe Diederich was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in Mexico City and Miami. His parents were forced out of Haiti by the dictatorship of Papa Doc Duvalier in 1963. As a...

Death on the Devil's Teeth

Auteure: Jesse P. Pollack

Nombre de pages: 271

Four decades after Jeannette DePalma's tragic death, authors Jesse P. Pollack and Mark Moran present the definitive account of the shocking Springfield township cold case. As Springfield residents decorated for Halloween in September 1972, the crime rate in the quiet, affluent township was at its lowest in years. That mood was shattered when the body of sixteen-year-old Jeannette DePalma was discovered in the local woods, allegedly surrounded by strange objects. Some feared witchcraft was to blame, while others believed a serial killer was on the loose. Rumors of a police cover up ran rampant, and the case went unsolved - along with the murders of several other young women.

Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary, Tales, & Memoirs (LOA #219)

Auteure: Ambrose Bierce

Nombre de pages: 1064

A veteran of some of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, Ambrose Bierce went on to become one of the darkest and most death haunted of American writers, the blackest of black humorists. This volume gathers the most celebrated and significant of Bierce's writings. In the Midst of Life (Tales of Soldiers and Civilians), his collection of short fiction about the Civil War, which includes the masterpieces "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and "Chickamauga," is suffused with a fiercely ironic sense of the horror and randomness of war. Can Such Things Be? brings together "The Death of Halpin Frayser," "The Damned Thing," "The Moonlit Road," and other tales of terror that make Bierce the genre's most significant American practitioner between Poe and Lovecraft. The Devil's Dictionary, the brilliant lexicon of subversively cynical definitions on which Bierce worked for decades, displays to the full his corrosive wit. In Bits of Autobiography, the series of memoirs that includes the memorable "What I Saw of Shiloh," he recreates his experiences in the war and its aftermath. The volume is rounded out with a selection of his best uncollected stories. Acclaimed Bierce scholar S. T. Joshi ...

DEVIL’S GRIMOIRE : FORBIDDEN RITUALS AND THE PATH OF BLACK MAGIC

Auteure: Ethan Graves

Nombre de pages: 76

What if the key to unlimited power lay hidden in ancient texts? Are you ready to explore rituals long suppressed by religious dogma? Do you dare walk the Left-Hand Path and claim your inner sovereignty? This provocative grimoire delves deep into the occult realms of forbidden knowledge, offering an unfiltered look at the mysteries of black magic, satanic ritual, and infernal spirituality. More than a book—this is a tool for those who seek to transcend moral constraints and awaken forces buried in the shadows. Inside this arcane manual, you will uncover: Authentic satanic rituals and ceremonial practices rooted in traditional black magick systems. Demonic invocations and pacts, decoded and presented with clarity for modern practitioners. Rare grimoires and ancient spellwork extracted from historical sources and esoteric manuscripts. The philosophy of the Left-Hand Path, including self-deification, shadow work, and spiritual rebellion. Protective measures, energetic control, and psychic defenses to navigate dark currents with power and precision. This book is designed for serious occultists, magicians, and seekers of forbidden truths—those who crave sovereignty of spirit and...

The Devil’s Music

Auteure: Randall J. Stephens

Nombre de pages: 222

Randall Stephens traces rock’s inspiration to the Pentecostal churches where Elvis, Little Richard, and others worshipped. Faith, which served as a vehicle for whites’ fears, led them to condemn the godless music of blacks and hippies. But in a reversal of strategy, evangelicals later embraced Christian rock as a way to project Jesus’s message.

The Devil's in the Cattails

Auteure: Pepper Mcgraw

Nombre de pages: 367

Hell-cats, demons, books and chocolate... these matches may have been made in Hell, but they're pawsitively purrfect. Sam's stunned to discover the mate he's been waiting for is nothing like he imagined in Chocolate Furnanigans. The chemistry may be off the charts, but she's carting around a box of kittens and is obsessed with chocolate. He's a wolf for howl's sake! Kittens and chocolate are like poison to his kind. Starlight may be human, but she lives in Zero, Kansas, which means she knows quite a bit about the paranormal world. So she's not even fazed when Christmas morning dawns bright and hot in Hell or when her daughter's Christmas kittens display some very demon-like qualities in Satan's Kitty. Jane may love her paranormal romances, but she never expected to be living one in Valen-Cats. She's rolling with all the surprises, from hell-kitties to pixies to being Satan's bride, but then she discovers there are no libraries in Hell. Or bookstores. Or books. Well, there are books, but no steamy romances, so that’s a hell no from Jane. Lucinda's had her eye on a very specific demon for a very long time, but he seems to think she's too good for him or something. Well, Lucinda's...

Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Dust

Auteure: James Lovegrove

Nombre de pages: 281

The new Sherlock Holmes novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Age of Odin.It is 1884, and when a fellow landlady finds her lodger poisoned, Mrs Hudson turns to Sherlock Holmes.The police suspect the landlady of murder, but Mrs Hudson insists that her friend is innocent. Upon investigating, the companions discover that the lodger, a civil servant recently returned from India, was living in almost complete seclusion, and that his last act was to scrawl a mysterious message on a scrap of paper. The riddles pile up as aged big game hunter Allan Quatermain is spotted at the scene of the crime when Holmes and Watson investigate. The famous man of mind and the legendary man of action will make an unlikely team in a case of corruption, revenge, and what can only be described as magic...

Cursed Pirate Girl: The Devil's Cave

Auteure: Jeremy Bastian

Nombre de pages: 51

In the long awaited continuation of Cursed Pirate Girl, her loyal companion Pepper Dice reveals that there’s still time to bring back her father, the Pirate Captain Douglas! If she can escape the Sea King's Palace with The Bright Star, will she be bold enough to enter The Devil's Cave in the hope to bring her father back? Or will the Devil Jonah and his minions stop her?

A descriptive account of the Devil's bridge, Hafod, Strata Florida abbey, and other scenery in ... Cardiganshire

Auteure: Devil's Bridge

Nombre de pages: 62

A Devil's Chaplain

Auteure: Richard Dawkins

Nombre de pages: 277

Essays on morality, mortality, and much more from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion. This early collection of essays from renowned evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins is an enthusiastic declaration, a testament to the power of rigorous scientific examination to reveal the wonders of the world. In these essays, Dawkins revisits the meme, the unit of cultural information that he named and wrote about in his groundbreaking work, The Selfish Gene. Here also are moving tributes to friends and colleagues, including a eulogy for novelist Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; correspondence with fellow biologist Stephen Jay Gould; commentary on the events of 9/11; and visits with the famed paleoanthropologists Richard and Meave Leakey at their African wildlife preserve. Ending with a vivid note to Dawkins’s ten-year-old daughter, reminding her to remain curious, ask questions, and live the examined life, A Devil’s Chaplain is a fascinating read by “a man of firm opinions, which he expresses with clarity and punch” (Scientific American).

Hamlet

Auteure: William Shakespeare

Nombre de pages: 508

The Devil's Delilah

Auteure: Loretta Chase

Nombre de pages: 246

The classic traditional Regency from / New York Times bestselling author, Loretta Chase, is back... "One of the finest and most delightful writers in romance." – Mary Jo Putney What's a girl to do, when her father, known as Devil Desmond, is one of the most infamous rogues in all of England? Delilah Desmond is not happy. To provide for her, her father has sold his memoirs, filled with scandalous and embarrassing exploits—effectively ruining her chances for a suitable marriage, so she can support her family while saving her father from disgrace. But it seems the manuscript is in demand by all sorts of unscrupulous persons, and preventing its publication is going to be impossible; especially now that it has been stolen. Can the hot-tempered Delilah and her very unwilling accomplice, absent-minded, bookish, Jack Langdon with his soft grey eyes and tousled hair, salvage the disaster? It appears that deceptively quiet Jack may have a core of steel—and be the one man smart and strong enough to be the hero she'd been hoping for all along.

The Devil's Anarchy

Auteure: Stephen Snelders

Nombre de pages: 226

This book explores pirate culture as radical social organization: a salty picture of anarchic pirate life, liberated, pleasurable and violent!Rebelling against hierarchical society and choosing the Jolly Roger, pirates entered the political spheres of anarchist organization and festival, with death and violence ever-present. Pirates created an upside-down world full of heroics as well as the deep horrors of life outside authority.Examining piracy as limited social rebellion,The Devil's Anarchy travels from the Hollywood pirate-as-hero to the stories of two great Dutch pirates: Claes Compaen, who terrorized the seas from 1623 to 1627, and Jan Erasmus Reyning, who ruled the seas a half-century later.This unique focus on the politics of piracy in the 17th and 18th centuries, featuring the first english translations of key Dutch texts, makes this a hugely entertaining book that provides insight into the real lives of these legendary bandits of the seas.

Teutonic Mythology

Auteure: Jacob Grimm

Nombre de pages: 448

The Devil's Weakness

Auteure: Murphy Wallace

Nombre de pages: 273

Ruthless. Wicked. Predator. I've been called many things, most of which are true. But when you're an outlaw, you wear those words like badges of honor on your cut. I grew up in the Devil's Skull MC. It's all I know. It's all I've ever wanted to be. Until I met her. She's feisty, smart, and way too good for the likes of a dirtbag like me. But I can't stay away from her. For two years I've watched her from a distance, wishing our circumstances allowed for me to be the kind of man she deserves. When the chance to get close to her finally arrives, it's only to drag her home so she can answer for her crimes. Finding her was the easy part. Bringing her in sealed her fate. Claiming her was the final nail in her coffin.

Devil's Ford

Auteure: Bret Harte

Nombre de pages: 114

Reproduction of the original.

The Devil's Redemption

Auteure: Murphy Wallace

Nombre de pages: 280

Strong. Fierce. Unshakeable. Three things I've always strived to be. But life is unexpected. It's confusing. It's cruel. All it takes is one blink, one blip in time, and your life is changed irrevocably. I knew he would come for me. What I didn't anticipate was how much I would need him. He locked me up and told me I was his forever. Until I wasn't. In the darkest moments since then, he was the light that kept me going. The life I thought I didn't want, I now prayed that I'd return to. Taking me was the easy part. Breaking me tested my strength. Surviving both could be my ruin.

Devil's Nightmare

Auteure: Robert Pruneda

Nombre de pages: 394

Detective Aaron Sanders is up against a murderous demonic force in this suspenseful blend of mystery and horror. Nothing could have prepared the seasoned detective for the mutilated remains of an eleven-year-old boy's parents or the equally vicious deaths of three more victims at a nearby cemetery. As Aaron works to solve the homicide cases and protect his only witness, Cody Sumner, he realizes a disturbing connection between the orphaned child and all five victims. Cody's testimony is beyond belief, but when Aaron comes face to face with the perpetrator, he's left questioning everything he's ever believed. True evil often hides in plain sight. Devil's Nightmare is an occult suspense horror novel by Robert Pruneda, who shakes readers with his visually graphic scenes, supernatural twists, and disturbing settings in this first installment of the Devil's Nightmare series.

Dictionary of Idiomatic English Phrases

Auteure: James Main Dixon

Nombre de pages: 366

Scribner's Monthly, an Illustrated Magazine for the People

Nombre de pages: 802

Sexy Devil

Auteure: Sara June

Nombre de pages: 202

Elle devait le haïr de toutes ses forces... mais elle le désire de tout son corps. Cela fait maintenant plusieurs jours que Madison a été traînée de force dans ce bâtiment désaffecté, où elle est retenue prisonnière. Et, au-delà de ses repères, c’est son bon sens qu’elle commence à perdre. Car, depuis que Vince a posé les yeux sur elle, elle n’a plus qu’une envie : sentir sa peau contre la sienne... Pourtant, c’est la dernière personne en qui elle devrait placer sa confiance. Il a beau être le seul parmi toutes ces brutes à se soucier de son bien-être, il reste avant tout le bras droit du boss de la Mano, l’organisation mafieuse qui l’a kidnappée. Et fantasmer sur ses bras musclés ou sur le tatouage sombre qui recouvre ses épaules n’est pas la meilleure des idées. Surtout alors qu’elle a prévu de s’échapper et que, pour y arriver, elle ne doit en aucun cas regretter ce qu’elle laisse derrière elle... A propos de l'auteur Sara June a toujours adoré lire. Mais ce sont véritablement sa bibliothèque au Québec, remplie de romances, et sa grande créativité qui l’ont portée vers l’écriture et l’édition. Depuis, elle vit au...

The Devil's Box

Nombre de pages: 246

The Universalist's Book of Reference

Auteure: Everet Emmett Guild

Nombre de pages: 392

Demonology and Witchcraft

Auteure: Robert Brown

Nombre de pages: 392

The Catechism Explained

Auteure: Francis Spirago

Nombre de pages: 762

This Catechism is divided into three parts: The first part treats of faith, the second of morals, the third of the means of grace. In the first part Our Lord appears in His character of Teacher; in the second in His character of King; and in the third in His character of High Priest. And since this Catechism proposes as its primary object to answer the question, for what purpose are we here upon earth, thereby emphasizing and giving prominence to man's high calling and destiny, it is especially suited to the present day, when the pursuit of material interests, self-indulgence and pleasure, engrosses the attention of so many. This Catechism is in fact nothing more nor less than an abstract of Our Lord's teaching, and may be called a guide book for the Christian on the road to heaven. - Preface.

The Devil's Cradle

Auteure: Aryan Sharma

Nombre de pages: 88

Devils are a fact of Life. People have been summoning them from ancient times to do their bidding. The rules were simple, draw the confusing as heck summoning circle spell to summon a devil, make a deal, or enter a contract with them in exchange for… well, something. And then came the hard part – Keeping the deal. Everyone knew what happened when you backstabbed a devil, and it wasn’t pretty. So, when a teenage boy got into a desperate situation, he did what all stupid teenagers do – pull off stupid things. And he had to admit, trying to summon a devil of all things might just take the cake!

The Works of William Shakespeare: Hamlet

Auteure: William Shakespeare

Nombre de pages: 256

The Devil's Children

Auteure: Jean La Fontaine

Nombre de pages: 221

A number of cases of serious child abuse have resulted from beliefs that children may be possessed by evil spirits and may then be given the power to bewitch others. Misfortune, failure, illness and even death may be blamed on them. The 'cure', nowadays called deliverance rather than exorcism, is to expel the spirits, sometimes by violent means. This book draws together contributions on aspects of possession and witchcraft from leading academics and expert practitioners in the field. It has been put together following conferences held by Inform, a charity that provides accurate information on new religions as a public service. There is no comparable information publicly available; this book is the first of its kind. Eileen Barker, founder of Inform, introduces the subject and Inform's Deputy Director goes on to detail the requests the charity has answered in recent years on the subject of children, possession and witchcraft. This book offers an invaluable resource for readers, whether academic or practitioner - particularly those in the fields of the safeguarding of children, and their education, health and general welfare.

The Devil's Christmas Box

Auteure: Hugh Churchill Mason

Nombre de pages: 352