Blood Kin

Author : Ceridwen Dovey
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101202734
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blood Kin written by Ceridwen Dovey and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-02-28 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rarely does a debut novel attract the sweeping critical acclaim of Ceridwen Dovey's Blood Kin. Shortlisted for two prestigious awards, this tale centers around a military coup in an unnamed country, with characters who have no names or any identifying physical characteristics. Known simply as the ex-President's chef, barber, and portrait painter, these three men perform their mundane tasks and appear unaware of the atrocities of their employer's regime. But when the President is deposed, the trio are revealed as less than innocent. A deeply chilling yet sensual novel, Blood Kin illustrates Lord Acton's famous quip, "Absolute power corrupts absolutely," and marks the beginning of an illustrious literary career.

Author : M.J. Scott
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0451464583
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blood Kin written by M.J. Scott and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine a city divided. A city where human and Fae magic rests uneasily next to the vampire Blood and the shapeshifting Beasts. A city where a fragile peace is brokered by a treaty that set the laws for all four races…a treaty that is faltering day by day. I didn’t plan on becoming a thief and a spy. But options are limited for the half-breed daughter of a Fae lord. My father abandoned me but at least I inherited some of his magic, and my skills with charms and glamours mean that few are as good at uncovering secrets others wish to hide. Right now the city has many secrets. And those who seek them pay so well… I never expected to stumble across a Templar Knight in my part of the city. Guy DuCaine is sworn to duty and honor and loyalty—all the things I’m not. I may have aroused more than his suspicion but he belongs to the Order and the human world. So when treachery and violence spill threaten both our worlds, learning to trust each other might be the only thing that saves us. But even if a spy and a holy knight can work together, finding the key to peace is never going to be easy…

Author : Henry Chappell
Publisher : Texas Tech University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780896725300
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blood Kin written by Henry Chappell and published by Texas Tech University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isaac Webb, a young Texas ranger, struggles for decency amid the violence of the Texas Revolution and early Republic. A teen when he joins the Texian army, he discovers an extraordinary mettle in battle and finds love. But when victory over Mexico fails to bring stability and Indian depredations escalate, Isaac must set aside his own hopes in or...

Author : I. M. Lewis
Publisher : The Red Sea Press
ISBN 13 : 9780932415936
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blood and Bone written by I. M. Lewis and published by The Red Sea Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis challenging contemporary,anthropological understanding of kinship,structures.,.

Author : Claire Humphrey
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 125007634X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spells of Blood and Kin written by Claire Humphrey and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When her beloved grandmother dies suddenly, 22-year-old Lissa Nevsky is left with no choice but to take over her grandmother's magical position in their small folk community. That includes honoring a debt owed to the dangerous stranger who appears at Lissa's door. Maksim Volkov needs magic to keep his brutal nature leashed, but he's already lost control once: his blood-borne lust for violence infects Nick Kaisaris, a charming slacker out celebrating the end of finals. Now Nick is somewhere else in Toronto, going slowly mad, and Maksim must find him before he hurts more people."--

Author : Mark Powell
Publisher : Univ Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9781572339392
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blood Kin written by Mark Powell and published by Univ Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 ... All of them are living on the fringes of a rural South racing toward a middle-class modernity that has little use for any of them"--Back cover.

Author : Maria Lima
Publisher : Gallery Books
ISBN 13 : 9781476786971
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blood Kin written by Maria Lima and published by Gallery Books. This book was released on 2014-04-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perils of power... Keira Kelly has come into her full powers, and they are frighteningly strong, creating a distance between her and her human friends in her beloved Rio Seco. It is time to obey her great-great-grandmother Gigi's orders and rejoin her family in northwest Canada, where Keira can learn to handle her dangerous new skills. She'll have friends with her every step of the way -- her shapeshifter brother Tucker, his beloved Niko, and, to Keira's dismay, her cousin on her mother's side, Daffyd ap Geraint, the Sidhe prince who suddenly appeared in her life and now refuses to leave -- but her vampire lover Adam has insisted on staying in Texas. And while there are certainly perks to being Family, such as a private Learjet for the flight to Canada and a fabulous penthouse condo overlooking Vancouver, there are threats looming that nobody, not even Gigi, anticipated. Keira's Sidhe inheritance from her mother is far more important than anyone ever realized, and the fate of the Family may depend upon what she does next....

Author : Christopher H. Johnson
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 0857457500
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blood and Kinship written by Christopher H. Johnson and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The word "blood" awakens ancient ideas, but we know little about its historical representation in Western cultures. Anthropologists have customarily studied how societies think about the bodily substances that unite them, and the contributors to this volume develop those questions in new directions. Taking a radically historical perspective that complements traditional cultural analyses, they demonstrate how blood and kinship have constantly been reconfigured in European culture. This volume challenges the idea that blood can be understood as a stable entity, and shows how concepts of blood and kinship moved in both parallel and divergent directions over the course of European history.

Author : Aksana Ismailbekova
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 025302577X
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blood Ties and the Native Son written by Aksana Ismailbekova and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-22 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthropologist explores the politics and society of Kyrgyzstan through a study of one influential man’s life. A pioneering study of kinship, patronage, and politics in Central Asia, Blood Ties and the Native Son tells the story of the rise and fall of a man called Rahim, an influential and powerful patron in rural northern Kyrgyzstan, and of how his relations with clients and kin shaped the economic and social life of the region. Many observers of politics in post-Soviet Central Asia have assumed that corruption, nepotism, and patron-client relations would forestall democratization. Looking at the intersection of kinship ties with political patronage, Aksana Ismailbekova finds instead that this intertwining has in fact enabled democratization—both kinship and patronage develop apace with democracy, although patronage relations may stymie individual political opinion and action. “This book is an important contribution to a growing literature on Central Asian politics and society, and by complicating dominant narratives about the dangers of weak state institutions, Ismailbekova has much to offer to the broader research project on democratization and clientelism.” —Europe-Asia Studies

Author : Maria Lima
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439167788
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blood Heat written by Maria Lima and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texas is heating up. . . . The summer heat wave that’s hit Rio Seco, Texas, has even the vampires complaining, but now that Keira—the Kelly Heir—is home from Vancouver, the weather isn’t the only thing too hot to handle. Keira should be setting up her court and planning the big reception at which she and her consort, vampire ruler Adam Walker, will receive the magical leaders from the local area, but pomp and circumstance just aren’t Keira’s thing, especially not with trouble smoldering in her domain. A werewolf couple has mysteriously gone missing from a local pack, and when Keira is asked by their leader to investigate, she finds that some dissatisfied neighbors may have been taking, well, strong action against the wer community—action that could be repeated and could involve Keira and those she loves. With the reception looming and danger fast blazing out of control, the pressure is on Keira to keep Texas safe for supernaturals. Sometimes, it’s just not that great to be Heir. . . .