Curse Of The Jade Cat

Kai Lynn Riordan is a Diviner- she can touch something and look through the eyes of the person who held it last. This is mostly a useful ability, something that allows her to tell fortunes and find lost people and objects. Te Ling is a huge, bustling city and there are always cases for her to earn money from, lost puppies, stolen family heirlooms and telling tourists their fortunes. However, Kai's easy, profitable life becomes full of danger when she's handed the case of a missing Mage, and she's dropped into a world that holds more secrets than she ever thought existed.

The first installment in The Curse Workers series from New York Times bestselling author Holly Black: “Urban fantasy, con story—whatever you call it, read it” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Cassel comes from a family of con artists and grifters, all of them curse workers but him. On top of that, Cassel is plagued by guilt that he killed his best friend, Lila, years ago. When Cassel begins to have strange dreams about a white cat and people around him are losing their memories, he starts to wonder what really happened to Lila, and what that means about his actions. In Cassel’s search for answers about Lila and himself, he realizes that his brothers have been conning him for years, and that the final piece in their quest for power is about to fall into place. Cassel has other ideas. He’s going to create an even more elaborate trap and, with Lila’s help, con a bunch of magic using conmen. This “beautifully realized dark fantasy...with prose that moves from stark simplicity to almost surreal intensity in a moment” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) is rife with the unexpected. “Readers will be hooked” (Booklist) on White Cat.

Bodies are piling up, and I’m in charge of figuring out why. I can’t help it! There are innocent people being accused. And don’t get me started on the heat and humidity in Beulah. The thick cloud of death is only surpassed by the constant hot flashes induced by the weather. I could keep going. I should actually. After almost being killed by a history-obsessed realtor that wanted my inherited house for herself, I’m ready to get out of Dodge. Unfortunately, this new situation is a bit more personal in nature. A guy that disappeared a decade ago was discovered dead in this new case. Where has he been for the last ten years? And one of my friends just happens to have the murder weapon. You can’t make these things up. Not even in the pages of a good mystery novel. Speaking of books, my new book club is at the center of my thoughts as the judgmental kitty and I traverse this new mystery. The members of the club are fan-girling over the town’s new resident, but the man is up to no good! I can feel it. With all this craziness, it isn’t easy being a sleuth right now, but Chonks will help me navigate the twists and turns of this gritty mystery, as long as we’re home in time for his dinner. That is a must.

For more than a century, original music has been composed for the cinema. From the early days when live music accompanied silent films to the present in which a composer can draw upon a full orchestra or a lone synthesizer to embody a composition, music has been an integral element of most films. By the late 1930s, movie studios had established music departments, and some of the greatest names in film music emerged during Hollywood’s Golden Age, including Alfred Newman, Max Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin, and Bernard Herrmann. Over the decades, other creators of screen music offered additional memorable scores, and some composers—such as Henry Mancini, Randy Newman, and John Williams—have become household names. The Encyclopedia of Film Composers features entries on more than 250 movie composers from around the world. It not only provides facts about these artists but also explains what makes each composer notable and discusses his or her music in detail. Each entry includes Biographical material Important dates Career highlights Analysis of the composer’s musical style Complete list of movie credits This book brings recognition to the many men and women who have written music for movies over the past one hundred years. In addition to composers from the United States and Great Britain, artists from dozens of other countries are also represented. A rich resource of movie music history, The Encyclopedia of Film Composers will be of interest to fans of cinema in general as well as those who want to learn more about the many talented individuals who have created memorable scores.

The Slayers were once her biggest threat, but an even greater evil awaits… Kaylee may have survived the Slayers’ first attack on her life, but now the group dedicated to wiping out all dragon-kin is seeking an ancient relic far deadlier than any before: The Book of Kells. And not the Book Kaylee and the rest of the world knows. If the Slayers get their hands on this one, it won’t just be the end of Kaylee, but all dragon-kin. But even while the Slayer threat grows, a dangerous stranger from Kaylee’s past has arrived to mentor her unstable storm magic with methods that push Kaylee to her limits. Even with her relationship to Edwin growing, the emergence of deadly secrets close to home threaten to tear her friends and family apart. Soon, this could be a war on all sides. A war she might not win. Dragon’s Curse is the second book in the complete YA fantasy Heir of Dragons series. If you like snarky, fast-paced fantasies full of dragon shifters, twisting mysteries, and a slow-burn romance, this series is for you!

Now that the issues in the Nation of the Spirit King are over, Ruri Morikawa spends her days in peace with her partner Jade in the Nation of the Dragon King. One day, a letter arrives from the Imperial Nation detailing that Emperor Adularia has fallen ill and needs the elixir made from dragon blood, said to cure any and all ailments. Jade sends her the medicine without hesitation, but it proves to be ineffective, and Adularia’s condition continues to worsen. Curiously, her symptoms bear an uncanny resemblance to the illness that took the life of Quartz’s mate, Seraphie. What could this mean? Find out in the magical seventh installment of The White Cat’s Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon King’s Lap!

Film history is merged with psychiatric history seamlessly, to show how and why bad depictions of mind doctors (especially hypnotists) occur in early film, long before Hannibal Lecter burst upon the scene. The German Expressionist Dr. Caligari is not cinema's first psychotic charlatan, but he launches the stereotype of screen psychiatrists who are sicker than their patients. Many film psychiatrists function as political metaphors, while many more reflect real life clinical controversies. This book discusses films with diabolical drugging, unethical experimentation, involuntary incarceration, sexual exploitation, lobotomies, "shock schlock," conspiracy theories and military medicine, to show how fact informs fantasy, and when fantasy trumps reality. Traditional asylum thrillers changed after hospital stays shortened and laws protected people against involuntary commitment. Except for six short "golden years" from 1957 to 1963, portrayals of bad psychiatrists far outnumber good ones and this book tells how and why that was.

Exclusive Waverly Academy looks like a medieval castle, but the horrors there are up-to-date. With minor incidents and cruel pranks running rampant, and each incident accompanied by a curse note from the Black Cat, soon everyone is spooked—even the teachers. At the headmistress’s request, Nancy and George go undercover as teaching interns, and it isn’t long before Nancy herself gets one of the menacing notes. Who is the mysterious Black Cat? An unhappy student? Or is a more sinister force at work?