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Man: The Grand Symbol of the Mysteries
by Manly P. HallMan, according to Manly P. Hall, is at the center of the Mystery School tradition. We are the living reflection of the Creator, and all traditions in Western Esotericism are based upon it.“Our purpose has been to bring together not all but only a small part of what may be termed the lore of the human body. For the most part, the origins of the various doctrines are set forth in the text. Some have come from Eastern scriptures, some from the Hermetic fragments. We have called upon a wide diversity of old authorities and, strangely enough, there is an evident consistency among them conspicuously lacking with the moderns. The sages, furthermore, approached their task with veneration; an underlying realization of the dignity of life adds charm to every conclusion. They viewed the human body not as the man but as the house of the man. Antiquity was convinced of immortality and among the wise the science of the soul occupied first place. Much work remains to be done in the field of occult anatomy. There are many old writings yet to be consulted, libraries unavailable to the public to be explored, manuscripts to be deciphered. The Codices of Central America must be made to give up their secrets. The temples libraries of Asia are filled with priceless documents, for in India are preserved records invaluable to science. Our effort, then, is primarily to stimulate interest and to focus the attention of the learned upon this engrossing theme. We are subject to errors which time alone can correct, but the principle of the correspondence existing between man and the world is established upon incontestable grounds.”—Manly P. Hall
Manchineel: A Skye MacLeod Mystery
by John BallemAll the ingredients for a superb thriller are present in John Bishop Ballem’s tenth novel. On Manchineel, the Caribbean playground of the rich and famous, Skye MacLeod flies his own vintage airplane, attends parties, flirts with a gin-loving princess, and falls in love with the ex-wife of a powerful American senator. He comes to realize that there is something dreadfully wrong with this island paradise through a series of strange events: unusual shark attacks, voodoo ceremonies, and the disappearance of several children and young adults.
Mandagual (Cuando salga el sol #1)
by Joseph Renauld BendañaThe ambition of a man and the greed of a woman, becomes the bond that unites them to create a macabre marriage. No matter that with this, the fate of a young woman was sealed, who from the beginning is a victim of that terrible union. A century later, fate wants to make another young woman pay for that curse with her blood, for which that victim of the past suffers in hell, and so that others continue to enjoy riches. A story where ambition and greed give way to love and friendship. But, also, along with it the desire for revenge and an epic war with which it is tried to overthrow the dark forces is awakened. Will love be able to forgive the mistakes of the past? Can the darkness be overcome by raising the dead and killing the living? Find out by immersing yourself in Mandagual, touring the regions of the gothic world of Augures, a space in time inhabited by iconic legends, demons and dictator rulers.
Mandie and the Ghost Bandits (Mandie, Book #3)
by Lois Gladys LeppardMandie and her friends attempt to unravel the mystery which includes missing gold, a train wreck, and a gang of robbers disguised as "ghosts." Book 3 in the Mandie series. Reading Level 5.4. Interest level grades 5-8. Also part of the Accelerated Reader test program
Manfred Macmillan: Book One of the Three Magicians Trilogy
by Brian James Baer Carleton Bulkin Jirí Karásek ze LvovicDecadence meets gothic in Manfred Macmillan (1907), a carefully constructed tale of doppelgangers, magical intrigue, and the rootless scion of a noble house. This annotated, first-ever English translation presents an early queer novel long unavailable except in the original Czech. Author Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic (1871–1951) was a major cultural figure in his native Bohemia and cultivated ties with fellow artists from across Central Europe. In their extensive scholarly introduction, translator Carleton Bulkin and translation scholar Brian James Baer situate the novel within longer histories of gay literature, fascinations with the occult, and the cultural and linguistic politics of so-called peripheral European nations. They persuasively frame Karásek as a queer author and cultural disruptor in the fin de siècle Habsburg space. Karasék rejected Czech translations of ancient Greek writers that bowdlerized gay themes, and he personally and vigorously defended Oscar Wilde in print, both on the grounds of artistic freedom and of private morality. He also published a cycle of homoerotic poems under the title Sodom, confiscated by the Austrian authorities but republished in 1905 and repeatedly afterward. A colonized subject, a literary decadent, and a sexual outlaw, Karasék’s complex responses to his own marginalization can be traced through his fantastically strange novel trilogy Three Magicians. As the first volume in that series, Manfred Macmillan is a gorgeous, compelling, and important addition to expanding canons of LGBTQI+ literature.
Manhattan Grimoire
by Sandy DelucaGina and her sister, Allie, have seen strange visions since childhood. Allie steals a book of demonic spells from a depraved conjurer known as Mojo DeCanne, and hides the book in Gina's apartment in the days before she vanished. As Manhattan braces for the worst snowstorm in decades, Mojo DeCanne comes looking for what is his.
Manhunt
by Gretchen Felker-Martin"By far the best book I've read this year.” —Roxane Gay #1 Best Book of 2022 (Vulture) • A Best Horror Novel of All Time (Cosmopolitan) • One of the Best Horror Novels of 2022 (Esquire, Library Journal, Paste, and CrimeReads) • A Top 10 Horror Debuts of 2022 (Booklist) • A Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Best Horror • A Best Book of 2022 (Tor.com) • A Best SFF Book of 2022 (Gizmodo) • A Top 25 Most Influential Works of Postwar Queer Literature (The New York Times Style Magazine).Manhunt is an explosive post-apocalyptic novel that follows trans women and trans men on a grotesque journey of survival.“A modern horror masterpiece.” —Carmen Maria MachadoBeth and Fran spend their days traveling the ravaged New England coast, hunting feral men and harvesting their organs in a gruesome effort to ensure they'll never face the same fate.Robbie lives by his gun and one hard-learned motto: other people aren't safe.After a brutal accident entwines the three of them, this found family of survivors must navigate murderous TERFs, a sociopathic billionaire bunker brat, and awkward relationship dynamics—all while outrunning packs of feral men, and their own demons."A filthy, furious delight."—The New YorkerAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Manitou Blood
by Graham MastertonNew York City is being swept by a strange and terrible epidemic. Victims can no longer eat solid food, they become hypersensitive to sunlight, and they have an irresistible need to drink human blood.
Mannheim Rex
by Robert PobiFrom the internationally bestselling novelist Rob Pobi comes Mannheim Rex, an homage to the blockbuster Jaws and the classic American novel Moby Dick.After the sudden death of his wife, famous horror writer Gavin Corlie retreats from New York City to a secluded house on Lake Caldasac. But his new life in the country is far from idyllic, and when a thirteen-year-old wheelchair-bound boy named Finn Horn nearly drowns in the lake, Gavin discovers a startling secret: people in this peaceful lakeside community keep vanishing. Is the corrupt, drug-fuelled town sheriff to blame? Or is Finn's account of a lake-dwelling leviathan more than a near-death hallucination? Racing against time and Mother Nature, Gavin and Finn embark on a quest to catch a nightmare beast. It's survival of the fittest, and it isn't long before the pair realizes that they might be out of their depth...and that the hunters may have become the hunted. An homage to Peter Benchley's Jaws and the classic Moby Dick, Mannheim Rex is an unsettling thriller that switches seamlessly between heartwarming friendship and heart-stopping action.
Manor Black
by Cullen BunnFrom the creators of Harrow County and The Sixth Gun comes this gothic horror fantasy about a family of sorcerers in crisis.Roman Black is the moribund patriarch of a family of powerful sorcerers. As his wicked and corrupt children fight over who will take the reins of Manor Black and representative of the black arts, Roman adopts a young mage who he gifts his powers to with the hope that someone good will take his place against the evil forces out to bring down his family and legacy. Collects Manor Black issues #1-4 and featuring a sketchbook section and pinup art by Jill Thompson, Dan Brereton, Eric Henderson, and Greg Smallwood.
Manor Black Volume 2: Fire in the Blood
by Cullen Bunn Brian HurttFrom the creators of Harrow County and The Sixth Gun comes the next chapter of this gothic horror fantasy about a family of sorcerers in crisis. The powerful and ancient blood sorcerer Roman Black has taken a young fire mage under his wing after she has done the impossible—taken her magic house&’s totem spirit inside herself. But the totem is powerful, and may be impossible to control, especially when Roman&’s children begin to see the young mage as a threat. Collects Manor Black: Fire in the Blood #1–#4.
Mantequero: Mantequero livre 1 (Mantequero Series #1)
by Jenny TwistPersonne n'avait jamais voulu embrasser June jusqu'à ce qu'elle rencontre sa romance de vacances. Ignacio voulait l'embrasser tout le temps. Mais était-ce juste des baisers qu'il voulait? Ou avait-il un but plus sinistre? Bientôt June commence à perdre du poids. Beaucoup de poids ! Ignacio pourrait-il être . . . le Mantequero! En Espagne, ils ont un autre type de vampire. Il ne suce pas votre sang ~ il suce la graisse de vos os! Lorsque June est allée en Espagne pour Noël, elle a rencontré l'homme de ses rêves. Nuit après nuit, il venait lui rendre visite – et jour après jour, elle devenait de plus en plus mince. En Espagne, ils ont un autre type de vampire!
Many Dimensions: A Novel
by Charles WilliamsAn ancient stone possessing awesome and terrifying powers wreaks havoc in this intelligent and provocative literary excursion into the supernatural A remarkable object has fallen into the hands of the abominable scientist Sir Giles Tumulty. Once positioned at the center of the crown of King Solomon, it is a stone of astonishing and terrifying power, capable of good and evil alike. Anyone who touches it can move through time and space, perform miracles, and heal or kill. The stone can replicate itself, and does so during the course of Sir Giles&’s inhuman experiments, subsequently falling into numerous unworthy hands throughout England. There are those who will attempt to use the stone for personal gain, only to discover that it is they themselves being used by a power beyond their comprehension; some will find themselves trapped in eternally repeating nightmares from which there is no escape; still others will be freed from their earthly burdens. And so begins the battle between the forces of darkness and light for control of the most dangerous object in existence. A gripping metaphysical thriller by Charles Williams, who along with C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, and J. R. R. Tolkien was one of Oxford&’s famed Inklings, Many Dimensions is at once a gripping supernatural adventure and a thought-provoking exploration of the good and evil that dwell in the heart of every human being.
Maplecroft
by Cherie PriestLizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks; and when she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one.... The people of Fall River, Massachusetts, fear me. Perhaps rightfully so. I remain a suspect in the brutal deaths of my father and his second wife despite the verdict of innocence at my trial. With our inheritance, my sister, Emma, and I have taken up residence in Maplecroft, a mansion near the sea and far from gossip and scrutiny. But it is not far enough from the affliction that possessed my parents. Their characters, their very souls, were consumed from within by something that left malevolent entities in their place. It originates from the ocean's depths, plaguing the populace with tides of nightmares and madness. This evil cannot hide from me. No matter what guise it assumes, I will be waiting for it. With an axe.
Maplecroft: The Borden Dispatches
by Cherie PriestLizzie Borden took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks; and when she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one.... The people of Fall River, Massachusetts, fear me. Perhaps rightfully so. I remain a suspect in the brutal deaths of my father and his second wife despite the verdict of innocence at my trial. With our inheritance, my sister, Emma, and I have taken up residence in Maplecroft, a mansion near the sea and far from gossip and scrutiny. But it is not far enough from the affliction that possessed my parents. Their characters, their very souls, were consumed from within by something that left malevolent entities in their place. It originates from the ocean's depths, plaguing the populace with tides of nightmares and madness. This evil cannot hide from me. No matter what guise it assumes, I will be waiting for it. With an axe.
Mapping the Interior
by Stephen Graham JonesThe New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones, brings readers a spine-tingling journey through a young boy's haunted home. Winner of the 2017 Bram Stoker Award for Long Fiction!"A triumph. So emotionally raw, disturbing, creepy, and brilliant."—Paul Tremblay, New York Times bestselling author of Horror MovieWalking through his own house at night, a young boy thinks he sees another person stepping through a doorway. The figure reminds him of his long-dead father, who drowned mysteriously before his family left the reservation. When he follows, it he discovers his house is bigger and deeper than he ever knew. The house is the kind of wrong place where you can lose yourself and find things you'd rather not have. Over the course of a few nights, the boy tries to map out his house in an effort that puts his younger brother in the worst danger, and puts him in the position to save them . . . at a terrible cost."Brilliant." —The New York TimesAlso by Stephen Graham Jones:Night of the MannequinsAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Marah Chase and the Conqueror's Tomb: A Novel (Marah Chase Ser. #1)
by Jay StringerRogue archeologist Marah Chase is approached by MI6 with an impossible mission: to help them recover a dangerous treasure lost after the death of Alexander the Great. Once a rising star in the field of archaeology, Marah Chase is now a black-market treasure hunter, her services available to the highest bidder. But when she’s caught “rescuing” relics in Syria before they’re destroyed by war, an MI6 officer named Joanna Mason approaches her with an offer she can’t refuse: help save the world or rot in prison. All Chase has to do is find Alexander the Great’s lost tomb, recover an ancient weapon of mass destruction he may have used to conquer the earth, and destroy it before the bad guys can get it. Among those adversaries are a powerful church that believes in a forgotten epoch of advanced alien technology, the white supremacist thugs in its employ, and the rival archaeologist who recently left Chase for dead. Chase can’t resist a challenge—or the British spy recruiting her. There’s just one problem. If Chase has any hope of unearthing Alexander’s tomb before the forces hot on her heels do, she’ll need the help of the one person she’s been afraid to see since her fall from grace: Zoe Forrester, the heir to a hidden journal that holds the key—and Chase’s ex-girlfriend. A contemporary homage to the best adventure stories of literature, television, and film, Marah Chase and the Conqueror’s Tomb is an action-packed, globe-trotting quest, perfect for anyone who’s ever thought Indy really ought to be Jewish, female, and gay.
Marah Chase and the Fountain of Youth: A Novel
by Jay StringerAdventurer Marah Chase can&’t resist one last globe-trotting quest to rescue a friend and discover a legendary locale.Marah Chase has everything she wanted. Her academic career is back on track, she&’s moved into a Manhattan apartment, and a dream job is waiting at the American Museum of Natural History. So why can&’t she seem to stop slipping into her old ways, traveling the world in search of lost relics and buried treasure? Back out in the field, Chase finds the lost Ark of the Covenant, a discovery that could trigger a holy war, as religions and nations argue over ownership of the sacred item. The Ark also brings Chase into conflict with another legendary relic runner, August Nash, a clash the entire underground smuggling community has been waiting for, and not one that will end anytime soon. Upon returning home, Chase is hired by US soda billionaire Lauren Stanford to find the Fountain of Youth. At first, Chase dismisses this idea. But then Stanford tells her that an old friend found some information on the Fountain&’s location and is now missing. Chase agrees to take the job—but only to find her friend—and enlists allies along the way on a trail from New York to London, and then on to Glasgow. Behind the myth, they find, lies a much older secret, and now they&’re in a race to find the Fountain ahead of Nash and his nefarious cohorts. Whoever gets there first will have control over the future of humanity. Marah Chase and the Fountain of Youth is a tense, exciting, and epic adventure novel, spanning three continents and broadening the world of the Marah Chase series, placing Chase in the unique position to confront questions of identity, faith, imperialism, and appropriation.
Marauders of Gor (Gorean Saga #9)
by John Norman&“A really fun, Beowulf-style action story&” in the long-running, cult classic science fiction adventure series set on a Counter Earth (Pulp Week). Former Earthman Tarl Cabot is now a powerful Tarnsman of the brutal and caste-bound planet of Gor, also known as Counter Earth. He embarks on an adventure in the dangerous and mysterious wilderness of Gor, pitting his warrior&’s skills against treacherous outlaws, bandits, and fighters. Three different women are working to bring change to Tarl&’s far-from-peaceful life on Gor: Talena, his onetime queen and first love; Elizabeth, his brave fighting partner; and the Amazonian Verna, chief of the fierce and wild panther women. As Tarl journeys through the wilderness, the fates of these three remarkable women will finally be decided. Rediscover this brilliantly imagined world where men are masters and women live to serve their every desire. Marauders of Gor is the 9th book in the Gorean Saga, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
March (Count Down)
by Daniel ParkerAfter everyone on Earth over twenty dies, the agents of the awakened Demon Lilith plot to destroy the Visionaries, the special teenagers who have the power to destroy her.
Marea: A veces hay que dejar hasta la vida (Trilogía Sara Midnight #Volumen 2)
by Daniela SacerdotiDespués de la muerte de sus padres, Sarah Midnight ha tenido que enfrentarse a los más temibles y horripilantes seres. Su misión es impedir que los demonios aniquilen a los humanos y se apoderen de la tierra una vez más. Pero ahora Sarah debe descubrir en quién puede confiar y en quién no, pues el peligro viene de todas partes. La cacería de humanos y Familias Secretas ha empeorado y Sarah sabe que para poder triunfar necesitará ayuda de los muertos, o de lo que éstos hayan dejado en vida. ¿Será capaz de detener a los demonios que amenazan a la humanidad entera?
Mareas de Medianoche (Malaz: El Libro de los Caídos #Volumen 5)
by Steven EriksonMareas de Medianoche es el quinto volumen de la saga «Malaz: El Libro de los Caídos», la decalogía originalmente publicada entre 1999 y 2011 que ha convertido al escritor canadiense Steven Erikson en una de las mayores voces de la fantasía épica contemporánea. Desde entonces, esta obra maestra de la imaginación está considerada una de las series más ambiciosas del género de los últimos años. Después de décadas de guerras intestinas, las tribus de los Tiste Edur al fin se han unido bajo el mando del Rey Warlock. Hay paz, pero el precio ha sido terrible: un pacto hecho con un poder oculto cuyos motivos son, en el mejor de los casos, sospechosos, y, en el peor, mortales. Al sur, el rapaz reino de Lether, impaciente por ver cumplido el papel que profetizaron para él largo tiempo atrás como imperio renacido, ha esclavizado a sus vecinos menos civilizados. Es decir, a todos salvo a los Tiste Edur. El destino ha decretado que también ellos han de caer. Y, sin embargo, la lucha inminente que librarán estos dos pueblos no es más que un pálido reflejo de un conflicto más primitivo. Se están reuniendo antiguas fuerzas y con ellas la herida todavía abierta de una vieja traición y un ansia de venganza... La crítica ha dicho...«Homérico en alcance y visión... Una historia que ni por un instante deja de emocionar y entretener.»SF Site «Erikson se encuentra en lo más alto del panteón de la fantasía épica.»Publishers Weekly «Erikson no tiene competidor en lo que se refiere a acción e imaginación, y alcanza la categoría de Tolkien y Donaldson en su visión mítica, incluso podría superarlos.»SF Site
Mari and the Curse of El Cocodrilo
by Adrianna CuevasFrom Pura Belpré Honor–winning author Adrianna Cuevas comes Mari and the Curse of El Cocodrilo, a new middle grade novel about a young Cuban American girl who must fight to break a curse of bad luck set upon her by El Cocodrilo when she rejects her family’s traditions.If Mari Feijoo could, she would turn her family’s Peak Cubanity down a notch, just enough so that her snooping neighbor and classmate Mykenzye wouldn’t have anything to tease her about. That’s why this year, there’s no way that Mari’s joining in on one of the big-gest Feijoo family traditions—burning the New Year’s Eve effigy her abuela makes.Only Mari never suspects that failing to toss her effigy in the fire would bring something much worse than sneering words at school: a curse of bad luck from El Cocodrilo. At first, it’s just possessed violins and grade sabotaging pencils, but once El Cocodrilo learns that he becomes more powerful with each new misery, her luck goes from bad to nightmarish as the curse spreads to her friend Keisha.Instead of focusing on Mari’s mariachi band tryout and Keisha’s fencing tournament, the pair, along with their friend Juan Carlos, are racing against the clock to break the curse. But when Mari discovers her family’s gift to call upon their ancestors, she and her friends will have to find a way to work with the unexpected help that arrives from the far corners of Mari’s family tree. Only will it be enough to defeat El Cocodrilo before he makes their last year of elementary school the worst ever and tears their friendship apart?
Maria's Curse
by Jezabel GonzálezMaria's curse is inspired in La Zokorra legend, a witch who lived two centuries ago in a town in Alava region. It's believed that she cursed the town's residents after they had humiliated and sent her off the town. According to written testimonials of that time, that lady really existed and even her address was known. However, weather the legend is read or unreal, today, while you are reading this novel, the consequences of that damnation are still being fulfilled: since then, every resident dies, two others die as well... Prepare yourself to feel the fear.
Mariana
by Susanna Kearsley"I've loved every one of Susanna's books! She has bedrock research and a butterfly's delicate touch with characters—sure recipe for historical fiction that sucks you in and won't let go!"— DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of OutlanderThe next book from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Susanna Kearsley, Mariana is a story of incredible romance traveling in time from modern day England to a haunted Gothic past.When Julia Beckett moves into a beautiful old farmhouse, she soon discovers she's not alone there. She encounters haunting remnants of a beautiful young woman who lived and loved there centuries ago. Julia finds herself transported into 17th-century England, and into the world of Mariana.Each time Julia travels back, she becomes more enthralled with the past... until she realizes Mariana's life is eclipsing her own. She must lay the past to rest or risk losing the chance for happiness in her own time.With heartbreaking romance, escapist fantasy, and powerfully drawn characters, Kearsley takes you on a time-traveling journey you'll never forget.Also by Susanna Kearsley: The Winter Sea The Rose Garden The Shadowy Horses The Firebird The Splendour Falls Season of Storms A Desperate Fortune Named of the Dragon Bellewether