Author: Shaun Hamill [Hamill, Shaun]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2024-07-23T00:00:00+00:00

Description:
"You can never go home again," the saying goes—but Hal, Athena, and Erin have to. In high school, the three were students of the eccentric Professor Marsh, trained in a secret system of magic known as the Dissonance, which is built around harnessing negative emotions: alienation, anger, pain. Then, twenty years ago, something happened that shattered their coven, scattering them across the country, stuck in mundane lives, alone.

But now, terrifying signs and portents (not to mention a pointed Facebook invite) have summoned them back to Clegg, Texas. There, their paths will collide with that of Owen, a closeted teenager from Alabama whose aborted cemetery seance with his crush summoned something far worse: a murderous entity whose desperate, driving purpose includes kidnapping Owen to serve as its Renfield. As Owen tries to outwit his new master, and Hal, Athena, and Erin reckon with how the choices they made as teens might connect to the apocalyptic event unfurling over the Lone Star State, shocking alliances form, old and new romances brew, and three unsuccessful adults and one frightened teen are all that stand between reality and oblivion.

From one of the boldest, most brilliant voices in modern fantastical horror, The Dissonance is a thrilling and beautifully written story of magic and monsters, forgiveness and friendship.

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Author: Mortaza Tokhy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Secrets Of Blackwood Manor, Horror Story, Mortaza Tokhy
Publisher: True American Publishing
Published: 2024-05-20T00:00:00+00:00

Description:
The oppressive heat of July 1982 bore down on the small town of Brisby, Iowa, where two young friends were about to tempt fate in the most horrifying way. For years, the dilapidated Blackwood Manor sat decrepit on the outskirts, a looming presence that parents warned their children never to approach. Tales were whispered of three kids who ventured inside over six decades ago, never to be seen again. Their disappearances had calcified into local lore, fueling the sinister reputation of the crumbling edifice.

Fourteen-year-old best friends Marvin Lott and the narrator should have heeded the ominous stories, but the thrill of defying such taboos on the last day of summer freedom proved too tantalizing. As dusk fell, they made their way through the overgrown grounds, the manor's shadow engulfing them like a vile mist. Every rotting timber and shattered window seemed to dare them onward into the beckoning darkness within.

The boys' first hesitant steps across the threshold unleashed a malevolent force that had lain dormant for generations. An invisible malice slithered forth, eager to ensnare new victims in its gruesome web. As they ascended the grand staircase, floorboards groaned in protest, as if giving voice to the anguished souls who had fallen prey to the manor's terrifying secrets. Marvin's nervous laughter echoed hollowly, drowned out by the thunderous pounding of their hearts.

In the master bedroom, the air hung stale and thick with dread. A tattered doll, strands of matted hair still clinging to its skull, seemed to watch them with vacant eyes. The narrator's blood turned to ice in his veins as the realization dawned - this was where the unspeakable horrors had occurred all those years ago. Marvin's curiosity proved his undoing as he pried open a decrepit armoire...and vanished without a sound into the reeking depths.

The narrator's anguished screams reverberated through the cavernous manor as he clawed frantically at the armoire's unyielding panels. But the only response was a low, rumbling laughter that curdled his blood and froze him in his tracks. From the shadows, a hunched, twisted figure emerged, its mouth a rictus grin of serrated fangs. In that endless moment of heart-stopping terror, the narrator finally understood the truth behind the chilling tales.

Blackwood Manor was no mere derelict ruin, but a timeless vessel for an ancient, ravenous evil. A soulless abomination that fed on the lives of the young, trapping their spirits for eternity in an endless cycle of torment. As the grotesque entity advanced, the narrator saw the anguished faces of the manor's countless victims contorting within its viscous form, their pleas for mercy silenced by the void.

With a primordial roar, the abomination reared up, its gaping maw unhinged and ready to consume the narrator's very essence. In that final, panicked heartbeat, the narrator turned to flee, only to find the way barred by a legion of shambling forms - the reanimated husks of the manor's victims, their empty eyes burning with hatred for the living.

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Author: Pamela Crane [Crane, Pamela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rockin' C Reads
Published: 2024-07-23T04:00:00+00:00

Description:
Doused with humor, fortified with women empowerment, and starring an irresistibly quirky leading lady, one woman challenges orders to take her medicine (like a man) and overthrows convention instead.

When Sam Stanton's father dies from prescription complications, she pulls up her big-girl undies and demands to hold the drug company responsible. As her father always said, if you want to take down the man, you've got to fight like one. So she converts her great room into a greenhouse and becomes the first holistic advice columnist to challenge modern medicine. But it's 1970, and Sam's readers are wary to accept health advice from anyone but a man.

Except one person takes an obsessive interest in Sam’s herbal remedies: Thomas Cook, her pharmaceutical adversary with more money than J. Paul Getty, and a reach long enough to squash Sam’s unconventional ways…like the way she cures marital dry spells with horny goat weed—it’s not called that for nothing! But Sam is about to dose him with a tough pill to swallow: her column is upheaving the medical industry, along with women’s roles in it.

Thomas isn’t the only jilted ego out to get Sam as her old flame reemerges, bringing a warning. When a disturbing detail mysteriously surfaces about her father’s death, she becomes a target scandalized, risking everything she’s spoken out to save.

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Author: Mat Wreford [Wreford, Mat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mat Wreford
Published: 2024-07-14T22:00:00+00:00

Description:
The Fifteen Minute City, was once considered the way of the future, a place to feel at home, connected, everything you needed within easy reach.

Civil wars bring each country to the brink of collapse, until the corporations step in. The conflicts eventually end, and the world settles into peace once more. But the corporations aren’t interested in peace, only profit, at any cost.

Alrina and Kirion have lived their entire life in the Arcadia North Fifteen, everything they need is provided by Big Corp.
Why does the need to escape stir restlessly within them? Why were their fathers taken years before? Why do the women in the Fifteen live in fear of something unseen, something that comes for them in the night, something they can only remember in their nightmares?

A chance meeting with a stranger convinces them that they must escape the Fifteen if they’re ever to learn the answers.
The Fifteen… escaping is just the start!

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Author: Marks, Justin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-06-18T00:00:00+00:00

Description:
Over the last year, the System has continued to remake the world. Jason and his friends have discovered more details about a threat to all of humanity and have a quest to stop it. They continually need to get stronger and do their part to protect their chunk of the world.

While searching for clues, they will revisit allies and make new ones. They will face some hard choices as they encounter people out for themselves, but there will be new friends they can help along the way.

They will discover more of the new world's rules and teach others what they have learned. Their hard work has made them the strongest team they know of, but will it be enough to face an enemy that has been part of the System for ages?

Jason and his friends have more dungeon crawling, exploration, first contact, leveling up, and combat in book three of this LitRPG series.

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Author: Susan Stokes-Chapman [Stokes-Chapman, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781529919462
Publisher: Penguin Random House UK
Published: 2024-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

Description:
Dismissed from his post at a prestigious London hospital, Dr. Henry Talbot has little choice but to accept a mysterious offer of employment as a private physician from an inscrutable lord in rural Wales, Lord Julian. Arriving at Plas Helyg, the isolated estate, Henry can’t speak the language and finds himself treated with hostile suspicion by superstitious villagers, whose beliefs in myths and magic he’s inclined to dismiss. But when he discovers that his predecessor died under peculiar, inexplicable circumstances, his determination to uncover the truth leads him down a path fraught with danger—made all the more perilous by his headstrong, reluctant ally Linette, Lord Julian’s cousin.

Linette has lived a lonely life as Plas Helyg’s unconventional mistress: Julian treats her with disdain, her father is long dead, and her mother, long plagued by strange spells and believed by everyone around her to be deeply unwell, spends most of her time locked away in her rooms. Fiercely self-reliant, Linette refuses to wear women’s clothes, has no interest in marriage, and takes an interest in the welfare of the men working in Lord Julian’s mines, against his wishes.

Linette has always suspected something is not quite right in the village, but it is only through Henry's dogged investigations that the dark truth about those closest to her will come to light—a truth that will bind hers and Henry's destinies together forever in ways neither thought possible.

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Author: Michael Pronko
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Michael Pronko
Published: 2017-06-28T06:00:00+00:00

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Author: Paula Brackston
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

Description:
The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish is book one in New York Times bestselling author Paula Brackston's new, magic-infused series about Hecate Cavendish, an eccentric and feisty young woman who can see ghosts.

England, 1881. Hereford cathedral stands sentinel over the city, keeping its secrets, holding long forgotten souls in its stony embrace. Hecate Cavendish speeds through the cobbled streets on her bicycle, skirts hitched daringly high, heading for her new life as Assistant Librarian. But this is no ordinary collection of books. The cathedral houses an ancient chained library, wisdom guarded for centuries, mysteries and stories locked onto its worn, humble shelves. The most prized artifact, however, is the medieval world map which hangs next to Hecate’s desk. Little does she know how much the curious people and mythical creatures depicted on it will come to mean to her. Nor does she suspect that there are lost souls waiting for her in the haunted cathedral. Some will become her dearest friends. Some will seek her help in finding peace. Others will put her in great peril, and, as she quickly learns, threaten the lives of everyone she loves.

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Codebob is a robust PHP script designed to create a dynamic digital marketplace for a single vendor. This versatile platform allows you to effortlessly upload and sell a wide range of digital products, including WordPress themes, plugins, stock footage, music, audio, graphics, and more.

With a focus on user experience, Codebob offers an intuitive interface that simplifies product management. The comprehensive admin panel provides full control over your marketplace, ensuring efficient oversight and management. Secure user authentication and effective database management create a reliable and safe environment for transactions.

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Regular updates and thorough documentation make Codebob accessible to users of all levels, streamlining the setup and customization process. This makes it an excellent choice for anyone looking to launch a successful single-vendor digital marketplace, allowing you to effectively showcase and sell high-quality digital products.

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Published: 10/2024
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920x1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 306.38 MB | Duration: 0h 49m

Health and Safety at Work: Display Screen Equipment Use, Setup and Safety | Office Ergonomics

What you'll learn
Understand the health risks linked to Display Screen Equipment.
Learn how to perform an effective DSE assessment.
Explore legislation and requirements for DSE use.
Implement ergonomic principles to reduce discomfort.
Set up a workstation that supports healthy posture.
Apply strategies to safely use portable DSE.

Requirements
This Display Screen Equipment training course doesn't require prior experience and is suitable for diverse learners. To study the course, all you need is a passion for learning and a good understanding of English, numeracy, and IT skills.

Description
Looking for a course that helps you work comfortably with Display Screen Equipment? This comprehensive training is designed to guide you through every aspect of using DSE safely and effectively. You'll learn how to prevent strain, set up your workstation for maximum comfort, and avoid long-term health risks associated with screen use. Whether you're working at a desk or using portable devices, this course covers everything from supportive postures to minimising health hazards. With clear guidance on the legislation surrounding DSE, you'll be empowered to make safer choices at work. Ensure your well-being while boosting productivity by mastering the safe use of Display Screen Equipment. Start your journey towards a healthier work life today.The Working with Display Screen Equipment course provides a solid foundation for anyone looking to enhance their working environment. The course covers essential topics, from understanding potential health hazards to ensuring your workspace is ergonomically sound. By understanding the common risks associated with Display Screen Equipment, you'll be able to work comfortably while protecting yourself from long-term health issues.The course highlights the importance of maintaining proper posture and setting up your workstation for comfort and efficiency. You'll also learn about the legislation surrounding DSE use, ensuring you remain compliant while safeguarding your well-being. With dedicated sections on health hazards, supportive postures, and the safe use of portable equipment, you'll be well-prepared to manage screen use in any setting.By the end of this course, you'll have the knowledge to perform DSE assessments and make informed decisions about your workspace. Ready to transform the way you work with Display Screen Equipment? Enrol now to improve your health and productivity.

Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 Introduction to DSE
Lecture 2 DSE Assessment
Lecture 3 Safe Use of DSE: Legislation and Prerequisites
Lecture 4 Potential Health Hazards
Lecture 5 Supportive Postures
Lecture 6 Workstation Setup
Lecture 7 Portable DSE

Office workers using computers daily.,Employers responsible for staff DSE assessments.,Freelancers working from home with DSE.,Employees handling portable DSE like laptops or tablets.,Anyone 16 years or older wanting to take the course.,Individuals looking for a related career.,Professionals seeking to enhance skills at this field.

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