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La locanda del bianco Natale. E-book. Formato EPUB Wright Colleen - Newton Compton Editori, 2019 -
Il regalo più bello è sempre il più inaspettato Una piccola locanda nel Vermont è il posto perfetto in cui trascorrere le vacanze natalizie. Quando però una tempesta di neve rende inagibili tutte le strade nei dintorni, gli ospiti sono preoccupati di non riuscire a trascorrere il Natale da sogno che desideravano. Molly vorrebbe concentrarsi sul libro che sta scrivendo, ma fatica a trovare l’ispirazione. L’affascinante Marcus, un altro ospite della locanda, è esattamente la distrazione di cui non ha bisogno… Hannah sognava un matrimonio suggestivo, celebrato in un’atmosfera invernale, ma il suo fidanzato l’ha lasciata a un giorno dalle nozze, senza che lei sospettasse nulla. L’incontro con Luke, un amico d’infanzia appena arrivato per fare visita a sua nonna, potrebbe essere l’occasione per ritrovare il sorriso. Jeanne e Tim sono i proprietari della locanda. Gli affari non vanno benissimo e sono talmente preoccupati all’idea di chiudere che il loro matrimonio sta entrando in crisi. Ma, adesso che gli ospiti hanno bisogno di loro, non esitano a rimboccarsi le maniche per regalare a tutti un Natale speciale. È arrivato il periodo più magico dell'anno «Uno splendido racconto di Natale, che diverte e scalda il cuore.» «La storia dolcissima di un gruppo di persone molto diverse tra loro, riunite insieme dal destino.» «La lettura perfetta per aspettare e festeggiare il Natale.» Colleen Wrightè cresciuta in una cittadina nevosa del Michigan, dove ha imparato a godersi il tempo libero leggendo vicino al caminetto. Vive e lavora a Brooklyn. La locanda del bianco Natale, tradotto anche in Germania, è il suo primo libro pubblicato in Italia.
Vampires and Vampirism. E-book. Formato EPUB Wright Dudley - Pubme, 2022 -
The Greek Church at one time taught that the bodies of persons upon whom the ban of excommunication had been passed did not undergo decomposition after death until such sentence had been revoked by the pronouncement of absolution over the remains, and that, while the bodies remained in this uncorrupted condition, the spirits of the individuals wandered up and down the earth seeking sustenance from the blood of the living. The non-corruption of a body, however, was also held to be one of the proofs of sanctity; but, in this case, the body preserved its natural colour and gave an agreeable odour, whereas the bodies of the excommunicated generally turned black, swelled out like a drum, and emitted an offensive smell. Very frequently, however, when the graves of suspected vampires were opened, the faces were found to be of ruddy complexion and the veins distended with blood, which, when opened with a lancet, yielded a supply of blood as plentiful, fresh, and free as that found in the veins of young and healthy living human beings. For many centuries in the history of Greek Christianity there was scarcely a village that had not its own local vampire stories which were related by the inhabitants and vouched for by them as having either occurred within their own knowledge or been related to them by their parents or relatives as having come within their personal observation or been verified by them.
Vampires and Vampirism. E-book. Formato EPUB Wright Dudley - Books On Demand, 2020 -
The awakened interest in supernormal phenomena which has taken place in recent years has included in its wake the absorbing subject of Vampirism. Yet there has not been any collection published of vampire stories which are common to all the five continents of the globe. The subject of vampirism is regarded more seriously today than it was even a decade since, and an attempt has been made in this volume to supply as far as possible all the instances which could be collected from the various countries. How far a certain amount of scientific truth may underlie even what may be regarded as the most extravagant stories must necessarily be, for the present, at any rate, an open question; but he would indeed be a bold man who would permit his scepticism as to the objective existence of vampires in the past or the possibility of vampirism in the future to extend to a categorical denial. If this collection of stories helps, even in a slight degree, to the elucidation of the problem, the book will not have been written in vain.