Davenport: 393 books

A gripping look at a community in turmoil, struggling through a miners' strike and now rocked by a child's murder It's the summer of 1984 and there is a sense of unease on the troubled Sweetmeadows estate. The residents are in shock after the suspicious death of a baby and tension is growing...

Witch, Warlock, and Magician recounts the extraordinary history of testimonies and accounts of witchcraft in England and Scotland. The author presents account of several medieval magicians, such as Roger Bacon, John Dee and William Lilly and also gives a report of recorded cases of witchcraft and sorcery from middle ages to trials and prosecutions of witches in 17th century.

He's loved Tiff since high school--but tragedy has blockaded her heart. Tyee University football player Riley Black has adored Tiff since high school, but she's never felt the same way. As Riley enters his senior year of college, he's finally moving on and enjoying the perks of being a star...

Roger King and Russell Queen died under mysterious circumstances during a bitter labor dispute between the labor union and the railroad companys scab workers. The King and Queen families each believed that their loved one had been murdered by the other. For that reason, the surviving Kings and Queens...

Fred Rushton, who had hit the ball, was streaking it for second, and Jim, forgetting his injured hand, picked up the ball and threw it in. Fred saw that it was going to be a tight squeeze and made a slide for the base. The ball got there at almost the same time, and for a moment there was a flying tangle of arms and legs. Then Fred rose to his feet and brushed the dust from his clothes.

Tracy Hunter is a tomboy grown into a fearless, risk-taking police investigator who quits her job with the Chicago Police Department when the mayor’s nephew gets the promotion she expected and deserved. Thumbing her nose at political jobs, she sets out to open her own business as a private detective,...

Remember when everyone in the world thought the earth was flat and if we sailed far enough, we'd fall off? Yesterday, that was apparently the equivalent to my view on humanities beginnings. Not long ago I'm the self-made, critically-acclaimed, most desired clothing designing genius, Briellyn Donado,...

M. Cornelius Fronto was a Roman senator from North Africa, and the foremost Latin orator and legal advocate of the mid-second century A.D. Fronto's talent and fame led to his appointment as tutor to Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, the adoptive sons of the emperor Antoninus Pius, in the late 130s...

In the midst of great love lurks great pain. And within that pain lingers heartache. And within heartache lingers, unintentional missteps. The stories you are about to read, may seem familiar to you in that you have lived breathed or observed them in some corner of the world. The stories range from...

Asmodi, das Oberhaupt der Schwarzen Familie, ist tot - aber der Kampf gegen die Dämonen geht weiter. Schon tritt ein neuer Gegenspieler auf den Plan. Ausgerechnet Olivaro, den Hunter bislang für seinen Verbündeten hielt, hegt Ambitionen, Asmodi zu beerben. Enttäuscht über den Verrat nimmt Dorian...

Eine obskure Erbschaftsangelegenheit zwingt die junge Hexe Coco Zamis zu einer Reise in ihre Heimatstadt Wien. Dort hält der dämonische Anwalt Skarabäus Toth das Schwarze Testament ihres Vaters bereit. Coco, die wegen ihrer Liebe zu Dorian Hunter aus der Schwarzen Familie ausgestoßen wurde, soll...

Vierhundert Jahre ist es her, dass ein dreigestaltiger Dämon geboren wurde, um Angst und Schrecken über die Menschheit zu bringen. Es existiert nur eine einzige Waffe, die die "Dämonen-Drillinge" bezwingen kann: den Goldenen Drudenfuß, der zum Zeitpunkt ihrer Geburt von einem Alchimisten...

Eine dämonische Intrige führt zur Auflösung der Inquisitionsabteilung des Secret Service, die Dorian Hunter bisher im Kampf gegen die Dämonen unterstützte. Als Olivaro, das neue Oberhaupt der Schwarzen Familie, erneut zum Angriff bläst, wird Hunter klar, dass seine endgültige Niederlage unmittelbar...

Cocos Hochzeit mit dem Dämon Cyrano von Behemoth steht unmittelbar bevor. Als sich die Dämonen in der Nähe von Wien versammeln, kommt es zum Duell zwischen Dorian Hunter und dem uralten, dämonischen Anwalt Skarabäus Toth. Toth ist der Inbegriff des Bösen, die geborene Hinterlist, und er hält...