Books with author Stephen Percy

In the future, America's favorite game will be used to control the world...Twilight's Last Glory is an original, dystopian, multi-dimensional tale of population control, organized crime, conspiracies, artificial intelligence, and of course... football.It is the year 2030 and football has become a global past time. But just like in the days of Rome and the Gladiators, the game is being used by a shadow organization called the Octagonal, not merely for profit, but to subdue the masses --- and therefore, control the world.As the game grows more violent, the more the masses flock to it, bringing phenomenal profits to the Octagonal. But the players are now at risk.A doctor comes up with a brilliant idea --- put the consciousness of players into robots through artificial intelligence. Avatars to replace human players as the Octagonal continues to feed society's hunger and fascination with violence.It's all about the money and the fix is in.Where will it all end?Find out in this futuristic, fantasy thriller that will make you ask deep and relevant questions about our society now and in the near future.Get your copy!WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:"Perkins’ idea of disguising topics of global corruption and organized crime to serve political interests and agendas was phenomenally executed, and I have never come across a book that uses such a unique twist to captivate a wide audience.""The author joins my band of ‘word alchemists’, writers who weave words together that they project a picture that gives more clarity and meaning.""Underneath the veil of football references and the mystical-powered force of the “Octagonals” is a more distinguished narrative in which Perkins ingenuously uses these seemingly clashing themes to create a beautifully constructed parallel of contemporary America and Western society.""Perkins pens eclectic and unpredictable works of fantasy that keep readers clawing through the pages!" Amazon Self Publishing Review ALSO BY STEPHEN PERKINS:Sky ParlorAmerican SirenEscape to DeathRaging FalconSorcerer's DynastyVisit Stephen Perkins' Website:https://newsspellcom.orgConnect on Twitter:@RAGEOFWORDS

Joseph Cundall (22 September 1818 Norwich – 10 January 1895 Wallington, London), was a Victorian English writer under the pseudonym of "Stephen Percy", a pioneer photographer and London publisher of children's books. He provided employment for many of the best artists of the day by using them as illustrators. Joseph was the son of Eliza and Benjamin Cundall, a draper. He trained as a printer in Ipswich, and aged 16 found work in London with Charles Tilt, a bookseller and publisher. He wrote two books for Tilt and succeeded N Hailes in 1841 at the Juvenile Library, 12 Old Bond Street. In 1848 he started a lending library for children called St. George's Reading Library. In 1843 Cundall became publisher of the Home Treasury children's books, a series conceived and edited by Henry Cole under the pseudonym Felix Summerly. Cole, who was later knighted, became the first director of South Kensington Museum which later changed its name to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Because of his association with Henry Cole, his early business ventures were successful, but by 1849 he had gone bankrupt. During the same year he started a partnership with H M Addey and moved his business premises to 21 Old Bond Street. This partnership dissolved in 1852 and Cundall moved to 168 New Bond Street, where his interest in photography started and where he founded

Excerpt from Robin Hood and His Merry ForestersAfter the tasks of the day were done we had two hours at our disposal before we were again called to study our lessons for the following morning. In these short intervals it was that, forgetting for awhile Caesar, Cicero, and Virgil, freed from restraint, and exulting in health and spirits, we passed the happiest moments of our early days.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

The play is set in 1839 on White Plains Plantation in Georgia. Lottie Jenkins, a white trash cracker girl has evidently killed her family in order to be able to move to her cousin’s plantation. Her cousin has married, Seth, the young owner of the plantation. Lottie shows up at the plantation cookhouse with her white cracker attitude and promptly offends Sophie, the cook, and Aunt Ella, the slave house servant / washwoman. Lottie calls them niggers and orders them around like field-hand slaves. Aunt Ella and Sophie aren’t used to being treated quite so badly. Lottie is only sixteen years old.Seth, the master of the plantation, is having an affair with Sophie, the cookhouse slave. On the first day Lottie arrives at the plantation Seth sees her taking her very first tub bath. Seth watches her as she brazenly invites him to help her wash. Aunt Ella, the slave washwoman, is also a “root doctor” (Voodoo) and tries to put a spell on the young Lottie. Aunt Ella’s mother, who was once the cook, but was hung for poisoning the old plantation owner’s wife and children, is now a ghost that tries to gain redemption by helping Aunte Ella and Sophie in their struggles with Lottie. Her mother’s ghost tells Aunt Ella that the young Lottie has made a deal with the devil.