Author: BJ Levey
Publisher: BJ Levey
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
At the end of the 21st century rising oceans and advancing deserts crowd survivors into the New North. There, the all-powerful Aztec Conglomerates is on the cusp of the greatest technological upgrade in history. They promise hope and they will stop at nothing to see it launched while there are those that will die to stop what they believe is humanity's greatest threat. When Aztec's lead scientist behind the Upgrade disappears after the murder of his family, four people, four stories, will collide: A homeless man finds what everyone is desperately searching for. And it's a heavy burden. Will he give up the little he has left to protect it? An ex-cop is promised his freedom if he finds a missing scientist. But he must choose - find and deliver his target to Aztec or save the woman he loves. A psychologist by day and terrorist by night is torn between her desire for revenge and doing what's right by the people she's sworn to protect. The ancient chairman of Aztec is dying and he's invested everything into the Upgrade. But this salvation is becoming ever unstable and dangerous. Will his ego and his desperation push him to gamble everything? Autumn's End is a chilling and fast-paced, scifi dystopian thriller of a world on the brink. Will the Upgrade signal humanity's next evolution, or will it be our final tool?
Autumn's End
Author: BJ Levey
Publisher: BJ Levey
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
At the end of the 21st century rising oceans and advancing deserts crowd survivors into the New North. There, the all-powerful Aztec Conglomerates is on the cusp of the greatest technological upgrade in history. They promise hope and they will stop at nothing to see it launched while there are those that will die to stop what they believe is humanity's greatest threat. When Aztec's lead scientist behind the Upgrade disappears after the murder of his family, four people, four stories, will collide: A homeless man finds what everyone is desperately searching for. And it's a heavy burden. Will he give up the little he has left to protect it? An ex-cop is promised his freedom if he finds a missing scientist. But he must choose - find and deliver his target to Aztec or save the woman he loves. A psychologist by day and terrorist by night is torn between her desire for revenge and doing what's right by the people she's sworn to protect. The ancient chairman of Aztec is dying and he's invested everything into the Upgrade. But this salvation is becoming ever unstable and dangerous. Will his ego and his desperation push him to gamble everything? Autumn's End is a chilling and fast-paced, scifi dystopian thriller of a world on the brink. Will the Upgrade signal humanity's next evolution, or will it be our final tool?
Publisher: BJ Levey
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
At the end of the 21st century rising oceans and advancing deserts crowd survivors into the New North. There, the all-powerful Aztec Conglomerates is on the cusp of the greatest technological upgrade in history. They promise hope and they will stop at nothing to see it launched while there are those that will die to stop what they believe is humanity's greatest threat. When Aztec's lead scientist behind the Upgrade disappears after the murder of his family, four people, four stories, will collide: A homeless man finds what everyone is desperately searching for. And it's a heavy burden. Will he give up the little he has left to protect it? An ex-cop is promised his freedom if he finds a missing scientist. But he must choose - find and deliver his target to Aztec or save the woman he loves. A psychologist by day and terrorist by night is torn between her desire for revenge and doing what's right by the people she's sworn to protect. The ancient chairman of Aztec is dying and he's invested everything into the Upgrade. But this salvation is becoming ever unstable and dangerous. Will his ego and his desperation push him to gamble everything? Autumn's End is a chilling and fast-paced, scifi dystopian thriller of a world on the brink. Will the Upgrade signal humanity's next evolution, or will it be our final tool?
The End of Autumn
Author: Michael Oriard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780252076695
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
A classic recollection of college and pro football, from a player's inside perspective
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780252076695
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
A classic recollection of college and pro football, from a player's inside perspective
Almost Autumn
Author: Marianne Kaurin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545889669
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
An international award-winning novel of World War II, the Holocaust, and first love, set in the snowy streets of Oslo. It's October 1942, in Oslo, Norway. Fifteen-year-old Ilse Stern is waiting to meet boy-next-door Hermann Rod for their first date. She was beginning to think he'd never ask her; she's had a crush on him for as long as she can remember. But Hermann won't be able to make it tonight. What Ilse doesn't know is that Hermann is secretly working in the Resistance, helping Norwegian Jews flee the country to escape the Nazis. The work is exhausting and unpredictable, full of late nights and code words and lies to Hermann's parents, to his boss... to Ilse. And as life under German occupation becomes even more difficult, particularly for Jewish families like the Sterns, the choices made become more important by the hour: To speak up or to look away? To stay or to flee? To act now or wait one more day?In this internationally acclaimed debut, Marianne Kaurin recreates the atmosphere of secrecy and uncertainty in World War II Norway in a moving story of sorrow, chance, and first love.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545889669
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
An international award-winning novel of World War II, the Holocaust, and first love, set in the snowy streets of Oslo. It's October 1942, in Oslo, Norway. Fifteen-year-old Ilse Stern is waiting to meet boy-next-door Hermann Rod for their first date. She was beginning to think he'd never ask her; she's had a crush on him for as long as she can remember. But Hermann won't be able to make it tonight. What Ilse doesn't know is that Hermann is secretly working in the Resistance, helping Norwegian Jews flee the country to escape the Nazis. The work is exhausting and unpredictable, full of late nights and code words and lies to Hermann's parents, to his boss... to Ilse. And as life under German occupation becomes even more difficult, particularly for Jewish families like the Sterns, the choices made become more important by the hour: To speak up or to look away? To stay or to flee? To act now or wait one more day?In this internationally acclaimed debut, Marianne Kaurin recreates the atmosphere of secrecy and uncertainty in World War II Norway in a moving story of sorrow, chance, and first love.
If He Had Been with Me
Author: Laura Nowlin
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402277849
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
If he had been with me everything would have been different... I wasn't with Finn on that August night. But I should've been. It was raining, of course. And he and Sylvie were arguing as he drove down the slick road. No one ever says what they were arguing about. Other people think it's not important. They do not know there is another story. The story that lurks between the facts. What they do not know—the cause of the argument—is crucial. So let me tell you...
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402277849
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
If he had been with me everything would have been different... I wasn't with Finn on that August night. But I should've been. It was raining, of course. And he and Sylvie were arguing as he drove down the slick road. No one ever says what they were arguing about. Other people think it's not important. They do not know there is another story. The story that lurks between the facts. What they do not know—the cause of the argument—is crucial. So let me tell you...
Custom and Myth
Author: Andrew Lang
Publisher: London : Longmans, Green
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Publisher: London : Longmans, Green
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Climbing up from the Depths
Author: LOREN DENNY
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490750878
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Through his poetry, the author tells us of his struggles with schizophrenia, addiction, his desire to become sober, and reaching that goal. He also reflects on several other subjects including love, spirituality, nature and child abuse. His style is both serious and humorous, and gives the reader a profound look into his heart and soul.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490750878
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Through his poetry, the author tells us of his struggles with schizophrenia, addiction, his desire to become sober, and reaching that goal. He also reflects on several other subjects including love, spirituality, nature and child abuse. His style is both serious and humorous, and gives the reader a profound look into his heart and soul.
Edinburgh Critical Edition of the Selected Writings of Andrew Lang, Volume 1
Author: Lang Andrew Lang
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474404499
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
The Selected Works of Andrew Lang: Volume 1Anthropology: Fairy Tale, Folklore, the Origins of Religion, Psychical ResearchEdited by Andrew Teverson, Alexandra Warwick and Leigh WilsonThis is the first critical edition of the works of Andrew Lang (1844-1912), the Scottish writer whose enormous output spanned the whole range of late-nineteenth century intellectual culture. Neglected since his death, partly because of the diversity of his interests and the volume of his writing, his cultural centrality and the interdisciplinary nature of his work make him a vital figure for contemporary scholars.This volume covers Lang's wide and influential engagement with the central areas of late nineteenth-century anthropology. Lang made decisive interventions in debates around the meaning of folk tales and the origins of religion, as well as being an important figure in the investigation of spiritualist claims through psychical research. The work reproduced here includes journalism, essays, extracts from books and previously unpublished letters which together articulate and challenge some of the central ideas and discussions of the period, including evolution, the relation between modern and non-modern cultures, the nature of scientific claims to truth, and the consequences of materialism. The volume will provide new and illuminating ways of understanding and assessing the period for scholars across a range of disciplines, including those interested in the histories of the fairy story, of science, of the occult, of colonialism and of anthropology.Key Features: Unpublished archival materialCritical introductions to the major areas of his workFull explanatory notesAndrew Teverson is Professor of English Literature and Associate Dean for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Kingston University, London. His research centres on the use and meaning of fairy tales, and he has published both on the employment of them in contemporary writing and on the historical development of the form. He is the author of Fairy Tale (Routledge, 2013).Alexandra Warwick is Professor of English Studies and Head of the Department of English, Linguistics and Cultural Studies at the University of Westminster. Her research is on Victorian culture, in particular the fin de sicle. Leigh Wilson is Reader in Modern Literature in the Department of English, Linguistics and Cultural Studies at the University of Westminster. Her research focuses on modernism, on the place of supernatural and occult beliefs and practices in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and on the contemporary British novel. She is the author of Modernism and Magic: Experiments with Spiritualism, Theosophy and the Occult (EUP, 2013).
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474404499
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
The Selected Works of Andrew Lang: Volume 1Anthropology: Fairy Tale, Folklore, the Origins of Religion, Psychical ResearchEdited by Andrew Teverson, Alexandra Warwick and Leigh WilsonThis is the first critical edition of the works of Andrew Lang (1844-1912), the Scottish writer whose enormous output spanned the whole range of late-nineteenth century intellectual culture. Neglected since his death, partly because of the diversity of his interests and the volume of his writing, his cultural centrality and the interdisciplinary nature of his work make him a vital figure for contemporary scholars.This volume covers Lang's wide and influential engagement with the central areas of late nineteenth-century anthropology. Lang made decisive interventions in debates around the meaning of folk tales and the origins of religion, as well as being an important figure in the investigation of spiritualist claims through psychical research. The work reproduced here includes journalism, essays, extracts from books and previously unpublished letters which together articulate and challenge some of the central ideas and discussions of the period, including evolution, the relation between modern and non-modern cultures, the nature of scientific claims to truth, and the consequences of materialism. The volume will provide new and illuminating ways of understanding and assessing the period for scholars across a range of disciplines, including those interested in the histories of the fairy story, of science, of the occult, of colonialism and of anthropology.Key Features: Unpublished archival materialCritical introductions to the major areas of his workFull explanatory notesAndrew Teverson is Professor of English Literature and Associate Dean for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Kingston University, London. His research centres on the use and meaning of fairy tales, and he has published both on the employment of them in contemporary writing and on the historical development of the form. He is the author of Fairy Tale (Routledge, 2013).Alexandra Warwick is Professor of English Studies and Head of the Department of English, Linguistics and Cultural Studies at the University of Westminster. Her research is on Victorian culture, in particular the fin de sicle. Leigh Wilson is Reader in Modern Literature in the Department of English, Linguistics and Cultural Studies at the University of Westminster. Her research focuses on modernism, on the place of supernatural and occult beliefs and practices in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and on the contemporary British novel. She is the author of Modernism and Magic: Experiments with Spiritualism, Theosophy and the Occult (EUP, 2013).
Custom and Myth
Author: Andrew Lang
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
"Custom and Myth" by Andrew Lang is a collection of essays that delve into the world of folklore, mythology, and ancient beliefs. The book explores topics such as the method of folklore, star myths, Hottentot mythology, and fetichism. In this book, Lang's exploration of various cultures and their beliefs provides insight into how ancient peoples made sense of the world around them. It also focuses on the intersection of culture, history, and myth.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
"Custom and Myth" by Andrew Lang is a collection of essays that delve into the world of folklore, mythology, and ancient beliefs. The book explores topics such as the method of folklore, star myths, Hottentot mythology, and fetichism. In this book, Lang's exploration of various cultures and their beliefs provides insight into how ancient peoples made sense of the world around them. It also focuses on the intersection of culture, history, and myth.
The Selected Writings of Andrew Lang
Author: Tom Hubbard
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134977220
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
A novelist, poet, literary critic and anthropologist, Andrew Lang is best known for his publications on folklore, mythology and religion; many have grown up with the ‘colour’ Fairy Books which he compiled between 1889 and 1910. This three volume set presents a selection of his work in these areas. The first volume covers the general and theoretical aspects of Lang’s work on folklore, mythology and anthropology along with the tools and concepts which he used in his often combative contributions to these inter-related disciplines. Collectively, the General Introduction to the set and the Introductions to the individual volumes offer a thorough overview of Lang’s work in an astonishing variety of fields, including his translation work on Homer and his contributions to historiography (particularly Scottish). Headnotes to the individual items are of varying length and provide more detail on specific topics, and explanatory notes supply unique intellectual comment rather than merely factual information.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134977220
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
A novelist, poet, literary critic and anthropologist, Andrew Lang is best known for his publications on folklore, mythology and religion; many have grown up with the ‘colour’ Fairy Books which he compiled between 1889 and 1910. This three volume set presents a selection of his work in these areas. The first volume covers the general and theoretical aspects of Lang’s work on folklore, mythology and anthropology along with the tools and concepts which he used in his often combative contributions to these inter-related disciplines. Collectively, the General Introduction to the set and the Introductions to the individual volumes offer a thorough overview of Lang’s work in an astonishing variety of fields, including his translation work on Homer and his contributions to historiography (particularly Scottish). Headnotes to the individual items are of varying length and provide more detail on specific topics, and explanatory notes supply unique intellectual comment rather than merely factual information.
My Wild Garden
Author: Meir Shalev
Publisher: Schocken
ISBN: 0805243526
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A colorfully illustrated round of the season in the garden of the best-selling novelist, memoirist, and champion putterer with a wheelbarrow On the perimeter of Israel’s Jezreel Valley, with the Carmel mountains rising up in the west, Meir Shalev has a beloved garden, “neither neatly organized nor well kept,” as he cheerfully explains. Often covered in mud and scrapes, Shalev cultivates both nomadic plants and “house dwellers,” using his own quirky techniques. He extolls the virtues of the lemon tree, rescues a precious variety of purple snapdragon from the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv highway, and does battle with a saboteur mole rat. He even gives us his superior private recipe for curing olives. Informed by Shalev’s literary sensibility, his sometime riotous humor, and his deep curiosity about the land, My Wild Garden abounds with appreciation for the joy of living, quite literally, on Earth. Our borrowed time on any particular patch of it is enhanced, the author reminds us, by our honest, respectful dealings with all manner of beings who inhabit it with us.
Publisher: Schocken
ISBN: 0805243526
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A colorfully illustrated round of the season in the garden of the best-selling novelist, memoirist, and champion putterer with a wheelbarrow On the perimeter of Israel’s Jezreel Valley, with the Carmel mountains rising up in the west, Meir Shalev has a beloved garden, “neither neatly organized nor well kept,” as he cheerfully explains. Often covered in mud and scrapes, Shalev cultivates both nomadic plants and “house dwellers,” using his own quirky techniques. He extolls the virtues of the lemon tree, rescues a precious variety of purple snapdragon from the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv highway, and does battle with a saboteur mole rat. He even gives us his superior private recipe for curing olives. Informed by Shalev’s literary sensibility, his sometime riotous humor, and his deep curiosity about the land, My Wild Garden abounds with appreciation for the joy of living, quite literally, on Earth. Our borrowed time on any particular patch of it is enhanced, the author reminds us, by our honest, respectful dealings with all manner of beings who inhabit it with us.