Author: Barbara Ehrenreich
Publisher: Twelve
ISBN: 1455543721
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed comes a futuristic thriller about science, love, politics, and social disarray. Della Markson is searching for her son, a brilliant, nihilistic computer hacker who has invented an addictive computer game. She teams up with her former professor, Alex MacBride, an academic has-been desperately in need of a publication and a drink, is looking for the papers of an obscure, long-dead neurobiologist. As they stumble through a suburban landscape littered with broken marriages and blighted careers, they discover that their personal quests are of great interest to mysterious others, and that they have been drawn into a grand design full of wondrous possibilities and perilous meanings. For Della and Alex live in a hyper-real world of strange portents and accelerating decay. Caterpillars are destroying the trees. A cracked but eerily lucid evangelist preaches apocalypse on a pirate frequency. And in the renowned biological research institute where Della and Alex work, escaped laboratory animals roam the corridors, hazardous wastes leak unchecked, and a lethal new disease is outwitting the researchers. The search for Della's son and Alex's missing papers turns out to hinge on the ancient quest for the ultimate purpose of human intelligence and life. A startling feat of the imagination from one of our sharpest social observers, Kipper's Game is a daring and sophisticated adventure at the interface of science and metaphysics, human love and the equally human hunger for knowledge.
Kipper's Game
Author: Barbara Ehrenreich
Publisher: Twelve
ISBN: 1455543721
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed comes a futuristic thriller about science, love, politics, and social disarray. Della Markson is searching for her son, a brilliant, nihilistic computer hacker who has invented an addictive computer game. She teams up with her former professor, Alex MacBride, an academic has-been desperately in need of a publication and a drink, is looking for the papers of an obscure, long-dead neurobiologist. As they stumble through a suburban landscape littered with broken marriages and blighted careers, they discover that their personal quests are of great interest to mysterious others, and that they have been drawn into a grand design full of wondrous possibilities and perilous meanings. For Della and Alex live in a hyper-real world of strange portents and accelerating decay. Caterpillars are destroying the trees. A cracked but eerily lucid evangelist preaches apocalypse on a pirate frequency. And in the renowned biological research institute where Della and Alex work, escaped laboratory animals roam the corridors, hazardous wastes leak unchecked, and a lethal new disease is outwitting the researchers. The search for Della's son and Alex's missing papers turns out to hinge on the ancient quest for the ultimate purpose of human intelligence and life. A startling feat of the imagination from one of our sharpest social observers, Kipper's Game is a daring and sophisticated adventure at the interface of science and metaphysics, human love and the equally human hunger for knowledge.
Publisher: Twelve
ISBN: 1455543721
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed comes a futuristic thriller about science, love, politics, and social disarray. Della Markson is searching for her son, a brilliant, nihilistic computer hacker who has invented an addictive computer game. She teams up with her former professor, Alex MacBride, an academic has-been desperately in need of a publication and a drink, is looking for the papers of an obscure, long-dead neurobiologist. As they stumble through a suburban landscape littered with broken marriages and blighted careers, they discover that their personal quests are of great interest to mysterious others, and that they have been drawn into a grand design full of wondrous possibilities and perilous meanings. For Della and Alex live in a hyper-real world of strange portents and accelerating decay. Caterpillars are destroying the trees. A cracked but eerily lucid evangelist preaches apocalypse on a pirate frequency. And in the renowned biological research institute where Della and Alex work, escaped laboratory animals roam the corridors, hazardous wastes leak unchecked, and a lethal new disease is outwitting the researchers. The search for Della's son and Alex's missing papers turns out to hinge on the ancient quest for the ultimate purpose of human intelligence and life. A startling feat of the imagination from one of our sharpest social observers, Kipper's Game is a daring and sophisticated adventure at the interface of science and metaphysics, human love and the equally human hunger for knowledge.
Parlour Games for Modern Families
Author: Myfanwy Jones
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141963026
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
'Remember when you played cards or knucklebones or noughts and crosses? Or what about charades, murder in the dark, I spy or hide and seek? Or made chatterboxes, those devices made from a square of paper that you flipped open between thumbs and forefingers with wishes and dreams under the flaps.This book has the lot. It may even ween you off the telly. Remember blind man's buff? What about conversations, in which players discuss a topic by starting each sentence with a consecutive letter of the alphabet? Great family fun ' Sun Herald Written by two young mums, Parlour Games for Modern Families sets out to revive the tradition of indoor family games.This book is bursting with games of logic and memory, wordplay, card games, role-play, and rough and tumble. No game requires any equipment beyond a pack of cards, a dictionary, dice, paper, and pen. Games are organised thematically and referenced for age-appropriateness. All are set out with clear rules and instructions. There are games that will challenge and stimulate you, and games that will have you in fits; games that can last all night, and games to fill that empty half-hour before tea; games for adults and older children, and games to keep all the kids at a four-year-old's birthday party happy. Every family and every home needs a copy.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141963026
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
'Remember when you played cards or knucklebones or noughts and crosses? Or what about charades, murder in the dark, I spy or hide and seek? Or made chatterboxes, those devices made from a square of paper that you flipped open between thumbs and forefingers with wishes and dreams under the flaps.This book has the lot. It may even ween you off the telly. Remember blind man's buff? What about conversations, in which players discuss a topic by starting each sentence with a consecutive letter of the alphabet? Great family fun ' Sun Herald Written by two young mums, Parlour Games for Modern Families sets out to revive the tradition of indoor family games.This book is bursting with games of logic and memory, wordplay, card games, role-play, and rough and tumble. No game requires any equipment beyond a pack of cards, a dictionary, dice, paper, and pen. Games are organised thematically and referenced for age-appropriateness. All are set out with clear rules and instructions. There are games that will challenge and stimulate you, and games that will have you in fits; games that can last all night, and games to fill that empty half-hour before tea; games for adults and older children, and games to keep all the kids at a four-year-old's birthday party happy. Every family and every home needs a copy.
The Games Book
Author: Huw Davies
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN: 1843176165
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Packed full of traditional indoor and outdoor games from yesteryear, it contains something for family members of all ages to enjoy.
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN: 1843176165
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Packed full of traditional indoor and outdoor games from yesteryear, it contains something for family members of all ages to enjoy.
The Stukeley Plays
Author: Charles Edelman
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719062346
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The first modern-spelling, annotated edition of the two plays in which Thomas Stukeley, the notorious courtier, pirate, adventurer and soldier is a major character
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719062346
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The first modern-spelling, annotated edition of the two plays in which Thomas Stukeley, the notorious courtier, pirate, adventurer and soldier is a major character
It Will Just Be Us
Author: Jo Kaplan
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
ISBN: 164385450X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
A terrifying supernatural thriller about two sisters and a haunted house that never sleeps—perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle “A triumph of gothic fiction. Haunting and addictive . . . A must-read for horror fans.” —Darcy Coates, USA Today Bestselling author They say there's a door in Wakefield that never opens... Sam Wakefield's ancestral home, a decaying mansion built on the edge of a swamp, isn't a place for children. Its labyrinthine halls, built by her mad ancestors, are filled with echoes of the past: ghosts and memories knotted together as one. In the presence of phantoms, it's all Sam can do to disentangle past from present in her daily life. But when her pregnant sister Elizabeth moves in after a fight with her husband, something in the house shifts. Already navigating her tumultuous relationship with Elizabeth, Sam is even more unsettled by the appearance of a new ghost: a faceless boy who commits disturbing acts—threatening animals, terrorizing other children, and following Sam into the depths of the house wielding a knife. When it becomes clear the boy is connected to a locked, forgotten room, one which is never entered, Sam realizes this ghost is not like the others. This boy brings doom... As Elizabeth's due date approaches, Sam must unravel the mysteries of Wakefield before her sister brings new life into a house marked by death. But as the faceless boy grows stronger, Sam will learn that some doors should stay closed--and some secrets are safer locked away forever.
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
ISBN: 164385450X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
A terrifying supernatural thriller about two sisters and a haunted house that never sleeps—perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson’s We Have Always Lived in the Castle “A triumph of gothic fiction. Haunting and addictive . . . A must-read for horror fans.” —Darcy Coates, USA Today Bestselling author They say there's a door in Wakefield that never opens... Sam Wakefield's ancestral home, a decaying mansion built on the edge of a swamp, isn't a place for children. Its labyrinthine halls, built by her mad ancestors, are filled with echoes of the past: ghosts and memories knotted together as one. In the presence of phantoms, it's all Sam can do to disentangle past from present in her daily life. But when her pregnant sister Elizabeth moves in after a fight with her husband, something in the house shifts. Already navigating her tumultuous relationship with Elizabeth, Sam is even more unsettled by the appearance of a new ghost: a faceless boy who commits disturbing acts—threatening animals, terrorizing other children, and following Sam into the depths of the house wielding a knife. When it becomes clear the boy is connected to a locked, forgotten room, one which is never entered, Sam realizes this ghost is not like the others. This boy brings doom... As Elizabeth's due date approaches, Sam must unravel the mysteries of Wakefield before her sister brings new life into a house marked by death. But as the faceless boy grows stronger, Sam will learn that some doors should stay closed--and some secrets are safer locked away forever.
Kipper's A to Z
Author: Mick Inkpen
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152025946
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Kipper the dog and his friend Arnold work through the alphabet by collecting animals and other things for each letter.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152025946
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Kipper the dog and his friend Arnold work through the alphabet by collecting animals and other things for each letter.
Random Dingoes
Author: Ira Nayman
Publisher: Elsewhen Press
ISBN: 190816879X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Think back to a time in your life that you made a decision that you now regret. Oh, don’t be so coy – everybody has one. Okay, maybe not Mother Teresa. Or, Bruce Springsteen. But, unless you’re Mother Teresa or Bruce Springsteen – and we’re pretty sure you’re not – you have been in that position. What if you could go back in time and change that decision? What if you could make the other choice? Or, even better, choose a third option that you didn’t even see at the time? Wouldn’t you like to know how things would have turned out if only you had done something different at that critical juncture in your life? DON’T BOTHER. Have you never read any science fiction time travel stories? Don’t you know that they always end with either dinosaurs becoming the dominant species on the planet or your grandfather killing Hitler, causing you to be born with a speech impediment and an irrational fear of listening to Born in the USA? Time branches are not something you can borrow books from – they are paths to realities that you couldn’t anticipate and don’t want to live in, and just try to get a decent corned beef on rye in any of them! In Random Dingoes, the third Transdimensional Authority novel by Ira Nayman, investigators Noomi Rapier and Crash Chumley look into reports of a drug that allows people to travel between universes without technological assistance. They methodically work their way up the drug ring’s chain of command and are just about to arrest its leader when – time travel happens. With the assistance of Time Agency agent Radames Trafshanian, Noomi and Crash must navigate realities they hadn’t anticipated and which they wouldn’t want to live in. But, can they find a decent corned beef on rye? You’ll have to read Random Dingoes to find out!
Publisher: Elsewhen Press
ISBN: 190816879X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Think back to a time in your life that you made a decision that you now regret. Oh, don’t be so coy – everybody has one. Okay, maybe not Mother Teresa. Or, Bruce Springsteen. But, unless you’re Mother Teresa or Bruce Springsteen – and we’re pretty sure you’re not – you have been in that position. What if you could go back in time and change that decision? What if you could make the other choice? Or, even better, choose a third option that you didn’t even see at the time? Wouldn’t you like to know how things would have turned out if only you had done something different at that critical juncture in your life? DON’T BOTHER. Have you never read any science fiction time travel stories? Don’t you know that they always end with either dinosaurs becoming the dominant species on the planet or your grandfather killing Hitler, causing you to be born with a speech impediment and an irrational fear of listening to Born in the USA? Time branches are not something you can borrow books from – they are paths to realities that you couldn’t anticipate and don’t want to live in, and just try to get a decent corned beef on rye in any of them! In Random Dingoes, the third Transdimensional Authority novel by Ira Nayman, investigators Noomi Rapier and Crash Chumley look into reports of a drug that allows people to travel between universes without technological assistance. They methodically work their way up the drug ring’s chain of command and are just about to arrest its leader when – time travel happens. With the assistance of Time Agency agent Radames Trafshanian, Noomi and Crash must navigate realities they hadn’t anticipated and which they wouldn’t want to live in. But, can they find a decent corned beef on rye? You’ll have to read Random Dingoes to find out!
Great Games
Author: Running Press
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781561383832
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781561383832
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The Daring Times of Kipper Caulkin
Author: Mike Fuller
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1546294120
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie is hunted by British forces throughout Scotland. Three drummer lads are ensnared in the terrifying realities of war, as they move steadily toward their own destinies. Comradeship, adventure, and fear-filled trials follow the paths of the three young lads until their terrible climax at the battle of dragon’s teeth ridge and a firing squad! Kipper—thirteen, an orphan from a poor house in Whitechurch. He is determined to make his mark in life as a drummer boy, as did his boyhood friend Tom. Jacko—thirteen, a young London pickpocket with a wicked sense of humor. He is given the choice of magistrates, transportation to the Indies, or service in a local militia. It is Jacko’s last chance, and he knows it. Fancy—fourteen, a hardened poacher and street thief. Fancy is always looking for an easy way out. He cares for nothing and nobody. He is fully prepared to commit murder to get whatever he wants.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1546294120
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie is hunted by British forces throughout Scotland. Three drummer lads are ensnared in the terrifying realities of war, as they move steadily toward their own destinies. Comradeship, adventure, and fear-filled trials follow the paths of the three young lads until their terrible climax at the battle of dragon’s teeth ridge and a firing squad! Kipper—thirteen, an orphan from a poor house in Whitechurch. He is determined to make his mark in life as a drummer boy, as did his boyhood friend Tom. Jacko—thirteen, a young London pickpocket with a wicked sense of humor. He is given the choice of magistrates, transportation to the Indies, or service in a local militia. It is Jacko’s last chance, and he knows it. Fancy—fourteen, a hardened poacher and street thief. Fancy is always looking for an easy way out. He cares for nothing and nobody. He is fully prepared to commit murder to get whatever he wants.
Hundreds of Things to do with your Grandchildren
Author: Lesley Cody
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291833110
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Hundreds of Things to do with your Grandchildren. If you've got the grandchildren coming for the weekend and want some ideas to keep them amused, this book is for you. Divided into eleven chapters, activities are listed under various categories including: art, craft, construction toys, imaginary play, games, indoor and outdoor activities and ideas for outings, etc.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291833110
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Hundreds of Things to do with your Grandchildren. If you've got the grandchildren coming for the weekend and want some ideas to keep them amused, this book is for you. Divided into eleven chapters, activities are listed under various categories including: art, craft, construction toys, imaginary play, games, indoor and outdoor activities and ideas for outings, etc.