Author: Nicholas Yong
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9814516805
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Life in the HDB heartlands can be a real bitch. Especially when every uncle, auntie, ah beng, foreign worker, ang moh and maid out there wants to eat your flesh.It’s 28 days — or at least we think it’s 28 — after the zombie apocalypse. This is Jim: Ghim Moh resident, undergraduate and apocalypse survivor. Sanctuary is waiting in Tiong Bahru, but there are five million very hungry meat munchers in the way. And all he’s got to fend them off with is his parang and a backpack. Sure, there’s Selina the crazy girl with the tattoos and Raj the law graduate to help out. But it doesn’t mean they can’t get infected.Welcome to the brand new Singapore, where meat munchers and wayangs roam the land, and you’d better have a weapon ready. After all, when there’s no more government to complain to, survival is your own problem. About the Author Nicholas Yong is a freelance writer and co-founder of the geek news website, www.geekcrusade.com. Before the infection, he was a reporter with The Straits Times from 2008 to 2013. Nicholas can also be found on Twitter@ incoherentboy. Land of the Meat Munchers is his first novel
Land of the Meat Munchers
Author: Nicholas Yong
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9814516805
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Life in the HDB heartlands can be a real bitch. Especially when every uncle, auntie, ah beng, foreign worker, ang moh and maid out there wants to eat your flesh.It’s 28 days — or at least we think it’s 28 — after the zombie apocalypse. This is Jim: Ghim Moh resident, undergraduate and apocalypse survivor. Sanctuary is waiting in Tiong Bahru, but there are five million very hungry meat munchers in the way. And all he’s got to fend them off with is his parang and a backpack. Sure, there’s Selina the crazy girl with the tattoos and Raj the law graduate to help out. But it doesn’t mean they can’t get infected.Welcome to the brand new Singapore, where meat munchers and wayangs roam the land, and you’d better have a weapon ready. After all, when there’s no more government to complain to, survival is your own problem. About the Author Nicholas Yong is a freelance writer and co-founder of the geek news website, www.geekcrusade.com. Before the infection, he was a reporter with The Straits Times from 2008 to 2013. Nicholas can also be found on Twitter@ incoherentboy. Land of the Meat Munchers is his first novel
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9814516805
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Life in the HDB heartlands can be a real bitch. Especially when every uncle, auntie, ah beng, foreign worker, ang moh and maid out there wants to eat your flesh.It’s 28 days — or at least we think it’s 28 — after the zombie apocalypse. This is Jim: Ghim Moh resident, undergraduate and apocalypse survivor. Sanctuary is waiting in Tiong Bahru, but there are five million very hungry meat munchers in the way. And all he’s got to fend them off with is his parang and a backpack. Sure, there’s Selina the crazy girl with the tattoos and Raj the law graduate to help out. But it doesn’t mean they can’t get infected.Welcome to the brand new Singapore, where meat munchers and wayangs roam the land, and you’d better have a weapon ready. After all, when there’s no more government to complain to, survival is your own problem. About the Author Nicholas Yong is a freelance writer and co-founder of the geek news website, www.geekcrusade.com. Before the infection, he was a reporter with The Straits Times from 2008 to 2013. Nicholas can also be found on Twitter@ incoherentboy. Land of the Meat Munchers is his first novel
Track Faults and Other Glitches: Stories of the impossible in Singapore
Author: Nicholas Yong
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9814771635
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
In Track Faults and Other Glitches, journalist and author Nicholas Yong takes us on a journey into an alternate Singapore, where the impossible becomes real. Deep in the heart of the Zombie Civil Service, a secret meeting is held to pre-empt an impending disaster. In the heartlands, a devoted Shiba Inu — a dog breed from Japan — seeks the divine in her quest for answers. And what happens when an MRT train goes underground, and never comes back out? Haunting and dreamlike, this collection of 10 short stories transports you from the deeply familiar to the supernatural, exploring things that cannot and should not be.
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9814771635
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
In Track Faults and Other Glitches, journalist and author Nicholas Yong takes us on a journey into an alternate Singapore, where the impossible becomes real. Deep in the heart of the Zombie Civil Service, a secret meeting is held to pre-empt an impending disaster. In the heartlands, a devoted Shiba Inu — a dog breed from Japan — seeks the divine in her quest for answers. And what happens when an MRT train goes underground, and never comes back out? Haunting and dreamlike, this collection of 10 short stories transports you from the deeply familiar to the supernatural, exploring things that cannot and should not be.
A View of Stars: Stories of Love
Author: Anitha Devi Pillai
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9814928372
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Especially for fans of love stories comes a collection written by established and new authors. This anthology is partly inspired by true stories and partly by well-known epic tales. A young woman of Peranakan descent in Singapore, a Malayalee woman thousands of miles away from Singapore at the brink of WWII and an interracial couple in current times, all face a similar predicament – Do they break free from conventions and follow their beckoning hearts? A young man with no future nor prospects pines for his one true love in his kampong, a May-December couple’s plans for their second chance is threatened, a young impressionable woman falls for a man-child – Will fate give them a helping hand? What if Cinderella’s evil stepmother had loved her? What if the hundred nights of pursuit of the 10th-century Japanese court lady Ono Komachi took place in Singapore? What if a single decision, one moment or an unspoken wish changed your life forever?
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9814928372
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Especially for fans of love stories comes a collection written by established and new authors. This anthology is partly inspired by true stories and partly by well-known epic tales. A young woman of Peranakan descent in Singapore, a Malayalee woman thousands of miles away from Singapore at the brink of WWII and an interracial couple in current times, all face a similar predicament – Do they break free from conventions and follow their beckoning hearts? A young man with no future nor prospects pines for his one true love in his kampong, a May-December couple’s plans for their second chance is threatened, a young impressionable woman falls for a man-child – Will fate give them a helping hand? What if Cinderella’s evil stepmother had loved her? What if the hundred nights of pursuit of the 10th-century Japanese court lady Ono Komachi took place in Singapore? What if a single decision, one moment or an unspoken wish changed your life forever?
Seven Sacks of Rice and other baggage
Author: Nicholas Yong
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9815113984
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
This is a collection of 10 short stories inspired by true stories, somewhat true stories and stories that we wish were true. From urban legend to folk tale to current events, each story has an actual incident at the heart of it. The titular “Seven Sacks” is also based on the author’s family history. How true is each story? You decide.
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9815113984
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
This is a collection of 10 short stories inspired by true stories, somewhat true stories and stories that we wish were true. From urban legend to folk tale to current events, each story has an actual incident at the heart of it. The titular “Seven Sacks” is also based on the author’s family history. How true is each story? You decide.
The Marvellous Land of Snergs
Author: Veronica Cossanteli
Publisher: Chicken House
ISBN: 1913322661
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
A brand new, funny and quirky story based on E.A. Wyke-Smith's classic, the inspiration for J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. At the Sunny Bay Home for Superfluous and Accidentally Parentless Children, Pip and Flora are in trouble. Running away with their dog they discover the Marvellous Land of Snergs, a magical world of cinnamon bears and scrumptious feasts - but also one of vegan ogres, disgraced jesters and dastardly Kelps, with a villain dressed entirely in purple ... Soon their only friend is forgetful but lovable snerg, Gorbo. He will lead them home - if they can decide where home really is and if Gorbo can remember how to get there.
Publisher: Chicken House
ISBN: 1913322661
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
A brand new, funny and quirky story based on E.A. Wyke-Smith's classic, the inspiration for J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. At the Sunny Bay Home for Superfluous and Accidentally Parentless Children, Pip and Flora are in trouble. Running away with their dog they discover the Marvellous Land of Snergs, a magical world of cinnamon bears and scrumptious feasts - but also one of vegan ogres, disgraced jesters and dastardly Kelps, with a villain dressed entirely in purple ... Soon their only friend is forgetful but lovable snerg, Gorbo. He will lead them home - if they can decide where home really is and if Gorbo can remember how to get there.
BiblioAsia
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : National libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : National libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Moral Habitat
Author: Nancie Erhard
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791479854
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Moral Habitat explores how our moral imaginations and moral norms have been shaped by and even cocreated with Earth in diverse biotic communities. Weaving together science and religion with indigenous and womanist traditions, Nancie Erhard uses examples from a variety of sources, including post-Cartesian science, the Old Testament, and the Mi ́kmaq tribe of Eastern Canada. She demonstrates how each portrays the agency—including the moral agency—of the natural world. From this cross-cultural approach, she recasts the question of how we conceive of humans as moral agents. While written for "the sake of Earth," this thought-provoking book goes well beyond the issue of ecology to show the contribution that such an approach can make to pluralist ethics on a range of timely social issues.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791479854
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Moral Habitat explores how our moral imaginations and moral norms have been shaped by and even cocreated with Earth in diverse biotic communities. Weaving together science and religion with indigenous and womanist traditions, Nancie Erhard uses examples from a variety of sources, including post-Cartesian science, the Old Testament, and the Mi ́kmaq tribe of Eastern Canada. She demonstrates how each portrays the agency—including the moral agency—of the natural world. From this cross-cultural approach, she recasts the question of how we conceive of humans as moral agents. While written for "the sake of Earth," this thought-provoking book goes well beyond the issue of ecology to show the contribution that such an approach can make to pluralist ethics on a range of timely social issues.
Foxavier and Plinka
Author: Scott Evans
Publisher: Scott Evans
ISBN: 1478311789
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
Cuckoo's Nest meets Dr. Strangelove.Diets and junk food commercials are driving Foxavier Jostleplume crazy. He meets Plinka Goose at art therapy, and together they ride a rollercoaster of love, and use public art to fight a corporation distributing psychosis causing cookies.
Publisher: Scott Evans
ISBN: 1478311789
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
Cuckoo's Nest meets Dr. Strangelove.Diets and junk food commercials are driving Foxavier Jostleplume crazy. He meets Plinka Goose at art therapy, and together they ride a rollercoaster of love, and use public art to fight a corporation distributing psychosis causing cookies.
Everything But the Squeal
Author: John Barlow
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
*** EVERYTHING BUT THE SQUEAL *** Makes you want to get on the next flight to Santiago and eat cocido! Rick Stein, TV chef "Delicious" - Time Magazine "Fascinating" - The Economist "Enjoyable and witty" - Waterstones "Mouthwatering" - LA Times "Raucous, affectionate" - Irish Times "Fascinating and hilarious" - Toronto Star *** John Barlow, a self-confessed glutton, finds himself in a meat-lover’s dream. Galicia, in the misty north-western cormer of ‘green’ Spain, is a place where they revere and consume every part of the pig. This starts Barlow thinking about the nature of our relationship with food – what’s delicious, what’s not, and what sort of obligation we have to the animals we eat. Over the course of one glorious year, Barlow tries the patience of his vegetarian wife as he goes the whole hog and vows to eat every part of a Galician pig - everything but the squeal. In his travels he takes part in a thousand-year-old antthrowing festival of Laza, makes pig-bladder puddings for carnival, and manages to taste every other part of the animal, from snout to tail. All washed down with local wine! In the tradition of Bill Bryson, Calvin Trillin and Anthony Bourdain, Everything but the Squeal is an adventure in extreme eating, a hilariously quirky travel book, and a perceptive look at how what we eat makes us who we are. First pubished by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in the USA. *** Reviews With good humor and shameless enthusiasm, he has written a delicious meat note. Verdict: Read. Time Magazine ...the attraction of Mr Barlow’s book is that he goes well beyond the business of eating. He gives us a fascinating journal of his Galician wanderings. The Economist Like Bill Bryson, Mr. Barlow has canny comic timing. What both writers get by on is cerebral charm that can verge on slapstick. New York Times An enjoyable and witty journal of gourmet wanderings in Galicia. Waterstone's Books Quarterly Perhaps even more satisfying than his madcap extreme eating and cooking experiences are Barlow's quotable observations about Galicians. New York Post A mouthwatering adventure. LA Times A raucous, affectionate road trip, on which you don’t know where the next meal is coming from. Irish Times Fascinating and hilarious. Toronto Star Charmingly informative and witty. Publishers Weekly Barlow is a very fine writer, and exhibits genius in figuring out new ways to describe food. Edmonton Journal One of the funniest and most moving stories of the so-called ‘new Spain’. La Nación (Argentina) A most compelling and delicious book... This is a fine and noteworthy addition to any serious Spanish food library, and a must-read for anyone contemplating a trip into this green corner of Spain. Hollywood Reporter Barlow is a companionable guide expounding upon history, traditions and the personalities of Galicia. His writing style is quick, lively and filled with delicious details. He takes readers on a sublime journey of the senses. Publishers Weekly (starred review) Barlow is a writer first and foremost, not just another foodie looking for a publisher to pick up his tapas tab. He embraces his adopted culture with affectionate and knowing ribbing... A savory travelogue with insights that go beyond taste and texture. Kirkus keywords: spain and spanish food, galicia and north west spain, humorous travel books about spain, northern spain and food like cocido, rick stein, the pilgrims way in santiago de compostela, memoirs of an englishman abroad
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
*** EVERYTHING BUT THE SQUEAL *** Makes you want to get on the next flight to Santiago and eat cocido! Rick Stein, TV chef "Delicious" - Time Magazine "Fascinating" - The Economist "Enjoyable and witty" - Waterstones "Mouthwatering" - LA Times "Raucous, affectionate" - Irish Times "Fascinating and hilarious" - Toronto Star *** John Barlow, a self-confessed glutton, finds himself in a meat-lover’s dream. Galicia, in the misty north-western cormer of ‘green’ Spain, is a place where they revere and consume every part of the pig. This starts Barlow thinking about the nature of our relationship with food – what’s delicious, what’s not, and what sort of obligation we have to the animals we eat. Over the course of one glorious year, Barlow tries the patience of his vegetarian wife as he goes the whole hog and vows to eat every part of a Galician pig - everything but the squeal. In his travels he takes part in a thousand-year-old antthrowing festival of Laza, makes pig-bladder puddings for carnival, and manages to taste every other part of the animal, from snout to tail. All washed down with local wine! In the tradition of Bill Bryson, Calvin Trillin and Anthony Bourdain, Everything but the Squeal is an adventure in extreme eating, a hilariously quirky travel book, and a perceptive look at how what we eat makes us who we are. First pubished by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in the USA. *** Reviews With good humor and shameless enthusiasm, he has written a delicious meat note. Verdict: Read. Time Magazine ...the attraction of Mr Barlow’s book is that he goes well beyond the business of eating. He gives us a fascinating journal of his Galician wanderings. The Economist Like Bill Bryson, Mr. Barlow has canny comic timing. What both writers get by on is cerebral charm that can verge on slapstick. New York Times An enjoyable and witty journal of gourmet wanderings in Galicia. Waterstone's Books Quarterly Perhaps even more satisfying than his madcap extreme eating and cooking experiences are Barlow's quotable observations about Galicians. New York Post A mouthwatering adventure. LA Times A raucous, affectionate road trip, on which you don’t know where the next meal is coming from. Irish Times Fascinating and hilarious. Toronto Star Charmingly informative and witty. Publishers Weekly Barlow is a very fine writer, and exhibits genius in figuring out new ways to describe food. Edmonton Journal One of the funniest and most moving stories of the so-called ‘new Spain’. La Nación (Argentina) A most compelling and delicious book... This is a fine and noteworthy addition to any serious Spanish food library, and a must-read for anyone contemplating a trip into this green corner of Spain. Hollywood Reporter Barlow is a companionable guide expounding upon history, traditions and the personalities of Galicia. His writing style is quick, lively and filled with delicious details. He takes readers on a sublime journey of the senses. Publishers Weekly (starred review) Barlow is a writer first and foremost, not just another foodie looking for a publisher to pick up his tapas tab. He embraces his adopted culture with affectionate and knowing ribbing... A savory travelogue with insights that go beyond taste and texture. Kirkus keywords: spain and spanish food, galicia and north west spain, humorous travel books about spain, northern spain and food like cocido, rick stein, the pilgrims way in santiago de compostela, memoirs of an englishman abroad
Critical Food Issues
Author: Laurel Phoenix
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313354456
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
This authoritative, research-based collection examines urgent threats to future global food security and evaluates current and potential solutions. Critical Food Issues: Problems and State-of-the-Art Solutions Worldwide examines 31 crucial areas of concern, from soil degradation, depletion of water for irrigation, and loss of biodiversity to declining rural livelihoods, hunger and obesity, unjust farm labor practices, and farm animal mistreatment. Critical Food Issues divides its coverage into two exhaustive volumes, one on bioenvironmental topics and one with a sociocultural focus. Throughout, highly accomplished experts from a variety of academic backgrounds review the current state of research on specific problems, then identify strategies for confronting those problems that balance sustainable agrifood systems with environmental stewardship, healthy people, and equitable communities. At a time of increasing public outcries over the quality of food and the impact of agrifood production on long-term environmental and human well-being, Critical Food Issues offers an authoritative and comprehensive basis on which producers, consumers, and citizens can make more informed decisions about the future of food.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313354456
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
This authoritative, research-based collection examines urgent threats to future global food security and evaluates current and potential solutions. Critical Food Issues: Problems and State-of-the-Art Solutions Worldwide examines 31 crucial areas of concern, from soil degradation, depletion of water for irrigation, and loss of biodiversity to declining rural livelihoods, hunger and obesity, unjust farm labor practices, and farm animal mistreatment. Critical Food Issues divides its coverage into two exhaustive volumes, one on bioenvironmental topics and one with a sociocultural focus. Throughout, highly accomplished experts from a variety of academic backgrounds review the current state of research on specific problems, then identify strategies for confronting those problems that balance sustainable agrifood systems with environmental stewardship, healthy people, and equitable communities. At a time of increasing public outcries over the quality of food and the impact of agrifood production on long-term environmental and human well-being, Critical Food Issues offers an authoritative and comprehensive basis on which producers, consumers, and citizens can make more informed decisions about the future of food.