Author: Felicia Yap
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0316465267
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
In this heart-pounding mystery, a woman is found dead—but in a society where only the privileged have memories longer than a day, the chances of solving the crime seem futile. Imagine a world in which classes are divided not by wealth or religion but by how much each group can remember. Monos, the majority, have only one day's worth of memory; elite Duos have two. In this stratified society, where Monos are excluded from holding high office and demanding jobs, Claire and Mark are a rare mixed marriage. Clare is a conscientious Mono housewife, Mark a novelist-turned-politician Duo on the rise. They are a shining example of a new vision of tolerance and equality-until... A beautiful woman is found dead, her body dumped in England's River Cam. The woman is Mark's mistress, and he is the prime suspect in her murder. The detective investigating the case has secrets of his own. So did the victim. And when both the investigator's and the suspect's memories are constantly erased -- how can anyone learn the truth? Told from four different perspectives, that of Mark, Claire, the detective on the case, and the victim -- Felicia Yap's staggeringly inventive debut leads us on a race against an ever-resetting clock to find the killer. With the science-fiction world-building of Philip K. Dick and the twisted ingenuity of Memento, Yesterday is a thriller you'll never forget.
Yesterday
Author: Felicia Yap
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0316465267
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
In this heart-pounding mystery, a woman is found dead—but in a society where only the privileged have memories longer than a day, the chances of solving the crime seem futile. Imagine a world in which classes are divided not by wealth or religion but by how much each group can remember. Monos, the majority, have only one day's worth of memory; elite Duos have two. In this stratified society, where Monos are excluded from holding high office and demanding jobs, Claire and Mark are a rare mixed marriage. Clare is a conscientious Mono housewife, Mark a novelist-turned-politician Duo on the rise. They are a shining example of a new vision of tolerance and equality-until... A beautiful woman is found dead, her body dumped in England's River Cam. The woman is Mark's mistress, and he is the prime suspect in her murder. The detective investigating the case has secrets of his own. So did the victim. And when both the investigator's and the suspect's memories are constantly erased -- how can anyone learn the truth? Told from four different perspectives, that of Mark, Claire, the detective on the case, and the victim -- Felicia Yap's staggeringly inventive debut leads us on a race against an ever-resetting clock to find the killer. With the science-fiction world-building of Philip K. Dick and the twisted ingenuity of Memento, Yesterday is a thriller you'll never forget.
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0316465267
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
In this heart-pounding mystery, a woman is found dead—but in a society where only the privileged have memories longer than a day, the chances of solving the crime seem futile. Imagine a world in which classes are divided not by wealth or religion but by how much each group can remember. Monos, the majority, have only one day's worth of memory; elite Duos have two. In this stratified society, where Monos are excluded from holding high office and demanding jobs, Claire and Mark are a rare mixed marriage. Clare is a conscientious Mono housewife, Mark a novelist-turned-politician Duo on the rise. They are a shining example of a new vision of tolerance and equality-until... A beautiful woman is found dead, her body dumped in England's River Cam. The woman is Mark's mistress, and he is the prime suspect in her murder. The detective investigating the case has secrets of his own. So did the victim. And when both the investigator's and the suspect's memories are constantly erased -- how can anyone learn the truth? Told from four different perspectives, that of Mark, Claire, the detective on the case, and the victim -- Felicia Yap's staggeringly inventive debut leads us on a race against an ever-resetting clock to find the killer. With the science-fiction world-building of Philip K. Dick and the twisted ingenuity of Memento, Yesterday is a thriller you'll never forget.
See You Yesterday
Author: Rachel Lynn Solomon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1665901934
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
After reliving the same day for months, eighteen-year-old Barrett reluctantly teams up with her nemesis Miles to escape the time loop, and soon finds herself falling for him, but what she does not know is what they will mean to each other if they finally make it to tomorrow.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1665901934
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
After reliving the same day for months, eighteen-year-old Barrett reluctantly teams up with her nemesis Miles to escape the time loop, and soon finds herself falling for him, but what she does not know is what they will mean to each other if they finally make it to tomorrow.
Not Born Yesterday
Author: Hugo Mercier
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691208921
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Why people are not as gullible as we think Not Born Yesterday explains how we decide who we can trust and what we should believe—and argues that we're pretty good at making these decisions. In this lively and provocative book, Hugo Mercier demonstrates how virtually all attempts at mass persuasion—whether by religious leaders, politicians, or advertisers—fail miserably. Drawing on recent findings from political science and other fields ranging from history to anthropology, Mercier shows that the narrative of widespread gullibility, in which a credulous public is easily misled by demagogues and charlatans, is simply wrong. Why is mass persuasion so difficult? Mercier uses the latest findings from experimental psychology to show how each of us is endowed with sophisticated cognitive mechanisms of open vigilance. Computing a variety of cues, these mechanisms enable us to be on guard against harmful beliefs, while being open enough to change our minds when presented with the right evidence. Even failures—when we accept false confessions, spread wild rumors, or fall for quack medicine—are better explained as bugs in otherwise well-functioning cognitive mechanisms than as symptoms of general gullibility. Not Born Yesterday shows how we filter the flow of information that surrounds us, argues that we do it well, and explains how we can do it better still.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691208921
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Why people are not as gullible as we think Not Born Yesterday explains how we decide who we can trust and what we should believe—and argues that we're pretty good at making these decisions. In this lively and provocative book, Hugo Mercier demonstrates how virtually all attempts at mass persuasion—whether by religious leaders, politicians, or advertisers—fail miserably. Drawing on recent findings from political science and other fields ranging from history to anthropology, Mercier shows that the narrative of widespread gullibility, in which a credulous public is easily misled by demagogues and charlatans, is simply wrong. Why is mass persuasion so difficult? Mercier uses the latest findings from experimental psychology to show how each of us is endowed with sophisticated cognitive mechanisms of open vigilance. Computing a variety of cues, these mechanisms enable us to be on guard against harmful beliefs, while being open enough to change our minds when presented with the right evidence. Even failures—when we accept false confessions, spread wild rumors, or fall for quack medicine—are better explained as bugs in otherwise well-functioning cognitive mechanisms than as symptoms of general gullibility. Not Born Yesterday shows how we filter the flow of information that surrounds us, argues that we do it well, and explains how we can do it better still.
The Making of Yesterday's Enterprise
Author: Eric A. Stillwell
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435702565
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
"Yesterday's Enterprise" consistently ranks as one of the all time fan favorite episodes of the Star Trek : The Next Generation television series. Stillwell chronicles the behind-the-scenes of this acclaimed episode from its inception to the final product and beyond.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435702565
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
"Yesterday's Enterprise" consistently ranks as one of the all time fan favorite episodes of the Star Trek : The Next Generation television series. Stillwell chronicles the behind-the-scenes of this acclaimed episode from its inception to the final product and beyond.
Born Yesterday
Author: Stephanie Insley Hershinow
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 1421438836
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
The early novel was not the coming-of-age story we know today—eighteenth-century adolescent protagonists remained in a constant state of arrested development, never truly maturing. Between the emergence of the realist novel in the early eighteenth century and the novel's subsequent alignment with self-improvement a century later lies a significant moment when novelistic characters were unlikely to mature in any meaningful way. That adolescent protagonists poised on the cusp of adulthood resisted a headlong tumble into maturity through the workings of plot reveals a curious literary and philosophical counter-tradition in the history of the novel. Stephanie Insley Hershinow's Born Yesterday shows how the archetype of the early realist novice reveals literary character tout court. Through new readings of canonical novels by Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe, Frances Burney, and Jane Austen, Hershinow severs the too-easy tie between novelistic form and character formation, a conflation, she argues, of Bild with Bildung. A pop-culture-infused epilogue illustrates the influence of the eighteenth-century novice, as embodied by Austen's Emma, in the 1995 film Clueless, as well as in dystopian YA works like The Hunger Games. Drawing on bold close readings, Born Yesterday alters the landscape of literary historical eighteenth-century studies and challenges some of novel theory's most well-worn assumptions.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 1421438836
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
The early novel was not the coming-of-age story we know today—eighteenth-century adolescent protagonists remained in a constant state of arrested development, never truly maturing. Between the emergence of the realist novel in the early eighteenth century and the novel's subsequent alignment with self-improvement a century later lies a significant moment when novelistic characters were unlikely to mature in any meaningful way. That adolescent protagonists poised on the cusp of adulthood resisted a headlong tumble into maturity through the workings of plot reveals a curious literary and philosophical counter-tradition in the history of the novel. Stephanie Insley Hershinow's Born Yesterday shows how the archetype of the early realist novice reveals literary character tout court. Through new readings of canonical novels by Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe, Frances Burney, and Jane Austen, Hershinow severs the too-easy tie between novelistic form and character formation, a conflation, she argues, of Bild with Bildung. A pop-culture-infused epilogue illustrates the influence of the eighteenth-century novice, as embodied by Austen's Emma, in the 1995 film Clueless, as well as in dystopian YA works like The Hunger Games. Drawing on bold close readings, Born Yesterday alters the landscape of literary historical eighteenth-century studies and challenges some of novel theory's most well-worn assumptions.
Yesterday's Children
Author: Brett Halsey
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595002048
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Adultery, abortion, incest - that is what's happening on you TV screen - but behind the cameras is where you will find the real action in YESTERDAY'S CHILDREN. JAMIE STARBUCK, LEIGH FISK, LIZ BARRET: A love triangle on the show, while off-screen Jamie's wife, Leigh's father and Liz's not very masculine boyfriend, bring new dimensions to the tangle of love. ANNIE HOLLAND and CATHY ALLISON: One uses her unusual sexual abilities for approval, the other as an aid to advancement up the Network's precarious ladder of success. SAM ALLISON and NEIL DECKER: Fighting for their careers while struggling to satisfy the women who can't survive without their special talents. On the set and in the control room. From the production offices to the Network executive suites...And in their not-so-private bedrooms; the characters of YESTERDAY'S CHILDREN live out a drama packed with love, intrigue, disappointment, sex, drugs and murder. The most exciting story ever to come out of the soap opera closet!
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595002048
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Adultery, abortion, incest - that is what's happening on you TV screen - but behind the cameras is where you will find the real action in YESTERDAY'S CHILDREN. JAMIE STARBUCK, LEIGH FISK, LIZ BARRET: A love triangle on the show, while off-screen Jamie's wife, Leigh's father and Liz's not very masculine boyfriend, bring new dimensions to the tangle of love. ANNIE HOLLAND and CATHY ALLISON: One uses her unusual sexual abilities for approval, the other as an aid to advancement up the Network's precarious ladder of success. SAM ALLISON and NEIL DECKER: Fighting for their careers while struggling to satisfy the women who can't survive without their special talents. On the set and in the control room. From the production offices to the Network executive suites...And in their not-so-private bedrooms; the characters of YESTERDAY'S CHILDREN live out a drama packed with love, intrigue, disappointment, sex, drugs and murder. The most exciting story ever to come out of the soap opera closet!
Yesterday's Gone
Author: Cindy Woodsmall
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
ISBN: 149647256X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Eliza holds a secret that can rewrite the past. Eliza Bontrager and Jesse Ebersol have fallen in love and are determined to marry, despite the belief of their Amish community and respective families that there's a hidden curse--one that only shows up when an Ebersol and Bontrager marry. Before the ceremony on the day of the wedding, Eliza's great-aunt Rose gives her a family heirloom quilt and tells her that she may use it to change one event in the past. Eliza appreciates the woman's heart, but she dismisses the strange conversation while keeping the beautiful quilt. Several years later, mourning the loss of their third child, Eliza discovers her inability to deliver a healthy baby is genetic. Remembering her great-aunt's strange words, she decides that if she can go back in time and reject Jesse's proposal, she can save him the heartache of a childless marriage. Her sacrifice will allow him to marry someone else and raise a family. But once she puts her plan into action, she discovers the true impact of her decision--on Jesse and so many others within their community. For fans of Amish fiction and the beloved classic It's a Wonderful Life comes a gripping story about faith, family, and starting over from New York Times bestselling author Cindy Woodsmall. Full-length Amish fiction Stand-alone novel Book length: approximately 104,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
ISBN: 149647256X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Eliza holds a secret that can rewrite the past. Eliza Bontrager and Jesse Ebersol have fallen in love and are determined to marry, despite the belief of their Amish community and respective families that there's a hidden curse--one that only shows up when an Ebersol and Bontrager marry. Before the ceremony on the day of the wedding, Eliza's great-aunt Rose gives her a family heirloom quilt and tells her that she may use it to change one event in the past. Eliza appreciates the woman's heart, but she dismisses the strange conversation while keeping the beautiful quilt. Several years later, mourning the loss of their third child, Eliza discovers her inability to deliver a healthy baby is genetic. Remembering her great-aunt's strange words, she decides that if she can go back in time and reject Jesse's proposal, she can save him the heartache of a childless marriage. Her sacrifice will allow him to marry someone else and raise a family. But once she puts her plan into action, she discovers the true impact of her decision--on Jesse and so many others within their community. For fans of Amish fiction and the beloved classic It's a Wonderful Life comes a gripping story about faith, family, and starting over from New York Times bestselling author Cindy Woodsmall. Full-length Amish fiction Stand-alone novel Book length: approximately 104,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs
Yesterday’S Reflections
Author: Albert F. Schmid
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475973780
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
In Yesterdays Reflections, author Albert F. Schmid invites us to consider the various holidays that are celebrated throughout the year. He provides interesting facts about each holiday and includes the religious origins of them where relevant because many of our holidays have a religious connection. He also explains important points about the holidays, such as why Easter is always on a Sunday and why Thanksgiving is always on the fourth Thursday in November. In addition, he includes devotionals on topics ranging from Contentment to God Is Where Love Is. Each devotional includes the pertinent Scriptures, a story to illustrate the point being made, and Schmids comments. For example, The Rear View Mirror tells the story of Grace, who remembers her fathers advice for driving in the snow: find a snow plow and follow it. When she encounters a blizzard, she does this; an hour later, the driver stops to make certain she is all right, as he had plowed a large parking lot, was moving on to the next business, and was concerned when he noticed that she was following him. We often become comfortable thinking that we can just follow the snow plow when in truth we need to learn to trust God and let Him lead the way. Yesterdays Reflections is an inspiring collection that reminds us that we are Christs ambassadors and that God expects each of us to live and act as though He is making His appeal through us. The best sermons are not preached; they are lived.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475973780
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
In Yesterdays Reflections, author Albert F. Schmid invites us to consider the various holidays that are celebrated throughout the year. He provides interesting facts about each holiday and includes the religious origins of them where relevant because many of our holidays have a religious connection. He also explains important points about the holidays, such as why Easter is always on a Sunday and why Thanksgiving is always on the fourth Thursday in November. In addition, he includes devotionals on topics ranging from Contentment to God Is Where Love Is. Each devotional includes the pertinent Scriptures, a story to illustrate the point being made, and Schmids comments. For example, The Rear View Mirror tells the story of Grace, who remembers her fathers advice for driving in the snow: find a snow plow and follow it. When she encounters a blizzard, she does this; an hour later, the driver stops to make certain she is all right, as he had plowed a large parking lot, was moving on to the next business, and was concerned when he noticed that she was following him. We often become comfortable thinking that we can just follow the snow plow when in truth we need to learn to trust God and let Him lead the way. Yesterdays Reflections is an inspiring collection that reminds us that we are Christs ambassadors and that God expects each of us to live and act as though He is making His appeal through us. The best sermons are not preached; they are lived.
Yesterday’S Future
Author: Melanie Wilmshurst
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462016243
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
Herpetologist Elaina Westrick and her husband, Brayden, attempt to put devastating medical news behind them by flying away to exotic Oahu, Hawaii. She is intrigued by tour guide Isobel, who is fresh out of school for regression therapy. Unable to ignore her souls beckoning history, Elaina dives into four past lives. She uncovers memories she would rather forget and rediscovers forgotten knowledge she needs in order to achieve her aspirations for the future. She must recognize and accept her yin-and-yang past composite as part of her evolution into the person she hopes to become. This historically accurate novel carries you to the United States, England, Ireland, ancient Athens, ancient Egypt, and Japan, on a journey through time from thousands of years ago to present day, from childhood to the golden years. Regardless of the time or place, Elaina encounters recurring souls who are still essential in her life of todayincluding her soul mate, Brayden.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462016243
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
Herpetologist Elaina Westrick and her husband, Brayden, attempt to put devastating medical news behind them by flying away to exotic Oahu, Hawaii. She is intrigued by tour guide Isobel, who is fresh out of school for regression therapy. Unable to ignore her souls beckoning history, Elaina dives into four past lives. She uncovers memories she would rather forget and rediscovers forgotten knowledge she needs in order to achieve her aspirations for the future. She must recognize and accept her yin-and-yang past composite as part of her evolution into the person she hopes to become. This historically accurate novel carries you to the United States, England, Ireland, ancient Athens, ancient Egypt, and Japan, on a journey through time from thousands of years ago to present day, from childhood to the golden years. Regardless of the time or place, Elaina encounters recurring souls who are still essential in her life of todayincluding her soul mate, Brayden.
Yesterday's Tomorrows
Author: Joseph J. Corn
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801853999
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
From Jules Verne to the Jetsons, from a 500-passenger flying wing to an anti-aircraft flying buzz-saw, the vision of the future as seen through the eyes of the past demonstrates the play of the American imagination on the canvas of the future.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801853999
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
From Jules Verne to the Jetsons, from a 500-passenger flying wing to an anti-aircraft flying buzz-saw, the vision of the future as seen through the eyes of the past demonstrates the play of the American imagination on the canvas of the future.