Author: Eve Langlais
Publisher: Eve Langlais
ISBN: 1927459923
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
An alien fantasy brought to life... It should have been a simple volunteer job. Keep the events for the Romancing the Capital convention running smooth. But from the moment Brigitte lays eyes on the male model dipped in purple, hired for the galactic party, she is thrown into a tizzy—mostly because of his stolen kiss. Imagine her shock once she realizes he’s not an actor. This purple alien is for real! And Phyr didn’t come to RTC alone. He brought a bunch of his mercenary friends to help him abduct all the single ladies. These readers are about to go on a galactic adventure wilder than anything they’ve ever read in a book—and hotter than anything they could have imagined.
Reader Abduction
Author: Eve Langlais
Publisher: Eve Langlais
ISBN: 1927459923
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
An alien fantasy brought to life... It should have been a simple volunteer job. Keep the events for the Romancing the Capital convention running smooth. But from the moment Brigitte lays eyes on the male model dipped in purple, hired for the galactic party, she is thrown into a tizzy—mostly because of his stolen kiss. Imagine her shock once she realizes he’s not an actor. This purple alien is for real! And Phyr didn’t come to RTC alone. He brought a bunch of his mercenary friends to help him abduct all the single ladies. These readers are about to go on a galactic adventure wilder than anything they’ve ever read in a book—and hotter than anything they could have imagined.
Publisher: Eve Langlais
ISBN: 1927459923
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
An alien fantasy brought to life... It should have been a simple volunteer job. Keep the events for the Romancing the Capital convention running smooth. But from the moment Brigitte lays eyes on the male model dipped in purple, hired for the galactic party, she is thrown into a tizzy—mostly because of his stolen kiss. Imagine her shock once she realizes he’s not an actor. This purple alien is for real! And Phyr didn’t come to RTC alone. He brought a bunch of his mercenary friends to help him abduct all the single ladies. These readers are about to go on a galactic adventure wilder than anything they’ve ever read in a book—and hotter than anything they could have imagined.
Abduction!
Author: Peg Kehret
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101661666
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Matt is missing. Bonnie's brother left his classroom to use thebathroom —and disappeared. A police dog traces his scent to the curb, where he apparently got into a vehicle. But why would Matt go anywhere with a stranger? Overwhelmed with fear, Bonnie discovers that her dog is gone, too. Was Pookie used as a lure for Matt? Bonnie makes one big mistake in her attempt to find her brother. In a chilling climax on a Washington State ferry, Bonnie and Matt must outsmart their abductor or pay with their lives.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101661666
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Matt is missing. Bonnie's brother left his classroom to use thebathroom —and disappeared. A police dog traces his scent to the curb, where he apparently got into a vehicle. But why would Matt go anywhere with a stranger? Overwhelmed with fear, Bonnie discovers that her dog is gone, too. Was Pookie used as a lure for Matt? Bonnie makes one big mistake in her attempt to find her brother. In a chilling climax on a Washington State ferry, Bonnie and Matt must outsmart their abductor or pay with their lives.
Abduction
Author: Rodman Philbrick
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780613071918
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Mandy Durgin and Luke Ingram are convinced that aliens are causing their memory blackouts and disappearances, and they must resist their captors before it's too late.
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780613071918
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Mandy Durgin and Luke Ingram are convinced that aliens are causing their memory blackouts and disappearances, and they must resist their captors before it's too late.
An OutKast Reader
Author: Regina N. Bradley
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820368857
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820368857
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Abduction: Human Encounters with Aliens
Author: Mack
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 143919002X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
A Harvard psychiatrist, the author of A Prince of Our Disorder, presents accounts of alien abduction taken from the more than sixty cases he has investigated and examines the implications for our identity as a species. These mesmerizing and thought-provoking stories of alien encounters from a Harvard professor take you through actual case studies of people from all walks of life and ages who have had challenging, sometimes disturbing, and in every case, life changing experiences of alien abduction. “John Mack explores evidence of nonhuman intelligence like an attorney preparing for the ‘trial of the century’—interviewing witnesses, examining physical evidence, consulting with experts in related fields, constantly questioning his own assumptions…As a story of one man’s determination to bear witness to cosmic mysteries with extraordinary implications for the human future, Abduction is bound to become a modern classic” (Keith Thompson, author of Angels and Aliens)
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 143919002X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
A Harvard psychiatrist, the author of A Prince of Our Disorder, presents accounts of alien abduction taken from the more than sixty cases he has investigated and examines the implications for our identity as a species. These mesmerizing and thought-provoking stories of alien encounters from a Harvard professor take you through actual case studies of people from all walks of life and ages who have had challenging, sometimes disturbing, and in every case, life changing experiences of alien abduction. “John Mack explores evidence of nonhuman intelligence like an attorney preparing for the ‘trial of the century’—interviewing witnesses, examining physical evidence, consulting with experts in related fields, constantly questioning his own assumptions…As a story of one man’s determination to bear witness to cosmic mysteries with extraordinary implications for the human future, Abduction is bound to become a modern classic” (Keith Thompson, author of Angels and Aliens)
A Reader's Companion to the Short Story in English
Author: Erin Fallon
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135976228
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
Although the short story has existed in various forms for centuries, it has particularly flourished during the last hundred years. Reader's Companion to the Short Story in English includes alphabetically-arranged entries for 50 English-language short story writers from around the world. Most of these writers have been active since 1960, and they reflect a wide range of experiences and perspectives in their works. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes biography, a review of existing criticism, a lengthier analysis of specific works, and a selected bibliography of primary and secondary sources. The volume begins with a detailed introduction to the short story genre and concludes with an annotated bibliography of major works on short story theory.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135976228
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
Although the short story has existed in various forms for centuries, it has particularly flourished during the last hundred years. Reader's Companion to the Short Story in English includes alphabetically-arranged entries for 50 English-language short story writers from around the world. Most of these writers have been active since 1960, and they reflect a wide range of experiences and perspectives in their works. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes biography, a review of existing criticism, a lengthier analysis of specific works, and a selected bibliography of primary and secondary sources. The volume begins with a detailed introduction to the short story genre and concludes with an annotated bibliography of major works on short story theory.
Reading Sappho
Author: Ellen Greene
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520918061
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Reading Sappho considers Sappho's poetry as a powerful, influential voice in the Western cultural tradition. Essays are divided into four sections: "Language and Literary Context," "Homer and Oral Tradition", "Ritual and Social Context", and "Women's Erotics". Contributors focus on literary history, mythic traditions, cultural studies, performance studies, recent work in feminist theory, and more. A legendary literary figure, Sappho has attracted readers, critics, and biographers ever since she composed poems on the island of Lesbos at the close of the seventh century B.C. Bringing together some of the best recent criticism on the subject, this volume, together with Re-Reading Sappho, represents the first anthology of Sappho scholarship, drawing attention to Sappho's importance as a poet and reflecting the diversity of critical approaches in classical and literary scholarship during the last several decades.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520918061
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Reading Sappho considers Sappho's poetry as a powerful, influential voice in the Western cultural tradition. Essays are divided into four sections: "Language and Literary Context," "Homer and Oral Tradition", "Ritual and Social Context", and "Women's Erotics". Contributors focus on literary history, mythic traditions, cultural studies, performance studies, recent work in feminist theory, and more. A legendary literary figure, Sappho has attracted readers, critics, and biographers ever since she composed poems on the island of Lesbos at the close of the seventh century B.C. Bringing together some of the best recent criticism on the subject, this volume, together with Re-Reading Sappho, represents the first anthology of Sappho scholarship, drawing attention to Sappho's importance as a poet and reflecting the diversity of critical approaches in classical and literary scholarship during the last several decades.
Semiotic Theory and Practice
Author: Michael Herzfeld
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 9783110099331
Category : Discourse analysis
Languages : en
Pages : 1348
Book Description
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 9783110099331
Category : Discourse analysis
Languages : en
Pages : 1348
Book Description
Abduction
Author: Robin Cook
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101203811
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
From the #1 bestselling “master of the medical thriller” (The New York Times) comes a harrowing novel about deep-sea exploration that leads to a terrifying discovery. . . . “Leave it to doctor-turned-novelist Robin Cook to scare us all to death.”—Los Angeles Times In his renowned novels, Cook skillfully combines human drama and high-tech thrills with the latest breakthroughs and controversies of modern medicine. Now, in Abduction, a mysterious transmission from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean leads a crew of oceanographers and divers to a phenomenon beyond scientific understanding—and a discovery that will change everything we know about life on Earth. . . .
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101203811
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
From the #1 bestselling “master of the medical thriller” (The New York Times) comes a harrowing novel about deep-sea exploration that leads to a terrifying discovery. . . . “Leave it to doctor-turned-novelist Robin Cook to scare us all to death.”—Los Angeles Times In his renowned novels, Cook skillfully combines human drama and high-tech thrills with the latest breakthroughs and controversies of modern medicine. Now, in Abduction, a mysterious transmission from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean leads a crew of oceanographers and divers to a phenomenon beyond scientific understanding—and a discovery that will change everything we know about life on Earth. . . .
The Creativity Reader
Author: Vlad Petre Glǎveanu
Publisher:
ISBN: 0190841702
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
The Creativity Reader brings together a prestigious group of international experts who were tasked with choosing, introducing, and commenting on seminal texts focused on creativity, invention, genius, and imagination from the period of 1850 to 1950. This volume is at once retrospective and prospective: it revisits old ideas, assesses their importance today, and explores their potential for the future.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0190841702
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
The Creativity Reader brings together a prestigious group of international experts who were tasked with choosing, introducing, and commenting on seminal texts focused on creativity, invention, genius, and imagination from the period of 1850 to 1950. This volume is at once retrospective and prospective: it revisits old ideas, assesses their importance today, and explores their potential for the future.