Author: R. J. Garcia
Publisher: Midnight Tide Publishing
ISBN: 9781953238771
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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Fifteen-year-old Jacob Kelly would love to go back to simpler times. Before his parents' divorce and the onset of his older brother's schizophrenia. But when he returns to his hometown, things feel off. After a series of strange occurrences in his new house, Jacob fears the house is haunted, or even worse, he is losing his mind. To his surprise, Jacob discovers a mysterious teenage runaway, Sanctuary Daniels, living in the house. She reveals she has been kept by a figure known only as Mother, in a place where downstairs children are languishing prisoners, and upstairs children do Mother's bidding. Both Jacob's investigation into Sanctuary's allegations and their budding romance are cut short when she is reclaimed by evil beings. Beings who unleash terror upon Jacob and his family. Now he must journey to a real haunted house to save his first love and fight for his life.
Author: Walter G. Winslow
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612512933
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
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The dramatic tale of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet in World War II received little attention prior to the publication of this book in 1982, when Winslow chronicled their short and tragic story of heroism and defeat.Greatly outnumbered by vastly superior forces, and saddled with defective equipment; a lack of supplies, reinforcements, and air cover; and, towards the end, an incompetent and bungled Allied combined command, the Asiatic fleet met the Japanese head-on. Within a matter of three months, however, the beleaguered ships were totally wiped out. Captain Walter Winslow, a naval aviator on board the USS Houston, flagship of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet, was in a unique position to tell the riveting story. As an active participant in all the major battles the fleet engaged in, he had an intimate understanding of the calamities that befell it. In addition, he drew upon the his own extensive notes he kept from a POW camp while interviewing other American, British, Dutch, and Australian prisoners from the Allied fleet. Winslow also painstakingly tracked down war documents and battle reports from all the ships assigned to the fleet to paint a complete picture filled with graphic details of the fleet’s only victory at Balikpapan; the disastrous Battle of the Java Sea that broke the back of the combined Asiatic fleet; the ghastly spectacle at Sunda Strait where the Houston struggled to survive; the suspenseful episode in the submarine Perch trapped in the mud at the bottom of the sea; and the daring escape from Corregidor of eighteen crewmembers from the USS Quail who refused to surrender to the Japanese forces.
Author: Jon Wiener
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520271416
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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“Here’s a book that would've split the sides of Thucydides. Wiener’s magical mystery tour of Cold War museums is simultaneously hilarious and the best thing ever written on public history and its contestation.“ —Mike Davis, author of City of Quartz “Jon Wiener, an astute observer of how history is perceived by the general public, shows us how official efforts to shape popular memory of the Cold War have failed. His journey across America to visit exhibits, monuments, and other historical sites, demonstrates how quickly the Cold War has faded from popular consciousness. A fascinating and entertaining book.” —Eric Foner, author of Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877 "In How We Forgot the Cold War, Jon Wiener shows how conservatives tried—and failed—to commemorate the Cold War as a noble victory over the global forces of tyranny, a 'good war' akin to World War II. Displaying splendid skills as a reporter in addition to his discerning eye as a scholar, this historian's travelogue convincingly shows how the right sought to extend its preferred policy of 'rollback' to the arena of public memory. In a country where historical memory has become an obsession, Wiener’s ability to document the ambiguities and absences in these commemorations is an unusual accomplishment.” —Rick Perlstein, author of Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America “In this terrific piece of scholarly journalism, Jon Wiener imaginatively combines scholarship on the Cold War, contemporary journalism, and his own observations of various sites commemorating the era to describe both what they contain and, just as importantly, what they do not. By interrogating the standard conservative brand of American triumphalism, Wiener offers an interpretation of the Cold War that emphasizes just how unnecessary the conflict was and how deleterious its aftereffects have really been.”—Ellen Schrecker, author of Many Are The Crimes: McCarthyism in America
Author: Peter Mertens
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736850015
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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They have forgotten us. A striking manifesto on the current crisis and the thirst for profit in times of coronavirus. A manifesto of an old world that is dying and for a new one that is being born; a story of stars, solidarity and new hope. A call to commitment. The future must be won in struggle, and with the struggles of those who keep the world running.
Author: bente benedict
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781700344687
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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"the stars you forgot about" is a collection of poetry about love, heartbreak, desire, femininity and independence. it takes the readers on a journey of two different main stories: one about the everyday things in life and one about the loving and missing a lover. relatable to anyone who has love and a little heartbreak in their life. get yourself a steamy cup of tea, make yourself comfortable and lose yourself in the versatility of poetry about love.
Author: Odette C. Bell
Publisher: Odette C. Bell
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 794
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The complete Forgotten Stars series. Follow Amber and Kim into the heart of another dimension in this four-book boxset. A new realm has awoken. A new threat has emerged. So new warriors must take the helm. Amber’s an ordinary ensign whose only claim to fame is throwing toast on the most important soldier on the station. Everything changes when she’s lost on an alien world and her true powers awaken. She must keep them secret from the Coalition or pay the price. But it’ll be hard to keep her secret around the ever-watchful Commander Starsmith. When she draws his eye, he can’t look away. For deep within him, something rises. Let it sink, and the station might survive. Let it rise, and the Coalition will never be the same again. …. Forgotten Stars follows a bumbling cadet and a top soldier as they’re plunged into another dimension. If you love your space operas with action, heart, and a splash of romance, grab Forgotten Stars: The Complete Series today and soar free with an Odette C. Bell boxset. Forgotten Stars is the 14th Galactic Coalition Academy series. A sprawling, epic, and exciting sci-fi world where cadets become heroes and hearts are always won, each series can be read separately, so plunge in today.
Author: Justin Cronin
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
ISBN: 0385669526
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 785
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The Andromeda Strain meets The Stand in this startling and stunning thriller that brings to life a unique vision of the apocalypse and plays brilliantly with vampire mythology, revealing what becomes of human society when a top-secret government experiment spins wildly out of control. At an army research station in Colorado, an experiment is being conducted by the U.S. Government: twelve men are exposed to a virus meant to weaponize the human form by super-charging the immune system. But when the experiment goes terribly wrong, terror is unleashed. Amy, a young girl abandoned by her mother and set to be the thirteenth test subject, is rescued by Brad Wolgast, the FBI agent who has been tasked with handing her over, and together they escape to the mountains of Oregon. As civilization crumbles around them, Brad and Amy struggle to keep each other alive, clinging to hope and unable to comprehend the nightmare that approaches with great speed and no mercy. . .
Author: Dylan Roche
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1954676859
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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All Marin has ever been—and ever will be, as far as he knows—is a servant. He’s grown up working for an evil witch called Ilth, never having any idea who his parents were or where he came from. But then comes the day he and another servant, Aster, find the courage to run away to seek their fortunes in the great wide world...The only problem is that the world holds much more danger than Marin and Aster ever expected—tyrannical kings, vengeful demigods, goblin armies, and legendary monsters. And Ilth is tracking them down with wicked schemes of her own. The greatest challenge comes when Marin learns he must seek out a long-lost magic sword he’ll need if he’s going to save the life of Princess Elspeth and the entire kingdom of Blunia. It’s a dangerous quest to expect of anyone—least of all someone who is nothing more than a runaway servant.
Author: Arthur C. Clarke
Publisher: Rosetta Books
ISBN: 0795325002
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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This grand space adventure explores the fate of humanity a billion years in the future— A visionary classic by one of science fiction’s greatest minds. Far in the future, Earth’s oceans have evaporated and humanity has all but vanished. The inhabitants of Diaspar believe their domed city is all that remains of an empire that had once conquered the stars. Inside the dome, the citizens live in technological splendor, free from the distractions of aging and disease. Everything is controlled precisely, just as the city’s designers had intended. But a boy named Alvin, unlike his fellow humans, shows an insatiable—and dangerous—curiosity about the world outside the dome. His questions will send him on a quest to discover the truth about the city and humanity’s history—as well as its future. A masterful and awe-inspiring work of imagination, The City and the Stars is considered one of Arthur C. Clarke’s finest novels.
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Languages : en
Pages : 528
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