Author: Maria Coletta McLean
Publisher: ECW Press
ISBN: 1550226517
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Growing up a second-generation Italian woman in Canada is not as easy as it looks. In fact, it requires the keeping of secrets, the telling of lies, the casting of curses, and the patience of a saint. Here 20 Italian-Canadian women share their stories -- some comic, some tragic, some nostalgic, all true -- about living a double life with a private/public split personality. Intimate, inspiring, brave, and confessional, these tales reveal women old enough to reminisce yet young enough to revolutionize. Balancing between the Old Country and the new, a respect for tradition and the need to break with it, this collection is a rare and surprising blend of humour and candor that promises the perfect conversation-starter. Mamma mia, what will they dare say next?
Mamma Mia!
Author: Maria Coletta McLean
Publisher: ECW Press
ISBN: 1550226517
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Growing up a second-generation Italian woman in Canada is not as easy as it looks. In fact, it requires the keeping of secrets, the telling of lies, the casting of curses, and the patience of a saint. Here 20 Italian-Canadian women share their stories -- some comic, some tragic, some nostalgic, all true -- about living a double life with a private/public split personality. Intimate, inspiring, brave, and confessional, these tales reveal women old enough to reminisce yet young enough to revolutionize. Balancing between the Old Country and the new, a respect for tradition and the need to break with it, this collection is a rare and surprising blend of humour and candor that promises the perfect conversation-starter. Mamma mia, what will they dare say next?
Publisher: ECW Press
ISBN: 1550226517
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Growing up a second-generation Italian woman in Canada is not as easy as it looks. In fact, it requires the keeping of secrets, the telling of lies, the casting of curses, and the patience of a saint. Here 20 Italian-Canadian women share their stories -- some comic, some tragic, some nostalgic, all true -- about living a double life with a private/public split personality. Intimate, inspiring, brave, and confessional, these tales reveal women old enough to reminisce yet young enough to revolutionize. Balancing between the Old Country and the new, a respect for tradition and the need to break with it, this collection is a rare and surprising blend of humour and candor that promises the perfect conversation-starter. Mamma mia, what will they dare say next?
Other Covenants
Author: Harry Turtledove
Publisher: Ben Yehuda Press
ISBN: 1953829813
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
What if there are other timelines, other histories, other Jews? Would they still have a covenant with the one God, or would they know strange gods? Would they have survived banishment, pogrom and Holocaust? What if the Holocaust had not occurred? Or what if it had succeeded beyond Hitler's darkest dreams? Some of the world's greatest speculative fiction authors explore these roads not taken, and many others, in Other Covenants: Alternate Histories of the Jewish People, the first-ever anthology of Jewish alternate history fiction.
Publisher: Ben Yehuda Press
ISBN: 1953829813
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
What if there are other timelines, other histories, other Jews? Would they still have a covenant with the one God, or would they know strange gods? Would they have survived banishment, pogrom and Holocaust? What if the Holocaust had not occurred? Or what if it had succeeded beyond Hitler's darkest dreams? Some of the world's greatest speculative fiction authors explore these roads not taken, and many others, in Other Covenants: Alternate Histories of the Jewish People, the first-ever anthology of Jewish alternate history fiction.
Dystopia Utopia Short Stories
Author:
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1786645149
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
New Authors and collections. Following the great success of 2015's Gothic Fantasy, deluxe edition short story compilations, this latest in the series is packed with tales set in bleak and paradisiacal worlds of boundless imagination from classic authors and exciting budding contemporary writers. New and notable writers featured are: Kim Antieau, Steve Carr, Carolyn Charron, Megan Dorei, Sarah Lyn Eaton, Michelle Kaseler, Claude Lalumière, Gerri Leen, Konstantine Paradias, Jeff Parsons, Kelsey Shannahan, Nidhi Singh, Jeremy Szal, J.M. Templet, Russ Thorne, M. Darusha Wehm, and Andrew J. Wilson. These appear alongside classic stories by authors such as Edward Bellamy, Samuel Butler, Robert W. Chambers, Jack London and Mary Shelley.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1786645149
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
New Authors and collections. Following the great success of 2015's Gothic Fantasy, deluxe edition short story compilations, this latest in the series is packed with tales set in bleak and paradisiacal worlds of boundless imagination from classic authors and exciting budding contemporary writers. New and notable writers featured are: Kim Antieau, Steve Carr, Carolyn Charron, Megan Dorei, Sarah Lyn Eaton, Michelle Kaseler, Claude Lalumière, Gerri Leen, Konstantine Paradias, Jeff Parsons, Kelsey Shannahan, Nidhi Singh, Jeremy Szal, J.M. Templet, Russ Thorne, M. Darusha Wehm, and Andrew J. Wilson. These appear alongside classic stories by authors such as Edward Bellamy, Samuel Butler, Robert W. Chambers, Jack London and Mary Shelley.
The Quiet Invasion
Author: Sarah Zettel
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480422185
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
DIVA stunning discovery by a team of scientists on Venus endangers Earth itself/divDIV At eighty-three, Dr. Helen Failia is nearing middle age but has lost none of her fighting spirit. The founder of Earth’s first fully functioning colony on Venus, she will do anything to ensure that the home she’s built and nurtured not only survives, but thrives. Despite her constant work, funding for the colony is running out, and she’s dreading telling the ten thousand colonists they must move to Earth, a world some of them have never even seen. When one of her probes returns with the unprecedented proof of an ancient alien artifact on the surface of Venus she cannot believe her luck. This is the first evidence that humanity is not alone, and the discovery will surely secure the research colony’s future./divDIV /divDIVAs Helen and her team investigate the strange new find, they learn that humanity is not the only species with its eye on the planet. A dying race of spacefaring aliens needs a new home, and Venus is perfect for the people and their massive, living cities. But these newcomers consider the human presence on Venus a very small problem, one that can be swept aside if it dares get in the way./div
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480422185
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
DIVA stunning discovery by a team of scientists on Venus endangers Earth itself/divDIV At eighty-three, Dr. Helen Failia is nearing middle age but has lost none of her fighting spirit. The founder of Earth’s first fully functioning colony on Venus, she will do anything to ensure that the home she’s built and nurtured not only survives, but thrives. Despite her constant work, funding for the colony is running out, and she’s dreading telling the ten thousand colonists they must move to Earth, a world some of them have never even seen. When one of her probes returns with the unprecedented proof of an ancient alien artifact on the surface of Venus she cannot believe her luck. This is the first evidence that humanity is not alone, and the discovery will surely secure the research colony’s future./divDIV /divDIVAs Helen and her team investigate the strange new find, they learn that humanity is not the only species with its eye on the planet. A dying race of spacefaring aliens needs a new home, and Venus is perfect for the people and their massive, living cities. But these newcomers consider the human presence on Venus a very small problem, one that can be swept aside if it dares get in the way./div
Science Fact and Science Fiction
Author: Brian M. Stableford
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0415974607
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 758
Book Description
Publisher description
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0415974607
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 758
Book Description
Publisher description
The Price of Dreams
Author: Paul Clark
Publisher: Friston Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
He can throw away his future or he can betray his principles and the people he loves. That is the stark choice faced by Ruslan Shanidza, an idealistic and ambitious athlete from the southern fringes of the Soviet Union. He dreams of Olympic glory but despises the ruling Communists and longs for independence from Russia. Something has to give, especially after a fight with the son of a leading Party member brings him to the attention of the secret police. Set in the final decade of the Cold War, this political thriller reads like historical fiction. It takes you to a time and place where the Communist Party seeks to control every aspect of life and anyone who resists faces heavy-handed repression. Later, as the dictatorship begins to crumble, Ruslan will find himself caught up in an ethnic conflict that re-ignites with catastrophic results. “…will keep you turning the pages…Prepare to be sucked in with gripping characters and political intrigue until the very end.” OnlineBookClub.Org Official Review “Highly enjoyable, gripping page turner, solid story and characters, political intrigue; what’s not to like?” E.P. Goodreads reviewer “…takes you in, grabs a hold of you and does not let go until the very end where you are left wanting more.” N.A. Goodreads reviewer
Publisher: Friston Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
He can throw away his future or he can betray his principles and the people he loves. That is the stark choice faced by Ruslan Shanidza, an idealistic and ambitious athlete from the southern fringes of the Soviet Union. He dreams of Olympic glory but despises the ruling Communists and longs for independence from Russia. Something has to give, especially after a fight with the son of a leading Party member brings him to the attention of the secret police. Set in the final decade of the Cold War, this political thriller reads like historical fiction. It takes you to a time and place where the Communist Party seeks to control every aspect of life and anyone who resists faces heavy-handed repression. Later, as the dictatorship begins to crumble, Ruslan will find himself caught up in an ethnic conflict that re-ignites with catastrophic results. “…will keep you turning the pages…Prepare to be sucked in with gripping characters and political intrigue until the very end.” OnlineBookClub.Org Official Review “Highly enjoyable, gripping page turner, solid story and characters, political intrigue; what’s not to like?” E.P. Goodreads reviewer “…takes you in, grabs a hold of you and does not let go until the very end where you are left wanting more.” N.A. Goodreads reviewer
The Routledge Introduction to Canadian Fantastic Literature
Author: Allan Weiss
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000333728
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
This study introduces the history, themes, and critical responses to Canadian fantastic literature. Taking a chronological approach, this volume covers the main periods of Canadian science fiction and fantasy from the early nineteenth century to the first decades of the twenty-first century. The book examines both the texts and the contexts of Canadian writing in the fantastic, analyzing themes and techniques in novels and short stories, and looking at both national and international contexts of the literature’s history. This introduction will offer a coherent narrative of Canadian fantastic literature through analysis of the major texts and authors in the field and through relating the authors’ work to the world around them.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000333728
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
This study introduces the history, themes, and critical responses to Canadian fantastic literature. Taking a chronological approach, this volume covers the main periods of Canadian science fiction and fantasy from the early nineteenth century to the first decades of the twenty-first century. The book examines both the texts and the contexts of Canadian writing in the fantastic, analyzing themes and techniques in novels and short stories, and looking at both national and international contexts of the literature’s history. This introduction will offer a coherent narrative of Canadian fantastic literature through analysis of the major texts and authors in the field and through relating the authors’ work to the world around them.
Venera's Fall
Author: Anthony Halen
Publisher: Anthony Halen
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Welcome to Venera; the population is vibrant, established peace with their neighbors have made them excel even further. Queen Aya has held the throne because her people love her and admired by her allies. Everything is perfect until the resources begin to run low; not attainable by trade- the only option is INVASION. The Queen struggles with the idea of taking IT by force, the daunting reality that death and destruction lies between her and the survival of her people. Meanwhile, a runaway planet has entered the Earth's orbit but has stopped short of colliding with the Earth. The people have decided to occupy it using it as a military installation and to train a professional space team of soldiers; Governments of Earth have dubbed it simply, " Earth's Frontline." Follow Revelle and her friends as their military training prepares them for the space missions ahead while coping with a strange new world and their own dreams and aspirations that don't match that of the people in charge. A collective joint space program is the idea being sold but is that the real reason? The first book in this novella series will test your moral compass. Nothing is what it seems and what it is; will leave you wondering what's next.
Publisher: Anthony Halen
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Welcome to Venera; the population is vibrant, established peace with their neighbors have made them excel even further. Queen Aya has held the throne because her people love her and admired by her allies. Everything is perfect until the resources begin to run low; not attainable by trade- the only option is INVASION. The Queen struggles with the idea of taking IT by force, the daunting reality that death and destruction lies between her and the survival of her people. Meanwhile, a runaway planet has entered the Earth's orbit but has stopped short of colliding with the Earth. The people have decided to occupy it using it as a military installation and to train a professional space team of soldiers; Governments of Earth have dubbed it simply, " Earth's Frontline." Follow Revelle and her friends as their military training prepares them for the space missions ahead while coping with a strange new world and their own dreams and aspirations that don't match that of the people in charge. A collective joint space program is the idea being sold but is that the real reason? The first book in this novella series will test your moral compass. Nothing is what it seems and what it is; will leave you wondering what's next.
Fae Visions of the Mediterranean: An Anthology of Horrors and Wonders of the Sea
Author: Djibril al-Ayad
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0957397585
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
"The Mediterranean is a liquid road connecting places and people. Ships, words and stories travel on its waves. Sometimes fantastic creatures, hidden in the hold. The Mediterranean speaks many languages; some of them we don't recognize anymore. They are ancient, but never really dead. This speculative fiction anthology collects twenty-four pieces of fiction and poetry, new and old, and some things that are in between, because we don't believe in boundaries. It gathers Mediterranean stories with a horror twist and horror stories with a Mediterranean flavour--caring sea monsters, still dripping and briny; brave mermaids, merciless ghosts and bizarre creatures--including extracts in nine different languages and many different styles."--Page 4 of cover.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0957397585
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
"The Mediterranean is a liquid road connecting places and people. Ships, words and stories travel on its waves. Sometimes fantastic creatures, hidden in the hold. The Mediterranean speaks many languages; some of them we don't recognize anymore. They are ancient, but never really dead. This speculative fiction anthology collects twenty-four pieces of fiction and poetry, new and old, and some things that are in between, because we don't believe in boundaries. It gathers Mediterranean stories with a horror twist and horror stories with a Mediterranean flavour--caring sea monsters, still dripping and briny; brave mermaids, merciless ghosts and bizarre creatures--including extracts in nine different languages and many different styles."--Page 4 of cover.
Murder Mayhem Short Stories
Author:
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1786645122
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Following the great success of 2015's Gothic Fantasy, deluxe edition short story compilations, Ghosts, Horror and Science Fiction, this latest in the series is packed with hard-boiled detectives, monsters, psychopaths and a high body count. Tales of death and destruction from classic authors are cast with previously unpublished stories by exciting contemporary hardcore crime writers. New, contemporary and notable writers featured are: Sara Dobie Bauer, Michael Cebula, Carolyn Charron, James Dorr, Tim Foley, Steven Thor Gunnin, Kate Heartfield, David M. Hoenig, Liam Hogan, Patrick J. Hurley, Michelle Ann King, Claude Lalumière, Gerri Leen, K.A. Mielke, Alexandra Camille Renwick, Fred Senese, Donald Jacob Uitvlugt, Dean H. Wild, and Nemma Wollenfang. These appear alongside classic stories by authors such as Ambrose Bierce, Wilkie Collins, Dick Donovan, Edith Nesbit, Edgar Allan Poe and Bram Stoker.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1786645122
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Following the great success of 2015's Gothic Fantasy, deluxe edition short story compilations, Ghosts, Horror and Science Fiction, this latest in the series is packed with hard-boiled detectives, monsters, psychopaths and a high body count. Tales of death and destruction from classic authors are cast with previously unpublished stories by exciting contemporary hardcore crime writers. New, contemporary and notable writers featured are: Sara Dobie Bauer, Michael Cebula, Carolyn Charron, James Dorr, Tim Foley, Steven Thor Gunnin, Kate Heartfield, David M. Hoenig, Liam Hogan, Patrick J. Hurley, Michelle Ann King, Claude Lalumière, Gerri Leen, K.A. Mielke, Alexandra Camille Renwick, Fred Senese, Donald Jacob Uitvlugt, Dean H. Wild, and Nemma Wollenfang. These appear alongside classic stories by authors such as Ambrose Bierce, Wilkie Collins, Dick Donovan, Edith Nesbit, Edgar Allan Poe and Bram Stoker.