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Gale Ncco, Print Editions Sophia St. Clare
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions The Maid of Killarney
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions The Inheritance
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions The Solemn Injunction
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions The Romance of the Hebrides
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions The Romance of the Hebrides
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions The Victim of Intolerance
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions The Wild Irish Boy VOL. I
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions Voyage autour de ma chambre
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions Le gueux de mer
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions Le Gueux des Bois
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions Constantia De Courcy
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions Zelica
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions Cinthelia
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions Puzzled and Pleased
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions Palmerin of England
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions Fashionable Mysteries
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions Sir John Chiverton
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions The Barons Daughter
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions The Veiled Protectress
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions The Veiled Protectress
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions The Secret
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions Logan
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions Adela Northington
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Lulu.com Magic White and Black
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Edinburgh University Press The Prose of Allan Ramsay
Book SynopsisProvides the first reliable textual edition of all extant prose writings by Allan Ramsay
£90.00
Edinburgh University Press Round the Red Lamp
Book SynopsisAn often overlooked collection in Arthur Conan Doyle's career, these tales actually track the vital moment in his life when he decided to shift careers from provincial medic to celebrated London authorTrade Review"Luckhurst has produced a scholarly yet accessible edition of a pivotal collection of medical short stories, which should be essential reading for students of nineteenth-century literature and medicine. Beyond relating a fascinating publication and reception history, the introduction is a great starting point for anyone wishing to understand how medical practitioners were represented in Victorian fiction." -Megan Coyer, University of Glasgow
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Edinburgh University Press The Collected Works of Kenneth White Volume 4
Book SynopsisKenneth White (1936?2023) established his reputation as a poet, essayist and travel writer in France in the 1970s and 80s, having left Britain in 1970. He became Professor of Twentieth-Century Poetics at the Sorbonne in 1983 and founded the International Institute of Geopoetics in Paris in 1989. The three books in this volume are what he came to describe as ?waybooks?, accounts of travels designed to confront the reader with the condition of the modern world and, through their invocation of the notion of geopoetics, to reveal what might lie beyond its familiar limit.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Methuen Drama Book of Plays from the Sixties
Book SynopsisThis collection contains major works by some of the most important playwrights to emerge during the late fifties and early sixties, many of them collectively labelled Angry Young Men, most of them associated with the Royal Court Theatre.Trade ReviewRoots - 'it has an urgent topicality. Wesker is writing about the freedom of the mind: the lifetime challenge of thinking for yourself and shaking off the prejudices of your class' Sunday TimesTable of ContentsRoots; Serjeant Musgrave's Dance; Loot; Early Morning; The Ruling Class
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1st World Library - Literary Society Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted
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1st World Library - Literary Society She
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1st World Library - Literary Society The Gorilla Hunters
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AuthorHouse Sacred Ground
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iUniverse Waist Deep in Broom Sedge
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Read Books The Vintage Dog Scrapbook The French Bulldog
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Science Fiction Criticism
Book SynopsisIncluding more than 30 essential works of science fiction criticism in a single volume, this is a comprehensive introduction to the study of this enduringly popular genre. Science Fiction Criticism: An Anthology of Essential Writings covers such topics as: Definitions and boundaries of the genre The many forms of science fiction, from time travel to inner space' Ideology and identity: from utopian fantasy to feminist, queer and environmental readings The non-human: androids, aliens, cyborgs and animals Race and the legacy of colonialism The volume also features annotated guides to further reading on these topics. Includes writings by: Marc Angenot, J.G. Ballard, Damien Broderick, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Samuel R. Delany, Philip K. Dick, Grace Dillon, Kodwo Eshun, Carl Freedman, Allison de Fren, Hugo Gernsback, Donna Haraway, N. Katherine Hayles, Robert A. Heinlein, Nalo Hopkinson, Veronica Hollinger, Fredric Jameson, Gwyneth Jones, Rob Latham, Roger Luckhurst, Judith Merril, JTrade ReviewUltimately, by covering many bases without being laborious, Latham’s Science Fiction Criticism manages to offer a high use-value for students of science fiction while also appealing to non-academic fans. * SFRA Review *Science Fiction Criticism: An Anthology of Essential Writings is an excellent collection for use in teaching or as a reference volume, especially for newer scholars who may not have access to or knowledge of some of the older pieces collected here. Above all it emphasizes the diversity of the scholarship (and of original texts) beyond what too many consider to be ‘just science fiction.’ I predict it will be among the most useful collections for many years. * The Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts *The editor of this seminal anthology will be familiar to SF critics. Rob Latham has been at the helm of two extremely important books, The Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction and The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction, and for years he has served in an editorial capacity at Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts and most notably Science Fiction Studies, earning the Thomas D. Clareson award in 2013 for outstanding service in the field. It is fitting for him now to be the editor of Science Fiction Criticism, a crown jewel in his scholarship to date that should resonate with all students and academics who are new to SF or involved in the study and teaching of it. * Extrapolation *A comprehensive and scholarly exploration of sf's history as a genre of socio-political opposition. * Morning Star *A very welcome addition to the bookshelves of scholars and students alike who will find it extraordinarily helpful to have such a range of critical interventions in one volume. * Forum for Modern Language Studies *This collection is a stunning mixture of the familiar and the new: a combination of what’s absolutely essential for anyone embarking on research in the Science Fiction field, and pieces that almost certainly will become essential in years to come. In fact, I would wager that Latham’s collection itself will become essential reading and the go-to textbook for most if not all undergraduate courses in Science Fiction in the very near future ... For those of us on the staff side of the academic divide, the collection provides access to essays that may have been on our ‘to-read’ list for a long time, articles we have heard about but never unearthed, and introductions to areas beyond our specific sub-disciplines. This is an impressive feat of scholarship and critical historiography and an absolute boon to the field for teachers and students alike – and it’s affordable to boot (well done, Bloomsbury). I recommend it unreservedly. * Fantastika *A truly excellent and innovative selection of essays that ranges from classics to essays that should and will become classics. * Farah Mendlesohn, editor of The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction *Rob Latham’s sagely curated Science Fiction Criticism comes as close as we can hope for to a manageable archive of indispensable works of science fiction criticism. The compelling selections are consistently in conversation with one another, revealing the dialectical process through which the critical understanding of science fiction has matured. * Brooks Landon, author of Science Fiction After 1900: From the Steam Man to the Stars *For both beginning and experienced researchers, this volume is a finely balanced overview of science fiction’s critical conversations—and should become a fixture on every serious critic’s bookshelf. For those teaching science fiction, it is indispensable * Pawel Frelik, past president of the Science Fiction Research Association *In five useful sections, essays by science fiction authors, critics and theorists followed by well-chosen further reading lists, provide an invaluable resource for students interested in science fiction and its wider contexts. * Katharine Cockin, University of Hull, UK *As a teaching resource, its usefulness is undeniable. * Science Fiction Studies *One of the most valuable things about this anthology is that it demonstrates, time and again, how wide our universe of discourse has to be ... and how whatever story we tell about sf can never be the whole story. It is an invaluable anthology because, at last, we have a number of classic texts, from Gernsback’s original editorial to Shelley's introduction, together in one place. It is an invaluable anthology because it gathers together a range of key essays, by some of the most important voices in the field. It is a book, in short, that deserves a place on your shelves. * Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Definition and Boundaries 1. Editorial: A New Sort of Magazine, Hugo Gernsback 2. Preface to The Scientific Romances of H.G. Wells, H.G. Wells 3. On the Writing of Speculative Fiction, Robert A. Heinlein 4. What Do You Mean: Science? Fiction? Judith Merril 5. Preface to Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology, Bruce Sterling 6. Cybernetic Deconstructions: Cyberpunk and Postmodernism, Veronica Hollinger 7. The Many Deaths of Science Fiction: A Polemic, Roger Luckhurst 8. On Defining SF, or Not: Genre Theory, SF, and History, John Rieder Recommended Further Reading Part II: Structure and Form 9. Which Way to Inner Space? J.G. Ballard 10. About 5,750 Words, Samuel R. Delany 11. On the Poetics of the Science Fiction Genre, Darko Suvin 12. The Absent Paradigm: An Introduction to the Semiotics of Science Fiction, Marc Angenot 13. Reading SF as a Mega-Text, Damien Broderick 14. Time Travel and the Mechanics of Narrative, David Wittenberg Recommended Further Reading Part III: Ideology and World View 15. Mutation or Death! John B. Michel 16. The Imagination of Disaster, Susan Sontag 17. The Image of Women in Science Fiction, Joanna Russ 18. Progress versus Utopia; or, Can We Imagine the Future? Fredric Jameson 19. Science Fiction and Critical Theory, Carl Freedman 20. Alien Cryptographies: The View from Queer, Wendy Pearson 21. The Women History Doesn't See: Recovering Mid-Century Women's SF as a Literature of Social Critique, Lisa Yaszek Recommended Further Reading Part IV: The Non-Human 22. Author's Introduction to Frankenstein, Mary Shelley 23. The Android and the Human, Philip K. Dick 24. A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century, Donna Haraway 25. Virtual Bodies and Flickering Signifiers, N. Katherine Hayles 26. The Coming Technological Singularity: How to Survive in a Post-Human Era, Vernor Vinge 27. Aliens in the Fourth Dimension, Gwyneth Jones 28. Technofetishism and the Uncanny Desires of A.S.F.R. (alt.sex.fetish.robots), Allison de Fren 29. Animal Alterity: Science Fiction and Human-Animal Studies, Sherryl Vint Recommended Further Reading Part V: Race and the Legacy of Colonialism 30. Science Fiction and Empire, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay 31. Further Considerations on Afrofuturism, Kodwo Eshun 32. Indigenous Scientific Literacies in Nalo Hopkinson’s Ceremonial Worlds, Grace Dillon 33. Biotic Invasions: Ecological Imperialism in New Wave Science Fiction, Rob Latham 34. Alien/Asian: Imaging the Racialized Future, Stephen Hong Sohn 35. A Report from Planet Midnight, Nalo Hopkinson 36. Future Histories and Cyborg Labor: Reading Borderlands Science Fiction after NAFTA, Lysa Rivera Recommended Further Reading Index
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Edinburgh University Press The Retrospective Raj
Book SynopsisExplores the 20th century literary revival of Empire and the post-imperial novel through a critical medical humanities lens.
£81.00
Edinburgh University Press A NeoFatimid Treasury of Books
Book SynopsisExplores communities, manuscripts and their spaces of dwelling
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Outskirts Press Triple Time
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New York University Press Scents and Flavors
Book SynopsisCollecting 635 meticulous recipes, Scents and Flavors invites us to savor an inventive cuisine that elevates simple ingredients by combining the sundry aromas of herbs, spices, fruits, and flower essences. This popular thirteenth-century Syrian cookbook is an ode to what its anonymous author calls the greater part of the pleasure of this life, namely the consumption of food and drink, as well as the fragrances that garnish the meals and the diners who enjoy them. Organized like a meal, it opens with appetizers and juices and proceeds through main courses, side dishes, and desserts, including such confections as candies based on the higher densities of sugar syrupan innovation unique to the medieval Arab world. Apricot beverages, stuffed eggplant, pistachio chicken, coriander stew, melon crepes, and almond pudding are seasoned with nutmeg, rose, cloves, saffron, and the occasional rare ingredient like ambergris to delight and surprise the banqueter. BookendeTrade ReviewAn extraordinary achievement, a brilliant translation of a very important work by an author who really understands cooking, and a valuable addition to our understanding of Middle Eastern culture and gastronomy. -- Claudia Roden, author of The New Book of Middle Eastern FoodAn extensive glossary, plus facing pages of the original Arabic text, make this a desirable reference work for scholars. * AramcoWorld *Hopefully, this cookbook can be made part of many library collections around the world, accessible to many Syrian chefs and food-lovers, wherever they may be. * Qantara.de *The book will interest epicures and cultural historians alike. * Islamic Horizons *We can learn a lot from an old cookbook. And the recent release of Scents and Flavors, a new translation from NYU Press's Library of Arabic Literature, provides a glimpse of social history that feels particularly timely. * FoodandWine.com *A significant scholarly contribution . . . Presented and framed in a way that renders it accessible to food scholars who work on other regions and cuisines . . . Provides a useful framing of the cookbook in the broader context of Middle Eastern culinary history, medieval Islamic medicine, and the specific sequencing and practices of feasting in thirteenth-century Syria. * Gastronomica *A good example of the best that can come out of a combination of quality scholarship and practical experience. * Journal of the American Oriental Society *Fun for history buffs and amateur chefs, the recipes making for a fantastic dinner party. * AlJazeera *
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Archway Publishing The Rose of Harlem
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Bottom of the Hill Publishing The Best of Galaxy Volume Five
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University of Nebraska Press Xurtan
Book SynopsisXurt’an (the end of the world) showcases the rich storytelling traditions of the northern Lacandones of Naha’ through a collection of traditional narratives, songs, and ritual speech. Formerly isolated in the dense, tropical rainforest of Chiapas, Mexico, the Lacandon Maya constitute one of the smallest language groups in the world. Although their language remains active and alive, their traditional culture was abandoned after the death of their religious and civic leader in 1996. Lacking the traditional contexts in which the culture was transmitted, the oral traditions are quickly being forgotten. This collection includes creation myths that describe the cycle of destruction and renewal of the world, the structure of the universe, the realms of the gods and their intercessions in the affairs of their mortals, and the journey of the souls after death. It also includes work songs of Lacandon women, whose contribution to their culture has been hitherto overTrade Review"Xurt’an will appeal to students and scholars in the fields of folklore, anthropology, comparative literature, and performance studies. The scope of the oral narratives gathered here is notable, as is Cook’s discussion of some of the selections. . . . Xurt’an will certainly become a landmark in the study of Northern Lacandon Maya oral literature."—Sarah Alice Campbell, Journal of Folklore Research“This is a very valuable piece of work for folklorists and linguists and is a huge contribution to scholarship in this area. I applaud Cook for including oral traditions recorded from Lacandon women. Lacandon women are largely ignored in the Lacandon ethnographic literature and archaeology, and until now I know of no compilation of Lacandon women’s stories. This is an outstanding service to the field.”—R. Jon McGee, professor of anthropology at Texas State University“You will be quickly drawn into this presentation of language texts contributed by skilled Mayan narrators working in multiple literary genres while covering topics ranging from the earthly to the cosmological. The author’s attention to detail is unparalleled. The scope and quality of the narratives will take your breath away.”—Barry Carlson, editor of Northwest Coast Texts: Stealing LightTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1. The Hach Winik ‘True People’ The Lacandones Northern Lacandon Oral Literature Part 2. Myths Birth of the Gods Bor Maʼax Hachäkyum and Akyantʼoʼ Create Their People and Kisin Creates Their Onen Bor Maʼax Hachäkyum Makes the Ants and Snakes Antonio Martinez Hachäkyum Makes the Sky Bor Maʼax Uluʼubir Baʼarkaʼan Umentik Pethaʼ ‘A Star Falls and Creates the Lagoon’ Antonio Martinez Hachäkyum yeter Tʼuup yeter Kisin ‘Hachäkyum, Tʼuup, and the Devil’ Bor Maʼax Hachäkyum yeter Tʼuup yeter Chäk Xib ‘Hachäkyum, Tʼuup, and Chäk Xib’ Bor Maʼax Hachäkyum Uxatik Ucheʼir Ukaar ‘Hachäkyum Cuts the Mortals’ Throats’ Bor Maʼax Äkicheʼex ‘Our Eyes’ Bor Maʼax Nacimiento ‘Birth’ Bor Maʼax Uyählehir Bah ‘The Mole Trapper’ Bor Maʼax Xurtʼan Uburur ‘The World Ends with the Flood’ Bor Maʼax Akyantʼoʼ No Permite Uxurtʼan ‘Akyantʼoʼ Prevents the End of the World’ Bor MaʼaxʼÄhah Antonio Martinez Kaʼwätsʼäk uhoʼor Barum yeter Kʼakʼ ‘The Two-Headed Jaguar and the Lord of Fire’ Säk Hoʼor Mensäbäk yeter Hach Winik Tukinsah ‘Mensäbäk and the Ancestor He Killed’ Kʼayum Maʼax Kakʼoch yeter Ukʼani(r) Hach Winik ‘Kakʼoch and His Human Assistant’ Bor Maʼax Akʼinchob Takes a Human Wife Antonio Martinez Part 3. Popular Stories Maya Kimin ‘The Mayan Death’ Säk Hoʼor Chäk Xok ‘The Sirens’ Bor Maʼax Nukuch Winik yeter Utiʼaʼar yeter Ahyaʼaxcheʼ ‘The Ancestor, His Son, and the Ceiba Tree’ Bor Maʼax Haayokʼ Bor Maʼax Koʼotir Kaʼan ‘The Celestial Eagle’ Bor Maʼax Uyitber ‘He at the End of the Road’ Bor Maʼax Kakʼoch yeter Uyitber ‘Kakʼoch and the Yitber’ Bor Maʼax Wantʼutʼkʼin Säk Hoʼor Pʼikbir Tsʼon yeter Kisin ‘The Rifle and Kisin’ Säk HoʼorʼAyim yetel Chem ‘The Crocodile and the Canoe’ Säk Hoʼor Ahsaay ‘The Leafcutter Ants’ Bor Maʼax Ahtʼuʼur yeter Barum ‘The Rabbit and the Puma’ Säk Hoʼor Chʼämäk yeter Chäk Barum ‘The Fox and the Puma’ Bor Maʼax Hachäkyum yeter Ahbäb ‘Hachäkyum and the Toad’ Säk Hoʼor Pekʼ yeter ʼAyim ‘The Dog and the Crocodile’ Säk Hoʼor How the Toucan Got His Red Beak Antonio Martinez Part 4. Songs Ukʼaay Barum ‘The Jaguar Song’ Antonio Martinez Ukʼaay Box ‘The Gourd Song’ Antonio Martinez Ukʼaay Käkah ‘The Cacao Song’ Juana Koh Ukʼaay Käy ‘Fish Song’ Antonio Martinez Ukʼaay tiʼ Huuchʼ ‘Song for Grinding’ Juana Koh Ukʼaay tiʼ Kʼuuch ‘Song for Spinning Thread’ Juana Koh Ukʼaay Torok ‘The Iguana Song’ Antonio Martinez Ukʼaayir Maʼax ‘Song of the Monkeys’ Antonio Martinez Ukʼaayir Tokʼ ‘Song of the Flint’ Antonio Martinez Ukʼaayir Xux ‘Song of the Yellow Jacket Wasps’ Säk Hoʼor Part 5. Ritual Speech: Invocations, Chants, and Charms Ahhoochʼ ‘The Hoochʼ’ Juana Koh Ahtsʼin ‘The Manioc’ Juana Koh An Offering Chant during the Preparation of Balcheʼ Antonio Martinez Offering under a Tree Antonio Martinez Utʼanir Baʼcheʼ ‘The Secret of the Balcheʼ’ Antonio Martinez Part 6. Descriptions of Meteorological and Astral PhenomenaʼÄxpʼäriʼ ‘The Solstice’ Antonio Martinez Luʼum Kab ‘The Rainbow Gods’ Bor Maʼax Säkber Akyum ‘Our Lord’s White Road’ Antonio Martinez Appendix 1: Lacandon Onen, Ceremonial Names, and Distribution Appendix 2: Gods and Men in Lacandon Mythology Notes References
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Amazon Publishing Ask No Mercy
Book SynopsisGlobal intrigue, espionage, and mystery from a thrilling new international voice. Max Anger is a man on the edge. The former fighter in an elite band of special-ops soldiers in Sweden, Anger is haunted by battle scars, a childhood spent in the Stockholm archipelago, and his own mysterious family past. Now behind a desk at Vektor, a think tank conducting research on Russia, he’s met his match—and fallen in love—with fierce fellow operative Pashie Kovalenko. Like all of Vektor, she’s set her sights on the tenuous future of her country. When Pashie goes missing in Saint Petersburg, Anger rushes headlong into a volatile Russia, where a new president is about to be elected in the midst of a technological revolution. At the movement’s heart is a start-up Pashie had been investigating, one surrounded by rumors of organized crime and corruption. But the truth is more shocking than Anger could have ever expected. Now time is running out for Pashie. Racing through a storm of violence and deception, Anger gets ever closer to a sensational secret—and to the Russian madman with dreams of restoring one of the cruelest regimes in the history of the world.
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Graphic Arts Books Vintage Christmas Tales
Book SynopsisVintage Christmas Tales: A Holiday Anthology is a collection of short stories and novels by some of the most popular storytellers of the last two centuries meant to capture and celebrate the joy of the holiday. In L. Frank Baum’s, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus as well as it’s sequel A Kidnapped Santa Claus, we see the origins of Santa Claus in the Forest of Burzee growing from infancy into adulthood. Anna Alice Chapin and Glen MacDonough’s Babes in Toyland brings together several characters from various Mother Goose nursery rhymes to create the exciting adventure of two children, Alan and Jane in the titular Toyland. The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco is a wondrous children’s tale about a beloved toy bunny come to life; and of course there is the Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol, the ghost story to end all ghost stories that follows the conversion of one cold-hearted Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve. With these stories and many more, Vintage Christmas Tales: A Holiday Anthology is a collection that features tales of love, family and the spirit of giving for readers young and old. Professionally typeset with a beautifully designed cover, this edition of Vintage Christmas Tales: A Holiday Anthology is a celebration of the joyous holiday reimagined for modern readers.Table of ContentsChristmas: Or, The Good Fairy Harriet Beecher Stowe Christmas Every Day William Dean Howells Lill’s Travels in Santa Claus Land Ellis Towne The Gift of Magi O. Henry The Conversion of Hetherington John Kenderick Bangs The Velveteen Rabbit Margery Williams Bianco A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens Old Christmas Washington Irving Christmas: A Story Zona Gale The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus L. Frank Baum A Kidnapped Santa Claus L. Frank Baum A Reversible Santa Claus Meredith Nicholson History of a Nutcracker Alexander Dumas Babes in Toyland Anna Alice Chapin and Glen MacDonough The Christmas Reindeer Thorton W. Burgess
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Fantastic Books Non-Parallel Universes
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SMK Books The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Anderson Vol. 3
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Fantastic Books Release the Virgins
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