Welcome To Coolsville

Author : Jason Mordaunt
Publisher : Random House
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781446449943

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Welcome To Coolsville by Jason Mordaunt Pdf

Nine days is a long time in Coolsville. More than enough time for Dr. Kiely Flanagan to shop business mogul J.P. Gillespie to a scandal-hungry media, collect the bounty and split for the sun. Time enough, Marshall McLemon hopes, to secure the backing he needs for his online museum exhibit, getting him - work wise at any rate - out of boresville and into something real. Papa Charlie McCormack is racing against the clock to discover if Sister Jasmine Ylang-Ylang is the type of nun that goes in for celibacy or not, and the directors of the WentWest Inc, are anxious to see an end to the year-long plague visited upon them by the cyber-terror organisation known as Mantra. Whether any of them succeed is something else, as one thing depends on the other in this finely balanced, gripping and often hilarious satire.

Author : Jack Fennell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781781381199

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Irish Science Fiction by Jack Fennell Pdf

An innovative examination of Irish science fiction from the 1850s to the present day, covering material written both in Irish and in English. Considering science fiction novels and short stories in their historical context, it analyses a body of literature that has largely been ignored by Irish literature researchers.

Author : Liam Harte
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780191071058

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The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Fiction by Liam Harte Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Fiction presents authoritative essays by thirty-five leading scholars of Irish fiction. They provide in-depth assessments of the breadth and achievement of novelists and short story writers whose collective contribution to the evolution and modification of these unique art forms has been far out of proportion to Ireland's small size. The volume brings a variety of critical perspectives to bear on the development of modern Irish fiction, situating authors, texts, and genres in their social, intellectual, and literary historical contexts. The Handbook's coverage encompasses an expansive range of topics, including the recalcitrant atavisms of Irish Gothic fiction; nineteenth-century Irish women's fiction and its influence on emergent modernism and cultural nationalism; the diverse modes of irony, fabulism, and social realism that characterize the fiction of the Irish Literary Revival; the fearless aesthetic radicalism of James Joyce; the jolting narratological experiments of Samuel Beckett, Flann O'Brien, and Máirtín Ó Cadhain; the fate of the realist and modernist traditions in the work of Elizabeth Bowen, Frank O'Connor, Seán O'Faoláin, and Mary Lavin, and in that of their ambivalent heirs, Edna O'Brien, John McGahern, and John Banville; the subversive treatment of sexuality and gender in Northern Irish women's fiction written during and after the Troubles; the often neglected genres of Irish crime fiction, science fiction, and fiction for children; the many-hued novelistic responses to the experiences of famine, revolution, and emigration; and the variety and vibrancy of post-millennial fiction from both parts of Ireland. Readably written and employing a wealth of original research, The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish Fiction illuminates a distinguished literary tradition that has altered the shape of world literature.

Author : Arthur James Wells
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1926 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Bibliography, National
ISBN : UOM:39015079755628

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The British National Bibliography by Arthur James Wells Pdf

Author : Jennifer Bancroft,Rob Corley
Publisher : Thomas Nelson Inc
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 140030671X

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Goodbye, Coolsville! Hello, Nerdtown! by Jennifer Bancroft,Rob Corley Pdf

Upon her arrival at her new home, Andi begins unpacking and discovers her late mother's journal from when she was Andi's age. As she reads the journal, she soon begins to realize that she and her mother experienced some of the same situations.

Author : R.C. Neighbors,Sandy Rankin
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786458752

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The Galaxy Is Rated G by R.C. Neighbors,Sandy Rankin Pdf

Through spaceships, aliens, ray guns and other familiar trappings, science fiction uses the future (and sometimes the past) to comment on current social, cultural and political ideologies; the same is true of science fiction in children's film and television. This collection of essays analyzes the confluences of science fiction and children's visual media, covering such cultural icons as Flash Gordon, the Jetsons and Star Wars, as well as more contemporary fare like the films Wall-E, Monsters vs. Aliens and Toy Story. Collectively, the essays discover, applaud and critique the hidden--and not-so-hidden--messages presented on our children's film and TV screens.

Author : David J. Hogan
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476608662

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Science Fiction America by David J. Hogan Pdf

From the inception of the science fiction film, writers, directors, producers, and actors have understood that the genre lends itself to a level of social commentary not available in other formats. Viewers find it easier to accept explorations of such issues as domestic violence, war, xenophobia, faith, identity, racism, and other difficult topics when the protagonists exist in future times or other worlds that are only vaguely similar to our own. The 22 original essays in this collection examine how the issues in particular science fiction films—from 1930’s High Treason to 1999’s The Iron Giant—reflect and comment on the prevailing issues of their time. The 16 writers (including such noted contributors as Ted Okuda, Gary Don Rhodes, Bryan Senn, John Soister and Ken Weiss) provide insight on how the genre’s wistful daydreaming, forthcoming wonders, and nightmarish scenarios are often grounded in the grimmer realities of the human condition. Films covered include It Came from Outer Space, Godzilla, The 27th Day, Alien and Starship Troopers, plus television’s The Adventures of Superman, the Flash Gordon serials, and vintage space cartoons by Fleischer.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Books
ISBN : UOM:39015066027981

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Book Review Index by Anonim Pdf

Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.

Author : Derek Fridolfs
Publisher : DC Comics
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-06
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : PKEY:T0945401225001

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Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? (2010-) #122 by Derek Fridolfs Pdf

After years of private lessons, Daphne is ready to perform at her piano recital held at the Coolsville Civic Auditorium. But her practice turns petrifying when the puckish Pan makes his appearance. Can the gang catch the mythological creature before Daphne’s concert debut becomes her final performance?

Author : Stewart Ferris
Publisher : Accent Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781786151889

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The Dali Diaries by Stewart Ferris Pdf

When an English Earl opens a forgotten room in his stately home - a room that has been locked since 1937 - he discovers a connection to his mother's tragic disappearance and re-awakens a decades-old conspiracy against his family. Vengeful former servants have him in their sights, but it soon becomes clear that their agenda reaches far beyond the aristocrat and his forebears. As he unravels the connections between a lost Dali painting found in a Spanish cave, a time capsule buried at Flushing Meadows and his grandmother's friendship with Hitler's lover Unity Mitford, the Earl realises he has just hours to save millions from the horrifying true purpose of the conspirators.

Author : Charles Finch
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250767141

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An Extravagant Death by Charles Finch Pdf

In what promises to be a breakout in Charles Finch's bestselling series, Charles Lenox travels to the New York and Newport of the dawning Gilded Age to investigate the death of a beautiful socialite. London, 1878. With faith in Scotland Yard shattered after a damning corruption investigation, Charles Lenox's detective agency is rapidly expanding. The gentleman sleuth has all the work he can handle, two children, and an intriguing new murder case. But when Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli offers him the opportunity to undertake a diplomatic mission for the Queen, Lenox welcomes the chance to satisfy an unfulfilled yearning: to travel to America. Arriving in New York, he begins to receive introductions into both its old Knickerbocker society and its new robber baron splendor. Then, a shock: the death of the season's most beautiful debutante, who appears to have thrown herself from a cliff. Or was it murder? Lenox’s reputation has preceded him to the States, and he is summoned to a magnificent Newport mansion to investigate the mysterious death. What ensues is a fiendish game of cat and mouse. Witty, complex, and tender, An Extravagant Death is Charles Finch's triumphant return to the main storyline of his beloved Charles Lenox series—a devilish mystery, a social drama, and an unforgettable first trip for an Englishman coming to America.

Author : Max Barry
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781400076345

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Jennifer Government by Max Barry Pdf

A wickedly satirical and outrageous thriller about globalization and marketing hype, Jennifer Government is the best novel in the world ever. "Funny and clever.... A kind of ad-world version of Dr. Strangelove.... [Barry] unleashes enough wit and surprise to make his story a total blast." --The New York Times Book Review "Wicked and wonderful.... [It] does just about everything right.... Fast-moving, funny, involving." --The Washington Post Book World Taxation has been abolished, the government has been privatized, and employees take the surname of the company they work for. It's a brave new corporate world, but you don't want to be caught without a platinum credit card--as lowly Merchandising Officer Hack Nike is about to find out. Trapped into building street cred for a new line of $2500 sneakers by shooting customers, Hack attracts the barcode-tattooed eye of the legendary Jennifer Government. A stressed-out single mom, corporate watchdog, and government agent who has to rustle up funding before she's allowed to fight crime, Jennifer Government is holding a closing down sale--and everything must go.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Authors, Irish
ISBN : UOM:39015066094064

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Books Ireland by Anonim Pdf

Author : Michael Perry
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780870206818

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From the Top by Michael Perry Pdf

“Bottom line is, I’m the kind of guy who’s happy to go to the opera, but I should like to be allowed to wear steel-toed boots with my evening suit. I like to read Harper’s with a chaser of Varmint Hunter Magazine. Maybe that’s why I enjoy a good show under canvas. Here we sit, brain-deep in arts and culture, but we’re also just people hanging out in a tent, some of us wearing boots, a few of us wearing Birkenstocks, but best of all we’re breathing free fresh air filled with music.” From Scandihoovian Spanglish to snickering chickens, New York Times bestselling author and humorist Michael Perry navigates a wide range of topics in this collection of brief essays drawn from his weekly appearances on the nationally syndicated Tent Show Radio program. Fatherhood, dumpster therapy, dangerous wedding rings, Christmas trees, used cars, why you should have bacon in your stock portfolio, loggers in clogs—whatever the subject, Perry has a rare ability to touch both the funny bone and the heart.

Author : Derek Fridolfs,Sholly Fisch
Publisher : DC Comics
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-20
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : PKEY:T0945401195001

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Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? (2010-) #119 by Derek Fridolfs,Sholly Fisch Pdf

Mystery Inc. is off to the races to support Daphne as she rides her horse in the Coolsville equestrian competition. But a rival horse of a different color enters the field when the Savage Centaur appears, chasing the other riders off the track and scaring the crowd. Can the gang solve this mystery in time for Daphne to compete?