Zelda Rising

Author : George Hook
Publisher : Outskirts Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781977273628

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Zelda Rising by George Hook Pdf

Zelda Rising tells the story of an empathetic young woman named Crystine who runs afoul of a perverse male stranger as she works to create a cozy refuge for booklovers in a Chicago space she calls Zelda Rising Books, in honor of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife. The novel Zelda Rising revolves around this world of books that mean much more than reading, for very lives end up depending on them. It offers up a range of colorful characters from Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood who are drawn into the center of Crystine's bookstore, for better or worse, and must face their own unfulfilled dreams and mortality after she is gaslighted and dies tragically. Mystery pervades Zelda Rising until violence becomes the only solution. Definitely an engrossing, succinct read.

Author : Adam Roberts,Paul Cornell
Publisher : Solaris
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781849974424

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Solaris Rising 1.5 by Adam Roberts,Paul Cornell Pdf

Solaris Rising 1.5 continues the exciting new series of SF anthologies from Solaris and editor Ian Whates, with an exclusive ebook! An anthology of nine short stories from some of the most exciting names in science fiction today. From both sides of the Atlantic – and further afield – these nine great writers offer you everything from a mystery about the nature of the universe to an inexplicable transmission to everyone on Earth, and from engineered giant spiders to Venetian palaces in space. So settle in, and enjoy yet more proof of the extraordinary breadth and depth of contemporary SF. Featuring Adam Roberts, Aliette de Bodard, Gareth L. Powell, Mike Resnick, Sarah Lotz, Phillip Vine, Tanith Lee, Paul Cornell, Paul di Filippo.

Author : Mary C. Simmons
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781475961348

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Corvus Rising by Mary C. Simmons Pdf

The people of Ledford cherish the mysterious island of blue-eyed crows and ravens in the midst of the big river that cuts their city in two. The island-uninhabited since the days of the old hermit for whom it was named-beckons outcast Jesuit scholar and ornithologist Alfredo Manzi to its dark forest. He meets Charlie, a blue-eyed crow who seems to be expecting him. The crow tells Manzi he is one of the last of the Patua', a Homo sapien subspecies with a strange ability to verbally communicate with the corvids, a group of highly intelligent birds that includes ravens and crows. Manzi learns to his growing amazement that he is not the first of his kind to visit Wilder Island, and that it holds many secrets of his ancient, vanishing race. The corvids put all hope upon him to bring the Patua' back from the edge of oblivion and save the Earth from the ravages of human technology. But the island itself is in grave danger of a takeover from a land developer whose plans will most certainly destroy the unique corvid population forever, as well the legacy of the Patua'. Manzi begins fulfilling his mission to save the enchanted wilderness, enlisting help from the corvids, another Patua', and a colleague and his wife, who is about to uncover her own secrets. In this fantasy tale, corvids and humans must band together to save their beloved island from destruction-before it is too late.

Author : Deborah Schiffrin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1988-02-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781316582305

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Discourse Markers by Deborah Schiffrin Pdf

Discourse markers - the particles oh, well, now, then, you know and I mean, and the connectives so, because, and, but and or - perform important functions in conversation. Dr Schiffrin's approach is firmly interdisciplinary, within linguistics and sociology, and her rigourous analysis clearly demonstrates that neither the markers, nor the discourse within which they function, can be understood from one point of view alone, but only as an integration of structural, semantic, pragmatic, and social factors. The core of the book is a comparative analysis of markers within conversational discourse collected by Dr Schiffrin during sociolinguistic fieldwork. The study concludes that markers provide contextual coordinates which aid in the production and interpretation of coherent conversation at both local and global levels of organization. It raises a wide range of theoretical and methodological issues important to discourse analysis - including the relationship between meaning and use, the role of qualitative and quantitative analyses - and the insights it offers will be of particular value to readers confronting the very substantial problems presented by the search for a model of discourse which is based on what people actually say, mean, and do with words in everyday social interaction.

Author : Roger Karshner
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780573663932

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Where There's a Will There's a Relative by Roger Karshner Pdf

Comedy / 3m, 3f / Interior Sam Price, a wealthy entrepreneur, has just recently passed away and, at his request, has been laid out in his townhouse. With the corpse in the bedroom, his immediate family-sister, brother, nephew and niece-have gathered to discuss their inheritance, a meeting that descends into acrimony over the division of property. Much to their chagrin, they learn that Sam has left his entire estate to the church, a discovery that results in them reluctantly seeking the advice of

Author : Tanith Lee,Kara Dalkey,Charles de Lint,Pamela Dean
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101200490

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Firebirds Rising by Tanith Lee,Kara Dalkey,Charles de Lint,Pamela Dean Pdf

Here is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the award-winning anthology Firebirds! Firebirds Rising takes readers from deep space to Faerie to just around the corner. It is full of magic, humor, adventure, and?best of all?the unexpected. The one thing readers can count on is marvelous writing. Firebirds Rising proves once again that Firebird is a gathering place for writers and readers of speculative fiction from teenage to adult, from the United States to Europe, Asia, and beyond.

Author : Charles Dizenzo
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service Inc
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Clerks
ISBN : 0822204800

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A Great Career by Charles Dizenzo Pdf

Author : Kelly E. Crager
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9781603444163

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Hell Under the Rising Sun by Kelly E. Crager Pdf

Late in 1940, the young men of the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery Regiment stepped off the trucks at Camp Bowie in Brownwood, Texas, ready to complete the training they would need for active duty in World War II. This title includes personal memoirs and oral history interviews of the Lost Battalion members.

Author : Marc Johnson
Publisher : Longshot Publishing
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781953076045

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Ghosting (A Singularity Rising Novel) by Marc Johnson Pdf

As a stay-at-home programmer living with her loving boyfriend, Mia lives a simple but good life. Like most people, she dreams, but unlike most, she has vivid dreams about her neighbors’ lives. One day, she realizes that they aren’t dreams—what she’s been experiencing is real. Mia’s able to “ghost” into anyone she chooses, take control of their body, and make them do what she wants. Frustrated by the injustice and abuse she sees around her, Mia begins using her power to try to right the wrongs she sees. Her boyfriend, Amir, does his best to stop her, believing that no one person should have that much power, and that the system—or God—will bring justice to the perpetrators. Mia, on the other hand, has seen too much corruption in her life to believe in such naivety. However, the best intentions don’t always work out as planned. The power begins to affect Mia in ways she didn’t expect—and turns out to have consequences she never imagined.

Author : Arwa Shukure
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 922 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-03
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781398417175

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Happy! Rays of White Lilies by Arwa Shukure Pdf

Happy’s power is known. The Infinite Magic that exists within her allows her to access every element of magic, prophet magic and absolute healing, making her equally as valuable as the golden Steller Prince. She continues to attend class with the children of those who had her locked and experimented on, those who gambled for her potential through the inhumane cage. But the universe has finally given Happy the warmth of normality and a family at Rebel. Will she be able to move past her history and debut as Lady Happy Acad of Acad House or remain the lost bastard, missing from history? Wolf Sergeant has been abducted by the Rein group RedEye with two of the most powerful and magically-gifted children he has ever seen. But even with their affiliation to the murderous terrorist group, he cannot help but see them as the victims of a war the royals started. With an introduction to the ‘savage girl’, Ara of Ejie, they will set on a journey to save an innocent man’s life from execution and in doing so, become enemies of the state and lose everything. But what is life without risk?

Author : Tim Summers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781107116870

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Understanding Video Game Music by Tim Summers Pdf

Music is a central component of video games. This book provides methods and concepts for understanding how game music works.

Author : Trish MacGregor
Publisher : Crossroad Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-07
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Creative Stars by Trish MacGregor Pdf

A fresh and insightful guide to using astrology to nurture the creative spirit. Few aspects of life are as mysterious, or as rewarding, as expressing our creativity, in whatever form it takes. Writing, painting, dancing, designing, acting, inventing, teaching—these and other creative pursuits require courage, determination, and visions, qualities that can be elusive, for beginners and professionals alike. Astrologer and writer Trish MacGregor offers more than words of encouragement; after years of astrological study and practice, she delivers concrete advice, meditations, and exercises to help each of us find and develop our creative voice. Covering Sun, Moon, Ascendant, and Jupiter signs as well as the houses and other aspects of an astrological chart. Creative Starts paints a new picture of astrology as a system for understanding our natural creative strengths and challenges. With the insights in this wise and supportive book, we can learn to summon the muse, quiet the inner critic, develop clarity, work through blocks, conquer burnout and self-doubt, and connect more deeply with the ever-renewing force of our own creativity.

Author : Sarah Pinsker,A.T. Greenblatt,Emma Törzs,Sarah Monette,Vina Jie-Min Prasad,Brandon O'Brien,Nalo Hopkinson,Fran Wilde
Publisher : Uncanny Magazine
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Uncanny Magazine Issue 21 by Sarah Pinsker,A.T. Greenblatt,Emma Törzs,Sarah Monette,Vina Jie-Min Prasad,Brandon O'Brien,Nalo Hopkinson,Fran Wilde Pdf

The March/April 2018 issue of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. Featuring new fiction by Sarah Pinsker, A.T. Greenblatt, Emma Törzs, Sarah Monette, Vina Jie-Min Prasad, and Brandon O'Brien, reprinted fiction by Nalo Hopkinson, essays by R.F. Kuang, Neile Graham, Marissa Lingen, and Karlyn Ruth Meyer, and poetry by Fran Wilde, Cassandra Khaw, Brandon O'Brien, Beth Cato, Sonya Taaffe,Hal Y. Zhang, and Andrea Tang, interviews with A.T. Greenblatt and Vina Jie-Min Prasad by Caroline M. Yoachim, a cover by Nilah Magruder, and an editorial by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas.

Author : Sarah Pinsker
Publisher : Small Beer Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781618732002

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Lost Places by Sarah Pinsker Pdf

A new collection from the author of Nebula Award winning A Song for a New Day and Philip K Dick Award winning Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea. A half-remembered children's TV show. A hotel that shouldn't exist. A mysterious ballad. A living flag. Nebula and Hugo Award-winning author Sarah Pinsker's second collection brings together a seemingly eclectic group of stories that unite behind certain themes: her touchstones of music and memory are joined by stories about secret subversions and hidden messages in art. Her stories span and transcend genre labels, looking for the truth in strange situations from possible futures to impossible pasts.

Author : Sheree Renée Thomas,Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki,Zelda Knight
Publisher : Tordotcom
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250833013

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Africa Risen by Sheree Renée Thomas,Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki,Zelda Knight Pdf

Winner of the 2023 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology Winner of the 2023 Locus Award for Best Anthology A 2023 NAACP Image Award Nominee A 2023 British Fantasy Award Nominee A NPR Best of the Year pick A Book Riot Best SFF of the Year pick "[A] magnificent and wide-ranging anthology . . . A must-read for all genre fans."—Publishers Weekly, starred review From award-winning editorial team Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, and Zelda Knight comes an anthology of thirty-two original stories showcasing the breadth of fantasy and science fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora. A group of cabinet ministers query a supercomputer containing the minds of the country’s ancestors. A child robot on a dying planet uncovers signs of fragile new life. A descendent of a rain goddess inherits her grandmother’s ability to change her appearance—and perhaps the world. Created in the legacy of the seminal, award-winning anthology series Dark Matter, Africa Risen celebrates the vibrancy, diversity, and reach of African and Afro-Diasporic SFF and reaffirms that Africa is not rising—it’s already here. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.