Paradise-1

Author: David Wellington
Publisher: Orbit
ISBN: 031649688X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 623

Book Description
An electric blend of sci-fi and horror, Paradise-1 begins a terrifying new trilogy of exploration and survival in deep space from Arthur C. Clarke Award-nominated author David Wellington. "A superior space thriller that never flags....Readers will be on the edge of their seats." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) Paradise-1. Earth’s first deep space colony. For thousands of people, it was an opportunity for a new life. Until it went dark. No communication has been received from the colony for months. And it falls to Firewatch inspector Alexandra Petrova and the crew of the Artemis to investigate. What they find is more horrifying than anything they could have imagined.

Curmudgeing Through Paradise

Author: Fred Reed
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780595443741
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Fred Reed takes a jaundiced and highly irreverent view of all things sacred-- journalism, marriage, affirmative action, federal scams, governmental uselessness, women, men, fellow reporters, and popular culture. On the other hand, he has a kind word for drunks, bar girls, and children."--Back cover

The Curmudgeon's Quests

Author: Allan Wooley
Publisher: Book Venture Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1946735485
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 250

Book Description
After growing up in Maine and attending Bowdoin, the author earned a PhD in Classics at Princeton. He taught at Duke, before returning to Phillips Exeter Academy, where he taught for 36 years and was department chair and coordinator of academic computing. In the New England Classical Association he served as president and executive secretary.

In Fool's Paradise

Author: H. B. Finlay Knight
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 392

Book Description

PRIVATE PARADISE

Author: Debbie Macomber
Publisher: MIRA
ISBN: 1460395492
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 87

Book Description
A fan-favorite novella from #1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. Widow Beth Graham is invited to stay on an island with friends. But when a last-minute accident keeps her friends from the island, Beth and her son end up sharing quarters with a handsome single father, John Livingstone, and his teenage daughter. Close quarters cause tempers to flare, but Beth and John just may manage to find love before the trip is over. Originally published in the 2008 anthology That Summer Place.

The Campus Curmudgeon's Compendium

Author: Joseph M. Joeb
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1469794527
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
If ever you have been frustrated by some bureaucratic regulation -- if you've ever muttered, "That's just plain stupid," about some silly rule -- this book's for you. The author takes a curmudgeonly look at society in general and the education community in particular and offers his crusty definitions and commentary. This book may provide a smile that will have everyone wondering what you're up to.

A Paradise Built in Hell

Author: Rebecca Solnit
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101459018
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 369

Book Description
The author of Men Explain Things to Me explores the moments of altruism and generosity that arise in the aftermath of disaster Why is it that in the aftermath of a disaster? whether manmade or natural?people suddenly become altruistic, resourceful, and brave? What makes the newfound communities and purpose many find in the ruins and crises after disaster so joyous? And what does this joy reveal about ordinarily unmet social desires and possibilities? In A Paradise Built in Hell, award-winning author Rebecca Solnit explores these phenomena, looking at major calamities from the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco through the 1917 explosion that tore up Halifax, Nova Scotia, the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, 9/11, and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. She examines how disaster throws people into a temporary utopia of changed states of mind and social possibilities, as well as looking at the cost of the widespread myths and rarer real cases of social deterioration during crisis. This is a timely and important book from an acclaimed author whose work consistently locates unseen patterns and meanings in broad cultural histories.

The Curmudgeon's Tree

Author: David R. Branon
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 1457511649
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description

The works of Isaac Disraeli (ed. by B. Disraeli).

Author: Isaac Disraeli
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 544

Book Description

The Fishers of Paradise

Author: Rachael Preston
Publisher: James Street North Books is
ISBN: 9781928088165
Category : Boathouses
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In 1930s Hamilton, the boathouse community of Cootes Paradise is under siege: the squatters' shacks that line the shores of Dundas Marsh stand in the way of ambitious plans to make the city beautiful. Egypt Fisher and her mother are struggling to keep their lives together in the absence of her father, a con man neither of them has seen for six years. Into this mix walks a handsome drifter and the family falls under his spell, until Egypt's father unexpectedly returns. Unhinged by jealousy and a harrowing brush with the local mafia, he reveals a family secret that sets Egypt's world off-kilter and poisons her relationship with her mother. When Egypt tries to turn the situation to her own advantage, her lies set in motion a series of events with devastating consequences.