Author: John Dos Passos
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Immigrants
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
SC-SPCOLL (copy 1): From the James and Margaret Beveridge Fonds.
Manhattan Transfer
Author: John E. Stith
Publisher: Reanimus, LLC
ISBN: 9780967298429
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Aliens kidnap Manhattan; read all about it. Manhattan is taken away and placed under a huge clear dome, through which the trapped residents can see dozens of similarly trapped alien cities.First published in 1993. Very much in the same spirit and scope as the 1996 film, Independence Day. Echoed in a small way by the 1996 Star Trek: Voyager episode "Displaced." Science Fiction Book Club selection. Reached the preliminary Nebula Award ballot. On the Science Fiction Chronicle best of year list. Rockies Award winner. HOMer Award nominee. Hugo Award Honorable Mention. Seiun Award nominee (Japan). La Tour Eiffel nominee (France).Reviews"Some ideas are just too good to pass up... the pleasure is in the nonstop action and the problem the characters must solve." -- New York Review of Science Fiction."Considerable ingenuity...Think of it as a visually spectacular movie...and a really outstanding, imaginative, and professional production staff and special effects crew working to bring off the big set--pieces and guarantee the thrills."--Locus"How can you possibly resist'... Superscience SF in the classic vein, fast--moving, heroic...loaded with sensawunda. You'll love it."--AnalogManhattan Transfer was first published by Tor Books in 1993. Copyright 1993 by John E. Stith. All rights reserved. Amazon Kindle edition published 2008.Manhattan Transfer was first published by Tor Books in 1993. Copyright � 1993 by John E. Stith. All rights reserved. This edition published 2016 by ReAnimus Press.Chapter 1: "Going Up" was published in Amazing Stories May 1993.
Publisher: Reanimus, LLC
ISBN: 9780967298429
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Aliens kidnap Manhattan; read all about it. Manhattan is taken away and placed under a huge clear dome, through which the trapped residents can see dozens of similarly trapped alien cities.First published in 1993. Very much in the same spirit and scope as the 1996 film, Independence Day. Echoed in a small way by the 1996 Star Trek: Voyager episode "Displaced." Science Fiction Book Club selection. Reached the preliminary Nebula Award ballot. On the Science Fiction Chronicle best of year list. Rockies Award winner. HOMer Award nominee. Hugo Award Honorable Mention. Seiun Award nominee (Japan). La Tour Eiffel nominee (France).Reviews"Some ideas are just too good to pass up... the pleasure is in the nonstop action and the problem the characters must solve." -- New York Review of Science Fiction."Considerable ingenuity...Think of it as a visually spectacular movie...and a really outstanding, imaginative, and professional production staff and special effects crew working to bring off the big set--pieces and guarantee the thrills."--Locus"How can you possibly resist'... Superscience SF in the classic vein, fast--moving, heroic...loaded with sensawunda. You'll love it."--AnalogManhattan Transfer was first published by Tor Books in 1993. Copyright 1993 by John E. Stith. All rights reserved. Amazon Kindle edition published 2008.Manhattan Transfer was first published by Tor Books in 1993. Copyright � 1993 by John E. Stith. All rights reserved. This edition published 2016 by ReAnimus Press.Chapter 1: "Going Up" was published in Amazing Stories May 1993.
Maggie's Tree
Author: Julie Walters
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 0297860348
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Oscar-nominated star of Educating Rita and Billy Elliot's darkly funny debut novel. Cissie is a stand-up comedienne and national darling. Helena is the toast of Broadway. Maggie is an extremely beautiful but troubled actress - and she's cracking up fast, in fact she's 'out of her tree'. When Cissie takes Maggie to see Helena in New York, it leads to trouble straight away: Maggie disappears into the freezing February night, no one knows where. As the search for their friend continues, alarming divisions occur in the lifelong friendships of Cissie, Helena and her stoic husband Luke. And then Cissie disappears too. So, two of the closest of friends are lost separately somewhere in snowbound Manhattan.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 0297860348
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Oscar-nominated star of Educating Rita and Billy Elliot's darkly funny debut novel. Cissie is a stand-up comedienne and national darling. Helena is the toast of Broadway. Maggie is an extremely beautiful but troubled actress - and she's cracking up fast, in fact she's 'out of her tree'. When Cissie takes Maggie to see Helena in New York, it leads to trouble straight away: Maggie disappears into the freezing February night, no one knows where. As the search for their friend continues, alarming divisions occur in the lifelong friendships of Cissie, Helena and her stoic husband Luke. And then Cissie disappears too. So, two of the closest of friends are lost separately somewhere in snowbound Manhattan.
Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project
Author: Cynthia C. Kelly
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 981256599X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
2004 marked the centennial of the birth of J Robert Oppenheimer, and brought historians and scholars, former students, nuclear physicists, and politicians together to celebrate this event. Oppenheimer's life and work became central to 20th century history as he spearheaded the development of the atomic bomb that ended World War II. This book provides a spectrum of interpretations of Oppenheimer's life and scientific achievements. It approaches the extraordinary scientist and teacher from many perspectives, chronicling the years from his boyhood through his role as director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory and afterwards. The book also discusses Oppenheimer's connection to New Mexico, which hosted two of the Manhattan Project's most crucial sites, and addresses his lasting impact on contemporary science, international politics, and the postwar age.
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 981256599X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
2004 marked the centennial of the birth of J Robert Oppenheimer, and brought historians and scholars, former students, nuclear physicists, and politicians together to celebrate this event. Oppenheimer's life and work became central to 20th century history as he spearheaded the development of the atomic bomb that ended World War II. This book provides a spectrum of interpretations of Oppenheimer's life and scientific achievements. It approaches the extraordinary scientist and teacher from many perspectives, chronicling the years from his boyhood through his role as director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory and afterwards. The book also discusses Oppenheimer's connection to New Mexico, which hosted two of the Manhattan Project's most crucial sites, and addresses his lasting impact on contemporary science, international politics, and the postwar age.
Raised in the Shadow of the Bomb
Author: Deborah Leah Steinberg
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998300603
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This story began before I was born, when my father, Ellis P. Steinberg, and uncle Bernard Abraham worked on the secret undertaking that developed the first atomic bombs. The result is this book-part memoir, part discussions with siblings and cousins, and part interviews with a dozen others who had a parent who worked on the Project.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998300603
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This story began before I was born, when my father, Ellis P. Steinberg, and uncle Bernard Abraham worked on the secret undertaking that developed the first atomic bombs. The result is this book-part memoir, part discussions with siblings and cousins, and part interviews with a dozen others who had a parent who worked on the Project.
American Audacity
Author: Christopher Benfey
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472025805
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
One of the foremost critics in contemporary American letters, Christopher Benfey has long been known for his brilliant and incisive essays. Appearing in such publications as the New York Review of Books, the New Republic, and the Times Literary Supplement, Benfey's writings have helped us reimagine the American literary canon. In American Audacity, Benfey gathers his finest writings on eminent American authors (including Emerson, Dickinson, Whitman, Millay, Faulkner, Frost, and Welty), bringing to his subjects---as the New York Times Book Review has said of his earlier work---"a scholar's thoroughness, a critic's astuteness and a storyteller's sense of drama." Although Benfey's interests range from art to literature to social history, this collection focuses on particular American writers and the various ways in which an American identity and culture inform their work. Broken into three sections, "Northerners,""Southerners," and "The Union Reconsidered," American Audacity explores a variety of canonical works, old (Emerson, Dickinson, Millay, Whitman), modern (Faulkner, Dos Passos), and more contemporary (Gary Snyder, E. L. Doctorow). Christopher Benfey is the author of numerous highly regarded books, including Emily Dickinson: Lives of a Poet; The Double Life of Stephen Crane; Degas in New Orleans: Encounters in the Creole World of Kate Chopin and George Washington Cable; and, most recently, The Great Wave: Gilded Age Misfits, Japanese Eccentrics, and the Opening of Old Japan. Benfey's poems have appeared in the Paris Review, Pequod, and Ploughshares. He has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Council of Learned Societies. Currently he is Mellon Professor of English at Mount Holyoke College. "In its vigorous and original criticism of American writers, Christopher Benfey's American Audacity displays its own audacities on every page." ---William H. Pritchard
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472025805
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
One of the foremost critics in contemporary American letters, Christopher Benfey has long been known for his brilliant and incisive essays. Appearing in such publications as the New York Review of Books, the New Republic, and the Times Literary Supplement, Benfey's writings have helped us reimagine the American literary canon. In American Audacity, Benfey gathers his finest writings on eminent American authors (including Emerson, Dickinson, Whitman, Millay, Faulkner, Frost, and Welty), bringing to his subjects---as the New York Times Book Review has said of his earlier work---"a scholar's thoroughness, a critic's astuteness and a storyteller's sense of drama." Although Benfey's interests range from art to literature to social history, this collection focuses on particular American writers and the various ways in which an American identity and culture inform their work. Broken into three sections, "Northerners,""Southerners," and "The Union Reconsidered," American Audacity explores a variety of canonical works, old (Emerson, Dickinson, Millay, Whitman), modern (Faulkner, Dos Passos), and more contemporary (Gary Snyder, E. L. Doctorow). Christopher Benfey is the author of numerous highly regarded books, including Emily Dickinson: Lives of a Poet; The Double Life of Stephen Crane; Degas in New Orleans: Encounters in the Creole World of Kate Chopin and George Washington Cable; and, most recently, The Great Wave: Gilded Age Misfits, Japanese Eccentrics, and the Opening of Old Japan. Benfey's poems have appeared in the Paris Review, Pequod, and Ploughshares. He has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Council of Learned Societies. Currently he is Mellon Professor of English at Mount Holyoke College. "In its vigorous and original criticism of American writers, Christopher Benfey's American Audacity displays its own audacities on every page." ---William H. Pritchard
The City as Catalyst
Author: Diana Festa-McCormick
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838621561
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
A series of ten chapters on cities as pictured and explored by as many novelists. In these ten separate, yet connected, chapters, the city is not merely a setting for the events, but a moving force and the catalyst for action.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838621561
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
A series of ten chapters on cities as pictured and explored by as many novelists. In these ten separate, yet connected, chapters, the city is not merely a setting for the events, but a moving force and the catalyst for action.