Rustic Creations

The Dead and the Gone

Author	: Susan Beth Pfeffer
Publisher	: Harcourt Childrens Books
Release Date	: 2008
ISBN 10	: 0152063110
Pages	: 321 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 (1 users)

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Download or read book The Dead and the Gone written by Susan Beth Pfeffer and published by Harcourt Childrens Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a meteor hits the moon and sets off a series of horrific climate changes, seventeen-year-old Alex Morales must take care of his sisters alone in the chaos of New York City.

Girls on Fire

Author	: Sarah Hentges
Publisher	: McFarland
Release Date	: 2018-04-04
ISBN 10	: 9780786499281
Pages	: 291 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (992 users)

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Download or read book Girls on Fire written by Sarah Hentges and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-04-04 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the threat of climate change, corruption, inequality and injustice, Americans may feel they are living in a dystopian novel come to life. Like many American narratives, dystopian stories often focus on males as the agents of social change. With a focus on the intersections of race, gender, class, sexuality and power, the author analyzes the themes, issues and characters in young adult (YA) dystopian fiction featuring female protagonists--the Girls on Fire who inspire progressive transformation for the future.

Blast, Corrupt, Dismantle, Erase

Author	: Brett Josef Grubisic
Publisher	: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Release Date	: 2014-06-16
ISBN 10	: 9781771120562
Pages	: 450 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (25 users)

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Download or read book Blast, Corrupt, Dismantle, Erase written by Brett Josef Grubisic and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do literary dystopias reflect about the times? In Blast, Corrupt, Dismantle, Erase, contributors address this amorphous but pervasive genre, using diverse critical methodologies to examine how North America is conveyed or portrayed in a perceived age of crisis, accelerated uncertainty, and political volatility. Drawing from contemporary novels such as Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, and the work of Margaret Atwood and William Gibson (to name a few), this book examines dystopian literature produced by North American authors between the signing of NAFTA (1994) and the tenth anniversary of 9/11 (2011). As the texts illustrate, awareness of and deep concern about perceived vulnerabilities—ends of water, oil, food, capitalism, empires, stable climates, ways of life, non-human species, and entire human civilizations—have become central to public discourseover the same period. By asking questions such as “What are the distinctive qualities of post-NAFTA North American dystopian literature?” and “What does this literature reflect about the tensions and contradictions of the inchoate continental community of North America?” Blast, Corrupt, Dismantle, Erase serves to resituate dystopian writing within a particular geo-social setting and introduce a productive means to understand both North American dystopian writing and its relevant engagements with a restricted, mapped reality.

Contemporary Dystopian Fiction for Young Adults

Author	: Balaka Basu
Publisher	: Routledge
Release Date	: 2013-05-02
ISBN 10	: 9781136194764
Pages	: 214 pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (947 users)

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Download or read book Contemporary Dystopian Fiction for Young Adults written by Balaka Basu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Children’s Literature Association Edited Book Award From the jaded, wired teenagers of M.T. Anderson's Feed to the spirited young rebels of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games trilogy, the protagonists of Young Adult dystopias are introducing a new generation of readers to the pleasures and challenges of dystopian imaginings. As the dark universes of YA dystopias continue to flood the market,Contemporary Dystopian Fiction for Young Adults: Brave New Teenagers offers a critical evaluation of the literary and political potentials of this widespread publishing phenomenon. With its capacity to frighten and warn, dystopian writing powerfully engages with our pressing global concerns: liberty and self-determination, environmental destruction and looming catastrophe, questions of identity and justice, and the increasingly fragile boundaries between technology and the self. When directed at young readers, these dystopian warnings are distilled into exciting adventures with gripping plots and accessible messages that may have the potential to motivate a generation on the cusp of adulthood. This collection enacts a lively debate about the goals and efficacy of YA dystopias, with three major areas of contention: do these texts reinscribe an old didacticism or offer an exciting new frontier in children's literature? Do their political critiques represent conservative or radical ideologies? And finally, are these novels high-minded attempts to educate the young or simply bids to cash in on a formula for commercial success? This collection represents a prismatic and evolving understanding of the genre, illuminating its relevance to children's literature and our wider culture.

Biological Report

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Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1990
ISBN 10	: WISC:89037101664
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (371 users)

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Download or read book Biological Report written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Looking at Antigone

Author	: David Stuttard
Publisher	: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date	: 2017-11-02
ISBN 10	: 9781350017122
Pages	: 264 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (171 users)

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Download or read book Looking at Antigone written by David Stuttard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antigone is one of the most influential and thought-provoking of all Greek tragedies. Set in a newly victorious society, where possibilities seem boundless and mankind can overcome all boundaries except death, the action is focussed through the prism of Creon, a remarkable anti-hero – a politician who, in crisis, makes a reckless decision, whose pride (or insecurity) prevents him from backing down until it is too late, and who thereby ends up losing everything. Not just the story of a girl who confronts the state, Antigone is an exploration of inherent human conflicts – between men and women, young and old, power and powerlessness, civil law and the 'unwritten laws' of nature. Lauded in Antiquity, it has influenced drama and philosophy throughout history into the modern age. With an introduction discussing the nature of the community for which Antigone was written, this collection of essays by 12 leading academics from across the world draws together many of the themes explored in Antigone, from Sophocles' use of mythology, his contemporaries' reactions and later reception, to questions of religion and ritual, family life and incest, ecology and the environment. The essays are accompanied by David Stuttard's performer-friendly, accurate and easily accessible English translation.

New Perspectives on Dystopian Fiction in Literature and Other Media

Author	: Saija Isomaa
Publisher	: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date	: 2020-08-27
ISBN 10	: 9781527558724
Pages	: 284 pages
Rating	: 4.2/5 (587 users)

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Download or read book New Perspectives on Dystopian Fiction in Literature and Other Media written by Saija Isomaa and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays examines various forms of dystopian fiction in literature, television, and digital games. It frames the timely trend of dystopian fiction as a thematic field that accommodates several genres from societal dystopia to apocalyptic narratives and climate fiction, many of them examining the hazards of science and technology to human societies and the ecosystem. These are genres of the Anthropocene par excellence, capturing the dilemmas of the human condition in the current, increasingly precarious epoch. The essays offer new interpretations of classical and contemporary works, including the canonised prose of Orwell, Atwood and Cormac McCarthy, modern pop culture classics like Battlestar Galactica, Fallout and Hunger Games, and the work of Johanna Sinisalo, a pioneer of Finnish speculative fiction. From Thomas Pynchon to Watership Down, the volume’s multifaceted approach offers fresh perspectives to those already familiar with existing research, but it is no less accessible for newcomers to the ever-expanding field of dystopian studies.

pt. 2 The Antigone of Sophocles

Author	: Theodore Dwight Woolsey
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1837
ISBN 10	: UOM:39015028163692
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (52 users)

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Download or read book pt. 2 The Antigone of Sophocles written by Theodore Dwight Woolsey and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Life as We Knew it

Author	: Susan Beth Pfeffer
Publisher	: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date	: 2008
ISBN 10	: 9780152061548
Pages	: 324 pages
Rating	: 4.5/5 (615 users)

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Download or read book Life as We Knew it written by Susan Beth Pfeffer and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's still would be open. High school sophomore Miranda's disbelief turns to fear in a split second when an asteroid knocks the moon closer to Earth, like "one marble hits another." The result is catastrophic. How can her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis are wiping out the coasts, earthquakes are rocking the continents, and volcanic ash is blocking out the sun? As August turns dark and wintery in northeastern Pennsylvania, Miranda, her two brothers, and their mother retreat to the unexpected safe haven of their sunroom, where they subsist on stockpiled food and limited water in the warmth of a wood-burning stove. Told in a year's worth of journal entries, this heart-pounding story chronicles Miranda's struggle to hold on to the most important resource of all--hope--in an increasingly desperate and unfamiliar world. An extraordinary series debut Susan Beth Pfeffer has written several companion novels to Life As We Knew It, including The Dead and the Gone, This World We Live In, and The Shade of the Moon.

The Invisible Men: The Jon Kirk of Ares Chronicles

Author	: Gary Lovisi
Publisher	: Wildside Press LLC
Release Date	: 2015-08-08
ISBN 10	: 9781479406890
Pages	: 142 pages
Rating	: 4.7/5 (68 users)

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Download or read book The Invisible Men: The Jon Kirk of Ares Chronicles written by Gary Lovisi and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Kirk of Ares -- a hero very much in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' interplanetary romances -- returns in the second book in the series! PRAISE FOR BOOK 1: "It’s been nearly a century since Edgar Rice Burroughs first enchanted readers with his tales of John Carter and Dejah Thoris on the planet Barsoom. Since then, generations of writers have tried to recapture Burroughs' magic: from Otis Adelbert Kline and Robert E. Howard to Leigh Brackett, Lin Carter, Andre Norton and a hundred more. Gary Lovisi adds his name to the list with The Winged Men, a marvelous romp that updates ERB’s Confederate vet to Jon Kirk, an American apparently killed in Vietnam only to find himself miraculously transported to the planet Ares. Jon Kirk's adventures among beautiful women, barbarous men and cannibalistic aliens demonstrates all the heart of a true lover of the interplanetary romance, and will surely delight readers with a yearning to escape the stress of modern civilization and travel to a world of action, intrigue, gallantry and romance." -- Richard A. Lupoff, Author of "Barsoom: Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Martian Vision" "I very much enjoyed this book. In my view, as intended, it has Burroughs’ vividness, look, sound, sentiment, honesty, directness, sweep, vigor, and appeal, but there is Lovisi in there, too. It is a fresh country in its own right, and certainly one that ERB, and those fond of ERB, like myself, would recognize, find familiar, welcome and relish. I bet ERB would have liked it, too." -- John Norman, creator of Tarl Cabot and the famous Gor books series.

Sol Survivors 2

Author	: Ken Benton
Publisher	: Andrew Kasch
Release Date	: 2022-08-17
ISBN 10	: PKEY:6610000387922
Pages	: 259 pages
Rating	: 4.6/5 ( users)

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Download or read book Sol Survivors 2 written by Ken Benton and published by Andrew Kasch. This book was released on 2022-08-17 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty days. That’s how long it’s been since the largest solar storm ever observed, now referred to as Helios, decimated modern civilization and released a polarizing nervous disorder into the human population. For diurnals like Joel McConnell and his odd assortment of guests, it means an all-out effort at self-sufficient living and keeping the local nocturnal population from stealing everything they produce. With military law enforcement busy saving terrorized citizens from the cadaverous remains of large cities, rural suburbanites such as Joel’s clan find they must fend for themselves and settle their own problems. Thanks in part to a cooperative trading post he established, which is starting to gain notoriety beyond their own neighborhood, Joel is managing to mostly keep peace. Until, he learns, he must make a daunting rescue attempt which leads him into the heart of what has become the darkest and most dangerous abyss in the entire south. A place many who escaped it refer to as the demon’s dump. Most know it by its former name: Nashville.

The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Volume 2: 2000_ÑÐ2010

Author	: Peter Dendle
Publisher	: McFarland
Release Date	: 2012-10-19
ISBN 10	: 9780786492886
Pages	: 293 pages
Rating	: 4.8/5 (928 users)

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Download or read book The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Volume 2: 2000_ÑÐ2010 written by Peter Dendle and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-10-19 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive overview of zombie movies in the first 11 years of the new millennium, the most dynamic and vital period yet in the history of the zombie genre. It serves not only as a follow-up to its predecessor (The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, McFarland 2001), which covered movies from 1932 up until the late 1990s, but also as a fresh exploration of what uniquely defines the genre in the 2000s. In-depth entries provide critical analysis of the zombie as creature in more than 280 feature-length movies, from 28 countries and filmed on six continents. An appendix offers shorter entries for more than 100 shorts and serials.

Eldredge 2 in 1: Waking the Dead & Desire

Author	: John Eldredge
Publisher	: Thomas Nelson Inc
Release Date	: 2008-04-16
ISBN 10	: 9781418584726
Pages	: 349 pages
Rating	: 4.1/5 (847 users)

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Download or read book Eldredge 2 in 1: Waking the Dead & Desire written by John Eldredge and published by Thomas Nelson Inc. This book was released on 2008-04-16 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sea Otter Symposium

Author	: Keith Bayha
Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1990
ISBN 10	: UOM:39015086475129
Pages	: 500 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (58 users)

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Download or read book Sea Otter Symposium written by Keith Bayha and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of a symposium, held April 1990, to evaluate the sea otter (Enhydra lutris) rescue effort after the Exxon Valdez oil spill into Prince William Sound, Alaska.

Niles' National Register

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Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1842
ISBN 10	: UOM:39015039628683
Pages	: 864 pages
Rating	: 4.9/5 (53 users)

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Download or read book Niles' National Register written by and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing political, historical, geographical, scientifical, statistical, economical, and biographical documents, essays and facts: together with notices of the arts and manu factures, and a record of the events of the times.

Niles' Weekly Register

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Publisher	:
Release Date	: 1842
ISBN 10	: NYPL:33433081665873
Pages	: pages
Rating	: 4.3/5 (33 users)

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A Dictionary of Birds

Author	: Bruce Campbell
Publisher	: A&C Black
Release Date	: 2013-06-27
ISBN 10	: 9781408138397
Pages	: 700 pages
Rating	: 4.0/5 (383 users)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Birds written by Bruce Campbell and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Dictionary of Birds enlists contributions from over 280 ornithologists and other specialists from around the world. Major, authoritative articles cover the field of modern ornithology and related subjects, many of them running to several thousand words. In addition there are articles on all the bird families, almost all of which are illustrated by a representative species. There are also numerous short entries defining special terms, application of names, etc. The total gives a text of over 800,000 words, supported by more than 500 photographs, drawings and diagrams. The photographs have been selected under the guidance of Eric Hosking to illustrate different activities of birds, and Robert Gillmor has assembled a collection of over 200 drawings of birds, almost all of which were specially drawn for the Dictionary. Compiled for the British Ornithologists' Union, this new work is in line of succession from Newton's A Dictionary of Birds of 1896 and Landsborough Thomson's A New Dictionary of Birds published in 1964 (2nd impression 1965) and now long out of print. This new dictionary, encyclopaedic in treatment, is destined to be a major reference in any ornithologist's library; and its editors and contributors, most of whom gave their time and knowledge freely, have earned the thanks and acclaim of users for many years to come. Frances James, President of the American Ornithologists' Union, writes in her preface of "the role the dictionary will play in fostering communications among nations. For students it will serve as an entrance to the present status of the field. For scientists it will serve as a research tool and a bridge between disciplines."