Coming-of-age is complicated by coming-out in personal essays leavened with humor, generosity, and all the awkward indignities of growing up. Views: 33
This excellent quick-read biography of the life so far of Prince William and Kate Middleton is a fascinating read, and will make an wonderful addition to the library of any fan of the British Royal Family. Tracking William's life from birth, through school, the death of his mother Princess Diana, university, his career in the forces, his engagement to Kate and more, it also looks at Miss Middleton's background and is full of interesting facts about their lives. Containing many colour pictures, this royal mini biography has been specially formatted for today's e-readers and is written by top-selling celebrity biographer Chris Peacock. Views: 33
Nested Scrolls reveals the true life adventures of Rudolf von Bitter "Rudy" Rucker—mathematician, transrealist author, punk rocker, and computer hacker. It begins with a young boy growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of a businessman father who becomes a clergyman, and a mother descended from the philosopher Hegel. His career goals? To explore infinity, popularize the fourth dimension, seek the gnarl, become a beatnik writer, and father a family.All the while Rudy is reading science fiction and beat poetry, and beginning to write some pretty strange fiction of his own—a blend of Philip K. Dick and hard SF that qualifies him as part of the original circle of writers in the early 1980s that includes Bruce Sterling, William Gibson, John Shirley, and Lewis Shiner, who were the founders of cyberpunk. At one level, Rucker's genial and unfettered memoir brings us a... Views: 33
Widely recognized as a classic of northern-exploration literature, A Journey to the Northern Ocean is Samuel Hearne's story of his three-year trek to seek a trade route across the Barrens in the Northwest Territories. Hearne was a superb reporter, from his anguished description of the massacre of helpless Eskimos by his Indian companions to his meticulous records of wildlife, flora and Indian manners and customs. As esteemed author Ken McGoogan points out in his foreword: Hearne demonstrated that to thrive in the north, Europeans had to apprentice themselves to the Native peoples who had lived there for centuries-a lesson lost on many who followed.First published in 1795, more than two decades after Hearne had completed his trek, the memoir was originally called A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the years 1769, 1770, 1771, and 1772. This Classics West edition brings a crucial piece of Canadian history back into print. Views: 33
He'd been stripped of everything... Detective Sam Moore had lost his badge, his job, his dignity. Now he was a fugitive, headed both for Marly Kramer's horse farm and for Marly's young charge, an eleven-year-old eyewitness to the murder of which Sam had been accused... Marly had been looking for a strong, hardy horseman. Soon enough, the way Sam filled out a stetson and jeans convinced her she needed Sam. But then she began to suspect the horrible truth - that Sam had really come, not for her, but for the young child she'd sworn to protect. Views: 33
CIA officer Nicholas Lowe had a brilliant future, until a failed operation in El Salvador nearly ruined his career. Ten years later, with the murders of CIA officer Tyler Broadman and his fiancee, the alluring Helena Hernandez, Nicholas returns to the field and assumes control of a CIA covert operation to maintain a U.S. military presence in Panama post-1999. To complete the operation, Nicholas immerses himself in the shady world of drug trafficking, money laundering, and political corruption, but the murder of Tyler's fiancee takes center stage. Who murdered Helena Hernandez? To answer that question, Nicholas unravels the greatest mystery of all--himself.About the AuthorAnthony C. Patton is the author of Unfaithfully Yours, La Ciguapa, Treaty Violation, The World as Story, and several screenplays. He is a graduate of Augsburg College and Thunderbird - School of Global Management. He lives with his wife and three children. Views: 33
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New novel in the Liaden® series. Over a quarter million copies sold in the Liaden® series to-date! Space ships, action, adventure – all tied together with a strong dollop of romance and family saga – make this a compelling series for a wide range of readers, from romance to military SF lovers alike.Theo Waitley is an ace starship pilot – and pure maverick. Her mom is a renown Terran scholar and her birth father is an interstellar aristocrat in hiding. Whatever, thinks Theo. She still feels like a socially-challenged misfit. But after being selected to train with the best-of-the-best at the pilot academy, she figures she can leave behind those gawky, misfit days of teenage angst that made life so complicated before! But for Theo, life is about to get even MORE complicated – and deadlier still. For even though she’s survived the Academy and become one of the best pilots in the galaxy, the past is about to blast her with gale-force winds. Theo can run, but she can’t hide. Her destiny as master pilot and leader of a powerful Liaden® clan calls, and there are LOTS of enemies who will try to make sure she’s quite dead before she has the chance to make an answer.About the Liaden® Universe series:“Every now and then you come across an author, or in this case, a pair, who write exactly what you want to read, the characters and personalities that make you enjoy meeting them. . . . I rarely rave on and on about stories, but I am devoted to Lee and Miller novels and stories.” —Anne McCaffrey“These authors consistently deliver stories with a rich, textured setting, intricate plotting, and vivid, interesting characters from fully-realized cultures, both human and alien, and each book gets better.” –Elizabeth Moon “[T]he many fans of the Liad universe will welcome the latest…continuing young pilot Theo Waitley’s adventures.” – Booklist on Saltation“[A]ficionados of intelligent space opera will be thoroughly entertained. . .[T]he authors' craftsmanship is top-notch.” –Publishers Weekly on Lee and Miller’s popular Liaden® thriller, I Dare Views: 33
McCAIN WASN'T A MURDERER, BUT... Defense attorney Lauren Hamilton had a weakness for sexy bad boys, and her latest client certainly fit the bill. Helplessly drawn to accused killer Jon McCain, she believed his claim of innocence -- and that he really had forgotten his past. Still, she sensed the disoriented cowboy was hiding something... WHO WAS HE? Jon couldn't tell his beautiful lady lawyer everything. Though he knew he wasn't capable of murder, he had regained some memories, and they were proving much more disturbing than the prospect of a life sentence. For these flashes of his past could make a future with Lauren impossible. Views: 33
