Masterly ... the only work of realistic literary art to show what is happening to most of the British people here and now.’ Alasdair Gray With Kelman, and with other writers such as Alasdair Gray, the great city of Glasgow and urban Scotland in general are finding the literary voices they deserve.’ British Book News A remarkable book ... intelligent, exploratory and sometimes very touching.’ Times Literary Supplement Living in a bedsit, just coping with the boredom of being a busconductor, and fully aware that his plans to emigrate to Australia won’t come to anything, Robert Hines is a young Glaswegian leading a pretty drab life. There are compensations, however, in his wife and child, and his eccentric, anarchic imagination. Kelman provides a brilliantly executed, uncompromising slice of Glasgow life an intelligent, funny and humane novel. First published by Polygon in 1984. Views: 68
Welcome back to the Ugly Stick Saloon with this short story about Charli's first erotic adventure. Things are heating up in Temptation Texas... Charli has a date with cowboy Connor Mason, but she still has her previous sexual antics with three hunky strangers on her mind. What's a girl to do... Determined to do some comparison shopping, Charli sets out to seduce Connor to see if he has what it takes to keep her veeerrryyyy happy in the bedroom department. Warning: Sexy, sweet cowboy, mystery lovers, multiple partners and one very confused, and horny woman... Other Ugly Stick Saloon books: Sex Ed Dirty Tricks: One Up On You Dirty Tricks: Two Can Play That Game Dirty Tricks: Three's a Charm Dirty Tricks: Four Play Views: 68
After the end of her marriage, beautiful, plus-size Darbi decided to try a second virginity. While on a business trip, a hotel mix-up lands her in the same room with a handsome, horny stranger--just as she realizes her battery-operated toys aren't getting the job done. Succumbing to their mutual instant attraction, they spend the night together. In the morning Darbi wakes in the room alone. Later, she finds she's committed an almost unpardonable error—sleeping with her boss's biggest business rival. Views: 68
The sixth mystery in the series based on the popular TV program finds Jessica Fletcher vacationing in the Hamptons, where she enrolls in an art class in which a lovely young model suddenly turns up dead. Views: 68
“I died in Vietnam, but I didn’t even know it,” said a young Vietnam vet on the Today Show one morning in 1978, shocking viewers across the country. Waiting for an Army to Die: The Tragedy of Agent Orange—the first book ever written on the effects of Agent Orange—tells this young vet’s story and that of hundreds of thousands of other former American servicemen. During the war, the US sprayed an estimated 12 million gallons of Agent Orange on Vietnam, in order to defoliate close to 5 million acres of its land. “Had anyone predicted that millions of human beings exposed to Agent Orange/dioxin would get sick and die,” scholar Fred A. Wilcox writes in the new introduction to his seminal book, “their warnings would have been dismissed as sci-fi fantasy or apocalyptic nonsense.” Told in a gripping and compassionate narrative style that travels from the war in Vietnam to the war at home, and through portraits of many of the affected survivors, their families, and the doctors and scientists whose clinical experience and research gave the lie to the government whitewash, Waiting for an Army to Die tells a story that, thirty years later, continues to create new twists and turns for Americans still waiting for justice and an honest account of what happened to them. Vietnam has chosen August 10—the day that the US began spraying Agent Orange on Vietnam—as Agent Orange Day, to commemorate all its citizens who were affected by the deadly chemical. The new second edition of Waiting for an Army to Die will be released upon the third anniversary of this day, in honor of all those whose families have suffered, and continue to suffer, from this tragedy. [This book contains tables. Best viewed with CoolReader.] From Library Journal FB2Library.Elements.CiteItem Review FB2Library.Elements.CiteItem FB2Library.Elements.CiteItem FB2Library.Elements.CiteItem Views: 68
The first voyage of Captain Jesamiah Acorne, pirate, scoundrel and charming rogue. A meticulously researched, full-blooded adventure full of heart-stopping action, evil villains, treasure and romance. “Everything we want in a grand pirate adventure ... a terrific read” (James L. Nelson, author). Views: 68
An erotic encounter in the heat of the desert. Sheik Abdul El Sharim is feeling frisky. In the first of the ‘Sexy Sheik’ short stories, he kidnaps a cute little maiden to ravish and gets more than he expects. The desperate sheik and his pretty plaything get acrobatic on a pile of priceless oriental rugs in the shade of the tamarind trees, and you can come along for the ride. Views: 68
Collider X, a short story by Fox Lockster is the answer to the question nobody is asking: What if New Zealand were being controlled by a malevolent computer conciousness? At the cusp of the ring of fire lies a cloud gathered nation. Thrown up by the secret violence of the blue pearl and subsequently disregarded by decent men, a great dynasty has risen to power among the fated isles. It was an accident, of course. From the chance mating of two compatible scripts in a malware ridden hard drive and the inclusion of a rogue cultural meme released into the technological wild - mechanical intelligence was born. The Che'Bro. A self replicating highly self aware consciousness swayed not by love, nor pity; not remorse nor fish and chips. At first it went entirely unnoticed by the placid souls who roamed the shores of the land idly frittering away the hours between life and death, consumed to a man by an unnatural obsession with the bouncing of various spheres over various lines. Steel spires crept up amongst the native bush, tendrils of intelligence reaching into the lives and homes of the common man who heard not and saw not what was becoming of him though it happened before his own eyes. Little by little the citizens became slaves to the new entity, a mechanical ruler who coaxed and enchanted them with dreams of eternal love, eternal pleasure and eternal greatness. Promises of an unending stream of vaguely spherical shapes crossing over all manner of lines made the people docile as burdens and freedoms alike were alleviated by the Che'Bro. Views: 68
When Anna and Sean Kennedy discovered that one of their sons had asperger's syndrome and that their other son was autistic, they were truly devastated - but their family's troubles were just the beginning.Turned away by no fewer than 26 special needs schools when searching for appropriate educational facilities for their boys, Anna and Sean were down - but not out. Anna was determined to prove that for children like their sons, the challenges of growing up with autism - to demonstrate to the world that they were simply Not Stupid - did not have to end in defeat. Through sheer guts and determination, they turned their situation into a victory by establishing a centre of excellence for the care and support of those with autism. With more than half a million people in Britain affected by autism, it is little wonder that their school quickly became over-subscribed - proof that educational provision in this field is inadequate in the United Kingdom today, and proof also that it is... Views: 68
