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Mermaid Days
The year is 2116 and Denmark stands in agony - or rather in the wet. Everything that can melt has already melted and all low-lying areas in the United States of Europe are under water. In addition, wars and environmental disasters have put an unmistakable stamp on the population. In this short story, we follow the brave inhabitants of New Copenhagen, which by all means try to maintain the illusion of a normal life - while they pay the price to come after us. Keywords: Global Warming, Overpopulation, Top, Genetic Modification, Regimentation, Brainwashing, Centralism, Escapism, Technology
The Journey Home
You can't escape fate. Elliot Saganash and Tammy McPhee are special. Descendants of shamans and trained in mysticism, they are the hope of the future for their guardians, the Elders. But neither wants any part in what they see as hokey nonsense--ancient and powerful spirits, witches and warlocks, vampires and druids. The two of them are outsiders, caught between the Elders’ world of mysticism and a society where they don’t fit in. When Elliot returns to Manitoba to attend college, Tammy feels abandoned by the one person who had always been there for her, and she runs away from home. But tragedy brings both teens back to the place they abandoned, and they discover that what they thought were silly old beliefs were actually real all along. If they want to survive the ancient and terrible powers now hunting them, the two must set aside their struggles with identity and learn to use the magic they once scorned. Buy The Journey Home today, and begin this thrilling urban fantasy series full of action and suspense!
The Gamification of Society
The applications of gamification and the contexts in which game elements can be successfully incorporated have grown significantly over the years. They now include the fields of health, education, work, the media and many others. However, the human and social sciences still neglect the analysis and critique of gamification. Research conducted in this area tends to focus on game objects and not gamifications logic as its ideological dimension. Considering that the game, as a model and a reference, laden with social value, deserves to be questioned beyond its objects, The Gamification of Society gathers together texts, observations and criticisms that question the influence that games and their mechanics have on wider society. The empirical research presented in this book (examining designers practices, early childhood, political action, the quantified self, etc.) also probes several different national contexts – those of Norway, Belgium, the United States and France, among others.
Not My Time to Die
Yolande Mukagasana is a Rwandan nurse and mother of three children who likes wearing jeans and designer glasses. She runs her own clinic in Nyamirambo and is planning a party for her wedding anniversary. But when genocide starts everything changes. Targeted because she’s a successful woman and a Tutsi, she flees for her life. This gripping memoir describes the betrayal of friends and help that comes from surprising places. Quick-witted and courageous, Yolande never loses hope she will find her children alive. "This book was one of the first literary testimonies that I read in French about Rwanda. I found it profoundly moving — both realistic and introspective. Thanks to this beautiful translation, it is at long last available to the English-speaking public." Véronique Tadjo "Reading Yolande Mukagasana’s book in French at the age of fifteen changed my life. I realized that genocide is not a mass crime but a single murder repeated hundreds of thousands of times. With this testimony the genocide is no longer just a historical event, it is instead the story of a woman, a mother, a Tutsi. And this is what makes Yolande’s account universal." Gaël Faye
The Corner Boys
Life in the 60's in a small Italian neighbourhood. The social dynamics are expressed in their simplicity with emphasis on their unique cultural benefits.
Scarred
Scarred is an urban fantasy novel and is book two in The Elm Stone Saga. Sometimes we survive unscathed, Sometimes we are left scarred. Following an unforeseen attack, the White Elm council is depleted but even more determined to find and prosecute their former member, Lisandro, and his followers. Suggestions of a spy within the council ranks, however, cast shadows of doubt and suspicion, and trust is suddenly a commodity no one wants to afford. Events that can only be considered fateful have thrown Aristea and her new ally Renatus into the middle of this political turmoil, bringing into question their loyalties, her faith in him and in her own impulsive choices. Despite a shared past it is quickly apparent that some scars run deeper than others and Aristea is running out of time to decide where to place her trust. Perhaps being chosen was just the beginning...
The 1999 Paradox
The 1999 Paradox SeriesEpisode 1: The Dream Girl Paradox 'Dreams are wish Fulfillment.' (Sigmund Freud) Paradoxes, a complex and thought-provoking topic that has always aroused our curiosity and promises to knot our brains ... Using as a premise the apparently inevitable paradoxical effects of a hypothetical human interference in the temporal flow, the series 'The 1999 Paradox' will unfold through the expected and adverse results, from the exciting possibility of moving between Alternative Realities - and in Space-time . It will also address the ethical, existential and philosophical implications of this resource in the lives of the characters: against the background of a complicated, unpred...
The History of French Literature on Film
French novels, plays, poems and short stories, however temporally or culturally distant from us, continue to be incarnated and reincarnated on cinema screens across the world. From the silent films of Georges Méliès to the Hollywood production of Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary directed by Sophie Barthes, The History of French Literature on Film explores the key films, directors, and movements that have shaped the adaptation of works by French authors since the end of the 19th century. Across six chapters, Griffiths and Watts examine the factors that have driven this vibrant adaptive industry, as filmmakers have turned to literature in search of commercial profits, cultural legitimacy, an...
Your Movie Rental Was Late! Accept It!
So you think you know everything there is to know about video stores because you were a regular renter? THINK AGAIN! Step behind the checkout counter for acclaimed award-winning writer Dan O'Sullivan's autobiographical look at a dated industry based on his near-decade-and-a-half experiences. Learn the ins and outs of how a video store operated, the ups and downs of customer relations, and hilarious stories so ridiculous you won't believe how true they are!
Dogs in Cars
A hilariously illustrated counting book featuring the world of dogs and cars.
