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New South Wales, 1804. The Chancer’s Corps tells the story of the Rum Rebellion, the only military coup in Australia’s history.
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In this inventive book, Peter Fritzsche explores how Europeans and Americans saw themselves in the drama of history, how they took possession of a past thought to be slipping away, and how they generated countless stories about the sorrowful, eventful paths they chose to follow. In the aftermath of the French Revolution, contemporaries saw themselves as occupants of an utterly new period. Increasingly disconnected from an irretrievable past, worried about an unknown and dangerous future, they described themselves as indisputably modern. To be cast in the new time of the nineteenth century was to recognize the weird shapes of historical change, to see landscapes scattered with ruins, and to m...
He just wanted his exosuit back. She was out to save her brother. What they got were bloodthirsty aliens. And maybe the end of the world. Prepare for 1,700+ pages of rip-roaring sci-fi shenanigans... "Extremely entertaining!" "This author KNOWS HOW TO WRITE AN ADVENTURE STORY!!" "Suspenseful, funny, and compelling." "Sci-fi, dystopia, vampires, Star Wars references, and style. It has it all." In a world devastated by alien invasion, Jarek and Rachel were never paragons of heroism. They survived, same as anyone else. They protected what was dear—Jarek with his exosuit and beloved AI companion, Rachel with her brother. They kept things simple... until the raknoth came and took it all away. N...
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The story of Detroit rock icon Mitch Ryder's life in the context of the many changes in popular music, politics, and American culture since the 1960s. Songs performed by Detroit rocker Mitch Ryder, such as "Devil with a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly" and "Jenny Take a Ride" are among the most well loved of the twentieth century, but his fascinating life story is unknown to many. It Was All Right is a portrait of Ryder built on firsthand "road stories"--a rock-and-roll travelogue that is also an insider's look at fame and popular culture in America. Born in 1945 in Hamtramck, Michigan, Ryder has been in the music business for 47 years, made more than two dozen albums' worth of recording...
Rereads the works of Colette, Gide, and Proust to show how central representations of sexuality were to the evolution of literary prose forms in twentieth-century France.
A routine flight from Washington DC to San Francisco is intercepted and taken aboard a huge alien space cruiser. The aliens explain their action as trying to recruit suitable people from Earth to join their Galactic Federation. They state that after receiving explanatory lectures everyone will be returned to Earth, but without any knowledge of their experience. Only those selected will be given the chance to retain knowledge of what they have seen. They are told they will return to Earth within about ten days and, should regard the operation as a vacation. Placing the aircraft on the space cruiser is accomplished by means of a UFO controlled by an individual from Earth who joined the Federat...
Successions of Somethings is the first in a series of books that follow Pearl Mackinac through life changing moments in which various people and her interactions with them shape who and what she is. This first book in the series is Pearl's retelling of her confrontation with her childhood abuser and the demons that tormented her as a result of succumbing to victimization. She begins her tale when two police officers show up at her door to question her about her activities the previous night. Pearl takes the police officers on a journey though her childhood and through the activities that led them to her home. The officers and readers areintrigued and bewildered at her strange demeanor as she recounts her story.