![]() ![]() This book has not been available in the US for almost two decades in any edition. The author's original vision can now be read. The Overlook Connection Press has released this edition in it's original unexpurgated state for the first time anywhere. The whole effect of the book was deemed to intense, in particular the ending-which is completely restored in this edition. When Off Season, a novel of horror and cannibalism in modern day Maine, was first released in 1980, it took readers by storm and sold over 250,000 copies! However, the original edition was edited and content was removed from the story at the publisher's request. ![]() Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly, Nov. Synopsis: "Who's the scariest guy in America? Probably Jack Ketchum, the outlaw horror writer whose terrifying first novel is finally available uncut from Overlook Connection Press. ![]()
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![]() "McGee once again blends a Christian message within a horrific science fiction plot. ![]() But can Thalli really come to trust in a generous, protective Designer who rules over all things? Would that not be setting herself up for another betrayal? ![]() Meanwhile, Johns unwavering faith in the goodness of the Designer begins to make its mark on Thallis heart. Although everyone in New Hope warned her not to, she cant help but fall for him. ![]() Can she trust anything from the State, including her own feelings for Berk? When she volunteers for a peace mission to New Hopes violent neighbor, Athens, her confusion mounts as the supposedly ruthless Prince Ale x turns out to be kind and charming. When the citizens of New Hope reveal the truth of what happened years ago, Thalli is left unsettled and skeptical of everything shes ever been told. As the defectors cross the for gotten landscape, the three youths see things the y had only read about on screens: horses, rain, real booksand a colony of unsanctioned survivors living the ancient way in a town called New Hope. But is she any less of an anomaly aboveground?Īfter escaping an underground annihilation chamber, Thalli, Berk, Rhen, and John find themselves fleeing across the former United States, aboveground for the first time. Thalli thought escaping to the surface would mean freedom. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other. ![]() ![]() ![]() Not always, though, have they stayed on the scientific side of the debate. Over the last century, physicists have learned a lot about which spiritual ideas are still compatible with the laws of nature. ![]() Science and religion have the same roots, and they still tackle some of the same questions: Where do we come from? Where do we go to? How much can we know? The area of science that is closest to answering these questions is physics. According to Sabine Hossenfelder, it is not a coincidence that quantum entanglement and vacuum energy have become the go-to explanations of alternative healers, or that people believe their deceased grandmother is still alive because of quantum mechanics. On the other hand, the idea that the universe itself is conscious is difficult to rule out entirely. ![]() The notion that there are universes within particles, or that particles are conscious, is ascientific, as is the hypothesis that our universe is a computer simulation. ![]() Not only can we not currently explain the origin of the universe, it is questionable we will ever be able to explain it. ![]() ![]() ![]() The two team up with a group of rogue Sixes hellbent on taking down Denazen before they’re caught and her father discovers the biggest secret of all. ![]() Kale has been a prisoner of Denazen Corporation an organization devoted to collecting ‘special’ kids known as Sixes and using them as weapons his entire life. It’s not until Dez’s father shows up, wielding a gun and knowing more about Kale than he should, that Dez realizes there’s more to this boy and her father’s ‘law firm’ than she realized. He wears her shoes in the shower, is overly fascinated with things like DVDs and vases, and acts like she’ll turn to dust if he Touches her. When a strange boy tumbles down a river embankment and lands at her feet, seventeen year old adrenaline junkie Deznee Cross snatches the opportunity to piss off her father by bringing the mysterious hottie with ice blue eyes home. ![]() ![]() ![]() With some of this, the major causes of the systemic residential segregation in this country were the racially explicit policies and enactments of our federal, state and local governments and courts. ![]() Where whites and Blacks should and could live.ĭe facto segregation may be caused by racially prejudiced individuals, white flight, steering by real estate agents, redlining, Blacks with less education and less income, and Black families preferring to live with one another. What gets missed is the racially explicit federal, state and local government policies that dictated Americans have assumed for generations that segregation in this country was de facto segregation based on the consequences of private racial prejudice. In the book The Color of Law, author Richard Rothstein presents the history of how government action in this country led to the creation of segregation that continues in many parts of our nation today. ![]() ![]() The third book in an all-new apocalyptic series with a paranormal twist: The ELE Series. What she hadn't realized is that someone else has noticed her power, and they will stop at nothing to get it.įrom the authors of Project ELE and Finding ELE comes Exposing ELE. With her abilities rapidly growing, Willow finds herself more powerful than ever before. When certain events are set in motion, Willow finds herself caught in the center of an even darker, more diabolical scheme than she could have ever imagined. Is Willow strong enough to make these decisions? How can she decide between the man she first loved and the man who has sworn to protect her? In the midst of all of the chaos, Willow is faced with some impossible choices. In an effort to save them, Willow has to take a stand against the darkness brought forth by the masterminds of Project ELE. Just when Willow Mosby thought that her life might return to normal, her parents and Tony are ruthlessly abducted, along with many other victims from the shelter. One day you are filled with joy and the next, you are crawling through the muddy trenches with no inkling of when you might be able to climb your way back up again." ~Willow Mosby, Exposing ELEĬan Willow expose Project ELE for what it really is? But these last few days have taught me that life isn't made up of shiny moments. ![]() ![]() "I honestly wish I could believe that things will end perfectly, with one big bright happy ending. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Poland is a monumental effort, a magnificent guide to a better understanding of the country’s tribulations.” - Chicago Tribune “Stunning. a page-turner in the grand Michener tradition.” - The Washington Post “A Michener epic is far more than a bedtime reader, it’s an experience. Like the heroic land that is its subject, Poland teems with vivid events, unforgettable characters, and the unfolding drama of an entire nation. With an inspiring tradition of resistance to brutal invaders, from the barbarians to the Nazis, and a heritage of pride that burns through eras of romantic passion and courageous solidarity, their common story reaches a breathtaking culmination in the historic showdown between the ruthless Communists and rebellious farmers of the modern age. ![]() The Counts Lubonski, the petty nobles Bukowksi, and the peasants Buk are at some times fiercely united, at others tragically divided. Michener chronicles eight tumultuous centuries as three Polish families live out their destinies. ![]() ![]() After living in Paris, she moved to Puerto Rico and Haiti, staying there for several years with her husband Marc Albert and their son. She subsequently did graduate studies at Yale University and then the University of Paris at the Sorbonne, where she "promptly became a grad school dropout and a lifelong Francophile". She graduated from Weaver High School in 1963 and then went to the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned a B.A. ![]() ![]() He and my mother had 4 girls before their one and only son arrived." She grew up in Hartford, Connecticut, where her family moved in 1949. ![]() In her own words: "My wonderful, hard-working father used to call me Daughter #2. Barbara Gene Summers was born in Springfield, Mass., to Don and Lucy Summers, the second of her parents' five children. ![]() ![]() ![]() I can't believe this woman has written more than 10 books? I've been trying to conjure up excuses to give Gregory some credit but this novel just wasn't my style. ![]() She welcomes visitors to her site Philippa's Facebook page:Īlright, I honestly did not like this novel. In 2018, she was awarded an Honorary Platinum Award by Nielsen for achieving significant lifetime sales across her entire book output. ![]() Philippa is a member of the Society of Authors and in 2016, was presented with the Outstanding Contribution to Historical Fiction Award by the Historical Writers’ Association. She is a fellow of the Universities of Sussex and Cardiff and an honorary research fellow at Birkbeck University of London. She holds honorary degrees from Teesside University and the University of Sussex. Now a recognised authority on women’s history, Philippa graduated from the University of Sussex and received a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, where she is a Regent and was made Alumna of the Year in 2009. ![]() Her flair for blending history and imagination developed into a signature style and Philippa went on to write many bestselling novels, including The Other Boleyn Girl and The White Queen. She wrote her first ever novel, Wideacre, when she was completing her PhD in eighteenth-century literature and it sold worldwide, heralding a new era for historical fiction. Philippa Gregory is one of the world’s foremost historical novelists. ![]() |