Gary Paulsen
Gary Paulsen

Author: Mary Ellen Snodgrass

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2018-08-14

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1476673314

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McFarland Companions to Young Adult Literature American novelist Gary Paulsen is best known for his young adult fiction, including bestsellers Nightjohn, Soldier's Heart, and Woods Runner. From his trenchant prose in The Rifle and The Foxman to the witty escapades of Harris and Me and Zero to Sixty, Paulsen crafts stories with impressive range. The tender scenes in The Quilt and A Christmas Sonata speak to his empathy for children, with characters who endure the same hardships that marred his own early life. This literary companion introduces readers to his life and work. A-to-Z entries explore themes such as alcoholism, coming of age, slavery, survival, and war. A glossary defines terms unique to his work. Appendices provide related historical references, writing, art, and research topics.

AMOS GETS FAMOUS
AMOS GETS FAMOUS

Author: Gary Paulsen

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 2011-10-26

Total Pages: 53

ISBN-13: 0307803740

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Deciphering a code they find in a library book, best friends for life Amos and Dunc stumble onto a burglary ring. The burglars' next target is the home of Melissa, the girl of Amos's dreams (who doesn't even know that he's alive). Amos longs to be a hero to Melissa, so nothing will stop him from solving this case--not even a mind-boggling collision with a jock, a chimpanzzee, and a toilet.

The Vampire's Favorite
The Vampire's Favorite

Author: V.R. Cumming

Publisher: Bone Diggers Press

Published: 2019-09-09

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1943465142

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Jason Bellmont used to be a typical athlete. Tall, strong, and disciplined, he was the epitome of a college basketball star, and had the sexual appetite to match. Until he met Eric Logan. Overnight, Jason found himself immersed in a dark, dangerous world, a world where he found the kind of love he never dreamed of having, and the worst heartache he would ever live through. Months later, Jason returns to his family's home in Crookston, Minnesota, to heal after a crippling blow bound him to a wheelchair. There, he and Eric are captured by the vicious vampire Oriana, whose plans for reuniting her former mistress' territory have more of an impact on Jason's life than even he knows, plans that could destroy his family if Jason can't find a way to regain his strength and crush Oriana once and for all.

The Vampire Archives
The Vampire Archives

Author: Otto Penzler

Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Published: 2009-09-29

Total Pages: 1058

ISBN-13: 0307473899

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The Vampire Archives is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories, as well as the most comprehensive bibliography of vampire fiction ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there’s no escape. Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human lexicon and as old as blood itself. They are your neighbors, your friends, and they are always lurking. Now Otto Penzler—editor of the bestselling Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps—has compiled the darkest, the scariest, and by far the most evil collection of vampire stories ever. With over eighty stories, including the works of Stephen King and D. H. Lawrence, alongside Lord Byron and Tanith Lee, not to mention Edgar Allan Poe and Harlan Ellison, The Vampire Archives will drive a stake through the heart of any other collection out there. Other contributors include: Arthur Conan Doyle • Ray Bradbury • Ambrose Bierce • H. P. Lovecraft • Harlan Ellison • Roger Zelazny • Robert Bloch • Clive Barker

Hot Blooded
Hot Blooded

Author: Christine Feehan

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2005-08

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780425206584

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A dangerous collection of sensual and supernatural romances includes Christine Feehan's Dark Hunger, in which a beautiful activist unwittingly releases a caged, and insatiable, Carpathian, as well as other stories by Maggie Shayne, Emma Holly, and Angela Knight. Reprint.

Demon Lover
Demon Lover

Author: Heather Guerre

Publisher:

Published: 2020-04-09

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13:

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Autumn isn't supposed to know that the incubus who visits her dreams every night is real. But when she wakes up in the middle of the night to find the demon Irdu in her bed, she surprises them both by inviting him to stay. What starts as an arrangement of convenience soon turns into something much deeper. But loving a demon comes at a steep price. An incubus is bound in service to the Underworld, and the only way for Autumn to free him is to pay with her soul. The deeper she falls in love, the closer she comes to damnation. With the Underworld in turmoil and the fate of their love on the line, Autumn and Irdu might have a chance to be together--or lose each other forever.

The Aesthetics of Violence in the Prophets
The Aesthetics of Violence in the Prophets

Author: Julia M. O'Brien

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2010-04-08

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 0567571424

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This volume explores multiple dimensions of prophetic texts and their violent rhetoric, providing a rich and engaging discussion of violent images not only in prophetic texts and in ancient Near Eastern art but also in modern film and receptions of prophetic texts. The volume addresses questions that are at once ancient and distressingly-modern: What do violent images do to us? Do they encourage violent behavior and/or provide an alternative to actual violence? How do depictions of violence define boundaries between and within communities? What readers can and should readers make of the disturbing rhetoric of violent prophets? Contributors include Corrine Carvahlo, Cynthia Chapman, Chris Franke, Bob Haak, Mary Mills, Julia O'Brien, Kathleen O'Connor, Carolyn Sharp, Yvonne Sherwood, and Daniel Smith-Christopher.

Junior Genreflecting
Junior Genreflecting

Author: Bridget Dealy Volz

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited

Published: 2000-02-15

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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Grouping titles by specific themes and subtopics, describes content and features of popular paperback series, classics, and books published after 1990, and provides historical background to six different genres.

Submerged Worlds
Submerged Worlds

Author: Massimiliano Bellezza

Publisher: Babelcube Inc.

Published: 2024-07-29

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 1667477188

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There are stories that have the power to leave you breathless. Submerged Worlds will gradually take your breath away. Reality and fiction will intertwine, and not everyone will be able to withstand their force. Are you ready for this adventure?

The Eternity Cure
The Eternity Cure

Author: Julie Kagawa

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2017-02-13

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1488027579

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These vampires don’t sparkle…they bite. Book 2 of the Blood of Eden trilogy by Julie Kagawa, New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Fey, continues the enthralling dark fantasy series where vampires rule, humans are prey, and one girl will become what she hates most to save all she loves. Blood calls to blood. Exposed, betrayed, reviled… Allison Sekemoto has been cast out of Eden and separated from the human boy she dared to love. Now she must follow the call of blood to save her vampire creator, Kanin, from the twisted and evil vampire Sarren. When the trail leads to her birthplace, she learns of a new threat that may end human and vampire existence forever. The only hope to stop it lies in the secrets Kanin carries—if Allie can get to him in time. She thought immortality was forever. But with eternity itself hanging in the balance, the line between human and monster will blur even further, forcing Allie to make another impossible choice. “Intense pacing, vibrant action, and high-tension drama…this series stands out.” —Booklist Books in the Blood of Eden series: The Immortal Rules The Eternity Cure The Forever Song