An already weakened U.S. economy crumbles after a rogue nation detonates a small nuclear bomb in a Los Angeles port. The disastrous economic domino effect known as "Black Autumn" threatens a group of Special Forces vets, their families, and friends, leaving serious doubt that their skills and fortitude will be enough to bridge the deadly gap between modern society and an epoch of American savagery.
It is September, 1940. The so-called phoney war in France is over. A British army has been rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk, but the Germans have greater ambitions. England is enjoying an Indian summer during September - skies are blue, and nights clear. Germany and the Luftwaffe have turned their attention to the major cities of England, and the civilian population - Hitler's prelude to invasion. Aged only nineteen, Charlie Fuller, is devastated by the events of Sunday, the eighth of September. Events that will forever change his life. The indiscriminate bombing of London has seen the loss of a small family, on only the second day of the Blitz. Charlie is devastated. He is forced to seek a new home with his cherished grandmother, Elsie. Charlie wants to fight, and he attempts to join the ranks of those eager to beat the Germans. At his medical assessment, and to his chagrin, Charlie is refused medical status to join his mates in the army.
Daughters of the Diaspora features the creative writing of 20 Hispanophone women of African descent, as well as the interpretive essays of 15 literary critics. The collection is unique in its combination of genres, including poetry, short stories, essays, excerpts from novels and personal narratives, many of which are being translated into English for the first time. They address issues of ethnicity, sexuality, social class and self-representation and in so doing shape a revolutionary discourse that questions and subverts historical assumptions and literary conventions. Miriam DeCosta-Willis's comprehensive Introduction, biographical sketches of the authors and their chronological arrangement within the text, provide an accessible history of the evolution of an Afra-Hispanic literary tradition in the Caribbean, Africa and Latin America. The book will be useful as textbook in courses in Africana Studies, Women's Studies, Caribbean, Latina and Latin American Studies as well as courses in literature and the humanities.
This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to the birds exhibited at the Department of Zoology in the British Museum in 1910. With detailed descriptions of habitat, natural history, anatomy, and more, this volume will be of considerable interest to ornithologists and collectors of vintage ornithological literature. "Description of the Specimens in the Bird Gallery", "Saururae", "Ratitae", "Carinate", "Acromyodi", "Saururae", "Neornithes", "Rheiformes", "Rhea", "Moas", "Emus", "Cassowaries", "Kiwis", "Game birds", "True Game Birds", "Megapodes", "Description of the Nesting-Series of British Birds", "Explanation of Plates", "Appendix on the Structure of Birds", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete the original artwork and text.
Britain's Birds will be enjoyed and valued by everyone, from beginner to experienced birder. One of the most comprehensive, up-to-date and practical bird books of modern times, it features an unrivalled selection of photographs showing all the plumages you are likely to see. Focusing on identification, and containing maps, facts and figures on numbers and distributions, this breakthrough publication was devised by a team of lifelong birdwatchers, all with many years' experience of showing people birds and producing user-friendly field guides. * Comprehensive coverage of every bird recorded in Britain and Ireland* The only photographic guide to show all plumages likely to be encountered* More than 2,700 superb colour photographs carefully selected to show key identification features* Detailed guidance to help you identify any bird you see* Latest information on status, population, distribution and conservation designations.--
