Botanicaust: Post Apocalyptic Survival Fiction
Botanicaust: Post Apocalyptic Survival Fiction

Author: Tam Linsey

Publisher: Twin Leaf Press

Published: 2019-01-21

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 0985901322

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THE ONLY CROP LEFT IS HUMAN... Genetic modification has rendered Earth's croplands barren. Some survivors turned to Science. Some turned to God. Some turned to the Unthinkable. Dr. Tula Macoby is a proud member of the Haldanian Protectorate, a compound built by those who believe humanity must embrace the same technology that caused the apocalypse. Bio-engineered with photosynthetic skin, their mission is to eliminate the cannibalism ruling the world outside the safety of its walls, one conversion at a time. When a prisoner who is obviously not a cannibal arrives in Tula's lab speaking a language she's never heard before, she's intrigued. His gentle but firm refusal to be genetically modified makes her question for the first time the Protectorate's policy of euthanizing anyone who won't convert. But the law is clear; savages who refuse the modification must be exterminated. With time running out, will Tula risk everything to save the stranger from execution? (This book contains adult situations: sex, violence, drug references, and murder.) Eerily plausible, Botanicaust is a must read for any lover of science fiction, dystopia, and post-apocalyptic fiction. Awarded the Awesome Indies Seal of Approval in 2012

Amarantox
Amarantox

Author: Tam Linsey

Publisher: Twin Leaf Press

Published: 2015-05-31

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 0985901381

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*The thrilling stand-alone apocalyptic prequel to the award-winning Botanicaust series.* Scientists call it innovation. She calls the rape of the natural world. Jaide does her part to live in harmony with nature. She recycles, doesn't eat meat, and only buys organic. She's teaching her daughter to have the same respect for life. When a genetically altered plant escapes into the wild, Jaide rallies her friends to pull the infected weeds. However, they quickly discover that hand-pulling won't keep up with the rampant growth. The weed is taking over croplands and wilderness alike, eventually forcing the corporation responsible to implement scorched-earth tactics to destroy the infestation. Their efforts fail. As croplands are consumed, food grows scarce and civilization turns to violence. The rules of Jaide's insulated existence have changed, forcing her to make a choice between her ideals and her teenage daughter's life. In the end, survival changes everything. Eerily plausible, Amarantox is a must read for any lover of science fiction, dystopia, and end-of-the-world fiction. Get your copy now to find out why!

Kirenai Fated Mates
Kirenai Fated Mates

Author: Tamsin Ley

Publisher: Twin Leaf Press

Published: 2021-12-30

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 1950027481

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A charity auction goes terribly wrong when aliens think they're buying human females instead of dates… The first 3 books in the bestselling Kirenai Fated Mates (Intergalactic Dating Agency) series are now available as one convenient box set! One click and enjoy! • ♥ Cultural misunderstandings ♥ • • ♥ Alien abductions ♥ • • ♥ Special alien body parts ♥ • • ♥ Badass heroines ♥ • ARAZHI An alien prince needs to produce an heir, and human females are supposed to be pliant and fertile. So he heads to Earth to buy one. But when his perfect match not only refuses to be owned, but also claims to be barren, Arazhi must choose. Will he follow his heart, or fulfill his duty? ZHIRUTO An assassin is loose on Earth, and Zhiruto must stop him from killing again. Except the captivating, outspoken police officer assigned to help him turns out to be his one true mate. And the murderer has decided she's next on the hit list... IROTH Iroth is stranded on a backwater planet called Earth. Forced to assume the shape of one of the human’s primitive four-legged pets, he seeks temporary refuge with a breathtaking human female - and his plan to escape goes to the dogs... Don't miss out! Kirenai shapeshifters are known for the pleasure they give their bedmates, so One Click, and enjoy now!

Sticks and Stones
Sticks and Stones

Author: Tamsin Ley

Publisher: Twin Leaf Press

Published: 2019-05-23

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1950027074

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Gargoyles are not what you think... Sten's ship crashed on Earth centuries ago, and since then, he's been hiding in plain sight, awaiting rescue. But a thousand years is a long time to go without companionship, even for a long-lived alien, and the human female he's guarded since childhood has grown into an alluring woman. When a mysterious man offers to buy the "statue" in Angie's garden, Sten knows he's been discovered. The Rose Syndicate has hunted his kind for centuries, capturing and torturing his fellow Khargals in the name of science. But simply fleeing isn't an option; Angie has a secret. One he's sworn to protect. Forced to reveal himself, Sten is confronted with a new truth. Impossible as it seems, Angie is his mate. And the urge to claim her may be his undoing. STICKS AND STONES is a standalone story in the collaborative Khargals of Duras series, with no cliffhangers and a guaranteed HEA. Enjoy the books in any order!

Imagining Extinction
Imagining Extinction

Author: Ursula K. Heise

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2016-08-10

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 022635816X

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We are currently facing the sixth mass extinction of species in the history of life on Earth, biologists claim—the first one caused by humans. Heise argues that understanding these stories and symbols is indispensable for any effective advocacy on behalf of endangered species. More than that, she shows how biodiversity conservation, even and especially in its scientific and legal dimensions, is shaped by cultural assumptions about what is valuable in nature and what is not.

World of Shell and Bone
World of Shell and Bone

Author: S. Falls

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2013-06-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781490341651

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Amazon #2 Dystopian Bestseller. Amazon Top 20 Science Fiction Bestseller. 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest Quarterfinalist. 2013 Kindle Book Review Best Indie Book of the Year Semifinalist. "[World of Shell and Bone] struck me as a cross between The Road and Children of Men... Well-written and inventive...This is the kind of book an avid reader could devour in one sitting." -Lindsey Alexander, former editor at HarperCollins "[Falls]'s writing manages to be chilling and beautiful, often in the same sentence, and her world building is fantastic... World of Shell and Bone is a powerful debut." -A.G. Henley, bestselling author of The Scourge In a world ravaged by a nuclear holocaust, Vika Cannon knows there are no guarantees: no guarantees of safety, no guarantees that your neighbor is not actually a spy for the government, and no guarantees you'll be allowed to emigrate to a new life in China. New Amana is dying. Food and water are scarce, and people suffering from radiation-caused mutations--the Nukeheads--are the new class of homeless. Vika has just one purpose: to produce healthy progeny using a Husband assigned by the Match Clinic. Unhealthy children are carted away to Asylums to be experimented on, just as Vika's little sister Ceres was, eight years ago. Parents incapable of producing healthy progeny are put to death in gas chambers. When she's assigned a Husband shortly after her twentieth birthday, Vika expects him to be complacent and obedient. But Shale Underwood has a secret. He is a member of the Radicals, the terrorist group intent on overthrowing the government. And Shale has information about Ceres. As she learns more about the Rads's plan, Vika finds herself drawn to Shale in ways she'd never imagined. When freedom calls in the way of a healthy pregnancy, will she betray her government and risk death for Shale and Ceres?

What's Left of Me
What's Left of Me

Author: Kat Zhang

Publisher: HarperCollins Australia

Published: 2012-10-01

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 0730499596

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Fifteen-year-old Eva cannot move, cannot speak and cannot scream. In her world, each body is born with two souls. She has the misfortune of being the recessive, the one fated to fade away. But Eva never did. Ages:12+ I should not exist. But I do. Eva and Addie started out the same way as everyone else-two souls woven together in one body, taking turns controlling their movements as they learned how to walk, how to sing, how to dance. But as they grew, so did the worried whispers. Why aren't they settling? Why isn't one of them fading? the doctors ran tests, the neighbors shied away, and their parents begged for more time. Finally Addie was pronounced healthy and Eva was declared gone. Except, she wasn't .... For the past three years, Eva has clung to the remnants of her life. Only Addie knows she's still there, trapped inside their body. then one day, they discover there may be a way for Eva to move again. the risks are unimaginable-hybrids are considered a threat to society, so if they are caught, Addie and Eva will be locked away with the others. And yet, for a chance to smile, to twirl, to speak, Eva will do anything. Praise for WHAt'S LEFt OF ME: "A shockingly unique story that redefines what it means to be human." Lauren DeStefano, New York times bestselling author of WItHER Ages:12+

The Language of Plants
The Language of Plants

Author: Monica Gagliano

Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

Published: 2017-04-25

Total Pages: 395

ISBN-13: 1452954127

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The eighteenth-century naturalist Erasmus Darwin (grandfather of Charles) argued that plants are animate, living beings and attributed them sensation, movement, and a certain degree of mental activity, emphasizing the continuity between humankind and plant existence. Two centuries later, the understanding of plants as active and communicative organisms has reemerged in such diverse fields as plant neurobiology, philosophical posthumanism, and ecocriticism. The Language of Plants brings together groundbreaking essays from across the disciplines to foster a dialogue between the biological sciences and the humanities and to reconsider our relation to the vegetal world in new ethical and political terms. Viewing plants as sophisticated information-processing organisms with complex communication strategies (they can sense and respond to environmental cues and play an active role in their own survival and reproduction through chemical languages) radically transforms our notion of plants as unresponsive beings, ready to be instrumentally appropriated. By providing multifaceted understandings of plants, informed by the latest developments in evolutionary ecology, the philosophy of biology, and ecocritical theory, The Language of Plants promotes the freedom of imagination necessary for a new ecological awareness and more sustainable interactions with diverse life forms. Contributors: Joni Adamson, Arizona State U; Nancy E. Baker, Sarah Lawrence College; Karen L. F. Houle, U of Guelph; Luce Irigaray, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris; Erin James, U of Idaho; Richard Karban, U of California at Davis; André Kessler, Cornell U; Isabel Kranz, U of Vienna; Michael Marder, U of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU); Timothy Morton, Rice U; Christian Nansen, U of California at Davis; Robert A. Raguso, Cornell U; Catriona Sandilands, York U.

Plants as Persons
Plants as Persons

Author: Matthew Hall

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2011-05-06

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1438434308

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Plants are people too? No, but in this work of philosophical botany Matthew Hall challenges readers to reconsider the moral standing of plants, arguing that they are other-than-human persons. Plants constitute the bulk of our visible biomass, underpin all natural ecosystems, and make life on Earth possible. Yet plants are considered passive and insensitive beings rightly placed outside moral consideration. As the human assault on nature continues, more ethical behavior toward plants is needed. Hall surveys Western, Eastern, Pagan, and Indigenous thought as well as modern science for attitudes toward plants, noting the particular resources for plant personhood and those modes of thought which most exclude plants. The most hierarchical systems typically put plants at the bottom, but Hall finds much to support a more positive view of plants. Indeed, some indigenous animisms actually recognize plants as relational, intelligent beings who are the appropriate recipeints of care and respect. New scientific findings encourage this perspective, revealing that plants possess many of the capacities of sentience and mentality traditionally denied them.

Plant-Thinking
Plant-Thinking

Author: Michael Marder

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2013-02-19

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 0231161255

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The margins of philosophy are populated by non-human, non-animal living beings, including plants. While contemporary philosophers tend to refrain from raising ontological and ethical concerns with vegetal life, Michael Marder puts this life at the forefront of the current deconstruction of metaphysics. He identifies the existential features of plant behavior and the vegetal heritage of human thought so as to affirm the potential of vegetation to resist the logic of totalization and to exceed the narrow confines of instrumentality. Reconstructing the life of plants "after metaphysics," Marder focuses on their unique temporality, freedom, and material knowledge or wisdom. In his formulation, "plant-thinking" is the non-cognitive, non-ideational, and non-imagistic mode of thinking proper to plants, as much as the process of bringing human thought itself back to its roots and rendering it plantlike.