Clio's Bastards

Clio's Bastards

Author: Curtis R. McManus

Publisher: FriesenPress

Published: 2016-06-22

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 146028867X

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Clio's Bastards uses an examination of the discipline of history in Canadian universities as the point of entry for a much larger exploration of the intellectual, spiritual, and moral crisis confronting Western civilization today. Over the past four decades, academic history was slowly perverted as historians adopted new sociological approaches to the study of the past. Historians altered the content, purpose, and goals of the discipline as they sought not Truth but Justice as part of a larger ideological program of radical social change. And today, the pervasive sociological way of seeing, understanding, and explaining our world has become the "new common sense" right across the Western world, both inside and outside the academy. Sociological thought, however, is neither "new" nor "advanced" nor is it "progressive" as its adherents claim: it is simply recrudescent Sophistry and Cynicism, destructive philosophies which ruined and fouled ancient Athens, the source and inspiration for Western civilization.


The Seeds of Time

The Seeds of Time

Author: Kay Kenyon

Publisher: Worldbuilders Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 552

ISBN-13:

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Time travel was never like this--tied to the motions of the stars, a short cut across the galaxy, and--if you're a rare Dive pilot--a chance to be a hero. Clio Finn is one of these, a space pilot on the run from a dystopian and graying Earth toward the only future she ever wanted: the stars. Problem is, she's on the razor edge of burnout. Next stop: a labor camp in dictatorial America. Clio might be in it for escape, for adventure, but there's also that hero thing. Her mission: to retrieve viable biota to reseed the Earth. Now, a long way from home, she's found the jackpot, a lush paradise, with plant life so vital, its seeds could give Earth a second chance, or--as her enemies believe--seal its destruction. But she's determined to bring her payload home. It's Clio Finn's last Dive. It's Earth's last chance.


How Not To Murder Your Ex

How Not To Murder Your Ex

Author: Katie Marsh

Publisher: Boldwood Books Ltd

Published: 2023-12-01

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 178513874X

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It is 5:30 am on Clio's forty-fifth birthday and her hated ex is lying dead on her doorstep. Even worse, this is no accident. Someone’s killed him... When single mum Clio’s ex Gary turns up dead on the doorstep of her caravan – the one she’s been forced to live in ever since he stole every penny she had – there’s only one suspect. Her. What’s more, she doesn’t remember much about the night he was killed – not just because of the forgetfulness that’s been plaguing her along with the hot flushes – but because she definitely had one too many cocktails with her two best friends Amber and Jeanie. Clio does remember them talking about how much they all hated him though. And, in the frame for murder, she has to ask herself – if she didn’t kill Gary, who did? One of his many enemies? Or someone a little closer to home? And can she and her friends find the real killer before it’s too late? Unputdownable mystery set on the English coast – perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club, Bad Sisters, and How to Kill Your Family. Readers love How Not to Murder Your Ex: ‘For lovers of the Thursday Murder Club, this is an equally compelling read, friends united together to solve a murder for which one of them is in the frame.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Devoured this in 24 hours!’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘So gripping and so dark. Had to stay up very late to finish it – I inhaled it! I can’t wait for this to come out and for y’all to lose your minds. If you had doubts about preordering, don’t. You're going to want to read this one.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Pacy, funny, heartwarming and a terrific read... Highly recommended... This is perfect if you loved Bad Sisters.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Such a brilliant and fun mystery, set in a small town full of secrets. The characters were brilliant and the twist was gripping. Can’t wait for more!’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Mystery and intrigue. This talented author has written a cannot put down whodunit.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I loved this book! A mom who strikes back and holds her own is an inspiration in itself. Relatable as a mom at times and totally loved the plot! Great read!!’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Clever and twisty, I loved how each of the main characters used their strengths to get closer to the killer, and it’s laugh out loud funny. I thought I’d worked out whodunnit and then was proved sort-of right and also wrong. The ending is a great mix of drama and hilarity, and I’m already looking forward to the next one – to spending more time with Clio, Jeanie and Amber.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


Clio Medica. Acta Academiae Internationalis Historiae Medicinae. Vol. 9

Clio Medica. Acta Academiae Internationalis Historiae Medicinae. Vol. 9

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2020-01-29

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9004418210

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Le Médecin Genevois Jacques Ballexserd (1726-1774) et 1' “Education Physique des Enfants” /G. De Morsier --Bellini's Concept of Catarrh: An Examination of a Seventeenth-Century Iatromechanical Viewpoint /G. M. Klass --Les Origines de la Transfusion Sanguine. III /Jean-Jacques Peumery --Book Reviews --Circulation Physiology and Medical Chemistry in England 1650-1680. AUDREY B. DAVIS, Coronado Press, Lawrence, Kansas, 1973, 263 pp, with illus, US Dollar8.50. /Arthur Donovan --Microbiology and the Spontaneous Generation Debate during the 1870's. GLENN VANDERVLIET, Coronado Press, Lawrence, Kansas, 1971, 147 pp, with illus, US Dollar5. /Norman Howard-Jones --C. G. Kratzenstein, Professor Physices Experimentalis Petropol. et Havn. and His Studies on Electricity during the Eighteenth Century. E. SNORRASON, Odense University Press. Odense, Denmark, 1974, 206 pp, with illus. /Lester S. King --Medicine and Man. NOËL POYNTER, Penguin Books, London, 1973, 196 pp, US Dollar2.25. /William K. Beatty --Pills, Profits, and Politics. MILTON SILVERMAN and PHILIP R. LEE, University of California Press, Berkeley, 1974, xviii + 403 pp, US Dollar10.95. /James Harvey Young --The Life and Times of Thomas Wakley. S. SQUIRE SPRIGGE, Huntington, Robert E. Krieger Publishing Co., New York, 1974, 509 pp, facsimile of 1899 ed. /Norman Howard-Jones --The House of Life Per Ankh. Magic and Medical Science in Ancient Egypt. PAUL GHALIOUNGUI, B. M. Israël, Amsterdam, 1973, 198 pp, 26 pls., 17 illus. Hfl. 48,-. /Vilh. Möller-Christensen --Contributors to this Issue.


The Age of Nihilism

The Age of Nihilism

Author: Curtis R. McManus

Publisher: FriesenPress

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1525522841

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The Age of Nihilism explores the ruinous philosophies currently underwriting the devastating slow-motion implosion of Western civilization. Most Western democracies structure their social and political orders around a vague, poorly defined body of ideas called “progressive” and whose stated goal is “social justice.” But using sources as powerful and diverse as Plato, Friedrich Nietzsche, Herman Melville, and Albert Camus, McManus explodes the myth of progress and unmasks the falsehood of social justice. He argues instead for cycles of history, and in doing so, McManus reveals that the citizens of twenty-first century Western democracies exist in the fast-fading twilight of an increasingly distempered civilization whose fate was always determined. We designate as “progress” the cultural and social changes of the past thirty years. But it is not progress. It is nihilism. And it is the presence of nihilism itself that informs us that we are living at the end of an age.


The Sound of Laughter

The Sound of Laughter

Author: Peter Kay

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2009-07-15

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 1409062767

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Peter Kay's unerring gift for observing the absurdities and eccentricities of family life has earned himself a widespread, everyman appeal. These vivid observations coupled with a kind of nostalgia that never fails to grab his audience's shared understanding, have earned him comparisons with Alan Bennett and Ronnie Barker. In his award winning TV series' he creates worlds populated by degenerate, bitter, useless, endearing and always recognisable characters which have attracted a huge and loyal following. In many ways he's an old fashioned kind of comedian and the scope and enormity of his fanbase reflects this. He doesn't tell jokes about politics or sex, but rather rejoices in the far funnier areas of life: elderly relatives and answering machines, dads dancing badly at weddings, garlic bread and cheesecake, your mum's HRT... His autobiography is full of this kind of humour and nostalgia, beginning with Kay's first ever driving lesson, taking him back through his Bolton childhood, the numerous jobs he held after school and leading up until the time he passed his driving test and found fame.


Birth and After Birth and Other Plays

Birth and After Birth and Other Plays

Author: Tina Howe

Publisher: Theatre Communications Group

Published: 2022-08-30

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 1636701108

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“[Birth and After Birth is] as appalling as it is perceptive…one of the more primal works by this woman who describes herself as a ‘well-mannered anarchist.’”—Newsday A revised edition of Howe’s early farce Birth and After Birth, about overweening parents and their four-year-old child. Also included are Approaching Zanzibar, a comedy about mortality, and the “rich, gorgeous and compelling” (New York Post) domestic drama One Shoe Off. Tina Howe was born and lives in New York City. Major honors include an Outer Critics Circle Award, an OBIE Award for Distinguished Playwriting, and a Tony Award nomination for her play Coastal Disturbances.


The Book of the Muse Clio

The Book of the Muse Clio

Author: David S. Matrecano

Publisher: David S. Matrecano

Published: 2024-06-30

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13:

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If you have ever wondered where the vast majority of those ancient stories of wars, heroes, kings, queens, slaves, princesses, beautiful women and horrible sorceresses that you have seen a thousand times on TV or on the big screen really come from, well, the answer is that almost all of them come from the pen of the Greek historian Herodotus of Halicarnassus and his "Nine Books of History" written two and a half thousand years ago.


Runway Riot

Runway Riot

Author: MJ Green

Publisher: NaomiAoki

Published:

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13:

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Modelling wasn’t the glamourous job portrayed in the media. It wasn’t all glitzy parties, fashion shows, and photoshoots. There were also the long hours spent being fitted for garments, of being told how to walk and when to smile. But for Addison, none of that mattered so long as she got paid. Several years on the streets after living in a world of excess had given her a new look on life, and she no longer took anything for granted. But there was a darker side to the modelling world that wasn’t talked about. There were people who viewed models as nothing more than mannequins with a heartbeat. Men who refused to take ‘No’ for an answer…and those who thought Addison’s sexuality was something that could be changed with the right cock… Yeah, that wasn’t happening. Then there were the stalkers. Addison had had her fair share of them since taking up the modelling contract with House of Bolton. But none of them had required Addison being saddled with a bodyguard, Clio Di’lorio. Until this one. And the man behind all the threats might be closer than Addison or Clio realise. Runway Riot is a 59k fluffy dark, sapphic, mafia romance novel set in Melbourne, Australia. It involves a feisty bisexual bodyguard falling for her client, and a model with a dangerous stalker problem. Each book in the House of Bolton series can be read standalone.