Lydia and the Talisman
Lydia and the Talisman

Author: Sandra E. Knox

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2021-12-12

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1669800652

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This story is the beginning of the journey of two young children, who are unknowingly crucial to the survival of a race of beings. A race that is the foundation of everything good in the world. Their heritage, and their quest, is revealed to them in this first book but the adventure will take many years, risk and hardships. With the help of their many alliances they find love, security and something that neither of them even knew existed. The story reveals their blood lines past, as well as what will be required of them in the future. Dark forces have been aware and searching for centuries for the chosen ones who are prophesized to end their evil against mankind. They must overcome these dark forces and find the means to destroy them forever. Their destiny was formed when humans were cast out into the wilderness. The race they are to save were the Watchers that ensured the survival of these humans. Their biggest challenge will be to remain stoic and have the courage to finish their quest.

Peace Talisman
Peace Talisman

Author: Ri Yue

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2015-01-24

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 1496953398

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By the eighth decade of the twenty-first century, technology had advanced worldwide. Democracy, freedom and equality were firmly established, and people had grown compassionate, cultured and wealthy. The world was a place of boundless opportunity. According to the government of the United States of America, which enjoyed a preeminent position in global politics, finance, science, culture and education, the world had entered an era of peace and was on the way to achieving total nuclear disarmament. However, in order to safeguard that peace, it was unsatisfactory to rely on political processes. Peace protocols were no substitute for a technologically advanced defensive system. A motion was passed by both houses of the American Congress, committing billions of dollars toward the establishment of an advanced-technology Peacekeeping Research Centre (the PRC). The PRC was directed to undertake research and development into a highly intelligent bio-organism with powers of flight and other supernatural functions while remaining under the sole command of the White House. This bio-organism would be required, on the one hand, to perform missions in peacekeeping and planetary safety, including warding off international terrorists and deterring major criminal activities, and on the other, to undertake the rescue of persons involved in natural disasters. This project, which had the highest classification, was codenamed Peace Talisman.

The Book of Three
The Book of Three

Author: Diana G. Gallagher

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2004-04-06

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 0689867093

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An authorized guide to the popular television show features a series overview, character profiles, episode guides, interviews, quotes, and fun facts.

Significant Objects
Significant Objects

Author: Joshua Glenn

Publisher: Fantagraphics Books

Published: 2012-08-06

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1606995251

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100 EXTRAORDINARY STORIES ABOUT ORDINARY THINGS SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS: A Literary and Economic Experiment Can a great story transform a worthless trinket into a significant object? The Significant Objects project set out to answer that question once and for all, by recruiting a highly impressive crew of creative writers to invent stories about an unimpressive menagerie of items rescued from thrift stores and yard sales. That secondhand flotsam definitely becomes more valuable: sold on eBay, objects originally picked up for a buck or so sold for thousands of dollars in total — making the project a sensation in the literary blogosphere along the way. But something else happened, too: The stories created were astonishing, a cavalcade of surprising responses to the challenge of manufacturing significance. Who would have believed that random junk could inspire so much imagination? The founders of the Significant Objects project, that’s who. This book collects 100 of the finest tales from this unprecedented creative experiment; you’ll never look at a thrift-store curiosity the same way again. FEATURING ORIGINAL STORIES BY: Chris Adrian • Rob Agredo • Kurt Andersen • Rachel Axler • Rob Baedeker • Nicholson Baker • Rosecrans Baldwin • Matthew Battles • Charles Baxter • Kate Bernheimer • Susanna Breslin • Kevin Brockmeier • Matt Brown • Blake Butler • Meg Cabot • Tim Carvell • Patrick Cates • Dan Chaon • Susanna Daniel • Adam Davies • Kathryn Davis • Matthew De Abaitua • Stacey • D'Erasmo • Helen DeWitt • Doug Dorst • Mark Doty • Ben Ehrenreich • Mark Frauenfelder • Amy Fusselman • William Gibson • Myla Goldberg • Ben Greenman • Jason Grote • Jim Hanas • Jennifer Michael Hecht • Sheila Heti • Christine Hill • Dara Horn • Shelley Jackson • Heidi Julavits • Ben Katchor • Matt Klam • Wayne Koestenbaum • Josh Kramer • Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer • Neil LaBute • Victor LaValle • J. Robert Lennon • Jonathan Lethem • Todd Levin • Laura Lippman • Mimi Lipson • Robert Lopez • Joe Lyons • Sarah Manguso • Merrill Markoe • Tom McCarthy • Miranda Mellis • Lydia Millet • Maud Newton • Annie Nocenti • Stephen O’Connor • Stewart O’Nan • Jenny Offill • Gary Panter • Ed Park • James Parker • Benjamin Percy • Mark Jude Poirier • Padgett Powell • Bob Powers • Todd Pruzan • Dan Reines • Nathaniel Rich • Peter Rock • Lucinda Rosenfeld • Greg Rowland • Luc Sante • R.K. Scher • Toni Schlesinger • Matthew Sharpe • Jim Shepard • David Shields • Marisa Silver • Curtis Sittenfeld • Bruce Sterling • Scarlett Thomas • Jeff Turrentine • Deb Olin Unferth • Tom Vanderbilt • Matthew J. Wells • Joe Wenderoth • Margaret Wertheim • Colleen Werthmann • Colson Whitehead • Carl Wilson • Cintra Wilson • Sari Wilson • Douglas Wolk • John Wray

Rainbow Rainbow
Rainbow Rainbow

Author: Lydi Conklin

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2022-06-09

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 139850856X

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A collection of stories that celebrate the humour, darkness and depth of emotion of the queer and trans experience that’s not typically represented: liminal or uncertain identities, queer conception and queer joy. In this delightful debut collection of prize-wining stories, queer, gender-nonconforming and trans characters struggle to find love and forgiveness, despite their sometimes comic, sometimes tragic mistakes. In one story, a young lesbian tries to have a baby with her lover using an unprofessional sperm donor and a high-powered, rainbow-coloured cocktail. In another, a fifth-grader explores gender identity by dressing as an ox – instead of a matriarch – for a class Oregon Trail reenactment. Meanwhile a nonbinary person on the eve of top surgery dangerously experiments with an open relationship during the height of the COVID crisis. With insight and compassion, debut author Lydia Conklin takes their readers to a meeting of a queer feminist book club and to a convention for trans teenagers, revealing both the dark and lovable sides of their characters. The stories in Rainbow Rainbow will make you laugh and wince, sometimes at the same time.

Carmen and Other Stories
Carmen and Other Stories

Author: Prosper Mérimée

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780192837226

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Carmen, M 'erim 'ee's classic tale of passion and power, provided the inspiration for one of the world's most enduringly popular operas, and numerous films. Like Carmen, the other stories in this book, including Mateo Falcone, The Etruscan Vase, and The Venus of Ille, explore the clash of primitive and civilized values. This is the only selection of M 'erim 'ee's short stories available

Works
Works

Author: Prosper Mérimée

Publisher:

Published: 1905

Total Pages: 534

ISBN-13:

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