The Legacy of Balthazar

The Legacy of Balthazar
Author: Barrett James, Jr.
Publisher: Author House
Total Pages: 538
Release: 2010-05-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1452018855

An ancient and powerful alien civilization, all but destroyed by a celestial impact millennia ago. Now, after thousands of years, their plan to rebuild their race is nearing fruition, and it’s happening here, on Earth. In the near future, the world is running out of known deposits of fossil fuels. Dr. Amanda Johnson, a brilliant, beautiful, and extremely tall computer designer and programmer, has been recruited by DARPA to design a satellite based scanning system to locate any hidden carbon reserves on the planet. This system, based in Phoenix, Arizona and called AUGER, will also be re-tasked to continuously track all nuclear materials once the carbon scans are completed. Amanda’’s fraternal twin brother, Tyler Johnson, also brilliant and extremely tall, is a world traveling archaeologist, working with their adoptive parents Gordon and Ashley Jameson. Tyler is aware of Amanda’s carbon based scanner system, and asks her to use it to search for small carbon deposits that may lead to previously undiscovered archaeological sites for him to excavate. Amanda agrees, and, using Majel, a computer A.I. that she has developed, and that Tyler has, unknown to her at the time, modified, she finds several thousand potential sites, one of which is most unusual. A large cube shaped object buried in North Carolina. After informing her brother, he and their parents go to investigate. What they find will change their lives, and the world, forever. Amanda and Tyler embark on an incredible journey that will take them as far away as the surface of Mars, and even to other dimensions. Along the way they will encounter aliens, suicidal terrorists, nuclear weapons, and even rogue elements of their own military. Difficulties which pale in comparison when they discover that they, Amanda and Tyler Johnson, are themselves another world’s Legacy.

Staging Habla de Negros

Staging Habla de Negros
Author: Nicholas R. Jones
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2019-05-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0271083921

In this volume, Nicholas R. Jones analyzes white appropriations of black African voices in Spanish theater from the 1500s through the 1700s, when the performance of Africanized Castilian, commonly referred to as habla de negros (black speech), was in vogue. Focusing on Spanish Golden Age theater and performative poetry from authors such as Calderón de la Barca, Lope de Rueda, and Rodrigo de Reinosa, Jones makes a strong case for revising the belief, long held by literary critics and linguists, that white appropriations and representations of habla de negros language are “racist buffoonery” or stereotype. Instead, Jones shows black characters who laugh, sing, and shout, ultimately combating the violent desire of white supremacy. By placing early modern Iberia in conversation with discourses on African diaspora studies, Jones showcases how black Africans and their descendants who built communities in early modern Spain were rendered legible in performative literary texts. Accessibly written and theoretically sophisticated, Jones’s groundbreaking study elucidates the ways that habla de negros animated black Africans’ agency, empowered their resistance, and highlighted their African cultural retentions. This must-read book on identity building, performance, and race will captivate audiences across disciplines.

Psyche's Legacy

Psyche's Legacy
Author: Louise Walker
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2013-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1483689689

It was supposed to be exciting, yet such an ordinary event in their lives. A new town, a new university. Tyler's father wanted to turn the old family castle on the hill overlooking the village into student accommodation. Tyler and five friends moved in as a one year trial. All was quiet at the start of the University year but it soon became clear that there was something else in residence as well. Something old, something dark. It had been there, waiting in the shadows for a long time. It had been disturbed by their presence and it did not like them. It did not want them there. And it was very, very angry. Dreams became nightmares, good times turned to evil. Was it just one entity or many? Who did it hate the most? The final showdown was about to begin. How would they rid the castle of it's presence? Or would this entity destroy them first?

Canadian Society in the Twenty-First Century, Fourth Edition

Canadian Society in the Twenty-First Century, Fourth Edition
Author: Trevor W. Harrison
Publisher: Canadian Scholars
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2021-03-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1773382209

Confederation may have established Canada’s nationhood in 1867, but the relationships framing Canada’s modern existence go back much further. Employing a unique socio-historical perspective, Canadian Society in the Twenty-First Century examines three formative relationships that have shaped the country: Canada and Quebec, Canada and the United States, and Canada and Indigenous nations. Now in its fourth edition, this engaging text offers students an overview of Canadian society through a series of connections rather than a collection of statistics. Trevor W. Harrison and John W. Friesen weave together complex aspects of the nation’s economic, political, and socio-cultural development. They guide readers to use this interdisciplinary framework to consider some of the tough questions that Canada is likely to face in adjusting to demands and challenges in the next few decades. Reflecting the most current scholarship in the field, this revised edition features new discussions on issues such as the current crisis of neo-liberal globalization, Canada’s petroleum industry, global warming, the Wet’suwet’en dispute in 2020, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Exploring the unique character of Canada today, this text is a vibrant resource for sociology courses on Canadian society as well as courses in Canadian studies and Canadian history.

Balthazar's Fire

Balthazar's Fire
Author: Felicity Brandon
Publisher: Felicity Brandon Romance
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2023-07-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

From USA Today Bestselling Author, Felicity Brandon, comes a dragon shifter romance series enveloped in her signature dark romance. Four dragon brothers with a mission. One dangerous secret they're sworn to protect. Balthazar Sparks flew when I met Cherie. That's why I whisked her away to my mountain retreat, To romance the woman who finally spoke to my dragon. But then, in a flash, she was gone. Snatched by my nemesis, Oliver Monroe. I'll destroy the beast who took her, Fight tooth and claw to take her back. By the time she's in my arms again, She'll be mine—for good. Cherie Taken by a monster, I awake dazed in the darkness, Captive to the beast who'd once been my boss. My only hope is freedom, But to get away from his clutches, I'll have to trust in another man, Balthazar Vaughn. And his twisted secrets are buried deeper than most. Balthazar's Fire is book two in The Dragon Guardian series.

Trailing Redemption

Trailing Redemption
Author: Korey J. Krueger
Publisher: LifeRich Publishing
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2021-07-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1489736190

A time journey that places the modern reader deep into the Biblical world of Jesus Christ, Trailing Redemption is a character transformation novel. Billy is a poor husband and father struggling with the death of his own father since childhood. Paranormal and spiritual forces transport him to the time of the New Testament for an opportunity to become the person he was to be before tragedy struck if he can overcome the obstacles of geography, language and diabolical evil. With the help of new found friends, he draws strength and ultimately finds he can change if given a second chance. Trailing Redemption reflects the styles of Dickens and Capra in its scope discovering new grounds of character development.

Three Tiptree Award–Winning Novels

Three Tiptree Award–Winning Novels
Author: Eleanor Arnason
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 1478
Release: 2018-03-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1504052013

Groundbreaking, provocative novels that challenge gender assumptions—in stories of aliens and humans, women and men, and the shifting nature of identity. The James Tiptree, Jr. Award was established to acknowledge works of science fiction or fantasy that expand or explore our understanding of gender. The three novels in this collection each embody that continually evolving challenge in boldly original and highly imaginative ways. A Woman of the Iron People: The inaugural winner of the Tiptree Award in 1991, this “excellent, anthropologically oriented SF tale” (Publishers Weekly) examines the fear and fascination on both sides when a group of human scientists discovers an advanced yet seemingly primitive alien culture. “Fascinating . . . Very wise and funny . . . Full of complicated and irresistible people, some of them human.” —Ursula K. Le Guin Waking the Moon: Nebula Award–winning author Elizabeth Hand serves up a seductive, post-feminist thriller in which a college freshman accidentally discovers the existence of the Benandanti, a clandestine order devoted to suppressing the powerful Moon Goddess and secretly manipulating the world’s governments and institutions. “A potent socio-erotic ghost story.” —William Gibson Larque on the Wing: A middle-aged housewife’s thoughts become reality when her rebellious inner child takes control, and she transforms herself into a fearless gay man. This is a moving, funny, surprising, and transcendent tale of one woman’s unusual quest to come to terms with who she truly is. “Springer effectively uses fantasy to evoke midlife soul-searching. . . . An engrossing novel about gender and self-formation.” —Publishers Weekly

A Cold Legacy

A Cold Legacy
Author: Megan Shepherd
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2015-01-27
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0062128108

With inspiration from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein—and perfect for fans of Libba Bray—this breathless conclusion to the Madman's Daughter trilogy explores the things we'll sacrifice to save those we love…even our own humanity. After killing the men who tried to steal her father's research, Juliet and her friends have escaped to a remote estate on the Scottish moors. Owned by the enigmatic Elizabeth von Stein, the mansion is full of mysteries and unexplained oddities: dead bodies in the basement, secret passages, and fortune tellers who seem to know Juliet's secrets. Though it appears to be a safe haven, Juliet fears new dangers may be present within the manor's walls. Then Juliet uncovers the truth about the manor's long history of scientific experimentation—and her own intended role in it—forcing her to determine where the line falls between right and wrong, life and death, magic and science, and promises and secrets. And she must decide if she'll follow her father's dark footsteps or her mother's tragic ones, or whether she'll make her own.

Scars and Wounds

Scars and Wounds
Author: Nick Hodgin
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2017-06-14
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 3319410245

This book examines recent cinematic representations of the traumatic legacies of national and international events and processes. Whilst not ignoring European and Hollywood cinema, it includes studies of films about countries which have been less well-represented in cinematic trauma studies, including Australia, Rwanda, Chile and Iran. Each essay establishes national and international contexts that are relevant to the films considered. All essays also deal with form, whether this means the use of specific techniques to represent certain aspects of trauma or challenges to certain genre conventions to make them more adaptable to the traumatic legacies addressed by directors. The editors argue that the healing processes associated with such legacies can helpfully be studied through the idiom of ‘scar-formation’ rather than event-centred ‘wound-creation’.