Imperial Echoes

Imperial Echoes
Author: Robert Giddings
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Total Pages: 383
Release: 1994-04-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 1473815428

The years between the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 are sometimes described as 'The Long Peace', the there were in fact British Soldiers fighting somewhere in the world throughout the whole of that period, usually in an effort to restore order in some far-flung parts of the Empire 'upon which the sun never set.' Although these campaigns have been well documented by numerous historians, Robbert Giddings, well known as author, journalist and writer for radio and television, here adopts an entirely new approach and relies largely on first-hand accounts to show not mealy what happened but what it was actually like to be there. His sources are many and varied and not confined the the soldier's own records. Nothing, for instance, could surpass in vividness Florentia Sale's brilliant account of the terrible retreat from Kabulin 1842. Due respect is also paid to the courage of the opposition. As Lieutenant Charles Townshend wrote after Omdurman in 1898, 'The Valour of these poor half-starved Dervishes...would be graced by Thermopylae.' The book continues eye-witness accounts from the following campaigns and minor wars: Maratha, Gurkha, Burmese, Ashanti, opium, Afghan, Maori, Sikh, Kaffir, Persian, Abyssinian, Zulu, Boer, Egyptian, Sudanese and Matabele. The list alone shows how busy the British Soldier was throughout the nineteenth century. The text itself brilliantly recapture the nature of soldiering in that era.

The Guardian

The Guardian
Author: Elicia Hyder
Publisher: Inkwell & Quill, LLC
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2019-11-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1945775300

The mission was supposed to be simple: Get in. Save the girl. Get the hell out. But Warren Parish knows nothing is simple with demons involved, and storming the gates of Hell will be no exception. An innocent woman is trapped in Nulterra, but this journey is so much more than a rescue mission. Along with his new enchanted sword capable of killing angels, it seems the demons have forged another powerful object… A magical stone that can grant him what he wants most in all three realms—a life on Earth with his daughter.

The Troupe

The Troupe
Author: Robert Jackson Bennett
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
Total Pages: 387
Release: 2012-02-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0316192716

Vaudeville: mad, mercenary, dreamy, and absurd, a world of clashing cultures and ferocious showmanship and wickedly delightful deceptions. But sixteen-year-old pianist George Carole has joined vaudeville for one reason only: to find the man he suspects to be his father, the great Heironomo Silenus. Yet as he chases down his father's troupe, he begins to understand that their performances are strange even for vaudeville: for wherever they happen to tour, the very nature of the world seems to change. Because there is a secret within Silenus's show so ancient and dangerous that it has won him many powerful enemies. And it's not until after he joins them that George realizes the troupe is not simply touring: they are running for their lives. And soon...he is as well.

The Daughter’s Way

The Daughter’s Way
Author: Tanis MacDonald
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2012-09-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1554584019

The Daughter’s Way investigates negotiations of female subjectivity in twentieth-century Canadian women’s elegies with a special emphasis on the father’s death as a literary and political watershed. The book examines the work of Dorothy Livesay, P.K. Page, Jay Macpherson, Margaret Atwood, Kristjana Gunnars, Lola Lemire Tostevin, Anne Carson, and Erin Mouré as elegiac daughteronomies—literary artifacts of mourning that grow from the poets’ investigation into the function and limitations of elegiac convention. Some poets treat the father as a metaphor for socio-political power, while others explore more personal iterations of loss, but all the poets in The Daughter’s Way seek to redefine daughterly duty in a contemporary context by challenging elegiac tradition through questions of genre and gender. Beginning with psychoanalytical theories of filiation, inheritance, and mourning as they are complicated by feminist challenges to theories of kinship and citizenship, The Daughter’s Way debates the efficacy of the literary “work of mourning” in twentieth-century Canadian poetry. By investigating the way a daughter’s filial piety performs and sometimes reconfigures such work, and situating melancholia as a creative force in women’s elegies, the book considers how elegies inquire into the rhetoric of mourning as it is complicated by father-daughter kinship.

The Fury's Vengeance: An Urban Fantasy Companion Novella (Myth & Magic)

The Fury's Vengeance: An Urban Fantasy Companion Novella (Myth & Magic)
Author: S. W. Millar
Publisher: Tagline Publishing
Total Pages: 57
Release: 2022-03-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1915192056

When her wife is murdered, her world shatters. Consumed by grief and a thirst for vengeance, Talitha Green-Hernandez will stop at nothing to hunt down the killer. But the path to revenge comes with a terrible price. As Talitha succumbs to the alluring power of Fury Syndrome, she risks losing herself to darkness and rage. Her magical abilities warp into something deadly and inhuman. Friends become enemies as they try to stop her destructive rampage. With inhuman strength and a Fury’s scream, Talitha leaves a trail of pain and chaos in pursuit of her wife's murderer. Will avenging Maria's death finally bring her peace? Or will embracing her inner Fury destroy her humanity forever? The Fury's Vengeance is a gripping urban fantasy novella full of magic, anguish and grey morality. Perfect for fans of Jim Butcher, Ben Aaronovitch and Benedict Jacka. Buy your copy now and join Talitha on her quest for vengeance!

Battle Echoes

Battle Echoes
Author: George Barton Ide
Publisher: Gale Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 348
Release: 1866
Genre: Providence and government of God
ISBN:

Eat Your Heart Out

Eat Your Heart Out
Author: Dayna Ingram
Publisher: Lethe Press
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2011
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1590213335

A breakneck tale of kick-ass, wise-ass, sexy-ass lesbians and zombies, Eat Your Heart Out opens on what promises to be another tediously annoying day at Ashbee's Furniture Outlet. Then the strip-mall calm of Nowhere, Ohio, is shattered by the sudden, simultaneous appearance of Renni Ramirez-hyper-competent star of the beloved Rising Evil B-movie franchise-and actual zombies, leaving Ashbee's hapless staff and Renni trapped behind an automatic door they can't lock. Can failed creative-writing student/apprentice store manager/eagle-eyed markswoman Devin escape the besieged furniture store to rescue her girlfriend? Will Renni's experience slaughtering motion-captured CGI monsters save the day before the army bombs the town? Once bitten, how many zombies can a person expect to take out before succumbing to infection? Who is the mysterious Deus Ex Machina, and what is he doing with that bone saw? All of these questions and more whisper behind the scream of the single most important thing Devin needs to know in order to survive: is Renni a top or a bottom?

Comic Books and American Cultural History

Comic Books and American Cultural History
Author: Matthew Pustz
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2012-02-23
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1441197575

Comic Books and American Cultural History is an anthology that examines the ways in which comic books can be used to understand the history of the United States. Over the last twenty years, there has been a proliferation of book-length works focusing on the history of comic books, but few have investigated how comics can be used as sources for doing American cultural history. These original essays illustrate ways in which comic books can be used as resources for scholars and teachers. Part 1 of the book examines comics and graphic novels that demonstrate the techniques of cultural history; the essays in Part 2 use comics and graphic novels as cultural artifacts; the third part of the book studies the concept of historical identity through the 20th century; and the final section focuses on different treatments of contemporary American history. Discussing topics that range from romance comics and Superman to American Flagg! and Ex Machina, this is a vivid collection that will be useful to anyone studying comic books or teaching American history.

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Author: Colin Larkin
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Total Pages: 4183
Release: 2011-05-27
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0857125958

This text presents a comprehensive and up-to-date reference work on popular music, from the early 20th century to the present day.