Time Loopers

Time Loopers
Author: David Hambling
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2020-06-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Get rich. Wield incredible power. Get revenge. But avoid paradox, or get erased from the timestream so you never existed. Time travel offer endless possibilities and limitless dangers. What would you do if you could go back and relive your past? What if others could too? Who polices time? How do you win a time war? Five tales from a time war by veteran SF authors: Time’s Revenge Craig repeats the same day, getting ever closer to pulling off the perfect murder. He just wants to make a fortune, but who gave Craig this power and why is the killing so important to them? Time Trapped Librarian Irene has started traveling through time, but someone else controls her destinations. As history starts to unravel, can Irene prevent a terrible future she has already seen? The Comatose Man In his attempt to right an old wrong, Ross accidentally unleashes something far worse. Can the past fight an invasion from the future? The Terror Out of Time Dimitri-Laurent de Marigny is a criminal mastermind with a plan to finally realise his dream of immortality. But has de Marigny really understood the price that he – and the world – will pay? Academic Legacies Mercy Halsey-Mason is a Goth self-proclaimed witch studying at Miskatonic University in the 21st century. Unfortunately, she's about to discover that her academic program is a threat to reality. Bonus story - A Stitch in Time Time travel operative Art is on a simple mission to correct a previous mistake. But why is his partner behaving strangely, and are missions ever really simple?

Time's Urgency

Time's Urgency
Author: Carlos Montemayor
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2019-07-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 900440824X

The Study of Time XVI: Time’s Urgency celebrates the 50th anniversary of the International Society for the Study of Time. It includes a keynote speech by renowned physicist Julian Barbour, a dialogue between British author David Mitchell, Katie Paterson and ISST’s previous president Paul Harris. The volume is divided into dialogues and papers that directly address the issue of urgency and time scales from various disciplines. This book offers a unique perspective on the contemporary status of the interdisciplinary study of time. It will open new paths of inquiry for different approaches to the important issues of narrative structure and urgency. These are themes that are becoming increasingly relevant during our times. Contributors are Julian Barbour, Dennis Costa, Kerstin Cuhls, Ileana da Silva, Margaret K. Devinney, Sonia Front, Peter A. Hancock, Paul Harris, Rose Harris-Birtill, David Mitchell, Carlos Montemayor, Jo Alyson Parker, Katie Paterson, Walter Schweidler, Raji C. Steineck, Daniela Tan, Frederick Turner, Thomas P. Weissert, Marc Wolterbeek, and Barry Wood.

Loopers

Loopers
Author: John Dunn
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2014-05-13
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0770437206

John Dunn never expected that his summer job as a caddie at the local course in Connecticut might turn into something more. The lifers who plied the loops were an ensemble of misfits and degenerates who made the caddie yard look more like a gambling hall than a country club. But Dunn came of age in those yards and on those courses, and the magnetism of the game and the lifestyle proved irresistible. One adventure after another kept him coming back summer after summer, until he found himself migrating with the seasons, looping at some of the most exquisite and exclusive golf locations in the world. Dunn crisscrossed the country on his own big loop, working inside the privet hedges while camping on the mountains, following the back roads and stumbling across unexpected moments of profound natural beauty, and embracing the freedom of what he calls the last vagabond existence in America, all while trying to decide whether to quit the loop and get a real job. Maybe next season...

Bulletin Series

Bulletin Series
Author: White-Williams Foundation
Publisher:
Total Pages: 54
Release: 1925
Genre: Youth
ISBN:

The Never-Ending End of the World

The Never-Ending End of the World
Author: Ann Christy
Publisher: Campfire Publishing LLC
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2023-08-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1736040650

Station Eleven meets The Last of Us in this post-apocalyptic sci-fi epic from USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author Ann Christy. Coco Wells hasn’t seen another living person since she was a teenager. All of Manhattan is reliving the same few seconds, minutes, or hours on a loop… and they have been for years. Everything looks normal from a distance, but up close it’s a nightmare. Coco is a survivor. She scavenges for food, reads, and—most importantly—avoids loopers. They ignore her, but only as long as she’s silent. She’s learned the painful lesson that a broken loop can mean death. After eight years of solitude, learning to survive and precisely timing the loops that weave around the city, Coco wonders what lies beyond New York and what has become of the rest of the world. As she leaves home for the first time, one question haunts her above all: “Am I the only one left?” Speculative sci-fi, dystopian apocalypse, and scientific mystery coalesce into The Never-Ending End of the World — a gripping tale of survival, hope, and love from retired Naval Officer Ann Christy.

Conservation of Time-Based Media Art

Conservation of Time-Based Media Art
Author: Deena Engel
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 629
Release: 2022-11-02
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1000729478

Conservation of Time-based Media Art is the first book to take stock of the current practices and conceptual frameworks that define the emerging field of time-based media conservation, which focuses on contemporary artworks that contain video, audio, film, slides or software components. Written and compiled by a diverse group of time-based media practitioners around the world, including conservators, curators, registrars and technicians among others, this volume offers a comprehensive survey of specialized practices that have developed around the collection, preservation and display of time-based media art. Divided into 23 chapters with contributions from 36 authors and 85 additional voices, the narrative of this book provides both an overview and detailed guidance on critical topics, including the acquisition, examination, documentation and installation of time-based media art; cross-medium and medium-specific treatment approaches and methods; the registration, storage, and management of digital and physical artwork components; collection surveys and project advocacy; lab infrastructures, staffing and the institutional implementation of time-based media conservation. Conservation of Time-based Media Art serves as a critical resource for conservation students and for a diverse professional audience who engage with time-based media art, including conservation practitioners and other collection caretakers, curators, art historians, collectors, gallerists, artists, scholars and academics.

A Cappella

A Cappella
Author: Deke Sharon
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2015-12-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0739090410

More than any other person, Deke Sharon is responsible for the current success of pop a cappella. Founder of the House Jacks (the original “rock band without instruments”), Deke continues to influence through his work with The Sing-Off, Pitch Perfect, Pitch Perfect 2, and Vocalosity. Combine Deke’s expertise with that of directors Ben Spalding and Brody McDonald, add a foreword by Ben Folds, throw in advice from contributors like Peter Hollens, and you have the most comprehensive volume ever created on the subject of contemporary a cappella singing. Sections include: * Setting the Stage * Getting the Band Together * Arranging * Preparing * Technology * Making a Name * and more!