Vester Vade Mecum: A Collection of Short Fiction

Vester Vade Mecum: A Collection of Short Fiction
Author: David Reynolds
Publisher: Problematic Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2013
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0986902780

Vester Vade Mecum: A Collection of Short Fiction compiles a variety of important imaginative texts. This book collects many enduring works of English literature, featuring authors such as Washington Irving, Mary Shelley, Herman Melville, Oscar Wilde, Pauline Hopkins, Stephen Leacock, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, and others. Plus, the collection includes select fables by Aesop and fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, because such works are so foundational to the body of English literature that developed since. This is a collection to delight educators and pupils alike.

Kowloon Walled City, 1984

Kowloon Walled City, 1984
Author: Nicholas Morine
Publisher: Problematic Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2016
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1927996074

The year is 1984. In the heart of Hong Kong, Kowloon Walled City seethes with human passions, both good and evil. Not a single ray of light penetrates this fortress of hope and despair. This is a lost, illicit city filled to bursting with shady businessmen, drug dealers, junk shops, and desperate gamblers seeking an avenue for one last thrill. It is said that the police do not dare to enter. Whether this is true or not remains a mystery. Fang, a heroin slinger and a brother of the 14K, becomes a marked man beneath the roars of the crowd, fists bloodied. The love of his life stands between him and his glory, a choice that may never be reconciled. The Siu Nin a Fu, an annual martial arts tournament calling the very best warriors from across the globe to the depths of Kowloon Walled City, is about to take place. Buried in liquor, needles, and smoke, Fang's future is about to take flight. Take a step into the black tapestry of the past, where ghosts walk the dim, decrepit alleys as if neon still fell upon their defeated shoulders. Kowloon Walled City, 1984. A shredded memory of a living, breathing entity that once was... and is no longer.

The Marvelous Saga of the MERCANARY™

The Marvelous Saga of the MERCANARY™
Author: David Reynolds
Publisher: Problematic Press
Total Pages:
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1927996112

Harrison Stockton Bueller thinks he's hit bottom when he makes a new friend. Enter: the MERCANARY™. This is The Marvelous Saga of the MERCANARY™. It's also the tale of Harry's nightmarish misadventures. Problematic Press is proud to present to you this gonzo picaresque novel... or something. Is there ever any solace? This is it. This is lit! ----- Somewhere between Holden Caulfield, Ignatius J. Reilly, and BoJack Horseman, you'll find Harrison Stockton Bueller playing with his G.I. Joes. MERCANARY™, a sells-word inspired by a typo, is a metafictional hero who's been drafted for lit's sake on land, sea, and air. His mission? Word. ----- In the words of the author: "This is a gonzo picaresque novel. It's a work of intermedial metafiction. It's a cautionary tale. It's a sob story. It's a farcical melodrama. It is high art. It adapts a 'zine of poetry and adventure. It adapts a memeoem, which is literally a new poetic art form that I invented for this. It is the culmination of my life's work in literature. It's ballsy and hubristic and vulnerable all at once. The protagonist is an anti-hero. The sidekick is really something else. The odds are against them, but they're in this to win it. Together, they make things weird. Well, this thing is certainly weird." ----- David Reynolds hasn't won any awards for his creative writing, but his most shocking anecdote has won him more beer than he could possibly ever drink. He lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, where he teaches English at Atlantic Canada's largest university.

Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards

Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards
Author: Birkmann
Publisher: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Total Pages: 582
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9788179931226

Measuring Vulnerability to Natural Hazards presents a broad range of current approaches to measuring vulnerability. It provides a comprehensive overview of different concepts at the global, regional, national, and local levels, and explores various schools of thought. More than 40 distinguished academics and practitioners analyse quantitative and qualitative approaches, and examine their strengths and limitations. This book contains concrete experiences and examples from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe to illustrate the theoretical analyses.The authors provide answers to some of the key questions on how to measure vulnerability and they draw attention to issues with insufficient coverage, such as the environmental and institutional dimensions of vulnerability and methods to combine different methodologies.This book is a unique compilation of state-of-the-art vulnerability assessment and is essential reading for academics, students, policy makers, practitioners, and anybody else interested in understanding the fundamentals of measuring vulnerability. It is a critical review that provides important conclusions which can serve as an orientation for future research towards more disaster resilient communities.

Sheela-na-gigs

Sheela-na-gigs
Author: Barbara Freitag
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2005-08-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1134282494

A study of the mysterious stone carvings of naked females exposing their genitals on medieval churches all over the British Isles.