Download or read book Heroes Don t Travel written by Roo I MacLeod and published by Roo I MacLeod. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heroes Don’t Travel-#2 Dystopian Thriller Heroes Series is a fast paced dystopian science fiction thriller from the author Roo I MacLeod The feral town of Henwell is in turmoil. Guns have been fired and bodies litter the streets. A girl has crossed the Gypsies and they want blood Anyone’s blood! Ben Jackman, aka Street Boy, is hired to bring her back home, but this is no click and collect mission as there is a child involved. The girl’s child, a child the Gypsies have claimed as their blood: And they don’t want to give it back Ben must capture the child, reunite the girl with her father and prevent the Gypsies enacting Armageddon on his sorry arse Alas, two out of three is all he can hope for. Hit the BUY IT NOW button! And enter this fast, fetid and ferocious dystopian fiction world. Hang onto your hat, sit tight, as you are going to need a drink to survive this journey!
Download or read book Travelling Heroes written by Robin Lane Fox and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This remarkable and daringly original book proposes a new way of thinking about the Greeks and their myths in the age of the great Homeric hymns. It combines a lifetime's familiarity with Greek literature and history with the latest archeological discoveries and the author's own journeys to the main sites in the story to describe how particular Greeks of the eighth century BC travelled east and west around the Mediterranean, and how their extraordinary journeys shaped their ideas of their gods and heroes. It gathers together stories and echoes from many different ancient cultures, not just the Greek - Assyria, Egypt, the Phoenician traders - and ranges from Mesopotamia to the Rio Tinto at Huelva in modern Portugal. Its central point is the Jebel Aqra, the great mountain on the north Syrian coast which Robin Lane Fox dubs 'the southern Olympus', and around which much of the action of the book turns. Robin Lane Fox rejects the fashionable view of Homer and his near-contemporary Hesiod as poets who owed a direct debt to texts and poems from the near East, and by following the trail of the Greek travellers shows that they were, rather, in debt to their own countrymen. With characteristic flair he reveals how these travellers, progenitors of tales which have inspired writers and historians for thousands of years, understood the world before the beginnings of philosophy and western thought.
Download or read book The Traveling Feast written by Rick Bass and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed author Rick Bass decided to thank all of his writing heroes in person, one meal at a time, in this "rich smorgasbord of a memoir . . . a soul-nourishing, road-burning act of tribute" (New York Times Book Review). "Exuberant . . . A classic . . . This is a rich bounty of a book." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A master."--Boston Globe "One of the very best writers we have."--San Francisco Chronicle "Both mythic and intimate . . . A virtuoso."--O: The Oprah Magazine "The beauty of his sentences recalls the stylistic finesse of Cormac McCarthy and Willa Cather."--Chicago Tribune From his bid to become Eudora Welty's lawn boy to the time George Plimpton offered to punch him in the nose, lineage has always been important to Rick Bass. Now at a turning point--in his midfifties, with his long marriage dissolved and his grown daughters out of the house--Bass strikes out on a journey of thanksgiving. His aim: to make a memorable meal for each of his mentors, to express his gratitude for the way they have shaped not only his writing but his life. The result, an odyssey to some of America's most iconic writers, is also a record of self-transformation as Bass seeks to recapture the fire that drove him as a young man. Along the way we join in escapades involving smuggled contraband, an exploding grill, a trail of blood through Heathrow airport, an episode of dog-watching with Amy Hempel in Central Park, and a near run-in with plague-ridden prairie dogs on the way to see Lorrie Moore, as well as heartwarming and bittersweet final meals with the late Peter Matthiessen, John Berger, and Denis Johnson. Poignant, funny, and wistful, The Traveling Feast is a guide to living well and an unforgettable adventure that nourishes and renews the spirit.
Download or read book Heroes Don t Travel written by Roo I. MacLeod and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second Heroes story. Heroes Don't Travel is a fast paced dark thriller from the author Roo I MacLeod featuring the vagrant Ben Jackman, the vigilante known as Wolf Girl and their eclectic band of draft dodging associates. Ben Jackman is front page news for the alleged murder of two Old London Town coppers.When a girl goes missing in the Lowlands, Wolf Girl takes the job and volunteers Ben to fetch the girl back to her family.Any objections Ben offers are silenced by the warrant issued for his arrest and the noose measured for his neck.But this mission is no click and collect transaction because the Lowlands are ruled by the Gypsies and they don't welcome strangers.The town is in turmoil. Guns have been fired, bodies litter the streets, because the missing girl has crossed the Gypsies and they want bloodAnyone's bloodThis is fast, fetid and ferocious. Hang onto your hat and sit tight. You are going to need a drink to survive this journey
Download or read book Heroes Don t Run written by Harry Mazer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-10-27 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I WANTED TO SERVE, TO BE PART OF THIS THING MY FATHER HAD GIVEN HIS LIFE FOR. I DIDN'T WANT THE WAR TO END, AND ALL I'D BE ABLE TO SAY WAS, NO I DIDN'T SERVE, I WAS RIGHT HERE THE WHOLE WAR, SAFE IN BAKERSFIELD." Adam Pelko witnessed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that killed his father, a lieutenant on the USS Arizona. Even though Adam is underage, he defies his mother's wishes and enlists in the Marines. Sent first to boot camp, then to Okinawa, he experiences the stark reality of war firsthand -- the camaraderie and the glory as well as the grueling regimen, the paralyzing fear, and death. And at every turn, Adam must confront memories of his father. In the concluding volume of his World War II trilogy, Harry Mazer masterfully illustrates Adam's journey as he navigates brutal circumstances that no boy should know.
Download or read book It Doesn t Take a Hero written by Norman Schwarzkopf and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2010-09-22 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He set his star by a simple motto: duty, honor, country. Only rarely does history grant a single individual the ability, personal charisma, moral force, and intelligence to command the respect, admiration, and affection of an entire nation. But such a man is General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, commander of the Allied Forces in the Gulf War. Now, in this refreshingly candid and typically outspoken autobiography, General Schwarzkopf reviews his remarkable life and career: the events, the adventures, and the emotions that molded the character and shaped the beliefs of this uniquely distinguished American leader. Note: The photo insert is not included in this edition.
Download or read book No More Heroes written by Henry Biernacki and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-11-19 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No More Heroes is a beautifully written testimony to the art of living. It is a poetic and joyful reminder of those seemingly ordinary moments and interactions that are indeed so extraordinary. Biernacki shares with the reader an uncommon sense of wonder and a profound sense of humanity. It is a rare gem in the form of a 180 page novel. James M. Montoya Vice President The College Board/ Former Dean of Admission Stanford University "The Past should be the past unless you live it fully. If you live it fully it will be so vivid in your memory that it will not seem to leave." And so goes the bittersweet, thoughtful, and yearning wisdom that pours from the pages of Biernacki's book, No More Heroes. Victor Cass Author - Telenovela and Love, Death, and Other War Stories. No More Heroes is part travelogue, part human interest, part inspirational. I felt that I was with Biernacki every step of the way as his writing style beautifully describes the scenes and images that he encounters along this journey. As one who likes to travel but doesn't, this book is an inspiration to perhaps undergo such an adventure. Bravo Biernacki! Alan Mautner Music Conductor Biernacki's sensitivity and understanding only comes with the broadening effect of being a world traveler. Truly, the author presents heroes upon which the reader may model their own life. Kevin Brendan Arnold Cunniff World Traveler, College Lecturer
Download or read book Heroes in Crisis 2018 2019 7 written by Tom King and published by DC Comics. This book was released on 2019-03-27 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Trinity may have uncovered the true killer responsible for the deaths at Sanctuary, but the artificial intelligence that ran the institution is the one thing standing between them and the culprit. Now Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman must face off with their own creation-and face the consequences for what they created. Also, as the truth is uncovered, Booster and Harley go from being enemies to allies.
Download or read book Heroes Don t Travel written by Roo I. Macleod and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-12 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second Dystopian Thriller Heroes story. Heroes Don't Travel is a fast paced dystopian thriller from the author Roo I MacLeod featuring the vagrant anti hero Ben Jackman, the vigilante known as Wolf Girl and their eclectic band of draft dodging associates.Ben Jackman is front page news for the alleged murder of two Old London Town coppers.When a girl goes missing in the Lowlands, Wolf Girl takes the job and volunteers Ben to fetch the girl back to her family.Any objections Ben offers are silenced by the warrant issued for his arrest and the noose measured for his neck.But this mission is no click and collect transaction because the Lowlands are ruled by the Gypsies and they don't welcome strangers.The town is in turmoil. Guns have been fired, bodies litter the streets, because the missing girl has crossed the Gypsies and they want bloodAnyone's bloodThis is fast, fetid and ferocious. Hang onto your hat and sit tight. You are going to need a drink to survive this journey
Download or read book Tarnished Heroes Charming Villains and Modern Monsters written by Lynnette Porter and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heroes, villains, and monsters portrayed in such popular science fiction television series as Heroes, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Caprica, Doctor Who, and Torchwood, as well as Joss Whedon's many series, illustrate a shift from traditional, clearly defined characterizations toward much murkier definitions. Traditional heroes give way to "gray" heroes who must become more like the villains or monsters they face if they are going to successfully save society. This book examines the ambiguous heroes and villains, focusing on these characters' different perspectives on morality and their roles within society. Appendices include production details for each series, descriptions and summaries of pivotal episodes, and a list of selected texts for classroom use. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Download or read book The Virgin s Promise written by Kim Hudson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Virgin's Promise demystifies the complexities of archetypes and clearly outlines the steps of a Virgin's Journey to realize her dream. Audiences need to see more than brave, self-sacrificing Heroes. They need to see Virgins who bring their talents and self-fulfilling joys to life. The Virgin's Promise describes this journey with beats that feel incredibly familiar but have not been illustrated in any other screenwriting book. It explores the yin and yang of the Virgin and Hero journeys to take up their power as individuals, and includes a practical guide to putting this new theory into action.
Download or read book Living Outrageously Your Hero s Journey written by Dave Thompson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-02-24 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stop living a boring life and start living outrageously - it's time your began YOUR Hero's Journey, to whatever is outrageous for you. In this ground-breaking manifesto, #1 iTunes podcast host and Peak Performance Coach Dave Thompson reveals how ordinary people can achieve outrageous results in their lives and businesses.
Download or read book The Petsorcist written by David Kempf and published by The eBook Sale. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dedicated priest, who is part of a deeply secret and unappreciated order of exorcists, seeks help from a secular millionaire to battle evil. Dedicated and fearless, the priest soon realizes he might need to confront an evil as powerful as the devil himself, and that in doing so, he might pay the ultimate price. It's not long before the priest finds himself trapped in an Orwellian nightmare of demonic possession and betrayal. The Petsorcist combines humor and horror to tell a different kind of story.
Download or read book Don t Be a Hero written by Chris Strange and published by Chris Strange. This book was released on 2012-11-23 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's a bad time to be a superhero. When the world turned its back on metahumans, the golden age of superheroes came crashing down. But now a mysterious supercriminal is making one final bid for power, and with no one else left to protect the world, ex-hero Spook must risk everything to take him down. There will be no reprieve, no negotiation. War is coming. Put on the mask. There's work to be done. Chris Strange presents a stunning, no-holds-barred superhero adventure that will lure you in and knock you out. This is the novel superhero fans have been waiting for.
Download or read book Don t Call Me a Hero written by R. Ernest Olson and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2003-04-30 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Danger and intrigue of the US Army Bomb Disposal teams in the European Theatre of Operations, as young Eric Pedersen from Little Falls, Minnesota, enlists in the Army at the outbreak of World War 2, and volunteers for the newly established Bomb Disposal program. He is quickly shipped to North Africa with his squad, takes part in the victory of the desert campaign, then moves on to Sicily and Italy, and finally becomes embroiled in the landing at Normandy and the march through France, culminating with the final victory in Germany. As Eric moves through the combat arenas, he befriends men of the famous Japanese-American 442nd Regimental Combat Team and forges a lasting relationship with his new friend from the 3rd Infantry Division, Audie Murphy.
Download or read book Looking for a Hero written by Debbie Macomber and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two classic stories of finding love where you least expect it! MARRIAGE WANTED As far as Nash Davenport’s concerned, marriage isn’t shelter from the storm—it is the storm. He’s a divorce attorney, himself divorced, who believes no married couple can live up to their wedding vows. Savannah Charles, however, believes in the value—and the values—of marriage. She’s a wedding planner who finds herself saying yes when Nash unexpectedly proposes. Even though it’s strictly a business proposal… MY HERO Would-be romance writer Bailey York has already failed twice at love. She thinks men are wonderful to read and write about, but that’s it. Which is probably why she has such difficulty creating a hero for her novel. What she needs is a real-life example. She finds one in Parker Davidson—he’s everything a hero should be. Compellingly attractive. Forceful and determined, yet capable of tenderness. A man of substance. Parker is perfect as Bailey’s inspiration—but he wants to be the hero in her life, not just in her book!
Download or read book Supreme hegemon written by Lei Da Yang and published by Devneybooks. This book was released on with total page 913 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a twinkling, the blood fog stopped spreading, the bone spears were all resisted by a thin film, and the blood and bones all retracted, turning into two blood energy balls with a size of two meters, and explosions kept ringing inside.
