Daniel Tyler: 13 books

There's something wrong with the man standing in Verlin Snouffer's field. The morning started hot and now the summer sun is baking down from a cloudless sky. Verlin spent most his life in the seat of a tractor and knows no sane man would be standing so still for so long out in scorching heat. There...

Written with firsthand knowledge by Mormon Battalion soldier Daniel Tyler, this book undertakes to give a concise and powerful history of the experiences of the Mormon Battalion during their years of service from 1846 to 1847.

This short contemporary fantasy explores the bond between grandfather and grandson. Beau knows the town thinks his grandfather Leon is crazy. Leon doesn't help that fact by claiming to be Ponce de Leon while manning the counter of his liquor store, The Fountain. But crazy to outsiders is just life...

Antón is a little boy who loves to dance. His parents and grandparents came from many places—England, Scotland, Spain, Mexico, and Vietnam—and the music and dance of those cultures flow through him. What’s more, when he dances, he brings joy to everyone around him, because people who see him realize...

“The holy grail for disillusioned cycling fans . . . The book’s power is in the collective details, all strung together in a story that is told with such clear-eyed conviction that you never doubt its veracity. . . . The Secret Race isn’t just a game changer for the Lance Armstrong myth. It’s...

New essays on the philosophy of Ned Block, with substantive and wide-ranging responses by Block. Perhaps more than any other philosopher of mind, Ned Block synthesizes philosophical and scientific approaches to the mind; he is unique in moving back and forth across this divide, doing so with...

“It is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea--whether it is to sail or...

Cette autobiographie lève le voile sur la face cachée du cyclisme professionnel à travers la carrière d’un cycliste américain de haut niveau, médaillé d’or aux jeux Olympiques d’Athènes en 2004, Tyler Hamilton. D’abord coéquipier de Lance Armstrong, Tyler Hamilton expose la préparation...

Human cloning. Technology evolves faster than we do. The law shields us from our worst temptations. But the opportunity is there, dangling just out of reach—perfection and ascension… or delusion and destruction. In this collection of clone-themed stories, ten of today’s top speculative...

Tyler Hamilton was een van de meest geliefde en snelste wielrenners ter wereld. Zijn jarenlange dopinggebruik heeft hij altijd ontkend. In De wielermaffia vertelt hij voor het eerst zijn verhaal. Hij laat zien hoe de wereld van het professionele wielrennen met de komst van het `wondermiddel EPO midden...

Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation is the first anthology to broadly collect solarpunk short stories, artwork, and poetry. A new genre for the 21st Century, solarpunk is a revolution against despair. Focusing on solutions to environmental disasters, solarpunk envisions a future...

This Fourth Omnibus edition of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned is loaded with seventeen sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories - from thirteen of today’s top speculative fiction writers. Tales from the Canyons of the Damned (canyonsofthedamned.com) is a dark science fiction,...

The 2012 congressional elections played an equally vital role in determining the future course of America as the presidential race that topped the electoral ticket. Readers of this book will gain insights about the formative aspects of the 2012 campaign season as well as in depth coverage of key races...