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One of the oldest settlements in Maryland is a small tidewater community on the Eastern Shore named Hoopers Island. Land was patented there in 1659, and families who owned the original plantations have continued to reside there for generations. Economic changes in the 18th century contributed to both...

Innocent Drinks is a business phenomenon of the last decade. Founded in 1998 by three college friends, Innocent has grown at an amazing rate to become the UK’s fastest growing food and drink business in 2005. Even more impressive has been the growth of its brand legend. Innocent is one of those brands that everyone in the marketing world refers to with awe, affection and sometimes envy.

Have you ever enjoyed the different yarn textures in your hand or wondering how that fascinating colorful pattern was made in your much loved sweater? Then you’ll definitely enjoy learning how to knit. Knitting is one of numerous methods to turn yarn into garments or accessories. As long as you...

President Obama and Governor Sarah Palin touch down at Riverdale High and become part of the most contested student government campaign in the town’s storied history! Can Obama and Palin put their differences aside and help Archie and Reggie rein in their runaway political ambitions? Find...

First Published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This publication brings together the ideas, experiences of the majority of scholars in linguistics who have benefitted from the vast contribution of Professor Dennis Craig to Language and Language Education in Creole/vernacular type contexts.

"Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious." -- Oscar Wilde A book investigating the ideas of patriotism and statism, religion and governments. It shows how communism and socialism and every other '-ism' is just about the same thing, with very little difference in any of them, including American...

This ground-breaking book situates research at the heart of photographic practice, asking the key question: What does research mean for photographers? Illuminating the nature and scope of research and its practical application to photography, the book explores how research provides a critical framework...

Hollywood Vibes is an outlandish black comedy farcical satire on contemporary Hollywood/LA. It mangles screen personalities galore and takes its comic ideas to unbridled extremes. Hollywood/LA is lampooned for its vulgarity, greed, philistinism, mindless hedonism, artistic pretentiousness, stupidity, violence, murder and vice… "Think Quentin Tarantino meets Woody Allen"

Political sociology has struggled with predicting the next turn of transformation in the MENA countries after the 2011 Uprisings. Arab activists did not articulate explicitly any modalities of their desired system, although their slogans ushered to a fully-democratic society. These unguided Uprisings...

The book of Acts picks up where Jesus’ story left off in the gospel of Luke by exploring the continuing presence of Christ on earth: the church. This inspired account of church history will awaken your soul with transforming power and give you courage to be a witness for Christ wherever he sends...

電視影集《極地惡靈》原著小說 《極地惡靈》以歷史上非常知名的北極探險為藍本。在丹．西蒙斯的筆下，幽冥號與驚恐號的悲劇成為比歷史更具真實感的故事。《極地惡靈》，一部讓你寒到骨子裡的小說。 我對丹．西蒙斯敬畏三分。——史蒂芬．金 《陰屍路》製作團隊最新力作，由奧斯卡提名導演雷利．史考特（Ridley...

人類已成銀河霸主，卻仍然要向命運屈膝 　　地球滅亡之後，人類已在銀河的一隅成功殖民三百多個星系，戮力維護和平，奠穩生存根基。然而，在這繁榮美好的表象背後，衰亡跡象卻隱隱浮現，此時一顆位於文明開發圈遙遠邊陲的星球，成為人類二度存亡危機的關鍵。 　　海柏利昂。它曾是希臘神話中象徵太陽的泰坦神、詩人濟慈探索生命與永恆本質的借喻，也是此時此刻銀河系人類文明中最深奧難解的謎團。自有人類移民以來，這個被命名為海柏利昂的星系便一向桀驁不馴，自外於人類文明圈。行星上矗立了萬年的時塚與迷宮遺跡，更使它籠罩上一層神祕面紗。這一切，在哀王比利為了避難而舉國遷徙至此進行再殖民之後，似乎有了轉變，卻又在傳說中的荊魔神現身後復歸荒蕪，甚至將成戰場。 　　荊魔神，全身以鉻鑄成、遍布鋼刺、雙眼鑲以血紅寶石，行經之地血流成河。它是殺戮之神，痛苦之王，是前來終結人類命運的毀滅先兆──抑或是解救人類免於滅亡的最後希望？ 　　七名陌生人奉命前往海柏利昂上的時塚，名為朝聖，實際上各懷使命。他們並非荊魔神教信徒，卻各自背負一段與海柏利昂的糾葛，一段信念、信仰、愛、暴力、創造與破壞、生與死的試煉。他們終將面對荊魔神，獻上自己抗辯纏鬥已久的困惑與質疑，去換取最終的解答；以渺小、脆弱、有限的人類肉體生命，去逼近超越無垠的永恆真理。 　　這部壯闊的未來史詩揉合了六個故事，猶如一艘層層疊套的文學方舟。丹．西蒙斯以英國詩人濟慈的長詩〈海柏利昂〉與〈海柏利昂的殞落〉借喻改變與痛苦為生命之本質，以這六個風格鮮明奇特的故事，帶領我們深觸人性溫柔慈愛、剛毅堅忍、卑劣自私、仇恨破壞、同情與犧牲的底線。西蒙斯更嫻熟運用多種文類手法來映襯、完滿他所表達的主題：小說結構借自喬叟《坎特伯里故事集》，故事囊括人類學民族誌、日記體、歷史小說、戰場側寫、動作冒險、社會諷刺、恐怖驚悚、懸疑推理等文體，也致敬翻玩了《羅密歐與茱麗葉》《漫長的告別》等經典名作；諸多典故隱喻也豐富了整個故事的細節與趣味。在深刻懾人的故事寓意與華麗的寫作手法之外，西蒙斯更展現驚人的想像力，僅以文字駕馭便為我們刻畫出一個多采多姿、面貌繁複的未來世界，即便在被各式多媒體高科技影像餵飽的21世紀，仍然毫不失色。 　　★1990年科幻界最高榮譽雨果獎首獎、軌跡獎、法國宇宙獎、日本星雲獎得主 　　★《Popular...

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