Winter: 1021 books

The author of BACKLASH II refuses to allow the use of the words fanciful or improbable in the description of the 40 stories contained in this book. He insists every one of them is an entirely truthful account. Shame on him. Anyone who reads BACKLASH II will immediately conclude the stories are nothing...

Venus Intervention has been nominated for the Bram Stoker Awards 2014 (superior achievement in Poetry Collection) and for the Elgin Award 2015. The poem "The Man Who Saw the World" has been nominated for the Rhysling Award 2015. A gothic and disturbing poems collection, an exciting journey...

Studies in Hellenistic Architecture is a detailed analysis of the development of the major building-types of the Hellenistic age – the mid-fourth century B.C. to the time of the Roman conquest of the Eastern Mediterranean. In this meticulous work, Frederick E. Winter reveals how the architects...

In the wake of the monstrous projects of Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and others in the twentieth century, the idea of utopia has been discredited. Yet, historian Jay Winter suggests, alongside the “major utopians” who murdered millions in their attempts to transform the world were disparate groups of people...

Major Nathaniel Peabody, USA (ret.) first saw the light of day in December of 1987 in Vol. 1, Issue 1 of the Shooting Sportsman magazine. Since that date, he has lived on the back page of every issue of that magazine. Peabody is a consummate waterfowl and upland bird hunter. Excepting those times when...

A Library Journal Key Indie Fiction Title, Fall 2014A BBC.com Book to Read for October, 2014Meet Xavier Boland, the untouchable cross-dresser, who walks loose and carefree as an old Broadway tune. Meet Miss Penrice, a lost old woman forced by wartime to parent a child for the first time. Meet a Zamboni...

“A Christmas fairy”  is a collection of two truly nice and kind Christmas stories and tales for children: “A Christmas fairy” by J.S. Winter (1856-1911) and “Not quite true” by M.L S. Molesworth (1839-1921). This book was firstly published by E. Nister (London) and E.P. Dutton &...

When fall rolls into winter, most sports fans in Nebraska long for spring football. But Coach Tim Miles has given hibernating fans a reason to cheer through winter for the first time in twenty years. Since taking over the men’s basketball program in 2012, Miles has gone from being relatively unknown...

In the college town of Isla Vista, California, small, odd things start happening. Science-geek Nicole notes the crows are leaving. Meg Burdigal can’t find her tabby cat, Schrand. Brian the postman feels uneasy at the rustlings, the shadows he’s seen at the edge of his vision on his delivery route...

Atlan, der unsterbliche Arkonide, gerät zweihundert Jahre nach seiner Reise hinter die Materiequellen an Bord des Fernraumschiffs SOL. Dort findet er chaotische Zustände vor. Allein und allen Schwierigkeiten zum Trotz, nimmt er den Kampf gegen mächtige Gegner und widrige Umstände auf.--Auch wenn...

Holly Winter is a camera without film. She is a woman without a history. In this memoir, Winter helps us laugh in the face of adversity as she proves, time and again, that she is more than her medical history. Read about her struggles with two unrelated forms of amnesia, and how going on the...

Romantasy vom Feinsten - ein Vampirroman mit Biss Leserstimmen 'Eine klare Leseempfehlung für alle, die humorvolle Fantasybücher mögen.' 'Fiona Winter kann es mit ihrer Vampirjägerin definitiv mit anderen Autorinnen dieses Genres wie J.R. Ward, Katie MacAlister oder Lara Adrian aufnehmen.' 'Die...

Est-il encore possible de croire à l'amour ? Dans un échange stimulant, la philosophe Nathalie Sarthou-Lajus et le psychanalyste Jean-Pierre Winter balisent le chemin possible pour éviter les désillusions. Qui peut se prévaloir de la certitude d'aimer ou d'être aimé ? Cette question demeure...

For all of the millions of Americans who are out of work, soon to be out of work, or wishing to be freed from unrewarding work—here is the must-have book that will show you how you can make a living by working when, where, and how you want. Newly revised and updated, Barbara J. Winter’s...