This book is an example on how to create a story and characters that will have readers so enthralled and mesmerized that you can lose track of time." - Laura, verified reviewer Who is the Ripper's next victim? Time traveling symbionts Petra and Kipp arrive in Victorian England during the time of Jack the Ripper. Petra quickly blends in due to her human-like appearance, while Kipp poses as her loyal dog. Their mission—quickly find their boss's son, Silas, who has gone missing. But the telepathic duo's efforts prove unsuccessful until local philanthropist William Harrow points the way. Silas is pursuing Jack the Ripper, whose disturbing thoughts of murder are turning to Petra and Kipp. Now the pair must evade the Ripper and corral Silas before their new friend Harrow asks Petra for her hand in marriage. Fail, and the Ripper will add a new victim, Petra, to the history books. This author really makes this era come to life with intelligent writing and research." - Amy, verified reviewer THE SYMBIONT TIME TRAVEL ADVENTURES, i>The Symbiont Tombstone, 1881 Whitechapel, 1888 The Great Locomotive Chase, 1862 Titanic, 1912 A Conspiracy to Murder, 1865 Robin Hood, 1192

Join Petra and Kipp on their first three adventures in a fanciful blend of time travel, history, animals and a touch of science fiction. The Symbiont: A pair of time-traveling historians, symbionts Petra and Kipp have arrived to unravel the mystery behind an enigmatic coastal colony near Roanoke. As they become involved with the colonists, their fact-finding mission spins dangerously out of control when they discover a deranged killer living among the colonists. Tombstone, 1881: Fun turns to danger when Doc Holliday assumes the role of Petra's protector. Now the symbiotic duo risk becoming entangled in the power struggle between warring factions and breaking the Symbiont Code: never interfere with history's natural progression. Whitechapel, 1888: Time traveling symbionts Petra and Kipp arrive in Victorian England during the time of Jack the Ripper, in search of their boss, Silas. But the telepathic duo's efforts prove unsuccessful until local philanthropist William Harrow points the way. Silas is pursuing Jack the Ripper, whose disturbing thoughts of murder are turning to Petra and Kipp. Publisher Note: The Symbiont Time Travel Adventures are suitable for readers of all ages who enjoy clean, wholesome entertainment with a touch of fantasy and science fiction. "Being a lover of all things canine, the symbiotic relationship between canine and human is immensely appealing." - Lee, verified reviewer THE SYMBIONT TIME TRAVEL ADVENTURES, i>The Symbiont Tombstone, 1881 Whitechapel, 1888 The Great Locomotive Chase, 1862 Titanic, 1912 A Conspiracy to Murder, 1865 Robin Hood, 1192

"The author improves with each novel she writes." - Holly, eBook Discovery reviewer A chance encounter...a whispered confession overheard... A time traveler shares the startling words spoken by an old man murmuring broken memories from a bygone era. Could the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 have been the result of a deliberate act of sabotage rather than a chance collision with an iceberg in the middle of the cold Atlantic Ocean? Peter and Elani, novice travelers, are eager to take on the assignment to discover the truth behind the legendary ship’s demise. Petra and Kipp, their mentors, must accompany the two youngsters and assure they conduct their investigations per the symbiont code of behavior with no disruption to the timeline of history. In their guise of human siblings accompanied by their loyal canine companions, the four symbionts must travel back in time incognito and become passengers –as well as investigators – on the doomed ship. They face a race against time and history in order to discover the truth before the Titanic completes her fateful voyage to the ocean’s floor. "I love the relationship between Petra and Kipp." - VM, verified reviewer THE SYMBIONT TIME TRAVEL ADVENTURES, i>The Symbiont Tombstone, 1881 Whitechapel, 1888 The Great Locomotive Chase, 1862 Titanic, 1912 A Conspiracy to Murder, 1865 Robin Hood, 1192

A brand-new novel set in Niven's Known Space, two hundred years before the discovery of the Ringworld.

Brandon Farnsworth lays out a theory for understanding curatorial practices in contemporary music and how they could be a solution to the field's diminishing social relevance. He focuses on two case studies, the Munich Biennale for New Music Theatre, and the Maerzmusik Festival at the Berliner Festspiele.

Adding some 20 percent to the original content, this is a completely updated edition of Steven Weisenburger's indispensable guide to Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow. Weisenburger takes the reader page by page, often line by line, through the welter of historical references, scientific data, cultural fragments, anthropological research, jokes, and puns around which Pynchon wove his story. Weisenburger fully annotates Pynchon's use of languages ranging from Russian and Hebrew to such subdialects of English as 1940s street talk, drug lingo, and military slang as well as the more obscure terminology of black magic, Rosicrucianism, and Pavlovian psychology. The Companion also reveals the underlying organization of Gravity's Rainbow--how the book's myriad references form patterns of meaning and structure that have eluded both admirers and critics of the novel. The Companion is keyed to the pages of the principal American editions of Gravity's Rainbow: Viking/Penguin (1973), Bantam (1974), and the special, repaginated Penguin paperback (2000) honoring the novel as one of twenty "Great Books of the Twentieth Century."

"Kip and Petra, the bonded, time-traveling Symbiont pair, are enthralling." - Laura, verified reviewer What price would you pay to end the Civil War? As The General, a legendary steam engine from the American Civil War, disappears into the distance, Petra and Kipp join a small group of determined men in pursuit, and The Great Locomotive Chase begins. To the average human, Petra appears to be a young woman while Kipp masks his true identity in the guise of her canine companion. But they are, in reality, highly skilled investigators in pursuit of past mysteries, who have also been pressed into service as mentors for a new pair of travelers. While Peter and Elani share the same talents as their advisors, it falls to Petra and Kipp to train them in the way of their species. But when Peter's impulsiveness puts the entire mission in jeopardy, Petra and Kipp must solve the dilemma and find a way to get them all safely home without altering the course of the Great Locomotive Chase “b>"The author has a wonderful vocabulary; her descriptions of places make me feel like I am there." - Lee, verified reviewer THE SYMBIONT TIME TRAVEL ADVENTURES, i>The Symbiont Tombstone, 1881 Whitechapel, 1888 The Great Locomotive Chase, 1862 Titanic, 1912 A Conspiracy to Murder, 1865 Robin Hood, 1192