Ron Embleton's Wulf the Briton
Title | Ron Embleton's Wulf the Briton PDF eBook |
Author | Ronald Embleton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2010-12-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781907081132 |
"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman
Title | "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman PDF eBook |
Author | Harlan Ellison |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Pages | 37 |
Release | 2016-07-12 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 150403824X |
Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards: A science fiction classic about an antiestablishment rebel set on overthrowing the totalitarian society of the future. One of science fiction’s most antiestablishment authors rails against the accepted order while questioning blind obedience to the state in this unique pairing of short story and essay. “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” is set in a dystopian future society in which time is regulated by a heavy bureaucratic hand known as the Ticktockman. The rebellious Everett C. Marm flouts convention, masquerading as the anarchic Harlequin, disrupting the precise schedule with bullhorns and jellybeans in a world where being late is nothing short of a crime. But when his love, Pretty Alice, betrays Everett out of a desire to return to the punctuality to which she is programmed, he is forced to face the Ticktockman and his gauntlet of consequences. The bonus essay included in this volume, “Stealing Tomorrow,” is a hard-to-find Harlan Ellison masterwork, an exploration of the rebellious nature of the writer’s soul. Waxing poetic on humankind’s intellectual capabilities versus its emotional shortcomings, the author depicts an inner self that guides his words against the established bureaucracies, assuring us that the intent of his soul is to “come lumbering into town on a pink-and-yellow elephant, fast as Pegasus, and throw down on the established order.” Winner of the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” has become one of the most reprinted short stories in the English language. Fans of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World will delight in this antiestablishment vision of a Big Brother society and the rebel determined to take it down. The perfect complement, “Stealing Tomorrow” is a hidden gem that reinforces Ellison’s belief in humankind’s inner nobility and the necessity to buck totalitarian forces that hamper our steady evolution.
Shapeshifter
Title | Shapeshifter PDF eBook |
Author | Alice Paalen Rahon |
Publisher | New York Review of Books |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 2021-09-14 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 1681375001 |
Poetry by one of the most powerful female figures in twentieth-century surrealism, now collected in English for the very first time. Alice Paalen Rahon was a shapeshifter, a surrealist poet turned painter who was born French and died a naturalized citizen of Mexico. Her first husband was the artist Wolfgang Paalen, among her lovers were Pablo Picasso and the poet Valentine Penrose, and over the years her circle of friends included Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Joan Miró, Paul Éluard, Man Ray, and Anaïs Nin. This bilingual edition of Rahon’s poems confirms the achievement of this little-known but visionary writer who defies categorization. Her spellbinding poems, inspired by prehistoric art, lost love, and travels around the globe, weave together dream, fantasy, and madness. For the first time in any language, this book gathers the three collections of poetry Rahon published in her lifetime, along with uncollected and unpublished poems and an album of portraits, manuscript pages, and artworks.
Frank Bellamy's Robin Hood
Title | Frank Bellamy's Robin Hood PDF eBook |
Author | Frank Bellamy |
Publisher | |
Pages | 143 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Adventure story comic books, strips, etc |
ISBN | 9780955159633 |
Collected in one volume for the first time! All of Frank Belamys legendary and elusive Robin Hood strips from the Swift. The artwork has been digitaly scanned and restored and the reproduction presents Bellamys art to stunning effect.
City of Fire
Title | City of Fire PDF eBook |
Author | Moebius |
Publisher | Dark Horse Comics LLC |
Pages | |
Release | 2020-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781506722276 |
US Infantry in the Indian Wars 1865–91
Title | US Infantry in the Indian Wars 1865–91 PDF eBook |
Author | Ron Field |
Publisher | Osprey Publishing |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007-04-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781841769059 |
Thanks to Hollywood's many portrayals of the US Cavalry, it is little understood that the infantry played as great a part in the Indian Wars of the 1860s-80s, and were more consistently successful. The great Paiute War of 1866, where the infantry of the most renowned Indian-fighting general, George Cook, excelled in battle, together with the role of other infantry units in the final subjugation of Geronimo's Apaches in 1886, are but two instances of their achievements. Moreover, after the Custer massacre, it was the infantry under Gen Nelson Miles who out-fought Crazy Horse's Sioux in the Wolf Mountains in 1877; Crazy Horse christened them 'Walk-a-Heaps'. The struggle against the Indians was the longest war in American military history and the Indians were formidable opponents. They knew the terrain, could live off the land and fielded some of the finest light cavalry in the world. Facing such a determined foe, one soldier even wrote: "The front is all around and the rear is nowhere." The US Infantry endured years of sporadic battles that were bitterly contested against an enemy who was fighting for their very survival. Presenting an illustrated history of these critical but overlooked soldiers of the Indian Wars, and featuring their involvement in the legendary battles of Wounded Knee and Wolf Mountains, this narrative includes details of their tactics, training, uniforms and equipment culminating in the eventual "closing" of the American Frontier in 1890 and the final conquest of the indigenous inhabitants of North America.
Pediatric and Neonatal Mechanical Ventilation
Title | Pediatric and Neonatal Mechanical Ventilation PDF eBook |
Author | Peter C. Rimensberger |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 1584 |
Release | 2014-11-12 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 3642012191 |
Written by outstanding authorities from all over the world, this comprehensive new textbook on pediatric and neonatal ventilation puts the focus on the effective delivery of respiratory support to children, infants and newborns. In the early chapters, developmental issues concerning the respiratory system are considered, physiological and mechanical principles are introduced and airway management and conventional and alternative ventilation techniques are discussed. Thereafter, the rational use of mechanical ventilation in various pediatric and neonatal pathologies is explained, with the emphasis on a practical step-by-step approach. Respiratory monitoring and safety issues in ventilated patients are considered in detail, and many other topics of interest to the bedside clinician are covered, including the ethics of withdrawal of respiratory support and educational issues. Throughout, the text is complemented by numerous illustrations and key information is clearly summarized in tables and lists.