Tancredi is born on the same day that scientists discover a small planet they jokingly call Surprise. A planet so insignificant that it went unnoticed for millennia reveals, on closer inspection, that it will develop into supernova and is destined to be the instrument of Armageddon across the Universe.Made rich by his invention of the MoronOmeter, Tancredi decides to make it his mission to save the world and buys a ticket on a space ship making its maiden voyage to the stars.

There has been much talk of late about how the continuing financial turmoil will find expression in the arts. Will the literature of this depression match the quality of that created in the 1930s?Impossible to précis its narrative, Palumbo's story weaves and curves its way around the adventures of Tomas, a young man ensconced in a world of wealth, privilege and corruption.Like Candide and Gulliver before him, Tomas's adventures will startle the reader's imagination, yet lin...

This energizing, entertaining, yet practical guide will launch you into an entrepreneurial career that will immediately make your life – as well as those around you better.Most people are not able to make the practical connection from observing their community and the world around them to what a great business idea looks like. They need a blueprint...not only an idea of what kind of business to start, but tips and techniques on how to make it work.The Bible...

She’s fallen for his greatest role. But can she fall for him?Former soap star Tom Calvert dreams of making movies that matter. To get the part of a lifetime he becomes a method actor, living as Beau Tennant, a war hero with a disabling injury. While in character he meets Maree Reynard, a costume designer, and takes her on a date. But when this practice date becomes all too real he realizes that he’s made the mistake of a lifetime. Will he be able to get Maree to fall in love with To...

Georgia has played a formative role in the writing of America. Few states have produced a more impressive array of literary figures, among them Conrad Aiken, Erskine Caldwell, James Dickey, Joel Chandler Harris, Carson McCullers, Flannery O'Connor, Jean Toomer, and Alice Walker.This volume contains biographical and critical discussions of Georgia writers from the nineteenth century to the present as well as other information pertinent to Georgia literature. Organized in alphabetica...

This energizing, entertaining, yet practical guide will launch you into an entrepreneurial career that will immediately make your life – as well as those around you better.Most people are not able to make the practical connection from observing their community and the world around them to what a great business idea looks like. They need a blueprint...not only an idea of what kind of business to start, but tips and techniques on how to make it work.The Bible...

A Christian motivational speaker shares his story of discovering the greatness within himself—and how he has helped so many others do the same.If you've ever questioned your worth or wondered what your gifts are, motivation speaker David Kohout can help you find the answers you seek. In Standing in the Presence of Greatness, he explains how nothing in life is wasted. Even illness, injury, job loss, and countless other situations we see as a crisis can in r...

One of the major figures in science fiction for more than sixty years, James Gunn has been instrumental in making the genre one of the most vibrant and engaging areas of literary scholarship. His genre history Alternate Worlds and his The Road to Science Fiction anthologies introduced countless readers to science fiction. He founded the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction in 1982.But Gunn has also been one of the genre's leading writers. His classic novel...

Caitlin R. Kiernan is at the forefront of contemporary gothic, weird and science fiction literature. She has written more than a dozen novels, over 250 short stories, many chapbooks, along with a large number of graphic works. For these Kiernan has won numerous awards. This first full-length look at Kiernan's body of work explores her fictional universe through critical literary lenses to show the depth of her contributions to modern genre literature.A prolific and creative writer,...