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Battlelines are drawn as the conflict between brothers begins. Peter Bennington wants to control world leadership by replacing government officials with android duplicates. Samuel Bennington is determined to stop his younger ambitious brother and Peter's army of Artificial Intelligent robots.Cigi Weatherman leads a sentient AI android cohort designed and developed by Sam that opposes Android dominance. She wants to be part of the human experie...

For forty-three years, Norman Stockwell preached the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as an Episcopal priest. He left behind a treasure trove of sermons and other papers that his son, Peter Stockwell, inherited. In 2015, Peter began a blog using his dad's sermons as the basis for the material. Along with his commentaries about each sermon the number of presentations grew into a small group of related sermon, that became the Stormin' Norman s...

Cigi Weatherman is stunningly beautiful, so capturing attention has never been a problem. But her aspirations target certain men who are unwitting accomplices to an unholy and diabolical plot for world supremacy. That dominance could lead to the ruin of any remaining thread of freedom humanity still possesses. Her power of influence may have dire consequences for the fate of humankind. Guilt is not an emotion she processes. However, doubts abo...

What motive does a young mother and wife have to commit the ultimate sin of suicide? What motive does a father and husband have for killing his wife? Mary Waite's death presents a conundrum, is it suicide or murder? Detective Marc Jefferson has motive to figure out the answer, but his motive could ruin his own marriage. Marc receives the call on a Sunday which is his family day. He leaves a disappointed wife to uncover a mystery which has unse...

Eden Montague has one of the largest wholesale nurseries in Washington State. She is renown or the bushes, ¿owers, and trees produced by her growers. She also markets some of the ¿nest honey in the northwest. But people are dying from a certain kind of the sweetener called 'Mad Honey, ' the result of bumblebees pollinating rhododendrons and azaleas., plants known in the northwest to be poisonous. Detective Marc Je¿erson wants to end the carnag...

The Ottoman Lieutenant" erzählt die Geschichte einer jungen, entschlossenen Amerikanerin (Hera Hilmar, "Anna Karenina"), die kurz vor Beginn des ersten Weltkrieges, aus Frust über die anhaltenden Missstände in ihrer Heimat, einem amerikanischen Doktor (Josh Hartnett, "Black Hawk Down") auf eine medizinische Mission in das exotische Osmanische Reich folgt. Jedoch wird ihre Loyalität sowohl zum Doktor als auch zum Gründer der Mission (Ben Kingsl...

The Ottoman Lieutenant" erzählt die Geschichte einer jungen, entschlossenen Amerikanerin (Hera Hilmar, "Anna Karenina"), die kurz vor Beginn des ersten Weltkrieges, aus Frust über die anhaltenden Missstände in ihrer Heimat, einem amerikanischen Doktor (Josh Hartnett, "Black Hawk Down") auf eine medizinische Mission in das exotische Osmanische Reich folgt. Jedoch wird ihre Loyalität sowohl zum Doktor als auch zum Gründer der Mission (Ben Kingsl...

A Relaxing vacation cruise through Alaskan waters is just what Detective Marcus Jefferson and his family needs. They meet International best-selling author, James Blackthorne, who is on board as a guest of the cruise line. In his stateroom after a speaking engagement, a strange illness strikes the author which induces his death. An initial ruling by the ship's medical staff of natural causes raises few alarms. However, Joan Jefferson, an exper...

A pioneering text in its first edition, this revised publication of Cognitive Poetics offers a rigorous and principled approach to literary reading and analysis."--

The Poetics of Science Fiction uniquely uses the science of linguistics to explore the literary universe of science fiction. Developing arguments about specific texts and movements throughout the twentieth-century, the book is a readable discussion of this most popular of genres. It also uses the extreme conditions offered by science fiction to develop new insights into the language of the literary context. The discussion ranges from a detaile...

This updated edition of Sociolinguistics provides a comprehensive introduction to sociolinguistics drawing on a range of real texts and using real studies designed and conducted by students.

The Poetics of Science Fiction uniquely uses the science of linguistics to explore the literary universe of science fiction. Developing arguments about specific texts and movements throughout the twentieth-century, the book is a readable discussion of this most popular of genres. It also uses the extreme conditions offered by science fiction to develop new insights into the language of the literary context. The discussion ranges from a detaile...

Texture represents the latest advance in cognitive poetics. The book builds feeling and embodied experience on to the insights into meaningfulness which the cognitive approach to literature has achieved in recent years. Taking key familiar concepts such as characterisation, tone, empathy, and identification, the book describes the natural experience of literary reading in a thorough and principled way. Accessibly and informatively written, the...

This accessible and authoritative guide to the theory and practice of stylistics encompasses both traditional textual analysis and recent innovations.

This updated edition of Sociolinguistics provides a comprehensive introduction to sociolinguistics drawing on a range of real texts and using real studies designed and conducted by students.

A study of 'texture', a key feature of literary reading.

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This thoroughly revised edition of Cognitive Poetics includes updated explorations and discussion points, making it essential reading for students on literary theory and stylistics courses, as well as a fundamental tool for those studying critical theory, linguistics and literary studies.

Kitsap County Sheriff Detective Marcus Jefferson promised Joan, his wife, to be more attentive to her needs for a family man at home regularly. But a detective is not always able to follow leads and catch suspects on a 9 to 5 schedule. His latest endeavor involves uncovering the truth about his Uncle Jeremais Jefferson's death two years ago. Jerry, a Snohomish County sheriff's deputy, had investigated a drug cartel operation in his county. Whe...

Across a bleak and threatening landscape, two Ice Age boys chase their sister's murderer in a desperate battle to regain her artist's spirit, and, with it, ensure the survival of themselves, their family and their tribe.