M R Nelson: 30 books
Missed Chances
Short Love Stories with a Hint of What Might Have Been
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Classic love stories… with a twist.
A collection of classic love stories featuring "the one that got away:" light-hearted, with undertones of tragedy and a lingering comic finish.
The flight includes:
Aunt Philippa and the Men, by L.M. Montgomery
The Kiss, by Kate...
Love and Other Happy Endings
A Collection of Classic Short Stories
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2016
Happy endings come in many guises.
A collection of classic love stories that end on a high note: fun and spirited, with overtones that will linger awhile.
The flight includes:
The Singing Lesson, by Katherine Mansfield
Akin to Love, by L.M. Montgomery
Mr. Lismore and the Widow,...
Small and Spooky
A Collection of Classic Short Ghost Stories
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
Even small ghosts can be spooky....
A collection of classic short ghost stories involving children: Spooky, with a hint of sweet.
The flight includes:
The Other Child, by E. Nesbit
The Wind in the Rose-bush, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Their Dear Little Ghost, by Elia Wilkinson Peattie
Morella,...
Navigating the Path to Industry
A Hiring Manager's Advice for Academics Looking for a Job in Industry
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014
Finding a job is hard. Running a non-academic job search when all of your previous experience is in academia is even harder. This book won’t make it easy (unfortunately, nothing can do that), but it will help you learn to run a successful job search and avoid common pitfalls. It provides a hiring...
Hemmed In
A Collection of Classic Short Stories about Women's Lives
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Sometimes, it is what men miss that tells the real story.
The classic short stories in this anthology are about women's lives and the things men don't see.
The flight includes:
A Jury of Her Peers, by Susan Glaspell
A Pair of Silk Stockings, by Kate Chopin
The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte...
Greening the Maple
Canadian Ecocriticism in Context
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Ecocriticism can be described in very general terms as the investigation of the many ways in which culture and the environment are interrelated and conceptualized. Ecocriticism aspires to understand and often to celebrate the natural world, yet it does so indirectly by focusing primarily on written...
Lima Barreto
New Critical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
This edited volume is a collection of twelve interdisciplinary essays from various Brazilian literary scholars, historians, and anthropologists analyzing the work of 19th- and 20th-century Afro-Brazilian writer Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto. This is the first collection to present a cohesive analysis...
Media Disparity
A Gender Battleground
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
For decades, scholars have repeatedly found the inequity of gender representations in informational and entertainment media. Beginning with the seminal work by Gaye Tuchman and colleagues, we have repeatedly seen a systemic underrepresentation and misrepresentation of women in media. Examining the...
Fantastic Stories Presents: Science Fiction Super Pack #1
With linked Table of Contents
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2014
The editors at www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com present Fantasy and Science Fiction from the Present, Past, and Future. The Cold Calculations by Michael A. Burstein, They Twinkled like Jewels by Philip José Farmer, Lingua Franca by Carole McDonnell, Dawn of Flame by Stanley G. Weinbaum, Don’t...
by Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Abraham Merritt
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2019
CONTENTS: ABRAHAM MERRITT 1. The People of the Pit AMELIA REYNOLDS LONG 2. Omega ANTHONY MELVILLE RUD 3. Ooze ARTHUR TRAIN 4. The Nth Power CLARK ASHTON SMITH 5. The Black Abbot of Puthuum DAVID H. KELLER 6. The Jelly-Fish DAVID H. KELLER 7. The Rat Racket DAVID H. KELLER 8. The Worm DONALD ALLEN...
by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Alan E. Nourse, Philip José Farmer
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Fantastic Universe started publishing in 1953 and continued until March 1960. It was one of the better magazines to launch during the boom in science fiction magazines publishing. It published many important stories' by some of the fields best known writers. This is our third Fantastic universe Superpack....
Political Campaign Communication
Theory, Method, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017
Political Campaign Communication: Theory, Method, and Practice brings a diversity of issues, topics, and events on political campaign communication around the concepts of theory, method and practice. The volume contains studies of political campaign communication utilizing a wide range of empirical,...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of grain legumes Volume 2
Improving cultivation of particular grain legumes
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
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Play Hard, Eat Right
A Parent's Guide to Sports Nutrition for Children
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2007
Expert Nutrition and Health Advice that Will Help Keep Your Child in the Game Whether it's training for a big track meet, rehearsing for tomorrow's dance recital, or playing a casual backyard game of catch, your child's athletic performance, development, and growth depend largely on eating the right...