Human Prehistory in Fiction

• Author : Charles De Paolo
• Publisher : McFarland
• Release : 02 December 2002

What was the world like for people thousands of years ago? How can we know? Through fiction? This is a work of literary criticism, and more. It begins with a discussion of the problem of authenticity and then considers twelve pieces of fiction that depict human prehistory: H.G. Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreau, Pierre Boulle's The Planet of the Apes, Jules Verne's The Village in the Treetops, Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Land That Time Forgot, the struggle for

• Author : Katee Robert
• Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
• Release : 18 January 2022

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER! He was the most beautiful man in Olympus. And if I wasn't careful, he was going to be my death. *A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Psyche and Eros that's as sinful as it is sweet.* In the ultra-modern city of Olympus, there's always a price to pay. Psyche Dimitriou knew she'd have to face Aphrodite's jealous rage eventually, but she never expected her literal heart to be at stake...or for

• Author : Katee Robert
• Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
• Release : 01 June 2021

He was supposed to be a myth. But from the moment I crossed the River Styx and fell under his dark spell...he was, quite simply, mine. *A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Hades and Persephone that's as sinful as it is sweet.* Society darling Persephone Dimitriou plans to flee the ultra-modern city of Olympus and start over far from the backstabbing politics of the Thirteen Houses. But all that's ripped away when her mother ambushes her with an engagement

• Author : Ryan Stabile
• Publisher : ULTRA VULGAR Publishing
• Release : 21 February 2015

An epic journey of the everyday variety unfolds as we take a vicarious romp through the minds of some of the most revered figures of all time. Ever wonder how those famous icons throughout history, throughout fiction, throughout the world over go about doing menial tasks? Neither has anyone else, until now. This collection of quirky, shameless, and insightful prose retells the brief accounts of the not so important moments in the lives of important people. YOUR IDOLS & EVERYDAY EVENTS

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 17 May 1896

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 17 May 2022

• Author : Peter H. Butter
• Publisher : Ardent Media
• Release : 17 May 2022

• Author : Jennifer MacKay
• Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
• Release : 12 September 2011

Author Jennifer MacKay focuses on the invention of electric cars, exploring how it was developed, how it works, its impact on society, and possible future uses.

• Author : Carolyn Britton Carter
• Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
• Release : 30 September 2015

Christine stood watching her father take his third curtain call to the thunderous cheering of the theater audience. Her father had just become the idol of the London stage. The adulation, however, did not stop him from forsaking the stage and his family when a tragic accident happened on his stage a short time later. Twelve years have passed without a word from her father, and the First World War has begun and is dangerously near. Christine is sent to

• Author : Simon Werrett
• Publisher : University of Chicago Press
• Release : 01 May 2010

Fireworks are synonymous with celebration in the twenty-first century. But pyrotechnics—in the form of rockets, crackers, wheels, and bombs—have exploded in sparks and noise to delight audiences in Europe ever since the Renaissance. Here, Simon Werrett shows that, far from being only a means of entertainment, fireworks helped foster advances in natural philosophy, chemistry, mathematics, and many other branches of the sciences. Fireworks brings to vibrant life the many artful practices of pyrotechnicians, as well as the elegant

• Author : Gengen Kusano
• Publisher : J-Novel Club
• Release : 17 September 2018

"Bye-bye, Earth! My idol activities here were so much fun!" 4th Hayakawa SF Contest Special Prize 48th Seiun Award (Japanese Short Story Division) 27th Dark Seiun Award (Guest Division) 16th Sense of Gender Award (Future Idol Award) Last and First Idol earned the first ever special prize in the Hayakawa SF Contest, and the first debut work to win the Seiun Award in 42 years! This existential widescreen yuri baroque proletariat hard sci-fi idol story has carved out a new legend

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 17 May 2022

• Author : Djamila Rekioua
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business
• Release : 16 April 2014

The book helps readers understand key concepts in standalone and grid connected wind energy systems and features analysis into the modeling and optimization of commonly used configurations through the implementation of different control strategies. Utilizing several electrical machinery control approaches, such as vector control and direct torque control 'Wind Power Electric Systems' equips readers with the means to understand, assess and develop their own wind energy systems and to evaluate the performance of such systems. Mathematical models are provided for

• Author : Miriama Young
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 03 March 2016

Singing the Body Electric explores the relationship between the human voice and technology, offering startling insights into the ways in which technological mediation affects our understanding of the voice, and more generally, the human body. From the phonautograph to magnetic tape and now to digital sampling, Miriama Young visits particular musical and literary works that define a century-and-a-half of recorded sound. She discusses the way in which the human voice is captured, transformed or synthesised through technology. This includes the

• Author : American Angus Association
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 17 May 2022