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Companion to the Contemporary Irish Novel

by Kathleen Costello-Sullivan, Neil Murphy, Anne Fogarty, Michelle Wang, Prof. Dr. Katharina Rennhak, Mary M. McGlynn, Lianghui LI, Adel Cheong0, Sylvie Mikowski1, Katherine O'Callaghan2, Michael G Cronin3, Molly Ferguson4, Deirdre Flynn5, Seán Golden6, Margarita Estévez-Saá7, Eoghan Smith8, Christine Cusick9, Gerry Smyth0, Hedwig Schwall1, Graham Matthews2, Joseph Valente3, Patricia Malone4, Jack Fennell5, Jennifer Mooney6, Keith O’Sullivan7, Brian Cliff8, Ondrej Pilný9, Hana Zahradníková0, Kersti Powell1, Paula Murphy2 ...

Since the 1980s, Ireland has gone through a profound social, demographic, and religious disruption, the impact of which has been seen across recent fiction from Irish writers. Companion to the Contemporary Irish Novel traces this cultural shift and its impact by examining how modern novels have reckoned with a new conception of Irishness.Despite the heady mix of cultural and social destabilization ... Read more

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Since the 1980s, Ireland has gone through a profound social, demographic, and religious disruption, the impact of which has been seen across recent fiction from Irish writers. Companion to the Contemporary Irish Novel traces this cultural shift and its impact by examining how modern novels have reckoned with a new conception of Irishness.Despite the heady mix of cultural and social destabilization
... Read more
The John McGahern Companion

by Eamon Maher ...

Series Book 150 - Reimagining Ireland
This collection of essays by established McGahern scholars and others interested in his work was put together to assess the writer’s current status some 20 years after his death in 2006. The Companion covers various aspects of McGahern’s oeuvre: the reception of his books among readers and literary critics; his epistolary exchanges with publishers, friends and family, and the adaptations that have ... Read more

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This collection of essays by established McGahern scholars and others interested in his work was put together to assess the writer’s current status some 20 years after his death in 2006. The Companion covers various aspects of McGahern’s oeuvre: the reception of his books among readers and literary critics; his epistolary exchanges with publishers, friends and family, and the adaptations that have
... Read more
Heroes Wanted

A Fantasy Anthology

by Ben Galley, Dyrk Ashton, David Benem, Jeramy Goble, Jeffrey Hall, Laura M. Hughes, Joe Jackson, J.C. Kang, Matt Moss, Quenby Olson, Andy Peloquin, Daniel Potter, M.D. Presley, Mike Shel, Derek Alan Siddoway, Michael J. Sullivan, Phil Tucker, K.S. Villoso, Will Wight ...

“What do you think a hero is? It’s just the right person in the right place making the right choice at the right time. Heroes aren’t born. They’re made.”A demonic assassin. A half-orc boxer. A ratman necromancer. Though they take many different shapes and forms, there are heroes all around us.Bravery can be found in the most unexpected places: a subterranean dwarven city; the sands of a temple ... Read more

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“What do you think a hero is? It’s just the right person in the right place making the right choice at the right time. Heroes aren’t born. They’re made.”A demonic assassin. A half-orc boxer. A ratman necromancer. Though they take many different shapes and forms, there are heroes all around us.Bravery can be found in the most unexpected places: a subterranean dwarven city; the sands of a temple
... Read more
Hobgoblin and the Seven Stinkers of Rancidia

by Kyle Sullivan ...

Illustrated by Derek Sullivan ...

Series Book 1 - Hazy Fables
Set in the faraway (and terrible-smelling) land of Rancidia, where it’s good to smell bad and bad to smell good, this uproarious send-up of Snow White follows the adventures of the profoundly stinky Hobgoblin as he flees the jealous wrath of a monstrous, democracy-hating ogre tyrant named Fiddlefart.Along the way, he joins forces with the Seven Stinkers—an outcast band of foul-smelling creatures ... Read more

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Set in the faraway (and terrible-smelling) land of Rancidia, where it’s good to smell bad and bad to smell good, this uproarious send-up of Snow White follows the adventures of the profoundly stinky Hobgoblin as he flees the jealous wrath of a monstrous, democracy-hating ogre tyrant named Fiddlefart.Along the way, he joins forces with the Seven Stinkers—an outcast band of foul-smelling creatures
... Read more
How Canadians Communicate III

Contexts of Canadian Popular Culture

Edited by Bart Beaty, Derek Briton, Gloria Filax, Rebecca Sullivan ...

What does Canadian popular culture say about the construction and negotiation of Canadian national identity? This third volume of How Canadians Communicate describes the negotiation of popular culture across terrains where national identity is built by producers and audiences, government and industry, history and geography, ethnicities and citizenships.Canada does indeed have a popular culture ... Read more

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What does Canadian popular culture say about the construction and negotiation of Canadian national identity? This third volume of How Canadians Communicate describes the negotiation of popular culture across terrains where national identity is built by producers and audiences, government and industry, history and geography, ethnicities and citizenships.Canada does indeed have a popular culture
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Biggie

by Derek E. Sullivan ...

Narrated by Matt Godfrey ...

Unabridged

7 hours 39 min

Henry "Biggie" Abbott is the son of one of Finch, Iowa's most famous athletes. His father was a baseball legend and his step-dad is a close second. At an obese 300+ pounds though, Biggie himself prefers classroom success to sports. As a perfectionist, he doesn't understand why someone would be happy getting two hits in five trips to the plate. "Forty percent, that's an F in any class," he would ... Read more

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Henry "Biggie" Abbott is the son of one of Finch, Iowa's most famous athletes. His father was a baseball legend and his step-dad is a close second. At an obese 300+ pounds though, Biggie himself prefers classroom success to sports. As a perfectionist, he doesn't understand why someone would be happy getting two hits in five trips to the plate. "Forty percent, that's an F in any class," he would
... Read more
The Sky Dragon Slayers

Victory Lap

by Tim Ball, Pierre Latour, George Chilingar, Derek Alker, John O'Sullivan ...

Sky Dragon Slayers Victory Lap is a comprehensive, scientifically-accurate, up-to-date, full-volume refutation of the greenhouse gas theory—which, for over 30 years, has been the cornerstone of the so-called science of man-made global warming.In any objective field of science, if a theory fails the predictive requirement, then that theory is discarded. But in climate research not everything is at ... Read more

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Sky Dragon Slayers Victory Lap is a comprehensive, scientifically-accurate, up-to-date, full-volume refutation of the greenhouse gas theory—which, for over 30 years, has been the cornerstone of the so-called science of man-made global warming.In any objective field of science, if a theory fails the predictive requirement, then that theory is discarded. But in climate research not everything is at
... Read more
Shots in the Dark

Experimentation, Success, and Failure in the Second World War

by Jadwiga Biskupska, Sara B. Castro, Robert Citino, Claire Cookson-Hills, Elena Friot, Brian Hayashi, Derek Mallett, Erina Megowan, Adrian O'Sullivan0, Katrin Paehler1, Kevin Riehle2, Jeff Rutherford3, Victoria Sotvedt4, Cameron Zinsou5 ...

Series series World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension
Brings together geographies and methodologies often kept apart by the difficulties of researching such a broad-ranging topic as the warShots in the Dark offers cutting-edge scholarship across different subfields in World War II history, revealing new insights into how this crucial conflict was planned, experienced, and fought. Twelve chapters demonstrate the broad scope of wartime innovation and ... Read more

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Brings together geographies and methodologies often kept apart by the difficulties of researching such a broad-ranging topic as the warShots in the Dark offers cutting-edge scholarship across different subfields in World War II history, revealing new insights into how this crucial conflict was planned, experienced, and fought. Twelve chapters demonstrate the broad scope of wartime innovation and
... Read more
Don't Eat Me, Chupacabra! / ¡No Me Comas, Chupacabra!

A Delicious Story with Digestible Spanish Vocabulary

by Kyle Sullivan ...

Illustrated by Derek Sullivan ...

Series Book 5 - Hazy Dell Press Monster Series
ul>Created by identical twin brothers (Kyle is the author and Derek is the illustrator), Don't Eat Me, Chupacabra! is the fourth book in the Hazy Dell Press Monster Series, following their regionally popular releases: Monster ABC, Goodnight Krampus, Get Dressed Sasquatch and Hush Now Banshee.This book is a fun, engaging way to introduce Spanish vocabulary to young readersA silly story told in ... Read more

$9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

ul>Created by identical twin brothers (Kyle is the author and Derek is the illustrator), Don't Eat Me, Chupacabra! is the fourth book in the Hazy Dell Press Monster Series, following their regionally popular releases: Monster ABC, Goodnight Krampus, Get Dressed Sasquatch and Hush Now Banshee.This book is a fun, engaging way to introduce Spanish vocabulary to young readersA silly story told in
... Read more
Hush Now, Banshee!

A Not-So-Quiet Counting Book

by Kyle Sullivan ...

Illustrated by Derek Sullivan ...

Series Book 4 - Hazy Dell Press Monster Series
Created by identical twin brothers (Kyle is the author and Derek is the illustrator), Hush Now Banshee is the fourth book in the Hazy Dell Press Monster Series, following their regionally popular releases, Monster ABC, Goodnight Krampus and Get Dressed Sasquatch.With lovely rhymes and detailed illustrations, the quirky and hilarious Hush Now Banshee reinvigorates the counting book in the same way ... Read more

$9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Created by identical twin brothers (Kyle is the author and Derek is the illustrator), Hush Now Banshee is the fourth book in the Hazy Dell Press Monster Series, following their regionally popular releases, Monster ABC, Goodnight Krampus and Get Dressed Sasquatch.With lovely rhymes and detailed illustrations, the quirky and hilarious Hush Now Banshee reinvigorates the counting book in the same way
... Read more
The Cyclops Witch and the Heebie-Jeebies

by Kyle Sullivan ...

Illustrated by Derek Sullivan ...

The Cyclops Witch never backs down from adventure or the medley of monsters she meets along the way. But one spooky night, the only thing in the world that gives her the heebie-jeebies walks right up to her door—and it’s not what you’re expecting.A timely tale of fear, prejudice and misunderstanding, The Cyclops Witch and the Heebie-Jeebies is the first picture book collaboration from Kyle and ... Read more

$10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Cyclops Witch never backs down from adventure or the medley of monsters she meets along the way. But one spooky night, the only thing in the world that gives her the heebie-jeebies walks right up to her door—and it’s not what you’re expecting.A timely tale of fear, prejudice and misunderstanding, The Cyclops Witch and the Heebie-Jeebies is the first picture book collaboration from Kyle and
... Read more
Monster ABC

by Kyle Sullivan ...

Illustrated by Derek Sullivan ...

Series Book 1 - Hazy Dell Press Monster Series
Created by identical twin brothers (Kyle is the author and Derek is the illustrator), Monster ABC is a quirky, witty alphabet book that is already a regional favorite in the Pacific Northwest. Now available for the first nationally, Monster ABC is sure to find a wide audience as one of the funnier, more adorable and thoughtful alphabet books on the market.This award-winning children's board book ... Read more

$9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Created by identical twin brothers (Kyle is the author and Derek is the illustrator), Monster ABC is a quirky, witty alphabet book that is already a regional favorite in the Pacific Northwest. Now available for the first nationally, Monster ABC is sure to find a wide audience as one of the funnier, more adorable and thoughtful alphabet books on the market.This award-winning children's board book
... Read more

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