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A Feeling of Wrongness: Pessimistic Rhetoric on the Fringes of Popular Culture
by Joseph Packer Ethan StonemanIn A Feeling of Wrongness, Joseph Packer and Ethan Stoneman confront the rhetorical challenge inherent in the concept of pessimism by analyzing how it is represented in an eclectic range of texts on the fringes of popular culture, from adult animated cartoons to speculative fiction.Packer and Stoneman explore how narratives such as True Detective, Rick and Morty, Final Fantasy VII, Lovecraftian weird fiction, and the pop ideology of transhumanism are better suited to communicate pessimistic affect to their fans than most carefully argued philosophical treatises and polemics. They show how these popular nondiscursive texts successfully circumvent the typical defenses against pessimism identified by Peter Wessel Zapffe as distraction, isolation, anchoring, and sublimation. They twist genres, upend common tropes, and disturb conventional narrative structures in a way that catches their audience off guard, resulting in belief without cognition, a more rhetorically effective form of pessimism than philosophical pessimism.While philosophers and polemicists argue for pessimism in accord with the inherently optimistic structures of expressive thought or rhetoric, Packer and Stoneman show how popular texts are able to communicate their pessimism in ways that are paradoxically freed from the restrictive tools of optimism. A Feeling of Wrongness thus presents uncharted rhetorical possibilities for narrative, making visible the rhetorical efficacy of alternate ways and means of persuasion.
Feersum Endjinn
by Iain M. BanksA superb standalone novel from the awesome imagination of Iain M. Banks, a master of modern science fiction. Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time...Chief Scientist Gadfium is about to receive the mysterious message she has been waiting for from the Plain of Sliding Stones...And Bascule the Teller, in search of an ant, is about to enter the chaos of the crypt...And everything is about to change...For this is the time of the encroachment and, although the dimming sun still shines on the vast, towering walls of Serehfa Fastness, the end is close at hand. The King knows it, his closest advisers know it, yet sill they prosecute the war against the clan Engineers with increasing savagery. The crypt knows it too; so an emissary has been sent, an emissary who holds the key to all their futures.Praise for Iain M. Banks:'Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution' Independent on Sunday'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future' Guardian'Jam-packed with extraordinary invention' Scotsman'Compulsive reading' Sunday Telegraph The Culture series:Consider PhlebasThe Player of GamesUse of WeaponsThe State of the ArtExcessionInversionsLook to WindwardMatterSurface DetailThe Hydrogen SonataOther books by Iain M. Banks:Against a Dark BackgroundFeersum EndjinnThe Algebraist
Feersum Endjinn
by Iain M. BanksA superb standalone novel from the awesome imagination of Iain M. Banks, a master of modern science fiction. Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time...Chief Scientist Gadfium is about to receive the mysterious message she has been waiting for from the Plain of Sliding Stones...And Bascule the Teller, in search of an ant, is about to enter the chaos of the crypt...And everything is about to change...For this is the time of the encroachment and, although the dimming sun still shines on the vast, towering walls of Serehfa Fastness, the end is close at hand. The King knows it, his closest advisers know it, yet sill they prosecute the war against the clan Engineers with increasing savagery. The crypt knows it too; so an emissary has been sent, an emissary who holds the key to all their futures.Praise for Iain M. Banks:'Epic in scope, ambitious in its ideas and absorbing in its execution' Independent on Sunday'Banks has created one of the most enduring and endearing visions of the future' Guardian'Jam-packed with extraordinary invention' Scotsman'Compulsive reading' Sunday Telegraph The Culture series:Consider PhlebasThe Player of GamesUse of WeaponsThe State of the ArtExcessionInversionsLook to WindwardMatterSurface DetailThe Hydrogen SonataOther books by Iain M. Banks:Against a Dark BackgroundFeersum EndjinnThe Algebraist
Feersum Endjinn
by Iain M. BanksCount Sessine is about to die for the very last time ...Chief Scientist Gadfium is about to receive the mysterious message she has been waiting for from the Plain of Sliding Stones ...And Bascule the Teller, in search of an ant, is about to enter the chaos of the crypt ...And everything is about to change ...For this is the time of the encroachment and, although the dimming sun still shines on the vast, towering walls of Serehfa Fastness, the end is close at hand. The King knows it, his closest advisers know it, yet sill they prosecute the war against the clan Engineers with increasing savagery. The crypt knows it too; so an emissary has been sent, an emissary who holds the key to all their futures.
Feet of Clay: A Discworld Novel (City Watch #3)
by Terry Pratchett“This is fantasy served with a twist of Monty Python, parody that works by never taking itself too seriously.” —Publishers WeeklyMurder! Mahem! Bacon sandwiches! People are dying suspiciously in Ankh-Morpork, and Sam Vimes of the City Watch will find the truth. Another brilliant and hilarious Discworld adventure from beloved New York Times bestselling author Terry PratchettFor Commander Sam Vimes, Head of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, life consists of trouble . . . and more trouble: a werewolf with pre-lunar tension, a dwarf with attitude, a golem who’s begun to think for itself. Now he’s got the unusual deaths of three elderly Ankh-Morporkians on his hands. It’s murder in Discworld!—which ordinarily is no big deal. The problem is, the deaths do not bear the clean, efficient marks of the Assassins' Guild; there’s an apparent lack of motive, and there’s no trace of anything alive having been at the crime scene. What Vimes does have are some tracks of white clay and more bothersome “clue” thingies that muck up his investigations.The anger of a fearful populace is already targeting the city’s small community of golems—those mindless, absurdly industrious creatures of baked clay, who can occasionally be found toiling in the city's factories. And certain highly placed personages are using the unrest as an excuse to resurrect a monarchy—which would be bad enough even if their would-be “king” wasn’t as empty-headed as your typical animated pottery.In addition to quieting the restless populace, Vimes has to find out whodunit—and howdunit too. He’s not even sure what they dun. But as soon as he knows what the questions are, he’s going to look for some answers.The Discworld novels can be read in any order, but Feet of Clay is the 3rd book in the City Watch collection and the 17th Discworld book.The City Watch collection in order:Guards! Guards!Men at ArmsFeet of ClayJingoThe Fifth ElementNight WatchThud!Snuff
Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical Familiars
When the witches and wizards are away, the familiars will play! Gifted adventurers across time and space often travel with an animal familiar—usually a cat, but possibly other fuzzy, scaly, or prickly creatures. These magical companions lead their humans into mischief, help them out of sticky situations, or offer opinionated commentary along the way. We're familiar with familiars ... or are we? Compiled by New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson and award-winning editor Allyson Longueira—and their Publishing graduate students at Western Colorado University—Feisty Felines and Other Fantastical Familiars features 26 never-before-published short stories and poems crafted by Mercedes Lackey, Heather Graham, Jody Lynn Nye, John Hartness, Steve Rasnic Tem, and many others. You’ll love this collection kitty-littered with surprises at every turn. Some stories are whimsical, some are sad, some will tug at your heartstrings—and some will stay with you long after you close this book. From mischievous cats to cunning ravens, skittering spiders to—a cow?—these feisty familiars will take you on a magical trip to places even wizards don’t tread.
Feitos de Estrela
by David Litwack Grace Valias"Mas o que somos sem sonhos?" [Distopia, Ficção Científica, Pós-apocalíptico, Religião] Contra todas as probabilidades, Orah e Nathaniel encontraram o abrigo e revelaram a verdade sobre a escuridão, iniciando o que esperavam ser uma nova era de iluminação. Mas as pessoas eram mais rígidas em seus caminhos do que o previsto, e uma facção de vigários sussurrou em seus ouvidos, um retorno a formas tradicionais. Desesperados em manter o movimento vivo, Orah e Nathaniel atravessam o oceano para procurar os descendentes dos mestres. Aqueles que encontram na terra distante são ambos mais e menos avançados do que esperavam. Os buscadores ficam entre os dois lados, e enfrentam o desafio de uni-los para fazer um mundo melhor. O prêmio: uma chance de trazer milagres e um futuro promissor para seu povo. Mas se falharem dessa vez, eles arriscam, não um apedrejamento, mas se perder no crepúsculo de um sonho sem fim.
Felaheen (Arabesk #3)
by Jon Courtenay GrimwoodIn a world where secrets kill, an ex-cop discovers he's got the biggest secret of all. ... Set in a 21st-century Ottoman Empire, Jon Courtenay Grimwood's acclaimed Arabesk series is a noir action-thriller with an exotic twist. Here an ex-cop with nothing to lose finds himself on the trail of a man he doesn't believe in: his father. Ashraf Bey has been a lot of things--and most of them illegal...
Felice Vita
by Annalisa Gallucci Lorena FrancoFELICE VITA, LA COMMEDIA ROMANTICA DEL MOMENTO! UNICA ED IRRIPETIBILE, ha già conquistato centinaia di lettori in tutto il mondo. E se avessimo una seconda opportunità? Vivi pagina dopo pagina un’intensa storia alla ricerca della felicità. Laura Smith, una popolare ed egocentrica top model, muore in maniera assurda ed inaspettata, proprio all’apice della sua carriera professionale a New York. È proprio in questo momento che ha inizio la sua avventura; nella sua prima passeggiata come spirito, attraverso la città dei grattacieli, incontra altri spiriti, ad esempio quello di John Lennon. Ma, dopo aver seguito la luce, ed essere arrivata davanti a San Pietro, quest’ultimo le dice di dover tornare sulla terra. Con un altro corpo, un’altra vita, un altro luogo… portando con sé più ricordi della sua vita passata di top model, che dell’attuale, e con un tocco in più, che renderà la sua nuova vita un po’ più complicata in determinati momenti. Laura inizierà a vivere come Marta, la cassiera di un supermercato in un piccolo paese dell’Estremadura, Valencia de Alcántara (Cáceres), con una vita completamente differente a quella della top model, e con dei problemi da risolvere. Una commedia fresca, agile e divertente. Un romanzo romantico con punti drammatici, ricco di magia e fantasia, che ti renderà partecipe di una storia fuori dal comune, che ti farà appassionare sin dall’inizio della lettura. Dicono i suoi lettori: «Mi ha fatto ridere e piangere. Un romanzo romantico che riesce a parlare della vita e della morte con un senso dell’umorismo, riuscendoti a far capire che la vita è un regalo che bisogna valorare giorno per giorno.» «Felice Vita è una storia divertentissima. Mi ha appassionato sin dal principio e non sono riuscito a fermarmi. Non è solo un romanzo divertente, ma riesce anche a farti amare i suoi personaggi che sorprendono con l’avanzare della storia, dand
Felice y la Llorona
by Diana LópezLa hija de doce años de La Llorona promete liberar a su madre y revertir las maldiciones que han plagado al pueblo mágico de Tres Leches en esta aventura deliciosamente dulce y cautivadora de la querida autora Diana López.
Felicia the Fidget Toy Fairy (Rainbow Magic #1149)
by Daisy MeadowsJoin Felicia the Fidget Toy Fairy and Rachel and Kirsty, as they help children everywhere to find their perfect fidget toy!Felicia's magical fidget popper helps her to find the right fidget toys for the children who need them. Fidget toys help so many children to focus at school and relax when they're feeling overwhelmed. But when a naughty goblin steals Felicia's magical fidget popper, children everywhere are struggling. She needs Rachel and Kirsty's help - and fast!'These stories are magic; they turn children into readers!' ReadingZone.comIf you like Rainbow Magic, check out Daisy Meadows' other series: Magic Animal Friends and Unicorn Magic!
Felicidad
by Chris Red Yolanda Carolina Estrada OrtizCuando Natan, Edwin, Kerian y Jérémy cruzaron la puerta de las estrellas, no fue solamente para ir en busca de Salina, también fueron a descubrir un nuevo planeta que les mostraría una nueva especie: el pueblo Félido. Una nueva búsqueda los espera mientras Amaru, un humilde pescador, ve en ellos a los mensajeros anunciados en la profecía, y a los encargados de restaurar el equilibrio espiritual del planeta Felicidad.
La felicidad cabe en una taza de café (Antes de que se enfríe el café #Volumen 2)
by Toshikazu KawaguchiLlega una nueva delicia con sabor japonés del autor de Antes de que se enfríe el café, la novela que ya ha conquistado a más de un millón de lectores en todo el mundo.Un fenómeno esperanzador sobre los arrepentimientos del pasado, la promesa del futuro y el increíble regalo que es el presente. Dicen que en la cafetería Funikuri Funikura hay una mesa en la que puedes sentarte, pedir un café y viajar al pasado durante el tiempo que tarda este en enfriarse. Bajo la atenta mirada de la encantadora camarera Kazu, los clientes del café se enfrentarán a los momentos más importantes de sus vidas y descubrirán que la felicidad consiste en saber perdonarse a uno mismo. Con un tono delicado y una cuidada atmósfera, Kawaguchi nos relata cuatro historias de redención y esperanza llenas de personajes inolvidables, tiernos, contradictorios ysorprendentes que ya habitan en el corazón de multitud de lectores. «Toshikazu Kawaguchi comparte con nosotros la receta de la serenidad: llega la secuela de Antes de que se enfríe el café».La Repubblica «Un bálsamo para las almas heridas».Panorama «Volvemos a la cafetería en la que reviviremos en pasado con nuevas historias, aún más conmovedoras y poéticas, sobre el dolor y la valentía».La Lettura «Una lectura emocionante y emotiva para alejar las preocupaciones cotidianas».Publishers Weekly «Una nueva historia sobre la cafetería de Tokio en la que basta una taza de café para viajar en el tiempo y hacer las paces con el pasado».La Stampa «El escritor japonés que se ha catapultado a las listas de más vendidos».La Repubblica «Un rápido viaje de ida y vuelta al pasado o al futuro para reencontrarse con un ser querido en el que los protagonistas no tienen la posibilidad de cambiar el rumbo de las cosas, pero disponen de unos diez minutos para transmitir un mensaje y poner fin a los remordimientos. El talento del autor para mostrar la vulnerabilidad de sus personajes y su escritura sencilla y empática explican el éxito de esta serie de novelas que se han convertido en un éxito de ventas en Japón». Le Monde
Felicittà
by Chris Red Valentina CuzzocreaNatan, Edwin, Kerian e Jérémy non si sono solo lanciati all'inseguimento di Salina quando hanno oltrepassato la porta delle stelle. Sono partiti soprattutto alla scoperta di un nuovo pianeta e sono andati incontro a una nuova specie, il popolo Felide. Li attende una nuova ricerca mentre Amaru, un umile pescatore, vedrà in loro i messaggeri annunciati dalla profezia per restaurare l'equilibrio spirituale del pianeta Felicittà.
Felicity
by Chris RedAn encounter between humans and the inhabitants of Felicity. After Nathan, Edwin, Kerian and Jeremy crossed the Stellar Portal on their search for Salina, they never imagined that their pursuit would take them to a new planet where they would encounter a new sentient species, the Felids. A new quest awaits them when they chance upon Amaru, a humble fish-catching felid who takes them for the messengers whose arrival was predicted by the prophecy and whose presence would restore his planet, Felicity’s spiritual balance.
Feline Felon (Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Salem's Tails #8)
by Nancy HolderSalem has his own tales to tell (and pet-care tips to share) in these new stories! "Follow me and I promise I will be the most benevolent dictator the word has ever seen" -- Salem But He's Innocent! Salem is organizing a reunion for all the power-hungry warlocks now serving time as household pets. But after all that work, he needs a break. So when a former follower suggests an exciting outside adventure, Salem sneaks out of the house. But then Salem and his friend are mistakenly nabbed by the dogcatcher and thrown behind bars. Life at the pound is the pits -- until Salem meets his fellow furry inmates and realizes all may not be lost. They need a leader, and he's a natural. Together, they can blow the joint wide open!
The Feline Wizard
by Christopher StasheffA CAT-NAPPED PRINCESSThe feline sorceress Balkis has returned to Maracanda to reclaim her royal title. But a vengeful foe sprouts a diabolical scheme to spirit away the Princess of the Eastern Gate and send her tumbling forever through unknown worlds. Now an unprecedented search is begun, led by Balkis's mentor, Royal Wizard Matthew Mantrell.But the hardship of finding his apprentice cannot compare to Balkis's own struggle to escape the strange world in which she has landed. With the aid of a soul-weary young boy named Anthony, Balkis mounts a magnificent, though treacherous, journey. Together they must rely on each other and their powers--both mortal and magic--to defy the forces of darkness and embrace the destiny they are fated to share . . .From the Paperback edition.
Felix Powell, Boy Dog
by Erin Entrada KellyIn this funny young middle-grade novel about friendship, family, and animals, Felix Powell is magically transformed from a boy into a dog. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings by Newbery Medal winner and national bestseller Erin Entrada Kelly on almost every page. Perfect for fans of Ivy + Bean, Merci Suárez, and Ramona.Felix Powell can talk to animals. Just ask his dog, Mary Puppins! They talk all the time. When a mysterious, magical spell turns Felix into a dog, Mary Puppins is amazed. But not as much as Felix! Will his tail ever stop wagging? Will he ever see in full color again? How will he deal with Gumbo, the snobby neighborhood cat? Most importantly, will he ever return to being a regular boy?With short, high-interest chapters and illustrations by the author on almost every page, Felix Powell, Boy Dog celebrates curiosity, ingenuity, imagination, and friendship. For readers of Beverly Cleary, Judy Blume, Meg Medina, and Megan McDonald, and all kids who love animals.
Felix Silver, Teaspoons & Witches
by Harry CookAfter his parents announce that his bizarre, emerging abilities are getting in the way of their divorce, Felix Silver relocates to Dorset Harbor and becomes the charge of his Grandma Aggie. As Felix adjusts to life in a new school, Aggie decides that it's time he learn The Silver Way, and teaches him all she knows about sorcery and magical arts. When Felix and his new friends decide to solve the mystery of local teenagers who have gone missing, Felix learns that his crush, Aero, has a big secret. Is dark magic creeping into the town, and can Felix learn enough from Aggie and the witches of Dorset Harbor to combat it?From actor and author Harry Cook, Felix Silver is a charming and funny Golden Girls–meets–Harry Potter YA fantasy adventure in the tradition of Rainbow Rowell's Carry On.
Felix Taylor Adventures 2-Book Bundle: Laughing Wolf / Fortuna
by Nicholas MaesFor the first time, the Felix Taylor Adventures are available as together in this two-book bundle. Short-listed for the Snow Willow Young Reader’s Choice Award and the Manitoba Young Reader’s Choice Award. "An entertaining and thoughtful read that will please fans of sci-fi and historical fiction alike." - Caitlin Campbell, CM magazine Fortuna - Felix Taylor Adventure #2 (NEW!) Just when Felix thought the 23rd century was returning to normal, Felix and Caroline must follow a stranger back in time and stop them before Felix’s world turns to dust. Laughing Wold - Felix Taylor Adventure #1 When a mysterious plague places humanity on the brink of eradication, Felix must project back in time and retrieve the only possible cure, a flower common in ancient Rome, but extinct for more than 2,000 years.
Felix Yz
by Lisa Bunker<P>“If it wasn’t for the fused-with-Zyx thing, I suppose I would just be normal—whatever that means.” <p> When Felix Yz was three years old, a hyperintelligent fourth-dimensional being became fused inside him after one of his father’s science experiments went terribly wrong. The creature is friendly, but Felix—now thirteen—won’t be able to grow to adulthood while they’re still melded together. So a risky Procedure is planned to separate them . . . but it may end up killing them both instead. <P> This book is Felix’s secret blog, a chronicle of the days leading up to the Procedure. Some days it’s business as usual—time with his close-knit family, run-ins with a bully at school, anxiety about his crush. But life becomes more out of the ordinary with the arrival of an Estonian chess Grandmaster, the revelation of family secrets, and a train-hopping journey. When it all might be over in a few days, what matters most? <P>Told in an unforgettable voice full of heart and humor, Felix Yz is a groundbreaking story about how we are all separate, but all connected too.
Fell (The Sight #2)
by David Clement-DaviesIn this dark, thrilling fairy tale, it is the wolf who saves the girl. Fell, the dark-furred twin brother of Larka, the heroine of The Sight, must face life without his sister or the rest of his loving pack. He’s a lone wolf now, a “kerl,” an outcast from his kind who shares his sister’s fatal gift for seeing the future and the thoughts of others. This gift leads him to befriend a young girl, also an outcast from her people. They have a shared destiny: to free the land from a tyrannical ruler who would enslave man and animal alike. The prequel to this book, David Clement-Davies’s bestselling animal fantasy The Sight, is set among the wolves of Transylvania. This dark epic thrilled readers and critics alike, who said, “This sprawling, ambitious novel has it all: action, adventure, apocalyptic battles” (Children’s Literature), and called it “rich, complex, and credible” (VOYA) and “full bodied [and] lyrically told” (Booklist, starred review).
The Fell of Dark
by Caleb RoehrigWhat's a boy to do—in Caleb Roehrig's YA paranormal romance The Fell of Dark—when his crush is a hot vampire with a mystery to solve?The only thing August Pfeiffer hates more than algebra is living in a vampire town. Located at a nexus of mystical energy fields, Fulton Heights is practically an electromagnet for supernatural drama. And when a mysterious (and annoyingly hot) vampire boy arrives with a cryptic warning, Auggie suddenly finds himself at the center of it. An ancient and terrible power is returning to the earthly realm, and somehow Auggie seems to be the only one who can stop it.
The Fell Sword (The Traitor Son Cycle #2)
by Miles CameronMiles Cameron weaves a tale of magic and depravity in the sequel to The Red Knight.Loyalty costs money.Betrayal, on the other hand, is free. When the Emperor is taken hostage, the Red Knight and his men find their services in high demand -- and themselves surrounded by enemies. The country is in revolt, the capital city is besieged and any victory will be hard won. But the Red Knight has a plan. The question is, can he negotiate the political, magical, real and romantic battlefields at the same time -- especially when he intends to be victorious on them all?
The Fell Sword
by Miles CameronLoyalty costs money.Betrayal, on the other hand, is free.When the Emperor is taken hostage, the Red Knight and his men find their services in high demand - and themselves surrounded by enemies. The country is in revolt, the capital city is besieged and any victory will be hard won. But The Red Knight has a plan.The question is, can he negotiate the political, magical, real and romantic battlefields at the same time - especially when intends to be victorious on them all?