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The Saucerian

UFOs, Men in Black, and the Unbelievable Life of Gray Barker

by Gabriel Mckee ...

The strange, but true biography of the colorful founder of Saucerian Books, a central purveyor and promoter of flying saucer and conspiracist knowledge in the mid-twentieth century.Gray Barker (1925–1984) was an eccentric literary outsider, filled with ideas that were out of step with the world. An author and unreliable narrator of implausible stories, Barker founded and operated Saucerian Books, ... Read more

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The strange, but true biography of the colorful founder of Saucerian Books, a central purveyor and promoter of flying saucer and conspiracist knowledge in the mid-twentieth century.Gray Barker (1925–1984) was an eccentric literary outsider, filled with ideas that were out of step with the world. An author and unreliable narrator of implausible stories, Barker founded and operated Saucerian Books,
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The Gospel according to Science Fiction

From the Twilight Zone to the Final Frontier

by Gabriel McKee ...

Series series The Gospel according to...
In this thorough and engaging book, Gabriel McKee explores the inherent theological nature of science fiction, using illustrations from television shows, literature, and films. Science fiction, he believes, helps us understand not only who we are but who we will become. McKee organizes his chapters around theological themes, using illustrations from authors such as Isaac Asimov and H. G. Wells, ... Read more

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In this thorough and engaging book, Gabriel McKee explores the inherent theological nature of science fiction, using illustrations from television shows, literature, and films. Science fiction, he believes, helps us understand not only who we are but who we will become. McKee organizes his chapters around theological themes, using illustrations from authors such as Isaac Asimov and H. G. Wells,
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Theology and Star Trek

by Shaun C. Brown, Amanda MacInnis Hackney, Siobhan Benitez, Timothy J. Bertolet, Michael Buttrey, Joshua Canzona, Leah DeJong, Tupá Guerra, Timothy Harvie0, Peter M. J. Hess1, Christopher Hrynkow2, Michael R. MacLeod3, Gabriel Mckee4, Brett David Potter5, James Shire6, Zachary B. Smith7, Michael J. Stell8, W. Craig Streetman9, Robert C. Stroud0, Matthew William Brake1, James F. McGrath2 ...

Series series Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture
After Star Trek: Enterprise concluded in 2005, Star Trek went on hiatus until the 2009 film Star Trek and its sequels. With the success of these films, Star Trek returned to the small screen with series like Discovery, Picard, and Strange New Worlds. These films and series, in different ways, reflect cultural shifts in Western society. Theology and Star Trek gathers a group of scholars from ... Read more

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After Star Trek: Enterprise concluded in 2005, Star Trek went on hiatus until the 2009 film Star Trek and its sequels. With the success of these films, Star Trek returned to the small screen with series like Discovery, Picard, and Strange New Worlds. These films and series, in different ways, reflect cultural shifts in Western society. Theology and Star Trek gathers a group of scholars from
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Theology and the DC Universe

by Gabriel Mckee, Roshan Abraham, Matthew J. Dillon, Christopher Heard, Gina Konstantopoulos, Andrew Kuzma, Jana McAuliffe, John C. McDowell, James Newell0, Michael Barnes Norton1, Janelle Peters2, Darian J. Shump3, David A. Skelton4, Danielle Terceiro5, Matthew William Brake6, Gregory Stevenson7 ...

Series series Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture
Superman’s first appearance in Action Comics #1 (1938) proclaimed that the character would “reshape the destiny of the world.” The advent of the first superhero initiated a shared narrative—the DC superhero universe—that has been evolving in depth and complexity for more than 80 years. Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman have become key threads in the tapestry of the American mythos, shaping the ... Read more

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Superman’s first appearance in Action Comics #1 (1938) proclaimed that the character would “reshape the destiny of the world.” The advent of the first superhero initiated a shared narrative—the DC superhero universe—that has been evolving in depth and complexity for more than 80 years. Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman have become key threads in the tapestry of the American mythos, shaping the
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The Real Men In Black

Evidence, Famous Cases, and True Stories of These Mysterious Men and Their Connection to UFO Phenomena

by Nick Redfern ...

An investigation into the legendary black-garbed entities from the "Brit with a knack for ferreting out all the dope on outrageous subjects" (Jim Marrs, bestselling author of Alien Agenda).The Men in Black were elevated to superstar status in 1997 in the hit movie of the same name. Although the Hollywood blockbuster was fiction, the real Men in Black have consistently attempted to silence the ... Read more

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An investigation into the legendary black-garbed entities from the "Brit with a knack for ferreting out all the dope on outrageous subjects" (Jim Marrs, bestselling author of Alien Agenda).The Men in Black were elevated to superstar status in 1997 in the hit movie of the same name. Although the Hollywood blockbuster was fiction, the real Men in Black have consistently attempted to silence the
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Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story

A Life of David Foster Wallace

by D. T. Max ...

The acclaimed New York Times–bestselling biography and “emotionally detailed portrait of the artist as a young man” (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times)In the first biography of the iconic David Foster Wallace, D.T. Max paints the portrait of a man, self-conscious, obsessive and struggling to find meaning. If Wallace was right when he declared he was “frightfully and thoroughly conventional,” it ... Read more

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The acclaimed New York Times–bestselling biography and “emotionally detailed portrait of the artist as a young man” (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times)In the first biography of the iconic David Foster Wallace, D.T. Max paints the portrait of a man, self-conscious, obsessive and struggling to find meaning. If Wallace was right when he declared he was “frightfully and thoroughly conventional,” it
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A Lawyer Presents the Evidence for the Afterlife

by Victor Zammit, Wendy Zammit ...

There could be many reasons why you are interested this book. Perhaps you are just curious about the afterlife. Or perhaps you have experienced the death of a loved one. It may be that you have had an out of body experience or a near death experience or another mystical experience. Or you may be realizing that we all inevitably have to make the journey to the afterlife one day. If you have been ... Read more

$9.99 USD

There could be many reasons why you are interested this book. Perhaps you are just curious about the afterlife. Or perhaps you have experienced the death of a loved one. It may be that you have had an out of body experience or a near death experience or another mystical experience. Or you may be realizing that we all inevitably have to make the journey to the afterlife one day. If you have been
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Big Fiction

How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature

by Dan Sinykin ...

Series series Literature Now
Shortlisted, 2024 SHARP Book History Book Prize, Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and PublishingIn the late 1950s, Random House editor Jason Epstein would talk jazz with Ralph Ellison or chat with Andy Warhol while pouring drinks in his office. By the 1970s, editors were poring over profit-and-loss statements. The electronics company RCA bought Random House in 1965, and then other ... Read more

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Shortlisted, 2024 SHARP Book History Book Prize, Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and PublishingIn the late 1950s, Random House editor Jason Epstein would talk jazz with Ralph Ellison or chat with Andy Warhol while pouring drinks in his office. By the 1970s, editors were poring over profit-and-loss statements. The electronics company RCA bought Random House in 1965, and then other
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The Close Encounters Man

How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs

by Mark O'Connell ...

Meet the astronomer who invented the concept of "Close Encounters" with aliens, inspired a classic sci-fi film, and made a nation want to believe in UFOs.In June 1947, private pilot Kenneth Arnold looked out his cockpit window and saw a group of nine silvery crescents weaving between the peaks of the Cascade Mountains at an estimated 1,200 miles an hour. The media, the military, and the scientific ... Read more

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Meet the astronomer who invented the concept of "Close Encounters" with aliens, inspired a classic sci-fi film, and made a nation want to believe in UFOs.In June 1947, private pilot Kenneth Arnold looked out his cockpit window and saw a group of nine silvery crescents weaving between the peaks of the Cascade Mountains at an estimated 1,200 miles an hour. The media, the military, and the scientific
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Hothouse

The Art of Survival and the Survival of Art at America's Most Celebrated Publishing House, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

by Boris Kachka ...

“Mad Men for the literary world.” —Junot DíazFarrar, Straus and Giroux is arguably the most influential publishing house of the modern era. Home to an unrivaled twenty-five Nobel Prize winners and generation-defining authors like T. S. Eliot, Flannery O’Connor, Susan Sontag, Tom Wolfe, Joan Didion, Philip Roth, and Jonathan Franzen, it’s a cultural institution whose importance approaches that of ... Read more

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“Mad Men for the literary world.” —Junot DíazFarrar, Straus and Giroux is arguably the most influential publishing house of the modern era. Home to an unrivaled twenty-five Nobel Prize winners and generation-defining authors like T. S. Eliot, Flannery O’Connor, Susan Sontag, Tom Wolfe, Joan Didion, Philip Roth, and Jonathan Franzen, it’s a cultural institution whose importance approaches that of
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True West

Sam Shepard's Life, Work, and Times

by Robert Greenfield ...

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A revelatory biography of the world-famous playwright and actor Sam Shepard, whose work was matched by his equally dramatic life, including collaborations with the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan as well as tumultuous relationships with Patti Smith, Joni Mitchell, and Jessica Lange“What [True West] achieves in its finest pages is placing the artist in his time. . . . ... Read more

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NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A revelatory biography of the world-famous playwright and actor Sam Shepard, whose work was matched by his equally dramatic life, including collaborations with the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan as well as tumultuous relationships with Patti Smith, Joni Mitchell, and Jessica Lange“What [True West] achieves in its finest pages is placing the artist in his time. . . .
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The Best American Comics 2019

Edited by Bill Kartalopoulos, Jillian Tamaki ...

Series series The Best American Series
A Caldecott Honor Winner and co-author of This One Summer selects the best graphic pieces of the year."The pieces I chose were those that stuck with me, represented something important about comics in this moment, and exemplified excellence of the craft. Surveying the final collection, I'm moved by the variety of individual approaches. There are so many ways to make us care about little marks on ... Read more

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A Caldecott Honor Winner and co-author of This One Summer selects the best graphic pieces of the year."The pieces I chose were those that stuck with me, represented something important about comics in this moment, and exemplified excellence of the craft. Surveying the final collection, I'm moved by the variety of individual approaches. There are so many ways to make us care about little marks on
... Read more

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