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Jane Hamilton

    July 13, 1957

    Jane Hamilton crafts narratives that delve into the intricacies of human connection and the inner landscapes of her characters. Her prose is distinguished by its lyrical quality and its profound ability to capture complex emotions. Hamilton frequently explores themes of family, loss, and the search for identity. Her stories are often set against the backdrop of the picturesque American Midwest, lending her works a unique and evocative atmosphere.

    A Map of the World
    The book of Ruth
    The Crisis of Theory
    Funeral Games
    The Short History of a Prince
    Enemy in the Dark
    • 2020

      PRACTICAL AVIATION AEROSPACE LAW

      • 120 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      This workbook was designed for use with the textbook Practical Aviation & Aerospace Law in aviation law courses offered to students preparing for aviation careers. It aids in application of legal principles set forth in the textbook to the kinds of decisions students will make in the real world of aviation as managers, pilots, mechanics, aircraft owners, air traffic controllers, air safety investigators, and others involved in aviation as a profession or hobby. Many of the workbook questions are based on real dilemmas faced by the author's clients during his more than 30 years' experience. The questions are designed as exercises to give aviation law students an idea of what can happen in real industry situations. Practical Aviation & Aerospace Law provides the basic legal knowledge and perspective to help readers understand how the legal system works in relation to aviation, recognize and avoid common legal pitfalls, and be able to discern when they need to call a lawyer. The seventh edition reflects recent judicial decisions and changes in statutory, regulatory and international treaty law. It covers topics surrounding the burgeoning unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and commercial spaceflight segments as well, from an increasingly global viewpoint.

      PRACTICAL AVIATION AEROSPACE LAW
    • 2019

      Into Africa

      A Journey to the Heart of Pokot

      • 216 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      The narrative follows a woman's unexpected journey from a fifth-grade classroom in Oregon to the heart of Africa, driven by faith and a connection to a red-headed boy. Set in a remote area of Kenya, it explores the daily life and challenges faced by a bush missionary among the Pokot people. Jane Hamilton provides an intimate glimpse into their culture and the transformative experiences that arise from her mission.

      Into Africa
    • 2018

      Rebellion's Fury

      • 384 pages
      • 14 hours of reading

      The battle for freedom begun in Flames of Rebellion continues in this action- packed military science fiction tale from the author of the Crimson Worlds and Far Stars Confederation series. Damian Ward thought he was done fighting.

      Rebellion's Fury
    • 2017

      The Excellent Lombards

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      3.4(78)Add rating

      Tender, astute...[Frankie is] expertly rendered...an inquisitive, imperious but loveable girl akin to Harper Lee's Jean Louise Finch.- New York Times Book Review

      The Excellent Lombards
    • 2017

      A group of rebels fighting for independence sows the seeds of revolution across the galaxy in this blockbuster military sci-fi adventure from the author of the Crimson Worlds and Far Stars series. The planet Haven slides closer to revolution against its parent nation, Federal America. Everett Wells, the fair-minded planetary governor, has tried to create a peaceful resolution, but his failure has caused the government to send Asha Stanton, a ruthless federal operative, to quell the insurgency. Wells quickly realizes that Stanton has the true power ... and two battalions of government security troops--specifically trained to put down unrest--under her control. Unlike Wells, Stanton is prepared to resort to extreme methods to break the back of the gathering rebellion, including unleashing Colonel Robert Semmes, the psychopathic commander of her soldiers, on the Havenites. But the people of Haven have their own ideas. They are not the beaten-down masses of Earth, but men and women with the courage and fortitude to tame a new world. Damian Ward is such a resident of Haven, a retired veteran and decorated war hero, who has watched events on his adopted world with growing apprehension. He sympathizes with the revolutionaries, his friends and neighbors, but he is loath to rebel against the flag he fought to defend. That is, until Stanton's reign of terror intrudes into his life--and threatens those he knows and loves. Then he does what he must, rallying Haven's other veterans and leading them to the aid of the revolutionaries. Yet the battle-scarred warrior knows that even if Haven's freedom fighters defeat the federalists, the rebellion is far from over ... it's only just begun

      Flames of Rebellion
    • 2016

      Weekend

      • 290 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Two lesbian couples, one summer weekend: a searing novel of longing and regret.

      Weekend
    • 2016

      The battle for the unification and rule of the Far Stars Confederation will be decided in Jay Allan's exhilarating third and final book in the swashbuckling space saga, The Far Stars, begun with Shadow of Empire and Enemy in the Dark. The Far Stars stands on the edge of a precipice.

      Funeral Games
    • 2015

      Enemy in the Dark

      • 433 pages
      • 16 hours of reading
      3.9(17)Add rating

      The second book in the Far Star series follows Blackhawk and the crew of the Wolf's Claw as they are gradually (and unwillingly) drawn more deeply into Marshal Lucerne's campaign to form a united power bloc in the Far Stars to resist imperial encroachment. Successfully running from himself, Blackhawk is beginning to realize he can no longer remain a prisoner to his own past while the future of the Far Stars is in jeopardy.

      Enemy in the Dark
    • 2014

      Love Will Burst Into a Thousand Shapes

      • 112 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      Art, children, marriage, breaking, rejoicing. Love is a many-branched tree and in Hamilton's newest poetry collection, her third, it's autumn or winter, the winds are kicking up and branches are flying everywhere - bursting into a thousand shapes. Or maybe it's Hamilton's heart that explodes into many dimensions. Tender, furious, grief-stricken, witty, urbane, elegiac, political, personal, erotic - these poems are all those things. Hamilton can't stop loving big no matter how chancy it is. All these shapes lend raw material for a poem: Mothers lose their babies. A boy loses his leg to war. A girl hides from serial killer Richard Speck. A virgin gets pregnant. A partner mourns a death at Walkerton. Women tumble into love, celebratory and foolhardy. Frank and elemental, LOVE WILL BURST INTO A THOUSAND SHAPES reminds us that life is worth everything we can throw at it. "LOVE WILL BURST INTO A THOUSAND SHAPES is jazzy and engaging. Hamilton proves herself to be a real wordsmith, with a trickster's soul and a heart as big as New Mexico. The poems are enlightening, risky, rough, funny as hell, and ultimately very moving." -- Barry Dempster

      Love Will Burst Into a Thousand Shapes
    • 2012

      The Crisis of Theory

      • 304 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      This book is an intellectual biography of EP Thompson, as well as an exercise in the sociology of knowledge: as such, it considers not just Thompson's ideas and arguments, but also the question of why he adopted those ideas, and made those arguments. -- .

      The Crisis of Theory