Bøger af David Erik Nelson

What if your great new job had dire consequences for space-time integrity?Fresh out of college and unsure what's next, Taylor has lucked into a cushy job in human resources. Most companies keep costs down by outsourcing and off-shoring. Taylor's bosses are different. They're committed to staying "100% MADE IN AMERICA"-by bringing in cheap labor using a time portal. But their latest batch of "New Guys" aren't like the others. They're younger, and skinnier, and only speak Yiddish. Taylor is no hero, but he's definitely not a Nazi. Helping these guys seems like a no-brainer. Unfortunately, the more Taylor tries to fix the world, the worse it gets. Now he's tangled up with dishonest bosses, domestic terrorists, meth dealers, the "Problem of Too Many Hitlers," and threats to space-time integrity. Can Taylor find a way back to a life he actually wants to live? A new novel from the award-winning author of This Place is Best Shunned and There Was a Crooked Man, He Flipped a Crooked House."The movie pitch to the Sci-Fi Channel would be Breaking Bad meets Connie Willis's The Doomsday Book. If this all sounds a bit grim it is anything but. Like Breaking Bad this has a strong streak of black humour running through it and is very entertaining.♥♥♥+"-SF Magazines"The big pleasure of this story is watching all the pieces come together. Rating: ★★★★★ Fun story with a sophisticated plot."-Rocket Stack Rank"An intriguing take on minimum wage employment and how it can be made to pay."-John Fairhurst

Stop!Don't touch the fence. Don't unlock the door. And whatever you do, don't look at anything in the library-because this house keeps itself occupied.If you like "golden age" Stephen King and Twilight Zone, or modern Lovecraftian cosmic horror, you'll be absorbed by David Erik Nelson's There Was a Crooked Man, He Flipped a Crooked House. Read it instantly for free with Kindle Unlimited.Praise for There Was a Crooked Man, He Flipped a Crooked House: "absorbing horror novella" (Recommended Story)-Rich Horton, Locus, Sept 2017 "This is a very entertaining and readable story, and what makes it even better is the sheer amount of incidental detail that Nelson includes. At the end, just when I thought it was coming off the boil a little, there is a neat little twist that pulls it back up again, as well as allowing for sequels. One for the 'Best of the Year' collections."-Paul Fraser, writing for sfmagazines.com"Downtrodden architect Glenn Washington and his none-too-bright sidekick Lennie help a crooked real estate baron flip houses in downtrodden Detroit. A house comes up that is too good to gut for parts. Too good to be true. Waaaay too good. Thing is, nothing leads where it should - go through the front door, step out the door on the back porch. Best library ever. And why are the cops nosing around? Non-Euclidian architectural petty-crime adventure, and all that implies."-Adrian Simmons, writing for Black Gate magazine.

This comprehensive edition explores the life of John Howard Griffin as well as the issue of race as presented in his most famous work, Black Like Me, which details Griffin's experiment darkening his skin to pass as a black man during the Jim Crow era. This volume also presents modern perspectives on race in twenty-first-century America, with commentators asserting that while progress has been made, racism is still a significant issue.

Discussions center around online pornography, with essays for and against each topic. Includes questions for discussion.

This critical volume explores S.E. Hinton's classic novel The Outsiders through the lens of teen issues. The text discusses a variety of topics, including Hinton's life and influences, whether the novel offers an overly romanticized view of teen life, and whether social bonds are important for economically disadvantaged teens. The book also explores contemporary perspectives on teen issues, such as a look at modern teen class divisions and the relationship between parenting, masculinity, and teen violence.

A collection of articles and scholarly essays on themes of oppression, coercion, dystopia, and women's roles found in The Handmaid's tale.

A collection of DIY musical instruments made from everyday materials. For any lover of music making or crafts