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Ovid's Metamorphoses

A New Translation

By: C. Luke Soucy

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This fresh translation revives the politics and power at play in classical mythology’s foremost source Centuries of conservative translators have robbed the Metamorphoses of its subversive force. In this boldly lyrical translation, C. Luke Soucy revives the magnum opus of Rome’s most clever and creative poet, faithfully matching the epic’s wit and style while confronting the sexuality, violence, and politics so many previous translations have glossed over. Soucy’s powerful version breathes new life into Ovid's mythic world, where canonical power dynamics are challenged from below to drain heroes of their heroism, give victims their say, and reveal an earth holier than heaven. Incorporating the latest scholarship alongside annotations, illustrations, and glossary, this edition brings fresh insights to both returning and new readers.

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Univ of California Press

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0520394860

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9780520394865

The Fifth Estate

By: John C. Luke, Jr.

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The Fifth Estate

By: John C. Luke, Jr.

Two hundred years after her death, Mary Shelley is still alive. She has been granted immunity from death by the Fifth Estate: a vampire-led organization that has kept the world from being overrun by sentient zombies. She is the first of many human storytellers employed to reveal the presence of undead inhabitants on this planet. Others included: Bram Stoker and George Romero. Their works have been used to prepare society for the impending judgment day. Even government organizations such as the CDC have unknowingly joined the effort by issuing contingency plans. However, the world changed, and people are no longer afraid of what goes bump in the night. We are desensitized. In our state of ignorance vampires have become our guardians and zombies have become more menacing and thoughtful. Only faced with the possibility of extinction has humankind come to embrace the reality of a zombie apocalypse. However, it is too late because the attack has already begun. Zombies, like other creatures on Earth, have evolved over the centuries. No longer shiftless and slow, they now rely on guile and science to attack humankind. Their most recent invention is a vaccine for H1NI that will turn its receiver into a full-fledged zombie. The books and movies had it wrong from the beginning. A zombie scratch or bite won’t turn you because zombies don’t leave anything to turn. They are the ultimate predator. Like Shelley’s Frankenstein, the first fictional zombie, only science can make one into a zombie and once humankind labeled the latest flu a global pandemic, the fight was over before it even started.

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372

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Austin Macauley Publishers

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1649797818

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9781649797810

Alien Hunters

The Beginning

By: Michael C. Luke

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Alien Hunters

The Beginning

By: Michael C. Luke

After hacking into the governmentas computers, Steven is expelled from his high school, moves in with his grandmother, and is ordered not to touch another computer and to be on house arrest. Steven discovers an alien space craft approaching Earth, and must warn the planet and retrieve a weapon that was given to his grandfather by an alien many years agoaall before the FBI catches up to him. He must then team up the Special Forces to defeat the aliens, led by a human who was abducted from Earth as a child.

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148

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Publishamerica Incorporated

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1608360776

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9781608360772

Marine Water Quality State and Trends in the Auckland Region from 2007 to 2016

By: Melissa M. Foley,Jarrod Walker,Melanie Vaughan,C. Luke Stanley,Ebrahim Hussain

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Marine Water Quality State and Trends in the Auckland Region from 2007 to 2016

By: Melissa M. Foley,Jarrod Walker,Melanie Vaughan,C. Luke Stanley,Ebrahim Hussain

Monthly water samples have been collected at sites around the Auckland refion since 1987. Long-term monitoring is important for identifying trends in water quality parameters that are highly variable between seasons and years. This report focuses on trends occuring between 2007 and 2016. During this time period we monitored 36 sites across seven areas: the east coast, Mahurangi Harbour, Waitematā Harbour, Tāmaki Strait, Tāmaki Estuary, Manukau Harbour and Kaipara Harbour. Our 10-year tyrend analysis showed that water quality has been largely improving across the region since 2007. There were some sites, however, where water quality is declining, mainly in the upper Waitematā Harbour. At these sites, nutrient and supspended sediment concentrations have been significantly increasing over the last five to 10 years, possibly due to an increase in urban development in these areas. We also found significant increasing trends in sea surface temperature across nearly all sites in the Kaipara, Manukau and Waitematā harbours. These increases are consistent with predicted patterns of sea surface temperature increase due to global climate change. Despite improving trends in water quality, many parameters still exceed water quality threshiolds for the Auickland region that are used to assess ecosystem health. Thresholds wetre exceeded most frequently in the Manukau and Kaipara harbours and for total suspended sediment, total organic nitrogen, and total nitrogen concentrations."--Executive summary.

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1988564123

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Ovid's Metamorphoses

Ovid's Metamorphoses

The Fifth Estate

The Fifth Estate

Alien Hunters

Alien Hunters

Marine Water Quality State and Trends in the Auckland Region from 2007 to 2016

Marine Water Quality State and Trends in the Auckland Region from 2007 to 2016

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