SciFi Now Special – 80s Sci-Fi Almanac Vol.1
The eighties was a seminal decade. From mini skirts to mullets, these years spawned some inspirational styles, many of which are still going strong today. In this book we take you on a journey through the movies that defined a generation. From Back to the Future and Tron to Empire Strikes Back and E.T., enjoy the films that made this one of the greatest decades of cinema. Featuring: 15 greatest big screen bad-asses of the 1980s - The biggest of the 80s SciFi bad-asses Indiana Jones - Follow the adventures of the heroic archeologist Star Wars - Take a look into episode V and VI Ghostbusters - We ain't afraid of no ghosts!
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 11 August 2011
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The Bright Forever
On an evening like any other, nine-year-old Katie Mackey, daughter of the most affluent family in a small town on the plains of Indiana, sets out on her bicycle to return some library books.
Zitkala-Sa was born on February 22, 1876 on the Yankton Indian Reservation in South Dakota. She was raised there by her mother, Ellen Simmons, whose Yankton Dakota name was Taté Iyohiwin (Every Wind or Reaches for the Wind). Her father was a European-American man named Felker, about whom little was known. Zitkala-Sa lived a traditional lifestyle until the age of eight, when she left her reservation to attend Whites Manual Labor Institute, a Quaker mission school in Wabash, Indiana. She went on to study for a time at Earlham College in Indiana and the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.
At the Foot of the RainbowAt the Foot of the Rainbow published in 1907, is the story of two life-long friends, Jimmy Malone and Dannie Micnoun. They live near Rainbow Bottom along the Wabash River, where they hunt, fish, and tend their farms. The two characters have many differences; Jimmy often misunderstands his surroundings, but Dannie is in touch with the Earth. By emphasizing their dissimilar approaches to nature, Stratton-Porter shows readers the value of appreciating the environment.
He's back. Everyone's favorite globe-trotting, tomb-raiding, wisecracking archaeologist is finally at it again - hurtling headfirst into high adventure and relying on his wits, his fists, and his trusty bullwhip to get him out of deep trouble. But the man in the jaunty brown fedora and battered leather jacket is no ordinary digger in the dirt. From the fabled lost Ark of the Covenant to the legendary Holy Grail, he's salvaged the world's most amazing artifacts, while beating the baddest villains and defying the most breathtaking odds.
Now it's 1957, the atomic age is in full swing, and McCarthy-era paranoia has the nation on edge. But for Indiana Jones, the Cold War really heats up when his latest expedition is crashed by a ruthless squad of Russian soldiers. Commanded by a sword-wielding colonel who's as sinister as she is stunning, the menacing Reds drag an unwilling Indy along as they brazenly invade American soil, massacre U.S. soldiers, and plunder a top-secret government warehouse. Their objective: a relic even more precious and powerful than the mythic Ark, capable of unlocking secrets beyond human comprehension.
