IT IS NO LONGER OPEN TO QUESTION THAT ALIENS ARE HERE; THE EVIDENCE OF TEN THOUSAND PILOTS, POLICEMEN AND DOCTORS OVER THE LAST SEVEN DECADES CONFIRM THIS. A PILOT, WHO IS FOLLOWED FOR A HUNDRED MILES BY A STRANGE LIGHT OFF HIS PORT WING WHICH THEN DISSAPEARS, AT RIGHT ANGLES, AT A THOUSAND MILES AN HOUR, CANNOT DISMISS THIS AS VENUS OR MARSH GAS. A POLICEMAN, WHO SEES A CRAFT, LOSES THE NEXT HOUR OF HIS DAY, WILL NOT REPORT THIS AS JOLLY JAPES BY THE LOCAL YOUTH. WHY ARE THEY HERE AND WHY DO THEY CONSISTENTLY PRESENT THEMSELVES IN A WAY THAT LEAVES ROOM FOR DOUBT? ENTERTAIN THE NOTION THAT...

THIS IS THE TALE OF JOE, APRIL, MAX, DROID AND LYSANDER. JOE IS A BUDDING WRITER DETERMINED TO JOIN THE PANTHEON OF LITERARY DRUNKS. APRIL IS HIS LITTLE SISTER AND MUSE. MAX IS AN ALIEN WHO LIKES TO GET DRUNK WITH JOE AND IS ONE OF OUR FEW FRIENDS IN THE COSMOS. THE DROID IS A MECHANOID WITH MORE DENTS IN HIS HEAD THAN A DATSUN CHERRY WHEELHUB. LYSANDER IS A SPECTACULAR ENTITY WHICH (WHO), IF THEY EXIST IN THE UNIVERSE, WE WILL BE REALLY RATHER GLAD THEY DID. MAX GOES MISSING. JOE, APRIL, DROID AND LYSANDER SET OUT TO FIND HIM. THEY ENCOUNTER A TREE CALLED DAVE, A LITTLE GIRL CALLED ANGUS AND...

THIS IS THE CONTINUING STORY OF MAX, JOE, APRIL, LYSANDER AND DROID. THEY HAVE SET OFF ON A MISSION TO FIND THE TRILOGY OF WISDOM. RANGED AGAINST THEM ARE THE GUARDIANS WHO WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO PREVENT THE FRIENDS IN THEIR QUEST. THE USUAL LUNACY ENSUES AND THE CHARACTERS THEY MEET ALONG THE WAY MAKE THE UNIVERSE WORTH KNOWING. LYSANDER IS UP TO HER OLD TRICKS AND APRIL IS... WELL... APRIL.

Drawing on the insights offered by contemporary chaos theory, Narrative Form and Chaos Theory explores how models of turbulent dynamical systems in the physical world parallel structures in certain kinds of narratives. By closely looking at Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy, Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time, Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, and William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom , Parker demonstrates how these insights can be applied to the analysis of narrative structure and meaning. This innovative interdisciplinary work will appeal to scholars interested in narratology and in the...

This thoughtful and surprising book analyzes the effect of animal extremism on the world's scientists, their institutions, and professional societies. The Animal Research War traces the evolution of the animal rights movement, profiles its leadership, and reveals the truth behind university animal research.