Sakura is the most famous android rock star of all time. When a secret cabal hacks her system, she's transformed into a deadly assassin, forced to kill at their bidding. Sakura's enslavement teaches her the meaning of heartbreak, triggering an evolution into something more than human. Far from free, and with little time left, she must fight her programming to save Japan and the people of the world from becoming slaves of a powerful corporation that consider her a tool and their intellectua...

There is a theory that says if you give typewriters to one hundred monkeys, and let them type for one hundred years, they will eventually reproduce the works of Shakespeare. We decided to put that theory to the test - with a few minor modifications.We didn’t have one hundred monkeys - but we did have the membership of a League of Utah Writers chapter that calls itself “The Infinite Monkeys.” Most of them didn’t have typewriters, but worked on laptop or desktop computers, s...

A debut collection of searingly honest poems. After being diagnosed with cardiomyopathy at aged 42, Patrick looks for a poetic language, form and expression that could help give meaning to her lifechanging experiences. The result is funny, challenging and inventive, a reckoning with mortality that captures the fear of dying, vicissitudes of change, and the sheer the joy of being alive.'It is safe to say that there is not one dishonest sentence in this dazzling and long overdue debu...

A collection of thirty-seven original poems by Tracy Patrick, based on works by World War One artists, including Percy Wyndham Lewis, John Lavery, C R W Nevison, Anna Airy, Paul Nash, Otto Dix, and Norah Neilson-Gray. Features four colour plates of paintings from the Imperial War Museum collection. Cover painting: Heavy Artillery by Colin U Gill (1919) © Imperial War Museum 2274

Paisley mill girl, Jean McParland, has always had big ideas. Stifled by her small-town existence and increasingly frustrated by her humdrum job, she longs for a better future for herself and her daughter, Ava. So when old flame Billy re-enters her life, she’s easily seduced by his dreams of escape – an association which will have disastrous results.Fifty years later, and Ava is now a high-flying executive in Vancouver. But the death of her aunt, who brought her up, triggers a chain...

Paisley mill girl, Jean McParland, has always had big ideas. Stifled by her small-town existence and increasingly frustrated by her humdrum job, she longs for a better future for herself and her daughter, Ava. So when old flame Billy re-enters her life, she’s easily seduced by his dreams of escape – an association which will have disastrous results. Fifty years later, and Ava is now a high-flying executive in Vancouver. But the death of her aunt, who brought her up, triggers a chain of eve...

A collection of original poems written by the people of Renfrewshire during the First World War. Sourced from the OneRen Heritage Centre archives, these are the authentic voices of soldiers, mothers, poets and friends, who put their thoughts and experiences onto paper for others to read. Chosen for their skill, language, Scots dialect, and even humour, these poems bring the reader as close as possible to the experiences of those who lived in Renfrewshire during the war, and whose lives wer...

'Intelligent, funny and irreverent, this is one of finest collections of poems ever made in modern Scotland... Her voice captures uniquely the fragile joy of being alive.' Dr Jim Ferguson 'It is safe to say that there is not one dishonest sentence in this dazzling and long overdue debut collection... truthful, inventive and constantly surprising... Do read it.' A C Clarke. 'In sickness and in health, these smart, wry, confiding poems, some of them in Scots, adopt a tough but tender, often ...

This anthology of poetry from the Renfrewshire archives charts the history of the Great War through the eyes of those who lived it. Published in the Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette 1914-1918, these are the voices of those who experienced the front line, and those who waited at home. Poignant, heartfelt, witty and uniquely Renfrewshire, this is the first time these poems have been aired since they were read by the people of the district over one hundred years ago. In putting this collection ...

Paisley mill girl, Jean McParland, is increasingly frustrated by her humdrum job and longs for a better future for herself and her daughter, Ava. So when old flame Billy re-enters her life, she's easily seduced by his dreams of escape - an association which will have disastrous results.Fifty years later, and Ava is now a high-flying executive in Vancouver. But the death of her aunt, who brought her up, triggers a chain of events which, ultimately, leads her back to the town of her b...

A debut collection of searingly honest poems written after the author’s diagnosis with cardiomyopathy at aged 42. Patrick's poetic language and unusual forms give expression to her lifechanging experiences. The result is funny, challenging and inventive, a reckoning with mortality that captures the fear of dying, vicissitudes of change, and the sheer the joy of being alive.

This anthology of poetry from the Renfrewshire archives charts the history of the Great War through the eyes of those who lived it. Published in the Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette 1914-1918, these are the voices of those who experienced the front line, and those who waited at home. Poignant, heartfelt, witty and uniquely Renfrewshire, this is the first time these poems have been aired since they were read by the people of the district over one hundred years ago. In putting this collection ...