Briefly outlines India's history, looks at its ethnic groups, culture, and cuisine, describes the attractions of each region, and includes advice on travel, accommodations, and cultural activities

Faye Stafford was being held prisoner as surely as if she were locked in a tower. A powerful man had discovered a condemning secret, and he'd forced her to become his fiancee. Then virile, cynical Jason Royce was assigned as her bodyguard, and Faye knew this wary ex-policeman was her last hope of escaping the bonds of mandatory matrimony. But first she'd have to make Jason hers... To Jason, bejeweled Faye was nothing more than a gold digger--until she pressed closer and revealed the vulnerable, passionate woman underneath. But which was the real Faye? And what was her game? All Jason knew was that he'd have to keep his head, because she'd taken his heart hostage!

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Product Description: Religion and Science Fiction explores the intersection between two topics that until recently seemed light-years apart. Both religion and science fiction tell stories that reflect on the place of human beings in the universe, good vs...read more

Product Description: Using close readings and thematic studies of contemporary science fiction and postcolonial theory, ranging from discussions of Japanese and Canadian science fiction to a deconstruction of race and (post)colonialism in World of Warcraft, This book is the first comprehensive study of the complex and developing relationship between the two areas...read more

Are we living in a post-temporal age? Has history come to an end? This book argues against the widespread perception of postmodern narrativity as atemporal and ahistorical, claiming that postmodernity is characterized by an explosion of heterogeneous narrative "timeshapes" or chronotopes. Chronological linearity is being challenged by quantum physics that implies temporal simultaneity; by evolutionary theory that charts multiple time-lines; and by religious and political millenarianism that espouses an apocalyptic finitude of both time and space. While science, religion, and politics have generated new narrative forms of apprehending temporality, literary incarnations can be found in the worlds of science fiction. By engaging classic science-fictional conventions, such as time travel, alternative history, and the end of the world, and by situating these conventions in their cultural context, this book offers a new and fresh perspective on the narratology and cultural significance of time.