Wesley Erks, itinerant machinist and adventurer, takes a hefty fee for smuggling a group of illegal Chinese immigrants ("yellowfish") from Vancouver, B.C., to San Francisco in the 1970s. Three are teenaged 'Hong Kong boys', one of whom is dying from an earlier stab wound; the fourth is the son of a rich Chinese casino owner who wants to settle ...
With a novelist's eye and artistry, the author of Yellowfish and Broken Ground tells the story of the devastation of the social and ecological environment that followed in the wake of the largest oil spill in history. Keeble also offers a study of corporate power--its mentality and agents, adversaries and victims.
Hailed as a scientific genius, harassed by the FBI as a subversive for his socialist views This book takes a subversive look at lesser-known aspects of the famous scientist's intellectual life, the man whom the FBI thought was "too clever not to track." It presents Einstein's denunciation of U.S. use of nuclear bombs in 1945, his socialism and ...
In this autobiography, British composer John Tavener chronicles his musical development as it has coincided with his quest for spiritual meaning. In doing so, he illuminates the metaphysical aspects of his major works, including "Song for Athene," which was played at Princess Diana's funeral.
Winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction, this collection of loosely connected tales returns readers to the American Northwest so finely observed and powerfully evoked in John Keeble's previous, celebrated works. "Nocturnal America" occupies a terrain at once familiar and strange, where homecoming and dislocation can coincide, and ...
Ten years later, the March 25, 1989, Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound remains the largest tanker spill in the history of North America and, in its devastating effects upon wildlife and habitat, arguably the most damaging tanker spill in the history of the world. The Tenth Anniversary Edition of Out of the Channel adds a new and full ...
Interviews with Ursula Le Guin, Tom Robbins, Lawson Fusao Inada, john Keeble and others about their writings and inspirations. Originally published by Northwest Review Books in 1982.
2007-2008 was the annus horribilis for the British media. All terrestrial broadcasters were found to have cheated their audiences through a variety of scams: Premium Rate Calling, fake competitions with results changed to suit the producers -- and more. As a result, public trust in the media dipped. Beyond Trust examines this crucial 'trust' issue ...
Playing footsie with the FTSE? The financial crash of 2008 and the crisis in journalism is a special book issue of Ethical Space to mark a special event. In the autumn of 2008, the world economy nearly went into meltdown after the collapse of Lehman Brothers on 15 September. The banks were on the brink; the cash machines worldwide were about to be ...
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