Best of
Contemporary

1982

Heather's Song


Diana Palmer - 1982
    Cole Everett dreams of touching beautiful Heather Shaw's vulnerable heart and showing her the path to fulfilling her desires, but unfortunately circumstances have made Heather the only woman that Cole can never possess.

Legacy of Passion


Catherine Kay - 1982
    She gave her love to Lord Byron - scandalous, irresistible English poet. their brief tempestuous affair left her with a shattered heart, a few poignant mementos - and a daughter he never knew about.Boston, today: Allegra Brent - modern, independent, restless. She learned the secret of her ancestor and journeyed to Venice to find the di Rienzi heirs. There she met the handsome, cynical, blood-stirring Conte Renaldo di Rienzi, and brought full circle the passionate romance begun in Venice so long ago....

The Boy Scout Handbook and Other Observations


Paul Fussell - 1982
    A collection of essays by Paul Fussell.

Stillness of the World Before Bach: New Selected Poems


Lars Gustafsson - 1982
    

Two Strand River


Keith Maillard - 1982
    Set in the Vancouver of the early 1970s, it commemorates a heady time when experimentation was a passport to self-awareness.Entertaining, building to a powerful climax, "Two Strand River" generated an immediate cult following when it was first published in 1976. It will be a great read for new Keith Maillard fans and a special treat for those already hooked on his provocative, elegantly written novels.

A Series Of Shock Slogans and Mindless Token Tantrums


Penny Rimbaud - 1982
    It contains three separate essays all of which deal with the individual and their basic right to freedom and peace. This book, written by three members of CRASS, gives an insight into much of the thinking of the "punk generation" which, contrary to the media portrayal of punk as mindless and violent, is both caring and articulate.Released in 1982 Christ-The Album in 1982, in book form in '82 and re-printed in 1983.The first essay is a pocket history of the peace movement from its roots in the "beat culture" of the late '50s to the "punk explosion" of '77. Woven into this history is the story of Wally Hope, a visionary anarcho-mystic whose untimely death as a result of brutal treatment in a psychiatry hospital becomes symbolic of the death of hippy "love and peace" and the birth of punk's raw anger.The second shorter essay is more of a manual on how, if not to succeed, the victims of oppressive institutions can not only get by, but subvert and use to their own ends the tools of that oppression.The third essay is a well documented twentieth century history of pacifism versus war. It not only creates a perspective of war against which the urgency of pacifist answers become obvious and necessary, it also offers practical and workable approaches by which this could be possible.

Selected Poems


John Montague - 1982
    This edition contains selections from John Montague's early work, including poems from many of his books: Poisoned Lands, A Chosen Light, The Rough Field, A Slow Dance, The Great Cloak, The Dead Kingdom, and Mount Eagle.