Is There God After Prince

"Is There God After Prince? is a book about loving things (books, songs, poems, people) in the shadow of looming disaster. Coviello's dazzling, highly personal essays address pieces of contemporary culture across an expansive range--songs by Prince, Joni Mitchell, SZA, and Phoebe Bridgers, writings by Sam Lipsyte, Paula Fox, Paul Beatty, and Dana Spiotta, movies like Heathers, TV shows like The Sopranos, as well as videos, poems, and other pop artefacts. Coviello places these artefacts back in the scenes where he first found them and traces what they did there, whether private (a kid's graduation, an aging parent, a divorce) or public (an election, a pandemic). Laced throughout is a queasy fascination with signs that so much is now coming to an end. It is on this terrain of endstrickenness, as Coviello calls it, that the book lingers, though it does so often in the mood of a startled joyousness, one that these pieces are at pains to understand. Cumulatively, Is There God After Prince? wants to be a model for what criticism can do--what it can sound like, how much sorrow and delight it can get into one place--in an era of Last Things"--

"[W]ill command the rapt attention of casual fans and scholars alike." Booklist, Starred Review From Prince's superstardom to studio seclusion, this second book in the award-winning Prince Studio Sessions series spotlights how Prince, the biggest rock star on the planet at the time, risked everything to create some of the most introspective music of his four-decade career. Duane Tudahl takes us on an emotional and intimate journey of love, loss, rivalry, and renewal revealed through unprecedented access to dozens of musicians, singers, studio engineers, and others who worked with him and knew him best—with never-before-published memories from the Revolution, the Time, the Family, and Apollonia 6. Also included is a heartfelt foreword by musical legend Elton John about his time and friendship with Prince.

IN THE UNEXPLORED REACHES OF THE OCEAN ​Clear skies. Deep-blue sea. Tropical sun baking the sandy beach. Wein finds himself whisked away to the Patura islands in the tropical south, trying to make the best use of his access to the port in Soljest. These islands are at the top of his list of potential trade partners, and if he doesn’t come back to Natra with a deal in hand…let’s just say his monthly expenses might run him completely dry. It seems, however, that the gods are not on his side: One little slip-up lands him behind bars in the island nation. The only silver lining, it seems, is that his neighbor the next cell over seems like an interesting guy…who might have some-thing to do with the hunt for the Rainbow Crown, a piece of treasure housing magic that can control all of Patura!

With apocalypse imminent, Prince Tojas Malock leads his ragtag band of friends and allies through the southern seas to the edge of the world in order to save all of creation from destruction. But, though Malock is determined to save the world, the gods have other plans for Malock and his friends, plans to derail their quest and send the whole world tumbling end over end into oblivion. Yet even if Malock overcomes the challenges that the gods have in store for him, he may be too late to save his world from the entities that wish to destroy it. KEYWORDS: epic fantasy adventure series, epic fantasy dragons, epic fantasy magic, epic fantasy sword and sorcery, sword and sorcery adult fantasy, sword and sorcery series, sword and sorcery series magic

"The King is dead!" was the cry heard throughout the realm of Aldarra; dying suddenly of a mysterious illness; a malady mysterious to most, but not to all. Join our story as King Artemus's son, Prince Jared returns after his nine years self-imposed exile. Accompanied by his loyal companions, Raglan the woodsman and Pym the former innkeeper; as they match wises against the treacherous Chancellor Argyll, and his half-brother Lord Tyrell. A tale woven from the legends of King Arthur and Camelot; as Prince Jared must battle Lord Tyrell according to the Ancient Law of Trial by Combat. A fantasy adventure brimmed with bravery, loyalty, truth and rediscovered love; and the bringing in of a new age, and the knowledge of the One God. The Prince and the Scepter is the first installment of the The Realm of Aldarra Trilogy. Other following titles are Schemer's Moon and The Mark of the Zealot. Jacques M. Averett, originally a California native, moved to Colorado in August of '92. Presently living in Denver Co. for the past eighteen and a half years; various interests include writing, art, photography and music.

Emily Rollins and the Sword of Raywood returns in the Dream Watchman sequel Rise of the Three-Headed Dragon. Her mission; to unlock the power of Blue Hydra Dragon Inspiration before the hope chest key falls into the hands of wicked Dream Watchman. A race against time sweeps Emily to the Jeweled City by the Black Sea. She faces detrimental events spiraling into dream worlds that threaten her through paranormal experiences. A pack of vicious wolves seeks to destroy her life and will stop at nothing until Emily falls. She must not plunge into the pit of captivity, but make her way back to friends waiting on the other side of dreams. Join her candid fight for survival to stop the floodgates of evil from pouring darkness onto the world. Emily must reach the dragon first, before its power is unleashed to the Dream Watchman. If she is defeated, evil will prevail and she may never be able to return to the world she knows as home.

Fu Jiu appears to be a normal lad in high school on the surface. But in fact, she (Yes! She!) is the hacker, Z, a villain-terminator in the online world of an alternate world. Having reincarnated into the body of a woman and being forced to disguise herself as a young man, she reigns over the game world, fights for justice, and puts a spell on all the girls around with her innate charm. However, her flirting comes across as gay to the rich Almighty Qin and his inner circle. Over time, the Almighty Qin falls for him¡­ her. Has he turned gay for him¡­ her? Now, that's confusing!

Legendarily reticent, perverse and misleading, Prince is one of the few remaining 80s superstars who still, perhaps, remains unexplained. Now a firm fixture in the pop canon, where such classics as 'Purple Rain', 'Sign o' the Times' and 'Parade' regularly feature in Best Ever Album polls, Prince is still, as he ever was, an enigma. His live performances are legendary (21 Nights at the O2 in 2007) and while recent releases have been modestly successful at best, his influence on urban music, and R'n'B in particular, has never been more evident. The Minneapolis Sound can now be heard everywhere. Matt Thorne's Prince, through years of research and interviews with ex-Revolution members such as Wendy and Lisa, is an account of a pop maverick whose experiments with rock, funk, techno and jazz revolutionised pop. With reference to every song, released and unreleased, over 35 years of recording, Prince will stand for years to come as the go-to book on the Great Man.