Michael Ebner

"It's been three years since Joe's father vanished. Now seventeen, he is unaware that government agents are watching him in case his dad makes contact. Joe is too distracted by his secret girlfriend, midnight swims in the pools of strangers, free drinks from his buddies at the movie game and the glamorous college student, Felicity. But his movie-esque existence and addiction to fiction is set to collide with a heavy dose of reality this summer when he discovers everything is not what it seems: His secret girlfriend wants to be the real thing. His college fling may have ulterior motives. And the government agents want co-operation to catch his missing father. All this and the three-year-old death of Joe's first girlfriend Alice are going to cause him to face some dark truths. It's no longer a movie game. This is his life, and he wants to win"--Back cover.

Movie Game

It is 1999. Hotel concierge, Joel Wilson, has recently befriended the lobby pianist, Wade Farley and his path will soon change in ways he could never have imagined. Both have talent, ambition and big plans for other careers. Their scheme to hit the big time takes them to New York and kick-starts a dangerous game. Underestimating music mogul Lance Martin makes it a deadly one. He's the reason one hit wonders vanish from the face of the earth. His crew make it their profession to remove walking-talking problems. If only Joel and Wade would shut up already.

All the Talk Is Dead

Joshua Arthurs

Kate Ferris

This book explores the complex ways in which people lived and worked within the confines of Benito Mussolini’s regime in Italy, variously embracing, appropriating, accommodating and avoiding the regime’s incursions into everyday life. The contributions highlight the experiences of ordinary Italians – midwives and schoolchildren, colonists and soldiers – over the course of the Fascist era, in settings ranging from the street to the farm, and from the kitchen to the police station. At the same time, this volume also provides a framework for understanding the Italian experience in relation to other totalitarian dictatorships in twentieth-century Europe and beyond.

Michael Ebner

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