Books with author Stephen Archer

A collection of entertaining, informative, and often poignant, fishing stories from my one of my favorite passions! These short tales span several years, locations, species of game fish and of course friends and family that have shared in my exciting angling adventures. This book is for anyone who truly lives for that little 'tap tap' on the end of the line and can't get enough of hearing and telling the tales after.

What does it really take to be a hero?Mark Bowman has been a Royal Navy man since he was 12 years old. Siegfried Herzschlag is a school teacher in a tiny town near Dusseldorf.Everything changes for Mark and Siegfreid in the middle of 1914, when the Kaiser declares war on the British Empire. A British Empire that never stopped growing. An Empire that surrounds Germany and wants to absorb them, as they’ve done with nearly every other nation on earth.Thrust into the turbulent days of the Great War, Siegfried and Mark find themselves with untested crews on patrol in the waters of the North Sea.Mark is the XO aboard an aging steam-powered battleship. Siegfried has taken command of his country’s latest weapon - the submarine.As the sun rises over the North Sea, the submarine and the battleship meet in combat, as Mark and Siegfried fight for their homeland, for their honour and for their own survival.

Martin Luther King once insisted that 'a riot is the language of the unheard.' Since 2011 swathes of protest, rebellion and rioting have covered the globe. A new, disenfranchised generation is fighting for its voice as once again scores of police line the streets and pop icons demand a political revolution. Challenging the reader to consider arson attacks against empty buildings, Black Bloc streetfighting tactics and industrial sabotage, amongst an array of other militant action, philosopher Steven D'Arcy asks if it is ever acceptable to use or threaten to use armed force? Drawing a clear line between justifiable and unjustifiable militancy, Languages of the Unheard shows that the crucial contrast is between democratic and undemocratic action, rather than violence and non-violence.Both a consideration of the ethics and politics of militant protest and the story of dissidents and their actions post 1968, this book argues that militancy is not a danger to democratic norms of consensus-building. Instead, it is a legitimate remedy for elite intransigence and unresponsive systems of power that ignore, or silence, the people.

A Journey Beneath the Sea We all have questions...even the moon. On his night off, the moon decides to journey to the earth in search of the answer to a burning question: What is the ocean for? Children and parents alike with enjoy this whimsical story with dream-like illustrations. "Archer deviates away from the overly-simplistic and uniform children's book format, using his mixed media post-modern artistic style to create wonderful and captivating illustrations. The illustrations move with the story, giving the book a three-dimensional feel perfect to capture the reader's attention and pull them into the story."―Reader Z "Luna Maris is written with curiosity and wonder, two things children need more of these days. The illustrations are captivating and fun, while the story keeps kids, even adults, wanting to read the story over and over."―Angelina Hicks

A virtuoso performance from a literary talent who crafts a vividly drawn history of an imaginary country. In this stylistic tour de force, Stephen Marche creates the entire culture of a place called Sanjania—its national symbols, political movements, folk heroes, a group of writers dubbed "fictioneers," a national airline called Sanjair, and a rich literary history. This richly detailed story takes you to an island nation whose English-speaking citizens draw upon the English, American, Australian, and Canadian literary traditions. Marche has compiled this brilliant anthology, guiding the reader from the rough-and-tumble pamphlets of 1870s Sanjania to the extraordinary longing of the writings of the Sanjanian Diaspora. These works develop into a Rashomon-like story, introducing us to illustrious Sanjanian figures such as the repentant prostitute Pigeon Blackhat and the magically talented couple Caesar and Endurance. The result is a vibrant evocation of a country—from the birth pangs of its first settlers and their hardy vernacular to its revolutionary years and all the way to the present.

Martin Luther King once insisted that 'a riot is the language of the unheard.' Since 2011 swathes of protest, rebellion, and rioting have covered the globe. A new, disenfranchised generation is fighting for its voice as once again scores of police line the streets and pop icons demand a political revolution.Challenging us to consider arson attacks against empty buildings, black bloc street-fighting tactics, and industrial sabotage, amongst an array of other militant action, philosopher Stephen D'Arcy asks if it is ever acceptable to use or threaten to use armed force. Drawing a clear line between justifiable and unjustifiable militancy, Languages of the Unheard shows that the crucial contrast is between democratic and undemocratic action, rather than violence and non-violence.Both a consideration of the ethics and politics of militant protest and the story of dissidents and their actions post 1968, this book argues that militancy is not a danger to democratic norms of consensus-building. Instead, it is a legitimate remedy for elite intransigence and unresponsive systems of power that ignore, or silence, the people.

In this stylistic tour de force, Stephen Marche creates the entire culture of a place called Sanjania—its national symbols, political movements, folk heroes, a group of writers dubbed "fictioneers," a national airline called Sanjair, and a rich literary history. Sanjania is an island nation whose English-speaking citizens draw upon the English, American, Australian, and Canadian literary traditions. This brilliant story is an anthology, taking the reader from the rough and tumble pamphlets of 1870s Sanjania to the burgeoning Sanjanian nationalistic awareness in the 1930s literary journal, The Real Story, to the extraordinary longing of the writings of the Sanjanian Diaspora. These works develop into a Rashomon-like story, introducing us to illustrious Sanjanian figures such as the repentant prostitute Pigeon Blackhat and the magically talented couple Caesar and Endurance. The result is a vibrant evocation of a country— from the birth pangs of its first settlers and their hardy vernacular to is revolutionary years and all the way to the present—all told in Stephen Marche’s innovative and accomplished writing.

Shining at the Bottom of the Sea is a vividly imagined anthology of Sanjania, a fictional country created by one of the most impressive voices in Canadian literature, Stephen Marche. The novel offers a rich and varied portrait of Sanjania and its way of life through a collection of stories—from pirate tales to social realist dramas, from folk parables to avantgarde experiments, from nineteenth-century prostitution “confessions” to postcolonial memoirs. Part satire, part commentary on literary nationalism, part acrobatic feat, Shining at the Bottom of the Sea is above all else an original and absorbing read. Its stories range from wickedly funny to heartbreakingly sad and will be enjoyed by all readers—even the ones who have never had a chance to visit Sanjania.

Honour - Loyalty - RevengeBilly Bowman has just become a citizen of the British Empire, stepping up to meet his new obligations of service, honour, and allegiance to his King.It’s also his first day of secondary school.Like any 12-year-old, he needs to make new friends, to pass his exams and to learn how to fight for the Empire. An Empire that never stopped growing. An Empire whose colonies cover almost the entire world.But the British Empire has powerful, secretive enemies, who only attack from the shadows to bring dissent into the Colonies.Now, one of the most dangerous of those enemy agents has set his sights on Billy’s family, and he’ll stop at nothing to exact his revenge. Starting with Billy’s friends.As friendships are tested and secrets are revealed, the price of loyalty must be paid.