The Hottest Place on Earth by Alfred Cool (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Hottest Place on Earth by Alfred Cool Consider the times, 1975... nuclear bomb tests fueling the Cold War, disco, the Pet Rock. We had it all. What else but a dark comedy with a backbone could come from that era? A good-humored, if rebellious, adventure seeker takes a summer job in a remote mining camp on Great Bear Lake, near the Arctic circle, with an idea he would get back to school in the fall. But when he learns more about the camps sinister history, all hell breaks loose.This memoir is chock full of humour, actual action, colorful characters, and events. It is also a page from the story of Canadas nuclear addiction, our ground zero -- Port Radium, NWT. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Alfred Cool has written 5 novels. Since 2010, he has won awards in short story contests, has published e-fiction, and is published in three Canadian anthologies. He attended Simon Fraser University to pursue English as his major. Al enjoyed a lengthy career as a computer systems analyst and taught privately and as a college instructor. He is a member of the Vancouver chapter of the Canadian Authors Association and the BC Federation of Writers. He writes extensively and intimately about his inspiration and life and travels on the coast of British Columbia. Prolific writer Al Cool has won first and third place awards in short story contests, has published stories in Torontos Danforth Review and New Yorks The Otter e-zines, has contributed to three Canadian anthologies, and is the indie author of five West Coast novels. Once an English major at SFU, he has since lived in many unique BC communities as a logger, a mountaineer, a dreamer, a boxer, a programmer and Systems Analyst, a manager, a rebel, a teacher, and always an environmentalist. He has worked at polished board room tables and slept in ditches as a homeless wanderer. He brings to life through compelling and uniquely Canadian tales, as only a local can, the raw and bold characters living where Canadas mountains meet Earths greatest ocean. Publications and Completions: -Numerous short stories. -DRY CAMP!" 2013, is available worldwide as an eBook or as a paperback at Amazon.com/Books -THE 5 CENT MURDER" 2013 is available worldwide as an eBook or as a paperback at Amazon.com/Books and Kobo -"THE PONY CLUB" 2014, is available worldwide as an eBook or as a paperback at Amazon.com/Books -"NATIONAL VOICES" anthologies 2012 & 2014 are available through the Canadian Authors Association. -"THE HOTTEST PLACE ON EARTH" 2017, is available worldwide as an eBook or as a paperback at Amazon.com/Books and Kobo -"THE HAIDA GWAII DETOUR" 2018, is available worldwide as an eBook or as a paperback at Amazon.com/Books and Kobo -"THE LA PROJECT" 2018 work in progress -"THE SILVER GLOVES" 2018 work in progress Blog: / WWW: Facebook: Al Cool Details ISBN1546972005 Author Alfred Cool Language English Year 2017 ISBN-10 1546972005 ISBN-13 9781546972006 Format Paperback Publication Date 2017-05-17 Pages 266 Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:127595498;

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