Download or read book Chronicle of a Silent Explosion written by Stephanie Versin and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2020 will be remembered as a time of disruption across the globe and one of the most challenging times of humankind. With the onslaught of COVID-19, we found ourselves in uncharted territory waking up to stay-at-home orders, social distancing practices, daily death toll numbers, unprecedented loss, suffering and fear of the unknown.The pandemic was described as a "silent explosion that ripples through society" by Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York. This deadly, raging, silent explosion has turned our normally constant bustling urban spaces into eerie ghost towns."Chronicle of a Silent Explosion" is a visual testimony of San Francisco during COVID-19.
Download or read book The Explosion Chronicles written by Yan Lianke and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A rip-roaring Swiftian satire from a contemporary Chinese master” follows a rural community’s transformation from small village to megalopolis (The Economist). With the Yi River on one side and the Balou Mountains on the other, the village of Explosion was founded more than a millennium ago by refugees fleeing a seismic volcanic eruption. But in the post-Mao era the name takes on a new significance as the community grows explosively from a small village to a vast metropolis. Behind this rapid expansion are members of the community’s three major families, including the four Kong brothers; Zhu Ying, the daughter of the former village chief; and Cheng Qing, who starts out as a secretary and goes on to become a powerful political and business figure. Linked together by a complex web of loyalty, betrayal, desire, and ambition, these figures are the driving force behind their hometown’s transformation into an urban superpower. Brimming with absurdity, intelligence, and wit, The Explosion Chronicles considers the high stakes of passion and power, the consequences of corruption and greed, the polarizing dynamics of love and hate between families, as well as humankind’s resourcefulness through the vicissitudes of life. “Yan’s burlesque of a nation driven insane by money is equally a satire of some of the excesses of the Chinese Revolution.” —The Wall Street Journal
Download or read book The Silent Explosion written by Philip Appleman and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Abajam Chronicles written by A.R.E.M. and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Albert Meisner is really incensed; not only is he being blamed for the catastrophe that transported his whole property, his family, their friends and two unexpected guests to this peculiar world; the whiskey he’s been drinking is having no effect on him! The truly culpable person is Frank; his future son-in-law who is now in a coma from the power surge precipitated by his experimentation with the ‘harmless’ alien objects Albert had salvaged a dozen years earlier from the wreckage of a spaceship. Albert learns that just moments before the catastrophic event catapulted them to this place, the secret service and army had been situated right outside his front gate about to raid his home. As all vestiges of 21st century life have disappeared, the question becomes not where are they, but when? Though Albert boasts he’s just a ‘simple trucker’, he sets out to chronicle all the events that may have contributed to their predicament in the hope of discovering how it could’ve happened and who or what really caused it. As if things couldn’t get worse, a shovel and pick-axe being used to fortify the compound against a possible attack from their new neighbours go missing.
Download or read book The Chaos Chronicles written by Jeffrey A. Carver and published by Starstream Publications. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A boxed set of three novels: Neptune Crossing, Strange Attractors, and The Infinite Sea. When John Bandicut encounters alien sentience on Triton, his life changes forever?from sacrificing everything to save Earth, to confronting a malicious entity at the edge of the galaxy, to fathoming the abyss of an alien ocean. A major hard-SF adventure from the Nebula-nominated author of Eternity's End. Individual novels appeared in print from Tor Books. DRM-free ebook edition.
Download or read book Crackstone Chronicles written by Bob Henneberger and published by Tempt Press. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To a basic civilization, advanced science can seem like magic. What happens when magic seems like advanced science? It depends on who is the observer and who is the observed. John Crackstone and his Science Officer, Tem, accidentally become trapped on a cloaked planet on their way to a priority first contact mission. This planet and its unusual inhabitants change Crackstone's original mission, as well as the current time line of the universe. The Ambassador comes face to face with the mysterious "Time Keepers" race; Crackstone's civilization is a class three, the Time Keepers are at least a class six. The final installment of the Crackstone Chronicle trilogy answers the question of how an Ambassador from a system in the Andromeda Galaxy relates to two humans, an omniscient, immortal race called the "Time Keepers" and why scores of alien civilizations become interested in twentieth century Earth. The three novels of the Crackstone Chronicles, Extinction, Connections and Extraordinary Solution carry the reader through time and space, exploring the question: why would extraterrestrials visit Earth, let alone conceal themselves here?
Download or read book The Silent Explosion Etc written by Philip APPLEMAN and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Chronicles of Corhn written by Rodney Ferguson and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Years ago, in a time long since forgotten, an amulet was forged from a mysterious black stone. The legend says this hidden relic is an object of unparalleled magical power. Now a young visionary discerns the truth. Could it be in danger of being discovered? A party including an orphan, a son of a magistrate, and a young prince race across the ocean to a distant land to stop an unknown order of dark wizards from obtaining the amulet. Can they find it in time?
Download or read book The Hybrid Chronicles The Complete Series written by T.K. Eldridge and published by Graffridge Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-30 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hybrids are a family of soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice - and found themselves healed with a mix of animal and human stem cells. Treated as less than human, they continue to serve - until a mission goes completely against their morals and ethics. Life, when you are different, isn't easy. Bitter moments and sweet. Then they tell you to 'be the change you want to see'. When you're trained to serve and fight, sometimes you take the battle to the streets to incite that change.
Download or read book Starfighter Chronicles written by John B. Rosenman and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2020-10-09 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (previously published as The Turtan Trilogy) Now in one volume, the first three books of John B. Rosenman's Inspector of the Cross series. The Cen, a cruel alien race, has attacked humanity and only one man can save it. Turtan, an Inspector of the Cross Empire, travels in suspended animation to distant worlds in search of a weapon or device that can defeat the enemy and end the brutal five-thousand-year war. Because he travels in frozen sleep, this elite agent is technically four thousand years old and has outlived many lovers and generations of his children. It is a painful and terrible burden, but duty comes first and always he must move on. His mission is rendered even more difficult by his own leaders who sometimes oppose his selfless quest to save humanity.
Download or read book Chronicles of the Pelabruse written by Paul A. Kriss and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-01-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comes a tale of loss and redemption, rich with intriguing characters existing in an unseen realm both upon and below the surface world. William Berne is a man in search of answers. Answers he does not expect to find, yet is compelled to search for to honor the dying wish of his bride. With his gathered group of ecclectic comrades, he will move forward in the hope that the pain and tragedy endured by them at a cold destroyers hand may be righted, and spare unsuspecting humanity from his dark and merciless wrath . This journey challenges him to confront himself as well as his enemies . Come and see the shielded world of " the Enclave " . Experience an adventure different than any you have ever known, in the first book revealed through the "Chronicles Of The Pelabruse " .
Download or read book The Epherium Chronicles Crucible written by T.D. Wilson and published by Carina Press. This book was released on 2014-05-26 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book two of The Epherium Chronicles January, 2155 Earth Defense Forces Captain James Hood is on the mission of his life. The Cygni solar system is just one space-fold jump away. One more jump and they'll have reached the fledgling colony that Earth desperately needs if the human race is going to survive. But a plot to derail him has already damaged his ship, threatened the lives of his crew and cost him time. Time the colonists might not have. So much depends on him now, but Hood's confidence is shaken. It's self-doubt he thought he'd buried, a brutal mind-killer for all military commanders. Yet danger surrounds his team; a brutal insectoid alien race is still out there, intent on eradicating humans, and a greater threat from an unknown, elusive enemy has emerged. The forces at work on Cygni are like nothing Hood has trained for, tactically or emotionally. When put to the test, he must choose to either trust the unlikeliest of allies, or run and seal the fate of the Cygni colony forever. 93,000 words
Download or read book The Obernewtyn Chronicles 7 The Sending written by Isobelle Carmody and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once shunned as a Misfit for the powers that set her apart, Elspeth Gordie has finally found happiness and love. But when she receives the long-awaited summons to begin her final quest, she must slip out in the night and leave all that she loves behind without saying a single goodbye. Elspeth sets off across the toxic Blacklands with the help of a pack of mutant wolves to find the ancient weapons that once loosed chaos and death upon the world. Those weapons have begun to stir. . . .
Download or read book The Martian Chronicles written by Ray Bradbury and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-04-17 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tranquility of Mars is disrupted by humans who want to conquer space, colonize the planet, and escape a doomed Earth.
Download or read book The Resurrection Chronicles Books 1 3 written by M.J. Haag and published by Shattered Glass Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demon Ember - Mya's world is falling apart. After a series of earthquakes, deadly animals surface and begin the spread of a zombie-like plague. Only hours later, huge, grey-skinned men emerge that possess impossible strength and speed, making humans easy prey. The one that finds Mya is determined not to let her escape. Although he keeps her safe from the animals, Mya knows nothing can keep her safe from him. Demon Flames - As hellhounds continue to roam and the zombie plague spreads, Drav leads Mya to the source of her troubles—Ernisi, an underground Atlantis and Drav’s home. There Mya learns that the shadowy demons, who’ve helped devastate her world, are not what they seem. Trapped in Ernisi, Mya tries to convince Drav to return her to the surface so she can continue her search for her family. However, he’s determined to keep her where he knows she’ll be safe. When Mya falls ill, Drav must choose between her and his people. Demon Ash - The world is nothing like Mya remembers. While in Ernisi, cities have been bombed and burned in an attempt to stop the hellhounds and the plague. The survivors are doing everything they can to win back their world from the hell that was unleashed with the first quake. With Drav's help, Mya reunites with her family, but they are far from safe. Marauders, hellhounds, and the infected are doing their best to destroy what's left of the world, and it's up to Mya and Drav to save it. Fans of The Walking Dead, romance in any form, and reading with the lights out will obsess over The Resurrection Chronicles.
Download or read book The Explosion Chronicles written by Yan Lianke and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The village of Explosion was founded more than a millennium ago by refugees fleeing a volcanic eruption. But in the post-Mao era the name takes on a new significance as the community grows explosively. Three major families—linked by a complex web of loyalty, betrayal, desire and ambition—are the driving force behind their hometown’s transformation into an urban superpower. Brimming with intelligence and wit, The Explosion Chronicles considers the high stakes of passion and power, the consequences of corruption and greed, the polarising dynamics of love and hate between families, and the seemingly unstoppable excesses of capitalism—it is a smart, flamboyant and poetic tale of ambition, lies and vice from China’s master satirist. Yan Lianke was born in 1958 in Henan Province, China. Text has published his novels Serve the People!, Lenin’s Kisses, Dream of Ding Village and The Four Books. Yan Lianke won the Hua Zhong World Chinese Literature Prize in 2013. He has also won two of China’s most prestigious literary awards: the Lu Xan Prize and the Lao She Award. He lives in Bejing. Translator Carlos Rojas is Associate Professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University. His translations include two other novels by Yan Lianke: Lenin’s Kisses and The Four Books.
