Download or read book MEMORIES OF SANDRA ANDERSON A COSMIC EXPLORER written by Tanya Ferris and published by Tanya Ferris. This book was released on with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MEMORIES OF SANDRA ANDERSON - A COSMIC EXPLORER - Written by Tanya Ferris The fantasy books “Memories of Sandra Anderson” feature the adventures of Sandra Anderson, a space adventurer who defies the tyranny of the intergalactic Yrkanian Empire and seeks extraordinary experiences all over the known (and unknown) universe. Story One (Planet Doom): During vacations in a beautiful, isolated planet, Sandra Anderson has to confront a gang of villains and their sensual chief, who soon proves to be a lot more than that. Story Two (Mind Games): Feeling rather disappointed after her recent mission, Sandra goes after an extreme adventure which will put her in extreme dangers for dubious rewards. Story Three (Dead End): As a result of unforeseen adventures, Sandra ends up married to her worst enemy. Moreover, she doesn't remember how this happened or who she really is. Yet, it will all come back to her in most unusual ways... Story Four (Hallucinations): Sandra works undercover as an artist dancer on an inhabited asteroid. However, after suffering a series of odd misfortunes, she realizes she has fallen in a very intricate trap. Story Five (Starship Regina): This time Sandra visits a renowned casino. This leads her to unbelievable adventures in a very specific starship... Story Six (Alien Dimensions): Sandra is assigned to find and arrest a notorious intergalactic criminal. She is close to succeeding, when their duel eventually takes a very dangerous turn. Story Seven (Fright Night with the Enemy): This time Sandra Anderson gives concerts as an organ perfectionist; yet, suddenly everything goes wry and horrible traps await her... Story Eight (Nowhere to Hide): Sandra is a prisoner in the starship of her enemy, with no hope of escaping, since he seems to control her mind; and when she finds an incredible way out, things get even more complicated… Story Nine (Paralles in Time): This time Sandra visits an amazon planet that suffers strange predatory raids. Her investigations lead her to an ancient necropolis full of buried secrets and age-long rancour. Story Ten (Theft of a Myth): Sandra Anderson arrives on the primitive planet Phaon, where she earns a reputation as a star gladiator; yet, she soon draws to a close this promising career in order to pursue a much more important goal. Story Eleven (Dark Places): In this adventure Sandra meets Jessie, an old, unfulfilled passion of hers, who is now the leader of a planetary revolution. However, his motives prove to be not so pure…

Download or read book MEMORIES OF SANDRA ANDERSON A COSMIC EXPLORER written by Tanya Ferris and published by Tanya Ferris. This book was released on with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book II (stories twelve-nineteen) The fantasy books “Memories of Sandra Anderson” feature the astral and space adventures of Sandra Anderson, a space adventurer who defies the tyranny of the intergalactic Yrkanian Empire and seeks extraordinary experiences all over the known (and unknown) universe. Story Twelve (Art of God): Sandra Anderson gets an invitation from an old friend, who lives on the beautiful planet of Abarth. Yet, she soon finds out there are radical, devastating changes about the planet and its inhabitants; therefore, she decides to do something about it before it is too late for everybody and everything. Story Thirteen (If Only You Knew): Sandra gets quite a surprise when Venor asks for her help, so as to get rid of a very dangerous woman. She decides to accept that weird assignment, but she can barely imagine the imminent revelations and consequences. Story Fourteen (The Legend of the Bone Pyramid): Sandra and Peter visit the legendary Bone Pyramid, which is said to be a gate to other universes; however, no sooner have they arrived there, than they meet someone who intends to use the Bone Pyramid for their own dark plans. Story Fifteen (Days of Light and Shadows): This time Sandra and Peter are members of a primitive desert tribe, with the intention of helping them get rid of a horrible monster. However, Sandra finds out soon this is only the tip of the iceberg.. Story Sixteen (Undercover of the Past): After Sandra's ambitious plans about deactivating the cosmic vampire Lethe fail, she ends up on a primitive planet where she experiences another version of herself in another life; however, sooner or later reality finds a way of rushing back in... Story Seventeen (A Ship Called Destiny): This time Sandra investigates about an interstellar slave trade taking place on the isolated planet Offir. For this reason, she goes aboard a weird ship that was never bound to cross the oceans. Story Eighteen (Dawn of Erebus): Sandra gets a job in a research starship that seeks new worlds and life forms, beyond the boundaries of the known universe. The experience seems to be quite fulfilling, yet she soon finds out they have brought something alien and dangerous from beyond... Story Nineteen (Never Forgotten You): In this adventure Sandra Anderson seeks an invaluable, ancient item, which is one of a kind, and finds it inside an Yrkanian base. It's all a trap, of course...

Download or read book MEMORIES OF SANDRA ANDERSON A COSMIC EXPLORER written by Tanya Ferris and published by Tanya Ferris. This book was released on with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book III (stories twenty ‒ twenty-eight) The fantasy books “Memories of Sandra Anderson” feature the astral and space adventures of Sandra Anderson, a space adventurer who defies the tyranny of the Interstellar Yrkanian Empire and seeks extraordinary experiences all over the known (and unknown) universe. Story Twenty (Sexcaged): After being informed that prince Venor of Yrkania has landed on planet Gonast, Sandra Anderson decides to go there with a view to discovering what an Yrkanian prince is looking for on a planet of Amazons… Story Twenty-One (Stray Beyond Sunset): This time Sandra has come to the primitive planet of Rystadel and makes inquiries about an unspeakable form of evil that terrorizes the population, making them more and more religious and submissive to a certain “divine” power. Story Twenty-Two (The Forsaken Lands): Sandra and Peter travel through a black hole to the Forsaken Lands, an abandoned world where there is a source of infinite power. They have to secure this source, before Venor lays his hands on it an messes up everything in the universe. Story Twenty-Three (The Rise of the Mystic): This time Sandra is taken by surprise, as she is suddenly abducted by a renowned wizard who considers her responsible for the loss of an utmost valuable and dangerous book of magic. Story Twenty-Four (The City of Gold): While looking for new adventures, Sandra gets a mysterious message that urges her to land on an uninhabited planet and explore the ruins of the legendary City of Gold. Pretty soon, however, she finds out she is not the only one who roams its splendid temples. Story Twenty-Five (Reminiscence): This time Sandra Anderson remembers her very first adventure, after she had just escaped from an Yrkanian worksite: A hazardous exploration in the mysterious Realms of the Long Night, that helped discover her real self and her destiny in life. Story Twenty-Six (Descent to the Nether Zone): In this adventure, Sandra Anderson follows her beloved Peter of the Stars into the nightmarish Nether Zone, in search of a holy gem that can save worlds -in this case, Peter's world. Story Twenty-Seven (The Sect of the Solar Crown): Sandra gets hired by the governor of planet Zinra, so as to find his only son who disappeared after he had joined the Sect of the Solar Crown. Sandra becomes a member of the sect and finds out a lot more than the governor's son... Story Twenty-Eight (Distant Planet): Peter of the Stars is in great trouble, since a very dangerous sorceress claims the throne of Eldyla. So, he asks for Sandra’s help and they both set off for a frozen planet, in search of an ancient item which is believed to provide extraordinary spiritual abilities; that's where the situation gets even more complicated…

Download or read book Archaeology Anthropology and Interstellar Communication written by National Aeronautics Administration and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-09-06 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing a field that has been dominated by astronomers, physicists, engineers, and computer scientists, the contributors to this collection raise questions that may have been overlooked by physical scientists about the ease of establishing meaningful communication with an extraterrestrial intelligence. These scholars are grappling with some of the enormous challenges that will face humanity if an information-rich signal emanating from another world is detected. By drawing on issues at the core of contemporary archaeology and anthropology, we can be much better prepared for contact with an extraterrestrial civilization, should that day ever come.

Download or read book Under the Net written by Iris Murdoch and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1977-10-27 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iris Murdoch's debut—a comic novel about work and love, wealth and fame Jake Donaghue, garrulous artist, meets Hugo Bellfounder, silent philosopher. Jake, hack writer and sponger, now penniless flat-hunter, seeks out an old girlfriend, Anna Quentin, and her glamorous actress sister, Sadie. He resumes acquaintance with the formidable Hugo, whose ‘philosophy’ he once presumptuously dared to interpret. These meetings involve Jake and his eccentric servant-companion, Finn, in a series of adventures that include the kidnapping of a film-star dog and a political riot on a film set of ancient Rome. Jake, fascinated, longs to learn Hugo’s secret. Perhaps Hugo’s secret is Hugo himself? Admonished, enlightened, Jake hopes at last to become a real writer.

Download or read book A Psalm for the Wild Built written by Becky Chambers and published by Tordotcom. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Hugo Award! In A Psalm for the Wild-Built, bestselling Becky Chambers's delightful new Monk and Robot series, gives us hope for the future. It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend. One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of "what do people need?" is answered. But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how. They're going to need to ask it a lot. Becky Chambers's new series asks: in a world where people have what they want, does having more matter? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Download or read book Critical Theory Today written by Lois Tyson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical Theory Today is the essential introduction to contemporary criticial theory. It provides clear, simple explanations and concrete examples of complex concepts, making a wide variety of commonly used critical theories accessible to novices without sacrificing any theoretical rigor or thoroughness. This new edition provides in-depth coverage of the most common approaches to literary analysis today: feminism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, reader-response theory, new criticism, structuralism and semiotics, deconstruction, new historicism, cultural criticism, lesbian/gay/queer theory, African American criticism, and postcolonial criticism. The chapters provide an extended explanation of each theory, using examples from everyday life, popular culture, and literary texts; a list of specific questions critics who use that theory ask about literary texts; an interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby through the lens of each theory; a list of questions for further practice to guide readers in applying each theory to different literary works; and a bibliography of primary and secondary works for further reading.

Download or read book The Onion Book of Known Knowledge written by The Onion and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a witless cretin with no reason to live? Would you like to know more about every piece of knowledge ever? Do you have cash? Then congratulations, because just in time for the death of the print industry as we know it comes the final book ever published, and the only one you will ever need: The Onion's compendium of all things known. Replete with an astonishing assemblage of facts, illustrations, maps, charts, threats, blood, and additional fees to edify even the most simple-minded book-buyer, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge is packed with valuable information -- such as the life stages of an Aunt; places to kill one's self in Utica, New York; and the dimensions of a female bucket, or "pail." With hundreds of entries for all 27 letters of the alphabet, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge must be purchased immediately to avoid the sting of eternal ignorance.

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Download or read book Origins Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution written by Neil deGrasse Tyson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Who can ask for better cosmic tour guides?” —Michio Kaku Our true origins are not only human, or even terrestrial, but in fact cosmic. Drawing on recent scientific breakthroughs and cross-pollination among geology, biology, astrophysics, and cosmology, Origins illuminates the soul-stirring leaps in our understanding of the cosmos. This revised and updated edition features such startling discoveries as the now more than 5,000 detected exoplanets that promise to reveal exciting possibilities for life in the cosmos, and data from a new generation of ground-based and spaceborne observatories that have fundamentally changed what we know about the expanding universe?and maybe even the laws of physics themselves. From the first image of a galaxy’s birth to tantalizing evidence of water not only on Mars but also on the asteroid Ceres, as well as on moons of Jupiter and Saturn, coauthors Neil deGrasse Tyson and Donald Goldsmith conduct an exhilarating tour of the cosmos with clarity and exuberance.

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