Download or read book The Blue World written by Jack Vance and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-12-19 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over twelve generations the descendents of a space crash on a world completely covered in water had managed to adapt to their marine culture. Living in villages built on giant clumps of sea plants, they survived on the flora and fauna of the sea. But they have always been at the mercy of the kragen - gigantic squid-like monsters that prey on their fish flocks, and on them. The biggest of these is King Kragen, with whom the colonists can communicate, who has to be appeased. But one man has had enough of a life of slavery and sacrifice. But how can he convince his fellow men that King Kragen must be killed? And how can that be achieved in a world without weapons?
Download or read book Beautiful Blue World written by Suzanne LaFleur and published by Wendy Lamb Books. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful Blue World is a thrilling and moving story of children who become the key to winning a war. Sofarende is at war. For twelve-year-old Mathilde, it means food shortages, feuding neighbors, and bombings. Even so, as long as she and her best friend, Megs, are together, they’ll be all right. But the army is recruiting children, and paying families well for their service. If Megs takes the test, Mathilde knows she will pass. Megs hopes the army is the way to save her family. Mathilde fears it might separate them forever. This touching and suspenseful novel is a brilliant reimagining of war, where even kindness can be a weapon, and children have the power to see what adults cannot. Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year, Outstanding Merit ILA-CBC Choices Reading Lists, Teacher’s Choice Junior Library Guild Selection Nominated for multiple state awards
Download or read book Blue World written by Robert McCammon and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Masterful and macabre short fiction from the New York Times–bestselling author of Swan Song. Father John has lived his whole life without knowing a woman’s touch. Hard at first, his self-denial grew easier over time, as he learned to master his urges with a regimen of prayer, cold showers, and jigsaw puzzles. That changed the day that Debra Rocks entered his confessional. A rough-talking adult film actress, she has come to ask him to pray for a murdered costar. Her cinnamon perfume infects Father John, and after she departs he becomes obsessed. Around the corner from his church is a neon-lit alley of sin. He goes there hoping to save her life before he damns himself. That is “Blue World,” the novella that anchors this collection of chilling stories by Robert R. McCammon. Although monsters, demons, and murderers fill these pages, in McCammon’s world the most terrifying landscape of all is the barren wasteland of a lost man’s soul.
Download or read book Blue Man World written by Blue Man Group and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As entertaining and hilarious as the show itself, Blue Man World reveals everything you ever wanted to know about the Blue Men, but couldn't get them to tell you. The first-ever Blue Man Group book, published on the occasion of their 25th anniversary, Blue Man World is a glorious combination of music, comedy, and state-of-the-art technology, Blue Man Group has evolved from its underground roots in New York City to one of the world's most beloved events. The show has been seen by 35 million people worldwide and its fans includes kids and adults, ages 8 to 80.Blue Man World is a graphically rich, textually dynamic, cheekily clever deep dive into the world of the Blue Men, as well as a hilarious cultural satire. Including archival photographs, specially commissioned artwork, infographics, and interviews with Blue Man experts (both real and potentially not real), it asks and sometimes answers all the burning questions: Who are these Blue Men? Where do they come from? Why are there only three of them? What drives their curiosity? What do they want to accomplish? Blue Man Group is a global entertainment company best known for the award-winning Blue Man Group show. A dynamic combination of music, comedy, and technology, the show appeals to a broad ranges of age groups and cultural backgrounds. It is continually refreshed with new music, stories, custom instruments and state-of-the-art technology.
Download or read book The Kragen written by Jack Vance and published by Subterranean. This book was released on 2007-09-26 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Subterranean Press is pleased to announce a small limited edition of the rare novella by Jack Vance that was eventually expanded into his novel Blue World. The Kragen has been out of print for nearly twenty years, with the exception of its appearance in the Vance Integral Edition, a set of volumes published over the past few years that carried a cover price of $1500, for the least expensive edition alone. Here's your chance to acquire a Vance limited at a bargain price, and cast your eyes upon a novella rarely seen since its original appearance in 1969.
Download or read book The Blue World written by Jack Vance and published by Victor Gollancz. This book was released on 2003 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over twelve generations the descendents of a space crash on a world completely covered in water had managed to adapt to their marine culture. Living in villages built on giant clumps of sea plants, they survived on the flora and fauna of the sea. But they have always been at the mercy of the kragen - gigantic squid-like monsters that prey on their fish flocks, and on them. The biggest of these is King Kragen, with whom the colonists can communicate, who has to be appeased. But one man has had enough of a life of slavery and sacrifice. But how can he convince his fellow men that King Kragen must be killed? And how can that be achieved in a world without weapons?
Download or read book The Blue World written by Jack Vance and published by Spatterlight Press. This book was released on 1966 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The World is Blue written by Sylvia A. Earle and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "... [L]egendary marine scientist Sylvia Earle portrays a global ecosystem on the brink of irreversible environmental crisis unless we act immediately. A Silent Spring for our era, this eloquent, urgent, fascinating book reveals how the past 50 years of destructive--and ever accelerating--oceanic change threaten the very existence of life on Earth." -- back cover.
Download or read book The Blue World written by Dr. Joyeeta Talukdar and published by Ukiyoto Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to succeed in our life, we need to learn perseverance and patience which our mothers show everyday. Joy learns how kitchen work helped her attain the patience, which led her to establish herself as a scientist. Author: Dr. Joyeeta Talukdar is currently working as a post-doctoral fellow in Cancer Biology at the department of Bio-Chemistry, AIIMS, New Delhi. She had done her doctorate from Gauhati University, Assam on, “Interaction of Cancer Stem Cells with Mesenchymal Stem Cells”. She is actively associated with NGOs basically in Assam and New Delhi working for tele-medicine of Cancer Patients, their palliative care and counselling and especially able kinds. She loves to write about her day-to-day experiences. Illustrator: Mridusmita Choudharee is a professional freelance artist, who specializes in Sculpture. She has done her Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) from Indira Kala Sangita Biswavidyalaya, Khairagarh, Chattishgarh. She was very interested in Art since her childhood, so she took Fine Art as her passion, profession, interest. She has made sculptures of so many great people of Assam. Along with the sculpture she also likes to do painting, craft works etc. She lives in Dikom, Dibrugarh.
Download or read book Blue Gold written by Maude Barlow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-25 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International tensions around water are rising in many of the world's most volatile regions. The policy recipe pursued by the West, and imposed on governments elsewhere, is to pass control over water to private interests, which simply accelerates the cycle of inequality and deprivation. California, as well as China, South Africa, Mexico and countries on every continent already face a crisis. This book exposes the enormity of the problem, the dangers of the proposed solution and the alternative, which is to recognize access to water as a fundamental human right, not dependent on ability to pay.
Download or read book The Blue Beautiful World written by Karen Lord and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As first contact transforms Earth, a team of gifted visionaries races to create a new future in this wondrous science fiction novel from the award-winning author of The Best of All Possible Worlds. “A complex story of first contact from a unique perspective that is warm, engaging, and wildly original.”—Martha Wells, New York Times bestselling author of The Murderbot Diaries LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION The world is changing, and humanity must change with it. Rising seas and soaring temperatures have radically transformed the face of Earth. Meanwhile, Earth is being observed from afar by other civilizations . . . and now they are ready to make contact. Vying to prepare humanity for first contact are a group of dreamers and changemakers, including Peter Hendrix, the genius inventor behind the most advanced VR tech; Charyssa, a beloved celebrity icon with a passion for humanitarian work; and Kanoa, a member of a global council of young people drafted to reimagine the relationship between humankind and alien societies. And they may have an unexpected secret weapon: Owen, a pop megastar whose ability to connect with his adoring fans is more than charisma. His hidden talent could be the key to uniting Earth as it looks toward the stars. But Owen’s abilities are so unique that no one can control him and so seductive that he cannot help but use them. Can he transcend his human limitations and find the freedom he has always dreamed of? Or is he doomed to become the dictator of his nightmares?
Download or read book World War Blue Vol 7 written by Anastasia Shestakova and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crossroads: Choose Your Path! Weary from their failed attempt to invade the Republic of Habeed, the Segua Army returns to find the kingdom's capital in ruins. Gear and Opal fight remnants of the terrorists who bombed the castle while others look for survivors. More details emerge during the skirmish, but then Opal suddenly vanishes! When Gear catches up to her, he learns more about Opal's past and why she joined the Army in the first place. As her dark secrets are revealed, Gear may be forced to choose between his friend and his kingdom.
Download or read book Blue Future written by Maude Barlow and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water is a human right: “A rousing case for what will be one of the key environmental challenges of the twenty-first century.” —Booklist The United Nations has recognized access to water as a basic human right—but there is still much work to be done to stem this growing environmental crisis. In this book, water activist Maude Barlow draws on her extensive experience to lay out a set of key principles that show the way forward to what she calls a “water-secure and water-just world.” Not only does she reveal the powerful players even now impeding the recognition of the human right to water, she argues that water must not become a commodity to be bought and sold on the open market. Focusing on solutions, she includes stories of struggle and resistance from marginalized communities, as well as government policies that work for both people and the planet. At a time when climate change has moved to the top of the national agenda and the stage is being set for unprecedented drought, mass starvation, and the migration of millions of refugees in search of water, Blue Future is an urgent call to preserve our most valuable resource for generations to come. “In a book as clear as a pristine mountain stream, Maude Barlow lays out a practical and inspiring vision for how we can defend water—the source of all life—from the forces of death.” —Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine
Download or read book My Little Blue Planet written by The Mill and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story for children about why we should care for our little blue planet, the only home we have, to teach ecology, sustainability and responsibility.
Download or read book The Blue Sweater written by Jacqueline Novogratz and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2010-02-16 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narrative account of the author's investigation into the world's economic gap describes her rediscovery of a blue sweater she had given away to Goodwill and found on a child in Rwanda, in a passionate call to action that relates her work as a venture capitalist on behalf of impoverished nations. Reprint.
Download or read book Small Blue World written by Jason Isley and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning and quirky collection of underwater photography, with miniature figures posing in an inventive aquatic world. Created by world-renowned underwater photographers, this gorgeous book takes an alternative look at mankind's journey by using models of miniature people placed in beautiful and humorous situations undersea. Providing an alternative perspective on life, Small Blue World is a clever and thought-provoking collection of impressive imagery that tackles some of the wider ecological issues facing our oceans.
Download or read book Threads of Blue written by Suzanne LaFleur and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathilde escapes war-torn Sofarende and reunites with Megs and the other children who are working for the army to retake Sofarende from the enemy, but Mathilde must come to terms with her past treasonous actions and determine what she must do in order to prove her friendship to Megs.
