Download or read book The Rise and Fall of Shimmerism written by James Kracht and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-03-22 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 2167, and Simon Shadow is nearly killed by a crazed co-worker's explosive suicide. Leaving Earth behind, Simon embarks on a quest for freedom-to Reetar, a distant planet recently colonized. Upon arrival, he finds a city bristling with rival religions. Within days, Simon offends the Unholy Mass, a powerful and sadistic religion. His life threatened, he realizes the only way to save himself is to become a rival faith-Shimmerism. On the far side of the planet, meanwhile, a lone starship crash-lands. The survivors begin their own quest, searching for a fabled city of spirituality; and above them all, in orbit, a powerful military force keeps watch, laying waste to anyone foolish enough to threaten the balance of the Great Experiment-the ruling philosophy that governs humanity's colonization of new worlds. The Rise and Fall of Shimmerism casts a speculative eye on a vast human population whose profiteering fringe blazes its way across the next great frontier, caught in a violent cycle of soulless spirituality. An epic future-history replete with phantasmagoric drugs, strange music, and savage ironies, the book ultimately touches on the evolution of human awareness-and the first confused glimpses of a malevolent new reality.
Download or read book Difficult Questions about Video Games written by James Newman and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rise and Fall of the Cthulhu Mythos written by S. T. Joshi and published by Mythos Books LLC. This book was released on 2008 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noted Lovecraftian scholar Joshi details the works of classic Mythos authors and reviews some of the more modern authors who have taken up the Lovecraftian mantle.
Download or read book The Call of Cthulhu And Other Stories written by H.P. Lovecraft and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential literary collection of H. P. Lovecraft’s ten finest short stories, from the celebrated editor of the two-volume New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft. An indispensable collection of the best of one of literature’s “most critically fascinating and yet enigmatic figures” (Alan Moore), featuring H. P. Lovecraft’s most bone-chilling tales, including: “Dagon”, “The Outsider”, “The Music of Erich Zann”, “The Rats in the Walls”, “The Call of Cthulhu", “The Colour Out of Space”, “The Dunwich Horror”, “The Shadow over Innsmouth”, “The Shadow Out of Time” and “The Haunter of the Dark”. Though he died an unknown, dejected pulp-magazine writer in 1937, Howard Phillips Lovecraft is now considered the first great “genius of weird fiction” (Peter Straub). There is no better guide through the peculiarities of his universe than Leslie S. Klinger, whose work as annotator of the “exciting and definitive” (Danielle Trussoni, New York Times Book Review) New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft has proven him a leading Lovecraft scholar. Keenly aware of the author’s inspiration of “dozens—hundreds—of stories written by others playing in [his] galactic sandbox,” Klinger now presents this essential reader’s edition for both fanatics and newcomers to the canon. Equipped with explanatory annotations and sharp historical insight, this highly accessible?collection features Lovecraft’s ten most profound and unnerving short stories. From the early tale “Dagon” to the mature and sprawling “The Haunter of the Dark,” these expertly curated stories built a Lovecraftian sense of dread that has reverberated in the world of horror literature for generations: that all of us are “outsiders” in the universe.
Download or read book Quest for Antarctica written by John F. Barell and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-07-13 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antarctica fools you into thinking you are safe, that appearances are reality. Antarctica is not what she seems. Since he was thirteen years old, author John Barells life-longand life-enrichingdream has been to sail to Antarctica and explore its wild and expansive territories. Quest for Antarctica: A Journey of Wonder and Discovery recounts Barells Antarctic adventure that is not only captivating but also educational. Fostered by knowing Americas foremost polar explorer, Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, and with strong family support, Barells dream continues south to McMurdo Sound and to the two-mile thick polar plateau. Follow Barells expeditions, including becoming a teacher, and learn how all of the survival lessons of Antarctica apply to striving for our own goals and being successful.
Download or read book The Republic of Crisfield written by Don Briddell and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this novel the lead character, Ben Wright, has solved the most vexing problem in physics, the Unified Field Theory. The moment he attempts to make it known, all hell breaks loose. Ben discovers, to his dismay, that his ideas are not his own. After a failed kidnapping attempt by a terrorist cell, the U.S. government, recognizing the weaponry potential, claims ownership of the theory. Fearful that the theory, in the wrong hands, may do harm to humanity, Ben flees for cover to his native home Crisfield, Maryland, on the Chesapeake Bay. It is there that science and technology collide with the residents of the town in an epic confrontation, involving the U.S. government and the terrorists. While Crisfield may seem to be an unlikely place for a showdown having world-wide implications, it is revealed in this backwater town, through its wonderful cast of characters, that the moral and ethical compass still points to true north, to the direction we must take if we are to survive into the future.
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Download or read book M A C O N D 2 written by William Henry Tarkington and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2000-08-17 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been read by 200 people from ages 18-82 who have different lifestyles. Each of them has been offered $100.00 if they would read it and come back to us unsatisfied. They all gave it a "Thumbs-up" and "One of the best-sellers I have ever read" remarks. We haven't paid anyone a penny. Vince Di Carlo is a reporter for the New York Times. While developing a small political exposé for a story, he suddenly opens the gates to hell for himself, his fiancée and his close friends. In one week's time, they become helplessly entangled in a vicious web of lies, kidnapping, murder, corporate takeovers, inside trading, government conspiracies and more. Stretching from the coast of California to Berlin, Germany, a shocking story and finally a nuclear disaster. You will cry with Mrs. Vonbrough as she reads the letter from her dying brother. Your will scream with anger at the German soldier who whipped an innocent infant. YOU WILL NOW READ THE NEXT BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE! This book will touch every emotion in your body. Every time you finish a chapter and think that you know what will happen next, you'll be stunned when you turn the next page. You will also say that this is more than just a novel, it will be part of your life because you will feel like YOU'RE THERE!
Download or read book Engine 49 Devil s Night written by Duane Hollywood Abrams Superfireman and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the years of 1977 - 1990, I fought fires in the city... How I gain super powers...
Download or read book Carson s Tree written by Monica Ruthizer and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book, Susu Economics: The History of Pan-African (Black) Trade, Commerce, Money and Wealth is one of the most thorough and exciting books which deals with the development of culture and civilization in ancient and prehistoric Africa, and how trade and commerce contributed to the migrations of Africans worldwide and the establishment of cultures and civilizations from the Sahara to India and China, around the globe to ancient Olmec Mexico. This massive trade network contributed to building the wealth and influence of many ancient African kingdoms and empires such as ancient Egypt, Nubia-Kush, Wagadu-Ghana, Nok, Punt, Zimbabwe and many others. African wealth and influence also spread to parts of Europe when Africans settled parts of Ireland and England as well as Iberia, hundreds of years before Christ. The book examines the trade goods used and commodities traded for thousands of years.
Download or read book A Silk Purse written by Jane Schope and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane's early years were full of adventure and excitement. She immigrated to Australia from England, married, and had five children. Disaster struck when her husband was arrested. She spent years grappling with the consequences of his crimes and the devastating effect on her family. Jane floundered in a spiritual and emotional wilderness. The pain of betrayal, confusion, and guilt reinforced her lack of self-worth. Could she ever recover? How could she forgive? Who could understand her humiliation, shame, and utter despair? Told with candid honesty and courage, this is a story of redemption and restoration that Jane attributes solely to God's grace and mercy.
Download or read book The Pelican s Briefs written by Mark R Joneschiet and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-06-24 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come celebrate a town, Klamath Falls, Oregon—official population 18,538 (people, that is—the cows you will have to count yourself)! Join the author in a homespun journey through the past in a town that is the epitome of all hometowns. Located on a route that is the shortest distance between Los Angeles and Seattle, this town seems inocuous enough, however, a peak beneath its exterior reveals enough oddities, quirks and interesting characters to fuel the tabloids for centuries. This rendering of the author's memoirs offers shameless name-dropping of well-known personalities, recounts of events that have local, near-legandary status (among those involved at least) and some actual history that didn't quite make it into the history books. Fade into the past to an era devoid of terms such as "Duuuude", "Sweeeeet", and "Da Bomb!" Words that will characterize this world are more like "Golly", "Gosh", "Gee Whiz", and "Shucky-Darn." Let a mildly embarrassed pelican guide you on this tongue-in-cheek and often, ironic visit to a place that isn't too far from everyone's growing up experience.
Download or read book Texas Woman Widowed Twice and Becoming an Eagle written by Danva York Meister and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uniquely inspired, and written as a memoir with practical application elements, Widowed Twice shows how joy will come “in the morning.” It offers a burst of refreshing hope and excitement., explaining that your life is not over and that God still has a plan for you. It features practical ideas and information that can enhance your life. This book is not about doom and gloom but reveals that you have a choice to be sad or glad. It is a story of a woman twice widowed who became like an eagle, soaring above her circumstances and overcoming them. This book is about stepping out into God's purpose for you and then letting go of the past, whether it was good or bad, looking forward to your future. It will motivate you to listen to God's still, small voice and let the next season in your life unfold.
Download or read book Karl Marx Prince of Darkness written by George Fabian and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Where Valor Proudly Sleeps written by Leslie Wayne Salsbury and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On rural Doylestown in southwest Pennsylvania, a most heart-rending story of romance that struggles to endure the furies of wartime plays out in Leslie Wayne Salsbury's Where Valor Proudly Sleeps. Written in a staid rhythm and prose apt for that time in the nation's history, the novel sets out with a strikingly authentic recreation of life in pre-Civil War Pennsylvania. Salsbury shows a richness of detail born out of diligent, even brilliant, research and a highly creative imagination. His characters speak out and tell us of a time and place where the most tumultuous and important battles of the Civil War were fought. On a fateful night, the two young lovers, Benjamin Wayneright and Alexandra Cadwalder, meet at a ball in the town armory. Introduced by Ben's teacher, Mrs. McIntyre, the two immediately find out how they are meant for each other. A most romantic night ensues and starts a strong, passionate relationship that will prove equal to the coming chaos of war. It is a story of heroic love: how two young lovers find their love blooming in the crucible of war and how they became a pair of strong hearts that influenced others in their town to defend the Union cause. Before the war came, Benjamin would lose his father and Alexandra was on the verge of losing hers to "bleeding cancers." Throughout forced separations, they remain true to each other. They survive the war but experienced firsthand the cost of preserving liberty and fighting for justice. They grow old in and around Doylestown, Bucks County. When Benjamin dies at a ripe old age, he is given a hero's burial by the town. Alexandra soon follows to reunite with her beloved.
Download or read book Dragon Drive written by Wayne Richards and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-01-11 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The people of Diablo Keep are falling into despair until Paul Royer returns from a strange encounter on the cliffs.
Download or read book Forever Today written by Breck Miller and published by . This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chad Breckinridge is a successful attorney who is pushing fifty and trying to find some sense in his life after a heart wrenching tragedy. From his days as a high school football star, to his time fighting in the jungles of Vietnam and the party life of college, through the later struggles of marriage and fatherhood, true love was always just out of reach. Chad must come to grips with himself before he can open a sealed envelope containing a letter, and find out what it all means.
