Download or read book The Shadows of Nivia written by Crissy Freed and published by Tate Publishing & Enterprises. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the shadows swoop down on the home of little Chiara and her elder brother Aidan, they run as quickly as they can towards the forest; a place which holds horror in both their hearts, due to the tales told by the elders in the village. Once inside, the children find themselves surrounded by talking trees, fairies, elves, and many other creatures who seem to have been waiting for the little girl who they look to as their savior. As Aidan copes with the knowledge that his parents are gone, he endeavors to keep his promise to protect his sister, only to discover that his promise involves risking his life, as well as hers. With the passing of time, Chiara discovers that she is not who she thought she was, for underneath the facade of a child lies a dormant fairy. It is she, who must defeat the darkness which is threatening to destroy all who live within the forest. As the struggle for dominance within the forest comes to a climax, Chiara finds not only her true parents, but an unlikely love who gives up everything to save her.
Download or read book The Corrupter written by Richard Evans and published by Raven Entertainment Studio. This book was released on 2014-10-06 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The future. From the first moment Oberon O’baron laid eyes on the robot, he was in love. With just a glance the petite artificial girl set his heart aflame, sending him into an obsessive frenzy. As the old-fashioned Englishman struggles with his new found passion, he is led into a world of political agendas, futuristic vice and sexual frustration. Oberon is obsessive, cowardly, self-loathing and weak but his mind is sharp and his dedication unwavering. All the pleasures he had denied himself, all that he had missed out on could be reclaimed. All he needs is HER. The Corrupter is a science fiction tale of obsession, set in a world where everyone is watched and nothing is private.
Download or read book In the Shadow of Liberty written by Kenneth C. Davis and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An examination of American slavery through the true stories of five enslaved people who were considered the property of some of our best-known presidents"--
Download or read book FROSTY BRINGER written by Sercan Bozova and published by Sercan Bozova. This book was released on with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magical crown that will plunge the world into an ice age and the ambitious wizard named Selmun who has prepared his devilish plans by mobilizing the dark army in the Glyteria continent to obtain this crown... The darkness was now very close to descending on the various kingdoms and civilizations established by 8 different races on the new world. While Selmun's dark armies threatened all the races living in peace with their evil and chaos, he also wanted to enslave all creatures and take them under his command by finding the 12th crown... Emmard, a simple human who worked as a ranger in his village, found himself in the middle of this great struggle after leaving his home... Different races, creatures, ancient beings, sorcerers, swords and shields... this series about the competition between good and evil invites you, dear readers, to the middle of the adventure...
Download or read book The Harlequin written by Laurell K. Hamilton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-06-05 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Into Anita Blake's world-a world already overflowing with power-come creatures so feared that centuries-old vampires refuse to mention their names.
Download or read book Nexus written by Sasha Alsberg and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Return to the high-stakes, riveting world of The Androma Saga in this dazzling finale from #1 New York Times bestselling authors Sasha Alsberg and Lindsay Cummings. With her crew captured and her ship a smoldering ruin, notorious mercenary Androma Racella is no longer the powerful Bloody Baroness, but a fugitive on the run. And with most of the galaxy now trapped under the mind control of the bloodthirsty Queen Nor, not even the farthest reaches of Mirabel can offer safety for the queen’s most-hated adversary. But Andi will risk anything, even her precious freedom, to save her crew. So when she finds herself stranded with bounty hunter Dextro Arez on the unforgiving ice planet of Solera, Andi seeks out the mysterious Arachnid, the one person who seems to be fighting back against the vicious queen…and uncovers the true, devastating reason for Nor’s takeover. Back on Andi’s home planet of Arcardius, Nor’s actions have made Mirabel vulnerable to invasion from an outside force. Now allying with her mortal enemy may be the only way for the Bloody Baroness to save the galaxy—even if that alliance demands the most wrenching sacrifice of all.
Download or read book The Galaxy Tales written by Stanley G. Weinbaum and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook edition of "The Galaxy Tales" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "Stories from the Solar System" is series of short stories which are set upon various planets and moons of the Solar System. The stories are marked by attention to the detail of the alien ecosystems with which Weinbaum equips his planets. Though only a few of the stories share protagonists, there is enough shared detail between the stories to show that they belong to a common fictional universe.Contents: A Martian Odyssey (Mars)Valley of Dreams (Mars)Flight on Titan (Titan) Parasite Planet (Venus)The Lotus Eaters (Venus)The Planet of Doubt (Uranus) The Red Peri (Pluto)The Mad Moon (Io)Redemption Cairn (Europa)Tidal Moon (Ganymede)
Download or read book Caminante written by John Oliver Simon and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. Like the traveler of its title, CAMINANTE goes out into the world, stimulating our curiosity and empathy. Written during Simon's nine-month sojourn through Latin America in the mid-nineties, each of its 131 octaves is a jewel in its own right, a moment and idea that resonates with distinctive tones. But each octave follows from the one before, and leads to the one after, and each is accompanied by a brief comentario that compliments it with history and local gossip. Though Simon writes primarily in English, his language embraces the unusual rhythms and nuances of a bilingual mind. John Oliver Simon is the author of numerous books of poetry in English and Spanish, including Son Caminos and Lord of the House of Dawn.
Download or read book Winter Wolves written by Christine Michelle and published by Moonlit Dreams Publications. This book was released on 2024-03-21 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rejected mate, second chance wolf shifter, standalone romance. Sabine The dreams came. I knew what they meant, even though disbelief rode me hard. I was so far at the bottom of my pack’s ranking that there wasn’t a hope to even be acknowledged to speak with our pack master, let alone convince him of the fact that we were mates. Fated. Moon-blessed. The winter wolves didn’t believe in fated mates. They believed in rank, earning your spot in the pack, and the ability to hold it at all costs. My mate refused to believe me. He destroyed my livelihood, nearly cost me my life, and then in the final hour when I was leaving for good, he came around to beg for my forgiveness. Too bad he couldn’t answer one simple question… After tearing my life apart, my mate still didn’t even know my name. Mitchell I knew her name a moment too late to make up for the things I’d done. By the time it was all over, I had more to make up to her as well. First, I had to remake myself into a pack alpha she could respect. Then, I had to hunt her down and make her understand that she was mine.
Download or read book The Complete Works written by Stanley G. Weinbaum and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: Novels The Black Flame The Dark Other Short Stories A Martian Odyssey Valley of DreamsFlight on TitanParasite Planet The Lotus EatersPygmalion's Spectacles The Worlds of If The IdealThe Planet of DoubtThe Adaptive Ultimate The Red Peri The Mad MoonThe Point of View Redemption CairnThe Circle of Zero Proteus Island GraphThe Brink of Infinity Shifting Seas Tidal Moon Dawn of Flame Green Glow of Death Poems The Last Martian Autobiography
Download or read book STANLEY WEINBAUM Ultimate Collection 26 Sci Fi Classics Dystopian Novels Space Adventure Tales written by Stanley G. Weinbaum and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2018-08-29 with total page 937 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition contains the greatest works of Stanley G. Weinbaum, best known for his creation of realistic alien worlds. Contents: Novels: The Black Flame The Dark Other Short Stories: A Martian Odyssey Valley of Dreams Flight on Titan Parasite Planet The Lotus Eaters Pygmalion's Spectacles The Worlds of If The Ideal The Planet of Doubt The Adaptive Ultimate The Red Peri The Mad Moon The Point of View Redemption Cairn The Circle of Zero Proteus Island Graph The Brink of Infinity Shifting Seas Tidal Moon Dawn of Flame Green Glow of Death Poetry: The Last Martian Autobiography
Download or read book SCIENCE FICTION Ultimate Box Set written by Jules Verne and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-16 with total page 12903 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'SCIENCE FICTION Ultimate Box Set' assembles an unparalleled compendium of works from the pioneers and titans of the science fiction genre. Spanning a variety of literary styles—from the adventurous to the speculative, and the fantastical to the utopian—this collection encompasses the rich diversity that has defined and continuously reinvents science fiction. Unique in its breadth, the anthology invites readers to explore seminal works that have laid the foundations of modern speculative storytelling, including groundbreaking narratives of interstellar exploration, time travel, and alternate realities. The contributing authors, a veritable lexicon of literary virtuosos like Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Mary Shelley, and George Orwell, bring together a tapestry of cultural, philosophical, and scientific insights from their respective epochs. Their collective works reflect the evolution of science fiction as a mirror to society's advancements and anxieties, tracing the genre's roots from gothic novels and romanticism to the dawn of the atomic age and beyond. Their diverse backgrounds and contributions illuminate the anthology's overarching theme: the insatiable human quest for knowledge and the exploration of the unknown. 'Readers of the SCIENCE FICTION Ultimate Box Set' are afforded an extraordinary journey through the annals of science fiction. Each page offers an opportunity to witness the evolutionary arc of one of literature's most dynamic genres. The anthology serves not just as a collection of stories, but as an educational resource and a bridge to the dialogue between generations of storytellers. For enthusiasts and newcomers alike, this box set promises endless hours of imaginative thought, challenging one's perceptions of what is possible in the realm of the written word.
Download or read book Collected Short Fiction written by Stanley G. Weinbaum and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Collected Short Fiction" by Stanley G. Weinbaum, an American science fiction author, presents a collection of stunning short stories written in the 30s but ahead of their time in depicting bizarre alien life forms. Most of his stories are written in a travelogue, describing different planets and discoveries made by two adventurous protagonists, Dixon Wells and the great scientist Van Manderpootz.
Download or read book The Observable Universe written by Heather McCalden and published by Hogarth. This book was released on 2024-03-19 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is anyone ever truly lost in the internet age? A moving, original memoir of a young woman reckoning with her parents’ absence, the virus that took them, and what it means to search for meaning in a hyperconnected world. “Brilliantly innovative . . . syncing a narrative of profoundly personal emotion with the invention and evolution of today’s cyberspace.”—William Gibson, author of Neuromancer and The Peripheral In the early 1990s, Heather McCalden lost both her parents to AIDS. She was seven when her father died, ten when she lost her mother. Raised by her grandmother, Nivia, she grew up in Los Angeles, also known as ground zero for the virus and its destruction. Years later, she begins researching online the history of HIV as a way to deal with her loss, which leads her to the unexpected realization that the AIDS crisis and the internet developed on parallel timelines. By accumulating whatever fragments she could about both phenomena—images, anecdotes, and scientific entries—alongside her own personal history, McCalden forms a synaptic journey of what happened to her family, one that leads to an equally unexpected discovery about who her parents might have been. Entwining this personal search with a wider cultural narrative of what the virus and virality mean in our times—interrogating what it means to “go viral” in an era of explosive biochemical and virtual contagion—The Observable Universe is at once a history of our viral culture and a prismatic account of grief in the internet age.
Download or read book Centaur of the North written by Wendell Mayo and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 1996-06-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally, the long-awaited literary debut from the finalist in the Associated Writing Programs Award Series in Short Fiction. Centaur of the North marks the introduction of a gifted storyteller, a lyric and transcendent voice. In nine resonant stories, Wendell Mayo presents us with characters who long to remove the shadows occluding elusive, almost magical mothers and to explore prescribed, yet not fully understood, destinies. His stories reverberate with a soul-aching need to fit the puzzle pieces together. Family histories, family mysteries emerging from legendsWendell Mayo reveals the power of family storytelling, both real and imagined.
Download or read book Jet written by and published by . This book was released on 1980-04-10 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The weekly source of African American political and entertainment news.
Download or read book Subsistence under Capitalism written by James Murton and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complex relationship between subsistence practices and formal markets should be a growing matter of concern for those uneasy with the stark contrast between commercial and local food systems, especially since self-provisioning has never been limited to the margins. In fact, subsistence occupies a central space in local and global economies and networks. Bringing together essays from diverse disciplines to reflect on the meaning of subsistence in theory and in practice, in historical and contemporary contexts, in Canada and beyond, Subsistence under Capitalism is a collective study of the ways in which local food systems have been relegated to the shadows by the drive to establish and expand capitalist markets. Considering fishing, farming, and other forms of subsistence provisioning, the essays in this volume document the persistence of these practices despite capitalist government policies that actively seek to subsume them. Presenting viable alternatives to capitalist production and exchange, the contributors explain the critical interplay between politics, local provisioning, and the ultimate survival of society. Illuminating new kinds of engagements with nature and community, Subsistence under Capitalism looks behind the scenes of subsistence food provisioning to challenge the dominant economic paradigm of the modern world.
