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Book Alliance Space

    Book Details:
  • Author : C. J. Cherryh
  • Publisher : Astra Publishing House
  • Release : 2008-03-04
  • ISBN : 1101666455
  • Pages : 627 pages

Download or read book Alliance Space written by C. J. Cherryh and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2008-03-04 with total page 627 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two Alliance-Union novels, Merchanter's Luck and Forty Thousand in Gehenna, bound in one omnibus volume for the first time! Merchanter's Luck—His name was Sandor and he was the owner and entire crew of a tramp star-freighter that flew the Union planets under false papers and fake names. Her name was Allison and she was a proud but junior member of the powerful family whose mighty starship, Dublin Again, was the true queen of the spaceways. They met at Viking Station, she seeking a night’s dalliance, he desperately in search of a spacer assistant. Their fateful meeting was to lead to a record-breaking race to Pell Station, thereby catching the calculating eye of the grim commander of the Alliance battlecraft Norway, and a terrifying showdown at a deadly destination off the cosmic charts. Forty Thousand In Gehenna—When forty thousand human colonists are abandoned for political reasons on a planet called Gehenna, and re-supply ships fail to arrive, collapse seems imminent. Yet over the next two centuries, the descendants of the original colonists survive despite all odds by entering a partnership with the planet’s native intelligence—the lizard-like, burrowing calibans.

Book Alliance Space

    Book Details:
  • Author : C. J. Cherryh
  • Publisher : Astra Publishing House
  • Release : 2008-03-04
  • ISBN : 0756404940
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Alliance Space written by C. J. Cherryh and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2008-03-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two Alliance-Union novels, Merchanter's Luck and Forty Thousand in Gehenna, bound in one omnibus volume for the first time! Merchanter's Luck—His name was Sandor and he was the owner and entire crew of a tramp star-freighter that flew the Union planets under false papers and fake names. Her name was Allison and she was a proud but junior member of the powerful family whose mighty starship, Dublin Again, was the true queen of the spaceways. They met at Viking Station, she seeking a night’s dalliance, he desperately in search of a spacer assistant. Their fateful meeting was to lead to a record-breaking race to Pell Station, thereby catching the calculating eye of the grim commander of the Alliance battlecraft Norway, and a terrifying showdown at a deadly destination off the cosmic charts. Forty Thousand In Gehenna—When forty thousand human colonists are abandoned for political reasons on a planet called Gehenna, and re-supply ships fail to arrive, collapse seems imminent. Yet over the next two centuries, the descendants of the original colonists survive despite all odds by entering a partnership with the planet’s native intelligence—the lizard-like, burrowing calibans.

Book Star Crossed Orbits  Inside The U S  Russian Space Alliance

Download or read book Star Crossed Orbits Inside The U S Russian Space Alliance written by James Oberg and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2001-11-07 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insider's view into the U.S.-Russian space program In Star-Crossed Orbits, space veteran and bestselling author James Oberg combines riveting personal memoir with top-notch investigative journalism to tell the complete untold story of the U.S.-Russian space alliance. With unparalleled access to official Russian archives, facilities, and key individuals associated with the Russian space program, he describes the strengths and weaknesses that each side of the alliance brings to the table. And he reveals for the first time the full story of Russia's decaying space program and how it ultimately was saved from collapse by Western funds. Praise for Star Crossed Orbits: "A unique background and base of experience underlies this remarkable book by Jim Oberg. It is must reading for anyone who wishes to understand the culture with which one must deal when attempting to cooperate with Russia or counter its initiatives, whether peaceful or otherwise. Times change with the clock." --Dr. H.H. 'Jack' Schmitt, Apollo moon walker, US Senator "Jim Oberg's new book is an absolute must read for those who have followed the first decades of the human exploration of space. He reveals all sorts of insider information on all sides of the relationship between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, later Russia, as they attempted to forge a successful partnership in space. . . Don't miss this one!" --Admiral Richard Truly, Space Shuttle Astronaut and former NASA Administrator "[Star-Crossed Orbits] is a great piece of investigative journalism. [Its] detailed, comprehensive and well documented description of the political environment that shaped the International Space Station is a service to NASA and the nation. . . [This] book is a must read for program managers, engineers and scientists engaged in present and future projects with Russia." --Gene Kranz, Apollo Flight Director, author of 'Failure is Not An Option' "Finally, someone is telling it like it is about the Russian manned space programthe good, the bad and the ugly. The Russians pulled the wool over our eyes for decades. It continues even today, only now America is paying for it. I have relied on Jim for years because no one knows it or tells it like he does." --Walter Cunningham, Apollo VII Astronaut (first manned Apollo mission) "In this reasoned indictment, James Oberg reveals the self-delusional and cynically deceptive deals in which the US allowed Russia to be a controlling partner in constructing the International Space station. He details the terrible cost in time, national treasure and integrity that this causedand how, despite these self-inflicted barriers, America's much-maligned space workers successfully built it anyway." --Frederick C. Durant III, Former Assistant Director, National Air and Space Museum

Book Terminal Alliance

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jim C. Hines
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2017
  • ISBN : 0756412749
  • Pages : 370 pages

Download or read book Terminal Alliance written by Jim C. Hines and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Krakau came to Earth to invite humanity into a growing alliance of sentient species. But they hadn't counted on a mutated plague wiping out half the human population, turning the rest into shambling, near-unstoppable animals, and basically destroying human civilization. You know, your standard apocalypse. The Krakau's first impulse was to turn around and go home. (After all, it's hard to have diplomatic relations with mindless savages who eat your diplomats.) Their second impulse was to try to fix us. Now, a century later, human beings might not be what they once were, but at least they're no longer tryiying to eat everyone. Mostly."--Jacket flap.

Book Alliance Unbound

    Book Details:
  • Author : C. J. Cherryh
  • Publisher : Astra Publishing House
  • Release : 2024-10-15
  • ISBN : 0756415985
  • Pages : 418 pages

Download or read book Alliance Unbound written by C. J. Cherryh and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2024-10-15 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2nd novel of The Hinder Stars series returns to an intergalactic corporate conflict, set in the Hugo Award–winning Alliance-Union Universe. With deft prose and complex characters, Alliance Unbound is thought-provoking science fiction that shrewdly examines the technological and sociopolitical challenges of humanity’s journey to the stars. When Cyteen opened up faster-than-light travel, it gave the technology for free to any ship that could reach it; and with that technology, it provided a map of jump-points, points of mass enabling starships to navigate hyperspace safely. The map of jump-points, however, stopped with the route to Alpha—thus excluding Sol, and Earth, and the Earth Company, whose gateway to the stars was Alpha. Cyteen knew exactly what it was doing with its gift. Sol and the EC could still reach Alpha with sub-light pusher-ships as it always had—but Sol and the Earth Company no longer had any authority in the Beyond. But Sol intends to take back control of its star-stations and stop Cyteen's unbridled expansion, however it can. To do that, they are willing to starve Alpha and concentrate their efforts on a huge FTLer capable of carrying military force.

Book Alliance Rising

    Book Details:
  • Author : C. J. Cherryh
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2020-11-24
  • ISBN : 0756412722
  • Pages : 434 pages

Download or read book Alliance Rising written by C. J. Cherryh and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For years, the stations of the Hinder Stars, those old stations closest to Sol, have lagged behind the great megastations of the Beyond, like Pell and Cyteen. But new opportunities and fears arise when Alpha station, the oldest of them all, receives news of a huge incoming faster-than-light ship with no identification. The denizens of Alpha wait anxiously for news about the outsiders, each with their own suspicions about the ship and its motivations. Ross and Fallon, crew members of the Galway, believe the unidentified ship belongs to Pell and has come to investigate another massive ship docked at Alpha, The Rights of Man. Though Rights is under the command of the Earth Company, it is not quite perfected--and its true purpose is shrouded in mystery. James Robert Neihart, the captain of the strange ship--finally identified as one of the two largest ships of the Beyond, the Merchanter vessel Finity's End--has heard whispers of The Rights of Man and wonders at its design and purpose, especially as Sol has struggled to rival the progress of the Farther Stars. Now docked at Alpha, he must convince the crews that there is more to The Rights of Man than meets the eye. Because the reasons behind the creation of The Rights of Man, and its true plans, could change everything--not just for Sol, but for the Hinder Stars and the Beyond itself."--

Book New Lines of Alliance  New Spaces of Liberty

Download or read book New Lines of Alliance New Spaces of Liberty written by Félix Guattari and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This extraordinary collaboration between Felix Guattari amd Antonio Negri was written at the dawn of the 1980s, in the wake of the crushing of the autonomous movements of the previous decade. The diagnose with incisive prescience transformations of the global economy and theorise new forms of alliance and organisation: mutant machines of subjectivation and social movement.

Book Alliance Advantage

Download or read book Alliance Advantage written by Yves L. Doz and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a decade of reeningeering and downsizing, many companies are leaner, more efficient, and acutely focused on their core business. Yet today's growth opportunities in global markets and new technologies demand a wider range of skills. More and more, firms must turn to alliances-often with their rivals-to meld the right resources for pursuing new opportunities. However, few managers are accustomed to working with undefined boundaries between collaboration and competition, with the need to combine unfamiliar skills, with networks of interdependent alliances, and with complex value creation strategies. Nor has their experience with traditional joint ventures prepared them for this world of intricate alliance webs. Alliance Advantage aims to help today's managers and their companies be more successful in their efforts to create, guide, and thrive with alliance strategies. Most conventional wisdom about alliances has focused on the formal design of bilateral alliances, devoting too little attention to the strategic underpinnings and too little commitment to building relationships. With Alliance Advantage, strategy experts Yves Doz and Gary Hamel convincingly argue that it is the strength of alliance strategies and the frequently overlooked internal processes that play the decisive role in shaping eventual outcomes. In a fundamentally new perspective on the way alliances are formed and managed, the authors reveal the analysis, processes, and partner interactions that enable allies to meet their strategic goals. Drawing on principles of strategy, organizational design, organizational learning, and collaborative management, this is the definitive resource for both understanding and leveraging the powerful advantages of alliances. Alliance Advantage provides both conceptual and practical tools for analyzing the design and performance of alliances. Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive guide that will help managers build new collaborations and improve existing ones. Each chapter examines a different aspect of an alliance, from selecting the right partners to minimizing conflicts to determining further commitments. Companies such as Xerox, Boeing, Honda, and Corning, among others, provide examples of successful and unsuccessful partnerships, painting a vivid picture of the conditions that can make or break an alliance. Successful alliances, say Doz and Hamel, require constant attention. With Alliance Advantage, they offer today's best opportunity to study, understand, and increase the effectiveness of strategic alliances.

Book Accessory to War  The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military

Download or read book Accessory to War The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military written by Neil deGrasse Tyson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Extraordinary.… A feast of history, an expert tour through thousands of years of war and conquest.” —Jennifer Carson, New York Times Book Review In this far-reaching foray into the millennia-long relationship between science and military power, acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-author Avis Lang examine how the methods and tools of astrophysics have been enlisted in the service of war. Spanning early celestial navigation to satellite-enabled warfare, Accessory to War is a richly researched and provocative examination of the intersection of science, technology, industry, and power that will introduce Tyson’s millions of fans to yet another dimension of how the universe has shaped our lives and our world.

Book Space Runners  3  The Cosmic Alliance

Download or read book Space Runners 3 The Cosmic Alliance written by Jeramey Kraatz and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Star Wars meets Ridley Pearson’s Kingdom Keepers in this high-stakes intergalactic adventure! The Cosmic Alliance is the third installment in an action-packed series for tweens that’s perfect for fans of Eoin Colfer and Lisa McMann and that Soman Chainani called “a blockbuster mix of thrills and adrenaline.” Benny Love’s trip to the moon wasn’t supposed to include the start of a war between humans and the Alpha Maraudi, a group of aliens determined to take over Earth. When Benny and his friends get to know a peaceful Alpha Maraudi general and her crew, Benny can’t imagine letting the war continue—he’ll need to help bring the conflict to a peaceful resolution. But neither group’s leaders are interested in talking, and Benny knows that both sides are developing powerful superweapons. Will the Moon Platoon be able to save both their Earth families and their new alien friends?

Book Space Alliance 2

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christopher Flores
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2021-12-03
  • ISBN : 9781955243384
  • Pages : 148 pages

Download or read book Space Alliance 2 written by Christopher Flores and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-03 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the Space Alliance hunting them now, Wolf Squad must find a new home to hide in order to avoid any of the Space Alliance Forces. Despite them finding a planet to hide on and being able to get jobs that somewhat suit their abilities; a group of Space Pirates have found them and managed to convince them to join his crew of Pirates. Now Wolf Squad has become Pirates and is now helping their new allies ambush shipments and other things owned by the Space Alliance in order to get what is needed to help them survive in this harsh Universe that is now against. Only time would tell if joining and trusting these Space Pirates was the right decision for Wolf Squad to make as they help fight against the Space Alliance.

Book Space Alliance

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christopher Flores
  • Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
  • Release : 2017-02-24
  • ISBN : 1524585297
  • Pages : 108 pages

Download or read book Space Alliance written by Christopher Flores and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-02-24 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Space Alliance is a science fiction book that involves four children who were destined to be soldiers. A war in deep space began to spread across the universea war between an organization called Space Alliance and a race called the Fallers. The Space Alliance, despite everything, looked for help throughout the universe and discovered Earth. When Earth was found, an alien man named Arco selected four humans who he believed are capable of helping the Space Alliance to win the war. These four humans he selected were skilled at accomplishing things that a soldier can accomplish with a few talents that each of them possess. Once they were recruited in Arcos way, they were trained during the earliest part of their livesas newborn babies. Read this story and find out if they are able to complete their training in time and win a war.

Book New Alliance in the Galaxy

Download or read book New Alliance in the Galaxy written by Joseph Loturco and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-03-16 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fight the Bugs, Robot spaceships. While we travel thru the new alliance space, colonizing, learning. The moon ship is a thousand mile in diameter ball that is taken and used by humans, Tiliranens, and other aliens as a base to fight from. Meet and make first contact with many alien races as we explore this area we call the new alliance. Meet the young Captains that man the ships. Women who have control of sex and Captain ships. Admiral Page Ross, who is in command of the new alliance. Captain Sanchez, Captain Hanson and the Blue race Captain Blay. Can the AI that control the Robot ships stop the new alliance space force?

Book Fiber Datacom

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  • Author :
  • Publisher : Information Gatekeepers Inc
  • Release :
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 14 pages

Download or read book Fiber Datacom written by and published by Information Gatekeepers Inc. This book was released on with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Combat in the New Alliance

Download or read book Combat in the New Alliance written by and published by iUniverse. This book was released on with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Galaxy Alliance

    Book Details:
  • Author : Allan D. Risa
  • Publisher : iUniverse
  • Release : 2011-12-16
  • ISBN : 9781462071371
  • Pages : 332 pages

Download or read book Galaxy Alliance written by Allan D. Risa and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-12-16 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After having his family abducted and slaughtered by a band of ruthless pirates, Phantom Breaker now faces permanent exile from his beloved homeworld. Luckily rescued by the Galaxy Alliance, Phantom and his adopted sister now learn to survive in a world far from their own. Thirsting for revenge, he joins the Galaxy Alliance as a soldier and quickly becomes one of their elites. Now, with vengeance on his mind, will the pirates who abducted him years ago stand a chance? Will the ruthless Tri Guild and their leader Trayon be the thorn in the side of Phantom even years after his rescue? Does young Phantom Breaker have the will to face the challenges before him and be a force for good in the galaxy, or will his past come back to haunt him as he falls into the darkness?

Book The US Navy s Secret Space Program and Nordic Extraterrestrial Alliance

Download or read book The US Navy s Secret Space Program and Nordic Extraterrestrial Alliance written by Michael Salla and published by Exopolitics Consultants. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Los Angeles Air Raid on February 24/25, 1942 opened an unprecedented chapter in the evolution of the U.S. Navy. In response to this incident, a covert research program to investigate the feasibility of exotic antigravity propulsion technologies was developed. In addition, Navy operatives were embedded in Nazi occupied Europe to learn about the Germans' advanced flying saucer programs, and they discovered the Nazis were receiving assistance from two extraterrestrial groups with very different agendas. The debriefing of the operatives took place at Naval Air Station, San Diego, led by Rear Admiral Rico Botta. He instructed a -Disseminator of Naval Research and Information-, William Tompkins, to take confidential briefing packets to select think tanks, corporations and university departments around the country. Later, Tompkins worked with a number of leading aerospace companies to design massive spacecraft for a secret U.S. Navy space program, and was fatefully assisted by extraterrestrial visitors described as -Nordics-. An extensive number of documents substantiate Tompkins' claims of the existence of a covert Navy program created to study, design and build deep space battle groups. They became operational in the 1980's. Now the Navy has a new goal to enact a plan to level the universal playing field, and the election of President Donald Trump may just be the wild card they needed to reveal ... everything!