Download or read book The Hackney Martian written by Paul Brown and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A play on the location 'The Hackney Marshes,' this story centres on a boy who finds a small green martian, crash-landed on the famous football common, and so begins an exciting journey of friendship and daring adventure!
Download or read book Encyclopedia of London s East End written by Kevin A. Morrison and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2023-03-03 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The East End is an iconic area of London, from the transient street art of Banksy and Pablo Delgado to the exhibitions of Doreen Fletcher and Gilbert and George. Located east of the Tower of London and north of the River Thames, it has experienced a number of developmental stages in its four-hundred-year history. Originating as a series of scattered villages, the area has been home to Europe's worst slums and served as an affluent nodal point of the British Empire. Through its evolution, the East End has been the birthplace of radical political and social movements and the social center for a variety of diasporic communities. This reference work, with its alphabetically organized cross-referenced entries and its original and historical photography, serves as a comprehensive guide to the social and cultural history of this global hub.
Download or read book Mars written by Ben Bova and published by Rosetta Books. This book was released on 2010-02-16 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considered one of Ben Bova’s most famous Grand Tour novels: “A gripping, realistic tale of man’s first expedition to the red planet. Don’t miss it” (Terry Brooks, New York Times–bestselling author of The Shannara Chronicles). Jamie Waterman is a young Navaho geologist who is picked for the ground team of the first manned expedition to Mars. He will be joining an international team of astronauts and scientists. But once the crew land on the red planet, they soon discover they must battle not only the alien land on which they have invaded but earthbound bureaucrats as well. When they come face to face with a chasm ten times as deep and large as the Grand Canyon, all twenty-five astronauts must face the most shocking discovery of all . . . “The science fiction author who will have the greatest effect on the world.” —Ray Bradbury, author of Farenheit 451 “A splendid book . . . Of his many books, Mars must be the most important.” —Arthur C. Clarke, author of Islands in the Sky
Download or read book The Mood Hoover written by Paul Brown and published by . This book was released on 2016-03 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Charles Dickens Martian Notes written by Simon Bucher-Jones and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paperback edition of Charles Dicken's Martian Notes (1842) - its a travelogue, an alt-history, an sf novel, a satire, a mash-up, a prequel to The War Of The Worlds, and contains - monsters, vampires, criminals, spies, clockwork automata, and Charles Dickens.
Download or read book The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Martian Menace written by Eric Brown and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new addition to the Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series from science fiction and crime author Eric Brown. A second wave of Martians has come to Earth - the first wave having succumbed to lethal Terran pathogens. The second wave, arriving some five years later, did so with the aid of a cure for the various ills that scuppered their earlier plans - and these Martians claim to have come in peace. Humankind, lulled into a false sense of security, welcomes the Martians who bring with them a host of technological and scientific wonders, and for several years an entente exists between the two races. It is only when Holmes and Watson travel to the Red Planet, ostensibly to track down the killer of an eminent Martian philosopher, that they learn the truth: the Martians who invaded Earth are tyrannical despots who subjugated a 'lesser' race of their own kind, and are merely biding their time to enslave the citizens of Earth. With the assistance of anti-Martian activist Miss Freya Hadfield-Bell, and a cadre of renegade Martians, Holmes and Watson escape Mars with their lives and return to Earth where they hope to work to overcome the rule of the oppressive Martian overlords.
Download or read book The Lonely Giraffe written by Peter Blight and published by Bloomsbury Pub Limited. This book was released on 2005 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a giraffe feels left out because the other animals can barely hear him or are afraid of him, an unexpected flood and an innovative idea by the giraffe changes the other animals' perspective.
Download or read book Alien Memos written by Thomas N. Hackney and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alien Memos provides scientifically verified details and evidence of what certainly appears to be extraterrestrial activity of a very high order. Revealed in this book are four semiotic communications from an advanced (presumably) extraterrestrial intelligence. Here is a comprehensive account of these miraculous, yet well-documented, events that took place just before and after mankind's first (and only) major, congressionally-funded search for extraterrestrial intelligence. One of them was the most energetic event of any kind ever witnessed by man in his solar system. But miracles are rare, and they often have rational explanations. The events covered in this book are no different. Fasten your seatbelt, because Kansas is going bye-bye. Take a moment to visit Thomas Hackney's website: www.setifacts.com
Download or read book The Eti Grail written by Thomas N. Hackney and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2012-08-17 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ETi Grail provides scientifically verified details and translation of communications dispatched via three unprecedented events, two of which occurred within our atmosphere, the third occurring further out. Revealed here for the first time is rock-solid evidence of non-human activity and an intelligence never before dreamed of.
Download or read book The Lower Clapton Tales written by Carolyn Clark and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Underground written by Will Hunt and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Descend -- Across Paris -- The intraterrestrials -- The ochre miners -- The burrowers -- Lost -- The hidden bison -- The dark zone -- Humberto.
Download or read book The Song of Lunch written by Christopher Reid and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lunch in Soho with a former lover – but Zanzotti’s is under new management, and as the wine takes effect fond memories give way to something closer to the bone. A mock-elegy for the heady joys of old-time Soho, The Song of Lunch displays the full range of Christopher Reid’s wit, craft and human sympathy. Published to tie-in with a major BBC 2 dramatization for National Poetry Day, starring Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson.‘A tiny narrative disproportionately rich in exact observation, sorry comedy and controlled pathos. After reading Reid you start to wonder why fiction-writers bother with padding and padding about of prose.’ Alan Hollinghurst, Guardian Books of the Year 2009Christopher Reid is the author of a number of books of poems, including A Scattering (winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award) and The Song of Lunch (both 2009). From 1991 to 1999 he was Poetry Editor at Faber and Faber, and worked with Ted Hughes on such books as Tales from Ovid and Birthday Letters. He is now a freelance writer and lives in London.The BBC production of The Song of Lunch by Christopher Reid:Starring: Alan Rickman and Emma ThompsonProducer: Pier Wilkie Director: Niall MacCormickExecutive Producers: Sarah Brown and Greg WiseCover shot: BBC Picture Publicity/Nick Briggs
Download or read book Zero History written by William Gibson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollis Henry never intended to work for global marketing magnate Hubertus Bigend again. But now she’s broke, and Bigend has just the thing to get her back in the game... Milgrim can disappear in almost any setting, and his Russian is perfectly idiomatic—so much so that he spoke it with his therapist in the secret Swiss clinic where Bigend paid for him to be cured of his addiction... Garreth doesn't owe Bigend a thing. But he does have friends from whom he can call in the kinds of favors powerful people need when things go sideways... They all have something Bigend wants as he finds himself outmaneuvered and adrift, after a Department of Defense contract for combat-wear turns out to be the gateway drug for arms dealers so shadowy they can out-Bigend Bigend himself. “Zero History is [Gibson’s] best yet, a triumph of science fiction as social criticism and adventure.”—BoingBoing.net
Download or read book The War of the Worlds written by H.G. Wells and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2003-03-17 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, the first story to speculate about the consequences of aliens (from Mars) with superior technology landing on earth, is one of the most influential science fiction books ever written. The novel is both a thrilling narrative and an elaboration of Wells's socio-political thought on the subjects of imperialism, humankind's treatment of other animals, and unquestioning faith in military technology and the continuation of the human species. This edition's appendices include other related writings by Wells; selected correspondence; contemporary reviews; excerpts from works that influenced the novel and from contemporary invasion narratives; and photographs of examples of Victorian military technology.
Download or read book The Wisdom Pyramid written by Brett McCracken and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We're facing an information overload. With the quick tap of a finger we can access an endless stream of addictive information—sports scores, breaking news, political opinions, streaming TV, the latest Instagram posts, and much more. Accessing information has never been easier—but acquiring wisdom is increasingly difficult. In an effort to help us consume a more balanced, healthy diet of information, Brett McCracken has created the "Wisdom Pyramid." Inspired by the food pyramid model, the Wisdom Pyramid challenges us to increase our intake of enduring, trustworthy sources (like the Bible) while moderating our consumption of less reliable sources (like the Internet and social media). At a time when so much of our daily media diet is toxic and making us spiritually sick, The Wisdom Pyramid suggests that we become healthy and wise when we reorient our lives around God—the foundation of truth and the eternal source of wisdom.
Download or read book Sand Stories written by Kiran Pereira and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Sand Stories, Kiran Pereira examines why sand is the most consumed commodity on the planet after water and the impacts of this seemingly insatiable demand for sand. The book offers a wealth of potential solutions and is richly illustrated.
Download or read book The Blitz Companion written by Mark Clapson and published by University of Westminster Press. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blitz Companion offers a unique overview of a century of aerial warfare, its impact on cities and the people who lived in them. It tells the story of aerial warfare from the earliest bombing raids and in World War 1 through to the London Blitz and Allied bombings of Europe and Japan. These are compared with more recent American air campaigns over Cambodia and Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s, the NATO bombings during the Balkan Wars of the 1990s, and subsequent bombings in the aftermath of 9/11. Beginning with the premonitions and predictions of air warfare and its terrible consequences, the book focuses on air raids precautions, evacuation and preparations for total war, and resilience, both of citizens and of cities. The legacies of air raids, from reconstruction to commemoration, are also discussed. While a key theme of the book is the futility of many air campaigns, care is taken to situate them in their historical context. The Blitz Companion also includes a guide to documentary and visual resources for students and general readers. Uniquely accessible, comparative and broad in scope this book draws key conclusions about civilian experience in the twentieth century and what these might mean for military engagement and civil reconstruction processes once conflicts have been resolved.
