Heritage of stars, a-sf
Author : Clifford D. Simak
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 10,54 MB
Release :
Category :
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Historic San Francisco
Author : Rand Richards
Publisher : Heritage House Publishers
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 12,18 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781879367050
Book Description
No American city has a more colorful history than San Francisco. In this unique book, author Rand Richards not only provides a vivid narrative of this special city from its very beginnings all the way through to the modern era, but also tells where to find the historic buildings, sites, museums, and artifacts that make that history come alive. Just a few of the things you will find in Historic San Francisco are the locations of, and the fascinating histories behind: A 1623 Spanish cannon that once guarded the entrance to the Golden Gate. A gold nugget discovered by James Marshall at Coloma in January 1848. The last surviving Nob Hill mansion. Relics from the 1906 earthquake and fire including clusters of melted dimes and pennies found in the ruins. Book jacket.
Bay Area Wild
Author :
Publisher : Sierra Club Books for Children
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 29,60 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
Nestled among the cities and suburbs of the San Francisco Bay Area is the most extensive system of wild greenbelts in the nation. Renowned adventurer and wilderness photographer Galen Rowell has created the ultimate tribute to the place where he was born and raised. His lyrical text, combined with 173 spectacular color photographs, presents a unique view of the Bay Area.
San Francisco's Golden Gate Park
Author : Chris Pollock
Publisher : Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co.
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 20,61 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, Calif.)
ISBN : 1558685456
Book Description
This gorgeous book captures the wonders of this park by the bay. Filled with color photos and historical documents documenting the park's illustrious and colorful past.
A Heritage of Stars
Author : Clifford D. Simak
Publisher : Berkley Publishing Group
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 49,6 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Science fiction, American
ISBN : 9780425037737
Book Description
This Star Shall Abide
Author : Sylvia Engdahl
Publisher :
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 39,43 MB
Release : 2016-06-29
Category :
ISBN : 9781534947160
Book Description
Noren knew that his world was not as it should be--it was wrong that only the Scholars, and their representatives the Technicians, could use metal tools and Machines. It was wrong that only they had access to the mysterious City, which he had always longed to enter. Above all, it was wrong for the Scholars to have sole power over the distribution of knowledge. The High Law imposed these restrictions and many others, though the Prophecy promised that someday knowledge and Machines would be available to everyone. Noren was a heretic. He defied the High Law and had no faith in the Prophecy's fulfillment. But was defiance enough, or could some way be found to make it come true? This classic science fiction novel is enjoyed by readers age 12 and up as well as by older teens and adults who go on to read the other two books in the Children of the Star trilogy. Originally published in hardcover by Atheneum in the US and by Gollancz in the UK under the title Heritage of the Star, it was the winner of a Christopher Award given for "affirmation of the highest values of the human spirit.".
A Short History of San Francisco
Author : Tom Cole
Publisher : Heyday.ORIM
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 19,88 MB
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1597143049
Book Description
A concise, “colorful, well-told” history of the City by the Bay, from the Gold Rush to the Summer of Love to the twenty-first century (Los Angeles Times). This is the story of San Francisco, a unique and rowdy tale with a legendary cast of characters. It tells of the Indians and the Spanish missions, the arrival of thousands of gold seekers and gamblers, crackbrains and dreamers, the building of the transcontinental railroad and the cable car, labor strife and political shenanigans, the 1906 earthquake and fire, two World Wars, two World's Fairs, two great bridges, the beatniks and hippies and New Left—a story that is so marvelous and wild that it must be true. A new afterword from the author in this updated third edition brings The City into the twenty-first century—a time just as hectic, experimental, and opportunistic as its rambunctious past.
Star Corps
Author : Ian Douglas
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 30,57 MB
Release : 2009-10-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0061978981
Book Description
In the future, earth's warriors have conquered the heavens. But on a distant world, Humanity is in chains ... Many millennia ago, the human race was enslaved by the An -- a fearsome alien people whose cruel empire once spanned the galaxies, until they were defeated and consigned to oblivion. But a research mission to the planet Ishtar has made a terrifying -- and fatal -- discovery: the Ahanu, ancestors of the former masters, live on, far from the reach of Earth -- born weapons and technology ... and tens of thousands of captive human souls still bow to their iron will. Now Earth's Interstellar Marine Expeditionary Unit must undertake a rescue operation as improbable as it is essential to humankind's future, embarking on a ten-year voyage to a hostile world to face an entrenched enemy driven by dreams of past glory and intent once more on domination. For those who, for countless generations, have known nothing but toil and subjugation must be granted, at all costs, the precious gift entitled to all of their star-traveling kind: freedom!
Enchantress from the Stars
Author : Sylvia Engdahl
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 42,34 MB
Release : 2018-04-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1681198460
Book Description
Rediscover this beloved Newbery Honor-winning classic, Featuring a brand-new cover and a foreword by Lois Lowry! Elana, a member of an interstellar civilization on a mission to a medieval planet, becomes the key to a dangerous plan to turn back an invasion. How can she help the Andrecians, who still believe in magic and superstition, without revealing her own alien powers? At the same time, Georyn, the son of an Andrecian woodcutter, knows only that there is a dragon in the enchanted forest, and he must defeat it. He sees Elana as the Enchantress from the Stars who has come to test him, to prove he is worthy. One of the few science fiction books to win a Newbery Honor, this novel continues to enthrall readers of all ages. Critical acclaim for Enchantress from the Stars: A Newbery Honor Book A Junior Library Guild selection An ALA Notable pick Winner of the Phoenix Award Finalist for the Book Sense Book of the Year Award
Mud, Blood, and Gold
Author : Rand Richards
Publisher : Heritage House Publishers
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 12,73 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781879367067
Book Description
San Francisco in 1849 was a time and place like no other in American history. As word of the discovery of gold in California spread, people from all over the world descended on San Francisco--ground zero for the avalanche of humanity and goods pouring into the fabled El Dorado. There have been many books on the Gold Rush, but Mud, Blood, and Gold is the first to focus solely on San Francisco as it was at the peak of the gold frenzy. With a 'you are there' immediacy author Rand Richards vividly brings to life what San Francisco was like during the landmark year of 1849. Based on eyewitness accounts and previously overlooked official records, Richards chronicles the explosive growth of a wide-open town rife with violence, gambling, and prostitution, all of it fueled by unbridled greed.
