Author : George Bishop (Jr.)
Publisher :
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 12,79 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Adolescence
ISBN : 0345516001
Fourteen-year-old Alan Broussard is swept up in his science teacher father's community-wide comet-watching activities, which illuminate for the young teen his father's inadequacies, his mother's unhappiness, and his own loss of innocence.
Author : DEATH-BED.
Publisher :
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 33,47 MB
Release : 1833
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Colin R. Nicholl
Publisher : Crossway Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,45 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Astonomy in the Bible
ISBN : 9781433542138
Drawing on the biblical text and using the latest astronomical research, this book presents compelling evidence that the historic star of Bethlehem that accompanied Christ's birth was actually a great comet.
Author : W. E. B. Du Bois
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 16,28 MB
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1513298348
The Comet (1920) is a science fiction story by W. E. B. Du Bois. Written while the author was using his role at The Crisis, the official magazine of the NAACP, to publish emerging black artists of the Harlem Renaissance, The Comet is a pioneering work of speculative fiction which imagines a catastrophic event not only decimating New York City, but bringing an abrupt end to white supremacy. “How silent the street was! Not a soul was stirring, and yet it was high-noon—Wall Street? Broadway? He glanced almost wildly up and down, then across the street, and as he looked, a sickening horror froze in his limbs.” Sent to the vault to retrieve some old records, bank messenger Jim Davis emerges to find a city descended into chaos. A comet has passed overhead, spewing toxic fumes into the atmosphere. All of lower Manhattan seems frozen in time. It takes him a few moments to see the bodies, piled into doorways and strewn about the eerily quiet streets. When he comes to his senses, he finds a wealthy woman asking for help. Soon, it becomes clear that they could very well be the last living people in the planet, that the fate of civilization depends on their ability to come together, not as black and white, but as two human beings. But how far will this acknowledgment take them? With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of W. E. B. Du Bois’ The Comet is a classic work of African American literature reimagined for modern readers.
Author : Herbert George Wells
Publisher :
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 18,6 MB
Release : 1906
Category : Comets
ISBN :
Author : Dom Testa
Publisher : Tor Teen
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 40,87 MB
Release : 2009-01-20
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1429981601
In the gripping start to this young adult science fiction adventure series by popular Colorado radio host Dom Testa, the teenage crew of the starship Galahad must find a new home for humanity among the stars--if they fail, it will be the end of the human race.... When the tail of the comet Bhaktul flicks through the Earth's atmosphere, deadly particles are left in its wake. Suddenly, mankind is confronted with a virus that devastates the adult population. Only those under the age of eighteen seem to be immune. Desperate to save humanity, a renowned scientist proposes a bold plan: to create a ship that will carry a crew of 251 teenagers to a home in a distant solar system. Two years later, the Galahad and its crew—none over the age of sixteen—is launched. Two years of training have prepared the crew for the challenges of space travel. But soon after departing Earth, they discover that a saboteur is hiding on the Galahad! Faced with escalating acts of vandalism and terrorized by threatening messages, sixteen-year-old Triana Martell and her council soon realize that the stowaway will do anything to ensure that the Galahad never reaches its destination. The teens must find a way to neutralize their enemy. For if their mission fails, it will mean the end of the human race.... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Richie Cooley
Publisher : Richie Cooley
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 19,4 MB
Release : 2018-05-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0463162781
Bible prophecy details a coming collision with heavenly bodies. This booklet details the startling accuracy of such forecasts. This is the new, edited version.
Author : Pierre Bayle
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 25,38 MB
Release : 2000-05-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791492737
"I tremble when I recall the terrible appearance [the comet] had on Saturday evening in the clear sky, when it was observed by everybody with inexpressible astonishment. It seemed as though the heavens were burning, or as if the very air was on fire...[F]rom this little star stretched out such a wonderfully long tail that even an intellectual man was overcome with trembling; one's hair stood on end as this uncommon, terrible, and indescribable tail came into view...O wonderful almighty God! The heavens show thy might and the earth thy handiwork!" — Eyewitness account of a comet which appeared over Europe on December 24, 1680 The appearance of this comet caused so many panicked inquiries to be made of Pierre Bayle, one of the Enlightenment's greatest thinkers, that he decided to formally respond to them, hence the present work, which first appeared in 1682. The book's principle task was to undermine the influence of "superstition" in political life, and it was here that Bayle made the notorious suggestion, unique in the history of political thought until then, that a decent society of atheists is possible in principle. There is no other English translation of this book in print—the only other version was printed in 1708. This translation is based on a recently revised critical edition of the complete French text and includes a substantial interpretive essay that both elucidates the arguments of the work and indicates the importance of Bayle in the history of the modern Enlightenment.
Author : Hannes Barnard
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 39,70 MB
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1776354818
Pete de Lange must survive as a teenager in a small Natal town during the 1980s, together with his new-found friends, Sarita and Petrus. In a country marked by turmoil and racial conflict, this is not as easy as it seems. Pete and his friends witnessed a horrendous crime, and the perpetrator is on their case. Will justice prevail? In between all of this, Pete must try to make the first rugby team and win the heart of his high-school crush, Renate. This is an excellent Bildungsroman, full of emotion and nostalgia, set in a troubled country where doing the right thing was not always easy.
Author : Tove Jansson
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 26,44 MB
Release : 2014-09-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1466871571
When Moomintroll learns that a comet will be passing by, he and his friend Sniff travel to the Observatory on the Lonely Mountains to consult the Professors. Along the way, they have many adventures, but the greatest adventure of all awaits them when they learn that the comet is headed straight for their beloved Moominvalley.
