Two-handed Engine
Author : Henry Kuttner
Publisher :
Page : 913 pages
File Size : 46,36 MB
Release : 2005*
Category : Short stories, American
ISBN : 9780739468104
The Little Engine That Could
Author : Watty Piper
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 12,64 MB
Release : 2005-09-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1101549890
Book Description
"I think I can, I think I can, I think I can..." Discover the inspiring story of the Little Blue Engine as she makes her way over the mountain in this beloved classic—the perfect gift to celebrate the special milestones in your life, from graduations to birthdays and more! The kindness and determination of the Little Blue Engine have inspired millions of children around the world since the story was first published in 1930. Cherished by readers for over ninety years, The Little Engine That Could is a classic tale of the little engine that, despite her size, triumphantly pulls a train full of wonderful things to the children waiting on the other side of a mountain.
Lycidas
Author : John Milton
Publisher :
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 40,47 MB
Release : 1897
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
The Difference Engine
Author : William Gibson
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 21,47 MB
Release : 2011-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345532589
Book Description
1855: The Industrial Revolution is in full and inexorable swing, powered by steam-driven cybernetic Engines. Charles Babbage perfects his Analytical Engine and the computer age arrives a century ahead of its time. And three extraordinary characters race toward a rendezvous with history—and the future: Sybil Gerard—a fallen woman, politician’s tart, daughter of a Luddite agitator Edward “Leviathan” Mallory—explorer and paleontologist Laurence Oliphant—diplomat, mystic, and spy. Their adventure begins with the discovery of a box of punched Engine cards of unknown origin and purpose. Cards someone wants badly enough to kill for…. Part detective story, part historical thriller, The Difference Engine is the collaborative masterpiece by two of the most acclaimed science fiction authors writing today. Provocative, compelling, intensely imagined, it is a startling extension of Gibson’s and Sterling’s unique visions—and the beginning of movement we know today as “steampunk!”
Where Clouds are Formed
Author : Ofelia Zepeda
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 44,40 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780816527793
Book Description
A Native American poet explores aspects of language, American Indian culture, and the land.
Coincidence Engine
Author : Sam Leith
Publisher : Crown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 31,27 MB
Release : 2012-02-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307716449
Book Description
“A tremendous novel—droll, savvy, original. An invigorating blast of fiction.” —William Boyd, Author of Any Human Heart and Restless.” A hurricane sweeps off the Gulf of Mexico and, in the back country of Alabama, assembles a passenger jet out of old bean cans and junkyard waste. This piques the interest of the enigmatic Directorate of the Extremely Improbable. Their fascination with this random event sets into motion a madcap caper that will bring together a hilarious cast of characters, including: an eccentric mathematician, last heard of investigating the physics of free will; a lovelorn Cambridge postgraduate who has set off to America with a ring in his pocket and hope in his heart; and a member of the Directorate with no capacity for imagination. What ensues is a chaotic chase across a fully realized, hyper-real America, haunted by madness, murder, mistaken identity, and conspiracy. The Coincidence Engine is a lively, boisterous debut that heralds the arrival of a major new talent.
They Made America
Author : David Lefer
Publisher : Back Bay Books
Page : 922 pages
File Size : 35,47 MB
Release : 2009-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0316070343
Book Description
An illustrated history of American innovators -- some well known, some unknown, and all fascinating -- by the author of the bestselling The American Century.
The Waking Engine
Author : David Edison
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 13,57 MB
Release : 2014-02-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0765334860
Book Description
Welcome to the City Unspoken, where Gods and Mortals come to die. Contrary to popular wisdom, death is not the end, nor is it a passage to some transcendent afterlife. Those who die merely awake as themselves on one of a million worlds, where they are fated to live until they die again, and wake up somewhere new. All are born only once, but die many times . . . until they come at last to the City Unspoken, where the gateway to True Death can be found. Wayfarers and pilgrims are drawn to the City, which is home to murderous aristocrats, disguised gods and goddesses, a sadistic faerie princess, immortal prostitutes and queens, a captive angel, gangs of feral Death Boys and Charnel Girls . . . and one very confused New Yorker. Late of Manhattan, Cooper finds himself in a City that is not what it once was. The gateway to True Death is failing, so that the City is becoming overrun by the Dying, who clot its byzantine streets and alleys . . . and a spreading madness threatens to engulf the entire metaverse. Richly imaginative, David Edison's The Waking Engine is a stunning debut by a major new talent.
The Most Powerful Idea in the World
Author : William Rosen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 36,93 MB
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0226726347
Book Description
"The Most Powerful Idea in the World argues that the very notion of intellectual property drove not only the invention of the steam engine but also the entire Industrial Revolution." -- Back cover.
Infinity Engine
Author : Neal Asher
Publisher : Start Publishing LLC
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 30,96 MB
Release : 2017-03-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1597805998
Book Description
In the outskirts of space, and the far corners of the Polity, complex dealings are in play. Several forces continue to pursue the deadly and enigmatic Penny Royal, none more dangerous than the Brockle, a psychopathic forensics AI and criminal who has escaped the Polity’s confinements and is upgrading itself in anticipation of a deadly showdown, becoming ever more powerful and intelligent. Aboard Factory Station Room 101, the behemoth war factory that birthed Penny Royal, groups of humans, alien prador, and AI war drones grapple for control. The stability of the ship is complicated by the arrival of a gabbleduck known as the Weaver, the last living member of the ancient and powerful Atheter alien race. What would an Atheter want with the complicated dealings of Penny Royal? Are the Polity and prador forces playing right into the dark AI’s hand, or is it the other way around? Set pieces align in the final book of Neal Asher’s action-packed Transformation trilogy, pointing to a showdown on the cusp of the Layden’s Sink black hole, inside of which lies a powerful secret, one that could destroy the entire Polity.
