Author : Alan Dean Foster
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 42,89 MB
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307416976
No matter how long or how hard they strive, no matter how extensive their education as a species, no matter what they experience of the small heavens and larger hells they create for themselves, it seems that humans are destined to see their technological accomplishments always exceed their ability to understand themselves.
Author : Frank Lauria
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 49,60 MB
Release : 2000-02-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780312970888
A group of stranded space travelers fight for survival on a dry and barren planet that appears empty - until sunset.
Author : Angela Guajardo
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 44,30 MB
Release : 2017-12-31
Category :
ISBN : 9781981837465
Sometimes the truth is stranger than the myths that spread across the universe... First Sergeant Jade Waters and her squad are deployed to investigate the remains of Furya years after a Necromonger invasion that all but destroyed the planet. Drawn by dark rumors, Waters is determined to root out the truth; any and all knowledge is vital against the inevitable day the Necromongers reach Earth.What answers she does find only leave her wondering if she should have set foot on Furya in the first place.
Author : Christian Vick
Publisher : Llumina Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 39,68 MB
Release : 2011-09-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781605947198
"It stung to some degree. I was very young, it was hard to read and hear so much negativity. I won the silver medal. I lost the fight on my feet. I didn't see why everyone felt I was a disgrace. Ferdie Pacheco and folks were giving me no credit. It motivated me. All they can do is talk. In the ring, I determine what the outcome will be." A behind the scenes look at the former heavyweight champion's life and times, The Triumph and Tragedy of Riddick Bowe chronicles Riddick's journey from the 1988 Olympics to top of the boxing world. The biography also provides insight into Bowe's abrupt exit from the sport. Complete with commentary from the boxing world, Triumph revolutionizes the way a boxing story is told, with material from Riddick Bowe himself and contributors from HBO's Larry Merhant to former world champion Evander Holyfield. Jim Lampley, Ross Greenburg, Lou Dibella, and a host of others make Triumph a must-read for any sports fan.Christian Vick is from the northern Virginia area. He is a graduate of Quinnipiac University where he was the recipient of a full basketball scholarship. After spending a couple years playing basketball overseas, Christian now covers boxing for Unifiedchamp.com. Christian is an avid fan of all sports
Author : Alan Dean Foster
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 45,47 MB
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1497674700
Rabbitlike aliens from outer space colonize Earth during humankind’s Second World War in a delightfully funny and thought-provoking science fiction adventure The Quozl just need somewhere to call home. A gentle race of extraterrestrial rabbits, they have a propensity for reproduction that has left their home planet, Quozlene, dangerously overpopulated, and in their search for greener and less-crowded pastures, they have discovered the perfect place to start over: the third planet away from a healthy, warming sun. What they don’t realize is that this world they call Shiraz is already inhabited by a species of violent sentient creatures known as humans. But there’s no going back now. In the midst of the brutal and helpfully distracting global conflict the Shirazians call World War II, the colony ship lands undetected, and the space rabbits immediately go into hiding. But a secret like the Quozl can be concealed for only so long, especially when their numbers start to increase and certain rebellious members of the long-eared society decide the time is ripe to claim their place in a world they believe is rightfully theirs. One of the most admired and prolific authors in the science fiction arena, Alan Dean Foster will delight readers who hunger for something different with this funny, thoughtful, and wildly inventive novel of first contact and coexistence. Once you meet the Quozl, you will never forget them.
Author : Alan Dean Foster
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,1 MB
Release : 2014-04-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 178329017X
In the sequel to the 1979 film Alien, Ellen Ripley is forced to return to planet LV-426, where her crew encountered the hostile Alien creature. There they discovered hundreds of eggs, and just one slaughtered everyone but Ripley. This time she's accompanied by a unit of Colonial Marines, but even their firepower may not be enough for them to survive and learn the fate of the colony known as Hadley's Hope
Author : Chris Cheng
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 10,68 MB
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1510730605
A surprising journey from tech support to professional marksman in front of the cameras. Chris Cheng won the title of “Top Shot,” a $100,000 cash prize, and a professional marksman contract with the show sponsor, Bass Pro Shops. How did a tech support guy who didn’t shoot a lot of guns beat out seventeen other competitors—including seasoned military veterans, law enforcement officers, and pro marksmen—in History Channel’s Top Shot season 4? An excellent guide for beginning shooters, Cheng focuses on the basics and ammunition of pistols, rifles, and shotguns, marksmanship fundamentals, and buying a firearm. Other chapters include: Dry Fire Practice Firearm Accessories Safely Storing Your Firearm Cleaning and Maintaining Your Guns And much more! Additionally, Cheng covers his approach to staying calm under pressure, teamwork, sportsmanship, and leadership. These traits contributed to his coming out on top and staying above the fray. With a foreword written by Top Shot season 3 champion Dustin Ellermann and an afterword written by the original Top Shot champion Iain Harrison, Shoot to Win is sure to please shooters of all stripes, but especially fans of History Channel’s program Top Shot. Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for hunters and firearms enthusiasts. We publish books about shotguns, rifles, handguns, target shooting, gun collecting, self-defense, archery, ammunition, knives, gunsmithing, gun repair, and wilderness survival. We publish books on deer hunting, big game hunting, small game hunting, wing shooting, turkey hunting, deer stands, duck blinds, bowhunting, wing shooting, hunting dogs, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Author : Janet B. Taylor
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 30,40 MB
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0544787692
"Instantly engaging, constantly suspenseful, ultimately poignant and satisfying. Loved it!"--Diana Gabaldon, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Outlander series When fragile, sixteen-year-old Hope Walton loses her mom to an earthquake overseas, her secluded world crumbles. Agreeing to spend the summer in Scotland, Hope discovers that her mother was more than a brilliant academic, but also a member of a secret society of time travelers. And she's alive, though currently trapped in the twelfth century, during the age of Eleanor of Aquitaine. Hope has seventy-two hours to rescue her mother and get back to their own time. Passing through the Dim, Hope enters a brutal medieval world of political intrigue, danger, and violence. A place where any serious interference could alter the very course of history. And when she meets a boy whose face is impossibly familiar, she must decide between her mission and her heart—both of which could leave Hope trapped in the past forever.
Author : William Sims Bainbridge
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 10,16 MB
Release : 2011-09-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0857299042
The newest communication technologies are profoundly changing the world's politics, economies, and cultures, but the specific implications of online game worlds remain mysterious. The Virtual Future employs theories and methods from social science to explore nine very different virtual futures: The Matrix Online, Tabula Rasa, Anarchy Online, Entropia Universe, Star Trek Online, EVE Online, Star Wars Galaxies, World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade, and The Chronicles of Riddick. Each presents a different picture of how technology and society could evolve in coming centuries, but one theme runs through all of them, the attempt to escape the Earth and seek new destinies among the stars. Four decades after the last trip to the moon, a new conception of spaceflight is emerging. Rather than rockets shooting humans across vast physical distances to sterile rocks that lack the resources to sustain life, perhaps robot space probes and orbiting telescopes will glean information about the universe, that humans can then experience inside computer-generated environments much closer to home. All nine of these fantastically rich multiplayer masterpieces have shown myriads of people that really radical alternatives to contemporary society could exist, and has served as a laboratory for examining the consequences. Each is a prototype of new social forms, a utopian subculture, and a simulation of technologies that have yet to be invented. They draw upon several different traditions of science fiction and academic philosophy, and they were created in several nations. By comparing these nine role-playing fantasies, we can better consider what kind of world we want to inhabit in the real future.
Author : Frank Lauria
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 29,58 MB
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1497616395
A psychic doctor and his paranormally gifted team fight to save the soul of a young girl—and the city—in this classic occult pulp thriller series opener. A coven of witches and warlocks—among them some of New York’s most prominent celebrities—toying with sexual perversion, black magic, and human sacrifice. . . . A hot downtown discotheque where an incredibly beautiful sixteen‑year‑old seduces young men into the service of Satan. . . . A defrocked priest whose all-consuming ambition and awesome occult powers make him famous enough to lure a capacity crowd to Yankee Stadium to witness a dark “miracle”—the cure of the vice‑president’s daughter…. Doctor Owen Orient, psychiatrist, physician, psychic adept—and his team of telepaths—stake their lives against a ravening evil . . .
