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A lively, accessible introduction to a fascinating subject in a user-friendly format with colour illustrations
One man takes on an all-powerful bureaucracy in the gritty, dystopian debut novel by the acclaimed author of The Journeys of McGill Feighan series. In a bleak twenty-second century, cities in the ruins of Earth have turned into Jungles. Havens to shelter the rich, the privileged . . . but not so safe. He rules this part of the Jungle, a young man, a streetwise leader, a legend. They call him BANDER SNATCH. Now a powerful, telepathic alien race has chosen Bander Snatch for a new mission, and he must meet the ultimate test both on his own, devastated turf and the most exotic of worlds.
A man is unwillingly transformed into the sentient command core of a starship on a thousand-year journey—with thousands of passengers at his mercy . . . Transient. Ethereal. Delicate. Insignificant. Mere insects . . . Like all the human beings trapped aboard a vast starship on a generations-long journey to a new home. The Mayflower is run by an immortal captain who views himself as a god. Gerard Metaclura was just a normal man until a terrible accident left him near dead, his body destroyed. But his brain was installed as the sentient command core of the generation ship. At first Gerard was confused by what happened to him. Then angry. Then bored. Now he is the ship, controlling everything . . . including 25,000 helpless human passengers. Mayflies. But maybe they’re not willing to be so helpless and insignificant after all . . .
Refugees from Earth face a deadly alien enemy in this epic military science fiction adventure from the author of the McGill Feighan series. The aliens wanted to use their world for war games. The humans were ordered to leave or die. Some left. Some died. Some didn’t. This is the story of Lieutenant Darcy Lee. She and her comrades in the human military found themselves in a desperate face-off against giant alien vessels. Against impossible odds and incomprehensible alien technology, they had their imagination, guts…and maybe a little bit of blind luck.
This book provides a straightforward manual and review handbook for accessing and using the resources of the Internet in the day to day labours of the working scientist. It addresses the problem of how to cope with an army who have discovered a whole new toy shop full of goodies.
Single father Kevin O’Donnell would do anything to give his daughter Holly a stable life—including leave the Air Force and take a job working at Knight and Day Flight Tours in charming Jupiter Point, California. After his wild daredevil past, he’s sworn off relationships until Holly turns eighteen. Just three more years. No problem; he’s got this under control. Until a chance encounter with a smart, sassy bombshell—who just happens to be his new boss’s sister. Since her father’s unsolved murder, Cassie Knight has spent over a decade on the road with her mother, memories chasing the fragile woman from town to town...or so Cassie thought. Only after returning to Jupiter Point doe...
Ale Elatey, a computer-linked expert for the powerful ORA:CLE, finds himself caught in a confusing web of attempted murder, suicide by command, and revolt
An engaging and accessible introduction to a complex but fascinating topic in a handy colour-illustrated format
An unforgettable coming-of-age novel that becomes a profound mediation on life, death, and lifelong friendship. Everyone has a Tully Dawson: the friend who defines your life. In the summer of 1986, in a small Scottish town, James and Tully ignite a brilliant friendship based on music, films and the rebel spirit. With school over and the locked world of their fathers before them, they rush towards the climax of their youth: a magical weekend in Manchester, the epicentre of everything that inspires them in working-class Britain. There, against the greatest soundtrack ever recorded, a vow is made: to go at life differently. Thirty years on, half a life away, the phone rings. Tully has news--news that forces the life-long friends to confront their own mortality head-on. What follows is an incredibly moving examination of the responsibilities and obligations we have to those we love. Mayflies is at once a finely-tuned drama about the delicacy and impermanence of human connection and an urgent inquiry into some of the most important questions of all: Who are we? What do we owe to our friends? And what does it mean to love another person amidst tragedy?
"The living faith of millions of people in the world's most important religious traditions is portrayed here with sympathy and intelligence, in each case emphasizing key elements. Author Kevin O'Donnell does not dissect each tradition, however. Instead he looks at each faith from a more personal angle, asking what it means for a person to belong to such a faith. Covering six major traditions-Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, together with shorter sections on Zoroastrianism, Baha'i, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto - the author follows the same pattern for each." "O'Donnell asks the reader to join in a spiritual exercise, personalizing the insights of each tradition into one's own journey of faith. Illustrated throughout with full color photography, Inside World Religions invites the reader on a journey of encounter and self-discovery."--BOOK JACKET.