Old Number Seven
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The Mammoth Book Of Best New Sf 15
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Author : Gardner Dozois
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-03-01
The Mammoth Book Of Best New Sf 15 written by Gardner Dozois and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-01 with Fiction categories.
Now in its fifteenth successful yearl; Once again this annual offering of the best SF includes the work of established masters of the form and of bright new talents, including Stephen Baxter, M. Shayne Bell, Greg Egan, Nancy Kress, Ursula K. Le Guin, Paul J. McCauley, Severan Park, Brian Stableford, Michael Swanwick, Robert Charles Wilson, and many more. Gardner Dozois has won the Hugo Award for Best Editor a staggering eleven times, just proving that his is simply the most comprehensive and entertaining SF collection around. It embraces every aspect of the genre - soft, hard, cyberpunk, cyber noir, anthropological, military and adventure, and every year thousands of fans eagerly await his latest selection.
A Tiger S Heart
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Author : Aisling Juanjuan Shen
language : en
Publisher: Soho Press
Release Date : 2009-07-01
A Tiger S Heart written by Aisling Juanjuan Shen and has been published by Soho Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This remarkable true story of a Chinese peasant girl’s unlikely rise to success is “like a suspense novel . . . Impossible to put down”(Library Journal, starred review). Aisling Juanjuan Shen was born to illiterate peasants in a tiny farming hamlet in China’s Yangtze Delta in 1974. Pronounced useless by her parents because she wasn’t good at planting rice, she became the first person from her village ever to attend college. After graduating with a teaching degree, the government assigned her to a remote and low-paying job that she was expected to hold for the rest of her life. But she wasn’t satisfied—and she bought her way out of her secure position and left for the special economic zones of southern China, in search of happiness and success in the business world, eventually immigrating to the United States. In this memoir, Aisling chronicles her rise from rural poverty to a successful career, illustrating the massive economic and social changes that have taken place in China over the past several decades. Her story is emblematic of a new generation of Chinese women who are leaving the rice paddies and government jobs in order to enter the free market and determine the course of their own lives.
The Year S Best Science Fiction Nineteenth Annual Collection
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Author : Gardner Dozois
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date : 2002-07-23
The Year S Best Science Fiction Nineteenth Annual Collection written by Gardner Dozois and has been published by St. Martin's Griffin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-07-23 with Fiction categories.
The twenty-first century has so far proven to be exciting and wondrous and filled with challenges we had never dreamed. New possibilities previously unimagined appear almost daily . . . and science fiction stories continue to explore those possibilities with delightful results: Collected in this anthology are such compelling stories as: "On K2 with Kanakaredes" by Dan Simmons. A relentlessly paced and absorbing tale set in the near future about three mountain climbers who must scale the face of K2 with some very odd company. "The Human Front" by Ken MacLeod. In this compassionate coming-of-age tale the details of life are just a bit off from things as we know them-and nothing is as it appears to be. "Glacial" by Alastair Reynolds. A fascinating discovery on a distant planet leads to mass death and a wrenching mystery as spellbinding as anything in recent short fiction. The twenty-six stories in this collection imaginatively takes us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: Eleanor Arnason Chris Beckett Michael Blumlein Michael Cassutt Brenda W. Clough Paul Di Filippo Andy Duncan Carolyn Ives Gilman Jim Grimsley Simon Ings James Patrick Kelly Leigh Kennedy Nancy Kress Ian R. MacLeod Ken MacLeod Paul J. McAuley Maureen F. McHugh Robert Reed Alastair Reynolds Geoff Ryman William Sanders Dan Simmons Allen M. Steele Charles Stross Michael Swanwick Howard Waldrop Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.
Up From Zero
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Author : Paul Goldberger
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2004-09-07
Up From Zero written by Paul Goldberger and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09-07 with Architecture categories.
In Up from Zero, Paul Goldberger, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, tells the inside story of the quest to rebuild one of the most important symbolic sites in the world, the sixteen acres where the towers of the former World Trade Center stood. A story of power, politics, architecture, community, and culture, Up from Zero takes us inside the controversial struggle to create and build one of the most challenging urban-design projects in history. What should replace the fallen towers? Who had the courage and vision to rise to the task of rebuilding? Who had the right, finally, to decide? The struggle began soon after September 11, 2001, as titanic egos took sides, made demands, and jockeyed for power. Lawyers, developers, grieving families, local residents, politicians, artists, and architects all had fierce needs, radically different ideas, strong emotions, and boundless determination. How could conflicting interests be resolved? After hundreds of hours of often rancorous meetings, the first sets of plans were finally revealed in the summer of 2002–and the results were staggeringly disappointing. Yet, as Goldberger shows, the rebuilding process recovered and began to flourish. Rather than degenerating into turf wars, it evolved in ways that no one could have predicted. From the decision to reintegrate the site into the dense fabric of lower Manhattan, to the choice of Daniel Libeskind as master planner, to the appointment of a memorial jury, the process has been marked by moments of bold vision, effective community activism, and personal instinct, punctuating the often contentious politics of public participation. Up from Zero takes in the full sweep of this tremendous effort. Goldberger presents a drama of creative minds at work, solving seemingly insurmountable clashes of taste, interests, and ideas. With unique access to the players and the process, and with a sophisticated understanding of architecture and its impact on people and on the social and cultural life of a city, Paul Goldberger here chronicles the courage, the sacrifices, and the burning passions at the heart of one of the greatest efforts of urban revitalization in modern times.
Pocket Posh Christmas Logic 2
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Author : The Puzzle Society
language : en
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Release Date : 2011-10-11
Pocket Posh Christmas Logic 2 written by The Puzzle Society and has been published by Andrews McMeel Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-11 with Games & Activities categories.
The perfect stocking stuffer! The perfect cashwrap item for Christmas! Our best-selling Posh puzzle series adorned in festive holiday designs. The Pocket Posh Christmas Logic 2 puzzle book by the Puzzle Society is packaged in an effortlessly portable, ergonomic package perfect for gift giving under the tree or on that special spot reserved on the mantel. The puzzle book features a colorful holiday-themed cover art, elastic band closure, and a convenient lay-flat binding that opens to reveal puzzles perfect for on-the-go play.
The Seven Days Or The Old And New Creation
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Author : Days
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1850
The Seven Days Or The Old And New Creation written by Days and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1850 with categories.
The Kaleidoscopic Vision Of Malcolm Lowry
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Author : Nigel H. Foxcroft
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2019-10-28
The Kaleidoscopic Vision Of Malcolm Lowry written by Nigel H. Foxcroft and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-28 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Kaleidoscopic Vision of Malcolm Lowry: Souls and Shamans is an interdisciplinary investigation of the multifaceted, intuitive insight of international modernist writer Malcolm Lowry through an analysis of a selection of works and correspondence. Nigel H. Foxcroft analyzes his psychogeographic perception of the interconnectedness of East-West cultures and civilizations in terms of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican customs; the Mexican Day of the Dead festival; the Atlantis myth; surrealism; and Russian literary, filmic, and political influences. He traces his intellectual efforts in pursuing philosophical and cosmic knowledge to bridge the gap between the natural sciences and the humanities. This monograph identifies Lowry’s attempts to reintegrate modernism with primitivism in his quest for an elixir of life for the survival of humanity on the brink of global catastrophe, as indicated in In Ballast to the White Sea and Under the Volcano. It also examines his sustained endeavors to attain psychoanalytical atonement with himself and his environment in Ultramarine, Swinging the Maelstrom, “The Forest Path to the Spring,” and October Ferry to Gabriola. It also discusses the odyssey on which Lowry and his literary protagonists embark to connect with the past and to gain a deeper insight into human nature in Dark as the Grave Wherein My Friend is Laid, La Mordida, and “Through the Panama.” Scholars of cultural studies, history, humanities, Latin American studies, literature, and Russian studies will find this book particularly useful.
Alien Among Anxious Artists
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Author : Dennis Parks
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2011-01-21
Alien Among Anxious Artists written by Dennis Parks and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-21 with Art categories.
Run Wild Run Free
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Author : Nancy Morse
language : en
Publisher: Nancy Morse
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Run Wild Run Free written by Nancy Morse and has been published by Nancy Morse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Fiction categories.
Guilt over his wife’s death while he was competing on the rodeo circuit seven years ago forced Hank Reardon to retreat to his ranch in the shadow of the Tetons. These days the former rodeo champion breeds horses and breaks wild mustangs, stubbornly clinging to his vow never to compete again. Assigned to photograph the annual mustang roundup, it’s easy for photojournalist Kit Sloan to see that the hard-working, hard-roping cowboy who hides behind his guilt still has the stuff of a rodeo champion. With Kit spurring him on, Hank returns to the circuit. But their love is threatened by Hank’s vendetta against a wild stallion and his struggle to put the past behind him.
Seven Years Old In The Home Environment
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Author : John Newson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-12-12
Seven Years Old In The Home Environment written by John Newson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-12 with Psychology categories.
John and Elizabeth Newson’s long-term investigation of child up-bringing attracted intense interest from its earliest beginnings: ‘pathbreaking’ and ‘seminal’ were adjectives that greeted their first report. The study is now established as one of the major projects of the seventies. This third volume of the series catches some seven hundred Nottingham children at a critical stage of their development: in transition from infant to junior school, they are moving out of the protective family orbit and into the wider social world of street, playground and classroom, where cultural pressures make themselves felt in ever more demanding ways. Like the Newson’s earlier books, this study has a strong ecological flavour in the sense that what children do, what parents do, and how they feel about what they do, are all set firmly into the broader context of life as it is lived in contemporary urban society. This is no laboratory investigation. Yet a sensitive and subtle methodology has allowed the Newsons to present an impressive structure of hard factual data, while putting flesh on the statistical bones by constant reference to the mothers’ own thoughts and reactions, faithfully recorded in their own vivid words. The result is a rich descriptive picture of seven-year-olds and their family life: their play, friendships, quarrels; their duties and privileges; their fears, fantasies and jokes. Inevitably, much of the book explores the dynamics of conflict between mother and child, and takes a long hard look at the domestic power-game as it is expressed in both words and punishment. At the same time, the loving and caring side of the relationship is closely and delicately examined with a rare empathy for both parent and child. In short, this is a study in depth and in breadth of how parents and children bring each other up. Teachers, doctors, nurses and social workers, as well as parents welcomed the Newsons’ earlier reports. Once again, no professional worker in the field of childhood or parenthood can afford to be without the insights offered by this volume, which is also a rich source of enjoyment for any observer, professional or amateur, of the family in society today. Today it can be enjoyed in its historical context.