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Author : Lucy Kissick
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 10,62 MB
Release : 2022-03-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1473233178

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Shortlisted for the 2023 Arthur C. Clarke Award! Terraforming - the megascale-engineering of a planet's surface to one more Earth-like - is now commonplace across the Solar System, and Pluto's is set to be the most ambitious transformation yet. Four billion miles from the Sun and two hundred degrees below zero, what this worldlet needs is light and heat. Through captured asteroids and solar mirrors, humanity's finest scientists and engineers are set to deliver them. What nobody factored in was a saboteur - but who, and why? From the start, terraformer Lucian is intrigued by nine-year-old Nou, silent since a horrifying incident that shook the base and upended her family into chaos. If he could reach her, perhaps he could understand what happened that day - and what she knows about the secrets of Pluto. Nou possesses unspoken knowledge that could put a stop to the terraforming. Gripped by her fears, unable to trust her family, there is no one she can talk to. Only through Lucian's gentle friendship will she start to rediscover her voice - and what she has to say could transform our understanding of the Universe.

Author : Ned Beauman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 11,84 MB
Release : 2013-02-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1620400243

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Long-listed for the 2012 Man Booker Prize, The Teleportation Accident is a hilarious sci-fi noir about sex, Satan, and teleportation devices. When you haven't had sex in a long time, it feels like the worst thing that could ever happen. If you're living in Germany in the 1930s, it probably isn't. But that's no consolation to Egon Loeser, whose carnal misfortunes will push him from the experimental theaters of Berlin to the absinthe bars of Paris to the physics laboratories of Los Angeles, trying all the while to solve two mysteries: Was it really a deal with Satan that claimed the life of his hero, Renaissance set designer Adriano Lavicini, creator of the so-called Teleportation Device? And why is it that a handsome, clever, modest guy like him can't-just once in a while-get himself laid? Ned Bauman has crafted a stunningly inventive, exceptionally funny, dangerously unsteady and (largely) coherent novel about sex, violence, space, time, and how the best way to deal with history is to ignore it.

Author : Vela Roth
Publisher : Vela Roth
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 44,13 MB
Release : 2022-01-26
Category :
ISBN : 9781957040028

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In this kingdom, love is treason... Lio is an immortal Hesperine with fangs and dangerous magic, but he brings comfort into Cassia's cruel world. If she gives her heart to the enemy, will she and Lio survive the king's retribution?

Author : Gavin Brown
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 26,86 MB
Release : 2021-03
Category :
ISBN : 0198866925

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A unique take on how to survive and thrive in the process your PhD, this is a book that stands out from the crowd of traditional PhD guides. Compiled by a leading UK researcher, and written in a highly personal one-to-one manner, How to Get Your PhD showcases the thoughts of diverse and distinguished minds hailing from the UK, EU, and beyond, spanning both academia and industry. With over 150 bitesize nuggets of actionable advice, it offers more detailed contributions covering topics such as career planning, professional development, diversity and inclusion in science, and the nature of risk in research. How to Get Your PhD: A Handbook for the Journey is as readable for people considering a PhD as it is for those in the middle of one: aiming to clarify the highs and lows that come when training in the profession of research, while providing tips & tricks for the journey. This concise yet complete guide allows students to "dip in" and read just what they need, rather than adding to the mountain of reading material they already have.

Author : Tom Watson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 38,40 MB
Release : 2023-03-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1526639564

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'Unputdownable ... An extraordinary book ... as insightful and as premonitory as Orwell's 1984' Litro'With echoes of Emily St John Mandel and Megan Hunter' Elizabeth Macneal'Stylish and thoughtful ... The eerie claustrophobia of the setting will stay with the reader for a long while.' Literary Review___________________________________________________Not all that is hidden is lost...For twelve years Aina and Whitney have been in exile on an island for a crime they committed together, tethered to a croft by pills they take for survival every eight hours. They've kept busy - Aina with her garden, her jigsaw, her music; Whitney with his sculptures and maps - but something is not right.Shipwrecks have begun washing up, supply drops have stopped and on the day their punishment is meant to end, the Warden does not come. Instead a sheep appears; but sheep can't swim. Aina becomes convinced that they've been abandoned, and that Whitney has been keeping secrets. As she starts testing the limits of their prison, investigating ways she might escape, she is confronted by decisions that haunt her past. Little does she realise that her biggest choice is yet to come...'Taut, unsettling and so completely charged with both tension and emotion' Naomi Ishiguro'As moving as it is chilling' Emma StonexReader Reviews 'An original and gripping read''Addictive and atmospheric''A haunting and original dystopian story''Compelling and absorbing''A refreshing change from the norm'

Author : Jim Laughter
Publisher : Deadly Niche Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,12 MB
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781620160060

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Set in an imagined Alaska in 2075 where climate refugees trek north to escape from the devasting impacts of climate chaos.

Author : K. J. Field
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,33 MB
Release : 2023-02-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781955815147

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This notebook will teach you all about Pluto, the original ninth planet, every time you open it up to write!Organize your thoughts and express yourself in this lined journal/ composition book that celebrates Pluto, the Ninth Planet. Each lined page has a unique fact about the fascinating and mysterious planet. By the time you've filled the pages of this notebook with your own writing, you will be an expert on Pluto, the controversial little world that has stunned scientists with its beauty and complexity! The perfect notebook for people who love outer space, the solar system, and planets! Learn as you write; a brief fact per page makes it easy to gain knowledge over time!This Pluto Notebook with Amazing Space Facts Features:? Large size: 8.5 in. X 11 in.? 150 lined pages ? Unique fact about Pluto on every page: facts cover Pluto's history, geological features, demotion, and more!? Space-themed cover featuring photograph of beautiful planet Pluto? Soft matte cover (paperback)? Non-perforated pages

Author : K.C. May
Publisher : Peach Orchard Press
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 40,13 MB
Release : 2005-12-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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"The Kinshield Legacy is a rousing good fantasy tale, with nice characterization and some ferocious action. These days I read primarily for business rather than pleasure, but I found myself eager to return to this novel." ~ Piers Anthony, best-selling author of the Xanth novels Book 1 of The Kinshield Saga Warrant knight Gavin Kinshield is a man of many secrets. All he really wants is a letter written two hundred years ago by his ancestor Ronor Kinshield, the last person to see King Arek alive... a letter he must earn by tracking down a common thief. But when Gavin saves a woman's life, what should have been a simple task draws him face-to-face with his nightmarish past... and the truth of King Arek's demise.

Author : Aliya Whiteley
Publisher : Rebellion Publishing Ltd
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 24,35 MB
Release : 2021-03-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1786183331

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ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD FINALIST 2022 Drink down the brew and dream of a better Earth. Skyward Inn, within the high walls of the Western Protectorate, is a place of safety, where people come together to tell stories of the time before the war with Qita. But safety from what? Qita surrendered without complaint when Earth invaded; Innkeepers Jem and Isley, veterans from either side, have regrets but few scars. Their peace is disturbed when a visitor known to Isley comes to the Inn asking for help, bringing reminders of an unnerving past and triggering an uncertain future. Did humanity really win the war?

Author : Paul Mills (I)
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 10,38 MB
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 149316452X

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In a time when sorcery and black magic ruled the will of man, a flame within a long forgotten people was once again ignited. It is evident from his growing desire to wield a sword that Chael’s life as a farmer’s son will never be enough. With his sister Taelarae, he makes the long journey to Darvenlure. That is where they meet Iniquitous, a charming sorcerer with the power of black magic and the disposition of pure evil. When Taelarae goes missing, Chael soon realizes that it is the work of this malevolent sorcerer. Frantically he begins his long quest for the one person he vowed to his father he would keep safe. Along the way, he comes to realize that he is indeed more than just a farmer’s son. With battles fought against one adversary more powerful than the last while wielding one of the finest swords ever forged, he rouses within many desolate Sages a desire to survive left dormant for many centuries. With the help of Kaelon, Telaena, Shan Taen and Gheldorh, his newly made friends on the journey to save his sister, Chael begins to unlock the secret behind the true meaning of the Warrior Sage that will bring about a realization that they are not only friends but share an age old bond of blood. And with this new found awareness they ride to Nay lore, the forbidden home of Iniquitous, to battle for the safe return of Taelarae and discover that she holds the key to their very existence.