Author: Tobin Marks
Publisher: Boyle & Dalton
ISBN: 9781633372375
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Earth is on the verge of becoming a dead planet. The polar ice caps melted long ago, and it's been decades since the last raindrop fell. Ocean levels rise a dozen meters, and forest fires rage on a global scale. Eleven billion people dying of thirst wage water wars against each other as extinction looms. Humanity needs a new planet. As Earth deteriorates, the nation states desperately work together to build a mechanism for recolonization. And so the Magellan II is born, the first starship capable of interstellar travel. The future of the human race is tasked to ten thousand colonists-now homeless but for the vastness of space and the decks of Magellan II. A distant planet offers hope of survival, but it's a strange, watery world inhabited by giant reptiles. Humanity is starting over, but survival isn't guaranteed.
Ark of the Apocalypse
Author: Tobin Marks
Publisher: Boyle & Dalton
ISBN: 9781633372375
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Earth is on the verge of becoming a dead planet. The polar ice caps melted long ago, and it's been decades since the last raindrop fell. Ocean levels rise a dozen meters, and forest fires rage on a global scale. Eleven billion people dying of thirst wage water wars against each other as extinction looms. Humanity needs a new planet. As Earth deteriorates, the nation states desperately work together to build a mechanism for recolonization. And so the Magellan II is born, the first starship capable of interstellar travel. The future of the human race is tasked to ten thousand colonists-now homeless but for the vastness of space and the decks of Magellan II. A distant planet offers hope of survival, but it's a strange, watery world inhabited by giant reptiles. Humanity is starting over, but survival isn't guaranteed.
Publisher: Boyle & Dalton
ISBN: 9781633372375
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Earth is on the verge of becoming a dead planet. The polar ice caps melted long ago, and it's been decades since the last raindrop fell. Ocean levels rise a dozen meters, and forest fires rage on a global scale. Eleven billion people dying of thirst wage water wars against each other as extinction looms. Humanity needs a new planet. As Earth deteriorates, the nation states desperately work together to build a mechanism for recolonization. And so the Magellan II is born, the first starship capable of interstellar travel. The future of the human race is tasked to ten thousand colonists-now homeless but for the vastness of space and the decks of Magellan II. A distant planet offers hope of survival, but it's a strange, watery world inhabited by giant reptiles. Humanity is starting over, but survival isn't guaranteed.
Ark
Author: Stephen Baxter
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101187573
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
It's the year 2030. The oceans have risen rapidly, and soon the entire planet will be submerged. But the discovery of another life-sustaining planet light years away gives those who remain alive hope. Only a few will be able to make the journey-Holle Groundwater is one of the candidates. If she makes the cut, she will live. If not, she will be left to face a watery death...
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101187573
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
It's the year 2030. The oceans have risen rapidly, and soon the entire planet will be submerged. But the discovery of another life-sustaining planet light years away gives those who remain alive hope. Only a few will be able to make the journey-Holle Groundwater is one of the candidates. If she makes the cut, she will live. If not, she will be left to face a watery death...
Music in America's Cold War Diplomacy
Author: Danielle Fosler-Lussier
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520959787
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
During the Cold War, thousands of musicians from the United States traveled the world, sponsored by the U.S. State Department’s Cultural Presentations program. Performances of music in many styles—classical, rock ’n’ roll, folk, blues, and jazz—competed with those by traveling Soviet and mainland Chinese artists, enhancing the prestige of American culture. These concerts offered audiences around the world evidence of America’s improving race relations, excellent musicianship, and generosity toward other peoples. Through personal contacts and the media, musical diplomacy also created subtle musical, social, and political relationships on a global scale. Although born of state-sponsored tours often conceived as propaganda ventures, these relationships were in themselves great diplomatic achievements and constituted the essence of America’s soft power. Using archival documents and newly collected oral histories, Danielle Fosler-Lussier shows that musical diplomacy had vastly different meanings for its various participants, including government officials, musicians, concert promoters, and audiences. Through the stories of musicians from Louis Armstrong and Marian Anderson to orchestras and college choirs, Fosler-Lussier deftly explores the value and consequences of "musical diplomacy."
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520959787
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
During the Cold War, thousands of musicians from the United States traveled the world, sponsored by the U.S. State Department’s Cultural Presentations program. Performances of music in many styles—classical, rock ’n’ roll, folk, blues, and jazz—competed with those by traveling Soviet and mainland Chinese artists, enhancing the prestige of American culture. These concerts offered audiences around the world evidence of America’s improving race relations, excellent musicianship, and generosity toward other peoples. Through personal contacts and the media, musical diplomacy also created subtle musical, social, and political relationships on a global scale. Although born of state-sponsored tours often conceived as propaganda ventures, these relationships were in themselves great diplomatic achievements and constituted the essence of America’s soft power. Using archival documents and newly collected oral histories, Danielle Fosler-Lussier shows that musical diplomacy had vastly different meanings for its various participants, including government officials, musicians, concert promoters, and audiences. Through the stories of musicians from Louis Armstrong and Marian Anderson to orchestras and college choirs, Fosler-Lussier deftly explores the value and consequences of "musical diplomacy."
The Alaskan Saga of Thomas Churchill O'Brien
Author: Thomas William
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1583485902
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
A hilariously funny satire of life in Alaska as seen through the misadventures of a warm-hearted but bumbling neophyte.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1583485902
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
A hilariously funny satire of life in Alaska as seen through the misadventures of a warm-hearted but bumbling neophyte.
Sound Commitments
Author: Robert Adlington
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195336658
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
This text examines the encounter of avant-garde music and 'the Sixties' across a range of genres, aesthetic positions and geographical locations.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195336658
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
This text examines the encounter of avant-garde music and 'the Sixties' across a range of genres, aesthetic positions and geographical locations.
United States Army Installations and Major Activities in the Continental United States
Author: United States. Department of the Army
Publisher:
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Category : Military bases
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Category : Military bases
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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The War of the Rebellion
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 1302
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 1302
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Federal Milk Order Market Statistics, 1947-56
Author:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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Statistical Bulletin
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1102
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1102
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Sugar Statistics and Related Data
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Category : Sugar
Languages : en
Pages : 1322
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Publisher:
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Category : Sugar
Languages : en
Pages : 1322
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