Author: Deborah Teramis Christian
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1466837136
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Deborah Teramis Christian returns to science fiction with a rousing stand-alone sequel to fan favorite Mainline. One of the many charms of planet Lyndir is the Between-World, home to the licensed entertainers of the Sa'adani Empire. There, at a palatial house of domination called Tryst, professional dominatrix Kes has become a celebrity attraction whose fame and exclusivity draws a rarified clientele. Her most devoted client is Janus, a major crime boss on Lyndir and elsewhere. But when a high-powered imperial authority decides she wants Janus out of the way, she identifies Kes as his greatest vulnerability. The seductive domina would never betray a client's trust, but a mortal threat to her Between-World sisters forces her cooperation with Janus's enemy. Altered against her will, she is turned into a brutal weapon by Splintegrate cloning technology. It will take help from some unlikely avenues and an enormous triumph of will for Kes to survive the government's machinations. . . and pursue the independence she's craved her entire life. Other Books Kar Kalim Mainline Truthsayer’s Apprentice At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Splintegrate
Author: Deborah Teramis Christian
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1466837136
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Deborah Teramis Christian returns to science fiction with a rousing stand-alone sequel to fan favorite Mainline. One of the many charms of planet Lyndir is the Between-World, home to the licensed entertainers of the Sa'adani Empire. There, at a palatial house of domination called Tryst, professional dominatrix Kes has become a celebrity attraction whose fame and exclusivity draws a rarified clientele. Her most devoted client is Janus, a major crime boss on Lyndir and elsewhere. But when a high-powered imperial authority decides she wants Janus out of the way, she identifies Kes as his greatest vulnerability. The seductive domina would never betray a client's trust, but a mortal threat to her Between-World sisters forces her cooperation with Janus's enemy. Altered against her will, she is turned into a brutal weapon by Splintegrate cloning technology. It will take help from some unlikely avenues and an enormous triumph of will for Kes to survive the government's machinations. . . and pursue the independence she's craved her entire life. Other Books Kar Kalim Mainline Truthsayer’s Apprentice At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1466837136
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Deborah Teramis Christian returns to science fiction with a rousing stand-alone sequel to fan favorite Mainline. One of the many charms of planet Lyndir is the Between-World, home to the licensed entertainers of the Sa'adani Empire. There, at a palatial house of domination called Tryst, professional dominatrix Kes has become a celebrity attraction whose fame and exclusivity draws a rarified clientele. Her most devoted client is Janus, a major crime boss on Lyndir and elsewhere. But when a high-powered imperial authority decides she wants Janus out of the way, she identifies Kes as his greatest vulnerability. The seductive domina would never betray a client's trust, but a mortal threat to her Between-World sisters forces her cooperation with Janus's enemy. Altered against her will, she is turned into a brutal weapon by Splintegrate cloning technology. It will take help from some unlikely avenues and an enormous triumph of will for Kes to survive the government's machinations. . . and pursue the independence she's craved her entire life. Other Books Kar Kalim Mainline Truthsayer’s Apprentice At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Mainline
Author: Deborah Teramis Christian
Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780812549089
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Bystanders, beware: Reva the assassin always gets her man, and anyone caught in the crossfire won't live to tell about it. Reva has the unique ability to see different lines of causality spread out before her. When she chooses any one of them, the other possibilities fade into nothingness and the new reality becomes her Mainline.
Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780812549089
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Bystanders, beware: Reva the assassin always gets her man, and anyone caught in the crossfire won't live to tell about it. Reva has the unique ability to see different lines of causality spread out before her. When she chooses any one of them, the other possibilities fade into nothingness and the new reality becomes her Mainline.
The Singularity Is Nearer
Author: Ray Kurzweil
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 039956277X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will transform the human race in the decades to come Since it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity Is Near and its vision of an exponential future have spawned a worldwide movement. Kurzweil's predictions about technological advancements have largely come true, with concepts like AI, intelligent machines, and biotechnology now widely familiar to the public. In this entirely new book Ray Kurzweil brings a fresh perspective to advances toward the Singularity—assessing his 1999 prediction that AI will reach human level intelligence by 2029 and examining the exponential growth of technology—that, in the near future, will expand human intelligence a millionfold and change human life forever. Among the topics he discusses are rebuilding the world, atom by atom with devices like nanobots; radical life extension beyond the current age limit of 120; reinventing intelligence by connecting our brains to the cloud; how exponential technologies are propelling innovation forward in all industries and improving all aspects of our well-being such as declining poverty and violence; and the growth of renewable energy and 3-D printing. He also considers the potential perils of biotechnology, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence, including such topics of current controversy as how AI will impact employment and the safety of autonomous cars, and "After Life" technology, which aims to virtually revive deceased individuals through a combination of their data and DNA. The culmination of six decades of research on artificial intelligence, The Singularity Is Nearer is Ray Kurzweil’s crowning contribution to the story of this science and the revolution that is to come.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 039956277X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explores how technology will transform the human race in the decades to come Since it was first published in 2005, Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity Is Near and its vision of an exponential future have spawned a worldwide movement. Kurzweil's predictions about technological advancements have largely come true, with concepts like AI, intelligent machines, and biotechnology now widely familiar to the public. In this entirely new book Ray Kurzweil brings a fresh perspective to advances toward the Singularity—assessing his 1999 prediction that AI will reach human level intelligence by 2029 and examining the exponential growth of technology—that, in the near future, will expand human intelligence a millionfold and change human life forever. Among the topics he discusses are rebuilding the world, atom by atom with devices like nanobots; radical life extension beyond the current age limit of 120; reinventing intelligence by connecting our brains to the cloud; how exponential technologies are propelling innovation forward in all industries and improving all aspects of our well-being such as declining poverty and violence; and the growth of renewable energy and 3-D printing. He also considers the potential perils of biotechnology, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence, including such topics of current controversy as how AI will impact employment and the safety of autonomous cars, and "After Life" technology, which aims to virtually revive deceased individuals through a combination of their data and DNA. The culmination of six decades of research on artificial intelligence, The Singularity Is Nearer is Ray Kurzweil’s crowning contribution to the story of this science and the revolution that is to come.
Future Boston
Author: David Alexander Smith
Publisher: Orb Books
ISBN: 9780312890285
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A collaboration by eight Boston-area science fiction writers, Future Boston is the exciting chronicle of a great city under alien occupation. In the 21st century, the citizens of Boston are planning a new revolution against the governments of Earth. Alien races have occupied the city and now must decide whether the human race deserves galactic citizenship--or total destruction.
Publisher: Orb Books
ISBN: 9780312890285
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
A collaboration by eight Boston-area science fiction writers, Future Boston is the exciting chronicle of a great city under alien occupation. In the 21st century, the citizens of Boston are planning a new revolution against the governments of Earth. Alien races have occupied the city and now must decide whether the human race deserves galactic citizenship--or total destruction.
Bare Metal C
Author: Stephen Oualline
Publisher: No Starch Press
ISBN: 1718501625
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Bare Metal C teaches you to program embedded systems with the C programming language. You’ll learn how embedded programs interact with bare hardware directly, go behind the scenes with the compiler and linker, and learn C features that are important for programming regular computers. Bare Metal C will teach you how to program embedded devices with the C programming language. For embedded system programmers who want precise and complete control over the system they are using, this book pulls back the curtain on what the compiler is doing for you so that you can see all the details of what's happening with your program. The first part of the book teaches C basics with the aid of a low-cost, widely available bare metal system (the Nucleo Arm evaluation system), which gives you all the tools needed to perform basic embedded programming. As you progress through the book you’ll learn how to integrate serial input/output (I/O) and interrupts into your programs. You’ll also learn what the C compiler and linker do behind the scenes, so that you’ll be better able to write more efficient programs that maximize limited memory. Finally, you’ll learn how to use more complex, memory hungry C features like dynamic memory, file I/O, and floating-point numbers. Topic coverage includes: The basic program creation process Simple GPIO programming (blink an LED) Writing serial device drivers The C linker and preprocessor Decision and control statements Numbers, arrays, pointers, strings, and complex data types Local variables and procedures Dynamic memory File and raw I/O Floating-point numbers Modular programming
Publisher: No Starch Press
ISBN: 1718501625
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Bare Metal C teaches you to program embedded systems with the C programming language. You’ll learn how embedded programs interact with bare hardware directly, go behind the scenes with the compiler and linker, and learn C features that are important for programming regular computers. Bare Metal C will teach you how to program embedded devices with the C programming language. For embedded system programmers who want precise and complete control over the system they are using, this book pulls back the curtain on what the compiler is doing for you so that you can see all the details of what's happening with your program. The first part of the book teaches C basics with the aid of a low-cost, widely available bare metal system (the Nucleo Arm evaluation system), which gives you all the tools needed to perform basic embedded programming. As you progress through the book you’ll learn how to integrate serial input/output (I/O) and interrupts into your programs. You’ll also learn what the C compiler and linker do behind the scenes, so that you’ll be better able to write more efficient programs that maximize limited memory. Finally, you’ll learn how to use more complex, memory hungry C features like dynamic memory, file I/O, and floating-point numbers. Topic coverage includes: The basic program creation process Simple GPIO programming (blink an LED) Writing serial device drivers The C linker and preprocessor Decision and control statements Numbers, arrays, pointers, strings, and complex data types Local variables and procedures Dynamic memory File and raw I/O Floating-point numbers Modular programming
Why Women Are Stupid
Author: Penelope Adams
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1847994938
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Why women are stupid (a lifetime of personal investigation) is one person's stagger around, over - but most often into - the usual pitfalls of life, trying hard not to make the same mistake too many times.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1847994938
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Why women are stupid (a lifetime of personal investigation) is one person's stagger around, over - but most often into - the usual pitfalls of life, trying hard not to make the same mistake too many times.
Kar Kalim
Author: Deborah Christian
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 9780312863418
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Inya, a powerful sorceress, agrees to train an upstart mage who turns on her by opening a dangerous interdimensional gate, traveling to a forbidden land, and returning in the form of a very powerful magician who is bent on conquering Inya's land. 12,500 first printing.
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 9780312863418
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Inya, a powerful sorceress, agrees to train an upstart mage who turns on her by opening a dangerous interdimensional gate, traveling to a forbidden land, and returning in the form of a very powerful magician who is bent on conquering Inya's land. 12,500 first printing.
A Prisoner and Yet...
Author: Corrie ten Boom
Publisher: CLC Publications
ISBN: 1936143712
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A Prisoner and Yet... reveals a belief in Christ that carried an innocent woman through some of the worst agonies man can devise. Here is one of the most tragic, yet most inspiring and faith-giving true stories of Corrie ten Boom during her time spent in a Nazi concentration camp.
Publisher: CLC Publications
ISBN: 1936143712
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A Prisoner and Yet... reveals a belief in Christ that carried an innocent woman through some of the worst agonies man can devise. Here is one of the most tragic, yet most inspiring and faith-giving true stories of Corrie ten Boom during her time spent in a Nazi concentration camp.
Spellcrafting for the Christian Witch
Author: Valerie Love
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578810157
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Are you unclear on exactly WHAT Christian Witchcraft is? What kind of spells do we cast as practicing Christian Witches? What is Bible Magick and how can it be used to effect transformation in our personal lives and the world? How can YOU become a MASTER ALCHEMIST who crafts and casts potent spells as a Christian Witch? What are the most powerful rituals and the most potent spells you can perform as a Christian Witch? What are the necessary components, ingredients, intentions and steps for this profound magick to be effective? Is there a formula for both ritual creation and spellcrafting especially suited to Christian Witches, including integrating the Bible? YES. This book describes in DETAIL ritual formulation as well as spellcrafting and casting for Christian Witches, with one aim: TO BECOME A MASTER ALCHEMIST. All you require to begin or expand your spellcrafting as a Christian Witch is here for you in a comprehensive manual of Christian Witchcraft - including Bible Magick, Bible Divination, Angel Magick, Feast of the Dead, Your Ase, Wheel of Destiny, Science & Magick, how to establish your Temple, Shrine & Altar and more than you can shake a proverbial broom stick at. Let's get even MORE magickal Christian Witches!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578810157
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
Are you unclear on exactly WHAT Christian Witchcraft is? What kind of spells do we cast as practicing Christian Witches? What is Bible Magick and how can it be used to effect transformation in our personal lives and the world? How can YOU become a MASTER ALCHEMIST who crafts and casts potent spells as a Christian Witch? What are the most powerful rituals and the most potent spells you can perform as a Christian Witch? What are the necessary components, ingredients, intentions and steps for this profound magick to be effective? Is there a formula for both ritual creation and spellcrafting especially suited to Christian Witches, including integrating the Bible? YES. This book describes in DETAIL ritual formulation as well as spellcrafting and casting for Christian Witches, with one aim: TO BECOME A MASTER ALCHEMIST. All you require to begin or expand your spellcrafting as a Christian Witch is here for you in a comprehensive manual of Christian Witchcraft - including Bible Magick, Bible Divination, Angel Magick, Feast of the Dead, Your Ase, Wheel of Destiny, Science & Magick, how to establish your Temple, Shrine & Altar and more than you can shake a proverbial broom stick at. Let's get even MORE magickal Christian Witches!
Macadam Dreams
Author: Gis_le Pineau
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803287730
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A cyclone inexorably sweeps Eliette into her past in this novel about the wayward violence of love and nature in Guadeloupe. In Macadam Dreams the celebrated Creole writer Gis_le Pineau cunningly unveils the two cataclysms that have devastated Eliette?s life: first, the cyclone of 1928, when she was only eight years old, and now, Hurricane Hugo, whose destruction shatters the elaborate defenses the old woman has built around the sorrows and madness of her life in the small, accursed town of Savane Mulet. ø As Hugo unleashes its fury, a final blow frees Eliette?s repressed memories of madness, isolation, and loss, and of the grievous failure of a prophecy that promised her a child. A story of self-discovery, Macadam Dreams speaks eloquently of the violence and poverty endured by women of this island nation?violence every bit as devastating, and seemingly inescapable, as the perpetually returning cyclone. Viewed by many as a canonical author in the Creole movement in Francophone literature, Pineau has created an extraordinary work that is recognized as a masterpiece of French-Caribbean literature.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803287730
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A cyclone inexorably sweeps Eliette into her past in this novel about the wayward violence of love and nature in Guadeloupe. In Macadam Dreams the celebrated Creole writer Gis_le Pineau cunningly unveils the two cataclysms that have devastated Eliette?s life: first, the cyclone of 1928, when she was only eight years old, and now, Hurricane Hugo, whose destruction shatters the elaborate defenses the old woman has built around the sorrows and madness of her life in the small, accursed town of Savane Mulet. ø As Hugo unleashes its fury, a final blow frees Eliette?s repressed memories of madness, isolation, and loss, and of the grievous failure of a prophecy that promised her a child. A story of self-discovery, Macadam Dreams speaks eloquently of the violence and poverty endured by women of this island nation?violence every bit as devastating, and seemingly inescapable, as the perpetually returning cyclone. Viewed by many as a canonical author in the Creole movement in Francophone literature, Pineau has created an extraordinary work that is recognized as a masterpiece of French-Caribbean literature.