Author: Robert L. Forward
Publisher: Dissertation.com
ISBN: 9780595166183
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Rescued From Paradise is the fourth of four sequels to the science fiction novel Rocheworld by Robert L. Forward (Baen Books, New York, 1990). The other sequels are: Return to Rocheworld, Ocean Under the Ice and Marooned on Eden. In Rescued From Paradise , the children of the human explorers marooned decades ago on the Earth-like moon, "Eden," in the Barnard Star System, have to decide whether to stay on their idyllic birthplace with the friendly jelly-blob "flouwen" and the slow-moving tree-like "jollys", or to return to compete in the fast-paced combined human/robot civilization of the Solar System.
Rescued from Paradise
Author: Robert L. Forward
Publisher: Dissertation.com
ISBN: 9780595166183
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Rescued From Paradise is the fourth of four sequels to the science fiction novel Rocheworld by Robert L. Forward (Baen Books, New York, 1990). The other sequels are: Return to Rocheworld, Ocean Under the Ice and Marooned on Eden. In Rescued From Paradise , the children of the human explorers marooned decades ago on the Earth-like moon, "Eden," in the Barnard Star System, have to decide whether to stay on their idyllic birthplace with the friendly jelly-blob "flouwen" and the slow-moving tree-like "jollys", or to return to compete in the fast-paced combined human/robot civilization of the Solar System.
Publisher: Dissertation.com
ISBN: 9780595166183
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Rescued From Paradise is the fourth of four sequels to the science fiction novel Rocheworld by Robert L. Forward (Baen Books, New York, 1990). The other sequels are: Return to Rocheworld, Ocean Under the Ice and Marooned on Eden. In Rescued From Paradise , the children of the human explorers marooned decades ago on the Earth-like moon, "Eden," in the Barnard Star System, have to decide whether to stay on their idyllic birthplace with the friendly jelly-blob "flouwen" and the slow-moving tree-like "jollys", or to return to compete in the fast-paced combined human/robot civilization of the Solar System.
The Flight of the Dragonfly
Author: Robert L. Forward
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780450058233
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780450058233
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Paradise on Fire
Author: Jewell Parker Rhodes
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1510109846
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
'Addy is a heroine any reader might aspire to be, a teenager who learns to trust her own voice and instincts, who realizes that fire can live within someone, too' - New York Times From award-winning and bestselling author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age survival tale set during a devastating wild fire. Addy is haunted by the tragic fire that killed her parents, leaving her to be raised by her grandmother. Now, years later, Addy's grandmother has enrolled her in a summer wilderness programme. There, Addy joins five other Black city kids - each with their own troubles - to spend a summer out west. Deep in the forest, the kids learn new (and to them) strange skills: camping, hiking, rock climbing and how to start and safely put out campfires. Most important, they learn to depend upon each other for companionship and survival. But then comes a furious forest fire ... From award-winning and bestselling author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful survival tale exploring issues of race, class, and climate change.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1510109846
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
'Addy is a heroine any reader might aspire to be, a teenager who learns to trust her own voice and instincts, who realizes that fire can live within someone, too' - New York Times From award-winning and bestselling author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful coming-of-age survival tale set during a devastating wild fire. Addy is haunted by the tragic fire that killed her parents, leaving her to be raised by her grandmother. Now, years later, Addy's grandmother has enrolled her in a summer wilderness programme. There, Addy joins five other Black city kids - each with their own troubles - to spend a summer out west. Deep in the forest, the kids learn new (and to them) strange skills: camping, hiking, rock climbing and how to start and safely put out campfires. Most important, they learn to depend upon each other for companionship and survival. But then comes a furious forest fire ... From award-winning and bestselling author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful survival tale exploring issues of race, class, and climate change.
A Paradise Built in Hell
Author: Rebecca Solnit
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101459018
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
The author of Men Explain Things to Me explores the moments of altruism and generosity that arise in the aftermath of disaster Why is it that in the aftermath of a disaster? whether manmade or natural?people suddenly become altruistic, resourceful, and brave? What makes the newfound communities and purpose many find in the ruins and crises after disaster so joyous? And what does this joy reveal about ordinarily unmet social desires and possibilities? In A Paradise Built in Hell, award-winning author Rebecca Solnit explores these phenomena, looking at major calamities from the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco through the 1917 explosion that tore up Halifax, Nova Scotia, the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, 9/11, and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. She examines how disaster throws people into a temporary utopia of changed states of mind and social possibilities, as well as looking at the cost of the widespread myths and rarer real cases of social deterioration during crisis. This is a timely and important book from an acclaimed author whose work consistently locates unseen patterns and meanings in broad cultural histories.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101459018
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
The author of Men Explain Things to Me explores the moments of altruism and generosity that arise in the aftermath of disaster Why is it that in the aftermath of a disaster? whether manmade or natural?people suddenly become altruistic, resourceful, and brave? What makes the newfound communities and purpose many find in the ruins and crises after disaster so joyous? And what does this joy reveal about ordinarily unmet social desires and possibilities? In A Paradise Built in Hell, award-winning author Rebecca Solnit explores these phenomena, looking at major calamities from the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco through the 1917 explosion that tore up Halifax, Nova Scotia, the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, 9/11, and Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. She examines how disaster throws people into a temporary utopia of changed states of mind and social possibilities, as well as looking at the cost of the widespread myths and rarer real cases of social deterioration during crisis. This is a timely and important book from an acclaimed author whose work consistently locates unseen patterns and meanings in broad cultural histories.
Almost Paradise
Author: Corabel Shofner
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 0374303789
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
When twelve-year-old Ruby's mother goes to jail, Ruby finds her Aunt Eleanor, an ornery nun with some dark secrets, who Ruby hopes will help free her mother.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 0374303789
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
When twelve-year-old Ruby's mother goes to jail, Ruby finds her Aunt Eleanor, an ornery nun with some dark secrets, who Ruby hopes will help free her mother.
Paradise Dogs
Author: Man Martin
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429990244
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Adam Newman once had it all. But then he lost it. Now Adam yearns to reunite with his estranged wife, Evelyn, and recapture the Edenic life they once had running Paradise Dogs, the roadside hot-dog restaurant now legendary throughout central Florida. He has a few obstacles along the way. For starters, there's his impending marriage to Lily. There's also the matter of a quarter million dollars' worth of diamonds that he mislaid, along with what appears to be a shadowy conspiracy that is buying up land around the Cross-Florida Canal (and which may or may not be a product of Adam's alcohol-infused imagination). Despite his own troubles---and a brief stay in Chattahoochee---Adam looks to mentor his son, Addison, in the ways of love. Awkward, unsure, and employed as the world's least accurate obituary writer, Addison pines for a beautiful and painfully earnest linguistic student but must compete for her attention with his older and more sophisticated half brother from Evelyn's first marriage. But if anybody can set these worlds in order, it is Adam, who has an uncanny knack for being in the right place at the right time and allowing others to believe he's someone he's not. Whether it's delivering a baby, rescuing a marriage, or exposing a Communist conspiracy, our protagonist is up for the job. Paradise Dogs, from Georgia Author of the Year Award winner Man Martin, is a farcical tale of paradise lost, the American Dream, and the true measures of love
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429990244
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Adam Newman once had it all. But then he lost it. Now Adam yearns to reunite with his estranged wife, Evelyn, and recapture the Edenic life they once had running Paradise Dogs, the roadside hot-dog restaurant now legendary throughout central Florida. He has a few obstacles along the way. For starters, there's his impending marriage to Lily. There's also the matter of a quarter million dollars' worth of diamonds that he mislaid, along with what appears to be a shadowy conspiracy that is buying up land around the Cross-Florida Canal (and which may or may not be a product of Adam's alcohol-infused imagination). Despite his own troubles---and a brief stay in Chattahoochee---Adam looks to mentor his son, Addison, in the ways of love. Awkward, unsure, and employed as the world's least accurate obituary writer, Addison pines for a beautiful and painfully earnest linguistic student but must compete for her attention with his older and more sophisticated half brother from Evelyn's first marriage. But if anybody can set these worlds in order, it is Adam, who has an uncanny knack for being in the right place at the right time and allowing others to believe he's someone he's not. Whether it's delivering a baby, rescuing a marriage, or exposing a Communist conspiracy, our protagonist is up for the job. Paradise Dogs, from Georgia Author of the Year Award winner Man Martin, is a farcical tale of paradise lost, the American Dream, and the true measures of love
The Familiar State
Author: Richard Soulliere
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1410728269
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Humans have developed so much that we have forgotten who they really are. The Familiar State, being the first complete philosophy, does more than break the ice. Blanket issues as well as highly specific scenarios that plague the human frontier instead of hurling it forward are covered in plain English. Overall, The Familiar State provides the foundation for the philosophy of the New Age. By serving to be something to everybody, The Familiar State puts forward the journey that clarifies the fundamentals required to define a complete understanding of a human being. Life, at least as we currently know it, unravels itself by proving the existence of what we all know rests deep within ourselves.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1410728269
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Humans have developed so much that we have forgotten who they really are. The Familiar State, being the first complete philosophy, does more than break the ice. Blanket issues as well as highly specific scenarios that plague the human frontier instead of hurling it forward are covered in plain English. Overall, The Familiar State provides the foundation for the philosophy of the New Age. By serving to be something to everybody, The Familiar State puts forward the journey that clarifies the fundamentals required to define a complete understanding of a human being. Life, at least as we currently know it, unravels itself by proving the existence of what we all know rests deep within ourselves.
Rescued
Author: Elle James
Publisher: Twisted Page Inc
ISBN: 1626953465
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
When the storm is bearing down, the building is on fire, or the enemy has stormed the compound, these are the men who come to the rescue. The strong and the brave, without a thought to their own safety, risk their lives to protect others. Only a courageous woman can save a tough guy when his heart is on the line. This collection of short stories features the plights of men and women in jeopardy. Come along for the ride and immerse yourself in the fight, the fright and the ultimate sacrifices. Sheltering Charlotte – Hometown sheriff’s deputy races to save the girl he loves from a killer storm Besieged - Special Forces soldier rescues the ambassador's daughter from a besieged embassy Chasing Fire – Fire jumper jeopardizes his life while trying to convince the woman he loves to give her heart to a man who leaps into flames Spirit of a Tiger – A soldier returning home missing a limb, is forced to face the woman he loves in the tiger’s den Rescuing Alaska - Coast Guardsman leaps into frigid Alaskan waters and then braves a bear-ridden island to save a woman swept overboard Note: These short stories appeared in various anthologies with other authors. This is the first time they’ve been complied in a single-author anthology all by Elle James.
Publisher: Twisted Page Inc
ISBN: 1626953465
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
When the storm is bearing down, the building is on fire, or the enemy has stormed the compound, these are the men who come to the rescue. The strong and the brave, without a thought to their own safety, risk their lives to protect others. Only a courageous woman can save a tough guy when his heart is on the line. This collection of short stories features the plights of men and women in jeopardy. Come along for the ride and immerse yourself in the fight, the fright and the ultimate sacrifices. Sheltering Charlotte – Hometown sheriff’s deputy races to save the girl he loves from a killer storm Besieged - Special Forces soldier rescues the ambassador's daughter from a besieged embassy Chasing Fire – Fire jumper jeopardizes his life while trying to convince the woman he loves to give her heart to a man who leaps into flames Spirit of a Tiger – A soldier returning home missing a limb, is forced to face the woman he loves in the tiger’s den Rescuing Alaska - Coast Guardsman leaps into frigid Alaskan waters and then braves a bear-ridden island to save a woman swept overboard Note: These short stories appeared in various anthologies with other authors. This is the first time they’ve been complied in a single-author anthology all by Elle James.
Trapped In Paradise
Author: Sister Hedda Jaeger
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781954000537
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 1940, four nuns sail to the Solomon Islands as missionaries, only to be caught in WWII, fleeing the Japanese. A true story of faith and survival.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781954000537
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 1940, four nuns sail to the Solomon Islands as missionaries, only to be caught in WWII, fleeing the Japanese. A true story of faith and survival.
An Infidel in Paradise
Author: S.J. Laidlaw
Publisher: Tundra Books
ISBN: 1770493050
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Set in Pakistan, this is the story of a teen girl living with her mother and siblings in a diplomatic compound. As if getting used to another new country and set of customs and friends isn't enough, she must cope with an increasingly tense political situation that becomes dangerous with alarming speed. Her life and those of her sister and brother depend on her resourcefulness and the unexpected help of an enigmatic Muslim classmate.
Publisher: Tundra Books
ISBN: 1770493050
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Set in Pakistan, this is the story of a teen girl living with her mother and siblings in a diplomatic compound. As if getting used to another new country and set of customs and friends isn't enough, she must cope with an increasingly tense political situation that becomes dangerous with alarming speed. Her life and those of her sister and brother depend on her resourcefulness and the unexpected help of an enigmatic Muslim classmate.