Author: Geoff Logan
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Sometimes the 1300s come back to haunt us today. Rainbows End asks the question is the past relevant now? Our hero Zarfidi Virtue explores this dimension as he works his way through life's trials. The reader can thus explore this reality with our hero and attempt to answer the same question for themselves. In the end, only the reader can make this decision that always haunts us when the fork in the road asks, which way do I choose to seek the meaning of life?
Rainbows End
Author: Vernor Vinge
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1429991895
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Four time Hugo Award winner Vernor Vinge has taken readers to the depths of space and into the far future in his bestselling novels A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky. Now, he has written a science-fiction thriller set in a place and time as exciting and strange as any far-future world: San Diego, California, 2025. Robert Gu is a recovering Alzheimer's patient. The world that he remembers was much as we know it today. Now, as he regains his faculties through a cure developed during the years of his near-fatal decline, he discovers that the world has changed and so has his place in it. He was a world-renowned poet. Now he is seventy-five years old, though by a medical miracle he looks much younger, and he's starting over, for the first time unsure of his poetic gifts. Living with his son's family, he has no choice but to learn how to cope with a new information age in which the virtual and the real are a seamless continuum, layers of reality built on digital views seen by a single person or millions, depending on your choice. But the consensus reality of the digital world is available only if, like his thirteen-year-old granddaughter Miri, you know how to wear your wireless access—through nodes designed into smart clothes—and to see the digital context—through smart contact lenses. With knowledge comes risk. When Robert begins to re-train at Fairmont High, learning with other older people what is second nature to Miri and other teens at school, he unwittingly becomes part of a wide-ranging conspiracy to use technology as a tool for world domination. In a world where every computer chip has Homeland Security built-in, this conspiracy is something that baffles even the most sophisticated security analysts, including Robert's son and daughter-in law, two top people in the U.S. military. And even Miri, in her attempts to protect her grandfather, may be entangled in the plot. As Robert becomes more deeply involved in conspiracy, he is shocked to learn of a radical change planned for the UCSD Geisel Library; all the books there, and worldwide, would cease to physically exist. He and his fellow re-trainees feel compelled to join protests against the change. With forces around the world converging on San Diego, both the conspiracy and the protest climax in a spectacular moment as unique and satisfying as it is unexpected. This is science fiction at its very best, by a master storyteller at his peak. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1429991895
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Four time Hugo Award winner Vernor Vinge has taken readers to the depths of space and into the far future in his bestselling novels A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky. Now, he has written a science-fiction thriller set in a place and time as exciting and strange as any far-future world: San Diego, California, 2025. Robert Gu is a recovering Alzheimer's patient. The world that he remembers was much as we know it today. Now, as he regains his faculties through a cure developed during the years of his near-fatal decline, he discovers that the world has changed and so has his place in it. He was a world-renowned poet. Now he is seventy-five years old, though by a medical miracle he looks much younger, and he's starting over, for the first time unsure of his poetic gifts. Living with his son's family, he has no choice but to learn how to cope with a new information age in which the virtual and the real are a seamless continuum, layers of reality built on digital views seen by a single person or millions, depending on your choice. But the consensus reality of the digital world is available only if, like his thirteen-year-old granddaughter Miri, you know how to wear your wireless access—through nodes designed into smart clothes—and to see the digital context—through smart contact lenses. With knowledge comes risk. When Robert begins to re-train at Fairmont High, learning with other older people what is second nature to Miri and other teens at school, he unwittingly becomes part of a wide-ranging conspiracy to use technology as a tool for world domination. In a world where every computer chip has Homeland Security built-in, this conspiracy is something that baffles even the most sophisticated security analysts, including Robert's son and daughter-in law, two top people in the U.S. military. And even Miri, in her attempts to protect her grandfather, may be entangled in the plot. As Robert becomes more deeply involved in conspiracy, he is shocked to learn of a radical change planned for the UCSD Geisel Library; all the books there, and worldwide, would cease to physically exist. He and his fellow re-trainees feel compelled to join protests against the change. With forces around the world converging on San Diego, both the conspiracy and the protest climax in a spectacular moment as unique and satisfying as it is unexpected. This is science fiction at its very best, by a master storyteller at his peak. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Where Rainbows End
Author: Cecelia Ahern
Publisher: HarperTorch
ISBN: 9780007260829
Category : Friendship
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
From naughty children to rebellious teenagers, Rosie and Alex have stuck by each other through thick and thin. But just as they're discovering the joys of teenage nights on the town and dating disasters, they're separated. Alex's family moves from Dublin to America - and Alex goes with them. For good.Rosie's lost without her best friend. But on the eve of her departure to join Alex in Boston, Rosie gets news that will change her life forever - and keep her at home in Ireland.Their magical connection sees them through the ups and downs of each other's lives but neither of them knows whether their friendship can really survive the years and miles - as well as new relationships. And at the back of Rosie's mind is whether they were meant to be more than just good friends all along. Misunderstandings, circumstances and sheer bad luck have kept them out of each others' arms, but when presented with the ultimate opportunity, will they gamble everything - including their friendship - for true love?Destiny, Alex and Rosie discover, is a funny thing and fate isn't quite done with them yet ...
Publisher: HarperTorch
ISBN: 9780007260829
Category : Friendship
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
From naughty children to rebellious teenagers, Rosie and Alex have stuck by each other through thick and thin. But just as they're discovering the joys of teenage nights on the town and dating disasters, they're separated. Alex's family moves from Dublin to America - and Alex goes with them. For good.Rosie's lost without her best friend. But on the eve of her departure to join Alex in Boston, Rosie gets news that will change her life forever - and keep her at home in Ireland.Their magical connection sees them through the ups and downs of each other's lives but neither of them knows whether their friendship can really survive the years and miles - as well as new relationships. And at the back of Rosie's mind is whether they were meant to be more than just good friends all along. Misunderstandings, circumstances and sheer bad luck have kept them out of each others' arms, but when presented with the ultimate opportunity, will they gamble everything - including their friendship - for true love?Destiny, Alex and Rosie discover, is a funny thing and fate isn't quite done with them yet ...
Rainbow's End
Author: Steven P. Erie
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520910621
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Unprecedented in its scope, Rainbow's End provides a bold new analysis of the emergence, growth, and decline of six classic Irish-American political machines in New York, Jersey City, Chicago, San Francisco, Pittsburgh and Albany. Combining the approaches of political economy and historical sociology, Erie examines a wide range of issues, including the relationship between city and state politics, the manner in which machines shaped ethnic and working-class politics, and the reasons why centralized party organizations failed to emerge in Boston and Philadelphia despite their large Irish populations. The book ends with a thorough discussion of the significance of machine politics for today's urban minorities.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520910621
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Unprecedented in its scope, Rainbow's End provides a bold new analysis of the emergence, growth, and decline of six classic Irish-American political machines in New York, Jersey City, Chicago, San Francisco, Pittsburgh and Albany. Combining the approaches of political economy and historical sociology, Erie examines a wide range of issues, including the relationship between city and state politics, the manner in which machines shaped ethnic and working-class politics, and the reasons why centralized party organizations failed to emerge in Boston and Philadelphia despite their large Irish populations. The book ends with a thorough discussion of the significance of machine politics for today's urban minorities.
Love, Rosie
Author: Cecelia Ahern
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 1401383017
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
The basis for the motion picture starring Lily Collins and Sam Claflin! What happens when two people who are meant to be together can't seem to get it right? Rosie and Alex are destined for each other, and everyone seems to know it but them. Best friends since childhood, they are separated as teenagers when Alex and his family relocate from Dublin to Boston. Like two ships always passing in the night, Rosie and Alex stay friends, and though years pass, the two remain firmly attached via emails and letters. Heartbroken, they learn to live without each other. But destiny is a funny thing, and in this novel o f several missed opportunities, Rosie and Alex learn that fate isn't quite done with them yet.
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 1401383017
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
The basis for the motion picture starring Lily Collins and Sam Claflin! What happens when two people who are meant to be together can't seem to get it right? Rosie and Alex are destined for each other, and everyone seems to know it but them. Best friends since childhood, they are separated as teenagers when Alex and his family relocate from Dublin to Boston. Like two ships always passing in the night, Rosie and Alex stay friends, and though years pass, the two remain firmly attached via emails and letters. Heartbroken, they learn to live without each other. But destiny is a funny thing, and in this novel o f several missed opportunities, Rosie and Alex learn that fate isn't quite done with them yet.
Rainbow's End
Author: Coyne Steven Sanders
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
ISBN: 9780688090883
Category : Judy Garland show (Television program : 1963)
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
A behind-the-scenes look at Garland's 1963-1964 weekly television series describes the powerplays and machinations on the part of studio executives, led by James Aubrey, that doomed the show and that led to the star's personal and professional downfall
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
ISBN: 9780688090883
Category : Judy Garland show (Television program : 1963)
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
A behind-the-scenes look at Garland's 1963-1964 weekly television series describes the powerplays and machinations on the part of studio executives, led by James Aubrey, that doomed the show and that led to the star's personal and professional downfall
Rainbow's End
Author: Jane Harrison
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781925004250
Category : Aboriginal Australian
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Set in the 1950s on the fringe of a country town, this is a thought-provoking and emotionally powerful snapshot of a Koori family which dramatises the struggle for decent housing, meaningful education, jobs and community acceptance.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781925004250
Category : Aboriginal Australian
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Set in the 1950s on the fringe of a country town, this is a thought-provoking and emotionally powerful snapshot of a Koori family which dramatises the struggle for decent housing, meaningful education, jobs and community acceptance.
Marilyn at Rainbow's End
Author: Darwin Porter
Publisher: Blood Moon Productions
ISBN: 9781936003297
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
On the 50th anniversary of the murder of Marilyn Monroe, one of the most incisive journalists in Hollywood has compiled this intriguing roundup of the conspiracies and dark secrets behind Hollywood's most notorious mystery.
Publisher: Blood Moon Productions
ISBN: 9781936003297
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
On the 50th anniversary of the murder of Marilyn Monroe, one of the most incisive journalists in Hollywood has compiled this intriguing roundup of the conspiracies and dark secrets behind Hollywood's most notorious mystery.
Rainbows End
Author: Geoff Logan
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Sometimes the 1300s come back to haunt us today. Rainbows End asks the question is the past relevant now? Our hero Zarfidi Virtue explores this dimension as he works his way through life's trials. The reader can thus explore this reality with our hero and attempt to answer the same question for themselves. In the end, only the reader can make this decision that always haunts us when the fork in the road asks, which way do I choose to seek the meaning of life?
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Sometimes the 1300s come back to haunt us today. Rainbows End asks the question is the past relevant now? Our hero Zarfidi Virtue explores this dimension as he works his way through life's trials. The reader can thus explore this reality with our hero and attempt to answer the same question for themselves. In the end, only the reader can make this decision that always haunts us when the fork in the road asks, which way do I choose to seek the meaning of life?
At the Rainbow's End
Author: Robert Dean Frelow
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1425957307
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
At the Rainbow's End is about the lives of Jefferson and Mary Bright, plantation owners, about their struggles and the struggles of recently freed slaves to survive in a newly ordered society. Lurking in the background is the Ku Klux Klan, who kill and threaten all who would oppose them in a desperate effort to restore the old order, an insurgency that fosters, among other things, jealousy and murder, and events that threaten Jefferson and Mary with more than the loss of a way of life.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1425957307
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
At the Rainbow's End is about the lives of Jefferson and Mary Bright, plantation owners, about their struggles and the struggles of recently freed slaves to survive in a newly ordered society. Lurking in the background is the Ku Klux Klan, who kill and threaten all who would oppose them in a desperate effort to restore the old order, an insurgency that fosters, among other things, jealousy and murder, and events that threaten Jefferson and Mary with more than the loss of a way of life.
Postcards from Rainbow's End
Author: R. Buddy Murphy
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449092500
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A captivating journey of life, misadventures and survival through the eyes of Lane Webster. The flashbacks are riviting and exciting, the pages almost turn on their own! It starts with a blast of demonic energy & just keeps going and going until the last page has been turned. A good and easy read that keeps you begging for more. Lane Webster... What a guy, and the colourful characters he meets on the journey provide a tale that must be told and must be heard. I dare you to try and put it down. Go ahead... Try.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449092500
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A captivating journey of life, misadventures and survival through the eyes of Lane Webster. The flashbacks are riviting and exciting, the pages almost turn on their own! It starts with a blast of demonic energy & just keeps going and going until the last page has been turned. A good and easy read that keeps you begging for more. Lane Webster... What a guy, and the colourful characters he meets on the journey provide a tale that must be told and must be heard. I dare you to try and put it down. Go ahead... Try.