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An Antarctic Mystery
by Jules Verneules Verne’s sequel to Poe’s classic The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. ??? ?A captain seeking a lost brother. ??? ?A sailor obsessed with redemption as he hides a dark secret. ??? ?A wealthy onlooker intrigued by possibility. ??? ?Brought together by coincidence, they embark on a journey into the uncharted waters of the Antarctic. ??? ?Jules Verne weaves a story of exploration, adventure, and mystery in this exciting tale. An Antarctic Mystery is the unauthorized sequel to Edgar Allan Poe’s The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket and brings closure to Poe’s cliffhanger ending. ??? ?Journey through the Antarctic as Verne reveals the shocking conclusion to one of his favorite childhood tales.
Antarctica
by Claire KeeganCompassionate, witty, and unsettling, Antarctica is the debut collection of one of Ireland's most exciting and versatile new talents. Claire Keegan, winner of several prestigious awards including the William Trevor Prize, writes stories that have a razor-sharp narrative style and unembellished tone, and move from the cruel, hard life of rural Ireland to the hot landscape of the southern United States.From the title story about a married woman who takes a trip to the city with a single purpose in mind-to sleep with another man-Antarctica draws you into a world of obsession, betrayal, and fragile relationships. In "Love in the Tall Grass," Cordelia wakes on the last day of the twentieth century and sets off along the coast road to keep a date, with her lover, that has been nine years in the waiting. In "Passport Soup," Frank Corso mourns the curious disappearance of his nine-year-old daughter and tries desperately to reach out to his shattered wife who has gone mad with grief.Keegan's characters inhabit a world where dreams, memory, and chance can have crippling consequences for those involved. Moving in its quiet intensity, the award-winning Antarctica is a rare and arresting debut.
Antarctica: Journey to the Pole
by Peter LerangisA father and his sons embark on a perilous trek to the ends of the earthIt is May 1909, and the race to the South Pole is on. For years, Jack Winslow has dreamed of conquering the frozen wasteland, but just before he sets sail, his wife dies suddenly. Rather than cancel the voyage, he brings his two grief-stricken sons, Colin and Andrew, on the adventure of a lifetime. Although the teenagers have read widely of the Antarctic and the icy, unforgiving sea that surrounds it, no book could prepare them for the journey ahead. Killer whales, temperatures as low as –100°F, and deadly crushing ice floes are only the beginning of their troubles. To survive this trip, the Winslows will have to set aside their grief and come together as a family. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Peter Lerangis including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&’s personal collection.
Antarctica
by Kim Stanley RobinsonFrom the award-winning author of the Mars Trilogy comes a thrilling new novel. . . . Kim Stanley Robinson, author of the Hugo and Nebula award-winning Mars trilogy, is one of the most original and visionary writers of fiction today. Now, in his latest novel, he takes us to a harsh, alien landscape covered by a sheet of ice two miles deep. This is no distant planet--it is the last pure wilderness on earth. A stark and inhospitable place, its landscape poses a challenge to survival; yet its strange, silent beauty has long fascinated scientists and adventurers. Now Antarctica faces an uncertain future. The international treaty that protects the continent is about to dissolve, clearing the way for Antarctica's resources and eerie beauty to be plundered. As politicians and corporations move to determine its fate from half a world away, radical environmentalists carry out a covert campaign of sabotage to reclaim the land. The winner of this critical battle will determine the future for this last great wilderness. . . .
Antarctica
by Kim Stanley RobinsonFrom the award-winning author of the Mars Trilogy comes a thrilling new novel....Kim Stanley Robinson, author of the Hugo and Nebula award-winning Mars trilogy, is one of the most original and visionary writers of fiction today. Now, in his latest novel, he takes us to a harsh, alien landscape covered by a sheet of ice two miles deep. This is no distant planet--it is the last pure wilderness on earth.A stark and inhospitable place, its landscape poses a challenge to survival; yet its strange, silent beauty has long fascinated scientists and adventurers. Now Antarctica faces an uncertain future. The international treaty that protects the continent is about to dissolve, clearing the way for Antarctica's resources and eerie beauty to be plundered. As politicians and corporations move to determine its fate from half a world away, radical environmentalists carry out a covert campaign of sabotage to reclaim the land. The winner of this critical battle will determine the future for this last great wilderness....From the Paperback edition.
Antarctica: Escape from Disaster (Antarctica Ser. #Vol. 2)
by Peter LerangisTrapped in Antarctic ice, Jack Winslow and his sons fight to get homeIt has been nearly a year since Jack Winslow and his two sons, Colin and Andrew, set out to conquer Antarctica. While Colin and most of the crew stayed behind on the ship, Andrew made a dash for the South Pole, nearly dying in the process. When he returns to the Mystery, frostbitten and frail, the ship has become wedged between two ice floes. As the crew hacks at the ice with pick-axes, trying desperately to free the ship, the ice shifts, shattering the hull and giving the Winslows and their team just enough time to gather provisions before the Mystery plummets into the frigid water. Hundreds of miles of ice and sea stand between the Winslows and safety. As food becomes scarce, the crew begins grumbling of mutiny. Colin and Andrew are tired, hungry, and freezing cold—but their struggle for survival has only just begun. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Peter Lerangis including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&’s personal collection.
Antarctica in British Children’s Literature (Children's Literature and Culture)
by Sinead MoriartyFor over a century British authors have been writing about the Antarctic for child readers, yet this body of literature has never been explored in detail. Antarctica in British Children’s Literature examines this field for the first time, identifying the dominant genres and recurrent themes and tropes while interrogating how this landscape has been constructed as a wilderness within British literature for children. The text is divided into two sections. Part I focuses on the stories of early-twentieth-century explorers such as Robert F. Scott and Ernest Shackleton. Antarctica in British Children’s Literature highlights the impact of children’s literature on the expedition writings of Robert Scott, including the influence of Scott’s close friend, author J.M. Barrie. The text also reveals the important role of children’s literature in the contemporary resurgence of interest in Scott’s long-term rival Ernest Shackleton. Part II focuses on fictional narratives set in the Antarctic, including early-twentieth-century whaling literature, adventure and fantasy texts, contemporary animal stories and environmental texts for children. Together these two sections provide an insight into how depictions of this unique continent have changed over the past century, reflecting transformations in attitudes towards wilderness and wild landscapes.
Antarctica in Fiction: Imaginative Narratives of the Far South
by Elizabeth LeaneThis comprehensive analysis of literary responses to Antarctica examines the rich body of literature that the continent has provoked over the last three centuries, focussing particularly on narrative fiction. Novelists as diverse as Edgar Allan Poe, James Fenimore Cooper, Jules Verne, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula Le Guin, Beryl Bainbridge and Kim Stanley Robinson have all been drawn artistically to the far south. The continent has also inspired genre fiction, including a Mills and Boon novel, a Phantom comic and a Biggles book, as well as countless lost-race romances, espionage thrillers and horror-fantasies. Antarctica in Fiction draws on these sources, as well as film, travel narratives and explorers' own creative writing. It maps the far south as a space of the imagination and argues that only by engaging with this space, in addition to the physical continent, can we understand current attitudes towards Antarctica.
The Antarctica of Love
by Sara StridsbergThey say you die three times. The first time for me was when my heart stopped beating beneath his hands by the lake.The second was when what was left of me was lowered into the ground in front of Ivan and Raksha at Bromma Church. The third will be the last time my name is spoken on earth."A haunting portrait of the starkest meanings of love and family. Stridsberg's literary talent left me awestruck" Kate Reed Petty, author of True Story"A disturbingly beautiful book" ExpressenInni lives her life on the margins, but it is a life that is full and complex, filled with different shades of dark and light... Until she is brutally murdered one summer's day, on a lake shore at the heart of a distant, rain-washed forest.On the surface, this is the story of the moment her life is violently extinguished - a moment that will never end, not ever - but it is also about the time before, and about the lives that carry on afterwards. It's about her children, her parents, her childhood of neglect, her volatile adolescence, and the chain of choices, tragedies and accidents that lead her to a life on the streets and take her into the wrong crowd, the wrong places and, finally, the wrong car with the wrong person.Sara Stridsberg's new novel is about absolute vulnerability, brutality and isolation. At times disturbing, this is a devastating story of unexpected love, tenderness and light in the total darkness.Translated from Swedish by Deborah Bragan-Turner
Antares Dawn: 2019 Edition (Antares Trilogy #1)
by Michael McCollumWhen the supergiant star Antares exploded in 2512, the human colony on Alta found their pathway to the stars gone, isolating them from the rest of human space for more than a century.When a powerful warship materializes in the system without warning, the commanders of the Altan Space Navy are alarmed. They dispatch one of Alta’s most powerful ships to investigate, only to discover the unknown behemoth is battered and helmed by a dead crew.This is disturbing news for the Altans as the defeated battleship would have easily defeated the whole of the Altan navy on it’s own. And if that ship was able to stumble into the Altan system, so too could the force responsible for its destruction. Something must be done.
Antares Dawn
by Michael MccollumAfter the star Antares exploded,destroying the foldpoints that permitted travel to the stars, the Altan System was cut off from Human Space for more than a century. Then, in 2637 a huge spacegoing battleship ' flashed into the system. When the Altan Space Navy finally caught up with the behemoth, it found only a battered hulk and a few dead Earthmen. Something had clearly beaten the awesome Terran spacecraft in a battle to the death. And that was disturbing news indeed. For the dead battleship could easily have defeated the entire Altan system by itself. If it could blunder into the system, so could whatever had demolished it. / Something would have to be done...
The Antares Maelstrom (Star Trek: The Original Series)
by Greg CoxAn epic new Star Trek saga by New York Times bestselling author Greg Cox set during the original Five-Year Mission!The final frontier erupts into chaos as vast quantities of a rare energy source are discovered beneath the surface of Baldur-3, a remote planet beyond the outer fringes of Federation space. Now an old-fashioned &“gold rush&” is underway as a flood of would-be prospectors, from countless worlds and species, races toward the planet to stake their claim. The galactic stampede threatens the stability of neighboring planets and space stations, as widespread strife and sabotage and all-around pandemonium result in a desperate need for Starfleet assistance. Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise are dispatched to deal with the escalating crisis…which lies on the other side of a famously perilous region of space known as the Antares Maelstrom.
Antares Passage: 2019 Edition (Antares Trilogy #2)
by Michael McCollumAfter more than a century of isolation, the paths between stars are again open and the people of Alta in contact with their sister colony on Sandar. And yet, the opening of the foldlines has not been the pure blessing the Altans had supposed.The reestablishment of interstellar travel has brought with it news of the encroaching Ryall, an alien race whose goal is the extermination of humanity. If they are to avoid defeat at the hands of the alien forces, Alta must seek out the military might of Earth. The only suitable path, however, requires a journey into the heart of a supernova...
Antares Passage
by Michael MccollumFROM THE BACK COVER: Project Helldiver. After more than a century of isolation, the people of Alta were once again in contact with the rest of human space. But that reunion, led by Captain Richard Drake, spelled the end of civilization on Alta. For the people of the nearest star system were under siege by an alien race called the Ryall, whose only goal in life seemed to be the utter destruction of all Mankind. And it liked as if they might succeed. The only hope for these worlds lay with the greater military forces of Earth itself. But to reach Earth, they would have to take the one path not held by the Ryall, and that way passed through the Antares system, which was awash with the deadly radiation of a supernova. It was a risk they would have to take, and Richard Drake would lead the way into hell. This is the second in the Antares trilogy.
Antares Victory: 2019 Edition (Antares Trilogy #3)
by Michael McCollumAfter a century of warfare, humanity finally discovered the Achilles heel of the Ryall, their xenophobic reptilian foe. Spica – Alpha Virginis – is the key star system in enemy space. It is the hub through which all Ryall starships must pass, and if Alta and their allies can just capture and hold it, they will strangle the Ryall war machine and end its threat to humankind forever.It all seemed so simple in the computer simulations: Advance by stealth, attack without warning, strike swiftly with overwhelming power. Unfortunately, the logistics prove to be the easy part. With the key to victory in hand, Richard and Bethany Drake must temper the volatile role of human nature if they are to bring down the alien foe…
Antares Victory
by Michael MccollumFROM THE BACK COVER: After a century of warfare, humanity has finally discovered the Achilles heel of the Ryall, their xenophobic reptilian foe. Spica Alpha Virginis, is the key star system in enemy space. It is the hub through which all enemy starships must pass, and if humanity can only capture and hold it, they will strangle the war machine of their foes and forever end the Ryall threat. It all seemed so simple in the computer simulations: Advance by stealth, attack without warning, strike swiftly with overwhelming power. Unfortunately, conquering Spica proves the easy part. With the key to victory in hand, Richard and Bethany Drake discover that they must also conquer human nature if they are to bring down the alien foe.
La Antártica empieza aquí
by Benjamín Labatut«Cada cuento de La Antártica empieza aquí propone numerosas conexiones entre acontecimientos y personajes pero, al dejarlas siempre parcialmente en la sombra, logra que den una idea de enormidad, de gran resonancia y muchas implicaciones, aun para los sucesos más banales.» Jurado Premio Caza de Letras Un periodista novato se juega su carrera rastreando las huellas de un grupo de militares chilenos perdidos en la Antártica. Una joven mujer intenta escapar de su cuerpo, deformado por una extraña enfermedad. Un genio del jazz predice terremotos desde su lecho de muerte acosado por la lucidez de los que caminan al borde de la locura.Según Benjamín Labatut hay un centro incandescente en las cosas que pocos pueden alcanzar. Los que lo tocan se queman, se iluminan por un instante y luego se consumen. Ese núcleo secreto tironea a los personajes de esta colección de relatos.
Antártida, 1947 (Historia Incógnita)
by Felipe BotayaPocos meses después de acabada la Segunda Guerra Mundial varios submarinos alemanes aparecen sorprendentemente en aguas argentinas. ¿Qué hacían allí después de acabada la contienda? ¿De dónde venían? ¿Cuál había sido su ruta? ¿Qué se esconde detrás de las versiones oficiales de los gobiernos? ¿Por qué todavía hoy sigue siendo materia clasificada?
Ante el dolor de los demás
by Susan SontagUn lúcido ensayo sobre la representación documental e iconográfica del dolor. Veinticinco años después de Sobre la fotografía, Susan Sontag regresó al estudio de la representación visual de la guerra y la violencia. ¿Cómo nos afecta el espectáculo del sufrimiento ajeno? ¿Nos hemos acostumbrado a la crueldad? Para ello, la autora examina la serie de Goya Los desastres de la guerra, las fotografías de la guerra civil estadounidense y de los campos de concentración nazis, y las horribles imágenes contemporáneas de Bosnia, Sierra Leona, Ruanda, Israel y Palestina, así como de la ciudad de Nueva York el 11 de septiembre de 2001. En Ante el dolor de los demás, Susan Sontag aporta una interesante reflexión sobre cómo la guerra se lleva a cabo (y se entiende) en nuestros días. Reseña:«Una penetrante meditación sobre la guerra, la mutilación física y el efecto de las fotografías de guerra.»John Berger
Ante la ley. Escritos publicados en vida
by Franz KafkaEste libro recoge los sugestivos y esclarecedores escritos de Kafka. Ante la ley reúne los sugestivos escritos de Kafka, publicados en vida del autor, tanto los libros de prosas y narraciones -a excepción de La transformación-, como escritos de otra factura publicados solo en revistas y periódicos. Contemplación (1913), La colonia penitenciaria (1919) o Un artista del hambre (1924) muestran, tanto o más si cabe que sus novelas, el universo personal del autor y esa manera de narrar por la que ha sido considerado unánimemente como el autor más emblemático del siglo XX. Reseña:«Es el escritor alemán más grande de nuestro tiempo. A su lado, poetas como Rilke o novelistas como Thomas Mann son enanos o santos de escayola.»Vladimir Nabokov
Ante la manifestación de la existencia
by Miquel RicartUna aventura íntima en busca de la verdad de la existencia. Ante la manifestación de la existencia preconiza la libertad del pensamiento en su mayor expresión: es un repudio de todos los dogmatismos y una defensa a ultranza de la dignidad humana. En las páginas de Ricart, el ser humano, lejos de ser un sujeto teórico o idealizado, es un ser tangible, concreto y profundamente subjetivo. Se trata de "la realidad del ser corpóreamente manifestada". La Primera parte del libro, Prosa, recoge viajes imaginarios, aproximaciones a la mitología, percepciones, deseos vitales y remembranzas. La Segunda Parte, Ensayo, consiste en un conjunto de aforismos y textos breves sobre el ser, la verdad, la duda, el absurdo y la muerte, entre otros temas. Poesía, la Tercera parte, reúne la mayoría de los poemas escritos por el autor hasta la fecha.
Ante los ojos de Desirée
by Federico Reyes HerolesTodo hombre anhela a una mujer. Sólo a una: la verdadera, la única, la diosa. Él, periodista latinoamericano de apellido Talbek y Luciano de nombre, dispara con tinta hasta convertirse en actor de la propia escena que pareció haber imaginado. Desirée lo seduce en cátedra, se trasluce por el vino y lo acompaña en una irrefrenada marcha por el dédalo de su ser social. Los documentos corren de ministerio en ministerio; artículo tras artículo se ascienden en espiral que cambia de persona. Talbek es Luciano que habla, que se habla, que nos habla siempre observado por una incrédula que lo mira y que nos mira.
The Ante-Room (Virago Modern Classics #295)
by Kate O'BrienIreland, 1880 and a prosperous, provincial family observes the three great autumnal feasts of the Church. As Teresa Mulqueen lies dying, her family gather round her and beneath this drama another, no less poignant, unfolds. Unmarried daughter Agnes awaits the return of her sister Marie-Rose and brother-in-law Vincent. She adores her sister, but secretly, pasionately, loves Vincent. And their marriage, she knows, is unhappy...Ahead lies a terrible battle between her uncompromising faith and the intensity of her love. In this delicately imagined novel, originally published in 1934, Kate O'Brien lays bare the struggles between personal need and the Catholic faith with the sympathy and insight which is the hallmark of her craft.
The Ante-Room
by Kate O'BrienIreland, 1880 and a prosperous, provincial family observes the three great autumnal feasts of the Church. As Teresa Mulqueen lies dying, her family gather round her and beneath this drama another, no less poignant, unfolds. Unmarried daughter Agnes awaits the return of her sister Marie-Rose and brother-in-law Vincent. She adores her sister, but secretly, pasionately, loves Vincent. And their marriage, she knows, is unhappy...Ahead lies a terrible battle between her uncompromising faith and the intensity of her love. In this delicately imagined novel, originally published in 1934, Kate O'Brien lays bare the struggles between personal need and the Catholic faith with the sympathy and insight which is the hallmark of her craft.
Ante todo, ?mush@ karma?
by Jorge Parra<P>Si Australia tiene a "Priscilla" y Hollywood a "Vida-Boheme", ¿por qué no teníamos una drag ibérica? <P>¡Problema resuelto! Anna Plasmosis ha comenzado su viaje... David tiene una vida maravillosa y feliz junto a su marido Hugo, su hija Paula y su trabajo como Drag-Queen, donde es conocido como Anna Plasmosis. <P>Tras un duro golpe, David toma la decisión de irse, junto a su hija Paula, a su pueblo natal. Sus amigos Freddy y Lorenzo no quieren dejarlos solos en estos momentos difíciles y deciden unirse a la aventura y dejar la cosmopolita Madrid para adentrarse en un mundo totalmente opuesto a lo que conocen. <P>Se encontrarán con personajes muy peculiares que les harán vivir una serie de anécdotas que no te dejarán impasible. Un batido de comedia, drama y musical que disfrutarás de un trago siendo espectador de este gran viaje.