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Android X: The Complete Series (Android X)
by Michael La RonnThis collection contains all three books in the Android X Series: Android Paradox, Android Deception and Android Winter. Buy now and save over buying each book individually! When two equally intelligent androids face off against each other, who wins? The year is 2300. Humans and androids live in peace after a devastating singularity and years of war. Xandifer "X" Crenshaw is a special agent android for the United Earth Alliance. His job is to track down rogue androids and destroy them to keep the world safe. When another android agent goes maverick and starts a killing spree, the fallout could shatter the alliance between humans and androids forever. X hunts him down, but what seems like a simple operation turns weird fast when X discovers that he's up against something far more sinister that is just as intelligent as him. And whatever it is, is also holds the key to X's forgotten past. The future belongs to humans and androids...or is that a paradox? V1.0
Android at Arms
by Andre NortonWhen Andas Kastor awakens in an alien land, he must figure out if he's the true emperor of his home world or an evil double In a stark, arid wasteland, a man awakens from a frozen state. As he stares out his narrow slit of a window, he has no memory of how he got there--or why. All he knows is his name: Andas Kastor, Imperial Prince of Inyanga. But instead of the luxurious trappings of his royal palace, he's in a hellish, storm-lashed place punctuated by howling winds and shattering streaks of lightning. And he's not alone. In this uninhabited world, he meets five other survivors, also of noble birth. They include the scaled, emerald-haired Elys of Posedonia and clawed, fanged Lord Yolyos of Sargol. They all speak the same Basic language, as befits those from neighboring spheres. Were they abducted, spirited to this alien planet, and held in mind-lock while evil doppelgangers ruled in their places? After a daring escape, Andas returns to Inyanga--only to discover that decades have passed and another sits on his throne. Now, hunted across barriers of time, Andas must fight external and internal enemies to save his civilization and uncover the truth about his identity.
Android in The Attic
by Nicholas AllanAunt Edna has created a no-nonsense nanny android to make sure Billy and Alfie don't have any fun. But then Alfie discovers how to override Auntie Anne-Droid's programming and nothing can stop them eating all the Cheeki Choko Cherry Cakes they like ... until the real aunt Edna is kidnapped!
Android in The Attic
by Nicholas AllanAunt Edna has created a no-nonsense nanny android to make sure Billy and Alfie don't have any fun. But then Alfie discovers how to override Auntie Anne-Droid's programming and nothing can stop them eating all the Cheeki Choko Cherry Cakes they like ... until the real aunt Edna is kidnapped!
Androids and Intelligent Networks in Early Modern Literature and Culture: Artificial Slaves (Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture)
by Kevin LaGrandeurAwarded a 2014 Science Fiction and Technoculture Studies Prize Honourable Mention. This book explores the creation and use of artificially made humanoid servants and servant networks by fictional and non-fictional scientists of the early modern period. Beginning with an investigation of the roots of artificial servants, humanoids, and automata from earlier times, LaGrandeur traces how these literary representations coincide with a surging interest in automata and experimentation, and how they blend with the magical science that preceded the empirical era. In the instances that this book considers, the idea of the artificial factotum is connected with an emotional paradox: the joy of self-enhancement is counterpoised with the anxiety of self-displacement that comes with distribution of agency.In this way, the older accounts of creating artificial slaves are accounts of modernity in the making—a modernity characterized by the project of extending the self and its powers, in which the vision of the extended self is fundamentally inseparable from the vision of an attenuated self. This book discusses the idea that fictional, artificial servants embody at once the ambitions of the scientific wizards who make them and society’s perception of the dangers of those ambitions, and represent the cultural fears triggered by independent, experimental thinkers—the type of thinkers from whom our modern cyberneticists descend.
Androletti's Mistress
by Melanie MilburneDuty forced Nikki Ferliani to leave the only man she'd ever loved--Massimo Androletti--and marry another. Massimo was left with the bitter memory of Nikki, the gold-digging seductress. Now she's widowed and broke, and the only person who can help Nikki is the very man she once betrayed....Massimo has purchased her body for revenge, and she's paid with her heart. Little does he realize that Nikki's now carrying his child, and would have given him both for free....
Andromache, Hecuba, Trojan Women
by Euripides Ruth Scodel Diane Arnson SvarlienDiane Arnson Svarlien's translation of Euripides' Andromache, Hecuba, and Trojan Women exhibits the same scholarly and poetic standards that have won praise for her Alcestis, Medea, Hippolytus. Ruth Scodel's Introduction examines the cultural and political context in which Euripides wrote, and provides analysis of the themes, structure, and characters of the plays included. Her notes offer expert guidance to readers encountering these works for the first time.
Andromache, by Racine
by Richard WilburA skillful translation of the classical French tragedy about the captivity of Hector's wife after her abduction by the son of Achilles. The rhymed couplets retain the simplicity of form and powerful language of the original. "[This translation] is a striking tour de force" (Hudson Review). Drawings by Igor Tulipanov.
Andromeda Breakthrough
by Fred Hoyle John ElliotFrom the dead constellation of Andromeda flashed continuously a long and intensely complicated message. Picked up during the testing of the world's most powerful radio-telescope, it proved to be a blueprint of a computer so advanced that it made all earth-built computers seem like children's counting beads and even produced a thinking, living human-being to interpret its needs. Could this be part of a fantastic plan to take over the earth?
Andromeda Clark Walks on the Moon (Fountas & Pinnell LLI Gold #Level O)
by Anne W. PhillipsAndromeda Clark Walks on the Moon Author: Anne W. Philips
Andromeda's Choice
by William C. DietzAndromeda McKee rebuilt her life in the violent embrace of the Legion of the Damned in the days when cyborgs were first being introduced. Now she must choose between her conscience and her desire for vengeance... In a different world, Lady Catherine "Cat" Carletto would never have left her pampered life behind. But when Princess Ophelia became Empress Ophelia in a coup that claimed the lives of the princess's brother and all who supported him, including the Carletto family, Cat had to hide--or die. She became Legionnaire Andromeda McKee, and now she's a battle-scarred veteran who knows how to kill. Summoned to Earth to receive the Imperial Order of Merit from the empress herself, Andromeda learns that she isn't the sole surviving Carletto--her uncle Rex is not only still alive but also the leader of a resistance group determined to overthrow Ophelia. Caught up in a web of intrigue, Andromeda realizes that the moment is coming when her revenge will be at hand. But will she be able to act, or will she be betrayed by those she has come to trust?
Andromeda's Choice: A Novel of the Legion of the Damned (Legion of the Damned: Before the Fall #2)
by William C. DietzAndromeda McKee rebuilt her life in the violent embrace of the Legion of the Damned in the days when cyborgs were first being introduced. Now she must choose between her conscience and her desire for vengeance...In a different world, Lady Catherine “Cat” Carletto would never have left her pampered life behind. But when Princess Ophelia became Empress Ophelia in a coup that claimed the lives of the princess’ brother and all who supported him, including the Carletto family, Cat had to hide—or die.She became Legionnaire Andromeda McKee, and now she’s a battle-scarred veteran who knows how to kill. Summoned to Earth to receive the Imperial Order of Merit from the empress herself, Andromeda learns that she isn’t the sole surviving Carletto—her uncle Rex is not only still alive but also the leader of a resistance group determined to overthrow Ophelia.Caught up in a web of intrigue, Andromeda realizes that the moment is coming when her revenge will be at hand. But will she be able to act, or will she be betrayed by those she has come to trust?
Andromeda's Fall
by William C. DietzHundreds of years in the future, much has changed. Advances in medicine, technology, and science abound. Humanity has gone to the stars, found alien life, and established an empire. But some things never change... All her life, Lady Catherine Carletto--Cat--has lived for the next party, the next lover, the next expensive toy. Until, in a bloodthirsty power grab, Imperial Princess Ophelia and her cadre of synth assassins murder her brother, the emperor, and go on to purge the galaxy of his friends and allies--including Cat's family. Now Cat is on the run. And, like countless others before her, she finds sanctuary among the most dangerous of society's misfits--the Legion. Cat becomes Andromeda McKee: a woman with a mission--to bring down Empress Ophelia--or die trying.
Andromeda's Fall: A Novel of the Legion of the Damned (Legion of the Damned: Before the Fall #1)
by William C. Dietz“Andromeda’s Fall is one of the most interesting futuristic novels.”—SF SiteHundreds of years in the future, much has changed. Advances in medicine, technology, and science abound. Humanity has gone to the stars, found alien life, and established an empire.But some things never change...All her life, Lady Catherine Carletto (called Cat) has lived for nothing but the next party, the next lover, the next expensive toy. Until, in a bloodthirsty power grab, Imperial Princess Ophelia and her cadre of synth assassins murder her brother the emperor, and go on to purge the galaxy of his friends and supporters—including Cat’s family. The Carlettos are known to be staunch supporters of the emperor and Carletto Industries has been in the forefront of his pet project—developing cybernetic technology for use by the masses.Now Cat, one of the last surviving Carlettos, is on the run. And, like countless others before her, she finds her sanctuary among the most dangerous of society’s misfits.Welcome to the Legion.Cat Carletto vanishes, and in her place stands Legion recruit Andromeda McKee. A woman with a mission—to bring down Empress Ophelia—or die trying.
Andromeda's War
by William C. Dietz"Returning to his Legion of the Damned universe, Dietz illustrates why he's a master of the genre" (RT Book Reviews). And in Andromeda's War, his heroine will face her ultimate test--as a battle-scarred legionnaire and as an innocent young woman who once lost everything...Now a platoon leader, Legionnaire Andromeda McKee seems to have successfully left behind her true identity of Lady Catherine "Cat" Carletto, one of the last two surviving members of the Carletto family targeted for death by Empress Ophelia.After failing at her one shot at vengeance, Andromeda had been questioning her own resolve. But now her uncle has been killed in a government raid back on Earth, leaving her as the last Carletto standing--and the family's only chance for justice...A chance that comes when the empress's ship crashes on a hostile planet and Andromeda is assigned to head up the rescue mission. As a legionnaire, Andromeda McKee has countless kills under her belt. But when faced with her greatest enemy, it will be Cat Carletto who has to pull the trigger on the one who really matters...
Andromeda's War: A Novel of the Legion of the Damned (Legion of the Damned: Before the Fall #3)
by William C. DietzIn Andromeda’s War, Dietz’ heroine will face her ultimate test—as a battle-scarred legionnaire and as an innocent young woman who once lost everything...Now a platoon leader, Legionnaire Andromeda McKee seems to have successfully left behind her true identity of Lady Catherine “Cat” Carletto, one of the last two surviving members of the Carletto family targeted for death by Empress Ophelia.After failing at her one shot at vengeance, Andromeda had been questioning her own resolve. But now her uncle has been killed in a government raid back on Earth, leaving her as the last Carletto standing—and the family’s only chance for justice...A chance that comes when the empress’ ship crashes on a hostile planet and Andromeda is assigned to head up the rescue mission.As a legionnaire, Andromeda McKee has countless kills under her belt. But when faced with her greatest enemy, it will be Cat Carletto who has to pull the trigger on the one who really matters...
Andromeda: A Novel
by Therese BohmanWorking her way up at a storied Stockholm publisher, a young woman develops an ambiguous, shifting relationship with her boss, in this shrewd novel about the tension between tradition and modernity, and expectations and reality.The publishing house is anchored like a ship along Stockholm&’s main street, a large, bright building with an impressive rooftop terrace. The facade is a grid of wood and granite; flags with a cursive R sway in the wind. R as in Rydéns.A young woman starts as an intern at this venerated institution, and over many years gains more and more responsibility for its authors and books. All under the supervision of Gunnar, publishing director of the most prestigious imprint behind the finest literature, Andromeda.Over time their work relationship transforms into something neither of them can truly define. Perhaps built on mutual trust? Or is it something else?
Andropovs Koekoek: Een verhaal over liefde, intrige en de KGB
by Owen JonesAndropovs koekoek Een verhaal over liefde, intrige en de KGB Het verhaal begint met William, een tachtigjarige weduwnaar, die zijn vrouw vreselijk mist, in een opvangcentrum in Zuid-Spanje. Hij wacht op de dood en kijkt er naar uit om herenigd te worden met zijn vrouw Youriko. Hij heeft niet lang de tijd, maar besluit dat het verhaal van zijn dappere vrouw verteld moet worden, hoewel ze het niet zou toestaan toen ze nog leefde. Eerst ontmoeten we een Japanse familie die verwikkeld is geraakt in de explosie in Hiroshima, en dan ontmoeten we hun dochter, Youriko, die geradicaliseerd is tegen de Amerikaanse bezetter. Vervolgens ontmoeten we een Sovjet, Kazachstans gezin, dat ook bij de oorlog betrokken was. De vrouw is een overheidsagente die de arbeiders in haar omgeving stimuleert om meer te produceren, en we ontmoeten haar dochter. Door de bezoeken van de Japanse Communistische Partij aan het gebied, ontmoeten de Russische en Japanse families elkaar en gaan ze verder. Vooral de meisjes. In feite zien ze er eigenlijk ook hetzelfde uit. De meisjes bedenken een plan om van leven te veranderen, hoewel het Japanse meisje geen toekomst ziet in de USSR. Ze wil naar Amerika. Ze wisselen van leven en het Russische meisje, nu bekend als Youriko, neemt een baan aan bij het Japanse ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken. Daarna verhuist ze naar de diplomatieke Dienst, terwijl ze al die tijd spioneert voor haar baas Andropov, het hoofd van de KGB. Ze valt uit de gratie als ze teleurgesteld raakt in haar werk en probeert te ontsnappen om haar dubbelganger te zien, die nu in Canada woont. Ze wordt gevangengenomen en vastgehouden in de gevreesde Loebjanka-gevangenis, voordat ze een showproces krijgt en naar een kamp wordt gestuurd. Wanneer ze vrijkomt, krijgt Andropov medelijden met haar en stelt hij haar aan als de baas van een 'honingval'-spionnengroep. Terwijl ze deze taak volbrengt, w
Andropows Kuckuck: Eine Geschichte der Liebe, der Intrigen und des KGB
by Owen JonesAndropows Kuckuck Eine Geschichte der Liebe, der Intrigen und des KGB Die Geschichte beginnt mit William, einem Witwer über siebzig, der seine Frau sehr vermisst. Er befindet sich in einem Altenheim im Süden Spaniens und wartet auf den Tod, um mit seiner Frau Youriko wiedervereint zu sein. Er hat nicht mehr lange zu leben und beschließt, die Lebensgeschichte seiner mutigen Frau zu erzählen. Zuerst lernen wir eine japanische Familie kennen, die den Atombombenabwurf auf Hiroshima erlebte, und ihre Tochter, Yui. Danach machen wir die Bekanntschaft einer kasachischen sowjetischen Familie und deren Tochter. Die Mutter arbeitet für den Staat; ihre Aufgabe ist es, Arbeiter anzuspornen mehr zu produzieren. Die beiden Familien lernen sich bei einem Besuch der japanischen kommunistischen Partei in Kasachstan kennen und freunden sich an. Was die Töchter betrifft, werden sie nicht nur gute Freundinnen, sondern sehen sich sogar ähnlich. Die Mädchen hecken einen Plan aus, Platz zu tauschen, obwohl das japanische Mädchen nicht in der UdSSR, sondern in Amerika leben will. Der Austausch wir durchgeführt. Das russische Mädchen nimmt als Yui einen Posten im japanischen Außenministerium an, von wo aus sie in den diplomatischen Dienst überwechselt. Die ganze Zeit spioniert sie dabei für Andropow, den KGB-Chef. Sie ist enttäuscht von ihrer Arbeit und besucht ihre Freundin in Kanada, wo sie versucht überzulaufen. Sie wird gefasst und in die Lubjanka gebracht. Nach einem Schauprozess kommt sie in ein Lager. Als sie entlassen wird, erbarmt sich Andropow ihrer und macht sie zur Chefin eines Spionagerings, der mit Hilfe von Sexfallen operiert. Dabei verliebt sie sich (sie nennt sich mittlerweile Youriko) in einen britischen Austauschstudenten, was sie dazu bringt, nach einem Weg zu suchen, aus der Sowjetunion zu entkommen. Es gelingt ihr, in die Türkei zu fliehen, wo sie sich in der britischen Bots
Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher: A Grain of Truth
by Jacek RembisGeralt&’s encounter with a beast reveals the truth behind fairy tales in this graphic novel adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski's original short story.Geralt takes a short cut down a beaten path, where he makes a grim discovery of two corpses. Backtracking their trail, he&’s led to a derelict mansion secured with elevated walls and a gate—mysterious and ramshackle, yet adorned with a rare elegance Geralt could not ignore. He is met with the mansion&’s owner—not quite human, but a beast with the faculties of a man. With Geralt unfazed by his monstrous appearance and displays of aggression, the beast invites him inside. A kind but wary host, he shares stories of his family, his life . . . and his curse. If the weight of his misdeeds could condemn him to the body of a beast—a retribution spoken of only in fairy tales, could there be another grain of truth in these tales of fantasy—one that could help him elude his fate and lead him to salvation? This graphic novel is the first in a series of adaptations from Sapkowski's acclaimed short story collection The Last Wish! Script adaptation by Jacek Rembiś (Frostpunk) with art by Jonas Scharf (Bone Parish, War for the Planet of the Apes).
Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher: The Lesser Evil
by Andrzej Sapkowski Jacek RembisA tragic tale of passion, vindication, and the root of evil is presented in this graphic novel adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski's original short story.In search of a reward, Geralt brings the carcass of a slain creature to a small town where he is told it may be of use to the local sorcerer—but the mage isn&’t who he is alleged to be.In hiding for his life, he requests Geralt&’s help in slaying the monster who seeks to murder him—a young woman said to have been born under the Curse of the Black Sun—a prophecy of inborn evil. He declares that she is more a monster than the creature presented before him. Geralt later encounters the woman, who asserts that it is the sorcerer who is the true monster—committing unspeakable crimes at the behest of his superstitious beliefs. With the boundaries blurred between the evil that is done and the evil done in return, Geralt is met with a quandary. The face of evil is ever-changing and his verdict, whether by choice or by force, can only lead to tragedy.This graphic novel is the second in a series of adaptations from Sapkowski's acclaimed short story collection The Last Wish!
André (High Rise #2)
by Jayce Ellis&“Beautifully rendered and portrayed with sensual, gladdening and sometimes heartbreaking emotion.&” —All About Romance Jayce Ellis's sexy, contemporary High Rise series features the bustle of DC and the hustle of love.After a week filled with nonstop work, André Ellison heads to the club to blow off some steam. One night off is the perfect distraction from the project that&’s about to make his career—or tank it completely. A few drinks in and he leaves with a smoking-hot stranger for some scorching, burn-the-sheets-up sex.Marcus Thompson is going places, so he can&’t think of a bigger waste of time than being put on loan to a two-bit firm to prepare some small-time report. The last thing he wants—or needs—is his impeccably dressed, hot-as-hell one-night stand as his boss.As they work side by side, their attraction grows to a fever pitch, but there will be no kissing, no touching and absolutely no sex until the project is over—if they can wait that long.High RiseBook 1: JeremiahBook 2: AndréAlso by Jayce Ellis:Higher EducationBook 1: Learned BehaviorsBook 2: Learned Reactions
André Breton in Exile: The Poetics of "Occultation", 1941–1947 (Studies in Surrealism)
by Victoria CloustonFollowing the journey of André Breton, the leader of the Surrealist movement, into exile during the Second World War, the author of this book traces the trajectory of his thought and poetic output from 1941–1948. Through a close examination of the major – and as yet little studied – works written during these years, she demonstrates how Breton’s quest for "a new myth" for the postwar world led him to widen his enquiry into hermeticism, myth, and the occult. This ground-breaking study establishes Breton’s profound intellectual debt to 19th-century Romanticism, its literature and thought, revealing how it defined his understanding of hermeticism and the occult, and examining the differences between the two. It shows how, having abandoned political action on leaving the Communist Party in 1935, Breton nonetheless held firmly to political thought, moving in his quest for a better world via Hermes Trismegistus across the utopian ideas of Charles Fourier and the "magical" practices of the Hopi Indians. The author finally reveals Breton’s misreading of the situation in postwar Paris on his return in 1946, and his failure to communicate the span of his ideas for creating a better society while at the same time maintaining a close connection between art and life.
André Maurois (1885–1967): Fortunes and Misfortunes of a Moderate
by Lionel GossmanRespected by his peers and hugely successful internationally in his own time, Andre Maurois is now hardly read. Moderate and conciliatory in everything, including his literary style, he appealed to the educated reader of his time, but did those very qualities prevent him from achieving lasting distinction and impact?
Andy (Ellie's People #6)
by Mary BorntragerAn overweight, short-tempered Amish teenager learns to control his eating habits and his anger after running away to live as a hobo. Andy Maust, a younger brother of Ellie (Ellie's People, book 1), belongs to a close-knit Amish family and community. As a teenager during the Depression, he is attracted by a hired man's glowing tales of a drifter's life. Andy resents other boys making fun of him because of his weight and playing tricks on him. He never feels part of the group. After his dog is mysteriously killed, Andy leaves home for life on the road. Hard times follow Andy, but so does his Amish upbringing. Will he find his way home? Would the Amish accept him back? And would Aire still want to be his girlfriend?