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People of the Owl (First North Americans, Book #11)
by Kathleen O'Neal Gear W. Michael GearMichael and Kathleen Gear, bestselling authors and award winning archaeologists are famous for writing novels about prehistoric America that are fast-paced, steeped in cultural detail, and smart. Here, in their most ambitious work to date, they combine their distinctive trademark of high action with a rich psychological drama. Four thousand years ago, in what centuries later will be the southern part of the United States, a boy is thrust into manhood long before he's ready. Young Salamander would much rather catch crickets and watch blue herons fish than dabble in the politics of his clan. But when his heroic brother is killed, Salamander becomes the leader of America's first city. He inherits his brother's two wives, who despise him, and is forced to marry his mortal enemy's daughter to forge an alliance for the trade goods his people desperately need. But he's only fifteen winters old! Technically he's not even a man, and most people consider him to be the village idiot! Worse, each of his wives has secretly been ordered by her clan to kill him. Cast adrift in a stark wilderness of political intrigue where assassins are everywhere, young Salamander has no choice but to become a man-and quickly. For his own greatest enemies are closing in, intent upon destroying him and his clan and taking over Sun Town for themselves. It would all be a simple matter if he could just run away, but he can't. He has three problems: Their names are Night Rain, Pinedrop and Anhinga. His wives. Despite what their clans have ordered them to do he loves them. And he loves the children they have given him. As the end draws close, he realized he has only one duty he cannot shirk-to protect his family. Salamander will do it. No matter the cost in blood.
The People of the Ruins: A Story Of The English Revolution And After (MIT Press / Radium Age)
by Edward ShanksTrapped in a London laboratory during a worker uprising, a physicist and war veteran awakens 150 years later—on the eve of a new Dark Age!In The People of the Ruins, Edward Shanks imagines England in the not-so-distant future as a neomedieval society whose inhabitants have forgotten how to build or operate machinery. Jeremy Tuft is a physics instructor and former artillery officer who is cryogenically frozen in his laboratory only to emerge after a century and a half to a disquieting new era. Though at first Tuft is disconcerted by the failure of his own era&’s smug doctrine of Progress, he eventually decides that he prefers the postcivilized life. But, when the northern English and Welsh tribes invade, Tuft must set about reinventing weapons of mass destruction.One of the most critically acclaimed and popular postwar stories of its day, The People of the Ruins captured a feeling that was common among those who had fought and survived the Great War: haunted by trauma and guilt, its protagonist feels out of time and out of place, unsure of what is real or unreal. Shanks implies in this seminal work, as Paul March-Russell explains in the book&’s introduction, that the political system was already corrupt before the story began, and that Bolshevism and anarchism—and the resulting civil wars—merely accelerated the world&’s inevitable decline.A satire of Wellsian techno-utopian novels, The People of the Ruins is a bold, entertaining, and moving postapocalyptic novel contemporary readers won&’t soon forget.Edward Shanks (1892-1953) was an English author, poet, critic, and journalist. He was the editor of Granta just before serving in World War I and is perhaps best remembered today as a war poet. The People of the Ruins is his only science fiction novel.
People of the Sky
by Clare Bell&“An entrancing, occasionally erotic novel of clashing cultures and alien biology&” from the author of Ratha&’s Creature, an ALA Best Book (Locus). Old technology survives and even thrives on the challenges of a new planet populated by ancient human spirits. Kesbe Temiya, a freelance flyer, accepts a commission to deliver an ancient but restored C‑47 (a Gooney Bird, in twentieth century parlance, named The Gooney Berg by its new owner) to a collector of rare aircraft on the planet Oneway. Dropped off by a starship, Temiya gets sidetracked by bad weather, rescued by a mysterious figure riding an alien flying creature, and stranded in a long‑vanished Pueblo Indian colony that follows the prophecy of the Blue Star Kachina and lives the old ways, isolated from technology and away from the white man. Despite her own Pueblo blood, Kesbe is an outsider; only by adopting the ways of the People of the Sky, including a ritual that may turn her, too, into a throwback and could even kill her, can she find the help she needs to fulfill her mission—and find the life that is right for her.
The People Of The Wind
by Poul AndersonTHE TERRAN EMPIRE: Behemoth, reaching ever further across the star systems, seeking to suck the entire universe into its gigantic maw. In its favor it must be said that the Empire offers peace and prosperity to its subjects. THE YTHRIAN DOMAIN: Medium-size empire with room to grow.. .except where its borders meet those of the Terran Empire! Peopled by the Ythri, birdlike beings with a culture and intellect that is easily a match for the Terran way of life. AVALON: Colony planet of Ythri but inhabited by human and Ythri alike, Avalon is the Domain's secret weapon- or is it? For Avalon has formed a culture all its own, which it will defend against all comers. And Avalon seems quite capable of defying the combined might of two of the most powerful empires in the universe!
The People of the Wind
by Poul AndersonLike two giants the old enemies faced each other across the reaches of the galaxy - the Terran Empire and the Ythrian Domain. Terra was a Leviathan, encroaching ever further among the stars, promising peace and prosperity - but at the price of freedom. Ythri was smaller, but an empire in its own right, peopled by birdlike beings with a civilisation and intellect that easily matched Terra's own.And between the adversaries lay Avalon. One single planet, inhabited by human and Ythri alike. Both sides wanted to claim Avalon, by persuasion or by force, for it was a key world that could turn the tide of the war. But Avalon had developed a unique culture, a powerful blend of human and Ythrian thought. And Avalon had ideas of its own....
The People that Time Forgot
by Edgar Rice BurroughsIn uncharted Caprona, an island lost from the map of the earth, where time had stopped and all the primeval creatures of long-gone ages still prowled, Bowen Tyler was lost. To find Tyler, Thomas Billings traveled across the world to Caprona with every advantage the modern world could afford. A light hydroplane would allow him to scale the perilous wall of cliffs that surrounded the island, and rifles, pistols, and ammunition would provide protection against the monstrous prehistoric beings Tyler had so vividly described. But even stranger mysteries awaited him where that barbaric civilization hid, torn between the impassable jungle on the one side and an unknown menace on the other.
The People That Time Forgot: Land That Time Forgot Book 2
by Edgar Rice BurroughsIn uncharted Caprona, a continent lost from the map of Earth, where Time had stopped and all the primeval creatures of long-gone ages still prowled, Bowen Tyler was lost.Strange mysteries awaited the expedition that went in search of Tyler. A barbaric, warring civilization hid there, trapped between the impassable jungle on one side and an unknown menace on the other.
The People Trap: Stories
by Robert SheckleyA collection of witty science fiction including a Nebula Award–nominated story. In &“Diplomatic Immunity,&” what happens when an alien ambassador arrives, telling the residents of Earth that they will be joining a galactic union whether they like it or not—and the ambassador is unkillable? The thirteen other stories in this collection are &“The People Trap,&” &“The Victim from Space,&” &“Shall We Have a Little Talk?&”, &“Restricted Area,&” &“The Odor of Thought,&” &“The Necessary Thing,&” &“Redfern&’s Labyrinth,&” &“Proof of the Pudding,&” &“The Laxian Key,&” &“The Last Weapon,&” &“Fishing Season,&” &“Dreamworld,&” and &“Ghost V.&” From the very beginning of his career, Robert Sheckley was recognized by fans, reviewers, and fellow authors as a master storyteller and the wittiest satirist working in the science fiction field. Open Road is proud to republish his acclaimed body of work, with nearly thirty volumes of full-length fiction and short story collections. Rediscover, or discover for the first time, a master of science fiction who, according to the New York Times, was &“a precursor to Douglas Adams.&”
The People Upstairs
by Evelyn E. SmithThere was something subtly different about them. Old Mrs. Danko sensed this, and muttered about the evil eye. A number of people have suggested that extra-terrestrials live among us. Here is a different kind of story suggesting just this possibility, written from the standpoint of the alien, faced with the necessity of adjusting to a (to him—to her) strange and even distasteful culture. Evelyn E. Smith is best known as the author of the Miss Melville mysteries. From 1952 to 1969 she wrote dozens of science fiction and fantasy short stories that appeared in magazines such as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Galaxy, Super Science Fiction, and Fantastic Universe. Her stories were witty, well written, often humorous, and always unforgettable.
A People's Army
by T. C. McCarthyIn the distant future, on an ice-bound world, Choi Chung Ho is a loyal soldier in the Dear Leader's army. Stuck in a damaged tank with the American advance quickly approaching, he must find a way to survive. Survive the Americans, the blindly patriotic members of his own crew, and, most dangerous of all, the shifting politics of the North Korean military.
A People's Future of the United States: Speculative Fiction from 25 Extraordinary Writers
by Charles Yu Lesley Nneka Arimah Charlie Jane Anders John Joseph Adams Victor LaValleA glittering landscape of twenty-five speculative stories that challenge oppression and envision new futures for America—from N. K. Jemisin, Charles Yu, Jamie Ford, G. Willow Wilson, Charlie Jane Anders, Hugh Howey, and more. In these tumultuous times, in our deeply divided country, many people are angry, frightened, and hurting. Knowing that imagining a brighter tomorrow has always been an act of resistance, editors Victor LaValle and John Joseph Adams invited an extraordinarily talented group of writers to share stories that explore new forms of freedom, love, and justice. They asked for narratives that would challenge oppressive American myths, release us from the chokehold of our history, and give us new futures to believe in. They also asked that the stories be badass. The result is this spectacular collection of twenty-five tales that blend the dark and the light, the dystopian and the utopian. These tales are vivid with struggle and hardship—whether it’s the othered and the terrorized, or dragonriders and covert commandos—but these characters don’t flee, they fight.Thrilling, inspiring, and a sheer joy to read, A People’s Future of the United States is a gift for anyone who believes in our power to dream a just world.Featuring stories by Violet Allen • Charlie Jane Anders • Lesley Nneka Arimah • Ashok K. Banker • Tobias S. Buckell • Tananarive Due • Omar El Akkad • Jamie Ford • Maria Dahvana Headley • Hugh Howey • Lizz Huerta • Justina Ireland • N. K. Jemisin • Alice Sola Kim • Seanan McGuire • Sam J. Miller • Daniel José Older • Malka Older • Gabby Rivera • A. Merc Rustad • Kai Cheng Thom • Catherynne M. Valente • Daniel H. Wilson • G. Willow Wilson • Charles Yu
A People's History of the Vampire Uprising
by Raymond A. Villareal'In a landscape littered with works on the undead, A People's History of the Vampire Uprising is a welcome addition. It is an accomplished book' - Weekend Australian'The vampire novel we deserve right now' - Washington PostA Boston Globe, New York Post and USA Today Summer Reading Pick'I caught my breath, even from across the room. All I wanted to do was look into her eyes. It was as if she knew the reason I was there and that I was looking for her.'The body of a young woman found in an Arizona border town walks out of the morgue. To the CDC investigator called in to consult the local police, it's a bizarre medical mystery. More bodies, dead of a mysterious disease that solidifies their blood, begin disappearing from morgues nearby. In a futile game of catch-up, the CDC, the FBI and the US government realise that it's already too late to stop it: the vampire epidemic will sweep first the United States, and then the world. Impossibly strong, smart, beautiful, and commanding, these creatures refuse to be called 'vampires', they prefer 'gloamings'. They quickly rise to prominence in all aspects of modern society: physically graceful at sports, endlessly enthralling on TV and incredibly intelligent at business - soon people are begging to be 're-created', willing to risk death if their bodies can't handle the transformation. But just as the world begins to adjust, the stakes change yet again when a charismatic and wealthy businessman, recently turned, decides to do what none of his kind has done before: run for political office. This sweeping yet deeply intimate fictional oral history - told from the perspective of several players on all sides of the vampire uprising - is a genre-bending, shocking, immersive and subversive debut that is as addictive as the power it describes.'solid supernatural thriller' - Publishers Weekly'a spectacularly creepy ecosphere, not to mention some genuinely horrifying frights... The start of a vampire epic and a strong contender in the genus of apocalypse fantasy.' Kirkus Review'relentlessly clever' - Washington Post
The Peoples of Middle-Earth
by J. R. R. TolkienThese early essays show that Tolkien's fertile imagination was at work on Middle-earth's Second and Third Ages long before he explored them in the Appendices to The Lord of the Rings . Here too are valuable writings from Tolkien's last years: " The New Shadow," in Gondor of the Fourth Age, and" Tal-elmar," the tale of the coming of the Nsmen-rean ships.
The Peoples of Middle-earth
by J.R.R. TolkienThroughout this vast and intricate mythology, says Publishers Weekly, "one marvels anew at the depth, breadth, and persistence of J.R.R. Tolkien's labor. No one sympathetic to his aims, the invention of a secondary universe, will want to miss this chance to be present at the creation." In this capstone to that creation, we find the chronology of Middle-earth's later Ages, the Hobbit genealogies, and the Western language or Common Speech. These early essays show that Tolkien's fertile imagination was at work on Middle-earth's Second and Third Ages long before he explored them in the Appendices to The Lord of the Rings . Here too are valuable writings from Tolkien's last years: " The New Shadow," in Gondor of the Fourth Age, and" Tal-elmar," the tale of the coming of the Nsmen-rean ships.
The People's Police: A Novel
by Norman SpinradNorman Spinrad, a National Book Award finalist for his short fiction collection The Star-Spangled Future, has now written The People's Police, a sharp commentary on politics with a contemporary, speculative twist. Martin Luther Martin is a hard-working New Orleans cop, who has come up from the gangland of Alligator Swamp through hard work. When he has to serve his own eviction notice, he decides he's had enough and agrees to spearhead a police strike.Brothel owner and entrepreneur J. B. Lafitte also finds himself in a tight spot when his whorehouse in the Garden District goes into foreclosure. Those same Fat Cats responsible for the real estate collapse after Katrina didn't differentiate between social strata or vocation.MaryLou Boudreau, aka Mama Legba, is a television star and voodoo queen—with a difference. The loa really do ride and speak through her.These three, disparate people are pulled together by a single moment in the television studio when Martin, hoping for publicity and support from the people against the banks, corporate fat cats, and corrupt politicians. But no one expects Papa Legba himself to answer, and his question changes everything."What do you offer?"At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The People's Will: (The Danilov Quintet 4) (The Danilov Quintet #4)
by Jasper KentThe next moment he was upon him, his eyes blazing, his mouth open to reveal his fangs. Osokin began to pray, not that he would live but that he would truly die . . .Turkmenistan 1881: the fortress city of Geok Tepe has fallen to the Russians. Beneath its citadel sits a prisoner. He hasn’t moved from his chair for two years. Neither has he felt the sun on his face for more than fifty . . . although for that he is grateful.Into this subterranean gaol marches a Russian officer. He has come for the captive. Not to release him, but to return him to St Petersburg – to deliver him into the hands of an old, old enemy who would visit damnation upon the ruling family of Russia: the great vampire Zmyeevich. But there is another who has escaped Geok Tepe and followed the prisoner. He is not concerned with the fate of the tsar, or Zmyeevich or the officer. All he desires is revenge.And other forces have a part to play. A group of revolutionaries has vowed to bring the dictatorship of Tsar Aleksandr to an end, and with it the entire Romanov dynasty. They call themselves The People’s Will . . .
Los peores niños del mundo
by David WalliamsPor favor, porfa, porfi, por lo que más queráis... ¡NO LEÁIS ESTE LIBRO! Los peores niños del mundo reúne en un solo volumen un montón de historias sobre niños terribles, niños que enseñan a sus piojos a hacer cosas horrorosas, niños que no paran de hurgarse la nariz hasta amasar el moco más grande del mundo... Des de Blas el Babas (un chico cuyas babas le meten siempre en problemas) hasta Sofía Sofá (una súper fan de la tele que de tanto sentarse en el sofá... ¡se convierte en uno!). Diez historias endemoniadamente divertidas y surrealistas sobre los diez niños más espantosos del mundo. Definitivamente, ¡Los peores niños del mundo es el libro más gamberro de David Walliams!
Los peores profes del mundo
by David Walliams¿Estás preparado para conocer a los peores profesores del mundo? ¿CREES QUE TUS MAESTROS SON LOS MÁS MALOS DE LA HISTORIA? SENTIMOS INFORMARTE DE QUE ESTÁS MUY EQUIVOCADO... ¡LOS PEORES PROFES DEL MUNDO ESTÁN AQUÍ!
Pepper Page Saves the Universe! (The Infinite Adventures of Supernova)
by Landry Q. WalkerLandry Walker and Eric Jones' Pepper Page Saves the Universe is a middle-grade futuristic superhero story about a shy comic book girl-geek becoming her own superhero inspiration!The year is 2421. Awkward and shy, Pepper buries herself in the universe of the classic fictional superhero Supernova to avoid dealing with the perils of the 9th grade. But then fate intervenes when Pepper encounters a strange cat named Mister McKittens and stumbles into a volatile science experiment run by a sinister substitute teacher named Doctor Killian.Pepper is flung into another dimension, bringing her face to face with an order of cosmic beings who declare her to be the steward of their great power, champion of harmony in the universe, protector of worlds present and past.Now, in the 21st Century, Pepper finds that she herself is the real Supernova. But as Pepper soon learns, escapist fantasy and reality are two very different things.
The Pepper Party Double Dare Disguise (The Pepper Party #4)
by Jay CooperMeet the Peppers. Funny runs in the family.Megs Pepper has been grounded! But she can't miss San Pimento's ComicCon and a chance to meet her favorite superhero, Diana Pence the Unstoppable Unicorn Woman. So Megs dons a makeshift costume and sneaks out of the house. And when she foils a would-be purse snatcher, Diana makes Megs her new sidekick. Things are looking extra-super until a villain called the Poker shows up and challenges Megs and her newfound heroism. It'll take Megs, Diana, and all of the Peppers with their truly terrifying superhero alter egos to take down this super baddie once and for all.
The Pepper Party Family Feud Face-Off (The Pepper Party #2)
by Jay CooperMeet the Peppers.Funny runs in the family.Maria Pepper wants to win her school's mascot competition. But her tryout goes terribly! Her always-embarrassing family manages to humiliate her for the millionth time. So Maria decides enough is enough. The Pepper Party is about to get one person smaller!
El pequeño dragón de jade verde
by Mónica M. Franco¿Quieres acompañar a Lili en una increíble aventura que ni siquiera ella hubiera podido imaginar? <p><p>Aunque no conoce las tradiciones ni la cultura chinas porque fue adoptada de muy pequeña, sus raíces hacen de ella alguien muy especial, alguien de quien depende salvar el linaje del Dragón Verde. Es el cumpleaños de Lili y está jugando a pelota dentro de casa aunque sabe que a su madre no le gusta que lo haga. <p><p>Tampoco tiene permitido ir al salón, pero la pelota se le escapa, y es entonces cuando descubre que el dragón de jade verde la está mirando. Esa figurita que dejaron en el capazo en que fue abandonada en un orfanato en China ha cobrado vida el día en que Lili cumple los doce, con un inesperado propósito para ella. <p><p>A partir de este momento Lili viajará a su país de origen y descubrirá un mundo y una cultura que no había podido conocer, así como su singular origen. Con este relato, tierno y emocionante a la vez, la autora acerca al lectora la cultura china, tanto a la tradicional como la actual, a través de una realidad muy común en nuestra sociedad: la adopción de niñas chinas por familias occidentales. <p><p>Esta es, además, una historia sobre valores como la amistad, la superación y la colaboración, que hacen posible lograr grandes éxitos.
El pequeño mago Dienteflojo y el dragón de la tormenta
by Ralf LeutherEn el castillo sobre las nubes, todos están tan cansados que se quedan dormidos de pie. Durante toda una semana ha estado tronando y relampagueando tanto que nadie puede dormir. El pequeño mago Dienteflojo y sus amigos, la princesa Pustilla, el Caballero Nabo y el dragón volador Flatterich, descubren que la causa es un dragón de la tormenta. Sus truenos y relámpagos los causa una enfermedad. Los cuatro amigos quieren ayudarlo, por lo tanto, se embarcan en la difícil búsqueda de la misteriosa hierba de las nubes. Esta es la única medicina que puede ayudar al dragón de la tormenta.
El pequeño mago Dienteflojo y la corona perdida (Historias del castillo sobre las nubes. #1)
by Ralf LeutherTodos están como locos en el castillo sobre las nubes: ¡el rey Siestecita ha perdido su corona! El pequeño mago Dienteflojo quiere ayudar e intenta hacer aparecer la corona con un encantamiento, pero de repente el rey tiene un orinal en la cabeza. Mientras no se le caiga el diente flojo, sus hechizos no le saldrán bien. Entonces el pequeño mago y su mejor amiga, la princesa Pustilla, van en busca de la corona. A su lado están el diminuto Caballero Nabo y el dragón volador Flatterich, quien primero tiene que superar su miedo a volar. Los cuatro amigos viven juntos esta emocionante aventura.
El pequeño mago Dienteflojo y la Princesa de Hielo (Historias para leer en voz alta del Castillo sobre las Nubes #5)
by Ralf Leuther Mathias Weber¡Por fin había llegado el invierno en el Castillo sobre las Nubes! El pequeño mago Dienteflojo, la Princesa Pustilla, el Caballero Rábano y el dragón volador Flatterich quieren patinar en el estanque del castillo. Desafortunadamente, el Caballero Rábano hace pedazos el hielo accidentalmente. Es por eso que los cuatro amigos vuelan al gran lago de hielo en las Montañas Nevadas. Allí se encuentran con la Princesa de Hielo Smaragda. Está muy triste porque no puede encontrar a su mejor amiga: el copo de nieve Esmaralda. El pequeño mago y sus compañeros la ayudan. Pero encontrar un solo copo de nieve en las enormes montañas de nieve no es tan fácil.