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Iain M Banks

Use of Weapons

<p class="description">The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks and military action. <br>The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought. <br>The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman's life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. It believed the man to be a burnt-out case. But not even its machine could see the horrors in his past. <br>Ferociously intelligent, both witty and horrific, USE OF WEAPONS is a masterpiece of science fiction.</p><

Iain M Banks

Walking on Glass

David Brin

Infinity's Shore

SUMMARY: Nebula and Hugo award-winning author David Brin continues his bestselling Uplift series in this second novel of a bold new trilogy. Imaginative, inventive, and filled with Brin's trademark mix of adventure, passion, and wit,Infinity's Shorecarries us further than ever before into the heart of the most beloved and extraordinary science fiction sagas ever written. For the fugitive settlers of Jijo, it is truly the beginning of the end. As starships fill the skies, the threat of genocide hangs over the planet that once peacefully sheltered six bands of sapient beings. Now the human settlers of Jijo and their alien neighbors must make heroic--and terrifying--choices. A scientist must rally believers for a cause he never shared. And four youngsters find that what started as a simple adventure--imitating exploits in Earthling books by Verne and Twain--leads them to the dark abyss of mystery. Meanwhile, theStreaker,with her fugitive dolphin crew, arrives at last on Jijo in a desperate search for refuge. Yet what the crew finds instead is a secret hidden since the galaxies first spawned intelligence--a secret that could mean salvation for the planet and its inhabitants...or their ultimate annihilation.<

Bruce Bethke

Isaac Asimov's Robots And Aliens Book 5:Maverick

Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre

Terry Brooks

Jarka Ruus

SUMMARY: With Jarka Ruus Terry Brooks embarks on yet another journey with the legendary Ohmsford family. Beginning 20 years after the conclusion of the The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara, the High Druid of Paranor Grianne Ohmsford finds herself struggling to unite the druids amid political morass risen from her prior history as the dreaded Ilse Witch. Her enemies' schemes come to fruition quickly and she is banished behind the wall of the Forbidding, the anti-demon security feature that collapsed so spectacularly in the magnificent Elfstones of Shannara. Her fate falls in the lap of the youngest Ohmsford, Penderrin, who unlike his Aunt Grianne and his parents is without the gift of magic. Pen along with Khyber and her uncle, the Elven Prince Ahren Elessedil, learn they must jump through the usual Brooks' hoops to unlock the door of the Forbidding and free Grianne. Brooks is right at home in this formulaic addition to the Shannara franchise. All the furniture is here: the Druid Keep of Paranor, dark creatures in pursuit of reluctant young heroes and, of course, the Elfstones. The good news is that Brooks remains a master of description and the book hums along with comfortable ease. Devout Shannara fans will find their favorite magical realm exactly as they left it and no doubt anticipate this cliffhanger's sequel. --Jeremy Pugh<

Steven Brust

Jhereg

Un joven decidido y hábil con la espada dispone de muchos métodos para abrirse camino en la vida. Vlad Taltos escogió el camino del asesino. En Adrilankha, capital del imperio dragaerano, nunca falta trabajo para un asesino. Incluso si es humano.Vlad Taltos, además, cuenta con armas poco comunes. Aparte de ciertos conocimientos de brujería, un arte que la mayoría desprecia, tiene la ayuda de un pequeño jhereg, cuyas alas correosas y venenosa mordedura respoden siempre a sus órdenes. Nunca se ha arrepentido del pacto que hizo con la madre del jhereg: «Ofrezco a tu huevo una vida larga, carne fresca y roja sin esfuerzo, y ofrezco mi amistad. A cambio pondré ayuda en mis empeños, pues está en su poder. Pediré su sabiduría y pediré su amistad».Jhereg, primera novela dedicada al personaje de Vlad Taltos, tiene el ritmo vertigionoso y la potencia narrativa de las mejores novelas de fantasía que se hayan publicado nunca. Su autor, Steven Brust, ha logrado en pocos años consagrar al personaje entre los más populares de la historia del género. Los motivos son evidentes: después de unas pocas páginas, es imposible dejar a un lado sus novelas.<

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Jungle Tales of Tarzan

A wonderful collection of stories that follows Tarzan from his first crush on a gorilla to his father-like defense of an African boy.<

David Brin

Kiln People

SUMMARY: In a perilous future, disposable duplicate bodies fulfill every citizen's legal and illicit whim. Life as a 24-hour "ditto" is cheap, as Albert Morris knows. A brash investigator with a knack for trouble, he's sent plenty of clay duplicates into deadly peril, then "inloaded" memories from copies that were shot, crushed, drowned . . . all part of a day's work.But when Morris tackles a ring of crooks making bootleg copies of a famous actress, he trips into a secret so explosive it incites open warfare on the streets of Dittotown.<

Terry Brooks

Magic Kingdom for Sale ... SOLD

The promo of the magazine item read as follows: Landover-island of enchantment and adventure rescued from the mists of time, home of knights and knaves, of dragons and damsels, of wizards and warlocks. Magic mixes with iron, and chivalry is the code of life for the true hero. All of your fantasies become real in this kingdom from another world. Only one thread to this whole cloth is lacking-you, to rule over all as King and High Lord. Escape into your dreams, and be born again. Price: $1,000,000. Personal interview and financial disclosure. Inquire of Meeks, home office.<

Terry Brooks

Magic Kingdom For Sale...Sold!

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

Miles Vorkosigan 09 - Komarr

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

Miles Vorkosigan 2 - The Vor Game

Unlike many Sci-Fi authors, Bujold does not burden her readers with complex societal histories or baffle them with technobabble. Set in the indeterminately distant future where Earth seems to have been abandoned and humans inhabit a range of differing worlds (some inhabited by non-humans) linked by wormholes, Bujold's Miles Vorkosigan series are simple and accessible without detracting from sophisticated plotting and excellent characterisation. In this particular novel, Miles, by now in the Imperial Service (though soon to be disgraced), becomes caught up in an increasingly dangerous heightening of interstellar tensions. Quite where the pressure is coming from, or rather, who is planning to attack who, remains unclear, and Bujold's plotting is first-rate as the reader is kept guessing along with Miles. Characters carry over from her previous Vorkosigan tale, The Warrior's Apprentice, which adds extra depth to the already well-portrayed characters, but, as I've said before, part of the beauty her writing is that you could quite happily read her novels as one-offs, without losing a great deal; conversely, to read them in order is a real treat. Intriguing and exciting stuff.<

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

Miles Vorkosigan 5 - Borders of Infinity

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

Miles Vorkosigan 8 - Memory

Ben Bova

Moonbase 1 - Moonrise

Ben Bova

Moonrise 2 - Moonwar

Terry Brooks

Morgawr-Voyage of the Jerle Shannara 3

Mother Earth Mother Board

Mother Earth Mother Board

Ben Bova

Orion Among the Stars

SUMMARY: More than human and less that a god, John O'Ryan is Orion, made by the Creators who rule outside of time. His purpose is to do their bidding. Now, Orion has becomee a key piece in a cosmic game between two of the Creators--Anya, the goddess he loves, and Aten, the god who toys with his destiny.<

Ben Bova

Orion by Ben Bova

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Out Of Time's Abyss

SUMMARY: Websters paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently assigned readings in English courses. By using a running English-to-French thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this edition of Out of Times Abyss by Edgar Rice Burroughs was edited for three audiences. The first includes French-speaking students enrolled in an English Language Program (ELP), an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) program, an English as a Second Language Program (ESL), or in a TOEFL or TOEIC preparation program. The second audience includes English-speaking students enrolled in bilingual education programs or French speakers enrolled in English-speaking schools. The third audience consists of students who are actively building their vocabularies in French in order to take foreign service, translation certification, Advanced Placement (AP) or similar examinations. By using the Webster's French Thesaurus Edition when assigned for an English course, the reader can enrich their vocabulary in anticipation of an examination in French or English.TOEFL, TOEIC, AP and Advanced Placement are trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which has neither reviewed nor endorsed this book. All rights reserved.Websters edition of this classic is organized to expose the reader to a maximum number of difficult and potentially ambiguous English words. Rare or idiosyncratic words and expressions are given lower priority compared to difficult, yet commonly used words. Rather than supply a single translation, many words are translated for a variety of meanings in French, allowing readers to better grasp the ambiguity of English, and avoid them using the notes as a pure translation crutch. Having the readerdecipher a words meaning within context serves to improve vocabulary retention and understanding. Each page covers words not already highlighted on previous pages. If a difficu<

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

Paladin of souls

EDITORIAL REVIEW: One of the most honored authors in the field of fantasy and science fiction, Lois McMaster Bujold transports us once more to a dark and troubled land and embroils us in a desperate struggle to preserve the endangered souls of a realm. Three years have passed since the widowed Dowager Royina Ista found release from the curse of madness that kept her imprisoned in her family's castle of Valenda. Her newfound freedom is costly, bittersweet with memories, regrets, and guilty secrets -- for she knows the truth of what brought her land to the brink of destruction. And now the road -- escape -- beckons. . . . A simple pilgrimage, perhaps. Quite fitting for the Dowager Royina of all Chalion. Yet something else is free, too -- something beyond deadly. To the north lies the vital border fortress of Porifors. Memories linger there as well, of wars and invasions and the mighty Golden General of Jokona. And someone, something, watches from across that border -- humans, demons, gods. Ista thinks her little party of pilgrims wanders at will. But whose? When Ista's retinue is unexpectedly set upon not long into its travels, a mysterious ally appears -- a warrior nobleman who fights like a berserker. The temporary safety of her enigmatic champion's castle cannot ease Ista's mounting dread, however, when she finds his dark secrets are entangled with hers in a net of the gods' own weaving. In her dreams the threads are already drawing her to unforeseen chances, fateful meetings, fearsome choices. What the inscrutable gods commanded of her in the past brought her land to the brink of devastation. Now, once again, they have chosen Ista as their instrument. And again, for good or for ill, she must comply. <

Marion Zimmer Bradley

Priestess of Avalon

EDITORIAL REVIEW: Not since *The Mists of Avalon* has there been such a powerful and mesmerizing portrait of goddess-powered womanhood and women's spirituality. In Priestess of Avalon, the legendary Marion Zimmer Bradley once again reaches back in time to create a magnificent prequel to her undying classic of Camelot.*Priestess of Avalon* tells the timeless story of Eilan-known to the Romans as Helena-a British princess raised on the holy isle of Avalon as she grows from maiden to mother to wise woman. It is Helena's destiny-at a crucial turning point in Western history-to bridge the pagan world of the goddess and the new Christian empire founded by her own son, Constantine. When Helena embarks on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land she will find the intrinsic truth that transcends both the old religion and the new.The legions of fans who cherish *The Mists of Avalon* will find its promise brought to rich fulfillment in *Priestess of Avalon*. For those new to the series, undreamed-of enchantment awaits. Abridged. Four Cassettes, six hours <

Ray Bradbury

Quicker Than the Eye

SUMMARY: In his first new collection of short stories in nearly a decade, Ray Bradbury, America's preeminent storyteller, tells all--celebrating life and dreams in the unique, incomparable voice that has favored him across six decades, winning him millions of fans the world over. This is a master magician at the height of his powers: 21 remarkable tales that run the gamut from total reality to light fantastic; from high noon to long after midnight.<

Terry Brooks

Running with the Demon

Lois Mcmaster Bujold

Shards of honor

SUMMARY: The start of the Vorkosigan Saga! It was the wrong war, in the wrong place, at the wrong time, for the wrong reasons. And Captain Cordelia Naismith of the Betan Expeditionary Force would be forced into a separate peace with her enemy, Lord Vorkosigan ....<

Michael A Burstein

Spaceships

James Blish

Star Trek 11

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James Blish

Star Trek 12

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