Author: Nicholas P. W. Coe
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781475922394
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Historically, evolution moves at a slow place, with advances made by incremental steps. Occasionally, however, when circumstances permit, a massive leap catapults a species into a different future. Now, ten thousand years into such a future, humanity has evolved into a barely recognizable form, with the ability to manifest multiple personal entitieseach with a distinctly different physical identity. The Exiger hegemony has exploited this evolutionary springboard, giving it virtually irresistible military, political, and even social advantage as it seeks the utter subjugation of the galaxy. Commander Solon Draco lost his parents at ten, and that experience shaped his entire future. As an adult, he dedicates his life to the military. For his own reasons, he chooses to display only one personality, a single-minded drive that has propelled him through the ranks. When Draco learns that the bearer of the genetic leap that founded his race and the Exiger Empire thousands of years ago has discovered a means to eliminate the change, he is dispatched into the past, leading an interstellar battle fleet from an even more distant future to foil this plan. He knows that if this crucial change is eliminated, he, his whole race, and the future they populate will vanish in an instant. As adversaries who are millennia apart race against time on a mission that will carry them to the very end of time, everything hangs in the balance. What path will humanity tread into the unknown future?
Fractured Future
Author: Nicholas P. W. Coe
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781475922394
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Historically, evolution moves at a slow place, with advances made by incremental steps. Occasionally, however, when circumstances permit, a massive leap catapults a species into a different future. Now, ten thousand years into such a future, humanity has evolved into a barely recognizable form, with the ability to manifest multiple personal entitieseach with a distinctly different physical identity. The Exiger hegemony has exploited this evolutionary springboard, giving it virtually irresistible military, political, and even social advantage as it seeks the utter subjugation of the galaxy. Commander Solon Draco lost his parents at ten, and that experience shaped his entire future. As an adult, he dedicates his life to the military. For his own reasons, he chooses to display only one personality, a single-minded drive that has propelled him through the ranks. When Draco learns that the bearer of the genetic leap that founded his race and the Exiger Empire thousands of years ago has discovered a means to eliminate the change, he is dispatched into the past, leading an interstellar battle fleet from an even more distant future to foil this plan. He knows that if this crucial change is eliminated, he, his whole race, and the future they populate will vanish in an instant. As adversaries who are millennia apart race against time on a mission that will carry them to the very end of time, everything hangs in the balance. What path will humanity tread into the unknown future?
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781475922394
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Historically, evolution moves at a slow place, with advances made by incremental steps. Occasionally, however, when circumstances permit, a massive leap catapults a species into a different future. Now, ten thousand years into such a future, humanity has evolved into a barely recognizable form, with the ability to manifest multiple personal entitieseach with a distinctly different physical identity. The Exiger hegemony has exploited this evolutionary springboard, giving it virtually irresistible military, political, and even social advantage as it seeks the utter subjugation of the galaxy. Commander Solon Draco lost his parents at ten, and that experience shaped his entire future. As an adult, he dedicates his life to the military. For his own reasons, he chooses to display only one personality, a single-minded drive that has propelled him through the ranks. When Draco learns that the bearer of the genetic leap that founded his race and the Exiger Empire thousands of years ago has discovered a means to eliminate the change, he is dispatched into the past, leading an interstellar battle fleet from an even more distant future to foil this plan. He knows that if this crucial change is eliminated, he, his whole race, and the future they populate will vanish in an instant. As adversaries who are millennia apart race against time on a mission that will carry them to the very end of time, everything hangs in the balance. What path will humanity tread into the unknown future?
Fractured Futures
Author: Monica Tesler
Publisher: Aladdin
ISBN: 1534402500
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Jasper and his friends must find a way to make peace between Earth and the Youli aliens before the Youli destroy the human race in this finale of the Bounders series, which Shannon Messenger calls “richly detailed, highly imaginative.” Jasper doesn’t know how his life got so messed up. Was it when Mira decided to leave him for the Youli aliens? Was it discovering his former pod now divided in a war between Earth Force and the Resistance? Or was it when the Youli gave Earth an ultimatum: Join the Intragalactic Council or be destroyed? Now the Youli have invited Jasper’s pod to visit their world. For Jasper, this means a chance to get his friends back on the same team. It also means seeing Mira again, and hopefully convincing her to come home. But once on the Youli planet, Jasper realizes there’s something off about Mira. She’s hiding a secret, and the more he pushes her, the more she avoids him. Meanwhile, the Intragalactic Summit approaches, a meeting that will decide the fate of Earth. But Jasper has a nagging feeling that Earth Force will sabotage the Summit—and then suffer the Youli’s wrath. And how can Jasper convince Earth to unite if he can’t even unite his friends? With humanity’s future on the brink of destruction, Jasper and his friends must learn that they’re stronger together if they have any shot at saving Earth.
Publisher: Aladdin
ISBN: 1534402500
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Jasper and his friends must find a way to make peace between Earth and the Youli aliens before the Youli destroy the human race in this finale of the Bounders series, which Shannon Messenger calls “richly detailed, highly imaginative.” Jasper doesn’t know how his life got so messed up. Was it when Mira decided to leave him for the Youli aliens? Was it discovering his former pod now divided in a war between Earth Force and the Resistance? Or was it when the Youli gave Earth an ultimatum: Join the Intragalactic Council or be destroyed? Now the Youli have invited Jasper’s pod to visit their world. For Jasper, this means a chance to get his friends back on the same team. It also means seeing Mira again, and hopefully convincing her to come home. But once on the Youli planet, Jasper realizes there’s something off about Mira. She’s hiding a secret, and the more he pushes her, the more she avoids him. Meanwhile, the Intragalactic Summit approaches, a meeting that will decide the fate of Earth. But Jasper has a nagging feeling that Earth Force will sabotage the Summit—and then suffer the Youli’s wrath. And how can Jasper convince Earth to unite if he can’t even unite his friends? With humanity’s future on the brink of destruction, Jasper and his friends must learn that they’re stronger together if they have any shot at saving Earth.
The Fractured Void
Author: Tim Pratt
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1839080477
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A brave starship crew are drawn into the schemes of interplanetary powers competing for galactic domination, in this epic space opera from the best-selling strategic boardgame, Twilight Imperium Captain Felix Duval and the crew of the Temerarious quietly patrol a remote Mentak Coalition colony system where nothing ever happens. But when they answer a distress call from a moon under attack, that peaceful existence is torn apart. They rescue a scientist, Thales, who’s developing revolutionary technology to create new wormholes. He just needs a few things to make it fully operational… and now, ordered to aid the scientist, the Temerarious is targeted by two rival black-ops teams intent on reacquiring Thales. Can Felix trust Thales? Or is this a conspiracy to tip the balance of power in the galaxy forever?
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1839080477
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
A brave starship crew are drawn into the schemes of interplanetary powers competing for galactic domination, in this epic space opera from the best-selling strategic boardgame, Twilight Imperium Captain Felix Duval and the crew of the Temerarious quietly patrol a remote Mentak Coalition colony system where nothing ever happens. But when they answer a distress call from a moon under attack, that peaceful existence is torn apart. They rescue a scientist, Thales, who’s developing revolutionary technology to create new wormholes. He just needs a few things to make it fully operational… and now, ordered to aid the scientist, the Temerarious is targeted by two rival black-ops teams intent on reacquiring Thales. Can Felix trust Thales? Or is this a conspiracy to tip the balance of power in the galaxy forever?
Fractured Continent: Europe's Crises and the Fate of the West
Author: William Drozdiak
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393608697
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
A Financial Times Best Political Book of 2017 An urgent examination of how the political and social volatility in Europe impacts the United States and the rest of the world. The dream of a United States of Europe is unraveling in the wake of several crises now afflicting the continent. The single Euro currency threatens to break apart amid bitter arguments between rich northern creditors and poor southern debtors. Russia is back as an aggressive power, annexing Crimea, supporting rebels in eastern Ukraine, and waging media and cyber warfare against the West. Marine Le Pen’s National Front won a record 34 percent of the French presidential vote despite the election of Emmanuel Macron. Europe struggles to cope with nearly two million refugees who fled conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa. Britain has voted to leave the European Union after forty-three years, the first time a member state has opted to quit the world’s leading commercial bloc. At the same time, President Trump has vowed to pursue America First policies that may curtail U.S. security guarantees and provoke trade conflicts with its allies abroad. These developments and a growing backlash against globalization have contributed to a loss of faith in mainstream ruling parties throughout the West. Voters in the United States and Europe are abandoning traditional ways of governing in favor of authoritarian, populist, and nationalist alternatives, raising a profound threat to the future of our democracies. In Fractured Continent, William Drozdiak, the former foreign editor of The Washington Post, persuasively argues that these events have dramatic consequences for Americans as well as Europeans, changing the nature of our relationships with longtime allies and even threatening global security. By speaking with world leaders from Brussels to Berlin, Rome to Riga, Drozdiak describes the crises. the proposed solutions, and considers where Europe and America go from here. The result is a timely character- and narrative-driven book about this tumultuous phase of contemporary European history.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393608697
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
A Financial Times Best Political Book of 2017 An urgent examination of how the political and social volatility in Europe impacts the United States and the rest of the world. The dream of a United States of Europe is unraveling in the wake of several crises now afflicting the continent. The single Euro currency threatens to break apart amid bitter arguments between rich northern creditors and poor southern debtors. Russia is back as an aggressive power, annexing Crimea, supporting rebels in eastern Ukraine, and waging media and cyber warfare against the West. Marine Le Pen’s National Front won a record 34 percent of the French presidential vote despite the election of Emmanuel Macron. Europe struggles to cope with nearly two million refugees who fled conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa. Britain has voted to leave the European Union after forty-three years, the first time a member state has opted to quit the world’s leading commercial bloc. At the same time, President Trump has vowed to pursue America First policies that may curtail U.S. security guarantees and provoke trade conflicts with its allies abroad. These developments and a growing backlash against globalization have contributed to a loss of faith in mainstream ruling parties throughout the West. Voters in the United States and Europe are abandoning traditional ways of governing in favor of authoritarian, populist, and nationalist alternatives, raising a profound threat to the future of our democracies. In Fractured Continent, William Drozdiak, the former foreign editor of The Washington Post, persuasively argues that these events have dramatic consequences for Americans as well as Europeans, changing the nature of our relationships with longtime allies and even threatening global security. By speaking with world leaders from Brussels to Berlin, Rome to Riga, Drozdiak describes the crises. the proposed solutions, and considers where Europe and America go from here. The result is a timely character- and narrative-driven book about this tumultuous phase of contemporary European history.
ECHOES OF WAR
Author: suboor ali khan
Publisher: Suboor Ali Khan
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Prepare to be swept into a fractured future, where humanity grapples for survival. Journey through time wars, battlefields of dreams, and clashing sentient cities. Witness the fight for identity amidst cloned shadows, the desperate struggle for food in a barren wasteland, and the rebellion of the "Untouchables" against a deadly virus. Echoes of war delves into a world where hope flickers amidst the ashes of war, showcasing humanity's unwavering spirit in the face of extraordinary challenges. This book is a symphony of conflict, exploring the ethical dilemmas of technology, the consequences of unchecked ambition, and the enduring hope for cooperation amidst despair. It delves into the human spirit's ability to fight for survival, for identity, and ultimately, for a better future in spite of the fractures in time and reality. Some of the short stories are summarized below: Rise of the Uniques: In a society riddled with a dark secret, genetically engineered "Uniques" rise up against their creators, sparking a fight for identity and freedom. The Skyreal: War for the Celestial Crown: A brutal power struggle erupts across the solar system as nations clash for control of vital resources. The Marked: A War for the Unstained: A deadly virus sweeps the planet, leaving a portion of the population genetically immune – the "Untouchables." Ostracized and hunted by the desperate and dying, they become the last hope for a cure. A War Across Time: Scientists unlock the secrets of controlled time travel, but a rogue nation seeks to rewrite history for their own gain. A group of brave chrononauts embark on a desperate mission to protect the past and ensure their own future. Dreamscape Incursion: War for the Subconscious: A breakthrough in neuroscience allows humans to enter and manipulate dreamscapes. Two rival factions clash, wielding dreams as battlegrounds, in a fight for control over the subconscious mind. A Clash of Steel and Synapses: Millennia in the future, colossal sentient cities with clashing ideologies engage in a physical and digital war, forcing a young engineer and a botanist to forge an unlikely alliance to avert catastrophe. Dust and Desolation: A Chronicle of the Empty Belly: Hunger gnaws at the bellies of millions in a world ravaged by climate change and economic collapse. When a desperate nation covets a meager harvest, a farmer and a disillusioned engineer must fight for survival and bridge the chasm of desperation to forge a fragile peace
Publisher: Suboor Ali Khan
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Prepare to be swept into a fractured future, where humanity grapples for survival. Journey through time wars, battlefields of dreams, and clashing sentient cities. Witness the fight for identity amidst cloned shadows, the desperate struggle for food in a barren wasteland, and the rebellion of the "Untouchables" against a deadly virus. Echoes of war delves into a world where hope flickers amidst the ashes of war, showcasing humanity's unwavering spirit in the face of extraordinary challenges. This book is a symphony of conflict, exploring the ethical dilemmas of technology, the consequences of unchecked ambition, and the enduring hope for cooperation amidst despair. It delves into the human spirit's ability to fight for survival, for identity, and ultimately, for a better future in spite of the fractures in time and reality. Some of the short stories are summarized below: Rise of the Uniques: In a society riddled with a dark secret, genetically engineered "Uniques" rise up against their creators, sparking a fight for identity and freedom. The Skyreal: War for the Celestial Crown: A brutal power struggle erupts across the solar system as nations clash for control of vital resources. The Marked: A War for the Unstained: A deadly virus sweeps the planet, leaving a portion of the population genetically immune – the "Untouchables." Ostracized and hunted by the desperate and dying, they become the last hope for a cure. A War Across Time: Scientists unlock the secrets of controlled time travel, but a rogue nation seeks to rewrite history for their own gain. A group of brave chrononauts embark on a desperate mission to protect the past and ensure their own future. Dreamscape Incursion: War for the Subconscious: A breakthrough in neuroscience allows humans to enter and manipulate dreamscapes. Two rival factions clash, wielding dreams as battlegrounds, in a fight for control over the subconscious mind. A Clash of Steel and Synapses: Millennia in the future, colossal sentient cities with clashing ideologies engage in a physical and digital war, forcing a young engineer and a botanist to forge an unlikely alliance to avert catastrophe. Dust and Desolation: A Chronicle of the Empty Belly: Hunger gnaws at the bellies of millions in a world ravaged by climate change and economic collapse. When a desperate nation covets a meager harvest, a farmer and a disillusioned engineer must fight for survival and bridge the chasm of desperation to forge a fragile peace
A Guide to English Grammar
Author: Bessie Brooks
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469148137
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469148137
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
The SAGE Handbook of Tourism Management
Author: Chris Cooper
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1526444496
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1629
Book Description
The SAGE Handbook of Tourism Management is a critical, authoritative review of tourism management, written by leading international thinkers and academics in the field. Arranged over two volumes, the chapters are framed as critical synoptic pieces covering key developments, current issues and debates, and emerging trends and future considerations for the field. The two volumes focus in turn on the theories, concepts and disciplines that underpin tourism management in volume one, followed by examinations of how those ideas and concepts have been applied in the second volume. Chapters are structured around twelve key themes: Volume One Part One: Researching Tourism Part Two: Social Analysis Part Three: Economic Analysis Part Four: Technological Analysis Part Five: Environmental Analysis Part Six: Political Analysis Volume Two Part One: Approaching Tourism Part Two: Destination Applications Part Three: Marketing Applications Part Four: Tourism Product Markets Part Five: Technological Applications Part Six: Environmental Applications This handbook offers a fresh, contemporary and definitive look at tourism management, making it an essential resource for academics, researchers and students.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1526444496
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1629
Book Description
The SAGE Handbook of Tourism Management is a critical, authoritative review of tourism management, written by leading international thinkers and academics in the field. Arranged over two volumes, the chapters are framed as critical synoptic pieces covering key developments, current issues and debates, and emerging trends and future considerations for the field. The two volumes focus in turn on the theories, concepts and disciplines that underpin tourism management in volume one, followed by examinations of how those ideas and concepts have been applied in the second volume. Chapters are structured around twelve key themes: Volume One Part One: Researching Tourism Part Two: Social Analysis Part Three: Economic Analysis Part Four: Technological Analysis Part Five: Environmental Analysis Part Six: Political Analysis Volume Two Part One: Approaching Tourism Part Two: Destination Applications Part Three: Marketing Applications Part Four: Tourism Product Markets Part Five: Technological Applications Part Six: Environmental Applications This handbook offers a fresh, contemporary and definitive look at tourism management, making it an essential resource for academics, researchers and students.
Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (1871-1944)
Author: Jason Goulah
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134914997
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This edited volume focuses on the life and work of Makiguchi Tsunesaburo (1871-1944), a Japanese elementary schoolteacher, principal, educational philosopher, author, activist, and Buddhist war resister who has emerged as an important figure in international education. Makiguchi is the progenitor of value-creating (soka) pedagogy that informs practice in the Soka schools network, which includes two universities (in Japan and the U.S.), a women's college (Japan), two secondary schools (Japan), three elementary schools (Brazil and Japan), and six Kindergartens (Brazil, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore), as well as one of Japan's largest correspondence education programs. In addition, thousands of educators worldwide incorporate Makiguchi's ideas in their own curriculum and instruction, and Brazil has instituted the Makiguchi in Action Project, which has provided literacy training and teacher development for nearly a million people. This edited volume is the first in the Anglophone literature to theoretically and empirically examine the nature and global application of Makiguchi's influential educational ideas. The book was originally published as a special issue of American Educational Studies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134914997
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This edited volume focuses on the life and work of Makiguchi Tsunesaburo (1871-1944), a Japanese elementary schoolteacher, principal, educational philosopher, author, activist, and Buddhist war resister who has emerged as an important figure in international education. Makiguchi is the progenitor of value-creating (soka) pedagogy that informs practice in the Soka schools network, which includes two universities (in Japan and the U.S.), a women's college (Japan), two secondary schools (Japan), three elementary schools (Brazil and Japan), and six Kindergartens (Brazil, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore), as well as one of Japan's largest correspondence education programs. In addition, thousands of educators worldwide incorporate Makiguchi's ideas in their own curriculum and instruction, and Brazil has instituted the Makiguchi in Action Project, which has provided literacy training and teacher development for nearly a million people. This edited volume is the first in the Anglophone literature to theoretically and empirically examine the nature and global application of Makiguchi's influential educational ideas. The book was originally published as a special issue of American Educational Studies.
Breaking Up America
Author: Joseph Turow
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226817512
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Combining shrewd analysis of contemporary practices with a historical perspective, Breaking Up America traces the momentous shift that began in the mid-1970s when advertisers rejected mass marketing in favor of more aggressive target marketing. Turow shows how advertisers exploit differences between consumers based on income, age, gender, race, marital status, ethnicity, and lifesyles. "An important book for anyone wanting insight into the advertising and media worlds of today. In plain English, Joe Turow explains not only why our television set is on, but what we are watching. The frightening part is that we are being watched as we do it."—Larry King "Provocative, sweeping and well made . . . Turow draws an efficient portrait of a marketing complex determined to replace the 'society-making media' that had dominated for most of this century with 'segment-making media' that could zero in on the demographic and psychodemographic corners of our 260-million-person consumer marketplace."—Randall Rothenberg, Atlantic Monthly
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226817512
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Combining shrewd analysis of contemporary practices with a historical perspective, Breaking Up America traces the momentous shift that began in the mid-1970s when advertisers rejected mass marketing in favor of more aggressive target marketing. Turow shows how advertisers exploit differences between consumers based on income, age, gender, race, marital status, ethnicity, and lifesyles. "An important book for anyone wanting insight into the advertising and media worlds of today. In plain English, Joe Turow explains not only why our television set is on, but what we are watching. The frightening part is that we are being watched as we do it."—Larry King "Provocative, sweeping and well made . . . Turow draws an efficient portrait of a marketing complex determined to replace the 'society-making media' that had dominated for most of this century with 'segment-making media' that could zero in on the demographic and psychodemographic corners of our 260-million-person consumer marketplace."—Randall Rothenberg, Atlantic Monthly
Beyond Creation’S End
Author: Nicholas P W Coe
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496924908
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Fifty thousand years in the future the universe begins to collapse prematurely. Despite having advanced technology the only viable options to survive the end of the universe come down to creating a Dyson Sphere enclosed in shielding that would resist the collapsing forces during the progression towards singularity and investigating a mysterious object that has been sighted two billion light years away towards the edge of the universe. Because of its bizarre nature this enigmatic vessel is rumored to have come from a prior universe. While the Dyson is being built and populated, Mila and Thorne are sent on what is considered a long shot expedition to see if the rumors are true; if this strange object is really from a prior universe, could it guide them to the next? On a planet where the infrastructure is failing, Strider and his mysterious telepathic companion known only as The Sylk struggle to survive in the hope of finding answers to questions they can barely even understand yet. As all these paths converge can humanity forge a path beyond the end of this universe; can they find a way forward to a new future?
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496924908
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Fifty thousand years in the future the universe begins to collapse prematurely. Despite having advanced technology the only viable options to survive the end of the universe come down to creating a Dyson Sphere enclosed in shielding that would resist the collapsing forces during the progression towards singularity and investigating a mysterious object that has been sighted two billion light years away towards the edge of the universe. Because of its bizarre nature this enigmatic vessel is rumored to have come from a prior universe. While the Dyson is being built and populated, Mila and Thorne are sent on what is considered a long shot expedition to see if the rumors are true; if this strange object is really from a prior universe, could it guide them to the next? On a planet where the infrastructure is failing, Strider and his mysterious telepathic companion known only as The Sylk struggle to survive in the hope of finding answers to questions they can barely even understand yet. As all these paths converge can humanity forge a path beyond the end of this universe; can they find a way forward to a new future?