Author: Lawrence M. Irvin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Central business districts
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Starrigger
Author: John DeChancie
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497626633
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Locus Award Finalist: On a mysterious road built by aliens, a space trucker tries to outrun dangerous pursuers. Independent space trucker Jake McGraw, accompanied by his father, Sam, who inhabits the body of the truck itself, his “starrig,” picks up a beautiful hitchhiker, Darla, and a trailer‐load of trouble. One of the best of the indies, Jake knows a few tricks about following the Skyway, which connects dozens, or maybe hundreds, of planets—nobody knows how many and nobody really knows the full extent of the Skyway, and much of it remains unexplored. But somehow, a rumor gets started that Jake has a map for the whole thing, and suddenly everybody wants a piece of him: an alien race called the Reticulans; the human government known as the Colonial Assembly; and a nasty piece of work called Corey Wilkes, head of the wildcat trucker union TATOO. No matter what Jake does, no matter how many twists and turns he makes, he cannot shake any of the menaces on his tail. The Starrigger series continues with Red Limit Freeway and concludes with Paradox Alley. Starrigger was a nominee for the Locus Award for Best First Novel in 1984.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1497626633
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
Locus Award Finalist: On a mysterious road built by aliens, a space trucker tries to outrun dangerous pursuers. Independent space trucker Jake McGraw, accompanied by his father, Sam, who inhabits the body of the truck itself, his “starrig,” picks up a beautiful hitchhiker, Darla, and a trailer‐load of trouble. One of the best of the indies, Jake knows a few tricks about following the Skyway, which connects dozens, or maybe hundreds, of planets—nobody knows how many and nobody really knows the full extent of the Skyway, and much of it remains unexplored. But somehow, a rumor gets started that Jake has a map for the whole thing, and suddenly everybody wants a piece of him: an alien race called the Reticulans; the human government known as the Colonial Assembly; and a nasty piece of work called Corey Wilkes, head of the wildcat trucker union TATOO. No matter what Jake does, no matter how many twists and turns he makes, he cannot shake any of the menaces on his tail. The Starrigger series continues with Red Limit Freeway and concludes with Paradox Alley. Starrigger was a nominee for the Locus Award for Best First Novel in 1984.
Skyway Down
Author: Shirley Dowling
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1728323754
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
The year 1980 was a year of two maritime tragedies in the Tampa Bay area of central Florida. In January two ships, the Coast Guard buoy tender, U.S.S. Blackthorn and the tanker, S.S. Capricorn collided just 1500 yards west of the Sunshine Skyway bridge, taking the Coast Guard cutter to the bottom of the 50-foot channel. Twenty-three young sailors lost their lives that night. Three months of hearings in the wake of this horrific accident followed, bringing together a young female news reporter from an independent television channel in St. Petersburg and a Boston attorney, on assignment in defense of the tanker Capricorn. A courtship developed into a serious romance as the hearings continued until May 8, at which time a verdict was handed down. In the early morning of May 9, during a severe storm in which all ships in those waters were blinded by the rain and dense fog, the Sunshine Skyway bridge was rammed by the freighter M.V. Summit Venture, collapsing 1200 feet of the bridge and taking 8 vehicles to the bottom of the channel with her. Thirty-five people died in the 150-foot deadly plunge. This is their story.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1728323754
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
The year 1980 was a year of two maritime tragedies in the Tampa Bay area of central Florida. In January two ships, the Coast Guard buoy tender, U.S.S. Blackthorn and the tanker, S.S. Capricorn collided just 1500 yards west of the Sunshine Skyway bridge, taking the Coast Guard cutter to the bottom of the 50-foot channel. Twenty-three young sailors lost their lives that night. Three months of hearings in the wake of this horrific accident followed, bringing together a young female news reporter from an independent television channel in St. Petersburg and a Boston attorney, on assignment in defense of the tanker Capricorn. A courtship developed into a serious romance as the hearings continued until May 8, at which time a verdict was handed down. In the early morning of May 9, during a severe storm in which all ships in those waters were blinded by the rain and dense fog, the Sunshine Skyway bridge was rammed by the freighter M.V. Summit Venture, collapsing 1200 feet of the bridge and taking 8 vehicles to the bottom of the channel with her. Thirty-five people died in the 150-foot deadly plunge. This is their story.
The Minneapolis Skyway System
Author: Lawrence M. Irvin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Central business districts
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Central business districts
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Marveltown
Author: Bruce McCall
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR)
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Marveltown's adults are outstanding inventors, but when their best engineers create giant but stupid robots that threaten the town, it is the children's outrageous creations that save the day.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (BYR)
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Marveltown's adults are outstanding inventors, but when their best engineers create giant but stupid robots that threaten the town, it is the children's outrageous creations that save the day.
Minnesota 150
Author: Kate Roberts
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN: 9780873515948
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A fabulous showcase of individuals, events, and inventions that have made Minnesota.
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN: 9780873515948
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A fabulous showcase of individuals, events, and inventions that have made Minnesota.
Sky Way Global LLC (dba Sky Way Global, Inc.), Brent C. Kovar, Glenn A. Kovar, James S. Kent, Kenneth Bruce Baker (aka Bruce Baker), and Kenneth R. Kramer: Securities and Exchange Commission Litigation Complaint
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 145780834X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 145780834X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
Real Estate Asset Inventory
Author: Resolution Trust Corporation (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commercial buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commercial buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Standards Enforcement Test Reports - KWIC Index
Federal Register
Tom Swift and His Repelatron Skyway
Author: Victor Appleton (II.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Swift, Tom (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Swift, Tom (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description