Author: Larry Niven
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429914084
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
From the mind of #1 New York Times bestselling author Larry Niven, come twenty-six tales and vignettes from this interplanetary gathering place, collected for the first time in one volume. When a tremendous spacecraft took orbit around the Earth's moon and began sending smaller landers down toward the North Pole, the newly arrived visitors quickly set up a permanent spaceport at Mount Forel in Siberia. Their presence attracted many, and a few people grew conspicuously rich from secrets they learned from talking to the aliens. One of these men, Rick Schumann established a tavern catering to all of various species of visiting aliens, a place he named the Draco Tavern. This collection includes: "The Subject Is Closed": A priest visits the tavern and goes one-on-one with a chirpsithra alien on the subject of God and life after death. "Table Mannners: A Folk Tale": Rick Schumann is invited to hunt with five folk aliens, but he's not quite sure what their hunt entails, or if he will be the hunted. "Wisdom of Demons": The age-old question of wisdom vs. knowledge is asked when Rick is confronted by a human who has been granted the wisdom of an individual gligstith(click)optok alien. "Losing Mars" in this unpublished tale, a group of aliens who call Mars and its moon home, arrive at the Tavern only to find that humans have mostly forgotten about their neighboring planet. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Draco Tavern
Author: Larry Niven
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429914084
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
From the mind of #1 New York Times bestselling author Larry Niven, come twenty-six tales and vignettes from this interplanetary gathering place, collected for the first time in one volume. When a tremendous spacecraft took orbit around the Earth's moon and began sending smaller landers down toward the North Pole, the newly arrived visitors quickly set up a permanent spaceport at Mount Forel in Siberia. Their presence attracted many, and a few people grew conspicuously rich from secrets they learned from talking to the aliens. One of these men, Rick Schumann established a tavern catering to all of various species of visiting aliens, a place he named the Draco Tavern. This collection includes: "The Subject Is Closed": A priest visits the tavern and goes one-on-one with a chirpsithra alien on the subject of God and life after death. "Table Mannners: A Folk Tale": Rick Schumann is invited to hunt with five folk aliens, but he's not quite sure what their hunt entails, or if he will be the hunted. "Wisdom of Demons": The age-old question of wisdom vs. knowledge is asked when Rick is confronted by a human who has been granted the wisdom of an individual gligstith(click)optok alien. "Losing Mars" in this unpublished tale, a group of aliens who call Mars and its moon home, arrive at the Tavern only to find that humans have mostly forgotten about their neighboring planet. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429914084
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
From the mind of #1 New York Times bestselling author Larry Niven, come twenty-six tales and vignettes from this interplanetary gathering place, collected for the first time in one volume. When a tremendous spacecraft took orbit around the Earth's moon and began sending smaller landers down toward the North Pole, the newly arrived visitors quickly set up a permanent spaceport at Mount Forel in Siberia. Their presence attracted many, and a few people grew conspicuously rich from secrets they learned from talking to the aliens. One of these men, Rick Schumann established a tavern catering to all of various species of visiting aliens, a place he named the Draco Tavern. This collection includes: "The Subject Is Closed": A priest visits the tavern and goes one-on-one with a chirpsithra alien on the subject of God and life after death. "Table Mannners: A Folk Tale": Rick Schumann is invited to hunt with five folk aliens, but he's not quite sure what their hunt entails, or if he will be the hunted. "Wisdom of Demons": The age-old question of wisdom vs. knowledge is asked when Rick is confronted by a human who has been granted the wisdom of an individual gligstith(click)optok alien. "Losing Mars" in this unpublished tale, a group of aliens who call Mars and its moon home, arrive at the Tavern only to find that humans have mostly forgotten about their neighboring planet. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Draco
Author: Ian Watson
Publisher: Games Workshop(uk)
ISBN: 9780743443180
Category : Imaginary wars and battles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Watson, the author of the screen story for Stephen Speilberg's A.I., pens this first book in his Inquisition War series. In the bloody suppression of a rebellion, Inquisitor Jaq Draco discovers a bizarre entity and a secret conspiracy of inquisitors whose goals are to control every human--everywhere.
Publisher: Games Workshop(uk)
ISBN: 9780743443180
Category : Imaginary wars and battles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Watson, the author of the screen story for Stephen Speilberg's A.I., pens this first book in his Inquisition War series. In the bloody suppression of a rebellion, Inquisitor Jaq Draco discovers a bizarre entity and a secret conspiracy of inquisitors whose goals are to control every human--everywhere.
The Draco
Author: Laurie S. Sutton
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1496551907
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Bug Team Alpha is under attack from its greatest enemy--the Draco. The team must engage in an all-out assault against the Draco and its serpent warriors to rescue the President of Earth from this attack. Each book includes a character list, mission report, discussion questions, writing prompts, and glossary.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1496551907
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
Bug Team Alpha is under attack from its greatest enemy--the Draco. The team must engage in an all-out assault against the Draco and its serpent warriors to rescue the President of Earth from this attack. Each book includes a character list, mission report, discussion questions, writing prompts, and glossary.
The Draco Society Trilogy
Author: Greg Alldredge
Publisher: Greg Alldredge
ISBN: 1949392309
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Creatures, Monsters, and Madmen... who’s a woman to trust? Fearing for her freedom and life, Helena escaped her estate in San Francisco. Branded a witch, her neighbors and peers turned on her with torches and pitchforks. To hell with them all. Now in the air, she is driven to find any clues that lead to her parents. Her only hope the mysterious Mister Nobody and The Draco Society. Unfortunately, unnamed forces purse across North America. Russians stalk her every move. Many false friends have fallen. Can she trust new comrades? Will Helena find safety? Read the second trilogy in the Helena Brandywine series, The Draco Society now.
Publisher: Greg Alldredge
ISBN: 1949392309
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Creatures, Monsters, and Madmen... who’s a woman to trust? Fearing for her freedom and life, Helena escaped her estate in San Francisco. Branded a witch, her neighbors and peers turned on her with torches and pitchforks. To hell with them all. Now in the air, she is driven to find any clues that lead to her parents. Her only hope the mysterious Mister Nobody and The Draco Society. Unfortunately, unnamed forces purse across North America. Russians stalk her every move. Many false friends have fallen. Can she trust new comrades? Will Helena find safety? Read the second trilogy in the Helena Brandywine series, The Draco Society now.
The Constellation Draco
Author: Amy Van Zee
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781623234850
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book on the Constellation Draco describes the constellation, tells of the origin of the myth, retells the story, and discusses the constellation in other cultures.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781623234850
Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book on the Constellation Draco describes the constellation, tells of the origin of the myth, retells the story, and discusses the constellation in other cultures.
Rhetoric and the Law of Draco
Author: Edwin Carawan
Publisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 0191584541
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Trials for murder and manslaughter in ancient Athens are preserved in a singularly full and revealing record. The earliest surviving speeches were written for such proceedings, and the laws governing such trials - laws that tradition ascribes to Draco himself - also survive in large part. These documents bear witness to the birth of the jury trial and of democratic rhetoric. This book, the first study of its kind, offers a systematic interpretation of Draco's law and the legal reasoning that grew out of it. The author outlines the historical development (7th to 4th centuries BCE), and then analyses the surviving speeches to unravel the underlying issues and practical consequences.
Publisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 0191584541
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
Trials for murder and manslaughter in ancient Athens are preserved in a singularly full and revealing record. The earliest surviving speeches were written for such proceedings, and the laws governing such trials - laws that tradition ascribes to Draco himself - also survive in large part. These documents bear witness to the birth of the jury trial and of democratic rhetoric. This book, the first study of its kind, offers a systematic interpretation of Draco's law and the legal reasoning that grew out of it. The author outlines the historical development (7th to 4th centuries BCE), and then analyses the surviving speeches to unravel the underlying issues and practical consequences.
The Draco Tavern
Author: Larry Niven
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765308630
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A collection of stories set at the Draco Tavern, a bar in Siberia that caters to visiting aliens.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765308630
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A collection of stories set at the Draco Tavern, a bar in Siberia that caters to visiting aliens.
Draco's Fire
Author: E. L. Thomas
Publisher: High Interest Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1897039484
Category : Dragons
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Jacob, betrayed by Orson, has only his own courage and the fully grown Draco to help him bring together the two parts of the comet stone and fulfill the prophecy.
Publisher: High Interest Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1897039484
Category : Dragons
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Jacob, betrayed by Orson, has only his own courage and the fully grown Draco to help him bring together the two parts of the comet stone and fulfill the prophecy.
The New Ten Guardians of Draco
Author: J T Petrey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
On the planet of Draco, there exists an Academy dedicated to training children into their teenage years to become Guardians of Draco. Yet, despite the numerous children cadets trying their best to make it, only ten are chosen from each generation.It's the final year of the cadets' training, and one hundred cadets remain. Rex Hunditer, Prince of Draco, is one of those cadets, and not even being the heir to the throne has a guaranteed spot among the coveted seats. With rivals, enemies, and friends around every corner, he has to try his best to make it to the very end.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
On the planet of Draco, there exists an Academy dedicated to training children into their teenage years to become Guardians of Draco. Yet, despite the numerous children cadets trying their best to make it, only ten are chosen from each generation.It's the final year of the cadets' training, and one hundred cadets remain. Rex Hunditer, Prince of Draco, is one of those cadets, and not even being the heir to the throne has a guaranteed spot among the coveted seats. With rivals, enemies, and friends around every corner, he has to try his best to make it to the very end.
The Dragon Waiting
Author: John M. Ford
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1250269024
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
“The best mingling of history with historical magic that I have ever seen.”—Gene Wolfe In a snowbound inn high in the Alps, four people meet who will alter fate. A noble Byzantine mercenary . . . A female Florentine physician . . . An ageless Welsh wizard . . . And Sforza, the uncanny duke. Together they will wage an intrigue-filled campaign against the might of Byzantium to secure the English throne for Richard, Duke of Gloucester—and make him Richard III. Available for the first time in nearly two decades, with a new introduction by New York Times-bestselling author Scott Lynch, The Dragon Waiting is a masterpiece of blood and magic. “Had [John M. Ford] taken The Dragon Waiting and written a sequence of five books based in that world, with that power, he would’ve been George R.R. Martin.” —Neil Gaiman At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1250269024
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
“The best mingling of history with historical magic that I have ever seen.”—Gene Wolfe In a snowbound inn high in the Alps, four people meet who will alter fate. A noble Byzantine mercenary . . . A female Florentine physician . . . An ageless Welsh wizard . . . And Sforza, the uncanny duke. Together they will wage an intrigue-filled campaign against the might of Byzantium to secure the English throne for Richard, Duke of Gloucester—and make him Richard III. Available for the first time in nearly two decades, with a new introduction by New York Times-bestselling author Scott Lynch, The Dragon Waiting is a masterpiece of blood and magic. “Had [John M. Ford] taken The Dragon Waiting and written a sequence of five books based in that world, with that power, he would’ve been George R.R. Martin.” —Neil Gaiman At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.