Author: Nancy Kress
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780812544749
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
The unforgettable conclusion to the ground breaking trilogy begun with the Nebula Award-winning "Beggars in Spain". Two hundred years in the future regular human beings hate and fear the Sleepless and the SuperSleepless, genetically modified humans who are immune to disease and hunger, and need no sleep. When the Sleepless plot to take over the world and leave regular humans powerless, civilization and the very meaning of the word "human" hang in the balance.
Beggars Ride
Author: Nancy Kress
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780812544749
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
The unforgettable conclusion to the ground breaking trilogy begun with the Nebula Award-winning "Beggars in Spain". Two hundred years in the future regular human beings hate and fear the Sleepless and the SuperSleepless, genetically modified humans who are immune to disease and hunger, and need no sleep. When the Sleepless plot to take over the world and leave regular humans powerless, civilization and the very meaning of the word "human" hang in the balance.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780812544749
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
The unforgettable conclusion to the ground breaking trilogy begun with the Nebula Award-winning "Beggars in Spain". Two hundred years in the future regular human beings hate and fear the Sleepless and the SuperSleepless, genetically modified humans who are immune to disease and hunger, and need no sleep. When the Sleepless plot to take over the world and leave regular humans powerless, civilization and the very meaning of the word "human" hang in the balance.
All the Beggars Riding
Author: Lucy Caldwell
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571270573
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
When Lara was twelve, and her younger brother Alfie eight, their father died in a helicopter crash. A prominent plastic surgeon, and Irishman, he had honed his skills on the bomb victims of the Troubles. But the family grew up used to him being absent: he only came to London for two weekends a month to work at the Harley Street Clinic, where he met their mother years before, and they only once went on a family holiday together, to Spain, where their mother cried and their father lost his temper and left early. Because home, for their father, wasn't Earls Court: it was Belfast, where he led his other life... Narrated by Lara, nearing forty and nursing her dying mother, All the Beggars Riding is the heartbreaking portrait of a woman confronting her past just as she realises that time is running out
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571270573
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
When Lara was twelve, and her younger brother Alfie eight, their father died in a helicopter crash. A prominent plastic surgeon, and Irishman, he had honed his skills on the bomb victims of the Troubles. But the family grew up used to him being absent: he only came to London for two weekends a month to work at the Harley Street Clinic, where he met their mother years before, and they only once went on a family holiday together, to Spain, where their mother cried and their father lost his temper and left early. Because home, for their father, wasn't Earls Court: it was Belfast, where he led his other life... Narrated by Lara, nearing forty and nursing her dying mother, All the Beggars Riding is the heartbreaking portrait of a woman confronting her past just as she realises that time is running out
Devil Storm
Author: Theresa Nelson
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504040678
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
“The great hurricane that devastated Galveston in 1900 is the centerpiece of [this] tightly knit novel. The writing is powerful. A fine work, integrating nature with character.” —The Horn Book, starred review “Nelson’s strong sense of place, poetic style and inspired characterization make this far more than just an enthralling adventure.” —Kirkus Reviews
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504040678
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
“The great hurricane that devastated Galveston in 1900 is the centerpiece of [this] tightly knit novel. The writing is powerful. A fine work, integrating nature with character.” —The Horn Book, starred review “Nelson’s strong sense of place, poetic style and inspired characterization make this far more than just an enthralling adventure.” —Kirkus Reviews
Beggars in Spain
Author: Nancy Kress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genetic engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Leisha Camden is a genetically engineered 'Sleepless.' Her ability to stay awake all the time has not only made her more productive, but the genetic modifications have also given the 'Sleepless' a higher IQ and may even make them immortal. Are they the future of humanity? Or will the small community of 'sleepless' be hunted down as freaks by a world that has grown wary of its newest creation?"--Page [4] of cover.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genetic engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Leisha Camden is a genetically engineered 'Sleepless.' Her ability to stay awake all the time has not only made her more productive, but the genetic modifications have also given the 'Sleepless' a higher IQ and may even make them immortal. Are they the future of humanity? Or will the small community of 'sleepless' be hunted down as freaks by a world that has grown wary of its newest creation?"--Page [4] of cover.
Then Beggars Could Ride
Author: Ray Faraday Nelson
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479403687
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
For most of his life, Newton McClintok had lived in the Americal flapper era. He might have been an ancient Roman or a Victorian Englishman. He could have lived his life in any time or place he chose -- or at least, an almost perfect replica of it. But for Newton McClintok, life in this dream world brought only discontentment. After an unsuccessful suicide attempted, he embarked on a journey through the ages to find his own special Utopia -- only to discover that the journey never ends! A classic science fiction novel from the author of The Ecolog and TimeQuest.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479403687
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
For most of his life, Newton McClintok had lived in the Americal flapper era. He might have been an ancient Roman or a Victorian Englishman. He could have lived his life in any time or place he chose -- or at least, an almost perfect replica of it. But for Newton McClintok, life in this dream world brought only discontentment. After an unsuccessful suicide attempted, he embarked on a journey through the ages to find his own special Utopia -- only to discover that the journey never ends! A classic science fiction novel from the author of The Ecolog and TimeQuest.
When Beggars Ride
Author: George Agnew Chamberlain
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
A Letter to Three Witches
Author: Elizabeth Bass
Publisher: A Cupcake Coven Romance
ISBN: 1496734327
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
"Bewitched meets Practical Magic in this bubbly, quirky romantic comedy with an enchanted twist from acclaimed author Elizabeth Bass. When romance problems cause their powers to go berserk, a trio of witches whose family was banned from practicing magic risk getting in serious trouble with the Grand Council of Witches. Can they get their magic--and their love lives--in order before it's too late?"--
Publisher: A Cupcake Coven Romance
ISBN: 1496734327
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
"Bewitched meets Practical Magic in this bubbly, quirky romantic comedy with an enchanted twist from acclaimed author Elizabeth Bass. When romance problems cause their powers to go berserk, a trio of witches whose family was banned from practicing magic risk getting in serious trouble with the Grand Council of Witches. Can they get their magic--and their love lives--in order before it's too late?"--
The Beggars' Ride
Author: Theresa Nelson
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 9780440218876
Category : Atlantic City (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Twelve-year-old Clare flees an unhappy home life and tries to survive on the streets of Atlantic City with a small gang of homeless kids, each of whom has his own secret reason for distrusting society.
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
ISBN: 9780440218876
Category : Atlantic City (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Twelve-year-old Clare flees an unhappy home life and tries to survive on the streets of Atlantic City with a small gang of homeless kids, each of whom has his own secret reason for distrusting society.
Beggars and Choosers
Author: Nancy Kress
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 9780812550108
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
In a genetically altered future America that is overrun by beautiful and super-intelligent people, the entire planet faces destruction in the face of overpopulation and unemployment. Reprint.
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 9780812550108
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
In a genetically altered future America that is overrun by beautiful and super-intelligent people, the entire planet faces destruction in the face of overpopulation and unemployment. Reprint.
When Wishes Were Horses
Author: Sharon Addy
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0618131663
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
On a hot, dusty day as Zeb is walking home from the general store, he wishes for a horse, but soon his one horse grows into a snorting, stamping herd.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0618131663
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
On a hot, dusty day as Zeb is walking home from the general store, he wishes for a horse, but soon his one horse grows into a snorting, stamping herd.