In The Looking Glass

Author : John Ringo
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781618244840

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Into the Looking Glass by John Ringo Pdf

WORST TWO OUT OF THREE When a 60 kiloton nuclear explosion destroys the University of Central Florida, terrorism is the first suspect. But terrorists don't generally leave doorways to another world in their wake. Or, rather, a generator of doorways to multiple other worlds. With time of the essence, the Secretary of Defense scrounges up the nearest physicist with a high level security clearance. With doctorates in everything from nuclear physics to electrical engineering, William Weaver, PhD, is the egghead's egghead. On the other hand, with skills in everything from mountain biking to screaming electric guitar, he's also fast enough and tough enough to survive when the alien gates start disgorging "demons." As a snap decision, he appears to be the perfect choice, smart, tough and capable. Now if he could only patch things up with his girlfriend, get his boss off his back and get his cellphone bill paid. Oh, yeah, and figure out why the heck these gates keep opening. Okay, so sometimes he's got priority issues. As the gates spread and evil aliens spread with them, it is up to Weaver and SEAL Command Master Chief Miller to find a way to stop the proliferation and close the hostile gates. The problem being that the only way they can see to save the earth is destroy it. Then there's not going to be any more girlfriends or cellphones or bosses . . . Hmmm... Okay, two out of three of those are bad. They're really, really bad. Bad on toast. Bad like the Pacific is watery. Every day a Monday, bad. One and a half at the very least. Worst two out of three. Gotta prioritize. Guess Weaver and Miller are just gonna have to save the world. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Author : Christina Henry
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781984805638

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Looking Glass by Christina Henry Pdf

In four new novellas, Christina Henry returns to the world of Alice and Red Queen, where magic runs as freely as secrets and blood. Lovely Creature In the New City lives a girl with a secret: Elizabeth can do magic. But someone knows her secret--someone who has a secret of his own. That secret is a butterfly that lives in a jar, a butterfly that was supposed to be gone forever, a butterfly that used to be called the Jabberwock... Girl in Amber Alice and Hatcher are just looking for a place to rest. Alice has been dreaming of a cottage by a lake and a field of wildflowers, but while walking blind in a snowstorm she stumbles into a house that only seems empty and abandoned... When I First Came to Town Hatcher wasn't always Hatcher. Once, he was a boy called Nicholas, and Nicholas fancied himself the best fighter in the Old City. No matter who fought him he always won. Then his boss tells him he's going to battle the fearsome Grinder, a man who never leaves his opponents alive... The Mercy Seat There is a place hidden in the mountains, where all the people hate and fear magic and Magicians. It is the Village of the Pure, and though Alice and Hatcher would do anything to avoid it, it lies directly in their path...

Author : Rebecca K. Shrum
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781421423128

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In the Looking Glass by Rebecca K. Shrum Pdf

The evolving technology of the looking glass -- First glimpses : mirrors in seventeenth-century New England -- Looking glass ownership in early America -- Reliable mirrors and troubling visions : nineteenth-century white -- Understandings of sight -- Fashioning whiteness -- Mirrors in black and red -- Epilogue

Author : Alex Bellos
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-10
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781451640120

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The Grapes of Math by Alex Bellos Pdf

From triangles, rotations and power laws, to cones, curves and the dreaded calculus, Alex takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery with his signature wit and limitless enthusiasm. He sifts through over 30,000 survey submissions to uncover the world’s favourite number, and meets a mathematician who looks for universes in his garage. He attends the World Mathematical Congress in India, and visits the engineer who designed the first roller-coaster loop. Get hooked on math as Alex delves deep into humankind’s turbulent relationship with numbers, and reveals how they have shaped the world we live in.

Author : Lewis Carroll
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101075985729

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Through the Looking-glass by Lewis Carroll Pdf

Author : Carla Jablonski
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781484730676

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Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass: A Matter of Time by Carla Jablonski Pdf

Based on events from the film Alice Through the Looking Glass, this unique illustrated novel allows readers to follow Alice, the Mad Hatter, the Red Queen and the White Queen as the characters journey through time. Each of the four characters have their own new, distinct art style to accompany their unpredictable adventures. As the readers travel along, they will be faced with choices that may turn the world upside down.

Author : Frank Beddor
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007-08-21
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0142409413

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The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor Pdf

The Myth: Alice was an ordinary girl who stepped through the looking glass and entered a fairy-tale world invented by Lewis Carroll in his famous storybook. The Truth: Wonderland is real. Alyss Heart is the heir to the throne, until her murderous aunt Redd steals the crown and kills Alyss? parents. To escape Redd, Alyss and her bodyguard, Hatter Madigan, must flee to our world through the Pool of Tears. But in the pool Alyss and Hatter are separated. Lost and alone in Victorian London, Alyss is befriended by an aspiring author to whom she tells the violent, heartbreaking story of her young life. Yet he gets the story all wrong. Hatter Madigan knows the truth only too well, and he is searching every corner of our world to find the lost princess and return her to Wonderland so she may battle Redd for her rightful place as the Queen of Hearts.

Author : Janet McNally
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062436290

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The Looking Glass by Janet McNally Pdf

Perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Sarah Dessen, Janet McNally’s imaginative story of sisterhood shows that the fiercest of loves are often the ones that exist outside of happily-ever-afters. GIRLS IN TROUBLE. That’s what Sylvie Blake’s older sister Julia renamed their favorite fairy tale book, way back when they were just girls themselves. Now Julia has disappeared—and no one knows for sure if she wants to be away, or if she’s the one in trouble. Then a copy of their old storybook arrives with a mysterious list inside, and Sylvie begins to see signs of her sister, and their favorite fairy tales, everywhere she goes. With the help of her best friend’s enigmatic brother and his beat-up car, Sylvie sets out to follow the strange signs right to Julia and return to New York with her in tow. But trouble comes in lots of forms—and Sylvie soon learns that the damsel in distress is often the only one who can save herself.

Author : Cathy Cassidy
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780141357843

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Looking Glass Girl by Cathy Cassidy Pdf

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Alice in Wonderland, a compelling modern-day re-imagining of Alice's story by every girl's favourite author, Cathy Cassidy. Alice is thrilled when Savannah invites her to a Wonderland-themed sleepover; she's wanted to join this circle of friends for so long. Finally, she's fitting in. But an accident suddenly changes everything and Alice is rushed to hospital. As her friends and family rally round, a mystery begins to unravel. Was Alice pushed, and why - who would want to hurt her? Can her loved ones - and the gorgeous boy who doesn't want to leave her side - help Alice survive? Looking-Glass Girl is the stunning new book from Cathy Cassidy, an unforgettable tale of friendship and love from one of the UK's best-loved authors.

Author : E. Brian Davies
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780191527432

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Science in the Looking Glass by E. Brian Davies Pdf

How do scientific conjectures become laws? Why does proof mean different things in different sciences? Do numbers exist, or were they invented? Why do some laws turn out to be wrong? In this wide-ranging book, Brian Davies discusses the basis for scientists' claims to knowledge about the world. He looks at science historically, emphasizing not only the achievements of scientists from Galileo onwards, but also their mistakes. He rejects the claim that all scientific knowledge is provisional, by citing examples from chemistry, biology and geology. A major feature of the book is its defence of the view that mathematics was invented rather than discovered. While experience has shown that disentangling knowledge from opinion and aspiration is a hard task, this book provides a clear guide to the difficulties. Full of illuminating examples and quotations, and with a scope ranging from psychology and evolution to quantum theory and mathematics, this book brings alive issues at the heart of all science.

Author : Richard Paul Evans
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Christian fiction
ISBN : 9780684867816

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The Looking Glass by Richard Paul Evans Pdf

Hunter Bell, a minister turned gambler, rescues Quaye McGandley from a blizzard and nurses her back to health in his Utah cabin.

Author : Jake Fior
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1527256901

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Through A Looking Glass Darkly by Jake Fior Pdf

Author : Alberto Manguel
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780307363688

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Into The Looking-Glass Wood by Alberto Manguel Pdf

By the award-winning author of A History of Reading "For me, words on a page give the world coherence--Words tell us what we, as a society, believe the world to be--I believe there is an ethic of reading--a commitment that is both political and private in the act of turning the pages. And I believe that sometimes, beyond the author's intentions and beyond the reader's hopes, a book can make us better and wiser." Through personal stories and literary reflections, in a style rich in humour and gentle erudition, Manguel leads us, the readers, to reflect upon the pleasures and responsibilities of reading, and the links that exist between the world we live in, and the words we live amongst. Into the Looking-Glass Wood is a voyage into the subversive heart of words - a voyage fired by the author's humanity and extraordinary breadth of vision.

Author : Maggie Yaxley Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780429913778

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Finding Love in the Looking Glass by Maggie Yaxley Smith Pdf

This book shows how people can make different choices in their lives once they find a level of self-acceptance and realistic goals, presenting various case stories that show what can be achieved in counselling and how the counselling relationship can enable people to change their lives.

Author : Kim Taylor-Foster
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780762498550

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Why We Love The Matrix by Kim Taylor-Foster Pdf

Rediscover all the reasons you love The Matrix with this unique guide to the cult 90s sci-fi classic, filled with trivia, essays, and behind the scenes looks at characters, production, and so much more. Whether you saw the movie in theaters in 1999 or watched it for the first time at home, there is no denying that The Matrix has had an immense impact on pop culture. A "must-see" of the science fiction genre and Why We Love The Matrix is the first and only guide that combines entertaining information about the history and making of the film with a celebratory look at all the different aspects that have helped solidify this as a beloved favorite of sci-fi fans. Offering entertaining essays about the key features that have helped the film become the classic it is today—like the origins of the plot and characters, film techniques, and the philosophy behind the story—plus quotes, sidebars, and eye-catching two-color illustrations throughout, Why We Love The Matrix is a great gift for both casual and more serious fans of the movie and, let's face it, Keanu Reeves.