Pale Blue

Author : Carl Sagan,Ann Druyan
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780307801012

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Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan,Ann Druyan Pdf

“Fascinating . . . memorable . . . revealing . . . perhaps the best of Carl Sagan’s books.”—The Washington Post Book World (front page review) In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around the world. Now in this stunning sequel, Carl Sagan completes his revolutionary journey through space and time. Future generations will look back on our epoch as the time when the human race finally broke into a radically new frontier—space. In Pale Blue Dot, Sagan traces the spellbinding history of our launch into the cosmos and assesses the future that looms before us as we move out into our own solar system and on to distant galaxies beyond. The exploration and eventual settlement of other worlds is neither a fantasy nor luxury, insists Sagan, but rather a necessary condition for the survival of the human race. “Takes readers far beyond Cosmos . . . Sagan sees humanity’s future in the stars.”—Chicago Tribune

Author : Louis Bayard
Publisher : Baskerville
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1399810057

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The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard Pdf

**Now a major Netflix film starring Christian Bale and Gillian Anderson** April 19th, 1831. In two or three hours I'll be dead. So begins the chilling last testament of Gus Landor, a retired New York City police constable, whose numerous talents include code-breaking, riot control and the 'gloveless interrogation'. A young cadet has been found hanged at a military academy on the shores of the Hudson River. Before his body could be buried, however, it was stolen and his heart brutally carved out. Fearing a scandal, the top brass at West Point have summoned Landor to help catch the culprit, and keep his discoveries away from prying eyes. As Landor embarks on a thrilling adventure to solve the case, he uncovers a series of dark secrets and finds unlikely assistance in the form of a mischievous young cadet named Edgar Allan Poe. Full of drama and unexpected twists, The Pale Blue Eye is a brilliantly haunting and atmospheric historical mystery. 'Brilliantly plotted and completely absorbing, ending with the kind of shock that few novelists are able to deliver' Sunday Times 'Bayard's shockingly clever and devoutly unsentimental new mystery reads like a lost classic . . . Bayard reinvigorates historical fiction, rendering the 19th century as if he'd witnessed it firsthand' New York Times

Author : Skip Tucker
Publisher : NewSouth Books
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781603063104

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Pale Blue Light by Skip Tucker Pdf

A rare espionage thriller set in the Civil War. Rabe Canon leaves his family's Alabama plantation at the start of the war, befriending Major Thomas Jackson of the Virginia Military Institute--later the esteemed Stonewall Jackson. Canon's military prowess quickly raises him to leader of the famed Black Horse Cavalry and brings him into the confidences of major figures in the upper echelons of the Confederacy. When Jackson suffers a mortal wound at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Canon suspects foul play. He's enlisted to undertake a cross-country journey both to secure a fortune for the Confederacy and to discover the truth behind Jackson's death. Canon's journey entangles him with a beautiful Yankee spy as they both try to avoid capture in gold-rich California.

Author : Dan Brown
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780244003449

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The Pale Blue Dot by Dan Brown Pdf

Author : Thomas Meinecke
Publisher : Amazon Crossing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : North Carolina
ISBN : 1611090598

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Pale Blue by Thomas Meinecke Pdf

"The United States prides itself on being the world's melting pot, but during a long, hot summer in coastal North Carolina, three young people put that theory to the test. A German named Tillmann is vacationing in the states with his girlfriend and corresponding with an African American colleague about the evolution of blues music."--Page 4 of cover

Author : Kay Danes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781925275063

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Beneath the Pale Blue Burqa by Kay Danes Pdf

On September 11, 2001, the World changed forever when ruthless Al-Qaeda terrorists launched an aerial attack on the United States of America. Oblivious to the world’s terror, Kay and Kerry Danes sat half a world away, secure in an Embassy after a terrifying 11-month hostage ordeal in communist Laos. As fear gripped the globe, Kerry an Australian Special Forces soldier, comforted his wife Kay, as they struggled to come to terms with their hellish ordeal of torture, mock executions and the helplessness of leaving behind 58 political prisoners of a long forgotten war. The couple’s hopes focused only on seeing their children again. In the years after regaining their freedom and working to re-piece together family life, Kerry returned to active duty with the Special Forces and Kay turned her dark experiences towards creating social justice, over the years becoming a leading international humanitarian. In November 2008, amidst haunting memories of her Laos ordeal, Kay faced her fears and embarked on a humanitarian aid mission to deliver life-changing opportunities and aid to people devastated in war-torn Afghanistan. In an old dusty Toyota mini-van, armed only with hope, Kay and her companions, a florist from Arizona, a nurse from Texas, a public servant from Australia and a US Marine Korean War veteran, drove the ancient Silk Road amidst kidnappings, suicide bombings, carnage and chaos. This powerful story will have you gripping your chair and holding your breath, as you travel with Kay through Taliban strongholds and the remote wastelands of Al Qaeda terrorists. Her story provides a rare glimpse of places we may never visit and the courageous Afghan people determined to persevere against overwhelming odds. Beneath the Pale Blue Burqa is a truly inspiring journey and an important contribution to the selfless efforts of all who have gone before to brave the perils of Afghanistan. Foreword - By Afghan Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

Author : Louis Bayard
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780061854187

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Mr. Timothy by Louis Bayard Pdf

From the author of Courting Mr. Lincoln comes a different kind of Christmas story featuring a grown up Tiny Tim, this breathless flight through the teeming markets, shadowy passageways, and rolling brown fog of 1860s London would do Dickens proud for its surprising twists and turns, and its extraordinary heart. It's the Christmas season, and Mr. Timothy Cratchit, not the pious child the world thought he was, has just buried his father. He's also struggling to bury his past as a cripple and shed his financial ties to his benevolent "Uncle" Ebenezer by losing himself in the thick of London's underbelly. He boards at a brothel in exchange for teaching the mistress how to read and spends his nights dredging the Thames for dead bodies and the treasures in their pockets. Timothy's life takes a sharp turn when he discovers the bodies of two dead girls, each seared with the same cruel brand on the upper arm. The sight of their horror-struck faces compels Timothy to become the protector of another young girl, Philomela, from the fate the others suffered at the hands of a dangerous and powerful man.

Author : Franz Werfel
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781567924084

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Pale Blue Ink in a Lady's Hand by Franz Werfel Pdf

This story is about a long suppressed love triangle between Leonidas Tachezy, a high-level Austrian career bureaucrat, his younger, trophy wife Amelie, and a Jewish woman from his past, Vera Wormser, with whom he'd fallen in love when she was fourteen. After his marriage, Leonidas encounters Vera in a German university town where she is studying philosophy. He makes a promise that implies marriage, but drops out of her life entirely to return to a comfortable existence until one day when a letter arrives, addressed with Vera's unmistakable handwriting in pale blue ink. Like Humbert Humbert in Lolita, Leonidas explains his "crime" against Vera to an imaginary courtroom in a way that anticipates Nabokov.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1821
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BML:37001103272063

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The Annals of Philosophy by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lily Poritz Miller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 189454983X

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In a Pale Blue Light by Lily Poritz Miller Pdf

A story of loss, defiance and change emerges from the magnificent setting of Cape Town in the late 1930s through the outbreak of World War II. Young Libka Hoffman is struggling with the loss of her father and the social conventions that frown upon her relationships with her most trusted friends. Libka' exploration of socially forbidden territory eventually brings her to expulsion from her school and ostracism by her peers. Powerfully told in a unique voice, In a Pale Blue Light, achieves an authentic and rarely achieved insight into Jewish life in South Africa during the tumultuous times around World War II.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Color
ISBN : OSU:32435030567440

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National Bureau of Standards Circular by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kenneth L. Kelly,Deane Brewster Judd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Color
ISBN : UCR:31210023555970

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Color by Kenneth L. Kelly,Deane Brewster Judd Pdf

Author : Kolanjikombil Matthews
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780429893292

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Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Textile Terms by Kolanjikombil Matthews Pdf

Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Textile Terms is a reference dictionary with a short explanation of textile terms in spinning, weaving, processing and garmenting fields. The book is meant for all textile related personae, especially for textile students, textile processors and garmenting technicians. It will be an asset for merchandisers and buying offices for quick reference. It is a handy reference book for students as well as the faculty.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Geology
ISBN : UCR:31210002023750

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Geological Survey Circular by Anonim Pdf

Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : SAMPI Books
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9786561331159

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The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe Pdf

In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart", the narrator tries to prove his sanity after murdering an elderly man because of his "vulture eye". His growing guilt leads him to hear the old man's heart beating under the floorboards, which drives him to confess the crime to the police.