Songmaster

Author : Orson Scott Card
Publisher : Orb Books
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2002-12-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429966849

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Songmaster by Orson Scott Card Pdf

A science fiction classic from Orson Scott Card, the bestselling author of Ender's Game Kidnapped at an early age, the young singer Ansset has been raised in isolation at the mystical retreat called the Songhouse. His life has been filled with music, and having only songs for companions, he develops a voice that is unlike any heard before. Ansset's voice is both a blessing and a curse, for the young Songbird can reflect all the hopes and fears his audience feels and, by magnifying their emotions, use his voice to heal--or to destroy. When it is discovered that his is the voice that the Emperor has waited decades for, Ansset is summoned to the Imperial Palace on Old Earth. Many fates rest in Ansset's hands, and his songs will soon be put to the test: either to salve the troubled conscience of a conqueror, or drive him, and the universe, into mad chaos. Songmaster is a haunting story of power and love--the tale of the man who would destroy everything he loves to preserve humanity's peace, and the boy who might just sing the world away. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Di Morrissey
Publisher : Pan Australia
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781742622095

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The Songmaster by Di Morrissey Pdf

A timely and profound novel that entrances and entertains from Australia's favourite storyteller with new novel The Night Tide out now. In Melbourne, a baby girl is found abandoned in the Victorian Art Gallery. She is wrapped in a shawl decorated with a motif that links her to ancient rock paintings in the Kimberley... In Los Angeles, a movie producer's dying daughter is haunted by nightmares after visiting the Kimberley... And it is to the Kimberley that ex-nun Beth Van Horton brings a disparate group of travellers whose lives will be changed forever. The Kimberley - a land that cradles Australia's ancient treasures - is also home to a people whose powerful secrets could unlock the future for modern mankind.

Author : Vipin Gupta
Publisher : Vipin Gupta
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781087950754

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Is Present Reality by Vipin Gupta Pdf

Is Present Realty: The Super-science of the transcendental value investigates our reality as an entity who has the power to shape the present and be the light that affirms our presence in the eternal future. The transcendental value of the past is immanent within the present. The present becomes the subject of scientific investigation. The entity who conceived the scientifically investigable present is the super-scientific factor, whose reality transcends beyond the limits of science. An observer behaves as a mirror image of the present and uses the light of self-consciousness for illuminating the reality of the universe. Without the observer’s light, the present of the universe is the dark matter. Once the observer services the sentient light force, the future of the observer is the black hole. As a manager of our reality, we have an option not to transform our sentient energy into a light force, behaving as if we are the white star source of light, for illuminating the reality of the universe. Instead, we may invest our energy for conceiving a different reality at any moment that thereafter constitutes the past. Such unique reality is scientifically observable in the present as the illuminated matter. The illuminated matter is a proportion of the present, which is the dark matter. Thus, if an observer observes the illuminated matter as the rope, it might as well be a body of atoms that eventually transforms into a body of cells. That body of cells may be the reality of a snake. What we observe and experience in the present is not necessarily the reality. This work reveals the blockages that limit our vision’s dimensionality and the solutions to be the reality that shapes the eternal present. Dr. Vipin Gupta has a Ph.D. in managerial science and applied economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a gold medalist from the Post-graduate Program of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India. He is a Professor of sensible management and appropriate science at the Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration, California State University San Bernardino, USA.

Author : Franklin Ellis,Samuel Evans
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1494 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Lancaster County (Pa.)
ISBN : PSU:000063629620

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History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania by Franklin Ellis,Samuel Evans Pdf

Author : L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429958301

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The Soprano Sorceress by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Pdf

The Soprano Sorceress, the first novel in New York Times bestselling author L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s epic fantasy series the Spellsong Cycle about a singer and music instructor at Iowa State University who gets far more than she expected when she is magically transported to the world of Erde. On Erde, Anna Marshall is no longer just a professional singer. In this world, song is magic, making Anna a sorceress, potentially the strongest in Erde. Here, a wrong note can mean death to a sorcerer, but Anna's lifetime of training means she can sing more powerfully and precisely than anyone else. Her power does not go unnoticed and makes her a target. To survive, Anna must learn enough song-magic and understand this new world. The Spellsong Cycle The Soprano Sorceress The Spellsong War Darksong Rising The Shadow Sorceress Shadowsinger Other series by this author: The Imager Portfolio The Saga of Recluce The Corean Chronicles The Ghost Books The Ecolitan Matter At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : S. L. Farrell
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2004-01-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101099278

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Holder of Lightning by S. L. Farrell Pdf

It had been so many generations since the mage-lights were last seen that they'd become the stuff of legend. But for seventeen-year-old Jenna Aoire legend became reality one night on Knobtop Hill when she found the stone--not much more than a large pebble yet there was something about it that drew her. And then the mage-lights filled the sky, bringing trouble and magic with them that would irrevocably alter Jenna's life.

Author : Betty Adams
Publisher : AuthorBettyAdams
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Dying Embers by Betty Adams Pdf

Seeing things that no one else can is more than enough of a burden for anyone. Drake McCarty however, finds himself thrust into the position of liaison to an alien race at the tender age of sixteen. Bole and the other exiled Royal Guardsmen are friendly enough, and the work is fascinating. However, Drake is also often required to run dull errands for the large shape shifting aliens. A two story tall glowing blue elk might be something a National Park Ranger can explain away to a frightened tourist, but for anything in a populated area a human representative is needed. Meanwhile the civil war that drove the aliens from their home-world has arrived on Earth and the conflict begins anew. Drake is just learning to cope with the fact that his life is constantly in danger when an alien pod falls from the sky. Within hours of it striking an island in the border waters between Russia and the USA, McCarty is sent to retrieve the debris. He arrives to find international tensions the least of his worries. Inside are three embers, infants of Bole’s species; desperately afraid, injured, and carrying a dangerous contagion. Military medics make two startling discoveries; the embers have imprinted and bound themselves to McCarty, and the disease that they carry is terminal.

Author : Mitch Rosalsky
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Doo-wop (Music)
ISBN : 081084592X

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Encyclopedia of Rhythm and Blues and Doo-Wop Vocal Groups by Mitch Rosalsky Pdf

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on the cities of origin, members, and music of some of the most popular rhythm and blues and doo wop groups.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 914 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Science fiction
ISBN : UCAL:B3231237

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Analog Science Fiction/science Fact by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paul S. Kemp
Publisher : Wizards of the Coast
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780786961825

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Shadow's Witness by Paul S. Kemp Pdf

Erevis Cale The loyal servant of the Uskevren family, has a terrible secret. Now, when a ruthless evil is unleashed on Selgaunt, the butler's ties to the underworld may have put the Uskevren in jeopardy. Erevist must finally prove his loyalty -- to the city and to the Uskevren. He won't get a second chance.

Author : Orson Scott Card
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429966153

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Maps in a Mirror by Orson Scott Card Pdf

Maps in a Mirror brings together nearly all of Orson Scott Card's short fiction written between 1977 and 1990. For those readers who have followed this remarkable talent since the beginning, here are all those amazing stories gathered together in one place, with some extra surprises as well. For the hundreds of thousands who are newly come to Card, here is chance to experience the wonder of a writer so versatile that he can handle everything from traditional narrative poetry to modern experimental fiction with equal ease and grace. The brilliant story-telling of the Alvin Maker books is no accident; the breathless excitement evoked by the Ender books is not a once-in-a-lifetime experience. In this enormous volume are forty-six stories, plus ten long, intensely personal essays, unique to this volume. In them the author reveals some of his reasons and motivations for writing, with a good deal of autobiography into the bargain. "One of the genre's most convincing storytellers. An important volume."--Library Journal At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Di Morrissey
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459622371

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The Songmaster by Di Morrissey Pdf

In Melbourne, a baby girl is found abandoned in the Victorian Art Gallery. She is wrapped in a shawl decorated with a motif that links her to ancient rock paintings in the Kimberley. In Los Angeles, a movie producer's dying daughter is haunted by nightmares after visiting the Kimberley. And it is to the Kimberley that ex-nun Beth Van Horton brings a disparate group of travellers whose lives will be changed forever. The Kimberley - a land that cradles Australia's ancient treasures - is also home to a people whose powerful secrets could unlock the future for modern mankind.

Author : Orson Scott Card
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1991-02-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429965170

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Future on Fire by Orson Scott Card Pdf

A provocative collection of short fiction, edited by one of science fiction's best-known names. Of particular interest in Future on Fire are several stories from the cyberpunk school, as well as Pat Murphy's Nebula award-winning `"Rachel in Love'' and Ursula K. Le Guin's wonderful "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight.'' "Card's selections are excellent and include an interesting range of approaches to science fiction."--School Library Journal At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Ellen B. Basso
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781512819656

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A Musical View of the Universe by Ellen B. Basso Pdf

A Musical View of the Universe is a study of the relationships between spoken myth and musical ritual in a native Brazilian community, the Carib-speaking Kalpalo of the Upper Xingu Basin. The book focuses on the meanings created and expressed through performance of artistic processes in which sound symbols provide a unifying interpretive matrix. Through sound symbols, Kalpalo ideas about types of beings, their relationships, and activities of mind are conceived, represented, and rendered apparent. The book includes the first collection of South American Indian narratives translated directly from the original language from taped performances. Ellen B. Basso's translations take into account the interaction among participants in the storytelling situation and the qualities of narrative performance that result.

Author : Orson Scott Card
Publisher : Tor Science Fiction
Page : 944 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466854796

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Ender's Game Boxed Set II by Orson Scott Card Pdf

Orson Scott Card's classic and worldwide bestselling Ender Quintet series won the Hugo and Nebula awards! Included in this ebook bundle: Ender's Game, Ender in Exile, and Speaker for the Dead Andrew “Ender” Wiggin thinks he is playing computer simulated war games, at Earth’s elite military academy, the Battle School; he is, in fact, engaged in something far more desperate. Ender may be the military genius Earth desperately needs in a war against an inscrutable alien that seeks to destroy all human life. The only way to find out is to throw Ender into ever harsher training, to chip away and find the diamond inside, or destroy him utterly. Ender Wiggin is six years old when it begins. He will grow up fast. Ender’s Game is an international bestseller, read and loved by generations. It has been named one of the top ten science fiction novels of all time. Ender’s story continues in Speaker for the Dead, Orson Scott Card’s award-winning sequel. Ender Wiggin has run far and fast, using the effects of near-light-speed travel to out-live his past and become nearly anonymous. He is now the Speaker for the Dead, the author of The Hive Queen and The Hegemon, and he has come to the planet Lusitania to tell the truth about a man’s life at his graveside. But Lusitania is a very special place, the first planet humans have found that harbors an intelligent life-form, though it is very strange indeed. And Ender has more reason than any other man to seek communication, and peace between humanity and the pequininos. Ender in Exile is the story of Ender’s first voyage from Earth, and his first arrival on a former Formic colony world. in. In the confined world of the colony ship, Ender’s diplomatic and tactical genius are put to the test against an enemy he cannot kill. This novel falls immediately after Ender's Game in chronological sequence, but was written long after Children of the Mind, and the books of the Shadow series. You can read it at any point after Ender's Game At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.