The Best Of The Best Volume 2

Author : Gardner Dozois
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-02-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429916066

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The Best of the Best, Volume 2 by Gardner Dozois Pdf

For more than twenty years The Year's Best Science Fiction has been recognized as the best collection of short science fiction writing in the universe and an essential resource for every science fiction fan. In 2005 the original Best of the Best collected the finest short stories from that series and became a benchmark in the SF field. Now, for the first time ever, Hugo Award-winning editor Gardner Dozios sifts through hundreds of stories and dozens of authors who have gone on to become some of the most esteemed practitioners of the form, to bring readers the ultimate anthology of short science fiction novels from his legendary series. Included are such notable short novels as: Sailing to Byzantium by Robert Silverberg In the fiftieth century, people of Earth are able to create entire cities on a whim, including those of mythology and legend. When twentieth-century traveler Charles Philip accidentally lands in this aberrant time period, he is simultaneously obsessed with discovering more about this alluring world and getting back home. But in a world made entirely of man's creation, things are not always as they seem on the surface. Forgiveness Day by Ursula K. Le Guin Le Guin returns to her Hainish-settled interstellar community, the Edumen, to tell the tale of two star-crossed lovers who are literally worlds apart in this story of politics, violence, religion, and cultural disparity. Turquoise Days by Alastair Reynolds On a sea-wold planet covered with idyllic tropical oceans, peace seems pervasive. Beneath the placid water lurks an ominous force that has the potential to destroy all tranquility. Contributors include: Greg Egan; Joe Haldeman; James Patrick Kelly; Nancy Kress; Ursula K. Le Guin; Ian R. MacLeod; Ian McDonald; Maureen F. McHugh; Frederick Pohl; Alastair Reynolds; Robert Silverberg; Michael Swanwick; Walter Jon Williams With work spanning two decades, The Best of the Best, Volume 2 stands as the ultimate anthology of short science fiction novels ever published in the world.

Author : The Editors of Best of Bridge
Publisher : Robert Rose
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-22
Category : Canadian nonfiction
ISBN : 0778802078

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The Best of the Best and More, Volume 1 by The Editors of Best of Bridge Pdf

Author : Ellen Datlow
Publisher : Start Publishing LLC
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781597802499

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The Best Horror of the Year by Ellen Datlow Pdf

Celebrities take refuge in a white-walled mansion as plague and fever sweep into Cannes; a killer finds that the living dead have no appetite for him; a television presenter stumbles upon the chilling connection between a forgotten animal act and the Whitechapel Murders; a nude man unexpectedly appears in the backgrounds of film after film; mysterious lights menace the crew of a small plane; a little girl awakens to discover her nightlight--and more--missing; two sisters hunt vampire dogs in the wild hills of Fiji; lovers get more than they bargained for in a decadent discotheque; a college professor holds a classroom mesmerized as he vivisects Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death"... What frightens us, what unnerves us? What causes that delicious shiver of fear to travel the lengths of our spines? It seems the answer changes every year. Every year the bar is raised; the screw is tightened. Ellen Datlow knows what scares us; the seventeen stories included in this anthology were chosen from magazines, webzines, anthologies, literary journals, and single author collections to represent the best horror of the year. Legendary editor Ellen Datlow (Poe: New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe), winner of multiple Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards, joins Night Shade Books in presenting The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Two.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781442933453

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The Best American Humorous Short Stories (Volume 2 of 2) (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition) by Anonim Pdf

Author : August Nemo,Mary Shelley,D. H. Lawrence,Ellis Parker Butler,Anthony Trollope,Zona Gale,Emma Orczy,Don Marquis,Charles W. Chesnutt,Kathleen Norris,Stanley G. Weinbaum,Honoré de Balzac,M. R. James,Banjo Paterson,Bret Harte,Henry Lawson,W. W. Jacobs,Charlotte M. Yonge,Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,L. Frank Baum,O. Henry,William Dean Howells,T. S. Arthur,Sherwood Anderson,Robert Barr,Lafcadio Hearn,Giovanni Verga,Hamlin Garland,Émile Zola,Stewart Edward White,Sarah Orne Jewett,Willa Cather,George Ade,Robert W. Chambers,Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson,Ruth McEnery Stuart,Lord Dunsany,George Gissing,Théophile Gautier,Paul Heyse,Selma Lagerlöf,Thomas Burke,Edith Nesbit,Arthur Morrison,Saki (H.H. Munro),Stacy Aumonier,John Galsworthy,Ernest Bramah
Publisher : Tacet Books
Page : 4780 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-10
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9783968587172

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Best Short Stories Omnibus - Volume 2 by August Nemo,Mary Shelley,D. H. Lawrence,Ellis Parker Butler,Anthony Trollope,Zona Gale,Emma Orczy,Don Marquis,Charles W. Chesnutt,Kathleen Norris,Stanley G. Weinbaum,Honoré de Balzac,M. R. James,Banjo Paterson,Bret Harte,Henry Lawson,W. W. Jacobs,Charlotte M. Yonge,Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,L. Frank Baum,O. Henry,William Dean Howells,T. S. Arthur,Sherwood Anderson,Robert Barr,Lafcadio Hearn,Giovanni Verga,Hamlin Garland,Émile Zola,Stewart Edward White,Sarah Orne Jewett,Willa Cather,George Ade,Robert W. Chambers,Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson,Ruth McEnery Stuart,Lord Dunsany,George Gissing,Théophile Gautier,Paul Heyse,Selma Lagerlöf,Thomas Burke,Edith Nesbit,Arthur Morrison,Saki (H.H. Munro),Stacy Aumonier,John Galsworthy,Ernest Bramah Pdf

This book contains 350 short stories from 50 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. Wisely chosen by the literary critic August Nemo for the book series 7 Best Short Stories, this omnibus contains the stories of the following writers: - Mary Shelley - D. H. Lawrence - Ellis Parker Butler - Anthony Trollope - Zona Gale - Emma Orczy - Don Marquis - Charles W. Chesnutt - Kathleen Norris - Stanley G. Weinbaum - Honoré de Balzac - M. R. James - Banjo Paterson - Bret Harte - Henry Lawson - W. W. Jacobs - Charlotte M. Yonge - Mary E. Wilkins Freeman - L. Frank Baum - O. Henry - William Dean Howells - T. S. Arthur - Sherwood Anderson - Robert Barr - Lafcadio Hearn - Giovanni Verga - Hamlin Garland - Émile Zola - Stewart Edward White - Sarah Orne Jewett - Willa Cather - George Ade - Robert W. Chambers - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson - Ruth McEnery Stuart - Lord Dunsany - George Gissing - Théophile Gautier - Paul Heyse - Selma Lagerlöf - Thomas Burke - Edith Nesbit - Arthur Morrison - Stacy Aumonier - John Galsworthy - E. W. Hornung - Ernest Bramah

Author : Nathaniel Hawthorne,Virginia Woolf,Henry James,Mark Twain,Guy de Maupassant,Charlotte Perkins,Elizabeth Gaskell,Herman Melville,Katherine Mansfield,Jack London
Publisher : Tacet Books
Page : 1632 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788577770236

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Big Book of Best Short Stories: Volume 2 by Nathaniel Hawthorne,Virginia Woolf,Henry James,Mark Twain,Guy de Maupassant,Charlotte Perkins,Elizabeth Gaskell,Herman Melville,Katherine Mansfield,Jack London Pdf

This book contains 70 short stories from 10 classic, prize-winning and noteworthy authors. The stories were carefully selected by the critic August Nemo, in a collection that will please the literature lovers. For more exciting titles, be sure to check out our 7 Best Short Stories and Essential Novelists collections. This book contains: - Nathaniel Hawthorne:Endicott and the Red Cross Young Goodman Brown Ethan Brand My Kinsman, Major Molineux Earth's Holocaust The Gray Champion The Minister's Black Veil - Virginia Woolf:A Haunted House Kew Gardens An Unwritten Novel Solid Objects The Mark on the Wall Mrs. Dalloway in the Bond Street The Lady in the Looking Glass - Henry James:The Beast ih the Jungle The Figure in the Carpet Paste The Romance of Certain Old Clothes The Story of a Year The Altar of the Dead Married Son - Mark Twain:About Barbers A Dog's Tale A Ghost Story A Monument to Adam Eve's Diary Extracts from Adam's Diary The Stolen White Elephant - Guy de Maupassant:The Necklace Mademoiselle Fifi Miss Harriet My Uncle Jules Boule de Suif The Wreck The Hand - Charlotte Perkins:When I Was a Witch The Yellow Wallpaper If I were a man The Giant Wistaria The Boys And The Butter! The Cottagette A Middle Sized Artist - Elizabeth Gaskell:The Old Nurse Story The Poor Clare Lois The Witch The Grey Woman Curious If True Six Weeks At Heppenheim Disappearances - Herman Melville:Bartleby, the Scrivener Benito Cereno The Encantadas The Chase Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! I and My Chimney The Lightning-Rod Man - Katherine Mansfield:The Garden Party The Daughters of the Late Colonel Bliss Prelude At the bay Je ne parle pas francais How Pearl Button was Kidnapped - Jack London:The Law of Life To Build a Fire That Spot All Gold Canyon An Odyssey of the North A Piece of Steak Lost Face

Author : Mark Lewisohn
Publisher : Crown
Page : 970 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101903292

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Tune In by Mark Lewisohn Pdf

Now in paperback, Tune In is the New York Times bestseller by the world’s leading Beatles authority – the first volume in a groundbreaking trilogy about the band that revolutionized music. The Beatles have been in our lives for half a century and surely always will be. Still, somehow, their music excites, their influence resonates, their fame sustains. New generations find and love them, and while many other great artists come and go, the Beatles are beyond eclipse. So . . . who really were these people, and just how did it all happen? 'The Beatles story' is everywhere. Told wrong from early on, rehashed in every possible way and routinely robbed of its context, this is a phenomenon in urgent need of a bright new approach. In his series All These Years, Mark Lewisohn – the world-recognized Beatles historian – presses the Refresh button to relate the entire story as it’s never been told or known before. Here is a full and accurate biography at last. It is certain to become the lasting word. Tune In is book one of three, exploring and explaining a period that is by very definition lesser-known: the formative pre-fame years, the teenage years, the Liverpool and Hamburg years – in many ways the most absorbing and incredible period of them all. The Beatles come together here in all their originality, attitude, style, speed, charisma, appeal, daring and honesty, the tools with which they’re about to reshape the world. It’s the Beatles in their own time, an amazing story of the ultimate rock band, a focused and colorful telling that builds and builds to leave four sharp lads from Liverpool on the very brink of a whole new kind of fame. Using impeccable research and resources, Tune In is a magisterial work, an independent biography that combines energy, clarity, objectivity, authority and insight. The text is anti-myth, tight and commanding – just like the Beatles themselves. Here is the Beatles story as it really was. Throw away what you think you know and start afresh.

Author : Steven Savage
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781458369741

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Inhuman Resources: Steven Savage’s Best of Fan To Pro, Volume 2 by Steven Savage Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Lorenz Publishing Company
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2006-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 0893282324

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Mark Hayes: Hymns for the Intermediate Pianist: Hymn Settings That Touch the Soul by Anonim Pdf

Level 2 "I love Mark Hayes piano arrangements, but they are just too difficult for me to play in public." If you have thought or even uttered that sentiment, Mark Hayes has a wonderful gift for you! The artistry, the emotion, the stylistic variety and musical interest--all are present in this, the first volume of an exciting new series that's been created with the intermediate skills of an emerging pianist firmly in mind. The listeners will both enjoy and be inspired by the unmistakable Mark Hayes touch, and only you will know or appreciate these carefully crafted easier arrangements for their modest technical demands. Now you can say, "I can't wait for the next volume of Mark Hayes hymn arrangements to share with my congregation," and have confidence that indeed, you will be able to do just that! (Durations are included for all selections.)

Author : Jonathan Strahan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781534449640

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The Year's Best Science Fiction Vol. 2 by Jonathan Strahan Pdf

The most celebrated science fiction short story editor of our time, multi-award-winning editor and Locus Magazine critic Jonathan Strahan presents the definitive collection of best short science fiction of 2020. With short works from some of the most lauded science fiction authors, as well as rising stars, this science fiction collection displays the top talent and cutting-edge cultural moments that affect our lives, dreams, and stories. These brilliant authors examine the way we live now, our hopes, and struggles, all through the lens of the future. An assemblage of future classics, this star-studded anthology is a must-read for anyone who enjoys the vast and exciting world of science fiction.

Author : Archie Superstars
Publisher : Archie Comic Publications (Trade)
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781682559390

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The Best of Archie Comics Book 2 Deluxe Edition by Archie Superstars Pdf

This beautifully remastered version of the best-selling THE BEST OF ARCHIE COMICS BOOK 2 is jam-packed with over 400 pages of the funniest and most iconic Archie stories of the past 70 years, lovingly hand-selected by Archie creators, editors, and historians from 200,000 pages of material. This edition includes a full book redesign, additional decade by decade content and newly remastered art and coloring on selected stories. Designed to be enjoyed by both kids and adults together, THE BEST OF ARCHIE COMICS BOOK 2 DELUXE EDITION includes a decade by decade overview of Archie Comics in pop culture and introductions to each story by celebrities, Archie artists, writers, staff, and editors sharing why these beloved stories have become such an integral part of the American entertainment landscape.

Author : Reader's Digest
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781621455639

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Best of Reader's Digest Vol 2 by Reader's Digest Pdf

This collection showcases over 40 timeless stories that make you feel deeply and stick with you, along with cartoons, jokes, and readers' warm and funny true anecdotes. From everyday heroes to larger-than-life characters, small moments to historic events, the unforgettable stories in Reader's Digest come alive as never before in this keepsake book. Our editors have combed the archives for the narratives that thrill your senses, warm your heart, lift your spirits and leave you amazed or simply grateful for your connection with fellow humans, including: *Pilot Down: The Rescue of Scott O'Grandy--An Air Force captain policing a NATO "No Fly Zone" is struck by a missile and must use his ejection seat and parachute down into enemy territory. *The Pig That Changed My Life--The author agrees to take in what he's told is a mini pig. At first he hides the pig in his office, but his partner finds out and is upset. Nevertheless, they keep the pig and call it Esther. Esther grows up to be 650 pounds, sleeps with them along with 2 cats and 2 dogs, and wins the whole family over with her antics. The humans become vegan. *To My Daughter on Acquiring Her First Car--This is a lovely letter written by a father to his daughter as he gets her a car. It is a fond but serious plea that she not take lightly the responsibility of working this machine, that her and many others’ lives depend on her good judgement and care.

Author : Lee Gutkind
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-08-03
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0393078469

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The Best Creative Nonfiction by Lee Gutkind Pdf

“Intelligent but accessible, and often poignant . . . [by] the biggest talents on the essay and blog beat.” —Publishers Weekly (on Vol. 2) Anyone still asking, “What is creative nonfiction?” will find the answer in this collection of artfully crafted, true stories. Selected by Lee Gutkind, the “godfather behind creative nonfiction,” and the staff of Creative Nonfiction, these stories—ranging from immersion journalism to intensely personal essays—illustrate the genre’s power and potential. Edwidge Danticat recalls her Uncle Moise’s love of a certain four-letter word and finds in his abandonment of the word near the end of his life the true meaning of exile. In “Literary Murder,” Julianna Baggott traces her roots as a novelist to her family’s “strange, desperate (sometimes conniving and glorious) past” and writes about her decision, in The Madam, to kill off a character based on her grandfather. And Sean Rowe explains why, if you must get arrested, Selma, Alabama, is the place to do it. This exciting and expansive array of works and voices is sure to impress and delight.

Author : Gérard Favier
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781786301550

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Matrix and Tensor Decompositions in Signal Processing, Volume 2 by Gérard Favier Pdf

The second volume will deal with a presentation of the main matrix and tensor decompositions and their properties of uniqueness, as well as very useful tensor networks for the analysis of massive data. Parametric estimation algorithms will be presented for the identification of the main tensor decompositions. After a brief historical review of the compressed sampling methods, an overview of the main methods of retrieving matrices and tensors with missing data will be performed under the low rank hypothesis. Illustrative examples will be provided.

Author : Robert E. Howard
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345502506

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The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 2 by Robert E. Howard Pdf

“[Behind Howard’s stories] lurks a dark poetry and the timeless truth of dreams.” –Robert Bloch “Howard’s writing seems so highly charged with energy that it nearly gives off sparks.” –Stephen King The classic pulp magazines of the early twentieth century are long gone, but their action-packed tales live on through the work of legendary storyteller Robert E. Howard. From his fecund imagination sprang an army of larger-than-life heroes–including the iconic Conan the Cimmerian, King Kull of Atlantis, Solomon Kane, and Bran Mak Morn–as well as adventures that would define a genre for generations. Now comes the second volume of this author’s breathtaking short fiction, which runs the gamut from sword and sorcery, historical epic, and seafaring pirate adventure to two-fisted crime and intrigue, ghoulish horror, and rip-roaring western. Kull reigns supreme in “By This Axe I Rule!” and “The Mirrors of Tuzan Thune”; Conan conquers in one of his most popular exploits, “The Tower of the Elephant”; Solomon Kane battles demons deep in Africa in “Wings in the Night”; and itinerant boxer Steve Costigan puts up his dukes of steel inside and outside the ring in “The Bulldog Breed.” In between, warrior kings, daring knights, sinister masterminds, grizzled frontiersmen–even Howard’s stunning heroine, Red Sonya–tear up the pages in stories built to thrill by their masterly creator. And in such epic poems as “Echoes from an Anvil,” “Black Harps in the Hills,” and “The Grim Land,” the author blends his classic characters and visceral imagery with a lyricism as haunting as traditional folk balladry. Lavishly illustrated by Jim and Ruth Keegan, here is a Robert E. Howard collection as indispensable as it is unforgettable. “Howard had a gritty, vibrant style–broadsword writing that cut its way to the heart, with heroes who are truly larger than life.” –David Gemmell “For stark, living fear . . . What other writer is even in the running with Robert E. Howard?” –H. P. Lovecraft