The Day Before Doomsday

Author : Connie Willis
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1993-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553562736

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Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Pdf

Connie Willis draws upon her understanding of the universalities of human nature to explore the ageless issues of evil, suffering, and the indomitable will of the human spirit. “A tour de force.”—The New York Times Book Review For Kivrin, preparing to travel back in time to study one of the deadliest eras in humanity’s history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseases of the fourteenth century and inventing an alibi for a woman traveling alone. For her instructors in the twenty-first century, it meant painstaking calculations and careful monitoring of the rendezvous location where Kivrin would be received. But a crisis strangely linking past and future strands Kivrin in a bygone age as her fellows try desperately to rescue her. In a time of superstition and fear, Kivrin—barely of age herself—finds she has become an unlikely angel of hope during one of history’s darkest hours.

Author : Sidney Lens
Publisher : Beacon Press (MA)
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Nuclear disarmament
ISBN : 080700491X

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The Day Before Doomsday by Sidney Lens Pdf

Author : Sidney Lens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015002220336

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SCOTT (copy 1): from the John Holmes Library collection.

Author : Emily Brewes
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459747029

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The Doomsday Book of Fairy Tales by Emily Brewes Pdf

An astounding tale of a dangerous quest, a talking dog, and fragmented fairy tales in an eerie post-climate collapse future. A long time ago, the Vanderchucks fled the growing climate disaster and followed their neighbours into the Underground. Jesse Vanderchuck thought it was the end. Of the world. Of life. Eventually, Jesse’s little sister, Olivia, ran away and Jesse started picking through trash heaps in Toronto’s abandoned subway tunnels. Day in, day out. Now, years later, Jesse meets a talking dog. Fighting illness and the hostile world aboveground, Jesse and Doggo embark on a fool’s errand to find Olivia — or die trying. Along the way, Jesse spins a series of fairy tales from threads of memories, weaving together the past, present, and future into stories of brave girls, of cunning lads, of love in the face of wickedness, and of hope in the midst of despair.

Author : Reagren Wright
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2002-04-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595223404

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A Kiss Before Doomsday by Reagren Wright Pdf

Welcome to the Dark World. For ten thousand years immortal monsters called Daimons have inhabited the Earth. Now at the dawn of the 21st century, they are all but extinct, and when that happens, it will the signal the beginning of Armageddon. Their only hope in diverting their future and the reality of the modern world is to convince two teenage lovers to join forces with them. Opposing them are agents of an ancient evil who will do anything to gain the couples' favor for their own sinister desires. Whom will the lovers ally themselves too, or will they simply allow everything on Earth to die by their own hands.

Author : Poul Anderson
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504024440

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After Doomsday by Poul Anderson Pdf

The only survivors of an annihilated human race must find one another somewhere in the cosmos and unite to destroy the alien aggressors who obliterated the Earth in this classic science fiction adventure After a three-year mission, the American starship Benjamin Franklin and its all-male crew have returned to Earth, only to discover the planet is dead, a blackened shell devoid of life. It is clear that one of a trio of alien species engineered the holocaust, but which? When the captain of the Franklin falters, engineer Carl Donnan is forced to take command of the ship. The future of what remains of the human race is in his hands. Donnan’s first priority is to escape with his crewmates; the second is to find out if there are other human survivors somewhere among the stars—unbeknownst to Donnan and the three hundred men now under his charge, the female crew of the Europa also survived the genocide—and the third is to seek vengeance, for the alien annihilators will not rest until their task is completed. If the last men and women in the galaxy do not identify and destroy their enemy, there will be no place in the universe to hide. The winner of three Nebulas, seven Hugos, and numerous other awards over the course of his illustrious career, science fiction Grand Master Poul Anderson has written a magnificent adventure of courage and survival in the wake of the unthinkable, demonstrating once again why he is considered one of the brightest literary lights to shine during the Golden Age of Asimov, Heinlein, and Bradbury.

Author : Connie Willis
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307573421

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Fire Watch by Connie Willis Pdf

Winner of six Nebula and five Hugo awards, Connie Willis is one of the most acclaimed and imaginative authors of our time. Her startling and powerful works have redefined the boundaries of contemporary science fiction. Here in one volume are twelve of her greatest stories, including double award-winner "Fire Watch," set in the universe of Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog, in which a time-traveling student learns one of history's hardest lessons. In "A Letter from the Clearys," a routine message from distant friends shatters the fragile world of a beleaguered family. In "The Sidon in the Mirror," a mutant with the unconscious urge to become other people finds himself becoming both killer and victim. Disturbing, revealing, and provocative, this remarkable collection of short fiction brings together some of the best work of an incomparable writer whose ability to amaze, confound, and enlighten never fails.

Author : Lori Handeland
Publisher : Lori Handeland
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780990596455

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Any Given Doomsday by Lori Handeland Pdf

Preventing the Apocalypse, one demon at a time . . . Elizabeth Phoenix, Liz to my friends, just an ex-cop whose psychic abilities got her partner killed. Next thing I know, I’m fighting a supernatural battle against the Nephilim, monsters of Biblical proportion, intent on bringing about doomsday. If only I didn’t have to work with the one, the only man I’ve ever loved, half-vampire Jimmy Sanducci. That relationship did not end well and I haven’t forgotten, or forgiven, him yet. With new powers I’m unable to control, I’m forced to beg help from Sawyer, a powerful Navajo shapeshifter, a man who is sex in every form. As we spiral toward Armageddon, I’m caught between two worlds and two men. Will I succeed in saving us all, or will the world as we know it end?

Author : David Day
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015007501086

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The Doomsday Book of Animals by David Day Pdf

Author : Trevor Davis Lipscombe,Trevor Lipscombe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780198852650

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Quick(er) Calculations by Trevor Davis Lipscombe,Trevor Lipscombe Pdf

Finalist of the 2022 PROSE Awards How fast can you calculate? Would you like to be faster? This book presents the time honored tricks and tips of calculation, from a fresh perspective, to boost the speed at which you can add -- whether a couple of numbers, or columns so long an accountant may faint. Find out how to subtract, multiply, divide, and find square roots more quickly. What's more, this book gives suggestions for how to find answers that are good enough for tricky tasks like dividing by 17. It includes brand new ways to multiply and divide irrational numbers such as pi, e, the square root of 2, and the golden ratio. It has sections devoted to ancient mathematics, and the techniques we can borrow from previous and other cultures, in order to calculate more quickly. Examples, some serious, some fun, come from everyday life or from history -- like hot dog eating competitions, the Vatican's cricket team, the molecular weight of the molecule with the world's longest name, and the amount of people taken by Henry VIII to arguably history's biggest party, the Field of the Cloth of Gold. In an age of timed multiple-choice questions, the swifter you can sum, or rule out wrong answers, the better you will do. If you love to play with numbers, this book will be recreational reading. And if you ever wonder whether simple arithmetic problems can crop up in everyday life, this book provides a fresh perspective.

Author : William W. Heist
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Apocalyptic literature
ISBN : UOM:39015010721762

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The Fifteen Signs Before Doomsday by William W. Heist Pdf

Author : Daniel Ellsberg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781608196746

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The Doomsday Machine by Daniel Ellsberg Pdf

Shortlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist for The California Book Award in Nonfiction The San Francisco Chronicle's Best of the Year List Foreign Affairs Best Books of the Year In These Times “Best Books of the Year" Huffington Post's Ten Excellent December Books List LitHub's “Five Books Making News This Week” From the legendary whistle-blower who revealed the Pentagon Papers, an eyewitness exposé of the dangers of America's Top Secret, seventy-year-long nuclear policy that continues to this day. Here, for the first time, former high-level defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg reveals his shocking firsthand account of America's nuclear program in the 1960s. From the remotest air bases in the Pacific Command, where he discovered that the authority to initiate use of nuclear weapons was widely delegated, to the secret plans for general nuclear war under Eisenhower, which, if executed, would cause the near-extinction of humanity, Ellsberg shows that the legacy of this most dangerous arms buildup in the history of civilization--and its proposed renewal under the Trump administration--threatens our very survival. No other insider with high-level access has written so candidly of the nuclear strategy of the late Eisenhower and early Kennedy years, and nothing has fundamentally changed since that era. Framed as a memoir--a chronicle of madness in which Ellsberg acknowledges participating--this gripping exposé reads like a thriller and offers feasible steps we can take to dismantle the existing "doomsday machine" and avoid nuclear catastrophe, returning Ellsberg to his role as whistle-blower. The Doomsday Machine is thus a real-life Dr. Strangelove story and an ultimately hopeful--and powerfully important--book about not just our country, but the future of the world.

Author : Bill D. Moyers
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1590172094

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Welcome to Doomsday by Bill D. Moyers Pdf

This text is an investigation into the coupling of ideology and theology, in particular the intrusion of religion into political life, in America today. It is a passionate call to save the planet from the forces not only of greed and exploitation but from those who associate its destruction with a spiritual apocalypse.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : joseph markell
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Doomsday's Last Revenge by Anonim Pdf

Author : Carmen Carter,David Peter,Michael Jan Friedman,Robert Greenberger,David A. Carter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780671741440

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Doomsday World by Carmen Carter,David Peter,Michael Jan Friedman,Robert Greenberger,David A. Carter Pdf

The planet Kirlos is an artificial world built by a mysterious, long-dead race called the Ariantu. This wondrous sphere holds wealth of undiscovered archaeological treasures, which the U.S.S. Enterprise and its crew are dispatched to uncover.