Author : Olaf Stapledon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:312735062
Last and First Men
Olaf Stapledon
The Last And The First
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The Last and the First
Nina Berberova
Author : Nina Berberova
Publisher : Pushkin Collection
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781782276975
The Last and the First by Nina Berberova Pdf
The first English translation of celebrated Russian writer Nina Berberova’s debut novel: an intense story of family conflict and the struggle over the future of émigré life On a crisp September morning, trouble comes to the Gorbatovs' farm. Having fled the ruins of the Russian Revolution, they have endured crushing labour to set up a small farm in Provence. For young Ilya Stepanovich, this is to be the future of Russian life in France; for some of his Paris-dwelling countrymen, it is a betrayal of roots, culture and the path back to the motherland. Now, with the arrival of a letter from the capital and a figure from the family's past, their fragile stability is threatened by a plot to lure Ilya's step-brother Vasya back to Russia. In prose of masterful poise and restraint, Nina Berberova dramatises the passionate internal struggles of a generation of Russian émigrés. Translated into English for the first time by the acclaimed Marian Schwartz, The Last and the First marks a unique contribution to Russian literature.
The First and The Last
Adolf Galland
Author : Adolf Galland
Publisher : Reading Essentials
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9783965448476
The First and The Last by Adolf Galland Pdf
A fearless leader with 104 victories to his name, Galland was a legendary hero in Germany's Luftwaffe. Now he offers an insider's look at the division's triumphs in Poland and France and the last desperate battle to save the Reich. "The clearest picture yet of how the Germans lost their war in the air."--Time.
Last and First Men (Sci-Fi Novel)
Olaf Stapledon
Author : Olaf Stapledon
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066380335
Last and First Men (Sci-Fi Novel) by Olaf Stapledon Pdf
Last and First Men is a "future history" science fiction novel, describing the history of humanity from the present onwards across two billion years and eighteen distinct human species, of which our own is the first. Conception of history follows a repetitive cycle with many varied civilizations rising from and descending back into savagery over millions of years, as the later civilizations rise to far greater heights than the first. It is an early example of the fictional supermind; a consciousness composed of many telepathically linked individuals.
Very Last First Time
Jan Andrews
Author : Jan Andrews
Publisher : New York : Aladdin Paperbacks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Canada, Northern
ISBN : 0689819609
Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews Pdf
Eva, an Inuit girl, gathers mussels from underneath the ice for the very first time.
The Last First Day
Carrie Brown
Author : Carrie Brown
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345803184
The Last First Day by Carrie Brown Pdf
Ruth and Peter have been married more than fifty years. He is the headmaster of the Derry School, a boys’ boarding school in Maine; she has spent the four decades of her husband's tenure helping out wherever she is needed. But Peter’s retirement is approaching, and Ruth wonders what will become of them when it finally arrives. How will they survive separated from the school into which they have poured everything, including their savings? As the story takes us back through the years, revealing the explosive spark and joy that brought Ruth and Peter together in their youth, The Last First Day becomes a deeply felt portrait of a woman from a generation that quietly put individual dreams aside for the good of the partnership, and of the ongoing gift of loving and being loved in return.
The Gospel According to Matthew
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Canongate U.S.
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 0802136168
The Gospel According to Matthew by Anonim Pdf
The publication of the King James version of the Bible, translated between 1603 and 1611, coincided with an extraordinary flowering of English literature and is universally acknowledged as the greatest influence on English-language literature in history. Now, world-class literary writers introduce the book of the King James Bible in a series of beautifully designed, small-format volumes. The introducers' passionate, provocative, and personal engagements with the spirituality and the language of the text make the Bible come alive as a stunning work of literature and remind us of its overwhelming contemporary relevance.
Revelation
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780857861016
Revelation by Anonim Pdf
The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.
The Last Human
Zack Jordan
Author : Zack Jordan
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-03-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780451499837
The Last Human by Zack Jordan Pdf
The last human in the universe must battle unfathomable alien intelligences—and confront the truth about humanity—in this ambitious, galaxy-spanning debut “A good old-fashioned space opera in a thoroughly fresh package.”—Andy Weir, author of The Martian “Big ideas and believable science amid a roller-coaster ride of aliens, AI, superintelligence, and the future of humanity.”—Dennis E. Taylor, author of We Are Legion Most days, Sarya doesn’t feel like the most terrifying creature in the galaxy. Most days, she’s got other things on her mind. Like hiding her identity among the hundreds of alien species roaming the corridors of Watertower Station. Or making sure her adoptive mother doesn’t casually eviscerate one of their neighbors. Again. And most days, she can almost accept that she’ll never know the truth—that she’ll never know why humanity was deemed too dangerous to exist. Or whether she really is—impossibly—the lone survivor of a species destroyed a millennium ago. That is, until an encounter with a bounty hunter and a miles-long kinetic projectile leaves her life and her perspective shattered. Thrown into the universe at the helm of a stolen ship—with the dubious assistance of a rebellious spacesuit, an android death enthusiast on his sixtieth lifetime, and a ball of fluff with an IQ in the thousands—Sarya begins to uncover an impossible truth. What if humanity’s death and her own existence are simply two moves in a demented cosmic game, one played out by vast alien intellects? Stranger still, what if these mad gods are offering Sarya a seat at their table—and a second chance for humanity? The Last Human is a sneakily brilliant, gleefully oddball space-opera debut—a masterful play on perspective, intelligence, and free will, wrapped in a rollicking journey through a strange and crowded galaxy.
The First and the Last
George Sumner
Author : George Sumner
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802863348
The First and the Last by George Sumner Pdf
As Christians become more engaged with the reality of religious pluralism, many find themselves torn between two worthy goals - to be faithful to the lordship of Jesus Christ and to be open generously to possible truths found in other religions. In The First and the Last George Sumner offers a constructive way forward, showing how Christian theology can bring these two goals together. At stake in the current debate over religious pluralism is the issue not only of evangelism and mission but also of the Christian claim to the uniqueness of Jesus Christ. Sumner leads readers through the challenges and possibilities raised by this debate, and he outlines a distinctive new method for assessing from a Christian standpoint the claims and practices of neighboring faiths. The crux of Sumner's approach is what he calls "final primacy," a position that (1) sets non-Christian religions in relation to the unique mediating role of Jesus Christ and (2) relates the truth claims of other religions to the overall scheme of grace. Sumner goes on to demonstrate the effectiveness of this position in practical terms, using final primacy as a frame of reference for a number of twentieth-century theologies - namely, those of Barth, Rahner, and Pannenberg - and as a way of examining both Indian and African theologies against their respective backgrounds of Hinduism and tribal practices. Additionally, the book serves as an excellent introduction to the history of interfaith thought: Sumner both surveys how religious pluralism has been handled in the past and illustrates how the position of final primacy at once redefines and promotes its most pressing issue - interreligious dialogue. A provocative approach to religious pluralism sure to stir widespread discussion, The First and the Last provides valuable reading for anyone interested in theology, interfaith dialogue, and missions.
The First Part Last
Angela Johnson
Author : Angela Johnson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-11
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781439106587
The First Part Last by Angela Johnson Pdf
Bobby's a classic urban teenager. He's restless. He's impulsive. But the thing that makes him different is this: He's going to be a father. His girlfriend, Nia, is pregnant, and their lives are about to change forever. Instead of spending time with friends, they'll be spending time with doctors, and next, diapers. They have options: keeping the baby, adoption. They want to do the right thing. If only it was clear what the right thing was.
Star Maker
Olaf Stapledon
Author : Olaf Stapledon
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066387174
Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon Pdf
A human narrator from England is transported out of his body via unexplained means. He realizes he is able to explore space and other planets. After exploring a civilization on another planet in our galaxy at a level of development similar to our own that existed millions of years ago thousands of light years from Earth (the "Other Earth") in some detail, his mind merges with that of one of its inhabitants, and as they travel together, they are joined by still more minds or group-minds. This snowballing process is paralleled by the expansion of the book's scale, describing more and more planets in less and less detail. The disembodied travelers encounter many ideas that are interesting from both science-fictional and philosophical points of view. Star Maker tackles philosophical themes such as the essence of life, of birth, decay and death, and the relationship between creation and creator. A pervading theme is that of progressive unity within and between different civilizations.
The First Last Day
Dorian Cirrone
Author : Dorian Cirrone
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781481458139
The First Last Day by Dorian Cirrone Pdf
Eleven-year-old Haleigh and her best friend, Kevin, must find the source of a mysterious set of paints she found and learn the secret of a time loop before it is too late.
The First 7
Laura Pohl
Author : Laura Pohl
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781492673477
The First 7 by Laura Pohl Pdf
"The First 7 is an imaginative, sophisticated science fiction trip for young adults." —Foreword In this thrilling conclusion to The Last 8 duology, the Last Teenagers on Earth return to their now-hostile planet to respond to a distress signal—but who—or what—is waiting for them there? Clover Martinez and the Last Teenagers on Earth are busy exploring the galaxy after leaving earth behind...even if they can't help but be a little homesick. So when their ship receives a distress signal from their former planet, they hope against hope that it means other survivors. But as soon as they arrive, they realize something's deeply wrong: strange crystal formations have popped up everywhere and there's some sort of barrier keeping them from leaving. Seeking the origin of the formations and the reason for the barrier, the group discovers a colony of survivors hidden in the mountains. But the survivors aren't who they seem... The First 7 is perfect for readers looking for: LGBT YA books gay and lesbian scifi Latinx teen books heart-pounding young adult survival stories relatable, funny, diverse characters Praise for The Last 8: "The Walking Dead meets Alien in this expertly plotted debut. Teens will want to follow Clover on her next adventure!" — Zoraida Cordova, author of the Brooklyn Brujas series "The Last 8 is diverse and immersive science fiction...With its powerful world building and emotional twists, The Last 8 is a beautifully fresh take on the idea of an alien apocalypse." — Foreword Reviews "A sci-fi romp with ample intergalactic twists to keep readers satisfied." — Kirkus Reviews "This debut is, at times, both joyful and heartbreaking ... Pohl's characters are tough, funny, and brave as they manage to persevere despite the debilitating weight of grief." — Booklist
Last Shot: Mystery at the Final Four (The Sports Beat, 1)
John Feinstein
Author : John Feinstein
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2006-06-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780553494600
Last Shot: Mystery at the Final Four (The Sports Beat, 1) by John Feinstein Pdf
New York Times bestselling sportswriter John Feinstein exposes the real “March Madness”—behind the scenes at the Final Four basketball tournament. When Stevie wins a writing contest for aspiring sports journalists, his prize is a press pass to the Final Four in New Orleans. While exploring the Superdome, he overhears a plot to throw the championship game. With the help of fellow contest winner Susan Carol, Stevie has just 48 hours to figure out who is blackmailing one of the star players . . . and why. John Feinstein has been praised as “the best writer of sports books in America today” (The Boston Globe), and he proves it again in this fast-paced novel. “A page-turning thriller and a basketball junkie’s bonanza.” —USA Today