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The Host
ISBN: 9780316034111 / Angielski / Miękka / 1152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author of the Twilight series of # 1 bestsellers delivers her brilliant first novel for adults: a gripping story of love and betrayal in a future with the fate of humanity at stake.
Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty... The author of the Twilight series of # 1 bestsellers delivers her brilliant first novel for adults: a gripping story of love and betrayal in a ...
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I Wish I Had a Red Dress
ISBN: 9780061710346 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bestselling author Pearl Cleage returns to the site of her Oprah pick novel, What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day, to affirm life's precious wonder once again. Since Joyce Mitchell was widowed five years ago, she's kept herself mercifully busy by running The Sewing Circus, an all-female group she founded to provide badly needed services to single mothers and other young women at risk. But some nights, home alone, she knows something is missing. And if the state legislature cuts off funding, she'll soon not even have The Sewing Circus to fill up her life. Then one night,... Bestselling author Pearl Cleage returns to the site of her Oprah pick novel, What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day, to affirm life's pr... |
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Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
ISBN: 9780765321770 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Frederik Pohl was on a streak when this Hugo Award-finalist novel was published in 1980. Now back in print after an absence of nearly a decade, this unique science fiction novel is as fresh and entertaining as ever. The story begins when the hero of Gateway finances an expedition to a distant alien spaceship that may end famine forever. On the ship, the explorers find a human boy, and evidence that reveals a powerful alien civilization is thriving on a transport ship headed right for Earth.... Frederik Pohl was on a streak when this Hugo Award-finalist novel was published in 1980. Now back in print after an absence of nearly a decade, thi... |
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71,02 |
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The Host
ISBN: 9780316068055 / Angielski / Miękka / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Now in the trade paperback edition:
New Bonus Chapter and Reading Group Guide, including Stephenie Meyer's Annotated Playlist for the book. Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of human hosts while leaving their bodies intact. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, didn't expect to find its former tenant refusing to relinquish possession of her mind. As Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of Jared, a human who still lives in hiding, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she's never... Now in the trade paperback edition:
New Bonus Chapter and Reading Group Guide, including Stephenie Meyer's Annotated Playlist for the book. Me... |
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90,76 |
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First Contact: Or, It's Later Than You Think
ISBN: 9780061749773 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "What a hilarious ride--the ubersurreal meets The Daily Show."
--Tim Dorsey, author of Nuclear Jellyfish In the bestselling and rightfully cult-inspiring tradition of Kurt Vonnegut and Douglas Adams comes First Contact--an hysterically funny satire about Presidential politics and intergalactic misunderstanding. This smart and biting novel by Evan Mandery--an author equally well-versed in the lives of the U.S. presidents, existential philosophy, and the Simpsons--offers much food for intellectual thought along with an all-you-can-eat buffet of laughs,... "What a hilarious ride--the ubersurreal meets The Daily Show."
--Tim Dorsey, author of Nuclear Jellyfish In the bestse... |
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63,13 |
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The Last Theorem
ISBN: 9780345470232 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Ranjit Subramanian, a Sri Lankan with a special gift for numbers, writes a three-page proof of the coveted "Last Theorem," which French mathematician Pierre de Fermat claimed to have discovered (but never recorded) in 1637, Ranjit's achievement is hailed as a work of genius, bringing him fame and fortune. But it also brings him to the attention of the National Security Agency and a shadowy United Nations outfit called Pax per Fidem-or Peace Through Transparency-whose secretive workings belie its name. Suddenly Ranjit-along with his family-finds himself swept up in world-shaking events,...
When Ranjit Subramanian, a Sri Lankan with a special gift for numbers, writes a three-page proof of the coveted "Last Theorem," which French mathemati...
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Adulthood Rites
ISBN: 9780446603782 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Told in the haunting voice of Lilith, the heroine of "Dawn," this book is thestory of Lilith's only son, Akin. Though he resembles a normal human, Akin isthe first "construct"--part man/part alien.
Told in the haunting voice of Lilith, the heroine of "Dawn," this book is thestory of Lilith's only son, Akin. Though he resembles a normal human, Aki...
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Genesis
ISBN: 9780547335926 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A stunning novel that's as rich in ideas as it is in suspense, destined to become a modern classic of post-apocalyptic literature Anax thinks she knows history. Her grueling all-day Examination has just begun, and if she passes, she'll be admitted into the Academy--the elite governing institution of her utopian society. But Anax is about to discover that for all her learning, the history she's been taught isn't the whole story. And the Academy isn't what she believes it to be. In this brilliant novel of dazzling ingenuity, Anax's examination leads us into a future where we... A stunning novel that's as rich in ideas as it is in suspense, destined to become a modern classic of post-apocalyptic literature Ana... |
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67,07 |
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Hylozoic
ISBN: 9780765320759 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Rucker's last novel, Postsingular, the Singularity happened. Life on Earth has been transformed by the awakening of all matter into consciousness and telepathic communication. The most intimate moments of your life can be experienced by anyone who cares to pay attention, or by hundreds of thousands of anyones if you are one of the Founders who helped create the Singularity. The small bunch of Founders, including young newlyweds Thuy, a hypertext novelist, and Jayjay, a gamer and brain-enhancement addict, are living a popular live-action media life. But now alien races that... In Rucker's last novel, Postsingular, the Singularity happened. Life on Earth has been transformed by the awakening of all matter into consc... |
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The Winds of Altair
ISBN: 9780765328311 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Earth is an old planet, and her teeming masses are running out of resources . . . and time. It is up to men such as Jeff Holman to discover a haven for Earth's millions. Altair VI is one such planet, and Holman is determined to transform this world into one where the human race can survive. Star probes had long before informed Earth that Altair VI had a flourishing ecology with one very tough beast at the top of the food chain, a beast that will have to be dealt with before the human colony ships arrive. The beast is not only tough, it is as smart as a man. Holman is faced with... Earth is an old planet, and her teeming masses are running out of resources . . . and time. It is up to men such as Jeff Holman to discover a haven... |
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Star Trek: The Original Series: Burning Dreams
ISBN: 9781451613445 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Before James T. Kirk, another captain stood on the bridge of the "U.S.S. Enterprise(TM), " spearheading its mission of exploration into the uncharted reaches of the galaxy. He was a man driven to perfection, a brooding soul whose haunted eyes reflected the burden of the impossible standards he set for himself, and for whom his longtime science officer, Spock, one day would risk everything. Yet, little is truly known about the enigmatic Christopher Pike, the events that defined him...or the secrets that consumed him.
From the embers of his early childhood among Earth's blossoming... Before James T. Kirk, another captain stood on the bridge of the "U.S.S. Enterprise(TM), " spearheading its mission of exploration into the uncharted ...
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The Waters Rising
ISBN: 9780061958854 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Sheri S. Tepper takes the mental risks that are the lifeblood of science fiction and all imaginative fiction."
--Ursula K. Le Guin, Los Angeles TimesHer first new novel since The Margarets, The Waters Rising marks the glorious return of the extraordinary Sheri S. Tepper, the award-winning contemporary master whom Locus has called, "one of sf's most distinctive voices." The Waters Rising tells a gripping story of a future already ravaged and now in even graver peril when a dreadful, awesome killing power is resurrected from the past. Readers of... "Sheri S. Tepper takes the mental risks that are the lifeblood of science fiction and all imaginative fiction."
--Ursula K. Le Guin, Los Angel... |
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Nebelmond: Unter fremder Sonne
ISBN: 9783839150481 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Taylor M. Harris III. Abenteuerlustiger Milliardar aus New York, und seine langjahrigen Freunde Sheila Armstrong und Mike Iron geraten durch Zufall an eine uralte, mysteriose Karte. Der Versuch, die Geheimnisse dieser Karte zu entratseln, fuhrt sie zunachst in den Himalaya, wo es gilt, ein verborgen gelegenes Tal aufzuspuren. Doch was als Ziel ihrer Expedition gedacht war, entpuppt sich dort erst als Beginn eines unglaublichen Abenteuers, eines Abenteuers 'Unter fremder Sonne' Sci-Fi Roman.
Taylor M. Harris III. Abenteuerlustiger Milliardar aus New York, und seine langjahrigen Freunde Sheila Armstrong und Mike Iron geraten durch Zufall an...
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The Doors Of Infinity
ISBN: 9781419604935 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do we ever question our faith in Science and Technology? What if a new technology arrived that changed everything? How would the world react? Would it look a gift horse in the mouth? The Doors of Infinity probes the impact of an almost magical leap in technology on a world far too trusting. Trust not deserved....
Do we ever question our faith in Science and Technology? What if a new technology arrived that changed everything? How would the world react? Would it...
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The World Jones Made
ISBN: 9780547572659 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Precognition; a world ruled by Relativism; giant alien jellyfish. The World Jones Made is a classic Philip K. Dick mash-up, taking deep philosophical musings and infusing them with wild action.Floyd Jones has always been able to see exactly one year into his future, a gift and curse that began one year before he was even born. As a fortune-teller at a post-apocalyptic carnival, Jones is a powerful force, and may just be able to force society away from its paralyzing Relativism. If, that is, he can avoid the radioactively unstable government hitman on his tail.
Precognition; a world ruled by Relativism; giant alien jellyfish. The World Jones Made is a classic Philip K. Dick mash-up, taking deep philoso...
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The Zap Gun
ISBN: 9780547572710 / Angielski / Miękka / 223 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this biting satire, the Cold War may have ended, but the eastern and western governments never told their citizens. Instead they created an elaborate ruse, wherein each side comes up with increasingly outlandish doomsday weapons--weapons that don't work. But when aliens invade, the top designers of both sides have to come together to make a real doomsday device--if they don't kill each other first.
With its combination of romance, espionage, and alien invasion, The Zap Gun skewers the military-industrial complex in a way that's as relevant today as it was at the height of the... In this biting satire, the Cold War may have ended, but the eastern and western governments never told their citizens. Instead they created an elabora...
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Alien Deceptions: An Erica Jones Alien Hunter Novel
ISBN: 9780983501008 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What would you do if you and you alone knew of a potential alien invasion that could destroy the Earth? Of a secret war waged among intelligent life forms, thought only in the imagination of Government conspiracies fanatics. Given a gift, rekindling the fire locked away in your DNA. Would you try to stop the invasion? What if you knew no one would believe you? Would you take it on your shoulders to save the world or quietly seek to go about your daily life without knowledge the end was near? Erica Jones, executive secretary, athlete and a friend to many will make such a choice. An ordinary...
What would you do if you and you alone knew of a potential alien invasion that could destroy the Earth? Of a secret war waged among intelligent life f...
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Embattled
ISBN: 9781466468054 / Angielski / Miękka / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. My face is on every television, in every newspaper. They say I'm saving the world. I know better. I'm a school principal not a superhero. Of course that doesn't explain the blood on my hands. Or the strange languages coming out of my mouth. Or the feel of swinging a machete. Or the sensation of lifting off the ground before I lose all memory. Someone or something has hijacked my life. How do I get it back? Alien contact leads to adventure and love as the characters/aliens involve themselves in world affairs in this science fiction novel series. But are humans given second chances after our...
My face is on every television, in every newspaper. They say I'm saving the world. I know better. I'm a school principal not a superhero. Of course th...
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Harvest
ISBN: 9781468013764 / Angielski / Miękka / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Human greed and gluttony can exist only so long before consequences catch up to actions. For Dave Forrester, the actions of every human living were about to be addressed in his home town of Farley, Oklahoma. A haunting memory from the past becomes a real-life nightmare after a curious car accident in the middle of the night. Stranger yet, the people of Farley have disappeared without a trace leaving only bloody clothing behind, and glimpses of terrifying creatures cloaked in sulfuric wisps of smoke It's up to Dave to figure out why, and how to save the few that survive....the harvest.
Human greed and gluttony can exist only so long before consequences catch up to actions. For Dave Forrester, the actions of every human living were ab...
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Nightingale
ISBN: 9781906442095 / Angielski / Miękka / 255 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Aliens from another dimension are abducting humans. Severing the link could destroy both worlds. The solution is in the hands of a six-foot, purple Septuagenarian with a bad attitude and agenda of her own.
Aliens from another dimension are abducting humans. Severing the link could destroy both worlds. The solution is in the hands of a six-foot, purple Se...
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