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City of the Saints
ISBN: 9781614753476 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 1859. War is coming. In the mounting tention all eyes turn west, to the Kingdom of Deseret. The Madman Orson Pratt's perfection of air-ship technology already has every power scrambling to get Deseret's Brigham Young into the war as its ally, or sidelined permanently. The stakes only rise with the rumors that Pratt's newest invention is a working, deadly, phlogiston cannon. Sam Clemens of the United States Army rides into Deseret on his amphibious steam-truck, the Jim Smiley. Racing against him on the land-ferry Liahona comes Captain Richard Burton, explorer, linguist, soldier, and...
1859. War is coming. In the mounting tention all eyes turn west, to the Kingdom of Deseret. The Madman Orson Pratt's perfection of air-ship technology...
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The Goddess of Fortune
ISBN: 9781927750452 / Angielski / Miękka / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What if, by the passing of just two events, Japan and Germany had won World War 2? The Goddess of Fortune is a work of speculative fiction in which alternate history is explored, and consequences examined. - Beautiful Louise, while only 24 years old, uses her intelligence, wiles, and body to dominate the so-called "stronger sex." - Kaito Sasaki of the Bank of Tokyo, inspired by Lenin ("The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency"), proves just that with his printing of U.S. 100 dollar bills. - The treachery of Hermann "Fatso" Goering is uncovered and his...
What if, by the passing of just two events, Japan and Germany had won World War 2? The Goddess of Fortune is a work of speculative fiction in which al...
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Cop Shown Heaven
ISBN: 9789888228171 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A character in a popular cop show, Dan Symmonds, is written out of the series and finds himself lingering in Cop Show Heaven. Here he must try to discover some depth to his personality in order to inspire a writer to re-invent him. But of course, that's just propaganda because nobody really wants depth, they just want what sells, or if not that, they just want that which sells what they want to sell Here we are in a world aware of its own fictional nature, questioning the reasons for its own existence. In this parody of parodies, any resemblance that Cop Show Heaven bears to Hong Kong and...
A character in a popular cop show, Dan Symmonds, is written out of the series and finds himself lingering in Cop Show Heaven. Here he must try to disc...
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Three Signs of Love: A trail to Treasures
ISBN: 9781530820566 / Angielski / Miękka / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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28,12 |
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The Altamira Caves and The Mage
ISBN: 9781494795504 / Angielski / Miękka / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Altamira Caves and The Mage is not about Pythagoras, Edgar Cayce, Nostradamus, Mark Twain or any other exceptional man, although aspects of those lives are presented in this novel. On one level it is not about us, our ills, mistakes, and our view of the Akashic record. It is about others, and the quest to return one of their own to their realm and time. In the course of this book, there may be a bit of wisdom here and there, a bit of laughter, some facts thrown in, and of course, some tears. This is the life of a Being trapped in the cycles of birth and death, and about the others on the...
The Altamira Caves and The Mage is not about Pythagoras, Edgar Cayce, Nostradamus, Mark Twain or any other exceptional man, although aspects of those ...
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Grace O'Malley, Princess and Pirate
ISBN: 9781530646807 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Grace O'Malley was chieftain of the O Maille clan in the west of Ireland, following in the footsteps of her father Eoghan Dubhdara O Maille. She was a product of the Gaelic world of her time and, despite her interaction with English officials, may have known no English. She was apparently well-educated and was regarded by contemporaries as being exceptionally formidable and competent. Upon her father's death she inherited his large shipping and trading business (a trade sometimes referred to as mere piracy). She formally presented her request to Elizabeth I at her court in Greenwich Palace."
Grace O'Malley was chieftain of the O Maille clan in the west of Ireland, following in the footsteps of her father Eoghan Dubhdara O Maille. She was a...
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George in London
ISBN: 9780692634134 / Angielski / Miękka / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The story of a young man, not yet out of his teens, who sets off on a trip across the ocean to London in 1751. His aim is simple: to make his fortune. To transform himself from a tradesman surveyor, a younger son of a middling Virginia tobacco planter to a titled, monied success in the sprawling capital of the mother country. His only allies in this quest are an African-American sailor and a fashion-obsessed German Baron. It's a tale of a young man on the make in the mighty mid-18th century city of London. George and sailor friend Darius try to live by their wits, but unfortunately they make...
The story of a young man, not yet out of his teens, who sets off on a trip across the ocean to London in 1751. His aim is simple: to make his fortune....
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Bombs Away: The Hot War
ISBN: 9780553390728 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In his acclaimed novels of alternate history, Harry Turtledove has scrutinized the twisted soul of the twentieth century, from the forces that set World War I in motion to the rise of fascism in the decades that followed. Now, this masterly storyteller turns his eyes to the aftermath of World War II and asks: In an era of nuclear posturing, what if the Cold War had suddenly turned hot? Bombs Away begins with President Harry Truman in desperate consultation with General Douglas MacArthur, whose control of the ground war in Korea has slipped disastrously away. MacArthur recognizes a...
In his acclaimed novels of alternate history, Harry Turtledove has scrutinized the twisted soul of the twentieth century, from the forces that set Wor...
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Duty Recall
ISBN: 9781530612543 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 2003, Major David Allan receives a mysterious green marble from a female soldier. Two months later, he is the only survivor of a shot down C-5 Galaxy over the Iraqi desert. When he wakes up from a three month coma, the year is 1991. History is on course with the way he remembers his past. With prior knowledge of the Oklahoma City bombing and the events of 9/11, is Major Allan capable of altering the future course of history?
In 2003, Major David Allan receives a mysterious green marble from a female soldier. Two months later, he is the only survivor of a shot down C-5 Gala...
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Dysfunctional: A Short Epic
ISBN: 9781530604289 / Angielski / Miękka / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Are we the ones who are out of sync with this world or is it? I have tried a quick look at our lives, through short stories about our society, with characters from multiple cross sections; a slum kid, an angry banker, a communist revolutionary, a modern day Prometheus...and many more, people like us, dysfunctional....read on. Does it all come together as my life, your lives? They are based in India, but they could be anywhere. Here is hoping that this sparks off a debate and then some change
Are we the ones who are out of sync with this world or is it? I have tried a quick look at our lives, through short stories about our society, with ch...
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Assignment: DESTINY! Volume II: A CURIOUS AND CONVOLUTED LINEAGE -PREDECESSORS of the Z-44 Mk I "BOOMERANG"
ISBN: 9781530471829 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ASSIGNMENT: DESTINY Volume II, takes a penetrating look into the history of the not so illustrious predecessors to the Flungk Z-44 Mk I "Boomerang." Not for the faint of heart, A: D Volume II rips off the thin veneer of civilized history to reveal the tawdry and venal truth about the inglorious technical precedents that led up to one of the great technological blunders of the 20th century. If you like your history with a whopping dollop of hysteria and a side order of ludicrous banality, then look no further. Or farther, for that matter.
ASSIGNMENT: DESTINY Volume II, takes a penetrating look into the history of the not so illustrious predecessors to the Flungk Z-44 Mk I "Boomerang." ...
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Viking Bloodbath
ISBN: 9781530342686 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. QUESTION Where are the Picts? Where are the 'missing' Anglo-Saxon kingdoms? Where are the ancient monasteries which represented the start of a new civilisation in Britain after the fall of Rome? ANSWER Those peoples, kingdoms and institutions of learning were destroyed by the second wave of savage barbarians to sweep over the British Isles . . . the Vikings A race of destroyers still so popular that people name rugby league teams after them. Sorry historian Peter Sawyer and inhabitants of Scandinavia and Minnesota: the Vikings really were savage In this book the Vikings are sent back to...
QUESTION Where are the Picts? Where are the 'missing' Anglo-Saxon kingdoms? Where are the ancient monasteries which represented the start of a new civ...
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Un coeur noble
ISBN: 9781523769285 / Francuski / Miękka / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. La noirceur et l'oppression se sont abattus sur Amphipolis et le monde connu lors de la prise de pouvoir de la Conquerante et son armee. Aucune rebellion n'est toleree et l'Empire dirige d'une main de fer. Certains, au peril de leur vie, osent defier ce regime totalitaire. C'est le cas de Galael qui subit alors le courroux et le supplice de la Conquerante. MAis quelque chose en elle semble faire vasciller les certitudes du tyran sanguinaire. Des lors, une etrange et ambigue relation va se tisser entre ces deux femmes que tout oppose.
La noirceur et l'oppression se sont abattus sur Amphipolis et le monde connu lors de la prise de pouvoir de la Conquerante et son armee. Aucune rebell...
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Conscience
ISBN: 9781523327829 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Washington, D.C. - It is November, 1979. Detective Benjamin Fuller and his assistant, veteran Air Force fighter pilot Henry Cooper, continue to track down the Anarchists who threaten the existence of the fragile, post-nuclear war collection of American states. At the same time, Communist Mexico threatens invasion. The Anarchists expand their efforts, launching a series of terrorist attacks designed to target elected leaders and cause Americans to abandon the interim government. Things are only further confused when Conscience -as the media has come to call the masked individual Fuller and...
Washington, D.C. - It is November, 1979. Detective Benjamin Fuller and his assistant, veteran Air Force fighter pilot Henry Cooper, continue to track ...
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La mala suerte de los resucitados
ISBN: 9781514659328 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Este libro sera el primero de la coleccion "Gusmar Sosa" y es un gusto que nosotros "Canah Editorial" seamos los que lo acompanan en este camino, este camino de resurrecciones que en lugar de saberse hermosas, parecen un camino amargo que nunca termina de acabar. Un agradecimiento a Gusmar por este hermoso viaje. Pbro. Marco Antonio Meza-Flores Teologo y Psicologo clinico G.J. Director de Canah Editorial Lejos de heroismos, Gusmar Sosa nos lleva a mirar cara a cara a los resucitados, estos malhabidos zombis que desean devorar recuerdos y beber sangre de nostalgias; entramos en las...
Este libro sera el primero de la coleccion "Gusmar Sosa" y es un gusto que nosotros "Canah Editorial" seamos los que lo acompanan en este camino, este...
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I giorni del Fennec: Una nuova indagine di Oscar Fantoni
ISBN: 9781495997440 / Włoski / Miękka / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Two ex-activists become legionnaires first, then contract killers for some obscure agencies operating in the '70, '80, '90 decades. One is the justice incarnate, the other one is pure evil. They meet in several occasions along the years
Two ex-activists become legionnaires first, then contract killers for some obscure agencies operating in the '70, '80, '90 decades. One is the justice...
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The Mayflower (Flor de mayo)
ISBN: 9781530762378 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Amarna: The Complete Series: Books I - III: Ida, Hawara & Raia
ISBN: 9780983438502 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This compilation edition includes all three books in the Amarna Series: Ida, Hawara & Raia. AMARNA I: Book of Ida The last living male descendant of the Amarna line, Pharaoh Tutankhamun, has died suddenly under mysterious circumstances. His wife, Queen Ankhesenamen, is left without a male heir. The ambitious vipers Ay and Horemheb are nipping at her heels in their bid to seize power. Queen Ankhe has but one hope to maintain her hold on the throne - an alliance with the Hittites. AMARNA II: Book of Hawara King Mursili II's only hope to restore his own Hittite Kingdom to...
This compilation edition includes all three books in the Amarna Series: Ida, Hawara & Raia. AMARNA I: Book of Ida The last living male d...
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A Vinda do Kaiser: Uma História de Londres sob a Casa de Hohenzollern
ISBN: 9781523908288 / Portugalski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Neste romance de 1913, a Gra-Bretanha e a Alemanha entram em guerra, e os alemaes se saem vitoriosos. Com o pais invadido, a alta sociedade londrina tenta se adaptar aos novos conquistadores. Murrey e Cicely Yeovil, unidos pelo casamento e separados por suas conviccoes, descobrem suas novas vidas sob o jugo da Casa de Hohenzollern. A Vinda do Kaiser e o segundo romance de H. H. "Saki" Munro, mais conhecido por seus contos satiricos e macabros. A historia investiga as consequencias sociais de uma derrota militar e ilustra a ansiedade britanica com um conflito que um ano antes ja parecia...
Neste romance de 1913, a Gra-Bretanha e a Alemanha entram em guerra, e os alemaes se saem vitoriosos. Com o pais invadido, a alta sociedade londrina t...
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Nichts wird die Dinge ändern Teil 2 - Ein langer Weg
ISBN: 9783739216928 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 418 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kann man die Dinge andern, wenn man durch die Zeit reist. Diese Frage stellt sich Andrea, eine junge Frau aus dem 20. Jahrhundert, die durch den Leichtsinn ihres Verlobten zweihundert Jahre in der Zeit zuruckreist. Doch sie muss feststellen, dass sie nichts verandert, so sehr sie sich auch bemuht. Alles geschieht, wie es geschehen muss. Nur das Leben des Mannes, den sie wider aller Vernunft liebt, andert sie. Eine unheilvolle Flucht durch Schottland und England bringt sie in groe Gefahren und auch in Frankreich finden sie nicht, was sie suchen. Liebe und Hass liegen nah beieinander, doch am...
Kann man die Dinge andern, wenn man durch die Zeit reist. Diese Frage stellt sich Andrea, eine junge Frau aus dem 20. Jahrhundert, die durch den Leich...
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