Mantas Gift

Author : Timothy Zahn
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 150406450X
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Manta's Gift written by Timothy Zahn and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping first-contact adventure for fans of James Cameron’s Avatar from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of the Star Wars: Thrawn series. At twenty-two, hotshot Matthew Raimey has his whole life ahead of him, but a tragic accident quickly changes everything. He’s left feeling hopeless—until he receives a proposition to be part of a new project for SkyLight International: Project Changeling. It’s not the easiest transition, but eventually Matt is spending his days unlike anyone back on Earth could imagine—swimming through the toxic yet beautiful atmosphere of Jupiter, in the body of a Qanska, an enormous alien resembling a cross between a manta ray and a dolphin. Even stranger, Matt is happy again. But his second chance at survival doesn’t come without a cost. Behind this project is a mysterious oligarchy of rich and powerful individuals who run the solar system, and they didn’t place Matt on Jupiter out of mere kindness. They’re monitoring his every move, and preparing to collect what they came for . . . “The direction Manta’s Gift ultimately takes is inventive and unexpected. . . . Zahn plays out his suspense as deftly as always, building a tense situation and ultimately defusing it in believable and pleasing ways.” —Locus “Zahn is ingenious in his plotting and well versed in keeping things moving. Manta’s Gift leaves the reader feeling very satisfied.” —Analog Science Fiction and Fact “The author of Angelmass brings a new twist to a classic tale of human-alien encounter, combining fast-paced action and hard science with personal drama. A good choice for most sf collections.” —Library Journal “Another thoroughly literate sf yarn from Zahn.” —Booklist

Author : Laline Paull
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1639363726
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pod written by Laline Paull and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An astonishing and immersive new novel, Pod takes the reader into the depths of the ocean—and into the world of its fascinating inhabitants—through the eyes of the beautiful Ea, a spinner dolphin. Laline Paull returns with an immersive and transformative new novel of an ocean world—its extraordinary creatures, mysteries, and mythologies—that is increasingly haunted by the cruelty and ignorance of the human race. Ea has always felt like an outsider. As a spinner dolphin who has recently come of age, she's now expected to join in the elaborate rituals that unite her pod. But Ea suffers from a type of deafness that prevents her from mastering the art of spinning. When catastrophe befalls her family and Ea knows she is partly to blame, she decides to make the ultimate sacrifice and leave the pod. As Ea ventures into the vast, she discovers dangers everywhere, from lurking predators to strange objects floating in the water. Not to mention the ocean itself seems to be changing; creatures are mutating, demonic noises pierce the depths, whole species of fish disappear into the sky above. Just as she is coming to terms with her solitude, a chance encounter with a group of arrogant bottlenoses will irrevocably alter the course of her life. In her terrifying, propulsive novel, Laline Paull explores the true meaning of family, belonging, sacrifice—the harmony and tragedy of the pod—within an ocean that is no longer the sanctuary it once was, and which reflects a world all too recognizable to our own.

Author : Joe Ben Wheat
Publisher : UPenn Museum of Archaeology
ISBN 13 : 9780318031088
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gift of Spiderwoman written by Joe Ben Wheat and published by UPenn Museum of Archaeology. This book was released on 1984-01-29 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the textile weavings of southwestern Native Americans, the narrative history and color illustrations trace the development of weaving among the Pueblo, Navajo, and Hopi, and the Spanish colonists who settled in the Rio Grande. The reproductions of sarapes, blankets, and clothing will delight anyone who appreciates fiber handcrafts.

Author : Dave Freedman
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 1401384587
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural Selection written by Dave Freedman and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2006-06-06 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A shocking biological discovery. A previously unknown predatory species. Evolving just like the dinosaurs. Now. Today. Being forced out of its world and into man's for a violent first encounter. Weaving science and thriller in a way not seen since Jurassic Park, Natural Selection introduces a phenomenally dangerous new species that is rapidly adapting in a way never before seen. A mystery. A chase. A vast expansive puzzle. A team of marine scientists is on the verge of making the most stunning discovery in the history of man. In their quest for answers, they engage a host of fascinating characters. The world's premier neurology expert. A specialist on animal teeth. Flight simulation wizards, evolution historians, deep sea geologists, and so many more. Along the way, the team of six men and women experience love, friendship, loyalty and betrayal. Together, they set off to exotic locales. Literally to the bottom of the ocean. To a vast and mysterious redwood forest. To an unknown complex of massive caves. When people start dying, the stakes are upped even further. Then the real hunt begins. . . . Loaded with astonishing action sequences, Natural Selection is that rare breed of thriller, filled with intricately layered research, real three-dimensional characters, and tornado pacing.

Author : Steve Korté
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1515883663
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Manta's Mind-Control Machine written by Steve Korté and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2021 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep under the ocean's surface, the villain Black Manta hunts in a submarine. His mind-control device can brainwash ocean animals into helping him. Can the sea horse Super-Pet Storm outswim Aquaman's deep-sea enemy?

Author : Nam H Nguyen
Publisher : Nam H Nguyen
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 4920 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Essential 25000 English-Latvian Law Dictionary written by Nam H Nguyen and published by Nam H Nguyen. This book was released on 2018-03-18 with total page 4920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: a great resource anywhere you go; it is an easy tool that has just the words you want and need! The entire dictionary is an alphabetical list of Law words with definitions. This eBook is an easyto- understand guide to Law terms for anyone anyways at any time. lielisks resurss visur, kur iet; tas ir vienkāršs instruments, kuram ir tikai vārdi, kurus vēlaties un vajag! Visa vārdnīca ir alfabētiskais tiesību vārdu saraksts ar definīcijām. Šī e-grāmata ir ērti saprotama norāde uz Likuma noteikumiem ikvienam jebkurā laikā jebkurā laikā.

Author : Ivan Gaskell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197500137
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of History and Material Culture written by Ivan Gaskell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most historians rely principally on written sources. Yet there are other traces of the past available to historians: the material things that people have chosen, made, and used. This book examines how material culture can enhance historians' understanding of the past, both worldwide and across time. The successful use of material culture in history depends on treating material things of many kinds not as illustrations, but as primary evidence. Each kind of material thing-and there are many-requires the application of interpretive skills appropriate to it. These skills overlap with those acquired by scholars in disciplines that may abut history but are often relatively unfamiliar to historians, including anthropology, archaeology, and art history. Creative historians can adapt and apply the same skills they honed while studying more traditional text-based documents even as they borrow methods from these fields. They can think through familiar historical problems in new ways. They can also deploy material culture to discover the pasts of constituencies who have left few or no traces in written records. The authors of this volume contribute case studies arranged thematically in six sections that respectively address the relationship of history and material culture to cognition, technology, the symbolic, social distinction, and memory. They range across time and space, from Paleolithic to Punk.

Author : Patricia Lopes Don
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806185538
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bonfires of Culture written by Patricia Lopes Don and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-10-11 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In their efforts to convert indigenous peoples, Franciscan friars brought the Spanish Inquisition to early-sixteenth-century Mexico. Patricia Lopes Don now investigates these trials to offer an inside look at this brief but consequential episode of Spanish methods of colonization, providing a fresh interpretation of an early period that has remained too long understudied. Drawing on previously underutilized records of Inquisition proceedings, Don examines four of the most important trials of native leaders to uncover the Franciscans’ motivations for using the Inquisition and the indigenous response to it. She focuses on the consecutive impact of four trials—against nahualli Martín Ocelotl, an influential native priest; Andrés Mixcoatl, an advocate of open resistance to the Franciscans; Miguel Pochtecatl Tlaylotla, a guardian of native religious artifacts; and Don Carlos of Texcoco, a native chief burned at the stake for heresy. Don reveals the heart of Bishop Zumárraga’s methods of conducting the trials—including spectacular bonfires in which any native idols found in the possession of professed converts were destroyed. Don’s knowledge of the contemporary Spain that shaped the friars’ perspectives enables her to offer new understanding of the evolution of Franciscan attitudes toward evangelization. Bonfires of Culture reexamines important primary documents and offers a new perspective on a pivotal historical era.

Author : Frances Berdan
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520204546
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Essential Codex Mendoza written by Frances Berdan and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consists of v. 2 and 4 of Berdan and Anawalt's The Codex Mendoza (4 v. -- Berkeley : University of California Press, c1992).

Author : Piers Anthony
Publisher : Corgi
ISBN 13 : 9780552105064
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Orn written by Piers Anthony and published by Corgi. This book was released on 1977-01-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: