Mammoth Books presents Sleepover
Title | Mammoth Books presents Sleepover PDF eBook |
Author | Alastair Reynolds |
Publisher | Robinson |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 2012-09-27 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1472104692 |
This story is not part of the Revelation Space series. It was developed from notes for an unwritten novel and maybe one day that novel will be completed, for we need to know the fate of the Earth. This story presents one of the more unusual apocalyptic ideas.
Mammoth Books presents Fermi and Frost
Title | Mammoth Books presents Fermi and Frost PDF eBook |
Author | Frederik Pohl |
Publisher | Robinson |
Pages | 21 |
Release | 2012-09-27 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1472104668 |
Astronomer Harry Malibert is at an airport when nuclear war breaks out. Having been recognised by a fan, he is offered a seat on a plane to Iceland. Though most of Reykjavík has been destroyed by a thermonuclear weapon, the rest of the Iceland has been left untouched. Malibert and the remaining survivors must take advantage of Iceland's geology in preparing for the nuclear winter ahead of them, all the while calculating their chances of survival and contemplating the Fermi paradox: given the size and age of the universe, there ought to be many extraterrestrial civilisations, yet none has so far been found. Will Malibert and his group survive, and will they or their successors live to see proof of extraterrestrial civilisation?
The Mammoth Book of ER Romance
Title | The Mammoth Book of ER Romance PDF eBook |
Author | Trisha Telep |
Publisher | Robinson |
Pages | 417 |
Release | 2013-08-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1780330421 |
Thrilling tales of romantic suspense set in the emergency room and the hospital as a whole. These are romances which go beyond the classic doctor-nurse romances of yesteryear, having more in common with popular contemporary TV dramas such as House, ER, and Scrubs. This is 'medical romance', reinvented for today with an invigorating injection of edgy modern romantic suspense by Janice Lynn, Dianne Drake, Wendy S. Marcus, Fiona Lowe, Jacqueline Diamond and many more.
Maisy Goes to the Museum
Title | Maisy Goes to the Museum PDF eBook |
Author | Lucy Cousins |
Publisher | Candlewick Press |
Pages | 29 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0763638382 |
Maisy and her friends spend a rainy day at the museum, where they have fun seeing everything from super-sized dinosaurs and rocket ships to vintage vehicles and a giant dollhouse.
It Never Ends
Title | It Never Ends PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Scharpling |
Publisher | Abrams |
Pages | 295 |
Release | 2021-07-06 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1647000327 |
From cult comedy icon and beloved radio host Tom Scharpling, an inspiring, funny, and thoughtful memoir It Never Ends is Tom Scharpling’s harrowing memoir of his coming of age, a story he has never told before. It’s the heartbreaking account of his attempt at suicide, two stays in a mental hospital, and the memory-wiping electroshock therapy that saved his life. After his rehabilitation, Scharpling committed himself to reinvention through the world of comedy. In this book he will lift the curtain on the turmoil that still follows him, despite all of his accolades and achievements. In the vein of candid memoirs from comedians like Mike Birbiglia's Sleepwalk with Me and Norm Macdonald's Based on a True Story, It Never Ends is a revealing book by a beloved comedy icon.
On the Steel Breeze
Title | On the Steel Breeze PDF eBook |
Author | Alastair Reynolds |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 521 |
Release | 2014-06-03 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 069814662X |
The award-winning author of the Revelation Space series continues his Poseidon's Children saga as the next generation of the Akinya family crosses interstellar space seeking humanity’s future... Chiku Akinya, great granddaughter of the legendary space explorer Eunice Akinyaand heir to the family empire, is just one among millions on a long one way journey towards a planet they hope to call their new home. For Chiku, the journey is a personal one, undertaken to ensure that the Akinya family achieves its destiny among the stars. The passengers travel in huge self-contained artificial worlds—holoships—putting their faith in a physics they barely understand. Chiku’s ship is called Zanzibar—and over time, she will discover it contains an awesome secret—one which will lead her to question almost every certainty about her voyage, and its ultimate destiny...
Nottingham
Title | Nottingham PDF eBook |
Author | Anna Burke |
Publisher | Bywater Books |
Pages | 459 |
Release | 2020-01-21 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1612941664 |
After a fateful hunting accident sends her on the run from the law, Robyn finds herself deep in the heart of Sherwood Forest. All she really wants to do is provide for her family and stay out of trouble, but when the damnable Sheriff of Nottingham levies the largest tax in the history of England, she's forced to take matters into her own hands. Relying on the help of her merry band of misfits and the Sheriff’s intriguing—and off-limits—daughter, Marian, Robyn must find a way to pull off the biggest heist Sherwood has ever seen. With both heart and freedom at stake, just how much is she willing to risk to ensure the safety of the ones she loves? Nottingham is a delightful romp rife with bois bearing bows, transmen wielding quarterstaffs, noble ladies loving ladies bawdy bisexual musicians, naughty nonbinary outlaws, and saucy sapphic nuns—in other words, Robyn Hood like you've never seen her before.