Worlds in Time Apart
Title | Worlds in Time Apart PDF eBook |
Author | Neil L. Hawkins |
Publisher | AuthorHouse |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2019-03-29 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1728305225 |
This eighth sequel to The Book in the Loft series begins with a long and boring trip to the planet Surion, but before reaching their objective, the sudden appearance of a mystery ship throws the crew of the Circle of Planets’ starship Explorer into a conflict with those from two warring worlds. Deadly results follow, resulting in the ship’s helmsman coming face-to-face with the grandfather of all time paradoxes. Neil MacBruce and Captain Jon Varkon are then faced with finding the solutions to prevent the paradox from causing timeline changes, not only for everyone on Explorer, but for everyone residing within the Circle of Planets star system.
Defy the Worlds
Title | Defy the Worlds PDF eBook |
Author | Claudia Gray |
Publisher | Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd. |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2018-04-03 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1471407209 |
A stunning blend of action-packed science fiction and love against the odds. Perfect for fans of the DIVERGENT series. Noemi Vidal dreams of travelling through the stars one more time - but she is now an outcast from her home planet of Genesis after a forbidden trip through the galaxy with Abel, the most advanced cybernetic man ever created. But when a deadly plague arrives on Genesis, Noemi gets her chance. As the only soldier to have ever left the planet, it will be up to her to save its people...if only she wasn't flying straight into a trap. On the run to avoid his depraved creator's clutches, Abel believes he's said goodbye to Noemi for the last time. After all, the entire universe stands between them...or so he thinks. When word reaches him of Noemi's capture by the very person he's trying to escape, Abel knows he must go to her, no matter the cost. But capturing Noemi was only part of Burton Mansfield's master plan. In a race against time, Abel and Noemi will come together once more to discover a secret that could save the known worlds, or destroy them all.
Worlds Apart
Title | Worlds Apart PDF eBook |
Author | James Riley |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 512 |
Release | 2019-03-05 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 148148575X |
Owen and Bethany try to find their way back to each other after the fictional and nonfictional worlds are torn apart in the finale of this "New York Times"-bestselling series.
Worlds Apart
Title | Worlds Apart PDF eBook |
Author | Branko Milanovic |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2011-06-27 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1400840813 |
We are used to thinking about inequality within countries--about rich Americans versus poor Americans, for instance. But what about inequality between all citizens of the world? Worlds Apart addresses just how to measure global inequality among individuals, and shows that inequality is shaped by complex forces often working in different directions. Branko Milanovic, a top World Bank economist, analyzes income distribution worldwide using, for the first time, household survey data from more than 100 countries. He evenhandedly explains the main approaches to the problem, offers a more accurate way of measuring inequality among individuals, and discusses the relevant policies of first-world countries and nongovernmental organizations. Inequality has increased between nations over the last half century (richer countries have generally grown faster than poorer countries). And yet the two most populous nations, China and India, have also grown fast. But over the past two decades inequality within countries has increased. As complex as reconciling these three data trends may be, it is clear: the inequality between the world's individuals is staggering. At the turn of the twenty-first century, the richest 5 percent of people receive one-third of total global income, as much as the poorest 80 percent. While a few poor countries are catching up with the rich world, the differences between the richest and poorest individuals around the globe are huge and likely growing.
Worlds Apart
Title | Worlds Apart PDF eBook |
Author | Miriam Sobel |
Publisher | iUniverse |
Pages | 366 |
Release | 2008-04-22 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0595603572 |
WORLDS APART is an engrossing novel about a family whose lives are impacted by World War II. It depicts two brothers in America, Zalman and Jacob, who face, in their affluent lives, deceit, romantic and business betrayal, and bitterness. Meanwhile, their sister, Galina, struggles to escape the Nazis in Poland, and later, in war-torn Russia, forges a deep and lasting bond with her husband, and young daughter. The action alternates between Europe and the United States, contrasting the lives of the brothers, Zalman and Jacob, with their sister, Galina, in Poland and Russia. Just as terror threatens our lives today, the reader is transported to a time in history when Hitler, and his evil minions, spread death and destruction. Can Galina, and her husband, Adam, and baby, Marysia, survive the Nazis and Stalin's tyranny? Can Galina's brothers in America, Zalman and Jacob, overcome their family problems and reconcile? Will Galina be reunited with her brothers, Zalman and Jacob, in the United States?
Between the World and Me
Title | Between the World and Me PDF eBook |
Author | Ta-Nehisi Coates |
Publisher | One World |
Pages | 163 |
Release | 2015-07-14 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0679645985 |
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF OPRAH’S “BOOKS THAT HELP ME THROUGH” • NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SPECIAL EVENT Hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading,” a bold and personal literary exploration of America’s racial history by “the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race” (Rolling Stone) NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS OF THE DECADE BY CNN • NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST MEMOIRS OF THE DECADE • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • O: The Oprah Magazine • The Washington Post • People • Entertainment Weekly • Vogue • Los Angeles Times • San Francisco Chronicle • Chicago Tribune • New York • Newsday • Library Journal • Publishers Weekly In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son—and readers—the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children’s lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.
Worlds of the Never
Title | Worlds of the Never PDF eBook |
Author | CJ Rutherford |
Publisher | CJ Rutherford |
Pages | 201 |
Release | |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
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