Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 30 October 2010
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The Adventures in the Rifle Brigade
This is the memoir of a British army officer whose primary service was in the Peninsular War. After a short period of peace, which he spent in his native Scotland, he was ordered to Belgium where he participated in the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo. You will find Kinciad's memoirs to be exceptionally enjoyable. Not a schwashbuckler like Marbot, his memoirs are more down to earth and, in most cases, full of humor. Whether he always intended this humor is questionable, but it is there nevertheless.
Doorways in the Sand is a Hugo nominated novel written in one draft, with absolutely no rewrites. Fred Cassidy, perpetual student and expert building climber, finds himself hunted by gangs of criminals and government agents. He discovers that a priceless jewel called the Star Stone, on loan to the Earth from an extraterrestrial civilization, has gone missing and he may be the last person to have seen it. He decides to do his own investigating with help from friends and some strange, rogue galactic policemen.
How do fossils form? Where were some of the most unique fossils discovered? How have fossils helped paleontologists learn about dinosaurs? Readers will find the answers to these questions and more in Fossils. Students can discover the fascinating planet we live on as they explore the Earth Science Series. Packed with informative charts, diagrams, maps, and sidebars, this series facilitates learning and encourages higher-level thinking. Earth Science is an informative and visually appealing series that will inspire a new understanding of geology and our world.
Introduced in Clarke's 1973 Hugo- and Nebula-winning Rendezvous with Rama and most recently seen in Clarke and Lee's Rama II , the massive spacecraft Rama is back, but the luster and sense of wonder generated by its first appearances have eroded. The once-exciting vessel, a "cylindrical worldlet," has been turned into a cheaply painted backdrop for an equally garish exposition of vice-lord politics. When Rama returns to earth and demands a sample of humanity for observation, a lying, corrupt government hands over 2000 citizens.
