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Award-winning writer Ben Bova returns with _ Power Failure_ ,another tense political thriller starring Jake Ross, science advisor toSenator Frank Tomlinson, as they continue their complex power maneuvers inthis near future science fiction novel.
Dr. Jake Ross came to Washington to try to make a difference, but he's learnedthe only way to get something done in Washington, assuming your ideals survivethe corrosive atmosphere, is to gather power. Ross has gathered a great deal,riding in the wake of Frank Tomlinson. But now Tomlinson has decided to shootfor the moon. If they win, they get it all. If they lose, the game is over forJake Ross.
In the Power trilogy, Bova's vision of a future powered by solar satellitetransmission is tantalizingly within reach.
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Praise for Ben Bova
"Bova proves himself equal to the task of showing how adversity can tempercharacter in unforeseen ways." ― The New York Times
"Bova gets better and better, combining plausible science with increasinglycomplex fiction." ― Los Angeles Daily News
Praise for _ Power Play_
" Unpredictable at every turn, [ Power Play ] is sexy, intriguing, andtimely." ― Booklist
" Power Play features a strong, plot-driven story; snappy dialog; andcharacters, uncluttered by backstory drama, whose personalities still leap offthe page. " ― Library Journal
About the Author
Ben Bova was born in Philadelphia and received his doctorate in educationfrom California Coast University in 1996. The author of over 120 futuristicnovels and nonfiction books, he has also been a radio commentator, editor,lecturer, and aerospace industry executive. His articles, opinion pieces, andreviews have appeared in Scientific American , Nature , the New YorkTimes , the Wall Street Journal , and many other publications. His work hasearned six Hugo Awards. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award of theArthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and his novel Titan won the John W.Campbell Memorial Award for the best science fiction novel of 2006.
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Six-time Hugo winner Ben Bova brings us Power Surge, a gripping political thriller on the cutting-edge of science and technology.
Dr. Jake Ross came to Washington, D.C., to make a difference. As the science advisor to a newly-elected freshman senator, Jake has crafted a comprehensive energy plan that employs innovative new technologies to make America the world's leader in energy production while simultaneously boosting the economy and protecting the environment. The facts, and the science, are on Jake's side, but his plan soon runs afoul of entrenched special interests, well-funded lobbies, cynical bureaucrats, pork-barrel politics, and one very powerful U.S. Senator.
To keep his plan alive and secure a sustainable future for America, Jake needs a crash course in the way Washington really works. Everyone keeps telling him that his plan has no hope of succeeding, but Jake is determined to prove them wrong even if it kills him... something that certain hostile parties may be all too happy to arrange.
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THE MOST POWERFUL STORY YOU'LL READ THIS YEAR.
' You'll remember A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World long after youfinish reading'
Peng Shepherd, author of The Book Of M
'Truly engrossing . . . brings hope and humanity to a cold and scaryworld'
Keith Stuart, author of A Boy Made of Blocks
'I promise you're going to love it'
Louisa Morgan, author of A Secret History of Witches
'Epic in scope, enthralling, and full of human warmth'
M. R. Carey, author of The Girl with all the Gifts
My name's Griz.
I've never been to school, I've never had friends, in my whole life I've notmet enough people to play a game of football. My parents told me how crowdedthe world used to be, before all the people went away, but we were neverlonely on our remote island. We had each other, and our dogs.
Then the thief came.
He told stories of the deserted towns and cities beyond our horizons. I likedhim - until I woke to find he had stolen my dog. So I chased him out into theruins of the world.
I just want to get my dog back, but I found more than I ever imagined waspossible. More about how the world ended. More about what my family's realstory is. More about what really matters.
'This un-put-down-able story has everything - a well-imagined post-apocalyptic world, great characters, incredible suspense, and, of course, thefierce love of some very good dogs'
Kirkus (starred review)
'A story that is as heart-warming as it is heart-breaking'
Fantasy Hive
A Boy and his Dog at the End of the World is the most moving story you'llread this year. Perfect for readers of Life of Pi , The Girl with all theGifts or Station Eleven - Griz's tale mixes sadness and hope in oneunforgettable character's quest amid the remnants of our fragile civilisation.
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Epic in scope, enthralling, and full of human warmth (M. R. Carey, authorof THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS)
A story that is as heart-warming as it is heart-breaking . . . I'm stillthinking about this book, weeks after finishing it (FANTASY HIVE)
This novel has everything I love about a story: fully realised characters,beautiful writing, and utterly believable, even frightening, world-building .. . I promise you're going to love it (Louisa Morgan, author of A SECRETHISTORY OF WITCHES)
Family, loyalty, and humanity amid the lonely but beautiful wilderness of theend of the world - with a gut punch you'll never see coming. That twist!That ending! You'll remember A Boy and His Dog at the End of the Worldlong after you finish reading (Peng Shepherd, author of THE BOOK OF M)
A truly engrossing survival story , which gives us a haunting vision of aruined Britain that's both dangerous and strangely beautiful. But the realstrength of the book its utterly believable lead character whose interplayof vulnerability and strength brings hope and humanity to a cold and scaryworld (Keith Stuart, author of A BOY MADE OF BLOCKS)
Fletcher does a masterful job keeping the stakes high and the suspensecrackling while still creating plenty of space for readers to get to knowGriz and explore this fascinating not-quite-empty world. This un-put-down-able story has everything- a well-imagined post-apocalyptic world, greatcharacters, incredible suspense, and, of course, the fierce love of some verygood dogs (KIRKUS (starred review))
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A boy from an isolated community is eager for stories of the outside world,until a stranger steals his dog, causing the boy to chase him into theunknown. Reminiscent of The Girl with all the Gifts and Station Eleven -C. A. Fletcher's A Boy and his Dog at the End of the World reads like apoignant letter from the future to the present.
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Anthony Bourdain is man of many appetites. And for many years, first as a chef, later as a world-traveling chronicler of food and culture on his CNN series Parts Unknown, he has made a profession of understanding the appetites of others. These days, however, if he's cooking, it's for family and friends.
Appetites, his first cookbook in more than ten years, boils down forty-plus years of professional cooking and globe-trotting to a tight repertoire of personal favorites-dishes that everyone should (at least in Mr. Bourdain's opinion) know how to cook. Once the supposed "bad boy" of cooking, Mr. Bourdain has, in recent years, become the father of a little girl-a role he has embraced with enthusiasm. After years of traveling more than 200 days a year, he now enjoys entertaining at home. Years of prep lists and the hyper-organization necessary for a restaurant kitchen, however, have caused him, in his words, to have "morphed into a psychotic, anally retentive,...
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Organic Chemistry I For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781119293378) was previously published as Organic Chemistry I For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781118828076). While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product.
The easy way to take the confusion out of organic chemistry
Organic chemistry has a long-standing reputation as a difficult course. Organic Chemistry I For Dummies takes a simple approach to the topic, allowing you to grasp concepts at your own pace.
This fun, easy-to-understand guide explains the basic principles of organic chemistry in simple terms, providing insight into the language of organic chemists, the major classes of compounds, and top trouble spots. You'll also get the nuts and bolts of tackling organic chemistry problems, from knowing where to start to spotting sneaky tricks that professors like to...
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One man, three wives, too many secrets. A heart-warming story of love, loss, family and friendship. A compelling debut that fans of Freya North will love.
Paul Starr, Ireland's leading cardiologist dies in a car crash with a pregnant young women by his side.
United in their grief and the love of one man, four women are thrown together in an attempt to come to terms with life after Paul. They soon realise they never really knew him at all.
The love they shared for Paul in his life and which incensed a feeling of mistrust and dislike for each other, in his death turns into the very thing that bonds them and their children to each other, forever.
As they begin to form unlikely friendships, Paul's death proves to be the catalyst that enables them to become the people they always wanted to be.
What readers are saying about My Husband's Wives:
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The dramatic, untold story of the extraordinary women recruited by Britain'selite spy agency to help pave the way for Allied victory, for fans of A WOMANOF NO IMPORTANCE by Sonia Purnell
'Gripping: Spies, romance, Gestapo thugs, blown-up trains, courage, andtreachery (lots of treachery) - and all of it true, all preciselydocumented'
ERIK LARSON, author of THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
'The mission is this: Read D-Day Girls today. Not just for the spy flairbut also because this history feels more relevant than ever, as an army ofwomen and girls again find themselves in a fight for the common good'
LILY KOPPEL, author of THE ASTRONAUT WIVES CLUB
'Thoroughly researched and written as smoothly as a good thriller , thisis a mesmerising story of creativity, perseverance, and astonishing heroism'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, Starred review
In 1942, the Allies were losing, Germany seemed unstoppable, and every ableman in England was fighting. Believing that Britain was locked in anexistential battle, Winston Churchill had already created a secret agency, theSpecial Operations Executive (SOE), whose spies were trained in everythingfrom demolition to sharpshooting. Their job, he declared, was to 'set Europeablaze'. But with most men on the front lines, the SOE was forced to dosomething unprecedented: recruit women. Thirty-nine answered the call, leavingtheir lives and families to become saboteurs in France.
In D-Day Girls , Sarah Rose draws on recently declassified files, diaries,and oral histories to tell the thrilling story of three of these remarkablewomen. There's Andrée Borrel, a scrappy and streetwise Parisian who blew uppower lines with the Gestapo hot on her heels; Odette Sansom, an unhappilymarried suburban mother who saw the SOE as her ticket out of domestic life andinto a meaningful adventure; and Lise de Baissac, a fiercely independentmember of French colonial high society and the SOE's unflappable 'queen'.Together, they destroyed train lines, ambushed Nazis, plotted prison breaks,and gathered crucial intelligence-laying the groundwork for the D-Day invasionthat proved to be the turning point in the war.
Rigorously researched and written with razor-sharp wit, D-Day Girls is aninspiring story for our own moment of resistance: a reminder of what courage-and the energy of politically animated women-can accomplish when the stakesseem incalculably high.
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' Compelling - these under-reported stories of fearless and principledwomen will provide inspiration'
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'With skill and heart, Sarah Rose captures the adventures of an extraordinarygroup of women who kept the resistance alive during the darkest days of WorldWar II, risking everything to liberate their loved ones, their nations, anddemocracy itself. I couldn't stop reading'
JASON FAGONE, AUTHOR OF THE WOMAN WHO SMASHED CODES
'Rose delivers a swift moving . . . expert blow-by-blow account . . . A spythriller that fights against the idea of "the original sin of women at war"'
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'Daring, modern, and gorgeously written . . . This is the D-Day book the worldhas been waiting for'
KAREN ABBOTT, AUTHOR OF SIN IN THE SECOND CITY AND LIAR, TEMPTRESS,SOLDIER, SPY
'Sarah Rose's D-Day Girls is . . . a page-turning spy story that will, atlong last, inscribe the names of three remarkable female spies-Andrée Borrel,Odette Sansom, Lise de Baissac-into our history books'
SUSANNAH CAHALAN, AUTHOR OF BRAIN ON FIRE
'A fresh, thrilling account of the female spies whose courage and audacityhelped win the day on June 6, 1944'
ALEX KERSHAW, AUTHOR OF THE BEDFORD BOYS AND AVENUE OF SPIES
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The Cancer Survivors Club is a collection of truly inspirational, uplifting and assuring survival stories. These poignant personal accounts from normal people, demonstrate an extraordinary determination to survive against the odds. It proves with survival rates doubling, anything is possible.
Unfortunately cancer affects everyone; worldwide there are around 12.7 million new cases diagnosed each year. Every two minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer. The Cancer Survivors Club is the only collection of first-hand accounts from those who have survived the most common cancers to the rarest. Also included in the book are a number of Chris Geiger's award-winning newspaper columns which include a humorous account of a prostate examination, getting sunburnt on a crowded beach and his Guinness World Record article.
The Cancer Survivors Club will provide those touched by cancer hope, strength and encouragement. Each story is written from the perspective of survivors...
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Optimised for colour tablets. The images in this e-book are not suitable for viewing on black and white e-ink devices. An ideal introduction to A to Z dictionaries for children aged 4 and above. The definitions use simple, full sentences that reflect the child's experience of the world, and the colourful illustrations help to make learning easy, memorable and fun. Collins First Dictionary offers help to children in learning the alphabet, English spelling, and the basic meanings of everyday words. With the alphabet at the edge of every page, and each letter a different colour, it is easy for children to learn how to recognise different letters, look up words and find out how to spell them. The illustrations make the dictionary look fun and appealing, making it easier for children to understand what words mean, while example sentences show how the words can be used. The simple grammatical labels provided introduce children to different types of English words. Simple, fun and...
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To get ahead today, you have to be a jerk, right?
Divisive politicians. Screaming heads on television. Angry campus activists. Twitter trolls. Today in America, there is an "outrage industrial complex" that prospers by setting American against American.
Meanwhile, one in six Americans have stopped talking to close friends and family members over politics. Millions are organizing their social lives and curating their news and information to avoid hearing viewpoints differing from their own. Ideological polarization is at higher levels than at any time since the Civil War.
America has developed a "culture of contempt"-a habit of seeing people who disagree with us not as merely incorrect or misguided, but as worthless. Maybe you dislike it-more than nine out of ten Americans say they are tired of how divided we have become as a country. But hey, either you play along, or you'll be left behind, right?
Wrong.
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