Merchanter's Luck
Author: C. J. Cherryh
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780413530707
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Downbelow Station
Author: C. J. Cherryh
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Published: 2008-12-02
Total Pages: 434
ISBN-13: 1101662271
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Hugo Award-winning classic sci-fi novel about interstellar war. The Beyond started with the Stations orbiting the stars nearest Earth. The Great Circle the interstellar freighters traveled was long, but not unmanageable, and the early Stations were emotionally and politically dependent on Mother Earth. The Earth Company which ran this immense operation reaped incalculable profits and influenced the affairs of nations. Then came Pell, the first station centered around a newly discovered living planet. The discovery of Pell's World forever altered the power balance of the Beyond. Earth was no longer the anchor which kept this vast empire from coming adrift, the one living mote in a sterile universe. But Pell was just the first living planet. Then came Cyteen, and later others, and a new and frighteningly different society grew in the farther reaches of space. The importance of Earth faded and the Company reaped ever smaller profits as the economic focus of space turned outward. But the powerful Earth Fleet was sitll a presence in the Beyond, and Pell Station was to become the last stronghold in a titanic struggle between the vast, dynamic forces of the rebel Union and those who defended Earth's last, desperate grasp for the stars.
Finity's End
Author: C.J. Cherryh
Publisher: Aspect
Published: 1998-08-01
Total Pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9780446605601
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFinity's End is the oldest Merchanter ship in the universe. In an era of spies, pirate traders, and uneasy alliances, the Company Wears are now over, the hunt for the fleet is winding down, and the ship is coming home to reclaim her trade routes. Having lost an entire generation, the youngest crew members, bred and trained for war, must face their most critical battle of all--survival in a time of lasting peace.
The Lucky Ones
Author: Mae M. Ngai
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2012-05-27
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 0691155321
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTraces three generations of a Chinese-American family from its patriarch's self-invention as an immigration broker in post-gold rush San Francisco to the family's intimate involvement in the 1904 World's Fair.
Forty Thousand in Gehenna
Author: C. J. Cherryh
Publisher: DAW Hardcover
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 445
ISBN-13: 9780879979522
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 40,000 colonists on Gehenna are abandoned for political reasons. The descendants become partners with the planet's native intelligence--the lizard like, burrowing Calibans.
Ship of Destiny
Author: Robin Hobb
Publisher: Spectra
Published: 2003-12-30
Total Pages: 818
ISBN-13: 0553900277
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe third book in a seafaring fantasy trilogy that George R. R. Martin has described as “even better than the Farseer Trilogy—I didn’t think that was possible.” As Bingtown slides toward disaster, clan matriarch Ronica Vestrit, branded a traitor, searches for a way to bring the city’s inhabitants together against a momentous threat. Meanwhile, Althea Vestrit, unaware of what has befallen Bingtown and her family, continues her perilous quest to track down and recover her liveship, the Vivacia, from the ruthless pirate Kennit. Bold though it is, Althea’s scheme may be in vain. For her beloved Vivacia will face the most terrible confrontation of all as the secret of the liveships is revealed. It is a truth so shattering, it may destroy the Vivacia and all who love her, including Althea’s nephew, whose life already hangs in the balance. Don’t miss the magic of the Liveship Traders Trilogy: SHIP OF MAGIC • MAD SHIP • SHIP OF DESTINY
Hellburner
Author: C. J. Cherryh
Publisher:
Published: 1993-06-03
Total Pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9780450572913
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Lies of Locke Lamora
Author: Scott Lynch
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 2024-08-27
Total Pages: 641
ISBN-13: 0593725425
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFantasy meets crime caper in the first book of a landmark, enduringly popular epic series about a roguish group of conmen, which George R. R. Martin has called “fresh, original, and engrossing . . . gorgeously realized.” An orphan’s life is harsh—and often short—in the mysterious island city of Camorr. But young Locke Lamora dodges relentless danger, becoming a thief under the tutelage of a gifted con artist. As leader of the band of light-fingered brothers known as the Gentlemen Bastards, Locke is soon infamous, fooling even the underworld’s most feared ruler. But in the shadows lurks someone still more ambitious and deadly. Faced with a bloody coup that threatens to destroy everyone and everything that holds meaning in his mercenary life, Locke vows to beat the enemy at his own brutal game—or die trying.
Merchants of Culture
Author: John B. Thompson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2021-04-14
Total Pages: 357
ISBN-13: 1509528946
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese are turbulent times in the world of book publishing. For nearly five centuries the methods and practices of book publishing remained largely unchanged, but at the dawn of the twenty-first century the industry finds itself faced with perhaps the greatest challenges since Gutenberg. A combination of economic pressures and technological change is forcing publishers to alter their practices and think hard about the future of the books in the digital age. In this book - the first major study of trade publishing for more than 30 years - Thompson situates the current challenges facing the industry in an historical context, analysing the transformation of trade publishing in the United States and Britain since the 1960s. He gives a detailed account of how the world of trade publishing really works, dissecting the roles of publishers, agents and booksellers and showing how their practices are shaped by a field that has a distinctive structure and dynamic. This new paperback edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to take account of the most recent developments, including the dramatic increase in ebook sales and its implications for the publishing industry and its future.
Devlin's Honor
Author: Patricia Bray
Publisher: Spectra
Published: 2007-12-18
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 0307418006
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDevlin of Duncaer is the Chosen One, champion of the Kingdom of Jorsk. A simple metalsmith and farmer turned warrior, he has become the most unlikely of heroes to the conquerors of his own people, the Caerfolk. Yet there is a growing faction of Jorskians who believe that if he were truly anointed as Chosen One by the Gods, then the immortals would have given him the Sword of Light as proof of his calling. Missing for generations, the sword is more myth than reality. But Devlin knows where to find it. Lost in battle after the Jorskians’ brutal massacre of Caerfolk, it has remained in Duncaer, a souvenir of one of the land’s darkest days. Feeling more than ever a pawn of fate—and a plaything of the Gods who drive him—Devlin must return to the land of his birth, back to the people who have denounced him. For he is bound by an oath he has no choice but to obey...a promise he may have to die to keep.
