Starborn

Starborn

Author: Roberto Trotta

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2023-11-07

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1541674782

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An astronomer "who writes like a poet" (Wall Street Journal) gives a sweeping, "beautifully written" (Nature) inquiry into how the night sky has shaped human history For as long as humans have lived, we have lived beneath the stars. But under the glow of today’s artificial lighting, we have lost the intimacy our ancestors once shared with the cosmos. In Starborn, cosmologist Roberto Trotta reveals how stargazing has shaped the course of human civilization. The stars have served as our timekeepers, our navigators, our muses—they were once even our gods. How radically different would we be, Trotta also asks, if our ancestors had looked up to the night sky and seen… nothing? He pairs the history of our starstruck species with a dramatic alternate version, a world without stars where our understanding of science, art, and ourselves would have been radically altered. Revealing the hidden connections between astronomy and civilization, Starborn summons us to the marvelous sight that awaits us on a dark, clear night—to lose ourselves in the immeasurable vastness above.


Star Born

Star Born

Author: Andre Norton

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2023-08-22

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13:

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"Star Born" by Andre Norton. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.


Star Born

Star Born

Author: Andre Alice Norton

Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand

Published: 2022-11-11

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 2322452556

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When the oppressive global dictatorship of Pax took over Earth they put a stop to space exploration. Still, a few rebels escaped in the sleeper ships to found free new colonies -- or perish in the attempt. Those few colonists that reached inhabitable worlds were cut off for centuries, and in that isolation and freedom they developed the mysterious mental powers that ''civilization'' had all but destroyed.


Star Born

Star Born

Author: Andre Norton

Publisher: Standard Ebooks

Published: 2019-11-24T20:35:18Z

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13:

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This sequel to The Stars Are Ours! was first published in 1957 by the World Publishing Company. It continues the tale of the humans who escaped an anti-intellectual Earth and founded a colony on Astra, a planet across the galaxy. Astra has a vibrant, intelligent species, as well as the ruins of a much older civilization. Norton weaves two stories together by alternating points of view with each chapter. We follow a 4th generation colonist, as well as a mechanic-pilot newly arrived on Astra as a member of a research mission from a recently revived Earth. Each is on a journey of discovery, and they find themselves allied with opposing sides of an ongoing war between two intelligent, indigenous species. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.


The Born Prophecy Collection

The Born Prophecy Collection

Author: Katie MacAlister

Publisher: Keeper Shelf Books

Published: 2023-07-21

Total Pages: 603

ISBN-13: 1952737990

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One world torn apart by warring races. Two goddesses who swore to protect all. Three unlikely heroes who must fight when all hope is lost. From New York Times bestselling author Katie MacAlister comes a fast, fun fantasy collection with the first three books in the Born Prophesy series. FIREBORN Allegria is a simple priestess devoted to worship of the sun goddess. Hallow is a masterless apprentice. Deo was meant to save the world and bring peace. But then invaders beseiged the land, breaking the prophecy. Now Allegria has fled the priesthood, and wields the power of the sun. Hallow accepts the mantle of leadership he so long avoided. And Deo is tormented and tortured by the power of the invaders, using chaos itself to create an army that will drive the interlopers from the land, and bring about the peace of the Fourth Age. STARBORN The prophecy of peace appears to have come true on Alba. But a new battle is brewing, and for Allegria, Fireborn lightweaver, and her Starborn lover Hallow, it means saving more than worlds - Deo must be rescued from the shadowlands of Eris if they want any hope of a future. As the bonds of friendship are threatened and the courage of three heroes challenged, the fate of Alba teeters on the edge of oblivion. SHADOWBORN When a brutal god inadvertantly released sets his wrath upon the blessed lands of Alba, only three heroes stand a chance of stopping him. Fireborn Allegria, with her ability to harness the power of light; her Starborn lover Hallow, who leads the society of arcanists; and Deo, a warrior born of both worlds. . . But the circle of friendship is broken when Allegria is kidnapped and imprisoned in the spirit world of vengeful rival. The ultimate battle between good and evil is breaking, and Hallow and Deo need Allegria to win it. Summoning the strength they have left, they must find her. But even then, how can they can achieve the impossible? Only the untried power of their joined magics can save the Fourth Age.


Starborn Arising

Starborn Arising

Author: E'nishra

Publisher:

Published: 2017-08-25

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9781975863746

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Starborn Arising shares a profound human perspective born of a lifetime of experience. Alexis de Tocqueville wrote, "In America the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion; within these barriers an author may write what he pleases, but woe to him if he goes beyond them." This book goes beyond "them". Starborn Arising is a challenge for the reader to awaken to a beautiful truth that is expressed artistically in this book: "You are like a wave on the sea and you are the radiant Ocean of Light." Awaken and Ascend.


Shadowborn

Shadowborn

Author: Katie MacAlister

Publisher: Rebel Base Books

Published: 2020-06-09

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 1635730775

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IN THE REALM OF THE LIVING Liberated from exile, the brutal god Nezu is leveling his vengeful wrath against the blessed lands of Alba, and only three heroes stand a chance of stopping him. Fireborn Allegria, with her ability to harness the power of light; her Starborn lover Hallow, who leads the society of mages; and Deo, a warrior born of both worlds. . . IN THE REALM OF THE DEAD But the circle of friendship is broken when Allegria is imprisoned in the spirit world of the Thane. Surrounded by long dead warriors bent on revenge, Allegria is losing her grasp on the mortal realm. Now she must fight to hold on to the memories she has left–and the hope that help is coming from a world away. IN ALL THE SHADOWS BETWEEN The ultimate battle between good and evil is breaking, and Hallow and Deo need Allegria to win it. But even then, how can they can achieve the impossible? For it’s not just one destructive god they must face, but also his creator. Only an arcane prophecy and the untried power of their joined magics can save the Fourth Age.


Star Path

Star Path

Author: W. Michael Gear

Publisher: Forge Books

Published: 2019-06-25

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 1250176360

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The fourth novel in the Cahokian story cycle, Star Path is an evocative tale about America’s greatest pre-Columbian city by New York Times bestselling authors W. Michael and Kathleen O’Neal Gear How do you say no to a god? Cahokia recovers from a year of chaos following a near civil war and the god incarnate, Morning Star, has declared that his human sister Night Shadow Star and her slave Fire Cat must make a dangerous journey to far off Cofitachequi. For an old threat has arisen on the other side of the great eastern mountains - their brother, Walking Smoke, a madman who is convinced that he is the true deity destined to rule Cahokia. Night Shadow Star is also ruled by the Underworld Lord, Piasa, but this power dangles a chance of happiness in front of Night Shadow Star and Fire Cat – if they succeed with his agenda, they might become nameless, clanless, and worthless. And thus free. But the treacherous Tenasee River that they must travel holds its own perils. And at the end of the journey, Walking Smoke prepares to spring his trap. Star Path, the fourth book in the Gears’ People of Cahokia series, takes the reader out of the great city of Cahokia and into a land of rivers, forests, tribes, and exiled colonies, providing us with a rare look into the mystical underpinnings of Native American culture and the founding of Mississippian civilization. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.


Star Begotten

Star Begotten

Author: H.G. Wells

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press

Published: 2006-09-12

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780819567291

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H.G. Wells’s second Martian invasion comes from within.