The Houses of the Kzinti
Author: Jerry Pournelle
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780743488259
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Author: Jerry Pournelle
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780743488259
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwo complete novels of the top-selling Man-Kzin Wars are now available in this single volume.M.
Author: Hal Colebatch
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
Published: 2008-02-01
Total Pages: 403
ISBN-13: 1618246399
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHowl Down the Galaxy! The plan: wipe out and enslave those weed-eating, monkey-spawn humans and march on toward galactic domination! Easy, right Not quite. Now the smarter Kzin see the writing on the wall and form alliances of convenience with humans. But the battle rage on! A strange OLD world seemingly settled by pre-Romans is about to have the honor of Kzin enslavement¾unless a human and mercenary-Kzin team can stop it. A human secret agent with wiped memories must evade a Kzin assassin until he can rediscover his mission and save himself. And a Kzin horde is racing toward a huge anti-matter cache in deep space as one reluctant human protector stands against this ultimate threat! A hard-hitting, spellbinding addition to the 'Man-Kzin Wars' shared universe created by multiple New York Times best-seller, incomparable tale-spinner, and Nebula- and five-time Hugo-Award-winner, Larry Niven! At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). "[The Man-Kzin Wars series is] excellent . . .gripping . . .and expands well on Larry Niven's universe . . . ." ¾Locus
Author: Poul Anderson
Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780671720315
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Author: Walter Miller
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 2000-01-11
Total Pages: 450
ISBN-13: 0553380796
DOWNLOAD EBOOKForty years after the classic A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter Miller returns to a world struggling to transcend a terrifying legacy of darkness, as one man undertakes an odyssey of adventure and discovery that promises to alter the destiny of humankind . . . . Isolated in Leibowitz Abbey, Brother Blacktooth St. George suffers a crisis of faith, torn between his vows and his Nomad upbringing, between the Holy Virgin and visions of the Wild Horse Woman of his people. At the brink of disgrace and expulsion from his order, the young monk is championed by a powerful cardinal who has plans for him. Blacktooth sets out on a journey across a landscape still scarred by the long-ago Flame Deluge, a land divided by nature, politics, and war. He will find horrors and wonders, sins of the flesh . . . and love. As he encounters and reencounters a beautiful but forbidden mutant named Ædrea, he begins to wonder: is a she-devil, the Holy Mother, or the Wild Horse Woman herself?
Author: Larry Niven
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 379
ISBN-13: 0312867778
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFive-time Hugo Award winner Larry Niven weaves time and fantasy to create an utterly unique novel of a time traveler who must retrieve the life forms extinct in his current existence.
Author: Larry Niven
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: 1990-08
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780671720360
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe alien Kzinti had almost conquered the humans, but after the initial surprise, the humans fought back with a ferocity the Kzinti had never faced. But that was centuries ago, and the humiliation of lost battles has not faded. The Kzinti are back . . . and spoiling for a fight! Includes stories by Larry Niven, Dean Ing, Jerry Pournelle and S.M. Stirling.
Author: Dean Ing
Publisher:
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780671698720
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReissued to tie-in with Cats in Space, this single volume contains materials previously published in The Man-Kzin Wars and Man-Kzin II. Excellent adventure . . . the ingenuity and ethical standards of the her o, to say nothing of his courage, make one feel proud of the human race.--VOYA.
Author: Sir Herbert Hope Risley
Publisher:
Published: 1891
Total Pages: 486
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Garett Jones
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2015-11-11
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 0804797056
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver the last few decades, economists and psychologists have quietly documented the many ways in which a person's IQ matters. But, research suggests that a nation's IQ matters so much more. As Garett Jones argues in Hive Mind, modest differences in national IQ can explain most cross-country inequalities. Whereas IQ scores do a moderately good job of predicting individual wages, information processing power, and brain size, a country's average score is a much stronger bellwether of its overall prosperity. Drawing on an expansive array of research from psychology, economics, management, and political science, Jones argues that intelligence and cognitive skill are significantly more important on a national level than on an individual one because they have "positive spillovers." On average, people who do better on standardized tests are more patient, more cooperative, and have better memories. As a result, these qualities—and others necessary to take on the complexity of a modern economy—become more prevalent in a society as national test scores rise. What's more, when we are surrounded by slightly more patient, informed, and cooperative neighbors we take on these qualities a bit more ourselves. In other words, the worker bees in every nation create a "hive mind" with a power all its own. Once the hive is established, each individual has only a tiny impact on his or her own life. Jones makes the case that, through better nutrition and schooling, we can raise IQ, thereby fostering higher savings rates, more productive teams, and more effective bureaucracies. After demonstrating how test scores that matter little for individuals can mean a world of difference for nations, the book leaves readers with policy-oriented conclusions and hopeful speculation: Whether we lift up the bottom through changing the nature of work, institutional improvements, or freer immigration, it is possible that this period of massive global inequality will be a short season by the standards of human history if we raise our global IQ.
Author: David Drake
Publisher: Titan Books
Published: 2018-06-12
Total Pages: 531
ISBN-13: 178565232X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDavid Drake [is] the reason a lot of people got started reading military science fiction, because it's always a good idea to start with the best.--David WeberRoy Olfetrie dreamed of becoming an officer in the Republic of Cinnabar Navy until his father's secret criminal enterprise was discovered. Forced to drop out of the Academy, Roy has given up – until he meets Captain Daniel Leary.With Leary and Mundy at his side, Roy finally has a chance to redeem himself. Plunged back into the fray, Roy must contend with slave traders, pirates and assassination attempts, as well as his own father's toxic legacy. But an even greater danger is on the horizon, as war with the Alliance is brewing once again...