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Author : Eva Knatchbull-Hugessen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Satellite and Other Stories written by Eva Knatchbull-Hugessen and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Genki Ferguson
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 0771049889
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Satellite Love written by Genki Ferguson and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully unconventional debut novel about a girl, a boy, and a satellite—and a bittersweet meditation on loneliness, alienation, and what it means to be human. Longlisted for Canada Reads, shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Literary Fiction and for Speculative Fiction. Named CBC Radio's Q Book Pick of the Month, a CBC Books Spring Reading List Title, a Shelf Life Books Book of the Month, a Toronto Life and Nikkei Voice summer read recommendation, one of Daily Hive's 10 Essential Reads to Celebrate Asian Canadian Writers, and one of Quill & Quire booksellers' Books of the Year. On the eve of the new millennium, in a city in southern Japan that progress has forgotten, sixteen-year-old Anna Obata looks to the stars for solace. An outcast at school, and left to fend for herself and care for her increasingly senile grandfather at home, Anna copes with her loneliness by searching the night sky for answers. But everything changes the evening the Low Earth Orbit satellite (LEO for short) returns her gaze and sees her as no one else has before. After Leo is called down to Earth, he embarks on an extraordinary journey to understand his own humanity as well as the fragile mind of the young woman who called him into being. As Anna withdraws further into her own mysterious plans, he will be forced to question the limits of his devotion and the lengths he will go to protect her. Full of surprising imaginative leaps and yet grounded by a profound understanding of the human heart, Satellite Love is a brilliant and deeply moving meditation on loneliness, faith, and the yearning for meaning and connection. It is an unforgettable story about the indomitable power of the imagination and the mind's ability to heal itself, no matter the cost, no matter the odds.
Author : Nick Lake
Publisher : Ember
ISBN 13 : 1524713562
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)
Download or read book Satellite written by Nick Lake and published by Ember. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A teenage boy born in space makes his first trip to Earth in this engrossing sci-fi adventure for fans of The Martian from award-winning author Nick Lake. He’s going to a place he’s never been before: home. Moon 2 is a space station that orbits approximately 250 miles above Earth. It travels 17,500 miles an hour, making one full orbit every ninety minutes. It’s also the only home that fifteen-year-old Leo and two other teens have ever known. Born and raised on Moon 2, Leo and the twins, Orion and Libra, are finally old enough and strong enough to endure the dangerous trip to Earth. They’ve been “parented” by teams of astronauts since birth and have run countless drills to ready themselves for every conceivable difficulty they might face on the flight. But has anything really prepared them for life on terra firma? Because while the planet may be home to billions of people, living there is more treacherous than Leo and his friends could ever have imagined, and their very survival will mean defying impossible odds.
Author : Neil R. Jones
Publisher : eStar Books
ISBN 13 : 1612101798
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (121 download)
Download or read book The Jameson Satellite written by Neil R. Jones and published by eStar Books. This book was released on 2011-01-10 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mammoths of the ancient world have been wonderfully preserved in the ice of Siberia. The cold, only a few miles out in space, will be far more intense than in the polar regions and its power of preserving the dead body would most probably be correspondingly increased. When the hero-scientist of this story knew he must die, he conceived a brilliant idea for the preservation of his body, the result of which even exceeded his expectations. What, how, and why are cleverly told here
Author : Emuh Ruh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781953629029
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Glaeolia written by Emuh Ruh and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking anthology of contemporary literary indie manga. 332 pages. Perfect bound 7 × 10 inches format book. 1-color risograph printed interiors on a creamy natural paper stock. 4-color risograph covers, with a deluxe soft touch cover lamination. Features work from 13 artists (including the artist for the cover illustration) from the Japanese indie manga scene, almost all of whom have never been published in English before. Like the previous issue, Glaeolia no. 2 includes an essay introducing the participating authors and works to the English literary world, as well as endnotes contextualizing aspects of the stories, and a complete author biography ?section.
Author : Keith Laumer
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1473215935
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (732 download)
Download or read book The Long Twilight written by Keith Laumer and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE COMBATANTS Two godlike blood enemies engaged in a war older than history. THE BATTLEGROUND An out-of-control nuclear plant whose cataclysmic destruction will spell the end of the Earth. REFUGE None - on a planet swept up in the awesome terror of the last panic.
Author : Nadine Gordimer
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408832631
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Jump and Other Stories written by Nadine Gordimer and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of sixteen stories, Gordimer brings unforgettable characters from every corner of society to life: a child refugee fleeing civil war in Mozambique; a black activist's deserted wife longing for better times; a rich safari party indulging themselves while lionesses circle their lodge. Jump is a vivid, disturbing and rewarding portrait of life in South Africa under apartheid.
Author : Mark R. Chartrand
Publisher : SPIE Press
ISBN 13 : 9780819451859
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (518 download)
Download or read book Satellite Communications for the Nonspecialist written by Mark R. Chartrand and published by SPIE Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a satellite communications primer.
Download or read book GREGORY and other stories written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eric Braun
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1404855343
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)
Download or read book If I Were an Astronaut written by Eric Braun and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2010 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses activities astronauts do while they're in space.
Author : D. K. Sachdev
Publisher : AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics)
ISBN 13 : 9781563479663
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (796 download)
Download or read book Success Stories in Satellite Systems written by D. K. Sachdev and published by AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics). This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting firsthand histories, case studies, and lessons learned from many of the pioneers who built the satellite industry, this book contains historically important photographs that help to illuminate the stories.
Author : Yu Chen
Publisher : Tordotcom
ISBN 13 : 1250768934
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (57 download)
Download or read book The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories written by Yu Chen and published by Tordotcom. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Oprah Daily Top 25 Fantasy Book of 2022 From an award-winning team of authors, editors, and translators comes a groundbreaking short story collection that explores the expanse of Chinese science fiction and fantasy. In The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories, you can dine at a restaurant at the end of the universe, cultivate to immortality in the high mountains, watch roses perform Shakespeare, or arrive at the island of the gods on the backs of giant fish to ensure that the world can bloom. Written, edited, and translated by a female and nonbinary team, these stories have never before been published in English and represent both the richly complicated past and the vivid future of Chinese science fiction and fantasy. Time travel to a winter's day on the West Lake, explore the very boundaries of death itself, and meet old gods and new heroes in this stunning new collection. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Philip Bunting
Publisher : Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9781338772753
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (727 download)
Download or read book Give Me Some Space! written by Philip Bunting and published by Scholastic Paperbacks. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One girl's mission to find life in space leads to an out-of-this-world adventure perfect for the astronaut-in-training in your life. Una loves imagining a life in space. Life on Earth is just so-so. But how will she get there? Can she complete her mission to discover life in space? Oh! And did she remember to feed her goldfish? From award-winning creator Philip Bunting, Give Me Some Space is a delightful story that expertly merges nonfiction facts with imaginative play. Readers will love blasting off with Una, and learning along the way!
Author : Doug Millard
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780237065
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Satellite written by Doug Millard and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Right now, above our heads—nearly imperceptible to us but hugely important to how we live—are thousands of man-made objects that we have sent into space. Ubiquitous but mysterious, satellites are the technological infrastructure of our globally connected world, helping us do everything from orient ourselves on a map to watch our favorite television shows. Yet we rarely ever think about them. In this book, Doug Millard pays overdue tribute to the stoic existence of the satellite, tracing its simultaneous pathways through the cold silence of space and the noisy turbulence of the past century. How satellites ever came to be is, in itself, a remarkable story. Telling an astonishing history of engineering experimentation and ingenuity, Millard shows how the Cold War space race made the earliest satellites—ones like Sputnik, Telstar, and Early Bird—household names. He describes how they evolved into cultural signifiers that represented not only our scientific capabilities but our capacity for imagination, our ability to broaden the scope of our vision to the farthest reaches. From there he follows the proliferation of satellites in the second half of the twentieth century, examining their many different forms, how they evolved, all the things they do, what they have enabled, and how they have influenced our popular culture. Ultimately, Millard asks what we can still expect, what sort of space age the satellite has initiated that is yet to be fully realized. Published in association with the Science Museum, London, this beautifully illustrated book will appeal to any fan of space exploration and technology.
Author : John Bloom
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802192823
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Eccentric Orbits written by John Bloom and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Good corporate drama . . . an enlightening narrative of how new communications infrastructures often come about.” —The Economist, “A Book of the Year 2016” In the early 1990s, Motorola developed a revolutionary satellite system called Iridium that promised to be its crowning achievement. Its constellation of 66 satellites in polar orbit was a mind-boggling technical accomplishment, surely the future of communication. The only problem was that Iridium the company was a commercial disaster. Only months after launching service, it was $11 billion in debt, burning through $100 million a month and crippled by baroque rate plans and agreements that forced calls through Moscow, Beijing, Fucino, Italy, and elsewhere. Bankruptcy was inevitable—the largest to that point in American history. And when no real buyers seemed to materialize, it looked like Iridium would go down as just a “science experiment.” That is, until Dan Colussy got a wild idea. Colussy, a former head of Pan-Am now retired and working on his golf game in Palm Beach, heard about Motorola’s plans to “de-orbit” the system and decided he would buy Iridium and somehow turn around one of the biggest blunders in the history of business. Impeccably researched and wonderfully told, Eccentric Orbits is a rollicking, unforgettable tale of technological achievement, business failure, the military-industrial complex, and one of the greatest deals of all time. “Deep reporting put forward with epic intentions . . . a story that soars and jumps and dives and digresses . . . [A] big, gutsy, exciting book.” —The Wall Street Journal, “A Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2016” “Spellbinding . . . A tireless researcher, Bloom delivers a superlative history . . . A tour de force.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Author : Hans Olav Lahlum
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0230769543
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (37 download)
Download or read book Satellite People written by Hans Olav Lahlum and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping, evocative and ingenious mystery which pays homage to Agatha Christie, Satellite People is the second Norwegian mystery in Hans Olav Lahlum's series. Oslo, 1969. When a wealthy man collapses and dies during a dinner party, Norwegian Police Inspector Kolbjørn Kristiansen, known as K2, is left shaken. For the victim, Magdalon Schelderup, a multimillionaire businessman and former resistance fighter, had contacted him only the day before, fearing for his life. It soon becomes clear that every one of Schelderup's ten dinner guests is a suspect in the case. The businessman was disliked, even despised, by many of those close to him; and his recently revised Will may have set events in motion. But which of the guests - from his current and former wives and three children to his attractive secretary and old cohorts in the resistance - had the greatest motive for murder? With the inestimable help of Patricia - a brilliant, acerbic young woman who lives an isolated life at home, in her wheelchair - K2 begins to untangle the lies and deceit within each of the guests' testimonies. But as the investigators receive one mysterious letter after another warning of further deaths, K2 realises he must race to uncover the killer. Before they strike again . . .
Author : Lian Dolan
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062909061
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)
Download or read book The Sweeney Sisters written by Lian Dolan and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a big-hearted belly-laugh of a book, told with wit and poignancy. Family secrets, laughter and tears, shocking reveals, and an uplifting ending make this a story to savor--and share."--Susan Wiggs, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost and Found Bookshop An accomplished storyteller returns with her biggest, boldest, most entertaining novel yet—a hilarious, heartfelt story about books, love, sisterhood, and the surprises we discover in our DNA. Maggie, Eliza, and Tricia Sweeney grew up as a happy threesome in the idyllic seaside town of Southport, Connecticut. But their mother’s death from cancer fifteen years ago tarnished their golden-hued memories, and the sisters drifted apart. Their one touchstone is their father, Bill Sweeney, an internationally famous literary lion and college professor universally adored by critics, publishers, and book lovers. When Bill dies unexpectedly one cool June night, his shell-shocked daughters return to their childhood home. They aren’t quite sure what the future holds without their larger-than-life father, but they do know how to throw an Irish wake to honor a man of his stature. But as guests pay their respects and reminisce, one stranger, emboldened by whiskey, has crashed the party. It turns out that she too is a Sweeney sister. When Washington, DC based journalist Serena Tucker had her DNA tested on a whim a few weeks earlier, she learned she had a 50% genetic match with a childhood neighbor—Maggie Sweeney of Southport, Connecticut. It seems Serena’s chilly WASP mother, Birdie, had a history with Bill Sweeney—one that has remained totally secret until now. Once the shock wears off, questions abound. What does this mean for William’s literary legacy? Where is the unfinished memoir he’s stashed away, and what will it reveal? And how will a fourth Sweeney sister—a blond among redheads—fit into their story? By turns revealing, insightful, and uproarious, The Sweeney Sisters is equal parts cautionary tale and celebration—a festive and heartfelt look at what truly makes a family. "Dolan uses her experience in podcasting with her own sisters to craft believable women characters who worry about real problems and use wry humor to push through dark moments . . . . A warmhearted portrait of love embracing true hearts."—Kirkus
