Hilary Grendon sent her shabby, time-worn space pilot, Vagabond, to the smiling Earth, which quickly rose to greet her. Only the instinctive lightness of long practice prevented the blow, his hands were trembling so much on the control panel. Again the house is an old familiar Earth! He could hardly believe it! Perhaps it was only a dream, and he woke up among Saturn's inhuman sparkling cylinders, shuddering and crawling from their icy gaze....
For at least five centuries, the galactic empire has not known major shocks. The daily routine and ceremonial duties “eat up” almost the entire time of the ruler, Paul XVII. Key ministers and other high-ranking courtiers in conversations with the emperor intrigue in black language and talk about conspiracies that threaten the crown. Psi-mediums of almost all inhabited worlds prophesy of impending big and terrible changes. And the students of the capital’s largest university in the empire unexpectedly and do not know why they are organizing a major rebellion ......
A robot policeman is sent to the provincial town of Nainport during a spaceport for field trials. In established provincial relations, its appearance does not cause much enthusiasm, moreover, the instructions for its operation on a thousand-plus pages are not easy to master. And now a car worth $ 120 thousand began sweeping floors, cleaning cameras, filing papers, until someone suddenly needed to go to the accident. For lack of a better sent robot ... Now, in the town of Nainport, crime is over....
Lieutenant Mathers resigned and took the post of deputy director of the over-corporation for the production of rocket fuel. At first, this corporation became a monopolist in the fuel market, and then tripled the price of its products. Based on this story, the novel “The Galactic Order of Valor” was subsequently written....
The book was written by creators of the phenomenal bestseller The 48 Laws of Power, a mesmerizing handbook on seduction: the most subtle and effective form of power. At the time, when seduction become a form of art, it changed our world by having an indirect and subtle form of power capable to topple empires, win elections and enslave great minds. Immerse yourself in the twenty-four maneuvers and strategies of the seductive process - the ritual form of attracting people. The book will learn you on how to: "Choose the Right Victim," "Appear to Be an Object of Desire," and "Confuse Desire...
Pygmalion is the one of the most famous play of Bernard Shaw, written in 1912. The original wit and democratic spirit of the play reflects deep and acute social problems, that become popular in many countries and it's still quite recognizable play....
Voltaire s razor-sharp satire on philosophical optimism, Candide , is coupled here with another of the author s most celebrated works, Zadig . Both challenge the moral and philosophical orthodoxies of the day with humour and sly wit, whilst parodying the clichéd formulas of so many contemporary novels. Candide traces the fortunes of its titular character, a staunch optimist who eventually becomes disillusioned by a series of hardships and misfortunes. Zadig likewise follows its main character Zadig, a Babylonian philosopher, as he is subjected to the whims...
Cum Grano Salis is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Randall Garrett is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Randall Garrett then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection....
The silver airship quickly pierced the hot, hot air. The midday sun illuminated him and the deserted world below. All about the solemn silence of death. Not a single living creature appeared either in the air or on the gray-gray earth. Only the plane itself showed some signs of life. The sky, blue as indigo, did not hide a shadow of a cloud, and on the horizon the mountains crashed into it like the teeth of a giant saw....
Stellar exploration—and depredation—in the exciting first novel in the Solar Queen series from a “superb storyteller” (The New York Times). In the future, venturing out into the stars is more than a way for humanity to chart the cosmos—it’s big business. Every time a new planet is discovered, the highest bidder gets first dibs with exclusive property rights for a year. Anything they can find, they can keep. The planet Limbo was considered a waste of rock to most, which is the only reason apprentice cargo master Dane Thorson and the rest of the crew of the Solar Queen could afford to bid...
It was getting so a person couldn’t sleep nights anymore. Would you like to see all hell break loose? Just make a few holes in nothing at all—push some steel beams through the holes—and then head for the hills. But first, read what happened to some people who really did it....
