Product Description: Glowworms are actually many different kinds of insects, and they live all over the world. While youre probably most familiar with the glowing larvae and female adults we call fireflies, there are many other kinds of glowworms. Inside this informative and exciting guide, readers will learn where glowworms live, what they look like, and why they glow...read more

Their ship and skills rendered obsolete by a new technology, the misfit crew of the once-enviable luxury liner River of Stars plans one last glorious sail in the wake of a catastrophic engine failure.

With several large space rocks slated to hit Earth in the near future, ships are sent to the asteroid belt to prevent disaster, while a world financial crash and political turmoil threaten the rescue mission.

Product Description: [MP3CD audiobook format in vinyl case.] [Read by Malcolm Hillgartner] Following up Firestar and Rogue Star, Michael Flynn continues to deliver vivid characters, suspenseful prose, and an imaginative plot. In the early years of the twenty-first century, humanity has progressed into space, having established a permanent presence with Earth-orbiting Leo Station...read more

Product Description: [Library Edition Audiobook CD in vinyl case.] [Read by Malcolm Hillgartner] Following up Firestar and Rogue Star, Michael Flynn continues to deliver vivid characters, suspenseful prose, and an imaginative plot. In the early years of the twenty-first century, humanity has progressed into space, having established a permanent presence with Earth-orbiting Leo Station...read more

Product Description: [Read by Malcolm Hillgartner] Michael Flynn opened his saga of near-future technology and space exploration with Firestar, in which he introduced a set of characters orbiting around one powerful and determined woman: Mariesa van Huyten, who is obsessed with the need to get humanity back into space and to save Earth from disaster...read more

It's a big Spiral Arm, and the scarred man, Donavan buigh, has gone missing in it, upsetting the harper Mearana's plans for a reconciliation between her parents. Bridget ban, a Hound of the League, doubts that reconciliation is possible or desirable; but nonetheless has dispatched agents to investigate the disappearance. The powerful Ravn Olafsdottr, a Shadow of the Names, slips into Clanthompson Hall to tell mother and daughter of the fate of Donovan buigh. In the Long Game between the Confederation of Central Worlds and the United League of the Periphery, Hound and Shadow are mortal enemies; yet a truce descends between them so that the Shadow may tell her tale. There is a struggle in the Lion's Mouth, the bureau that oversees the Shadows―a clandestine civil war of sabotage and assassination between those who would overthrow Those of Name and the loyalists who support them. And Donovan, one-time Confederal agent, has been recalled to take a key part, willingly or no.

Product Description: The perfect examination guide for medical graduates undertaking postgraduate study in obstetrics and gynaecology Examination Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 3rd Edition is a rapid reference appropriate for daily use in a busy hospital ward, clinic or medical surgery...read more

Hugo Award finalist and Robert A. Heinlein Award-winning SF writer Michael Flynn returns to space opera with Up Jim River. There is a river on Dangchao Waypoint, a small world out beyond Die Bold. It is a longish river as such things go, with a multitude of bayous and rapids and waterfalls, and it runs through many a strange and hostile country. Going up it, you can lose everything.Going up it, you can find anything. The Hound Bridget ban has vanished and her employer, the Kennel (the mysterious superspy agency of the League) has given up the search. But her daughter, the harper Mearana, has not. She enlists the scarred man, Donovan, to aid her in her search. With the reluctant assent and financial aid of the Kennel, they set forth. Bridget ban was following hints of an artifact that would “protect the League from the Confederacy for aye.” Mearana is eager to follow that trail, but Donovan is reluctant, because whatever is at the end of it made a Hound disappear. What it would do to a harper and a drunk is far too easy to imagine. Donovan’s mind had been shattered by Those of Name, the rulers of the Confederacy, and no fewer than seven quarreling personalities now inhabit his skull. How can he hope to see her through safely? Together, they follow Bridget ban’s trail to the raw worlds of the frontier, edging ever closer to the uncivilized and barbarian planets of the Wild.

Product Description: There is a river on Dangchao Waypoint, a small world out beyond Die Bold. It is a longish river as such things go, with a multitude of bayous and rapids and waterfalls, and it runs through many a strange and hostile country. Going up it, you can lose everything...read more

Product Description: When an ancient prehuman artifact of great power is discovered, collectors want it, pirates take it, rulers crave it, and all will kill, if necessary, to get it. Will the artifact saveor destroythe interstellar human civilization?

Not since the 1960s have the activities of resistance among lower- and working-class youth caused such anxiety in the international community. Yet today the dispossessed are responding to the challenges of globalization and its methods of social control. The contributors to this volume examine the struggle for identity and interdependence of these youth, their clashes with law enforcement and criminal codes, their fight for social, political, and cultural capital, and their efforts to achieve recognition and empowerment. Essays adopt the vantage point of those whose struggle for social solidarity, self-respect, and survival in criminalized or marginalized spaces. In doing so, they contextualize and humanize the seemingly senseless actions of these youths, who make visible the class contradictions, social exclusion, and rituals of psychological humiliation that permeate their everyday lives.

Product Description: In 1349, one small town in Germany disappeared and was never resettled. Tom, a contemporary historian, and his theoretical physicist girlfriend, Sharon, become interested. By all logic, the town should have survived, but it didn't...read more

Product Description: The alien world of medieval Europe lives again, transformed by the physics of the future, by a winner of the Heinlein AwardOver the centuries, one small town in Germany has disappeared and never been resettled. Tom, a historian, and his theoretical physicist girlfriend Sharon, become interested...read more

Product Description: Navigate the homebuying process with ease!Let real estate pro Michael Flynn show you the ropes-Learn the lingo. CMA, MLS, FSBO, PMI--find out what it all means!-Know what to look for when choosing a neighborhood-Find out what features will attract buyers when it's time to resell-Your credit score--things you should know and what to do about it-Find out what loan arrangement is right for you-House-hunting tips to help you track down your dream home-Making an offer they can't refuse--know when to push and when to back down-How to get through your closing in one piece-Arranging home inspections and repairs before it's too lateLearn the tricks of the trade from a real estate professional...read more

Product Description: Fusion Management cuts through the confusion and hype surrounding. Six Sigma, TQM, and other high-profile quality initiatives.. Authoritative global quality guru Stanley Marash draws. on more than 40 years of experience to reveal how and why...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Forced to land on the frozen world of Earth when a missile destroys their ship, Alex and Gordon soon find themselves on the run from the authorities, which leads them to the last pro-tech group left on Earth--a group determined to send them back into space in twenty extremely complicated stages. Reprint.