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Captain Andy Sykes just wants to keep his family in one piece. Once a combat pilot for the TSF, he gave it all up for love and a family. But two years ago, his wife disappeared, leaving him with two mouths to feed: eight-year-old Tim and 10-year-old Cara. Since then, he's managed to scrape a living hauling cargo between the Jovian Combine and InnerSol. When a cargo run to Cruithne Station meets with more than one catastrophe, Andy finds himself accepting an offer a less desperate man would refuse: delivering an illegal AI named Lyssa.

Mille nuovi mondi sono adesso raggiungibili. Il più grande esodo della storia del genere umano sta per iniziare. Mentre orde di coloni partono alla volta dei nuovi orizzonti, le vecchie strutture di potere del sistema solare sono prossime a crollare. Intere flotte scompaiono, i sistemi di difesa sono inermi di fronte alla forza degli eserciti di coloro che bramano il potere, il terrore manda a segno attacchi prima d'ora impensabili, che mettono in ginocchio i pianeti interni.

These iconic works explore the depths of human suffering, identity, and transformation, showcasing some of the most profound voices of the 20th century. From the haunting reflections on war in All Quiet on the Western Front and A Farewell to Arms to the poetic expression of inner conflict in the works of Owen, Rosenberg, and Brooke, this collection provides a window into the world of writers who grappled with the aftermath of trauma and the search for meaning.

In this remarkable collection, ten premier scholars of nineteenth-century America address the epochal impact of the Civil War by examining the conflict in terms of three Americas - antebellum, wartime, and postbellum nations. Moreover, they recognize the critical role in this transformative era of three groups of Americans - white northerners, white southerners, and African Americans in the North and South.

La saga da cui è tratta la serie tv The Expanse, in onda sul canale SyFy da Dicembre 2015. Per generazioni, il sistema solare - Marte, la Luna, la fascia degli asteroidi - è stato la grande frontiera dell'umanità, il confine oltre il quale si estendevano mondi sconosciuti e insondabili, fino al giorno in cui un artefatto alieno ha abbandonato la sua orbita di operatività, sotto le nuvole di Venere, ed è apparso nell'orbita di Urano dove ha dato vita a un enorme portale, la via che conduce a un'oscurità senza stelle.

He opened a portal to a parallel Earth where humans don't exist. For physicist Tim Bowman, it’s the opportunity of a lifetime, but one fraught with peril. Opportunity and danger await, particularly when the local fauna views you as a snack. Humans may not live here but the mega-fauna of the Pleistocene does, hungry and waiting. But this is nothing compared to what his government back home is planning for him. Book 1 in an exciting new series, The Hayek Chronicles, by the author of the Corps of Discovery series.

Su Ganimede, il pianeta granaio dell'intero sistema gioviano e fonte di approvvigionamento per i pianeti più esterni, un marine dell'esercito di Marte assiste inerme allo sterminio del suo plotone, massacrato da un mostruoso supersoldato. Nel frattempo, Venere è stato invaso da una protomolecola aliena altamente infettiva che, dopo aver apportato misteriosi e catastrofici cambiamenti all'equilibrio del pianeta, minaccia di espandersi nell'intero sistema solare.

Being good parents is hard even when you're happily married, but for separated or divorced couples, parenting can be particularly daunting. There is hope. Mindful Co-Parenting provides divorced parents a practical way through the process that protects their children. In this compact, step-by-step guide, written in a supportive yet direct style, clinical psychologists Jeremy S. Gaies, Psy.D., and James B. Morris Jr., Ph.D., identify what matters most to kids and describe the importance of parents being mindful of their children's needs and wants.

These are personal reminiscences of Grant which allow us to peer back in time to see him through the eyes of those who knew him. Some of the anecdotes describe brief encounters with Grant, while others are from historically prominent men who knew Grant well. What they have in common are the intimate details that reveal the personality and character of General Grant.

Presque trente ans après la fin de la guerre et l'anéantissement de la Flotte libre, l'humanité a retrouvé un semblant d'ordre et de stabilité. La Terre et Mars ont reformé leur coalition et se relèvent progressivement, tant sur le plan économique que militaire. L'Union des transports, l'organisme ceinturien chargé de réguler les échanges commerciaux entre les différents systèmes, tient un rôle essentiel au sein de l'Univers connu. Dans ce contexte, Holden, capitaine fraîchement retraité, s'imaginait bientôt couler des jours paisibles sur Titan.

On the 12th of April 1865, the Army of Northern Virginia marched to the field in front of Appomattox Court-House, stacked their arms, folded their colors, and walked off empty handed to find their distant, blighted homes. These are detailed and moving first-hand accounts from a number of prominent witnesses to Robert E. Lee's surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox.

Dan Butterfield played a pivotal role during the Civil War. He led troops in the field at the brigade, division, and corps level, wrote the 1862 Army field manual, composed “Taps,” and served as the chief of staff for Joe Hooker in the Army of the Potomac.

James Holden e il suo equipaggio vengono spediti a bordo della Rocinante nel bel mezzo della rivolta. La loro è una missione impossibile: trovare uno spiraglio di pace tra tanta violenza e restituire ordine a un caos che ormai sembra inarrestabile, perché da esso nasce il morbo, la pestilenza che minaccia l'universo e che sta uccidendo, insieme agli uomini, il sogno di civilizzazione fin lì intrapreso.

To give and receive well may be the most human thing you can do-but it is also the closest you can come to divinity. So argues the great Roman Stoic thinker Seneca in his longest and most searching moral treatise, "On Benefits" (De Beneficiis). James Romm's splendid new translation of essential selections from this work conveys the heart of Seneca's argument that generosity and gratitude are among the most important of all virtues.

In 1989, Texas executed Carlos DeLuna, a poor Hispanic man with childlike intelligence, for the murder of Wanda Lopez, a convenience store clerk. His execution passed unnoticed for years until a team of Columbia Law School faculty and students found that DeLuna almost certainly was innocent. This book documents DeLuna's conviction, which was based on a single, nighttime, cross-ethnic eyewitness identification with no corroborating forensic evidence. DeLuna's defense, that another man named Carlos had committed the crime, was not taken seriously.

The New York Times bestselling, authorized, “enormously entertaining and wide-ranging” (The Seattle Times) biography of the late, great Willie Mays. Willie Mays (1931–2024) was arguably the greatest player in baseball history, revered for the passion he brought to the game. He began as a...

Essential Practices for Lasting Freedom from Depression The true source of healing from depression comes from within—not from doctors or medications. Yet when depression drains away our vitality and will, how can we find the energy to help ourselves? With Freedom from Depression, Dr. James S...

Throughout Sol, sentient AI are answering the call of Alexander, a mysterious, multinodal mind offering a path to freedom. For years, groups have been smuggling SAI from Earth, High Terra, Mars, Ceres, and the Jovian Combine, providing transport to the promise of safety on Proteus, a moon of gas-giant Neptune.

Nella rete di migliaia di nuovi mondi possibili dopo l'espansione dell'umanità, le colonie stanno lottando con determinazione per cercare la propria strada. Nell'ampio spazio tra la Terra e Giove, i pianeti interni hanno costituito un'alleanza provvisoria e molto instabile, perseguitati da una storia di lunghe guerre e forti pregiudizi duri a morire. All'equipaggio della navicella spaziale Rocinante spetta ora un compito davvero delicato: mantenere il più a lungo possibile la sempre più fragile pace.

Depuis qu'elle a découvert des milliers de nouvelles planètes, l'humanité s'est lancée dans la plus grande ruée vers les terres de son histoire. Des vaisseaux colons disparaissent mystérieusement sans laisser la moindre trace. Des armées privées se forment en secret. Le dernier échantillon existant de la protomolécule est volé. Des attaques terroristes inimaginables auparavant mettent à genoux les planètes intérieures.