Title: Fifty Degrees Below Author: Kim Stanley Robinson File Type: Mobi Subject:Fiction:Thriller Description:From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Earth continues its relentless plunge toward environmental collapse in Robinson's well-done if intensely didactic follow-up to Forty Signs of Rain (2004). As a result of global warming, the Gulf Stream has stalled, and when winter comes, impossibly frigid temperatures hit the Eastern Seaboard and Western Europe. As people starve, multinational corporations explore ways of making a profit from the disaster. When Antarctica's ice shelves collapse, low-lying island nations quite literally slip beneath the rising waters. In Washington, D.C., clear-sighted scientists must overcome government inertia and stupidity to put into effect policies that may begin to salvage the situation. An enormous fleet of ships is dispatched to the North Atlantic to dump millions of tons of salt into the ocean in the hope of restarting the Gulf Stream. This ecological disaster tale is guaranteed to anger political and economic conservatives of every stripe, but it provides perhaps the most realistic portrayal ever created of the environmental changes that are already occurring on our planet. It should be required reading for anyone concerned about our world's future. Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From School Library JournalAdultHigh School–Picking up where Forty Signs of Rain (Bantam, 2004) leaves off, this second book in a planned trilogy finds Earth about to experience the most intense winter on record. Governments worldwide blithely go about their routines in spite of the monumental recent flooding in Washington, DC, and other areas around the globe. When the record-setting cold sets in, people begin freezing to death and starving due to crop failures. Large corporations and world governments use the crisis to attempt to rig elections and plan other agendas to tighten their hold on the public. Meanwhile scientists, especially those at the National Science Foundation, frantically search for a way to shift the weather patterns. The answer seems to be to jump-start the Gulf Stream to get it flowing again; the world watches as millions of tons of salt pour from ships into the ocean in this attempt. While the major plot of ecological chaos plays out, the subplots show how the effects of the weather changes, ecological turmoil, and governmental and big business assaults affect the various characters as they try to survive. This well-researched and expertly written novel about a future that might be coming true all too soon will hopefully serve as a wake-up call about Earths current serious situation._–Pam Johnson, Fairfax County Public Library, VA_ Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.
Title: Doctor Who_ The Banquo Legacy
Author: Andy Lane
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Science-Fiction:Doctor Who
Description:Middletown in 1889 is a small mining village -- but the local mine is about to be closed down. In an attempt to avoid this catastrophe, the owner, Lord Urton built a huge dam across the river to reduce flooding in a promising area of the mine, but to no avail.However, little does he realise that the construction of the dam has disturbed something that was lying dormant in the earth. Something that is now stirring into life...Strange events are afoot, with local deaths that appear to be caused by lightning strikes. Except that the soles of the victims feet are burned black.Its up to the Doctor to find out what mysterious forces have been unleashed. Perhaps the stranger in town, Nepath, who wants to buy the mine from Lord Urton, can shed some light on the matter...
Title: The Generals
Author: Simon Scarrow
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Fiction:Historical
Description:ReviewScarrow builds up a fascinating picture of a world at war and sets the stage for the looming confrontation between these two military giants -- an enthralling sequel -- Good Reading, Australia One of the great duels in history, between two of its most fascinating characters. Simon Scarrow brings Wellington and Napoleon to life with a vengeance. -- Paul Strathern, author of NAPOLEON IN EGYPT The second in this epic quartet of novels focusing on two giants of European history, Wellington and Napoleon Its 1796 as THE GENERALS opens, and both Arthur Wellesly (later Wellington) and Napoleon Bonaparte are making their mark as men of military genius. Wellesley, as commander of the 33rd Regiment of Foot, is sent to India, where his skill and bravery make a remarkable impression on his superiors. Napoleons role as commander of the Army of Italy leads to success in battle and rapid political progress. By 1804, Napoleon has established himself as Emperor, and has his sights set on conquering all of Europe. The time has come for Wellesly to stand against Napoleon in the confrontation that lies ahead.
Title: A Man for Amanda
Author: Nora Roberts
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Romance
Description:
Multi-New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts has dazzled millions of readers with her riveting stories of mystery and romance. THE CALHOUN WOMEN celebrates that intriguing blend. Its the stuff that love -- and legends -- are made of.Efficient Amanda Calhoun finds easygoing Sloan ORiley insufferable -- and irresistible. As she finalizes all the arrangements for her sister C.C.s storybook wedding to hotel magnate Trenton St. James, and plans for the day she assumes command of The Towers Retreat, her family is racing to solve the generations-old mystery surrounding a priceless hidden emerald necklace.
Title: Doctor Who_ Bunker Soldiers
Author: Martin Day
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Science-Fiction:Doctor Who
Description:A fireball crash lands in the forests of the Ukraine and when the locals investigate, they find what appears to be a metal coffin at the center of the devastation. They superstitiously conclude that the casket contains the body of an angel sent to Earth to give hope to the people.Centuries later the Doctor and his companions find themselves trapped in Kiev, 1240 -- a city under attack by the Mongols. They are enforced guests of the governor, Dmitri, whose assistant Yehven believes that if the coffin is desecrated, then all who threaten us will be destroyed.When the coffin is opened by a group of men, a terrifying, skull-faced creature is freed, and kills a member of the group before fleeing. A spate of violent deaths ensue -- but this creature certainly isnt killing indiscriminately. How is this creature choosing its victims? Where has it come from -- and most importantly, can the Doctor do anything to halt its murderous trail of destruction?
Title: Moonshot_ The Inside Story of Mankind's
Author: Dan Parry
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Science
Description:
On July 20, 1969 more than 500 million people across the globe watched as the first man in history stepped onto the face of another planet. The triumph of the Apollo 11 mission was a momentous pinacle that followed years of construction, planning, and training, all of which is conveyed in this captivating history that uses official accounts to tell the real, untold story. The background of the space race is retold in full detail, including the role of the Cold War and America’s desire to flex its international muscle. The fraught and often bitter relationships between the three men destined to make history—hot-headed Buzz Aldrin, easygoing Michael Collins, and the inscrutable Neil Armstrong—are also addressed, as is the nail-biting moment when, just minutes before Armstrong and Aldrin were about to reach the surface of the moon, their equipment failed. This is an engaging account of a mission that could easily have gone terribly wrong, but instead turned into an American triumph.
Title: The Shadow of Weng-Chiang
Author: David A. McIntee
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Science-Fiction:Doctor Who
Description:The shadow of Weng-Chiang, an original novel reaturing the fourth Doctor, Romana and K9. The search for the fourth segment of the key to Time brings the Tardis to 1930s Shanghai: a dark and shadowy world, riven by conflict and threatened by the expansion of the Japanese Empire. Meanwhile, the savage Tongs pursue their own mysterous agenda in the city's illegal clubs and opium dens. Manipulated by an elusive foe, the Doctor is obliged to follow the Dragon Path-the side-effect of a disastrous experiment in the far future.
Title: Flight of a Witch
Author: Ellis Peters
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Fiction:Detective
Description:From Publishers WeeklyThis trio of novels by the author of the acclaimed Brother Cadfael mysteries features Detective Chief Inspector George Felse, said to be among the best-portrayed British policemen in fiction today. br 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. When beautiful Annet Beck disappears into the remote Welsh Country believed to be the domain of witches and returns five days later, claiming she was only gone for two hours, Detective Inspector George Felse steps in to investigate. Reprint. AB. K. PW.
Title: Doctor Who_ Millennium Shock
Author: Justin Richards
File Type: Mobi
Subject:Science-Fiction:Doctor Who
Description:The Millennium Bug is threatening to bring the world's computers to a standstill. Experts struggle to avert disaster, but a powerful force seems determined to work against them. In Britain panic has set in, what can the time-travelling Doctor do to help?