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Tierra contrafuturo
Par Luis Carlos Barragán. 2021
"The first extraterrestrial contact occurs in the jungles of Latin America. Two Colombians with nothing to lose flee in a…
spaceship. A couple of years later, one of them returns to found an interplanetary embassy, which promises to bring alien technology and labor to Earth. Now humanity has the opportunity to become a type I society and become part of the Interstellar Directorate. But the usual economic and political powers will try to prevent this future. The diplomatic crisis with the Earth powers is serious, but now there are higher beings who will intervene for good or ill." -- Translation provided by NLSThe rough rider (Four Corners Ranch #4)
Par Maisey Yates. 2023
Return to Maisey Yates's fan-favorite Four Corners for a marriage of convenience between two unlikely souls—a hopeless romantic and a…
man who has long given up hope When Alaina finds herself pregnant and alone, she knows she's in a tight spot. Small towns like hers tend to raise eyebrows at unwed mothers, and she knows the vicious gossip mill will soon be churning. Thankfully, her ruggedly stoic childhood protector, Gus McCloud, knows a thing or two about guarding secrets. Offering Alaina a marriage on paper is the least he can do. As a hardworking rancher, Gus is well equipped to provide for Alaina and her baby. And despite plans for a solitary life, he wants to. He knows what it's like to be an outsider, especially after a traumatic childhood left him with scars inside and out. Alaina has long dreamed of a fairy-tale romance, but as the growing fire between her and Gus starts feeling real enough to burn, she questions what that means. Maybe her fake marriage to Gus is the real love she's been missing all along. Four Corners Ranch Book 1: Unbridled Cowboy Book 2: Merry Christmas Cowboy Book 3: Cowboy Wild Book 4: The Rough Rider Book 5: The Holiday Heartbreaker Book 6: The TroublemakerShowdown on the Jubilee (Thorndike Western Ii Ser.)
Par L. P Holmes. 2005
Dave Howison found butchered meat from one of his cows in a homesteader's shed. He believes the homesteader was framed,…
and cattleman Ben Waltrode was ruthless enough to do it. Now he has to prove it. Adult. UnratedWe all looked up
Par Tommy Wallach. 2015
Seattle teens discover who they really are as an impending asteroid collision with Earth gives them just two months left…
to live. Can they leave their labels behind and make the most of the time they have left? UnratedHominids: Volume One Of The Neanderthal Parallax (Neanderthal parallax #01)
Par Robert J Sawyer. 2011
"Robert Sawyer's SF novels are perennial nominees for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, or both. Clearly, he must be…
doing something right since each one has been something new and different. What they do have in common is imaginative originality, great stories, and unique scientific extrapolation. His latest is no exception. |Hominids| is a strong, stand-alone SF novel, but it's also the first book of The Neanderthal Parallax, a trilogy that will examine two unique species of people. They are alien to each other, yet bound together by the never-ending quest for knowledge and, beneath their differences, a common humanity. We are one of those species, the other is the Neanderthals of a parallel world where they, not Homo sapiens, became the dominant intelligence. In that world, Neanderthal civilization has reached heights of culture and science comparable to our own, but is very different in history, society, and philosophy. During a risky experiment deep in a mine in Canada, Ponter Boddit, a Neanderthal physicist, accidentally pierces the barrier between worlds and is transferred to our universe, where in the same mine another experiment is taking place. Hurt, but alive, he is almost immediately recognized as a Neanderthal, but only much later as a scientist. He is captured and studied, alone and bewildered, a stranger in a strange land. But Ponter is also befriended-by a doctor and a physicist who share his questing intelligence and boundless enthusiasm for the world's strangeness, and especially by geneticist Mary Vaughan, a lonely woman with whom he develops a special rapport. Meanwhile, Ponter's partner, Adikor Huld, finds himself with a messy lab, a missing body, suspicious people all around, and an explosive murder trial that he can't possibly win because he has no idea what actually happened. Talk about a scientific challenge! Contact between humans and Neanderthals creates a relationship fraught with conflict, philosophical challenge, and threat to the existence of one species or the other-or both-but equally rich in boundless possibilities for cooperation and growth on many levels, from the practical to the esthetic to the scientific to the spiritual. In short, Robert J. Sawyner has done it again." -- Provided by publisherHumans: Volume Two Of The Neanderthal Parallax (Neanderthal parallax #02)
Par Robert J Sawyer. 2003
"The trilogy tells of our world and a parallel one in which it was the Homo sapiens who died out…
and the Neanderthals who became the dominant intelligent species. This powerful idea allows Sawyer to examine some of the deeply rooted assumptions of contemporary human civilization dramatically, by confronting us with another civilization, just as morally valid, that has made other choices. In Humans, Neanderthal physicist Ponter Boddit, a character you will never forget, returns to our world and to his relationship with geneticist Mary Vaughan, as cultural exchanges between the two Earths begin. As we see daily life in another present-day world, radically different from ours, in the course of Sawyer's fast-moving story, we experience the bursts of wonder and enlightenment that are the finest pleasures of science fiction." -- Provided by publisherLies come easy: a Posadas County mystery (Posadas County mystery #23)
Par Steven Havill. 2018
"One blizzardy New Mexico night, Posadas County Deputy Pasquale picks up a toddler scooting his Scamper along the shoulder of…
State 56. Yes, it's horrifying-a child apparently dumped out of a truck by his father. Nearly as horrifying is what unrolls while Christmas approaches after dad Darrell Fisher's arrest: a request arrives from the US Forest Service to locate a missing range tech and his unit last reported headed for nearby Stinkin' Springs, and the brutal murder of Constance Suarez in the border town of Regál, population 37. The Sheriff's Department is stretched to its limits as its dedicated personnel juggle working cases and caring for citizens with their own relationships and family celebrations. The irony of so much wickedness at the holidays is not lost on anyone. Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman, heading out her door to a crime scene, reflects: "It would be a glorious holiday evening for somebody." As their mother joins her colleagues in dealing with the Fisher family, the Forest Service's absent Myron Fitzwater, the murder, and who knows what else in Regál, Francisco and Carolos, the sons of Estelle and physician Francis, arrange to jet in to spend Christmas with their parents. Francisco the musical prodigy is now a celebrated pianist and composer with an international career. Carlos is thriving at Stanford. Both sons bring special surprises with them. And retired Sheriff Bill Gastner is cooking up a Christmas gift of his own. In Steven Havill's twenty-third Posadas County Mystery, family dynamics play a huge role as Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman and the whole department work to pull the right threads out of a tangle of seemingly small lies. It makes for a mix of the mundane with the harrowing. And justice for all will prove elusive." -- Provided by publisherThe cabin book: or, National characteristics
Par Charles Sealsfield. 1852
Originally published in German in 1841, this novel, in part about Texas life in the 1830's, became a best-seller. It…
paints Texans as they have ever since liked to see themselves: bigger than life, better than most other people, mavericks, uncompromising about their freedom and dignity, sometimes cheats and tricksters, and courageous if not downright foolhardy. AdultThe door in the forest
Par Rod Townley. 2011
While trying to outwit the soldiers who are occupying their small town, fourteen-year-old Daniel, who cannot lie, and Emily, who…
discovers she has magical powers, are inexplicably drawn to a mysterious island in the heart of the forest where townsfolk have been warned never to go. For grades 4-7Dolly City (Hebrew literature series)
Par Orly Castel-Bloom. 2010
"In the midst of a futuristic-primitive metropolis, the accumulation of all our urban nightmares, Doctor Dolly (certified by the University…
of Katmandu) finds a newborn baby in a black plastic bag, and decides to become a mother. Overcome by unfamiliar maternal urges, Dolly dispenses with her private lab of rare diseases and turns all her surgical passion onto her son. Ceaselessly cutting and sewing, Dolly is the scalpel-wielding version of the all-too-familiar Jewish Mother archetype, forever operating upon her son with destructive, invasive love. In this grotesque satire of war and the defensive measures taken to survive it, Orly Castel-Bloom, one of Israel's most provocative and original writers, turns her own scalpel upon that most holy of institutions, the myth of motherhood-and its implications in the life of a nation." -- Provided by publisherThe terraformers
Par Annalee Newitz. 2023
This program includes original sound design. From science fiction visionary Annalee Newitz comes The Terraformers , a sweeping, uplifting, and…
illuminating exploration of the future. Destry's life is dedicated to terraforming Sask-E. As part of the Environmental Rescue Team, she cares for the planet and its burgeoning eco-systems as her parents and their parents did before her. But the bright, clean future they're building comes under threat when Destry discovers a city full of people that shouldn't exist, hidden inside a massive volcano. As she uncovers more about their past, Destry begins to question the mission she's devoted her life to, and must make a choice that will reverberate through Sask-E's future for generations to come. A science fiction epic for our times and a love letter to our future, The Terraformers will take you on a journey spanning thousands of years and exploring the triumphs, strife, and hope that find us wherever we make our home. "Brilliantly thoughtful, prescient, and gripping."—Martha Wells, The Murderbot Diaries Also by Annalee Newitz Autonomous The Future of Another TimelineDinosaur boy (Dinosaur boy #01)
Par Cory Putman Oakes. 2015
Sprouting a tail and spikes, Sawyer is bullied in school, but when his tormentors begin to disappear, it is up…
to Sawyer and his friends to save them from a horrible fateHôtel mortel (Froid dans le dos #4)
Par Betsy Haynes. 1998
Pris dans la tempête, les Meyer sont contraints d'arrêter à l'hôtel. Ils sont bien accueillis, mais les lieux cachent quelque…
chose. Matt, le fils Meyer, est en éveil et découvre le pot aux roses. Ils sont les seuls humains des lieux, les autres sont des extraterrestres qui veulent s'emparer de la Terre. [SDMLook both ways: a novel
Par Linwood Barclay. 2022
"These headlights are watching you... The media have descended on Garrett Island, a small, isolated community that is the setting…
of a visionary experiment. All the residents' cars were sent to the mainland and for the past month the islanders have been "driving" the Arrival, a revolutionary autonomous vehicle. With a simple voice command, an Arrival will take you wherever you want to go and, because the fleet is networked and aware of one another, car travel is now 100% safe. The future, it seems, has arrived. As the excitement reaches a fever pitch, Sandra Montrose-islander, single mom, and public relations executive-prepares for Arrival Inc.'s flashy press event. Sandra is more than ready for this new world. Her husband died after falling asleep at the wheel and she's relieved that her two teens, Archie and Katie, will never need driver's licenses. But as the celebratory day gets underway, disaster strikes. A visiting journalist has vanished, possibly murdered. Before long, the Arrivals run amok, no longer taking orders from their passengers. They're starting to organize. They're beginning to hunt. And they seem hell-bent on killing any human they encounter. Is this all just a tragic accident, a technological malfunction with deadly consequences? Or were the vehicles programmed to act this way in a cruel act of corporate sabotage? Or could it be that the Arrivals have a mind of their own? Fasten your seatbelts-it's going to be a bumpy ride" -- Provided by publisherThe genuine article: a novel (The sheriff Chick Charleston Mysteries Ser. #2)
Par A. B Guthrie. 1977
"In the two years since his last adventure with Sheriff Chick Charleston, Jason Beard has been away at college, preparing…
to enter the "real world" when he graduates. When he returns to his hometown of Midbury, Montana, for the summer, he expects to see big changes-but finds instead the same old peculiar place, its eccentric citizens up to familiar tricks. One of those crusty characters is F. Y. Grimsley, a prominent rancher with a nasty mean streak. The day after Grimsley accuses the residents of a nearby Indian reservation of rustling his cattle, he turns up dead, struck on the head by an object that leaves distinctive marks. Sheriff Charleston deputizes Jase, and the two pay a visit to Eagle Charlie in search of answers. Soon after the interview, Eagle Charlie turns up murdered with what appears to be the same weapon that felled Grimsley. With a potential serial killer on the loose, the sheriff and Jase are anxious to find the culprit before another body is discovered. Their investigation uncovers many dark and unexpected secrets of Midbury, but the crucial clue just might be as plain as day-if they only knew where to look." -- Provided by publisherIn the city of time (In the City of Time #01)
Par Gwendolyn Clare. 2022
"After an experiment goes wrong, three science prodigies from two different time periods meet in a strange, seemingly abandoned city,…
and burdened with a glitchy time machine, an android time cop hot on their trail, and some tangled temporal mechanics to unravel, they set out to save the Earth." -- Provided by publisherWild freedom (Silver star western)
Par Max Brand. 2014
"Frederick Schiller Faust (May 29, 1892 - May 12, 1944) was an American author known primarily for his thoughtful and…
literary Westerns under the pen name Max Brand. This is one of his novels." -- Provided by publisher"Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time is a collection of indigenous science fiction and urban fantasy focusing on LGBT and…
two-spirit characters. These stories range from a transgender woman undergoing an experimental transition process to young lovers separated through decades and meeting in their own far future. These are stories of machines and magic, love and self-love." -- Provided by publisherDead fall
Par Dale Brandon. 1992
Jim Cutter is called home to Texas when the family ranch is threatened by ruthless land grabber Sam Brundage. Arriving…
in time to see his father shot, Cutter returns fire, killing Brundage's brother in the process. On the run and wounded in the chase, Cutter is nursed back to health by the daughter of an immigrant family. Once again Sam Brundage is a rival--this time for a woman's love. Adult. ViolenceRogue Moon (Gregg Press science fiction series)
Par Algis Budrys. 1960
A classic science fiction novel that combines a matter transmitter and the exploration of an alien environment into a dramatically…
tense adventure that is also a character study of scientist Edward Hawks