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Inspired Enterprise: How NASA, the Smithsonian, and the Aerospace Community Helped Launch Star Trek
by Glen E. SwansonStar Trek is a phenomenon, spinoffs and reruns have been a near constant presence on international television for more than 50 years. More than a dozen feature films have been produced, with many more on the way.
Insquidious Devotion (Sucker For Love Mysteries #7)
by K.L. HiersBetween raising a tiny demigoddess and their private investigation business, Sloane Beaumont and his husband, Loch, have their hands and tentacles full. Unfortunately, they still have to save the world—again.Sloane and Loch are on their way to a mysterious crime scene when an old god named Cleus attacks. It&’s the latest in a long list of potentially apocalyptic crises, and that&’s not a coincidence. While some people just want to watch the world burn, local cultists are determined to strike the match. If their plan to awaken an evil god succeeds, they&’ll get their wish. With victims magically drowning left and right and the revelation that the old gods are real leading the public into mass panic, Sloane and Loch must gather their friends and family—and a shady local gangster—to solve the mystery and defeat new dangers. But the biggest threat may be one they never saw coming….
Installment Immortality: An InCryptid Novel (InCryptid)
by Seanan McGuireSeanan McGuire’s New York Times-bestselling and Hugo Award-nominated InCryptid series continues with a whirlwind adventure....After four generations of caring for the Price family, Mary Dunlavy has more than earned a break from the ongoing war with the Covenant of St. George. Instead, what she's getting is a new employer in the form of the anima mundi, Earth's living soul made manifest, and a new assignment: to hunt down the Covenant agents on the East Coast and make them stop imprisoning America's ghosts.All in a day's work for a phantom nanny, even one who'd really rather be teaching her youngest charges how to read.One ghost can't take on the entire Covenant without backup, which is how she winds up on a road trip with the still-mourning Elsie and the slowly collapsing Arthur, both of whom are reeling in their own way from the loss of their mother. New allies and new enemies await in Worcester, Massachusetts, where the path of the haunting leads.With the anima mundi demanding results and Mary's newfound freedom at stake, it's down to Mary to make sure that everyone gets out of this adventure alive.It's been a long afterlife, but Mary Dunlavy's not ready to be exorcised quite yet.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Instant Knowledge (Collins Gem)
by Editors of Mental FlossMental_floss is proud to present a full-bodied jolt of inspiration for thirsty minds on the go. Blended with titillating facts, startling revelations, and head-scratching theories collected from around the world, Instant Knowledge will jumpstart riveting exchanges at cocktail parties, the watercooler, or any powwow. To experience the clean, rich flavor at home, just tear into a topic of your choice, and add conversation. It's that simple!
Instant Mother
by Emma RichmondWife for a year!A recent accident has left Alexa Gifford homeless, jobless and manless, with a rather scruffy dog to support! Her situation looks pretty desperate until her longtime friend Stefan Blake offers her a new position...as his wife!In order to adopt his six-year-old niece, Jessica, Stefan needs to convince the authorities that he can provide a stable home. He hasn't got time to find the woman of his dreams; Alexa will just have to do. After all, he only needs a temporary wife. Unfortunately, Stefan reckons without two things: little orphan Jessica falling in love with her instant mother, and his new bride falling in love with him!
Instant of Decision
by Randall GarrettHow could a man tell the difference if all the reality of Earth turned out to be a cosmic hoax? Suppose it turned out that this was just a stage set for students of history?
Instead of Three Wishes
by Megan Whalen TurnerA leprechaun is sighted in small-town New Hampshire. A city boy becomes a hero in prehistoric Sweden. An elf prince tries to reward a girl who wishes he'd just leave her alone. In these and other delightful stories, magical adventure appears in the most unexpected places! Instead of Three Wishes is a captivating collection of witty and sparkling fantasy stories from the Newbery Honor author of The Thief. Ages 10+
Instead of Three Wishes: Magical Short Stories
by Megan Whalen TurnerA leprechaun is sighted in small–town New Hampshire. A city boy becomes a hero in prehistoric Sweden. An elf prince tries to reward a girl who wishes he'd just leave her alone. In these and other delightful stories, magical adventure appears in the most unexpected places! Instead of Three Wishes is a captivating collection of witty and sparkling fantasy stories from the Newbery Honor author of The Thief. Ages 10+
Instinct
by Ben KayHidden in a remote corner of the South American jungle is a clandestine research facility known simply as MEROS. Here, working in laboratories buried a thousand feet underground, military scientists have developed the most astonishing and deadly weapon known to man . . .Meanwhile, on the other side of the globe, a Chinook helicopter lands a highly trained squad of special forces soldiers deep in hostile territory - their mission: to clean up a black-ops killzone. As they enter the cave, they hear the faint buzz of the weapon - like the beating of a thousand pairs of insect wings . . .
Instinct (Chronicles of Nick #6)
by Sherrilyn KenyonZombies, demons, vampires, shapeshifters - another day in the life of Nick Gautier - and those are just his friends. But now that he's accepted the demon that lives inside him, he must learn to control it and temper the very emotions that threaten the lives of everyone he cares for. Something that's hard to do while trying to stay off the menus of those who want his head on a platter. And no one wants him more than the dark gods who created his race. Now that they know where he is, they will stop at nothing to reclaim him. And without knowing it, Nick has just embraced the one person he should never have trusted. The one person who will hand him over to his enemies to get back the life they lost.Nick has finally accepted his fate, now he must learn to defy his destiny, and the dark, deadly forces that will stop at nothing to destroy everyone he loves so that they can again return to the world of man and own it.
Instinto de Inez
by Carlos FuentesGabriel Atlan-Ferrara, director de orquesta, recuerda en su vejez los tres encuentros que tuvo a lo largo de su vida con la cantante mexicana Inez Rosenzweig. La primera vez en el Londres bombardeado de 1940, cuando durante los ensayos de la ópera escucha por primera vez su voz. En 1949 vuelven a encontrarse en Ciudad de México, ella ya como una diva de la ópera. Atlan-Ferrara ha cambiado también y es ya uno de los más importantes directores de orquesta. El último encuentro tiene lugar en 1967 en Londres, donde él decide romper todas las convenciones de la ópera llevando la música hasta las últimas consecuencias. Una novela de amor que cruza geografías y tiempos históricos, que evoca etapas primitivas de la humanidad en busca de la pasión original, aquella que se emparenta con el arte y las transgresiones del alma.
Instinto de Inez
by Carlos FuentesCarlos Fuentes ofrece a sus lectores una novela de amor que cruza geografías y tiempos históricos, que evoca etapas primitivas de la humanidad en busca de la pasión original, aquella que se emparenta con el arte y las transgresiones del alma.Gabriel Atlan-Ferrara, director de orquesta, recuerda en su vejez los tres encuentros que tuvo a lo largo de su vida con la cantante mexicana Inez Rosenzweig. La primera vez en el Londres bombardeado de 1940, cuando durante los ensayos de la ópera escucha por primera vez su voz. En 1949 vuelven a encontrarse en Ciudad de México, ella ya como una diva de la ópera. Atlan-Ferrara ha cambiado también y es ya uno de los más importantes directores de orquesta. El último encuentro tiene lugar en 1967 en Londres, donde él decide romper todas las convenciones de la ópera llevando la música hasta las últimas consecuencias.La historia del amor imposible y la del reencuentro de una pareja separada desde el principio de los tiempos, cuyos reencuentros continúan en una espiral infinita hacia el futuro.La crítica ha opinado:"No es el de Instinto de Inez un ejercicio de estilo o un pasatiempo sino un exorcismo poético, es decir: un acto real. De ahí que su lectura produzca un inexplicable, bienvenido alivio." -Adolfo Castañón, Letras Libres-
Instrucciones para enamorarse
by Nicola YoonUn libro para enamorarse, incluso para los que ya no creen en el amor. Evie Thomas ya no cree en el amor. Cuando sus padres se separaron, todos sus ideales sobre el amor se esfumaron. Sin embargo, las casualidades de la vida la llevan a aprender a bailar en la Escuela de Baile La Brea, donde conoce a un enigmático chico. X es completamente opuesto a Evie: atrevido, pasional, sin miedo. El tipo de persona que dice sí a todo, incluso a apuntarse a una competición de bailes de salón con una chica que acaba de conocer. Enamorarse de X no es lo que Evie tenía en mente. Si su experiencia le ha enseñado algo, es que nadie escapa del amor sin resultar herido. Pero mientras Evie y X bailan y se conocen más, la magia del amor arrasa con todo. Instrucciones para enamorarse es la nueva novela de Nicola Yoon, la autora bestseller de las novelas Todo todo y El sol también es una estrella. Un libroperfecto para amantes del romance, y para fans de Todo este tiempo o Bajo la misma estrella.
Instructions
by Neil GaimanTrust Dreams. Trust your heart, and trust your story. A renowned storyteller whose words have transported readers to magical realms and an acclaimed illustrator of lushly imagined fairy-tale landscapes guide a traveler safely through lands unknown and yet strangely familiar. . . . and home again.
Insufficient Mating Material
by Rowena CherryShot down...for failing to mate in public. Marooned on an island with the ultimate fashionista, who wouldn't take off her clothes to save her own life, Djetth discovers that when a Tiger prince is honor bound to hide his true identity, when his best tool of seduction bears a damning tattoo, and his very life is in danger, survival isn't just a matter of making out. But even in the outrageously wicked Tigron Empire, who would dare to attack a royal princess and her consort? So what if she had spectacularly rejected his hand and privately turned her pretty nose up at his other princely parts? With the aid of two exiled empresses acting as psychic sleuths, some misplaced guitar glue, and a talent for disguises, he would unmask a killer and prove this was certainly not a case of...INSUFFICIENT MATING MATERIAL.
Insurgency (Tales of the Empire)
by S.J.A. TurneyA forbidden love. A daring escape. A gathering storm.Forty years have passed since the Empire was restored. Emperor Kiva the Golden, his wife Jala Parishid, and his brother Marshal Quintillian have together overseen decades of peace and prosperity, a time when the horrors of the civil war could begin to fade from memory.But nothing can last forever. A forbidden love drives Quintillian from the capital far into the eastern deserts, where he discovers an unprecedented threat to the Empire’s very survival. And when Jala is kidnapped by a sinister and ruthless group of warriors, it will take all of Kiva’s strength to defend her, his people, and their destiny…Set in a world inspired by Roman history, Insurgencyis a sweeping tale of deception, cunning, and military valour, ideal for readers of Matthew Harffy, Simon Scarrow, and K. M. Ashman.
Insurgente: UNA SOLA ELECCIÓN PUEDE DESTRUIRTE (Divergente #Volumen 2)
by Veronica RothUna elección que se convierte en sacrificio. Un sacrificio que se convierte en pérdida. Una pérdida que se convierte en carga. Una carga que se convierte en batalla. Una sola elección puede destruirte. Con la oleada de disturbios en las distintas facciones, el día de la iniciación de Tris debería haber sido una celebración de la facción elegida. En cambio, terminó con un gran problema. El conflicto entre las facciones se intensifica y las ideologías se enfrentan. En tiempos de guerra, se eligen líderes, los secretos afloran y cada decisión tiene mayores consecuencias.
Insurrecição: O Projecto Interscissão: Livro Três (O Projecto Interscissão #3)
by Arshad AhsanuddinUm homem destruirá o passado para salvar o presente. O preço é muito alto. Mas já pode ser tarde demais para detê-lo. A vida se estabelece em uma rotina para os habitantes da Colônia de Quíron, o primeiro assentamento interestelar da humanidade, depois que a ameaça do viajante do tempo Gifford aparentemente foi eliminada. Mas a Ampulheta e seu líder, Almirante O'Dare, não se contentam em descansar, convencidos de que a viagem no tempo continua sendo uma ameaça palpável à civilização humana. Quando Annette Sutton descobre uma possível trama secreta para eliminar os principais membros do Projeto Interscissão décadas atrás, quando eles tinham acabado de se conhecer, a paz idílica dos colonos é abalada. Martin e seu povo podem evitar o desastre enquanto o almirante se move para destruir o potencial de viajar no tempo, de uma vez por todas? Ou há uma agenda mais profunda em jogo? À medida que a lealdade e o dever se tornarem peões na corrida para impedir o apagamento de tudo o que eles realizaram, Martin terá que decidir de uma vez por todas até que ponto ele irá salvar tudo e todos que ama.
Insurrection
by Thomas M. ReidThe War of the Spider Queen spreads...A hand-picked team of the most capable drow adventurers begin a perilous journey through the treacherous Underdark, all the while surrounded by the chaos of war. Their path will take them through the very heart of darkness, and the Underdark will be shaken to its core. If the powerful dark elves falter, the world below is open for Insurrection.
Insurrection (El Proyecto Interescisión #3)
by Arshad Ahsanuddin Carlos Bermejo PérezUn hombre destruirá el pasado para salvar el presente. El precio es demasiado alto. Pero puede ser demasiado tarde para detenerle. La vida es rutinaria para los habitantes de la colonia Chiron, la primera colonia interestelar humana, después de que se haya eliminado aparentemente la amenaza del viajero en el tiempo, Gifford. Pero el Reloj de arena y su líder, el almirante O'Dare, no están descansando en los laureles, convencidos de que el viaje en el tiempo sigue siendo una amenaza para la civilización humana. Cuando Annette Sutton descubre un posible plan secreto para eliminar a los miembros principales del Proyecto Interescisión décadas atrás, cuando se acababan de conocer, la idílica paz de los colonizadores se desmorona. ¿Podrán Martin y los suyos enfrentarse al desastre cuando el almirante intente destruir la amenaza temporal de una vez y por todas o existe un plan todavía más oscuro en juego? Las lealtades y el deber se convierten en piezas de un juego contrarreloj para impedir que todo lo que han conseguido desaparezca. Martin tendrá que decidir de una vez por todas hasta dónde llegará para salvar todo lo que ama.
Insurrection (Forgotten Realms: War of the Spider Queen #2)
by Thomas M. ReidThe War of the Spider Queen spreads. A hand-picked team of the most capable drow adventurers begin a perilous journey through the treacherous Underdark, all the while surrounded by the chaos of war. Their path will take them through the very heart of darkness, and the Underdark will be shaken to its core. If the powerful dark elves falter, the world below is open for Insurrection.
Insurrection v3.6 (Insurrection V3.6)
by Blake Masters Michael Alan NelsonThe new sci-fi epic that asks the question: what makes us human? Enter the future where pollution, poverty, and armed conflict have been obliterated. Only off-world on the terraformed moons of distant planets does war still exist. Corporations command more power than governments and when they go to war, they use their own military force - armies composed of bio-engineered clones. For generations, these clones have not questioned why they live and die while their makers risk nothing. But now, one of their own will stand up against injustice, sparking a revolution that will change the entire galaxy, igniting Insurrection!
Insurrection: Star Trek Ix Movie Novelization (Star Trek )
by J. M. DillardStar Trek: The Next Generation is the most popular, longest-running series in science fiction history. Now, after the spectacular worldwide success of Star Trek: First Contact, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Starship Enterprise return to the big screen in a thrilling new adventure that captures all the fun and excitement of Star Trek at its best.Star Trek: Insurrection reunites the hugely popular crew of Star Trek: The Next Generation: Jean-Luc Picard, Starfleet's finest officer; Commander William T. Riker, his stalwart first officer; Lieutenant Commander Data, the indispensable android; Commander Deanna Troi, the empathic Betazoid counselor; Lieutenant Commander Worf, the fierce Klingon warrior; Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge, chief of engineering; and Dr. Beverly Crusher, the ship's able medical officer. Together, they have faced many challenges over the years, but nothing has prepared them for the unexpected crisis that tests both their skills and their convictions. On an unnamed planet in a distant sector, Starfleet, in an uneasy alliance with a mysterious new alien species of unknown origin, has discovered a secret with astounding implications that could transform the future of the entire Federation. But this secret has a price that may be more than some are willing to pay. The secret first turns Data against Starfleet, then draws Jean-Luc Picard and the Starship Enterprise into a tense and dangerous situation that has unexpected effects on every member of the crew -- and presents them with an agonizing moral dilemma. Faced with orders he cannot obey and a crisis he cannot ignore, Picard finds himself torn between his conscience and his uniform. Bestselling author J. M. Dillard has written a powerful and exciting novel based on the major motion picture directed by Jonathan Frakes ("Commander William T. Riker"). Star Trek: Insurrection is sure to delight audiences throughout the world.
Insólita ilusión, insólita certeza
by Lolita BoschEl protagonista de esta mágica historia es el mexicano Joaquín de la Cantolla y Rico, un soñador a quien pocos recuerdan, dedicado a los globos aerostáticos. Con talante visionario, propuso a las máximas autoridades de su país un sistema revolucionario para paliar la falta de espacio en la ciudad de México: levantar un «segundo piso» en el cielo con terrazas sostenidas por globos.
Intagible
by Antonio AlmasUn petit livre sur ce dont rêve l'auteur mais qui lui est impossible à réaliser, plus qu'intangible c'est utopique.