- Table View
- List View
Antares Passage
by Michael MccollumFROM THE BACK COVER: Project Helldiver. After more than a century of isolation, the people of Alta were once again in contact with the rest of human space. But that reunion, led by Captain Richard Drake, spelled the end of civilization on Alta. For the people of the nearest star system were under siege by an alien race called the Ryall, whose only goal in life seemed to be the utter destruction of all Mankind. And it liked as if they might succeed. The only hope for these worlds lay with the greater military forces of Earth itself. But to reach Earth, they would have to take the one path not held by the Ryall, and that way passed through the Antares system, which was awash with the deadly radiation of a supernova. It was a risk they would have to take, and Richard Drake would lead the way into hell. This is the second in the Antares trilogy.
Antares Victory: 2019 Edition (Antares Trilogy #3)
by Michael McCollumAfter a century of warfare, humanity finally discovered the Achilles heel of the Ryall, their xenophobic reptilian foe. Spica – Alpha Virginis – is the key star system in enemy space. It is the hub through which all Ryall starships must pass, and if Alta and their allies can just capture and hold it, they will strangle the Ryall war machine and end its threat to humankind forever.It all seemed so simple in the computer simulations: Advance by stealth, attack without warning, strike swiftly with overwhelming power. Unfortunately, the logistics prove to be the easy part. With the key to victory in hand, Richard and Bethany Drake must temper the volatile role of human nature if they are to bring down the alien foe…
Antares Victory
by Michael MccollumFROM THE BACK COVER: After a century of warfare, humanity has finally discovered the Achilles heel of the Ryall, their xenophobic reptilian foe. Spica Alpha Virginis, is the key star system in enemy space. It is the hub through which all enemy starships must pass, and if humanity can only capture and hold it, they will strangle the war machine of their foes and forever end the Ryall threat. It all seemed so simple in the computer simulations: Advance by stealth, attack without warning, strike swiftly with overwhelming power. Unfortunately, conquering Spica proves the easy part. With the key to victory in hand, Richard and Bethany Drake discover that they must also conquer human nature if they are to bring down the alien foe.
Antbirds and Ovenbirds
by Alexander F. Skutch Dana GardnerAntbirds and ovenbirds, two of the five largest families of birds found only in the Western Hemisphere, have been among Alexander Skutch's favorites for more than six decades. In this book, he draws on years of observations to describe the life cycle of these fascinating birds, which inhabit Latin America from tropical Mexico to Tierra del Fuego. Skutch covers all aspects of the birds' lives, including the various species in each family, food and foraging, daily life, voice, displays and courtship, nests and incubation, and parental care. He also recounts anecdotes from his own experiences, creating vivid pictures of antbirds foraging for the insects Skutch stirs up on walks through the rainforest and of ovenbirds repairing the observation holes that he opens in their elaborate nests. As some of tropical America's least studied birds, antbirds and ovenbirds surely merit the extensive treatment given them here by one of our most distinguished senior ornithologists. Over fifty line drawings by noted bird artist Dana Gardner make this book a delight for both armchair and field naturalists.
Ante-nicene Fathers: Volume 9. The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The Apocalypse of Peter, The Vision of Paul, The Apocalypses of The Virgin and Sedrach and More (Ante-nicene Fathers Ser.)
by Philip SchaffVolume 9: The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The Apocalypse of Peter, The Vision of Paul, The Apocalypse of the Virgin, The Apocalypse of Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena, The Narrative of Zosimus, The Epistles of Clement, The Apology of Aristides the Philosopher, The Passion of the Scillitan Martyrs, Epistle to Gregory and Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of John, Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew
Ante-nicene Fathers: Volume 8. The Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts And Epistles, The Clementina, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs Of Edessa And Syriac Documents, Remains Of The First Ages (Ante-nicene Fathers Ser. #8)
by Philip Schaff Arthur CoxeVolume 8: The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs Excerpts of Theodotus Two Epistles Concerning Virginity Pseudo-Clementine Literature Apocrypha of the New Testament The Decretals Memoirs of Edessa And Other Ancient Syriac Documents Remains of the Second and Third Centuries
Ante-nicene Fathers: Volume IV: Fathers Of The Third Century: Tertullian, Part Fourth, Minucius Felix, Commodian, Origen, Parts First And Second (Ante-nicene Fathers Ser. #4)
by Philip Schaff Arthur CoxeVolume IV. Fathers of the Third Century: Tertullian, Part Fourth, Minucius Felix, Commodian, Origen, Parts First and Second
Ante-nicene Fathers: Volume 7. Fathers Of The Third And Fourth Centuries: Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus, Dionysius, Apostolic Teaching And Constitutions, Homily (Ante-nicene Fathers Ser.)
by Philip Schaff Arthur CoxeThe genius of Lactantius suffers a sad transformation when unclothed of vernacular and stripped of the idiomatic graces of his style. But the intelligent reader will be sure to compare this translation with the Latinity of the original, and to recur to it often for the enjoyment of its charming rhetoric, and of the high sentiment it so nobly enforces and adorns. This volume will be the favourite of the series with many. The writings of the Christian Tully alone make up more than half of its contents; and it is supremely refreshing to reach, at last, an author who chronicles the triumph of the Gospel [1] over "Herod and Pontius Pilate;" over the heathen in their "rage," and the people in their "vain imaginings;" over "the kings of the earth who stood up, and the rulers who were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ."
Ante-nicene Fathers: Volume 6. Fathers Of The Third Century: Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius The Great, Julius Africanus, Anatolius And Minor Writers, Methodius, Arnobius (Ante-nicene Fathers Ser.)
by Philip Schaff Arthur CoxeIn this volume a mass of fragmentary material [1] has been reduced to method, and so harmonized as to present an integral result. The student has before him, therefore, (1) a view of the Christian Church emerging from the ten persecutions; (2) a survey of its condition on the eve of that great event, the (nominal) conversion of the empire; (3) an introduction to the era of Athanasius; and (4) a history of events that led to the calling of the first Catholic council at Nicæa.
Ante-nicene Fathers: Volume 5. Fathers Of The Third Century: Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius, Novatian (Ante-nicene Fathers Ser.)
by Philip Schaff Arthur CoxeThis fifth volume will be found a work complete in itself, simplex et Unum. At first, indeed, it might look otherwise. The formation of Latin Christianity in the school of North Africa seems interrupted by the interpolation, between Tertullian and his great pupil Cyprian, of a Western bishop and doctor, who writes in Greek. A little reflection, however, will suggest to the thoughtful student, that, even if our chronological plan admitted of it, we should divest the works of Cyprian of a very great advantage should we deprive them of the new and all-important light shed upon Cyprian and his conflicts with Stephen by the discovery of the Philosophumena of Hippolytus.
Ante-nicene Fathers: Volume III. Latin Christianity: Its Founder, Tertullian (Ante-nicene Fathers Ser. #3)
by Philip Schaff Alexander Roberts James Donaldson Arthur CoxeVolume III. Latin Christianity: Its Founder, Tertullian
Ante-nicene Fathers: Volume I. Apostolic Fathers With Justin Martyr And Irenaeus (Ante-nicene Fathers Ser.)
by Philip Schaff Alexander Roberts James Donaldson Arthur CoxeThis volume, containing the equivalent of three volumes of the Edinburgh series of the Ante-Nicene Fathers, will be found a library somewhat complete in itself. The Apostolic Fathers and those associated with them in the third generation, are here placed together in a handbook, which, with the inestimable Scriptures, supplies a succinct autobiography of the Spouse of Christ for the first two centuries. No Christian scholar has ever before possessed, in faithful versions of such compact form, a supplement so essential to the right understanding of the New Testament itself. It is a volume indispensable to all scholars, and to every library, private or public, in this country.
Ante-nicene Fathers: Volume II. Fathers Of The Second Century: Tatian, Theophilus Of Antioch, Athenagoras Of Athens, Clement Of Alexandria (Ante-nicene Fathers Ser.)
by Philip Schaff Alexander Roberts James Donaldson Arthur CoxeThe series was originally published between 1867 and 1873 by the Presbyterian publishing house T. & T. Clark in Edinburgh under the title Ante-Nicene Christian Library (ANCL), as a response to the Oxford movement's Library of the Fathers which was perceived as too Roman Catholic. The volumes were edited by Rev. Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson. This series was available by subscription, but the editors were unable to interest enough subscribers to commission a translation of the homilies of Origen.
The Ante-Room (Virago Modern Classics #295)
by Kate O'BrienIreland, 1880 and a prosperous, provincial family observes the three great autumnal feasts of the Church. As Teresa Mulqueen lies dying, her family gather round her and beneath this drama another, no less poignant, unfolds. Unmarried daughter Agnes awaits the return of her sister Marie-Rose and brother-in-law Vincent. She adores her sister, but secretly, pasionately, loves Vincent. And their marriage, she knows, is unhappy...Ahead lies a terrible battle between her uncompromising faith and the intensity of her love. In this delicately imagined novel, originally published in 1934, Kate O'Brien lays bare the struggles between personal need and the Catholic faith with the sympathy and insight which is the hallmark of her craft.
The Ante-Room
by Kate O'BrienIreland, 1880 and a prosperous, provincial family observes the three great autumnal feasts of the Church. As Teresa Mulqueen lies dying, her family gather round her and beneath this drama another, no less poignant, unfolds. Unmarried daughter Agnes awaits the return of her sister Marie-Rose and brother-in-law Vincent. She adores her sister, but secretly, pasionately, loves Vincent. And their marriage, she knows, is unhappy...Ahead lies a terrible battle between her uncompromising faith and the intensity of her love. In this delicately imagined novel, originally published in 1934, Kate O'Brien lays bare the struggles between personal need and the Catholic faith with the sympathy and insight which is the hallmark of her craft.
Ante Up (Dreamspun Beyond #8)
by Kim FieldingLove is a high-stakes game. A century and a half ago, Ante Novak died on a Croatian battlefield—and rose three days later as a vampire. Now he haunts Las Vegas, stealing blood and money from drunken gamblers and staying on the fringe of the powerful vampire organization known as the Shadows. His existence feels empty and meaningless until he meets beautiful Peter Gehrardi, who can influence others with his thoughts. An attraction flares instantly, bringing a semblance of life to Ante’s dead heart. But the Shadows want Peter too, and they’re willing to kill to get him. As Ante and Peter flee, they learn more about themselves and each other, and they discover that the world is a stranger place than either of them imagined. With enemies at their heels and old mistakes coming back to exact a price, how can Ante and Peter find sanctuary?
Anteaesthetics: Black Aesthesis and the Critique of Form (Inventions: Black Philosophy, Politics, Aesthetics)
by Rizvana BradleyIn Anteaesthetics, Rizvana Bradley begins from the proposition that blackness cannot be represented in modernity's aesthetic regime, but is nevertheless foundational to every representation. Troubling the idea that the aesthetic is sheltered from the antiblack terror that lies just beyond its sanctuary, Bradley insists that blackness cannot make a home within the aesthetic, yet is held as its threshold and aporia. The book problematizes the phenomenological and ontological conceits that underwrite the visual, sensual, and abstract logics of modernity. Moving across multiple histories and geographies, artistic mediums and forms, from nineteenth-century painting and early cinema, to the contemporary text-based works, video installations, and digital art of Glenn Ligon, Mickalene Thomas, and Sondra Perry, Bradley inaugurates a new method for interpretation—an ante-formalism which demonstrates how black art engages in the recursive deconstruction of the aesthetic forms that remain foundational to modernity. Foregrounding the negativity of black art, Bradley shows how each of these artists disclose the racialized contours of the body, form, and medium, even interrogating the form that is the world itself. Drawing from black critical theory, Continental philosophy, film and media studies, art history, and black feminist thought, Bradley explores artistic practices that inhabit the negative underside of form. Ultimately, Anteaesthetics asks us to think philosophically with black art, and with the philosophical invention black art necessarily undertakes.
Anteater Adventure (True Tales of Rescue)
by Kama EinhornAn up‑close look at what life is like the morning after a terrible hurricane for anteater Abi in this photo‑packed series exploring the stories and science behind animal sanctuaries. Abi takes readers behind the scenes of an anteater sanctuary in Belize in this nonfiction chapter book for elementary‑aged readers. Includes full‑color photos, graphics, and maps.
An Anteater Named Arthur
by Bernard WaberIn a story told through his mother's eyes, Arthur is seen as a sometimes annoying, but always lovable, anteater.
The Anteater of Death: A Zoo Mystery (Gunn Zoo Series #1)
by Betty Webb2009 Winner of the Arizona Book Award for Mystery/SuspenseIf Lucy, the pregnant Giant Anteater from Belize, didn't kill the man found dead in her enclosure at California's Gunn Zoo, who did? Zookeeper Teddy Bentley must find the real murderer before her furry friend is shipped off to another zoo in disgrace.Then another human bites the dust, the monkeys riot, and the wolves go nuts. Things get worse when the snooty folks at Gunn Landing Harbor attempt to evict Teddy from the Merilee, her beloved houseboat.That's just the beginning. Her father, on the lam from the Feds for embezzling millions, gets targeted by a local gangster; and Caro, Teddy's socialite and former beauty queen mother, who loathes Teddy's dangerous job, starts introducing her to eligible bachelors. Then Teddy herself becomes a target for murder.
Anteaters (Nature's Children)
by Lorien KiteIntroduces the reader to anteaters, where they live, what they eat, their young and more.
Antebellum: A Novel
by R. Kayeen ThomasA thought-provoking novel about African American culture seen through the eyes of a famous rapper who is transported to the days of slavery and forced to experience it firsthand.When Da Nigga is sent back in time, he finds himself a slave forced to live the life of his ancestors. A rapper in current time, Da Nigga must confront the reality of the African American experience as slavery challenges everything he holds dear from his fellow rappers and their lyrics, to the executives and their motives. Antebellum is the hard-hitting, gritty story of Da Nigga. From rap superstar to broken slave and back, Antebellum will have readers on the edge of their seats and keep them talking long after they put it down.
Antebellum America: 1784-1850 (American History By Era Series #Volume 4)
by William DudleyThe time between America's independence in 1783 and the year 1850 was an era of remarkable growth in territory and power for the new nation, as well as a time of social ferment and change. <P><P>Americans created a constitutional government, expanded westward, and grappled with the problem of slavery.
Antebellum American Culture: An Interpretive Anthology
by David Brion DavisFirst published in 1979, this volume offers students and teachers a unique view of American history prior to the Civil War. Distinguished historian David Brion Davis has chosen a diverse array of primary sources that show the actual concerns, hopes, fears, and understandings of ordinary antebellum Americans. He places these sources within a clear interpretive narrative that brings the documents to life and highlights themes that social and cultural historians have brought to our attention in recent years. Beginning with the family and the issue of socialization and influence, the units move on to struggles over access to wealth and power; the plight of "outsiders" in an "open" society; and ideals of progress, perfection, and mission. The reader of this volume hears a great diversity of voices but also grasps the unities that survived even the Civil War.
Antebellum American Culture: An Interpretive Anthology
by David Brion DavisFirst published in 1979, this volume offers students and teachers a unique view of American history prior to the Civil War. Distinguished historian David Brion Davis has chosen a diverse array of primary sources that show the actual concerns, hopes, fears, and understandings of ordinary antebellum Americans. He places these sources within a clear interpretive narrative that brings the documents to life and highlights themes that social and cultural historians have brought to our attention in recent years. Beginning with the family and the issue of socialization and influence, the units move on to struggles over access to wealth and power; the plight of "outsiders" in an "open" society; and ideals of progress, perfection, and mission. The reader of this volume hears a great diversity of voices but also grasps the unities that survived even the Civil War.