The Arabian Nights is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: • New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars • Biographies of the authors • Chronologies of contemporary historical,...

Stories of Mystery is a collection of mystery tales by various authors. Excerpt: "When he heard a voice thus calling to him, he was standing at the door of his box, with a flag in his hand, furled round its short pole. One would have thought, considering the nature of the ground, that he could not have doubted from what quarter the voice came; but, instead of looking up to where I stood on the top of the steep cutting nearly over his head, he turned...

NOVA Storys Thomas Grüter: Freie Wildbahn J. A. Hagen: Yuggoth Anke Hüper: Außerirdische Daten Karsten Kruschel: Kurz nach dem Einmarsch der Befreiungsarmee Dieter Rieken: Jonas und der Held Terranovas Glen Sedi: Kobo, das Wunschkind Lukas Schneider: Alina Rafael Torra: Die Spinne Erik Wunderlich: Unearthing Álex Souza: Unsichtbare Körper NOVA Sekundär Tanine Allison: Woran man einen Kriegsfilm erkennt. Der zeitgenössische Science-Fiction-Blockbuster...

Essays about the inherently collaborative nature of science fiction As a geometric term, parabola suggests a narrative trajectory or story arc. In science fiction, parabolas take us from the known to the unknown. More concrete than themes, more complex than motifs, parabolas are combinations of meaningful setting, character, and action that lend themselves to endless redefinition and jazzlike improvisation. The fourteen original essays in this collection...

Civilizations of the 2600 continue to expand out into the universe requiring a need for preserving the laws created by many colonizing worlds. A United Universe Service and the help of the Universe Diplomats in combination with a unique judicial system had been created to make this possible. Travel around the universe with a Universe Diplomat and follow the sacrifices and hardships he had to endure caused by one rouge agent. As he begins his retirement...

James Coleman wanted a simple life. Money, women and booze. Former crewman of the military, a job onboard the colony ship Pytheas fits right in his alley. Ship people from a dying Earth to a terraformed planet named Anden ready for colonization. Couldn't get any simpler than that, he had imagined. Reality had different ideas when the Pytheas is sabotaged and crash lands onto the planet. Stranded with little food and water, he is forced to find a...

SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR * Cranky Goblin Cooks * Unscrupulous Chemists * Lecherous Space Pirates * Disagreeable Alien Symbiotes * Soul-Searching Snot Elementals The Unidentified Funny Objects series serves an annual dose of funny. zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices! Our sixth volume features a Mad Amos story by Alan Dean Foster, a Harry the Book tale by Mike Resnick, and an Alexander...

Once escritores le van a transportar a futuros lejanos y más cercanos, a momentos posibles y creíbles de nuestro destino como seres humanos. Once visiones que harán que también sea capaz de afirmar: "Yo he visto cosas que vosotros no creeríais". Relatos y autores: Seiscientas preguntas de Alberto González Ortiz. Trabajadores en caída libre de Víctor M. Valenzuela. Global Owen INC de Álvaro López León. FIYW (Feel If You Want) de Ángel Mirallas...

A beloved fairy tale gets a new spin in this unique retelling of a classic story. This engaging book encourages readers to practice and refine their phonics skills, while enjoying the familiar story of Snow White. The story is retold to focus on distinct sounds and reinforce the different phonemes taught in early childhood education curriculum. Activities support readers in practicing word-building skills and learning to sound out different words....

When Jack sells his family's cow for magic beans, his mother is anything but pleased. Soon, however, the beans sprout into a towering beanstalk. It leads to a castle filled with gold and other treasures. Jack's family will be rich, if he can sneak past the man-eating giant!