With all the hassle smokers get nowadays, it's hardly worth it. It's time to move on to something else. Something which doesn't bother anybody else.Yes, snuff is about to make its biggest ever comeback. And the guy who came up with that one is going to be a very wealthy individual.
The quest continues in the fourth volume in the ever-popular series. Against all odds, at the eleventh hour, and in the unlikeliest place of all, the intrepid Arthur Dent finds the girl of his dreams. After eight years and about 100,000 lightyears of intergalactic travel, he is looking a little down-at-the-heels himself, and she is heavily sedated because she thinks she is a hedgehog. She is also in the company of a brother that Arthur wouldn’t wish on a Vogon. But they are both in search of God’s Final Message to His Creation, and hey, this time they might actually find it.
Being undead can be disorienting. Your arms and other appendages tend to rot and fall off. It’s difficult to communicate with a vocabulary limited to moans and gurgles. And that smell! (Yes, it’s .) But most of all, you must constantly find and ingest human brains. Braaaains!!!What’s a zombie to do?Thankfully, zombiologist John Austin details everything you need to know, as a newly undead soul, to hunt, fight, and feed on the living. As the first handbook written specifically for the undead, explains how you ended up in this predicament, the stages of ...
Ever wonder who was the first kid to keep a wallet on a big chunky chain, or wear way-too-big pants on purpose? What about the mythical first guy who wore his baseball cap backwards? These are the Innovators, the people at the peak of the cool pyramid.Seventeen-year-old Hunter Braque is a Trendsetter, on the second level of the pyramid. His job: find the newest, coolest thing for the retail market. His MO: observe, don't get involved.But he has to get involved when he and his crush, Jen, discover his boss's cell phone in an abandoned building— and his boss missing. Hunter and Jen are soon snared in a web of brand-name intrigue: a missing cargo of the coolest shoes they've ever seen, ads for products that don't exist, and a shadowy group dedicated to the downfall of consumerism as we know it.
Thirteen-year-old Nita Callahan finally finds a way to get back at the notorious school bullies, Joanne and her gang, when she discovers a library book on the art of wizardry. She hardly dares to believe the book's claim that she too can become a wizard if she's willing to take the Wizard's Oath and undergo the danger of a wizard's initiation, the Ordeal. But to her astonishment and delight, her new Wizard's Manual is telling her the truth. While practicing her first spells, Nita meets Kit Rodriguez, another young wizard, and starts working with him to find a solution ...
Pe planeta Solaria, populat? de un grup de coloni?ti ce tr?iesc izola?i unii de altii (nevoile lor fiind satisf?cute de servitori robo?i), are loc o crim? care sfideaz? toate Legile Roboticii, ?oc?nd comunit??ile Lumii exterioare. Dezlegarea misterului acestui asasinat revine detectivului new-yorkez Elijah Baley, ajutat de asistentul s?u, robotul R. Daneel Olivaw.
What happens when resources become scarce and society starts to crumble? As the competition for resources pulls America’s previously stable society apart, the “New Normal” is a Soft Apocalypse. This is how our world ends; with a whimper instead of a bang. New social structures and tribal connections spring up across America, as the previous social structures begin to dissolve.Locus Award finalist and John W. Campbell Memorial Award finalist follows the journey across the Southeast of a tribe of formerly middle class Americans as they struggle to find a place for themselves and their children in a new, dangerous world that still carries the ghostly echoes of their previous lives.
The third in a series of premiere hardcover editions of Salvatore’s classic dark elf tales.This new release of the classic R.A. Salvatore novel continues the tale of the origins of Salvatore’s signature dark elf character Drizzt Do’Urden and is the first-ever release of this Forgotten Realms novel title in hardcover. Each title in “The Legend of Drizzt” series showcases the classic dark elf novels in new, deluxe hardcover editions. Each title will feature all new cover art, in addition to excerpts from an exclusive author interview in which R.A. Salvatore answers questions posed by readers.
Sol z Ludzi Lodu w swoim kr?tkim ?yciu na ziemi nigdy nie do?wiadczy?a prawdziwej mi?o?ci. Teraz pragnie z ca?ego serca otrzyma? tak? szans?, spotka? kogo?, kogo mog?aby pokocha?. Najpierw jednak musi unieszkodliwi? gro?n? wied?m? Griseld?, kt?ra ukry?a swoj? dusz? i tylko czeka, by wr?ci? i zem?ci? si? na mieszka?cach Kr?lestwa ?wiat?a…
Opu?ci? g?ow? i os?upia?. Jakie? sze??dziesi?t metr?w przed nim, w samym ?rodku polany, wyr?s? czwarty bunkier. Tak samo, jak tamte, mia? bia?oszare ?ciany, pozbawione okien i w og?le jakichkolwiek otwor?w. Tyle, ?e jego powierzchnia l?ni?a jak szk?o. A poza tym Jarek nie widzia? w ?yciu bunkra, kt?ry by mia? kszta?t lekko sp?aszczonego jaja o obwodzie co najmniej trzydziestu metr?w w najszerszym miejscu. Ma?o tego. Wodz?c nieprzytomnym wzrokiem po tajemniczej budowli ch?opiec odkry? nagle, ?e…
Solaris to najs?ynniejsza powie?? Lema - od niej poczyna si? jego ?wiatowy rozg?os. W swoim gatunku zajmuje ona miejsce, jakiego nie dost?pi?o bodaj ?adne inne polskie dzie?o literackie: uwa?ana jest za utw?r klasyczny, wymieniana w najbardziej podstawowych kompendiach dotycz?cych literatury science fiction - obok dzie? Wellsa, Stapledona czy Dicka. Solaris zawdzi?cza zapewne swoje powodzenie niezwykle udatnemu zespoleniu potraktowanej serio problematyki kontaktu z pe?n? emocji, romantyczn? akcj?. Kinowe adaptacje powie?ci wywo?a?y spory. I Andriej Tarkowski (1973), i Steven Soderbergh (2003) zrealizowali filmy znacznie odbiegaj?ce od literackiego pierwowzoru. Po ...
Sta?islavs Lems dzimis 1921. gad? ?vov?. Tur vi?? pabeidza vidusskolu un s?ka stud?t medic?nu. Kar? p?rtrauca S. Lema studiju gaitas. P?c Polijas atbr?vo?anas Lems Krakov? pabeidza medic?nas studijas un piev?rs?s rakstniec?bai.Sta?islava Lema pirmais solis zin?tnisk?s fantastikas jom? bija gr?mata «Astronauti». ?aj? virzien? g?ja vi?a dai?rades t?l?kais att?st?bas ce??. Vi?? sarakst?jis ap 20 gr?matu, kur?s dzi?a zin?tniska doma savijas ar neparastu izt?les bag?t?bu. S. Lema gr?matas tulkotas vair?...
STA?ISLAVS LEMSSOLARISSta?islavs Lems dzimis 1921. gad? ?vov?. Tur vi?? pabeidza vidusskolu un s?ka stud?t medic?nu. Kar? p?rtrauca S. Lema studiju gaitas. P?c Polijas atbr?vo?anas Lems Krakov? pabeidza medic?nas studijas un piev?rs?s rakstniec?bai.Sta?islava Lema pirmais solis zin?tnisk?s fantastikas jom? bija gr?mata «Astronauti». ?aj? virzien? g?ja vi?a dai?rades t?l?kais att?st?bas ce??. Vi?? sarakst?jis ap 20 gr?matu, kur?s dzi?a zin?tniska doma savijas ar ...
L’histoire se d?roulant ? bord de la station d’observation est la continuation de celle commenc?e avec la d?couverte de la plan?te. L?, l’incompr?hension est de mise : les occupants de la station ne savent pas comment interpr?ter les raisons pour lesquelles l’oc?an a r?agi en leur envoyant ces « visiteurs », tir?s de souvenirs douloureux. Est-ce une volont? d?lib?r?e de les tourmenter en repr?sailles ? l’?mission des rayons X ? Ou bien a-t-il agi sans savoir ce qu’il faisait, en extrayant les souvenirs les plus marquants ...
Was this the way America ended-Not with a bang but a fizzle?The Russians who invented it called it the Sword of Damocles-a device that silently sterilized men and women alike. And now the Sword was in the worst possible hands - the out-of-whack android named Mr. Gordons that had returned from outer space to wreak revenge on those who had sent it there. Remo. Chiun. And the entire U.S. population. America was heading for a fate worse than death unless, Remo, Chiun and an untrustworthy, supersexy Soviet superspy could defeat this cybernaut chameleon that could destroy and attack with ease....
