Earth Strike

Author: Ian Douglas
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006197644X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369

Book Description
In the vein of the hit television show Battlestar Galactica comes Earth Strike—the first book in the action-packed Star Carrier science fiction series by Ian Douglas, author of the popular Inheritance, Heritage, and Legacy Trilogies and one of the most adept writers of military sf working today. Earth Strike rockets readers into a vast and deadly intergalactic battle, as humankind attempts to bring down an evil empire and establish itself as the new major power. Fans of Robert Heinlein’s Starship Troopers and Joe Haldeman’s The Forever War, welcome aboard the Star Carrier!

Earth Strike

Author: Ian Douglas
Publisher: Voyager
ISBN: 9780007482948
Category : Life on other planets
Languages : en
Pages : 357

Book Description
The first book in the epic saga of humankind's war of transcendence There is a milestone in the evolution of every sentient race, a Tech Singularity Event, when the species achieves transcendence through its technological advances. Now the creatures known as humans are near this momentous turning point. But an armed threat is approaching from deepest space, determined to prevent humankind from crossing over that boundary--by total annihilation if necessary. To the Sh'daar, the driving technologies of transcendent change are anathema and must be obliterated from the universe--along with those who would employ them. As their great warships destroy everything in their path en route to the Sol system, the human Confederation government falls into dangerous disarray. There is but one hope, and it rests with a rogue Navy Admiral, commander of the kilometer-long star carrier America, as he leads his courageous fighters deep into enemy space towards humankind's greatest conflict--and quite possibly its last.

Earth Strike

Author: K. J. Jordan
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1602475113
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
Earth Strike is an action-packed, fast-paced, science fiction adventure, written to grab the reader from the very first paragraph. Author KJ Jordan is an imaginative writer whose novels compare with the blended style of a Clive Cussler-like character development, and the gripping plot of an Allen Dean Foster adventure. Jordan's style is both witty and sharp as he introduces us to the Nadroj-an alien warrior race, which has dominated the known galaxy for the past two-hundred years!

Can Lightning Strike the Same Place Twice?

Author: Joanne Mattern
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
ISBN: 1541502000
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41

Book Description
If the groundhog sees its shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. Moss grows only on the north side of a tree. No two snowflakes are alike. You may have heard these common sayings or beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven using science? Let’s investigate seventeen statements about Earth, weather, and the environment and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones still stump scientists! Find out whether all deserts are hot! Discover whether it’s true that a ring around the Moon means rain or snow is on the way! See if you can tell the difference between fact and fiction with Is That a Fact?

On Strike and on Film

Author: Ellen R. Baker
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469606542
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 366

Book Description
In 1950, Mexican American miners went on strike for fair working conditions in Hanover, New Mexico. When an injunction prohibited miners from picketing, their wives took over the picket lines--an unprecedented act that disrupted mining families but ultimately ensured the strikers' victory in 1952. In On Strike and on Film, Ellen Baker examines the building of a leftist union that linked class justice to ethnic equality. She shows how women's participation in union activities paved the way for their taking over the picket lines and thereby forcing their husbands, and the union, to face troubling questions about gender equality. Baker also explores the collaboration between mining families and blacklisted Hollywood filmmakers that resulted in the controversial 1954 film Salt of the Earth. She shows how this worker-artist alliance gave the mining families a unique chance to clarify the meanings of the strike in their own lives and allowed the filmmakers to create a progressive alternative to Hollywood productions. An inspiring story of working-class solidarity, Mexican American dignity, and women's liberation, Salt of the Earth was itself blacklisted by powerful anticommunists, yet the movie has endured as a vital contribution to American cinema.

Meteorite Strike

Author: A. G. Taylor
Publisher: Usborne Books
ISBN: 9781409508571
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Meet the new generation of pre-teen superheroes in this unmissable sci-fi debut: X-Men meets 28 Days Later. Ages 10+ Sarah and Robert are sure their number is up when their aeroplane crashes over the Australian desert. But this is no ordinary air disaster. A meteorite strike has impacted Earth, bringing with it a deadly alien disease. thousands fall victim to the virus, falling into a deep coma. Luckily, Robert and Sarah appear to be unaffected...until they begin to exhibit some extraordinary psychic side-effects. this quickly makes them a target for HIDRA, a rogue international agency determined to experiment on them like lab rats in an attempt to control their superpowers. Before long, the children are captured in HIDRA's secret desert HQ, a prison for superhuman kids who can control fire, create storms and tear steel with their minds. this new generation of superheroes must join forces if they are to escape HIDRA. But what kind of world awaits them outside...' Introducing mesmerizing heroes with mind-blowing powers, this roller-coaster read of chilling conspiracies and secret organizations is the perfect escape for anyone who's longed to be just a little bit special... Ages: 10+

Cobra Strike

Author: Sigmund Brouwer
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1554695945
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
After discovering tainted water in the creek near his grandmother's cabin in the Kentucky hills, senior Roy Linden slowly uncovers a connection between his high school team's new star quarterback and the source of the pollution. Roy Linden should be thrilled. His high school football team, the Johnstown Striking Cobras, just got a new quarterback, and that means a chance at a winning season and a college scholarship for Linden, the team's senior receiver. But then he stumbles onto a deadly secret in the small coal-mining town. Revealing this toxic threat may cost Roy his best friend and his football career. But remaining silent could cost him much more. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read!

Europa Strike (Heritage, Book 3)

Author: Ian Douglas
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 000748299X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 418

Book Description
It’s time for humanity to claim its rightful heritage...

Tectonics of Strike-slip Restraining and Releasing Bends

Author: W. D. Cunningham
Publisher: Geological Society of London
ISBN: 9781862392380
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 496

Book Description
This volume addresses the tectonic complexity and diversity of strike-slip restraining and releasing bends with 18 contributions divided into four thematic sections: a topical review of fault bends and their global distribution; bends, sedimentary basins and earthquake hazards; restraining bends, transpressional deformation and basement controls on development; releasing bends, transtensional deformation and fluid flow.

Jurassic StrikeForce 5

Author: Joe Brusha
Publisher: Zenescope Entertainment
ISBN: 1937068439
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
Awakened from a sixty-five million year hibernation, the evil alien overlord, Zalex, is ready to resume his conquest of the universe... and he's starting with Earth! Backed by his army of mutated Dino-soliders, there's nothing that can stop him... nothing but the Jurassic StrikeForce 5! Don't miss the brand new all-ages, action adventure series from Silver Dragon Books. Earth's original heroes have arrived!