Samuel: 2879 books

Book cover of Babel-17
by Samuel R. Delany
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014

The Nebula Award Winner: “By looking at a typical space opera adventure from a different angle, Delany . . . give[s] us a weird, welcoming book” (Tor.com). At twenty-six, Rydra Wong is the most popular poet in the five settled galaxies. Almost telepathically perceptive, she has written...
Book cover of Nova
by Samuel R. Delany
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014

A quest for a priceless element—and revenge—fuels this far-future interstellar adventure that “reads like Moby-Dick at a strobe-light show” (Time).   In 3172, the universe is divided between three political units: the stars and worlds of Draco, with Earth as its power center; the Pleiades...
Book cover of The Magic (October 1961–October 1967)

The Magic (October 1961–October 1967)

Ten Tales by Roger Zelazny

by Roger Zelazny, Samuel R. Delany, Theodore Krulik
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2018

There was a period, from 1961-1967, when Roger Zelazny was magic, and every new story of his was an event. He was a tremendously variable writer. The heart-wrenching “A Rose for Ecclesiastes” (written October 1967) was nothing like the passionate “Graveyard Heart,” which was completely different...
Book cover of Fell Beasts and Fair

Fell Beasts and Fair

A Noblebright Fantasy Anthology

by Leslie J. Anderson, C.A. Barrett, Terri Bruce
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018

In this exciting collection of noblebright fantasy, fresh new fantasy voices and award-winning authors explore grief and hope, sacrifice and heroism. Rediscover the best aspect of classic fantasy - the noblebright ideals that made heroes heroic, even when the world grew dark around them. Thieves,...
Book cover of Fantastic Trains

Fantastic Trains

An Anthology of Phantasmagorical Engines and Rail Riders

by Neil Enock, Jason Lane, David Worsick
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2019

Book your ticket now for a trip to the future, the past, and the timeslips in between. Through the eloquent prose and imaginings of eighteen tellers of tales, we are pleased to present to you a collection of stories-on-a-train that will transport you to tantalizing worlds that you simply cannot...
Book cover of Letters to a Young Journalist
by Samuel G. Freedman
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011

Over the course of a thirty-year career, Samuel Freedman has excelled both at doing journalism and teaching it, and he passionately engages both of these endeavors in the pages of this book. As an author and journalist, Freedman has produced award-winning books, investigative series, opinion columns,...
Book cover of Good Guys, Wiseguys, and Putting Up Buildings
by Samuel C. Florman
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012

Good Guys, Wiseguys, and Putting Up Buildings is an engaging memoir about one man's career in construction--rising to the top of an industry renowned for crime, corruption, violence, physical danger, and the chronic risk of financial catastrophe. Starting in the Navy Seabees at the end of WWII,...
Book cover of Education and the Commercial Mindset
by Samuel E. Abrams
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016

The movement to privatize K–12 education is stronger than ever. Samuel Abrams examines the rise of market forces in public education and reveals how a commercial mindset that sidesteps fundamental challenges has taken over. Nevertheless, public schools should adopt lessons from the business world, such as raising teacher salaries to attract talent.
Book cover of Watt
by Samuel Beckett
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009

In prose possessed of the radically stripped-down beauty and ferocious wit that characterize his work, this early novel by Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett recounts the grotesque and improbable adventures of a fantastically logical Irish servant and his master. Watt is a beautifully executed black...
Book cover of On Purpose

On Purpose

How Great School Cultures Form Strong Character

by Dr. Samuel Casey Carter
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2010

Discover how 12 ordinary schools achieved extraordinary results Best-selling author Samuel Casey Carter showcases a dozen extraordinary K–12 schools where confident children joyfully strive to accomplish worthy goals in concert with their friends. These institutions focus on a culture of...
Book cover of The Way Of All Flesh (Mobi Classics)
by Samuel Butler
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010

The Way of All Flesh (1903) is a semi-autobiographical novel by Samuel Butler which attacks Victorian-era hypocrisy. Written between 1873 and 1884, it traces four generations of the Pontifex family. It represents a relaxation from the religious outlook from a Calvinistic approach, which is presented...
Book cover of INTO THE DARK HOUR – 18 Dystopia Classics in One Volume

INTO THE DARK HOUR – 18 Dystopia Classics in One Volume

Iron Heel, Anthem, Meccania the Super-State, Lord of the World, The Time Machine, City of Endless Night, The Secret of the League, The Machine Stops, The Night of the Long Knives...

by Ayn Rand, Jack London, H. G. Wells
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2017

"The hour before the dawn is the darkest” goes a popular saying, but is it actually the dawn we were waiting for? Or is it the dark hour before the apocalypse of human hopes? This edition brings to you the dystopian novels and novellas that will make you wonder even more - some you are familiar...
Book cover of Capital Offenses: Business Crime and Punishment in America's Corporate Age
by Samuel W. Buell
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016

From the lead prosecutor on the Enron investigation, an eye-opening examination of the explosion of American white-collar crime. If “corporations are people too,” why isn’t anyone in jail? A serious defect in a GM car causes accidents; Enron scams investors out of their money;...
Book cover of Best Friend
by Samuel Wright
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013

Best Friend is the first publication from Samuel Wright and the second entry in the Galley Beggar Singles Club. It's a lovely piece of writing from one of the most promising young writers we've encountered for a long time. Set on Hackney Marshes, it's about kids, the fun of kids, horror of kids, and...
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