Samuel: 2879 books
by Samuel R. Delany
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
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...
by Samuel R. Delany
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
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...
The Magic (October 1961–October 1967)
Ten Tales by Roger Zelazny
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...
Fell Beasts and Fair
A Noblebright Fantasy Anthology
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,...
Fantastic Trains
An Anthology of Phantasmagorical Engines and Rail Riders
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...
by Samuel G. Freedman
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
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,...
Good Guys, Wiseguys, and Putting Up Buildings
A Life in Construction
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,...
by Samuel E. Abrams
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
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.
by Samuel Beckett
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
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...
On Purpose
How Great School Cultures Form Strong Character
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...
by Samuel Butler
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
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...
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...
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...
by Samuel W. Buell
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
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;...
by Samuel Wright
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2013
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...