No-one trusts humanity. No-one can quite understand why we're intent on destroying the only place we have to live in the Universe. No-one thinks we're worth a second thought. And certainly no-one is about to let us get off Rrth. That would be a complete disaster. But one alien thinks Rrth is worth looking at. Not humanity, obviously, we're appalling, but until we manage to kill every other living thing on the planet there are some truly wonderful places on Rrth and some wonderful creatures living in them. Best take a look while they're still there. But on one trip to Rrth our alien biologist causes a horrendous accident. The occupants of a car traveling down a lonely road spot his ship (the sort of massive lemon coloured, lemon shaped starship that really shouldn't be hanging in the sky over a road). Understandably the Bradbury's crash (interrupting the latest in a constant procession of bitter rows). And in the wreckage of their car our alien discovers a baby girl. She needs rescuing. From the car. From Rrth. From her humanity. And now eleven years later a girl called Terra is about to go to school for the first time. It's a very alien experience ... Terra is a charming and hilarious satirical fable. A story about how odd and alien we are. And a story about how human odd aliens are. It tells the story of a girl who grows up in a very different world, who gains a unique perspective on our world and a unique perspective on her new home. A girl who can teach us and them a lot. A girl living in an extraordinary world that is spiraling into a terrible war.

Terra Feliz is a historical novel set in England and North America in the 1820s. Madeleine Pelletier, A lonely, nineteenyear- old orphan, yearning for love and a family, is urged by her aunt to marry fortyyear- old widower, Richard Leighton, owner of Leighton Trading Ltd. The company's shipping post is on the island of Terra Feliz, off the coast of North America. Instead of the comfort of a family, Madeleine is thrown into conflict with Richard's two young daughters, and with the housekeeper of Briarhill, Richard's Palladian mansion. On Terra Feliz, she falls in love with Captain John Neuton, a young, wealthy English gentleman, who has exiled himself on the island as a result of a family matter. They do not declare their love at the time because of her marriage. Captain Barton Rogers, a brash, cruel, and ambitious man, is stealing cargo and selling it for his own purse. He becomes enamored with Madeleine. Hatred smolders in the breast of minister, Ben Hull. He resents Leighton's people, the taverns, drinking, and fornication on the island. He and his Followers believe in trial by ordeal. Self-centered Nancy Bascom is the catalyst for the trouble Madeleine finds on the island.

A collection of John Sladek's hilarious SF satires, including: The Last of the Whaleburgers Great Mysteries Explained!Red Noise Guesting Absent Friends After Flaubert The Brass Monkey White Hat The Island of Dr Circe Answers Breakfast with the Murgatroyds The Next Dwarf An Explanation for the Disappearance of the Moon How to Make Major Scientific Discoveries at Home in Your Spare Time The Kindly Ones Fables Ursa Minor Calling All Gumdrops!

The world today is faced with the gravest dilemmas of all time. Every major system is beginning to disintegrate. This global phenomenon is happening across social, political, financial, religious, environmental, and moral lines. The artificially masculine - that contrived patriarchal and oligarchic paradigm in which we currently live - is in large part responsible for this breakdown. This book, the third in the series, examines the role that the renewed respect for and acceptance of the Divine Feminine integrated with the true Divine Masculine will play during this age. It also delves into the science and esotery behind the Mayan calendar, our progression of consciousness as a species, and their implications for humanity's post-2012 existence as our solar system moves into the next 26,000-year Mayan calendar astronomical cycle known commonly as the Aquarian Age.

Por décadas, a comunidade ufológica mundial tem afirmado que diversas missões espaciais e suas tripulações tiveram encontros ufológicos no espaço. E como um mantra, repete-se que a NASA teria manipulado fotografias e filmagens, para esconder estes eventos, promovendo uma lei de silêncio entre os astronautas. Mas qual a verdade nisso tudo? Todas as informações que se tem hoje são verdadeiras? Todas as imagens alegadamente vazadas da Agência Espacial, tem alguma veracidade? Até que ponto este acobertamento funciona de fato? A pesquisa profunda e detalhada sobre este tema revela surpresas interessantes...

At the root of our understanding of territory is the concept of terra—land—a surface of fixed points with stable features that can be calculated, categorised, and controlled. But what of the many spaces on Earth that defy this simplistic characterisation: Oceans in which ‘places’ are continuously re-formed? Air that can never be fully contained? Watercourses that obtain their value by transcending boundaries? This book examines the politics of these spaces to shed light on the challenges of our increasingly dynamic world. Through a focus on the planet’s elements, environments, and edges, the contributors to Territory beyond Terra extend our understanding of territory to the dynamic, contentious spaces of contemporary politics.