The Forlorn Adventure

The Forlorn Adventure
Author: Amir Falique
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2013-12-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1490702881

It is 2025, and A’jon Emir is honored to be the first Bruneian to travel to outer space. Selected by NASA to assist in a project to build a space station on the moon, A’jon has been tasked to install software with the potential to unlock the secrets of reading ancient languages and help its users observe the planet for potential threats. Although he must leave his fiancée behind, A’jon knows a life-changing opportunity awaits as he boards a plane bound for America. But little does he know that the world he is leaving behind is about to change—possibly forever. After he completes intense training in Houston, A’jon and the crew rocket into orbit on the shuttle. But after the flight commander manages to avoid a missile fired to destroy the ship, the violent maneuver causes a survival knife to break free from a compartment, stabbing A’jon and rendering him vulnerable to a bacterial infection. Unfortunately, that is not all the bad news: a war has broken out on Earth, leaving the astronauts unable to return home. With the mission now aborted, the crew must do everything in their power to avoid potential enemies. In this science fiction thriller, a Bruneian astronaut is unwittingly propelled into a dangerous adventure in space, where he may be forced to hide longer than he ever imagined.

The Forlorn Hope

The Forlorn Hope
Author: David Drake
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2015-08-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0765387077

A band of mercenaries must fight their way across a hostile planet after they’re sold out to the enemy in this classic military science fiction odyssey. They had fought long and hard, and damn near won in spite of everything. But now the men who hired them are going to sell them to the enemy . . . and so begins a novel of adventure in which a band of Star Mercenaries is driven across the face of a planet by enemies bent on their destruction. With only the guns in their hands, this tiny band must battle ships, artillery, treachery, and the most powerful tank in the universe . . . Praise for The Forlorn Hope “Vigorous and compelling. . . . A book that any Hammer’s Slammers fan will enjoy. . . . A page-turner, fast-paced and hard to put down.” —Reactor

Brazilian Adventure

Brazilian Adventure
Author: Peter Fleming
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780810160651

In 1932 Peter Fleming, a literary editor, engaged to search for missing English explorer Colonel P.H. Fawcett, lost in tributary of the Amazon, with the hardships of meager supplies, faulty maps, and a pack of rival newspaper-men on their trail.

The Ascent

The Ascent
Author: Peter Regg
Publisher:
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2020-10
Genre:
ISBN:

A prophecy of untold power.A sorcerer with ruthless ambition.An ordinary boy from an unimportant village.The kingdom of New Batical stands at the edge of great upheaval. Whoever can harness the power of the prophecy will rule the land for generations. But no one knows where the power lies or who will reach it first.Amidst the waves of change, Wes just wants to pass his village's trial and ascend to adulthood. He isn't special, and he certainly has no magical abilities--or so he thought. What should have been a straightforward climb to the top of a mountain turns out to be something altogether different when Wes reaches the top.With life and death hanging in the balance, Wes isn't sure who he can trust.And nothing is ever as black and white as it seems.Peter Regg grew up outside of Boston and lives with his wife, Kim. He's a fan of fast-paced action/adventure fantasy and sci-fi, especially the kind that can transport him to worlds unlike his own--worlds without forty hours of actuarial math. When he's not writing, he's fighting losing battles with his wife about naming their future children after video game characters.

Adventures in the Arctic Regions

Adventures in the Arctic Regions
Author: Sidney Harry Wright
Publisher:
Total Pages: 358
Release: 1910
Genre: Adventure and adventurers
ISBN:

Anecdotal accounts of the history of exploration, expeditions, whaling and warfare in the Arctic and Antarctic.

The True Adventures of Charley Darwin

The True Adventures of Charley Darwin
Author: Carolyn Meyer
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2009
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780152061944

Just in time for Charles Darwin's 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of the publication of "On the Origin of Species," Meyer tells the story of his restless childhood, unrequited teenage love, and a passion for studying nature that was so great, Darwin would sacrifice everything to pursue it.

Muslim Piety as Economy

Muslim Piety as Economy
Author: Johan Fischer
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2019-10-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000650944

The first volume to explore Muslim piety as a form of economy, this book examines specific forms of production, trade, regulation, consumption, entrepreneurship and science that condition – and are themselves conditioned by – Islamic values, logics and politics. With a focus on Southeast Asia as a site of significant and diverse integration of Islam and the economy – as well as the incompatibilities that can occur between the two – it reveals the production of a Muslim piety as an economy in its own right. Interdisciplinary in nature and based on in-depth empirical studies, the book considers issues such as the Qur’anic prohibition of corruption and anti-corruption reforms; the emergence of the Islamic economy under colonialism; ‘halal’ or ‘lawful’ production, trade, regulation and consumption; modesty in Islamic fashion marketing communications; and financialisation, consumerism and housing. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology, anthropology and religious studies with interests in Islam and Southeast Asia.

My Lady's Choosing

My Lady's Choosing
Author: Kitty Curran
Publisher: Quirk Books
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2018-04-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1683690141

This interactive romance lets you choose your own path—and satisfy your earthly desires—as you embark on “an enticing romp” through the Regency era (Entertainment Weekly). “If you've ever been frustrated by a romantic heroine's choices, this book is for you.” —Bustle Endless scenarios of high romance, deep desire, and quivering...comedy await your tender caress in this chooseable-path romance novel. You are the plucky but penniless heroine in the center of 19th-century society, the courtship season has begun, and your future is at hand... Will you flip forward fetchingly to find love with the bantering baronet, Sir Benedict Granville? • Or turn the page to true love with the hardworking, handsome, horse-loving highlander, Captain Angus McTaggart? • Or perhaps you will chase through the chapters a good man gone mad, bad, and scandalous to know, in the arousing form of Lord Garraway Craven? • Or read recklessly on to take to the continent as the "traveling companion" of the spirited and adventuresome Lady Evangeline? • …or yet another intriguing fate? Whether it’s forlorn orphans and fearsome werewolves, mistaken identities and swashbuckling swordfights, or long-lost lovers and pilfered Egyptian artifacts, every delightful twist and turn of the romance genre unfolds at your behest!

Faery Lands Forlorn

Faery Lands Forlorn
Author: Dave Duncan
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2012-06-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0575124695

A princess and a stableboy? It sounds like the worst sort of hackneyed formula romance. Think again, for A MAN OF HIS WORD may well be the most original fantasy you ever read. The magic is unique and applied in unexpected ways, some of which the late Lester del Rey admitted he had not met in fifty years as writer and editor. The world itself is unique - there are no humans in Pandemia, only imps, elves, gnomes, jotnar, and many more, all of whom you will recognize as "human". FAERIE LANDS FORLORN When Inos was abducted through the magic casement and Rap tried to follow her, they arrived in places very strange - and very far apart...

The Use and Status of Language in Brunei Darussalam

The Use and Status of Language in Brunei Darussalam
Author: Noor Azam Haji-Othman
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2016-09-17
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9811008531

This book provides an overview of the linguistic situation in Brunei, including a historical overview and a synopsis of the current education system. It investigates pronunciation, particularly the intelligibility of Brunei English and the vowels of Brunei Mandarin, and it also describes the acquisition of Malay grammar, Malay politeness strategies, the use of language online, language in the courts, a comparison of Malay and English newspapers, the language of shop signs, the status of Dusun, and lastly, English literature in Brunei.