Douglas J Preston
41) Impact
Author
Series
Wyman Ford novels volume 3
Description
Wyman Ford and a team of scientists must figure out how to destroy an alien doomsday weapon aimed at Earth, and the only tools at their disposal are a handful of weaponless machines-- the Mars Orbiter, a lander and a few satellites--not much to work with, especially since they only have 60 hours to save the planet.
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xvi, 208 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Description
"A personal memoir by Paljor Thondup, a native-born "Khampa"-an inhabitant of Kham, a large southeastern region of Tibet; an account of his childhood and youth shared with his friend Dupa, and the journey they and their two families take across the east-west length of Tibet, while engaging in combat as guerrilla fighters against occupying Chinese forces in the late '50s and early '60s, and their escape to the west, ultimately to Nepal. The latter...
Author
Series
Pendergast novels volume 3
Description
When New York City construction workers uncover the remains of thirty-six people murdered and dismembered over 130 years ago, archaeologist Nora Kelly and Special Agent Pedergast set out to investigate the killings.
Pub. Date
[2024]
Formats
Description
Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of New York neighbors has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice--from Margaret Atwood and John Grisham to Tommy Orange and Celeste Ng. One week into the COVID-19 shutdown, tenants of a Lower East...