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Every status-quo-caste society in history has left open two roads to rise above your caste: The Priest and The Warrior. But in a society of TV and tranquilizers - the Warrior acquires a strange new meaning....

Every status-quo-caste society in history has left open two roads to rise above your caste: The Priest and The Warrior. But in a society of TV and tranquilizers - the Warrior acquires a strange new meaning....

Kipling said those things didn't count when two strong men stood face to face. But ... do they count when two strong ideologies stand face to face...? A fantastic science fiction tale woven by the masterful...

In any status-hungry culture, the level a man is assigned depends on what people think he is - not on what he is. And that, of course, means that only the deliberately phony has real status! Mack Reynolds...

In any status-hungry culture, the level a man is assigned depends on what people think he is - not on what he is. And that, of course, means that only the deliberately phony has real status! Mack Reynolds...

In 1960 when this was published, the Cold War was at its height. Communism and Free Enterprise were locked in a ferocious struggle to prove that their political ideology was the best form of government...

In any status-hungry culture, the level a man is assigned depends on what people think he is—not on what he is. And that, of course, means that only the deliberately phony has real status!

Larry Woolford is a government agent, tasked with investigating subversive activity. He does everything an ambitious young man should do if he wants to succeed: wear the right clothes, listen to the right...

In a time when teaching machines and batteries of educational tests seem to be determining the intellectual nobility of the next generation, this story has meaning for all of us. Excerpt On the way...

Don'T Try To Figure A Final Answer To This One. Philosophers Have Tried For Ages ... And Have Failed! Excerpt The closet in Benjamin Farlan's two-room bachelor apartment wasn't particularly large....

Fantascienza - romanzo breve (89 pagine) - Quando un uomo possiede una grande conoscenza, gli diviene estremamente facile confonderla con la saggezzaAperta la porta delle stelle, l'umanità si è sparsa...

At least he'd got far enough to wind up with a personal interview. It's one thing doing up an application and seeing it go onto an endless tape and be fed into the maw of a machine and then to receive,...

At least he'd got far enough to wind up with a personal interview. It's one thing doing up an application and seeing it go onto an endless tape and be fed into the maw of a machine and then to receive,...

Hardly had man solved his basic problems on the planet of his origin than he began to fumble into space. Barely a century had elapsed in the exploration of the Solar System than he began to grope for...

The turmoil in Africa is only beginning - and it must grow worse before it's better. Not until the people of Africa know they are Africans - not warring tribesmen - will there be peace....The turmoil...

Hardly had man solved his basic problems on the planet of his origin than he began to fumble into space. Barely a century had elapsed in the exploration of the Solar System than he began to grope for...

Read for Pleasure: Three Romance Novellas from 831 Stories  Dive into a collection that celebrates romance in all its sexy, exhilarating, and sometimes messy forms. These three captivating novellas from...

Clar Turner quit the porn-star business, leaving behind her Kandi Kyses persona to return her hometown and open a candy store. Until her BFF, Levi, is beaten and left for dead during filming. Now, she...

The third of the three greatest novels by the era-defining Nobel laureate, reissued for a new generation.I can't go on, I'll go on. The Unnamable is a voice. Is it curled up inside an urn, on the point...

In the rugged Montana Territory, a Boston socialite's bid for freedom collides with a rancher's quest for a family. According to Boston's elite society, Ella Mountbatten has it all: status, prestige,...

To his martial arts students, Vance Palladian is more than just a teacher; he is the Paladin, a man of warrior virtue. Now a widower, and with his finances in disarray, Vance feels disillusioned with...

In 1850, a rising tide of evil plagues a small Indiana town.Only one woman's long-buried secrets can stop it.But revealing them will spell her doom. In the years since her father disappeared and her mother...

Law and order meet sugar and sweet in this cozy courtroom drama."Fun Story, good characters, an entertaining read. Love this series, loved this book." ~A Goodreads reviewerJane Marsh is simply trying...

When her third husband's ex-wife turns up dead, guess who's the number one suspect?"A lovely light murder mystery full of suspense and intrigue." ~A Goodreads reviewerTwice-widowed Jane Marsh, finally...

David Cortez, a decorated US Marine, is now on the run from his own government after escaping a top-secret CIA lab when an experimental medical procedure turned sour.While lying low in Mexico, an assassin...

Dragon BloodThe royal heir must choose between duty to her people and a destined lover.Astred Arakkil resolves to accompany her mother to the wedding of a dragon shifter's lifetime. With recent attacks...

Remi finds the Hospice Ward more dangerous than she expected when an enigmatic figure known only as the Stranger appears to her in the Veil. The Stranger is known for being a harbinger of terrible events...

What happens when falling in love means loving parts of ourselves that we do not believe are worthy?Jane Gray arrives in Milwaukee with a lot to prove and low expectations for success after her former...

In Dri's world, dragons existed so long ago that nobody believes they were ever real, but Dri can see them. Shifted incorporeal, they still coexist with the people of Cretala, but now they feed off of...

He thought he was rescuing her from the Comanche. Now the Civil War soldier must prove he isn't the villain she thinks he is.  Driven by the looming expectation of becoming a suffocatingly proper lady,...

Dan Shamble, zombie P.I.He's a stiff detective, and he's got stones!The cases don't solve themselves in the Unnatural Quarter, filled with ghosts, vampires, mummies, werewolves, and other mythical creatures....

'Wherever Emery Robin goes from here, I'm going to follow' Veronica Roth, #1 New York Times bestselling authorFrom one of the most original voices in science fiction comes the spectacular sequel to the...

This fantasy novel is the tale of three women of legendary skill on a quest to save the world’s most powerful wizard, and the innkeeper’s assistant whose heartbreak will bear witness, from the author...

No one would ever accuse Special Agent Ryan O'Connor of taking the easy way out of anything. At least not successfully. Her attempts to distract herself from her crushing feelings of failing, fear, and...

Prescient yet timeless, perfect for fans of Klara and the Sun and We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, this highly anticipated, sweeping debut set in a unified Korea tells the story of three estranged...

'SPIKY, WITTY, A BREATH OF FRESH AIR' PANDORA SYKES 'AN ABSOLUTELY WILD RIDE: IMAGINE IF THE WRITERS OF MOTHERLAND TRIED THEIR HANDS AT A MISSING PERSON MYSTERY’ INDEPENDENT...

"I'm a Willow Bark and you're an Elm Stem, but we're not enemies. We never have been. Our covens are just…different."Tina Marks once believed that being a witch would make life easy. But when one mixes...

An imaginative retelling of the triumphs and sorrows of one of the most controversial and misunderstood women in Mexico’s history and mythology, perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Gods of Jade...

🌸✨A young woman learns to embrace all the messy imperfections of life and love with some help from her magical family ✨🌸'[A] cozy magical romance . . . a well-balanced tale of magic, perseverance, and...

Martha is at it again, with another five tales of mystery and mayhem as she deals with the ever-changing world of working as the oldest assassin. With her trusty, big leather purse full of deadly wares...

Enjoy this collection of sweet holiday romance stories, four contemporary and two historical, from Sara J. Walker. The Luckiest Hat. Hilde and Dino meet in the most unlikely way on a windy beach in Georgia.  His...

Part World War II spy thriller, part romance, and part tale of buried family secrets, The Serpent Bearer is perfect for fans of Kelly Rimmer’s The German Wife and Kate Quinn’s The Alice Network.A suspenseful...

The first of the three greatest novels by the era-defining Nobel laureate, reissued for a new generation.I am still alive then. That may come in useful. Molloy, a sordid, bedridden vagrant, recalls...

The second of the three greatest novels by the era-defining Nobel laureate, reissued for a new generation.Nothing is more real than nothing. Malone, a decrepit old man, lies naked in his bed, scrawling...

A lady with a secret past. A spy searching for the truth. A season that could change everything…When Teodora Cesari arrives in London for her first Season, she is determined to navigate the glittering...

For fans of Madeline Miller’s Circe and Jennifer Saint’s Ariadne comes a Greek mythology adventure about a woman’s fight for peace in the face of chaos.In this captivating retelling of the Greek story,...