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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Becky Chambers
Hugo-palkittua hyvän mielen scifiäVuosisatoja sitten Pangan robotit tulivat tietoisiksi ja laskivat tehtailla työkalunsa. Ne vaelsivat yhtenä joukkona villiin luontoon, eikä niitä ole sittemmin nähty. Ihmisten puheissa roboteista on tullut satua.Sisarus Dex työskentelee kiertävänä teemestarina ja elää sinänsä oikein miellyttävää elämää, mutta häntä kaihertaa tyytymättömyys - ja vetää puoleensa villiintyneen erämaan hiljaisuus ja ihmisettömyys. Dexin maailma kuitenkin järkkyy, kun luonnon rauhassa häntä lähestyy innokkaan tuttavallinen robotti. Ennen kuin robotti voi palata kaltaistensa joukkoon, sen on suoritettava ihmisten parissa tehtävä.Veisu luonnonkoneille aloittaa Munkki ja robotti -duologian, jonka lämmin toiveikkuus on kuin rauhoittavaa teetä lukijan hermoille.Becky Chambers on palkittu amerikkalainen scifi-kirjailija, jonka teoksia on kiitetty muun muassa niiden ilahduttavan omaperäisestä tunnelmasta. Kierrettyään maailmaa hän asuu taas Kaliforniassa vaimonsa kanssa ja haaveilee jonain päivänä näkevänsä Maan avaruudesta käsin.
Pangan erämaasta putkahtaa ihmisten ilmoille merkillinen parivaljakko: menestynyt teemestarimunkki sisarus Dex, joka on elämänsä kanssa aivan hukassa, ja innokkaan neuvokas robotti Kirjotäplänukakas, joka suhtautuu kaikkeen ehtymättömällä uteliaisuudella. He suuntaavat kohti kyliä ja pienen kotikuunsa ainoaa Kaupunkia.Nukakas on lähetetty selvittämään, mitä ihmiset tarvitsevat. Käy ilmi, että siihen kysymykseen ei ole yksinkertaista vastausta.Ylistys kainolatvoille päättää Munkki ja robotti -duologian, jonka toiveikas tunnelma on kuin rauhoittavaa teetä lukijan hermoille.Becky Chambers on moninkertaisesti palkittu amerikkalainen scifi-kirjailija, jonka teoksia on kiitetty muun muassa niiden ilahduttavan omaperäisestä tunnelmasta. Vapaa-ajallaan hän pelaa video- ja lautapelejä, hoitaa mehiläisiä ja katselee kaukoputkella.
2001: An Odyssey In Words
Alastair Reynolds; Bruce Sterling; Becky Chambers; Paul McAuley; Ian McDonald; Jane Rogers; Gwyneth Jones; Adrian Tchaikovsky; Yoon Ha Lee
NewCon Press
2018
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Produced to honour the centenary of Sir Arthur C. Clarke's birth, this anthology acts as a fund raiser for the Arthur C. Clarke Award.Original SF stories of precisely 2001 words from some of the biggest names in science fiction, including 10 winners of the Clarke Award and 13 authors who have been shortlisted, as well as non-fiction from thrice-winner China Mi ville and former judge Neil Gaiman.Contents: Introduction Golgotha - Dave Hutchinson The Monoliths of Mars - Paul McAuley Murmuration - Jane Rogers Ouroboros - Ian R MacLeod The Escape Hatch - Matthew De Abaitua Childhood's Friend - Rachel Pollack Takes from the White Hart - Bruce Sterling Your Death, Your Way, 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed - Emma Newman Distraction - Gwyneth Jones Dancers - Allen Stroud Entropy War - Yoon Ha Lee The Ontologist - Liz Williams Waiting in the Sky - Tom Hunter The Collectors - Adrian Tchaikovsky I Saw Three Ships - Phillip Mann Before They Left - Colin Greenland Drawn From the Eye - Jeff Noon Roads of Silver, Paths of Gold - Emmi It ranta The Fugue - Stephanie Holman Memories of a Table - Chris Beckett Child of Ours - Claire North Would-Be A.I., Tell Us a Tale #241: Sell 'em Back in Time by Hali Hallison - Ian Watson Last Contact - Becky Chambers The Final Fable - Ian Whates Ten Landscapes of Nili Fossae - Ian McDonald Child - Adam Roberts Providence - Alastair Reynolds 2001: A Space Prosthesis - The Extensions of Man - Andrew M. Butler (non-fiction) On Judging The Clarke Award - Neil Gaiman (non-fiction) Once More on the 3rd Law - China Mi ville (non-fiction)
Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers
Jack Campbell; Orson Scott Card; Tanya Huff; Becky Chambers
Titan Books Ltd
2021
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Continuing the definitive space opera anthology series. Today's most popular writers produce new stories set in their most famous universes, alongside essential and seminal short fiction from past masters. The definitive collection of explorers and soldiers, charting the dark frontiers of our expanding universe. Amongst the infinite stars we find epic sagas of wars, tales of innermost humanity, and the most powerful of desires - our need to create a better world. The second volume of seminal short science fiction, featuring twenty-six new stories from series such as Wayfarers, Confederation, The Lost Fleet, Waypoint Kangaroo, Ender, Dream Park, the Polity and more. Alongside work from tomorrow's legends, revisit works by masters who helped define the genre: Arthur C. Clarke, Jack Campbell, Becky Chambers, Robert Heinlein, George R.R. Martin, Susan R. Matthews, Orson Scott Card, James Blish, E.E. "Doc" Smith, Tanya Huff, Curtis C. Chen, Seanan McGuire, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, Larry Niven and Steven Barnes, Gardner Dozois, David Farland, Mike Shepherd, C.L. Moore, Neal Asher, Weston Ochse, Brenda Cooper, Alan Dean Foster, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Kevin J. Anderson, David Weber and C.J. Cherryh. Infinite Stars: Dark Frontiers brings you the essential work from past, present, and future bestsellers as well as Grand Masters of science fiction.
The Danger Mark (1909).By: Robert W. Chambers, illustrated By: A. B. (Albert Beck), Wenzell (1864-1917).: Novel (Original Classics)
A. B. Wenzell; Robert W. Chambers
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 - December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories entitled The King in Yellow, published in 1895.He was born in Brooklyn, New York, to William P. Chambers (1827-1911), a corporate and bankruptcy lawyer, and Caroline Smith Boughton (1842-1913). His parents met when Caroline was twelve years old and William P. was interning with her father, Joseph Boughton, a prominent corporate lawyer. Eventually the two formed the law firm of Chambers and Boughton which continued to prosper even after Joseph's death in 1861. Robert's great-grandfather, William Chambers (birth unknown), a lieutenant in the British Royal Navy, was married to Amelia Saunders, (1765-1822), the great grand daughter of Tobias Saunders, of Westerly, Rhode Island. The couple moved from Westerly, to Greenfield, Massachusetts and then to Galway, New York, where their son, also William Chambers, (1798-1874) was born. The second William graduated from Union College at the age of 18, and then went to a college in Boston, where he studied to be a doctor. Upon graduating, he and his wife, Eliza P. Allen (1793-1880), a direct descendant of Roger Williams, the founder of Providence, Rhode Island were among the first settlers of Broadalbin, New York. His brother was architect Walter Boughton Chambers. Robert was first educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, and then entered the Art Students' League at around the age of twenty, where the artist Charles Dana Gibson was his fellow student. Chambers studied at the cole des Beaux-Arts, and at Acad mie Julian, in Paris from 1886 to 1893, and his work was displayed at the Salon as early as 1889. On his return to New York, he succeeded in selling his illustrations to Life, Truth, and Vogue magazines. Then, for reasons unclear, he devoted his time to writing, producing his first novel, In the Quarter (written in 1887 in Munich). His most famous, and perhaps most meritorious, effort is The King in Yellow, a collection of Art Nouveau short stories published in 1895. This included several famous weird short stories which are connected by the theme of a fictitious drama of the same title, which drives those who read it insane.E. F. Bleiler described The King in Yellow as one of the most important works of American supernatural fiction.It was also strongly admired by H. P. Lovecraft and his circle. Chambers returned to the weird genre in his later short story collections The Maker of Moons, The Mystery of Choice and The Tree of Heaven, but none earned him as much success as The King in Yellow. Some of Chambers's work contains elements of science fiction, such as In Search of the Unknown and Police , about a zoologist who encounters monsters. Chambers later turned to writing romantic fiction to earn a living. According to some estimates, Chambers had one of the most successful literary careers of his period, his later novels selling well and a handful achieving best-seller status. Many of his works were also serialized in magazines. His novel The Man They Hanged was about Captain Kidd, and argued that Kidd was not a pirate, and had been made a scapegoat by the British government.During World War I he wrote war adventure novels and war stories, some of which showed a strong return to his old weird style, such as "Marooned" in Barbarians (1917). After 1924 he devoted himself solely to writing historical fiction.Chambers for several years made Broadalbin, New York, his summer home. Some of his novels touch upon colonial life in Broadalbin and Johnstown.On July 12, 1898, he married Elsa Vaughn Moller (1882-1939). They had a son, Robert Edward Stuart Chambers (who sometimes used the name Robert Husted Chambers).Robert W. Chambers died on December 16, 1933, after having undergone intestinal surgery three days earlier.
The Fighting Chance (1906). By: Robert W. Chambers, illustrated By: A. B. (Albert Beck) Wenzell (1864-1917).: Novel (Original Classics)
A. B. Wenzell; Robert W. Chambers
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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Wenzell, A. B. (Albert Beck), (1864-1917)...Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 - December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories entitled The King in Yellow, published in 1895.He was born in Brooklyn, New York, to William P. Chambers (1827-1911), a corporate and bankruptcy lawyer, and Caroline Smith Boughton (1842-1913). His parents met when Caroline was twelve years old and William P. was interning with her father, Joseph Boughton, a prominent corporate lawyer. Eventually the two formed the law firm of Chambers and Boughton which continued to prosper even after Joseph's death in 1861. Robert's great-grandfather, William Chambers (birth unknown), a lieutenant in the British Royal Navy, was married to Amelia Saunders, (1765-1822), the great grand daughter of Tobias Saunders, of Westerly, Rhode Island. The couple moved from Westerly, to Greenfield, Massachusetts and then to Galway, New York, where their son, also William Chambers, (1798-1874) was born. The second William graduated from Union College at the age of 18, and then went to a college in Boston, where he studied to be a doctor. Upon graduating, he and his wife, Eliza P. Allen (1793-1880), a direct descendant of Roger Williams, the founder of Providence, Rhode Island were among the first settlers of Broadalbin, New York. His brother was architect Walter Boughton Chambers.Robert was first educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, and then entered the Art Students' League at around the age of twenty, where the artist Charles Dana Gibson was his fellow student. Chambers studied at the cole des Beaux-Arts, and at Acad mie Julian, in Paris from 1886 to 1893, and his work was displayed at the Salon as early as 1889. On his return to New York, he succeeded in selling his illustrations to Life, Truth, and Vogue magazines. Then, for reasons unclear, he devoted his time to writing, producing his first novel, In the Quarter (written in 1887 in Munich). His most famous, and perhaps most meritorious, effort is The King in Yellow, a collection of Art Nouveau short stories published in 1895. This included several famous weird short stories which are connected by the theme of a fictitious drama of the same title, which drives those who read it insane.E. F. Bleiler described The King in Yellow as one of the most important works of American supernatural fiction.It was also strongly admired by H. P. Lovecraft and his circle.Chambers returned to the weird genre in his later short story collections The Maker of Moons, The Mystery of Choice and The Tree of Heaven, but none earned him as much success as The King in Yellow. Some of Chambers's work contains elements of science fiction, such as In Search of the Unknown and Police , about a zoologist who encounters monsters.Chambers later turned to writing romantic fiction to earn a living. According to some estimates, Chambers had one of the most successful literary careers of his period, his later novels selling well and a handful achieving best-seller status. Many of his works were also serialized in magazines.His novel The Man They Hanged was about Captain Kidd, and argued that Kidd was not a pirate, and had been made a scapegoat by the British government.During World War I he wrote war adventure novels and war stories, some of which showed a strong return to his old weird style, such as "Marooned" in Barbarians (1917). After 1924 he devoted himself solely to writing historical fiction.Chambers for several years made Broadalbin, New York, his summer home. Some of his novels touch upon colonial life in Broadalbin and Johnstown.On July 12, 1898, he married Elsa Vaughn Moller (1882-1939). They had a son, Robert Edward Stuart Chambers (who sometimes used the name Robert Husted Chambers).Robert W. Chambers died on December 16, 1933, after having undergone intestinal surgery three days earlier.
Core Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Lactation Care
Becky Spencer; Suzanne Hetzel Campbell; Kristina Chamberlain
JONES AND BARTLETT PUBLISHERS, INC
2022
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Awarded first place in the 2 23 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Maternal-Child/Neonatal Nursing category!Core Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Lactation Care continues to be a trustworthy source for lactation-specific information and education in a thoroughly updated second edition. Published in association with the Lactation Education Accreditation and Approval Review Committee (LEAARC), it presents the core curriculum required to practice as a beginning lactation consultant in an easy-to-read format. Written by an interdisciplinary team of clinical lactation experts, it reflects the current state of practice and offers evidence-based information regardless of discipline or specialty.The updated Second Edition includes new information on scientific evidence supporting breastfeeding, the biochemistry of human milk, breastfeeding multiples or a preterm infant, lactation and maternal mental health, breast pathology, and more. With a focus on the science, management, and professional aspects of lactation care, Core Curriculum for Interdisciplinary Lactation Care, Second Edition prepares beginning consultants and clinicians to provide comprehensive care for breastfeeding families.
The Danger Mark
Robert W (Robert William) Chambers; A B (Albert Beck) Wenzell
Anson Street Press
2025
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The Danger Mark
Robert W (Robert William) Chambers; A B (Albert Beck) Wenzell
Anson Street Press
2025
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The Grimorium Verum
Christopher Beck; Adrian Chamberlin
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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Becky Thatcher wants to set the record straight. She was never the weeping ninny Mark Twain made her out to be in his famous novel. She knew Samuel Clemens before he was 'Mark Twain,' a wide-eyed dreamer who never could get his facts straight. Yes, she was Tom's childhood sweetheart, but the true story of their love, and the dark secret that tore it apart, never made it into Twain's novel. Now married to Tom's cousin Sid Hopkins, Becky has children of her own to protect while the men of Missouri are off fighting their 'un-Civil' War. But when tragedy strikes at home, Becky embarks on a phenomenal quest to find her husband and save her family. Bold and brave beyond the expectations of her sex, the wildly conflicted Becky struggles to reconcile her womanly obligations with her fiercely independent spirit, and is haunted by the lies she's told and the love she betrayed. Can she ever forget the maddening Tom Sawyer, the boy who stole her heart as a little girl? And when she is old, and Huck and Tom and Twain only memories, whose shadow will still lie beside her?
'Spiky, clever, funny' – Emma Stonex, author of The Lamplighters'Brilliant, propulsive . . . A riot'– Maddie Mortimer, author of Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies'A delicious gallop through 90s tabloid London' – Sam McAlister, author of ScoopsIt’s peak 90s London. Shoulder pads are out, crimped hair is in, supermodels are known by their first names, and Becky Sharp will do anything to escape her past.From mingling with tabloid millionaires to trading favours and fortunes with royalty, she will stop at nothing to reach the top of the career ladder at the Mercury newspaper. Landing scoop after scoop, Becky ruthlessly carves a place for herself in a society determined to ignore her. These are the biggest stories and scandals of the decade, and she has something to do with every one of them.But Becky may have more in common with the people she writes about than she thinks – what takes a lifetime to build takes only a moment to destroy . . .'A Vanity Fair for the mass-media age' - The Guardian
Becky Sharp is determined. Determined to get away from the dead-end town where she grew up, determined to make a place for herself in high society, and determined to reach the top of the career ladder. And she doesnt care how many lives she ruins in the process.Set in 90s tabloid-era London, Becky charts the rise and fall of a very modern heroine as she inveigles her way into the highest society, where tabloid millionaires mingle and trade favours and fortunes with royalty and aristocracy, pushes her way up through the ranks at the Mercury newspaper with manipulative scoop after scoop, and eventually orchestrates her own dramatic downfall. These are some of the biggest news stories and scandals of the last few decades, and Becky seems to have something to do with every one of them . . .In this viciously funny, darkly entertaining and ultimately moving read, the much-loved classic Vanity Fair finds itself in 90s London, and Becky couldnt be a more perfect fit. For fans of Curtis Sittenfelds Eligible, Becky by Sarah May is impossible to put down.