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They call the city Carbuncle because it is both jewel fester: the personal playground of the Snow Queen, it's also the place where the high and mighty get their water-of-life youth serum. But it's just become Hell for Hegemoniic Police Officer Nix LaisTree. Tree lost more than simply a lot of blood... More

Mass-migration, conflict and poverty are now persistent features of our globalised world. This reference book for social workers and service providers offers constructive ideas for practice within an inter-disciplinary framework. Each chapter speaks to a skill and knowledge area that is key to this ... More

Volume 3 in the Snow Queen Cycle The long-awaited sequel to Vinge's enormous The Snow Queen (1980), an interstellar tug-of-war between the far-from-benevolent Hegemony and the backward-but-indispensable planet Tiamat. It is now Summer on Tiamat; the Hegemony has withdrawn, leaving the planet in th... More

BZ Gundhalinu, police officer of the Hegemony, member of the elite "tech" class of the ruling planet Kharemough, left the planet Tiamat before the Stargate closed, cutting himself off forever from the simple barbarian girl who gave him back his sense of self worth. Moon Dawntreader Summer is ... More

A sixteen-year-old delinquent who has spent his life lying and stealing becomes involved in a research project which unleashes his extraordinary telepathic powers.... More

CAT: Street Punk, Psion, Telepath, Survivor. . . Kidnapped by an interstellar corporation and dragged to Earth, Cat is forced to use his skills to protect those he most hates, those who most hate him . . . . The taMings. A cyber-augmented, DNA-incestuous clan of such wealth and power that the... More

Cat, the halfbreed telepath hero of Catspaw and Psion, joins a research team on Refuge, homeworld of his mother's people, the Hydrans. Immediately, he finds trouble when he helps a Hydran woman escape human pursuers. The decimated Hydran population of Refuge is confined to a bleak "homeland," by... More

The imperious Winter colonists have ruled the planet Tiamat for 150 years, deriving wealth from the slaughter of the sea mers. But soon the galactic stargate will close, isolating Tiamat, and the 150-year reign of the Summer primitives will begin. Their only chance at surviving the change is if Arie... More

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Six science fiction stories by Joan D. Vinge from 1974 to 1979: Eyes of Amber, To Bell the Cat, View from a Height, Media Man, The Crystal Ship and Tin Soldier.... More

In a mythical land where magic is real Willow Ufgood farms his land, cares for his family, and dreams of being a magician. A tiny baby arrives in Willow's backyard turning his life upside down. Her name is Elora Danan - born to fulfill an ancient prophecy.... More

Some of our most well-known tales were originated by the pen of Hans Christian Andersen. A prolific writer, Andersen’s oeuvre includes plays, novels, and poems but he is most well-regarded for his fairy tales. Stories such as "The Princess and the Pea”,” "The Ugly Duckling,” and "The Emperor’s New C... More

Six women in search of theirselves... Carol, she could face the sacrifice her career demanded... but could her husband? Elana, even skill, devotion, and care can't always prevent betrayal of the deepest trust. Kathy, Had shee been used too much ever to have a self? Mab, her work was vital, but could... More