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In "The Variable Man", Earth (The Terran System) is in a cold war with the older, corrupt Centaurian System, which suppresses Terra from exploring space and expanding its borders. When a devastating new weapon called Icarus is developed by Terra, everyone expects the odds to tip in Terra's favor. But the computers calculating these odds find an unknown variable that throws off the odds. A time traveler from 1913 known as Thomas Cole has arrived. Can this variable man from the past rescue mankind from a catastrophic future?

Philip K. Dick was an award-winning giant of American science fiction, right up there with Ray Bradbury and Isaac Asimov. He became the first science fiction writer ever to be included in The Library of America series. Although he died fairly young at 53, he created many incredible sci-fi stories - 44 published novels and over 120 short stories! These 14 selections represent some of his most imaginative work. Included in this collection are: "Adjustment Team", "The Golden Man", "A World of Talent", "The Last of the Masters", "The Crystal Crypt", and more.

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE AND DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? Nick and his family are forced to leave Earth in order for him to keep his cat, Horace - because all pets are now banned, as they use up badly needed resources. They settle on Plowman's Planet...

Step back into the golden age of speculative fiction with Retro Sci-Fi Short Stories, Volume 2, a thrilling collection of vintage audio tales exploring alien contact, space exploration, and post-apocalyptic survival. This curated volume features mind-bending masterpieces from science fiction...

A prequel novella to The Facilite Conbest listened to after Book 1. Famen Striker's impossible heist almost never happened. Before the crew. Before the score. Before anyone ever called her captain. When the last bit of hope is stolen from her, Famen shows what happens when you take on someone...

A family podcast for busy parents who want to hold on to the moments that matter. Dad of two Matthew Dicks and working mom of three Medley DeLeonibus share the real highs and lows of raising a family, then give you one simple way to keep what matters.Most of the moments that shape a family are small: a kid's one-liner at the water park, a song the whole house sings without planning to, an argument over summer homework. They feel unforgettable at the time, and a year later they're gone.Matthew, a record-breaking Moth StorySLAM champion and author of Storyworthy, has written down a moment from ...

The moment humanity realizes the Yucks from Proxima Centauri are winning the war, desperation takes hold. Their mine belts, seemingly self-replicating, tighten around Terran planets like a noose, leaving Earth’s best minds scrambling for answers. How can they fight an enemy whose ships and weapons appear to be alive? Enter Mr. Spaceship, a revolutionary concept born from necessity. This audiobook dives into the journey of a team confronting an unprecedented challenge: if the Yucks can harness organic technology, why can’t humanity do the same?As the narrative unfolds, listeners witness the...

Superconscious Symbol Visualization to assist you to internalize the transformation of problems into personal power. This program is based on Psychosynthesis, a technique used by many psychiatrists to generate positive change. The symbol created a new line of force in your psyche and can change inner attitudes and outer behavior. Produced with soothing New Age music.

Viewed by many as the greatest science fiction writer on any planet, Philip K. Dick has written some of the most intriguing, original and thought-provoking fiction of our time. This collection includes stories that will make you lough, cringe...and stop and think. The Minority Report: a special...

Dick Davis—“our pre-eminent translator from the Persian” (The Washington Post)—has revised and expanded his acclaimed translation of Ferdowsi’s masterpiece, adding more than 100 pages of newly translated text. Davis’s elegant combination of prose and verse allows the poetry of the Shahnameh to sing its own tales directly, interspersed sparingly with clearly marked explanations to ease along modern audiences.

Precorrendo i motivi cari al cyberpunk, Philip K. Dick affonda la penna nei temi della decadenza, delle fantasie cosmiche e delle inquietudini interiori che attanagliano l'uomo moderno. Chi o cos'è Valis? È un'imperscrutabile entità intelligente che vive nello spazio? O forse un meccanismo, una formula o, ancora, un essere vivente vero e proprio, che emana uno sconvolgente flusso di informazioni sulla natura dell'universo?

Mary's little brother, Billy, seems perfectly normal, until one moonlit evening Mary finds him floating above his bed. From then on, whenever the full moon rises, Billy the Bird flies up, up and away and home again! In the second story, Jackson is a rabbit with a dream. He spends his days watching the tall sailing ships coming and longs to go to sea, too. So one day Jackson stows away on the Atalanta.

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE AND DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? Ragle Gumm has a unique job: every day he wins a newspaper contest. And when he isn’t consulting his charts and tables, he enjoys his life in a small town, in 1959. At least, that’s what he...

Exiled for 2,000 years God must retake the Earth from the clutches of his nemesis using a man caught between life and death as His vessel. God is in exile. The only man who can help is clinically dead. Herb Asher, an audio engineer by trade, is in suspended animation following a car accident...

In un'America alternativa dominata da un tiranno di nome Ferris F. Fremont (ispirato a Richard Nixon), due uomini tentano di combattere l'oppressione e la violenza. Sono Nicholas Brady e Philip K. Dick, sì, proprio lui, lo scrittore di fantascienza che simpatizza per Brady ma è assai più 'razionalista'. Li accompagna una figura insolita, un essere superiore che porta il nome di Valis: ma chi o cosa è Valis? Da dove proviene? Quali sono i suoi scopi? E sarà sufficiente il suo aiuto per sconfiggere l'ottusa brutalità della tirannia?

Will he run in 2024? You bet he will. Will he be the GOP nominee? Absolutely. Will he win the election? Yes.The stakes of the next elections could not be higher. The Democrats won the election of 2020—sort of—and the disastrous consequences are already upon us. As he did in his 2016 New York Times best seller, Armageddon: How Trump Can Beat Hillary, renowned campaign strategist Dick Morris provides the road map for taking back the White House and the nation in this new book, The Return.

Brought to you by Puffin. Puffin presents five stories from master storyteller, Dick King-Smith. This collection featuring one of Dick King-Smith's most famous stories The Invisible Dog. The Invisible Dog is the story of a girl who tries to satisfy her yearning for a dog by introducing an...

With a fun and folksy way of addressing its audience, Keep Moving serves as an instruction audiobook on how to embrace old age with a positive attitude. The chapters are filled with exclusive personal anecdotes that explore various themes on aging: how to adapt to the physical and social changes, deal with loss of friends and loved ones, stay current, fall in love again, and "keep moving" every day like there's no tomorrow.

In The Pursuit of High-Stakes Business: The Competitive Discipline Behind Proposals That Win, three members of the senior leadership team at SMA, Inc.—the leading advisor for companies seeking large contracts in the defense, aerospace, and B2B sectors—deliver a detailed strategy guide for...