Niven: 159 books

Those war-crazed fur-balls from the planet Kzin just won’t give up, even though the canny pseudo-pacifists from Planet Earth cut through the Kzinti like a laser through catmeat (once the humans rediscovered old technologies and old instincts that never quite bred out). The ferocious Kzinti never seemed...

After being thrown out the window of his luxury apartment, science fiction writer Allen Carpentier wakes to find himself at the gates of hell. Feeling he's landed in a great opportunity for a book, he attempts to follow Dante's road map. Determined to meet Satan himself, Carpentier treks through the...

Allan Carpenter escaped from hell once but remained haunted by what he saw and endured. He has now returned, on a mission to liberate those souls unfairly tortured and confined. Partnering with the legendary poet and suicide, Sylvia Plath, Carpenter is a modern-day Christ who intends...

The future is a strange and dangerous place. Chaz Kato can testify to that. He is a citizen of Xanudu, a city-sized artificial island populated by some of the wealthiest men and women on future Earth. A place filled with hidden wonders and dark secrets of technology gone awry. Lenore Myles is a student...

GIVE PEACE A CHANCE A Kzin's instinctively combative responses make for poor diplomatic relations between species. But now that their "first you scream and then you leap" approach to interstellar relations have led to three straight losses to the hairless hominidae of Sol III, there...

Voici une nouvelle création de Mark Millar, l'auteur de Kick-Ass, Superior et Ultimates. À travers cette saga complète, le scénariste propose un concept surprenant : que se passerait-il si Batman était un super-vilain ? L'histoire du célèbre Chevalier Noir est ici revisitée de manière totalement...

In politics, the rise to the top can also correspond to the erosion of one's moral core.  Ask Aline Cleary Belshaw ― her father was an honest and popular senator and she grew up immersed in the excitement of political life, believing in the unshakable fiber of the political process.  So...

World War II is about to end and the conquerors are coming home. For Mark Gregory, a war correspondent who has just arrived in San Francisco, the end of the war means that he is about to be reunited with his wife and son.  Apprehensive about the reunion, he also finds that San Francisco has been...

The fiercely independent Velva Jean, a fearless and spirited World War II pilot, boldly sets off on her next big adventure: movie stardom. From the New York Times bestselling author of Holding Up the Universe and All the Bright Places (soon to be a major motion picture starring Elle Fanning). “A...

New Mexico cattle baron, Temple Caddy Jefford, hog-rich and gut-mean, doesn't think that either of his two sons has what it takes to manage the spread after he's gone. In lieu of a son's partnership, he offers the job to his flinty, shrewd, and passionate daughter, Vance who accepts the challenge...

*** Vincitore premio "Mare di Libri" *** *** Finalista al Premio Andersen 2016 nella categoria Miglior Libro oltre i 15 anni *** *** BEST YOUNG ADULT FICTION 2015 - Goodreads Choice Awards 2015 *** È una gelida mattina di gennaio quella in cui Theodore Finch decide di salire sulla torre...

Violet está rota. Finch está roto. ¿Pueden dos mitades rotas reconstruirse? Esta es la historia de una chica que aprende a vivir de un chico que pretende morir; de dos jóvenes que se encuentran y dejan de contar los días para empezar a vivirlos.

Why do people who have dogs live happier, longer, and more fulfulling lives? Sociologists and veterinarians have spent years investigating the positive effects that dogs have on people's health and happiness yet their findings are inaccessible to ordinary people, hidden in obscure journals to be shared...

Stamped Metal Jewelry teaches multiple metal stamping and texturing techniques, and the projects incorporate wirework and metalsmithing to create fabulous necklaces, beads, charms, bracelets, cuffs, and earrings. The book opens with an extensive section on stamping, wirework, and metalsmithing tools...