Stilwell: 45 books

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In Pragmatics, the study of meaning derived from context, Jean Stilwell Peccei offers a practical introduction to this core area of linguistics. Pragmatics: encourages the reader to look at different levels of meaning within sentences provides a basic understanding of key pragmatic concepts introduces...

"The Puppy of Doom and Other Stories" is a collection of science fiction short stories. Several are future war stories set about two hundred years hence. Several more are speculative pieces set in the near future. All are hard science fiction with several inspired by real scientific breakthroughs...

Two college students take a six month internship on starships which launch them into an adventure neither expected. When two beings possessing super technology rampage across the galaxy killing star system after star system they bring a ruthless galactic empire into violent conflict with the unprepared...

The age of exploration had been replaced by the age of war. The Tarden Republic lay fractured. The rebellion on Brakk had been brutally beaten down for a second time leaving the race near extinction.Ducis Iratus's assassination of most of the members of the Senex failed to cower the core...

Earth has entered the Tarden Republic of Worlds. Humanity was been rescued from the brink of extinction and the world rejuvenated. It is a new Golden Age. But for how long and at what cost? Only a few could see the long game that the Tarden are playing, and it was one that wouldn't end well for mankind. Captain...

The year is 1980. Somewhere in the Midwest, a naïve college student discovers that his sleepy college town is ground zero for mad scientists, aliens, time travelers and all manner of evil cabals. Everything in this snarky science fiction is completely made up. So, don't bother Googling any of it. Honest! You won't find anything... And you never know who is watching.

A mysterious lander is found on the far side of the Moon containing a glass bottle with a message in it for humanity. A space station and teams of scientists are sent to the edge of the solar system. If it was only a natural phenomenon then why the warning to bring lots of guns? When Carl Vandor...

In Adrift on a Sea of Stars, three starships—the first of their kind—set forth to explore nearby star systems. When the crews awoke near their destinations, they discovered that Earth had gone silent during their voyage.In this the sequel, centuries have passed before an alien craft intercepts...

The galaxy is big. Where is everybody? Ancient artificial intelligences called Angels are the shadowy guardians of civilization. Over the long ages, humanity has become extinct and reseeded many times. This is the 6th Epoch. Little is known about the history of the first five. Responding...

For years space telescopes had found four nearby stars very promising. The first fleet consisted of three crafts faster than anything ever built. Their mission was to visit them to survey for possible habitable worlds. More advanced, the second fleet was planned to be launched decades later with the...

Survival Techniques takes you through all the things you need to know about surviving natural disasters and staying alive in the wild, such as where to find water in the desert; how to build shelters from locally available materials that will keep out the wind and rain but will also be ventilated; and...

What do you do if your aircraft ditches at sea? Or your building is on fire? Or you are the victim of a terrorist attack? Would you make the right decision to save yourself and the lives of others? Crisis Survival is a complete handbook to any crisis that may suddenly arise, from food or water shortages,...

Since the advent of special forces units in World War II, governments and armies have trained small, elite teams of soldiers to perform operations deemed too risky or demanding for regular troops. Training to enter the special forces is harsh in the extreme, and the few who enter the ranks of the...