ReviewA racy yarn with plenty of globe trotting colour. The Independent Frequently hilarious, occasionally sad, and often surreal GQ A man who makes Peter Pan look like a geriatric...
From Publishers WeeklyFrom the Micronesian Yap islands' 12-foot stone "coins" to today's paper currencies backed only by fiat, Nobel-laureate economist Friedman ( Free to Choose ) ...
Review"The combination of absurdity, social commentary, and familiar tropes makes it an enjoyable guilty pleasure." - Publishers WeeklyProduct Description
Diplomat, soldier, spyLieutenant Lord Miles Naismith Vorkosigan of the Barrayarayan Empire, a.k.a. Admiral Naismith of the Dendarii Free Mercenaries, is a young man of many parts....
A covert ops liberation of Barrayaran allies in a Cetagandan POW camp goes awry and Miles Naismith is right in the middle of it. Will he find damnation though good works, or faith ...
From Publishers WeeklyAfter encountering the alien Dhyrn on earth and later nearly dying on the Dhyrn home world in Czerneda's Survival (2004), biologist Mackenzie "Mac" Connor re....
This instructive book takes you step by step through ways to track, merge, and manage both open source and commercial software projects with Mercurial, using Windows, Mac OS X, Lin...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: **The Royal Brat is in Trouble** Roger Ramius Sergei Chiang MacClintock didn't understand. He was young, handsome, athletic, an *excellent* dresser, and third in ...
From Publishers WeeklyA mysterious biblical object, nefarious Vatican spies and a deadly centuries-old religious cabal—sound familiar? Sacramento veterinarian Rollins offers more D...
From Publishers WeeklyA pleasing variety of Manhattan neighborhoods come to life in Block's solid anthology, the latest entry in Akashic's city-themed noir series (_Brooklyn Noir_,...