John Peel est un auteur célébré, réputé pour ses contributions au genre de la science-fiction, en particulier pour son travail sur les romans et bandes dessinées de Doctor Who. Il a été un pionnier avec le premier roman original de Doctor Who, lançant une nouvelle série significative. Peel possède un talent unique pour capturer l'essence de personnages bien-aimés et de récits complexes, rendant ses histoires captivantes pour les fans dévoués. Au-delà de Doctor Who, son écriture s'étend à d'autres franchises populaires, démontrant sa polyvalence en tant que conteur.
A mysterious reflection leads Chrissie Scott into a parallel world where she meets her doppelgänger, Chris. His life, filled with magic, is threatened by the sorceress Lori Lee's evil plans. As Chris reveals his desperate situation and the powerful spell he's cast, Chrissie realizes she is his only hope. Together, they embark on a perilous journey to save his world from destruction, but the stakes are high—failure could mean Chrissie becomes trapped in this alternate universe forever.
The story unfolds as Chrissie Scott discovers a reflection of a boy who looks just like her, leading to a whirlwind of magical adventures. After facing the sorceress Lori Lee, a new menace arises in the form of Larry Lee, who plans to hijack a satellite for ultimate power. Chrissie calls upon Chris from his magical realm, alongside their pet dragons and friends, to thwart Larry's evil scheme. With only seven hours until a critical space shuttle launch, the group must race against time to save Earth from impending doom.
In this accessible exploration of metaphysics, John Heil examines our everyday beliefs about time, reality, and causation. Using examples from art and science, he discusses key topics like free will and consciousness, revealing how metaphysical questions shape human experience and understanding of the universe.
''Many an incredible story may have been told about young courageous men and women cycling the globe in search of adventure, covering vast distances at speed each day with not a care in the world, sleeping wherever they could pitch a tent or find someone willing to give them a free meal and bed for the night, who intentionally looked bedraggled to resemble famous adventurers of old, with men sporting wild hair and beards that could clear dusty streets as they cycled through. Well, this incredible story is a little different. It is a story about a 350-pound middle-aged, disabled, working-class husband and father. I was never a regular cyclist, and I knew nothing about bicycle maintenance and repair. And yet, without a single day of bicycle touring practice, I loaded up my shiny new bike with everything I thought I'd need and cycled out of Cheshire to see the world. Solo, self-financed, with no support network and without any fixed route plan other than, "I'm going that way." What could go wrong? I wondered."--Amazon
Explore 39 exhilarating rides in the Durango area, ranging from scenic routes to challenging climbs and thrilling descents. The guide provides detailed descriptions, ensuring easy navigation to trailheads with accurate distances and clear maps. Each ride is rated for physical and technical difficulty, making it simple to select options that match your fitness and skill level. This pocket-sized companion is perfect for anyone looking to enjoy the diverse mountain biking experiences Durango has to offer.
Understanding F. H. Bradley's views on relations and their significance today
requires an appreciation of the alternatives, which in turn requires an
understanding of how relations have traditionally been classified and how
philosophers have struggled to capture their nature and their ontological
standing.
John Peel was one of the most influential figures in modern popular music, and it was thanks to his Radio One show that bands such as T-Rex, The Smiths, Radiohead and The White Stripes first came to prominence. This is his story, which he began to write just before his untimely death in 2004.
Dangerous assignments come in pairs when Captain Picard and his crew are confronted with two desperate missions on two different worlds in this thrilling Star Trek: The Next Generation novel. On the planet Buran, newly linked to the Fedration, a mysterious disease devastates the population-and turns them against the visitors from the USS Enterprise. Meanwhile, on nearby lomides, a renegade Federation observer has disappeared, intent on violating the Prime Directive by preventing a tragic political assassination. While Dr. Crusher struggles to find a cure for the plague ravaging Buran, Commander Will RIker leads an Away Team to lomides. Their forces divided, Picard and his crew find themselves the only hope of two worlds.
The Hive came from another galaxy: billions of alien beings living inside a vast, biological starship. They've already destroyed one planet, using it as raw material and fuel for their endless voyage through the cosmos, and now the Hive is heading for Bajor. To the Bajorans they've sent a warning, to evacuate the planet or die along with it. Determined to fight, the Bajorans assemble a battle fleet, but it's hopeless against the overwhelming power of the Hive, and only by penetrating the Hive's defenses to learn its guarded secret does Captain Sisko stand a chance of saving Bajor.
The planet Gallifrey: cradle of the most ancient civilisation in our galaxy, source of the technology that mastered both space and time, home of the people who call themselves the Time Lords — and the origin of the mysterious, quirky, itinerant time-traveller known as the Doctor. When the British Broadcasting Corporation transmitted the first episode of Doctor Who in 1963, no one could have predicted that the programme's popularity would ensure its survival for twenty-eight record-breaking years.In that first story we learnt only that the Doctor and his granddaughter Susan had left their home planet, under something of a cloud, in a remarkable time-travelling craft called the TARDIS that looked — at least on the outside — like a police telephone box.The Doctor and the TARDIS have remained the constant elements in a television saga that has seen many changes over the decades. As the years passed we learnt more and more about the Doctor's background, about other Time Lords, and about Gallifrey.John Peel has researched every Doctor Who story ever shown on television to bring together all the facts about Gallifrey and the Time Lords. The result — illustrated throughout with photographs from the BBC archives — is a comprehensive guide to the foundations of the entire Doctor Who universe, and a fascinating insight into the most comprehensive science fiction mythos that television has ever produced.