Everyone in the virtual universe of Edda is made of pixels-except Penelope. While her body is kept alive in a hospital bed, her avatar runs free, able to go anywhere and do anything, including create deadly weapons for Edda's ruler, her guardian, Lord Scanthax. When Scanthax decides he wants to... (learn more about this book)
The breathtaking sequel to the multistarred Epic ! Ghost is part of a street hacker airboard gang who lives to break rules. When they realize that their world--Saga--is being periodically invaded by strange human beings, they don't know what to do. That is, until they learn the... (learn more about this book)
Welcome to a society governed through computer games! On New Earth, society is governed and conflicts are resolved in the arena of a fantasy computer game, Epic. If you win, you have the chance to fulfill your dreams; if you lose, your life both in and out of the game is worth nothing. When... (learn more about this book)
The period 1917 to 1923 is the most turbulent and unstable in 20th-century Irish history. From the 1916 Easter Rising to the consolidation of the two separate states after the Irish Civil War of 1922, the campaign for Home Rule developed from parliamentary negotiation into military conflict and... (learn more about this book)
This is a vivid and entertaining guide to the events and locations of the Easter 1916 Rising. Defying all the odds 1600 men, women and children went out on 24 April, Easter Monday, 1916 to fight for an independent Ireland. The battle raged for six days and resulted in the destruction of many... (learn more about this book)
The First Crusade (1096-1099) was an extraordinary undertaking. Because the repercussions of that expedition have rippled on down the centuries, there has been an enormous literature on the subject. Yet, unlike so many other areas of medieval history, until now the First Crusade has failed to... (learn more about this book)
Welcome to a society governed through computer games! On New Earth, society is governed and conflicts are resolved in the arena of a fantasy computer game, Epic. If you win, you have the chance to fulfill your dreams; if you lose, your life both in and out of the game is worth nothing. When... (learn more about this book)
Offers a fascinating insight to the final siege of the First Crusade. (learn more about this book)
Everyone in the virtual universe of Edda is made of pixels-except Penelope. While her body is kept alive in a hospital bed, her avatar runs free, able to go anywhere and do anything, including create deadly weapons for Edda's ruler, her guardian, Lord Scanthax. When Scanthax decides he wants to... (learn more about this book)