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Accompanied by his faithful minidrag Pip and a most troublesome alien called Abalamahalamatandra -- Ab for short -- Flinx set out for Alaspin, the ruggedly primitive homeworld of his flying snake. There he hoped to find the giant man with the gold earring who somehow held the key to Flinx's mysterious past and to the strange powers he possessed. Chasing down his heritage was trouble enough, but Flinx didn't know... (more)

Pip and Flinx: Book 6

Flinx in Flux

by Alan Dean Foster

When Flinx, no stranger to galactic intrigue, found an unconscious woman on a riverbank deep in the jungles of Alaspin, he took it in stride. When he learned that the woman, Clarity Held, was a brilliant scientist abducted from a remote outpost on inhospitable Longtunnel by a group of fanatic assassins, he tried to help the beautiful Clarity back to her project. Unfortunately, the assassins were still at work.... (more)

Pip and Flinx: Book 7

Mid-Flinx

by Alan Dean Foster

OVER THE EDGE Where Flinx and his flying minidrag Pip went, trouble always followed--that law had governed their lives through years of unsought danger and galactic intrigue. Now an evil rich man was out to kidnap the minidrag for his personal zoo, and Flinx and Pip were on the run again--this time into uncharted space, on a random course they hoped would foil their pursuers. They found more than they bargained... (more)

Nor Crystal Tears

by Alan Dean Foster

Before Man and insectlike Thranx had become allies, when the reptilian AAnn were just occasional raiders of Thranx colony worlds, one young Thranx agricultural expert lived a life of quiet desperation. A dreamer in a world of sensible, stable beings, Ryo buried himself in his work -- reclaiming marshland from a tenacious jungle -- until he came across a letter describing a relative's encounter with horrid,... (more)

Pip and Flinx: Book 5

For Love of Mother-Not (Prequel)

by Alan Dean Foster

He was just a freckle-faced, redheaded kid with green eyes and a strangely campelling stare when Mather Mastiff first saw him an the auctioneer's block. One hundred credits and he was hers. For years the old woman was his only family. She loved him, fed him, taught him everything she knew -- even let him keep the deadly flying snake he called Pip. Then Mother Mastiff mysteriously disappeared and Flinx took Pip to... (more)

Midworld

by Alan Dean Foster

Born was a child of the rain forest that covered Midworld, part of the primitive society that the peaceful jungle planet had sustained for hundreds of years. He was wise in the ways of his world, and he knew well the precarious natural balance that governed all things. Then one day the aliens came. Giants. They knew nothing of the Upper or Lower Hell -- and they cared less. Born had risked his life to save them,... (more)

The Founding of the Commonwealth: Book 2

Dirge

by Alan Dean Foster

Chosen by Science Fiction Chronicle as One of the Best Books of the Year Bestselling author Alan Dean Foster has written an exciting Humanx Commonwealth adventure that delves deeper into the fragile early years when humans made first contact in this unforgettable world . . . In the second half of the twenty-fourth century, diplomatic relations proceed cautiously between thranx and humans. But the... (more)

Pip and Flinx: Book 3

Orphan Star

by Alan Dean Foster

His birth had been shrouded in mystery, and all Flinx knew of himself was that he'd been abandoned by those who had spawned him. Raised by Mother Mastiff in the marketplace of Drallar, Flinx eventually discovered that his unknown parents had bequeathed to him a curious legacy...a legacy of extraordinary mental powers that were both an incalculable asset and a most dangerous liability. This legacy would lead him --... (more)

The Emergence of a Nation State 1529-1660: The Commonwealth of England 1529-1660 (2nd Edition)

The Emergence of a Nation State 1529-1660: The Commonwealth of England 1529-1660 (2nd Edition)

by Alan Gordon Rae Smith

This famous survey has been updated to incorporate the new perspectives of the last twelve years. The study opens with one Revolution, the Reformation, and closes with another - the Civil War of the mid-17th century and the abolition of the monarchy. Alan Smith explores the dramatic changes during this period when the country was forged into a "nation state." Its centrepiece however, remains the extraordinary... (more)

Icelandic Church Saga

by John Charles Fulton Hood

This book chronicles the traces of early Christianity in the island among pre-settlement Culdees and early settlers, the official adoption of Christianity in 1000, the medieval consolidation and eventual decay of the Church, the imposition of the Lutheran reformation, the development of mysticism in the 17th century, and the state of the Icelandic church through the 20th century to World War II.

A history of the old Icelandic commonwealth -: Islendinga saga (University of Manitoba Icelandic studies)

A history of the old Icelandic commonwealth -: Islendinga saga (University of Manitoba Icelandic studies)

by Jo?n Jo?hannesson

The founding of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth in 930 A.D. is one of the most significant events in the history of early Western Europe. This pioneering work of historiography provides a comprehensive history of Iceland from 870 A.D. to the end of the Commonwealth in 1262.

The Volsunga Saga Translates from the Icelandic... Supplemented with legends of the Wagner Trilogy and Old Norse Sagas Kindred to the Volsung and Niblung TaleEirikr; Morris, William, Translators Magnusson

The Volsunga Saga Translates from the Icelandic... Supplemented with legends of the Wagner Trilogy and Old Norse Sagas Kindred to the Volsung and Niblung Tale

by Eirikr; Morris, William, Translators Magnusson

Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Icelandic Stories

Grettir the Strong Icelandic Saga

by Traditional

They stayed there for the winter and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland after which they returned to Norway.

Small Change or Real Change?: Commonwealth Perspectives on Financing Gender Equality

Small Change or Real Change?: Commonwealth Perspectives on Financing Gender Equality

by Commonwealth Secretariat

Small Change or Real Change? presents key thinking from experts around the Commonwealth on a topic which is currently of great international concern: how to ensure that resources are available to effect the changes promised by those promoting gender equality, and how to check that promises turn into results. The contributors, all of them development practitioners coming from diverse backgrounds, share one... (more)

Learning from Experience: Perspectives on Poverty Reduction Strategies from Four Developing Countries

Learning from Experience: Perspectives on Poverty Reduction Strategies from Four Developing Countries

Learning from Experience explores how the Poverty Reduction Strategy Initiative (PRSI) process is working, as seen from the perspective of four recipient countries. This initiative of the World Bank and IMF was introduced in 1999, with the aim of making aid more effective. It has been implemented in over forty low-income countries. Support for it from international institutions, donors and others, has ranged from... (more)

Pip and Flinx: Book 2

Bloodhype

by Alan Dean Foster

It caused instant addiction, followed by an excruciating slow death, and there was no known antidote. It was a killer. Supposedly the drug had been totally eradicated from the humanx galaxy years before. At least that's what everyone thought. But somehow, mysteriously, that dreadful substance was back in circulation on Repler and threatening to wreak havoc throughout the known galaxy. Someone somewhere was... (more)

Njal's Saga

by Anonymous

Written in the thirteenth century, Njal's Saga is a story that explores perennial human problems-from failed marriages to divided loyalties, from the law's inability to curb human passions to the terrible consequences when decent men and women are swept up in a tide of violence beyond their control. It is populated by memorable and complex characters like Gunnar of Hlidarendi, a powerful warrior with an aversion... (more)

Pip and Flinx: Book 1

The Tar-Aiym Krang

by Alan Dean Foster

Moth was a beautiful planet, the only one with wings -- two great golden clouds suspended in space around it. Here was a wide-open world for any venture a man might scheme. The planet attracted unwary travelers, hardened space-sailors, and merchant buccaneers -- a teeming, constantly shifting horde that provided a comfortable income for certain quick-witted fellows like Flinx and his pet flying snake Pip. With his... (more)

Pip and Flinx: Book 9

Flinx's Folly

by Alan Dean Foster

New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster delivers the eagerly awaited new Pip and Flinx novel featuring a certain twenty-four-year-old with red hair, growing powers, and a loyal sidekick who just happens to be a flying mini-dragon. Sure to delight longtime fans and win new ones, Flinx’s Folly follows Flinx on a thrilling quest to unravel the mysteries of his mind and body. It is a quest that forces... (more)

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The End of the Matter

by Alan Dean Foster

Flinx in Flux

by Alan Dean Foster

Mid-Flinx

by Alan Dean Foster

Nor Crystal Tears

by Alan Dean Foster

For Love of Mother-Not (Prequel)

by Alan Dean Foster

Midworld

by Alan Dean Foster

Dirge

by Alan Dean Foster

Orphan Star

by Alan Dean Foster

The Emergence of a Nation State 1529-1660: The Commonwealth of England 1529-1660 (2nd Edition)

by Alan Gordon Rae Smith

Icelandic Church Saga

by John Charles Fulton Hood

A history of the old Icelandic commonwealth -: Islendinga saga (University of Manitoba Icelandic studies)

by Jo?n Jo?hannesson

The Volsunga Saga Translates from the Icelandic... Supplemented with legends of the Wagner Trilogy and Old Norse Sagas Kindred to the Volsung and Niblung Tale

by Eirikr; Morris, William, Translators Magnusson

Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Icelandic Stories

Grettir the Strong Icelandic Saga

by Traditional

Small Change or Real Change?: Commonwealth Perspectives on Financing Gender Equality

by Commonwealth Secretariat

Learning from Experience: Perspectives on Poverty Reduction Strategies from Four Developing Countries

Bloodhype

by Alan Dean Foster

Njal's Saga

by Anonymous

The Tar-Aiym Krang

by Alan Dean Foster

Flinx's Folly

by Alan Dean Foster