Presents various pieces of short science fiction from 2011, along with informative notes on each author. This collection



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A collection of Celtic myths & legends
- tales of gods & goddesses, heroes & heroines, magical weapons, fabulous beasts, &
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From his gold medal at the 1960 Olympic Games to his defeat of Sonny Liston to claim the world heavyweight championship in 1964, the unforgettable ' Thrilla in Manila' against Joe Frazier & the ' Rumble in the Jungle' against George Foreman, ' The Greatest of All Time', Muhammad Ali, has captured the attention of the world. His conversion to Islam, his refusal to serve in the in the Vietnam War ('I ain't got no quarrel with them Vietcong') & his speaking tours in the 1960s have all contributed to his status as one of the most revered sporting figures ever. Here, drawn from books, specialist periodicals, newspapers, college magazines (covering his speaking tours) & the work of major literary figures such as Norman Mailer & Thomas Hauser is the biggest & best collection ever of writing on ' The Greatest'. ...

Features 125 greatest chess games of all time, selected, analysed, re-evaluated & explained by a team of British experts & illustrated with over 1, 000 chess diagrams. This book lets you join the authors in studying these games, the cream of two centuries of international chess, & develop your own chess-playing skills. ...

This thought-provoking collection not only takes us into the past & the future, but also explores what might happen if we attempt to manipulate time to our own advantage. These stories show what happen once you start to meddle with time & the paradoxes that might arise. It also raises questions about whether we understand time, & how we perceive it. Once we move outside the present day, can we ever return or do we move into an alternate world? What happens if our meddling with Nature leads to time flowing backwards, or slowing down or stopping all together? Or if we get trapped in a constant loop from which we can never escape. Is the past & future immutable or will we ever be able to escape the inevitable? These are just some of the questions that are raised in these challenging, exciting & sometimes amusing stories by Kage Baker, Simon Clark, Fritz Leiber, Christopher Priest, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Robert Silverberg, Michael Swanwick, John Varley & many others. ...

The zombie
- a soulless corpse raised from the grave to do its master's bidding
- may have had its factual basis in the voodoo

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A comprehensive category killer, with over 6, 000 varied questions on every topic imaginable
- as well as some you might not
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Simply scrape away the lines to reveal a stunning metallic picture that lies beneath. The 10 x 8 pictures are mastered by scraping ...

A fabulously engaging & exciting novel about a man who has to learn about life & love the hard way. Harry Silver has it all. A successful job in TV, a gorgeous wife, a lovely child. & in one moment of madness, he chucks it all away. Man & Boy is the story of how he comes to terms with his life & achieves a degree of self-respect, bringing up his son alone &, gradually, learning what words like love & family really mean. It is very well written, pacy, funny, & heart-breakingly moving. ...

Harry Silver is learning to juggle his many commitments
- to his wife & his ex-wife, to his son, his stepdaughter & his mother,
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