Technology Fiction

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialized in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson investigate the case. Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

Knowledge is power. And they know everything. The tech company Public Square believes in 'doing well by doing good'. It's built a multi-billion-dollar business on this philosophy and by getting to know what people want. They know a lot. But who else can access all that information, and what are they planning to do with it?

Eddie Rickenbacker was a World War I Flying Ace, a Medal of Honor winner, and even a racecar driver. But did you know that his first attempt at flying was to ride his bicycle off the roof of his house while holding an umbrella?

Some women wait a long time to get married. They do all of the right things. They go to school, build a thriving career, own a home, drive a luxury car and dedicate years of service to their church or community. But, where is the love? Jillian Forrester was no different. She was asking herself that same question. Where is her love? When would it be her turn? Since she waited so long, when the right man comes along, everybody should be happy right? Maybe not. Come experience the lessons, longing and love of Jillian Forrester.

Both Thomas Edison and Henry Ford started off as insatiably curious tinkerers. That curiosity led them to become inventors - with very different results. As Edison invented hit after commercial hit, gaining fame and fortune, Henry struggled to make a single invention (an affordable car) work. Witnessing Thomas' glorious career from afar, a frustrated Henry wondered about the secret to his success.

This classic, early 19th century science fiction masterpiece serves as both a wonderful period presentation of the time as well as a cautionary tale. Called by many a "chilling novel account of a Martian invasion of London in the nineteenth century - a science fiction classic for all time." It was made famous by Orson Welles Mercury Theatre mid 20th Century adaptation that literally had thousands of people running for their lives at the time in the Northeast U.S. H. G.

In essence, this story is about how a certain person was searching his bookshelf for something to read and in the end found a book, which turned out to be the source, from which it is possible to obtain absolutely any kind of information about absolutely any person. Meaning, information to the smallest particulars and details about what his or her qualities of personality are, how he or she lives, what he or she really wants to achieve, what he or she hides, and much more.

Set in the technological underbelly of the 21st century, this conspiracy thriller follows elite hacker Azi Bello on a journey of discovery into the dark marketplace known as Gomorrah, within which the world's worst people trade lives and influence. Taking the listener between London, Berlin, Athens and Los Angeles, as well as into terrorist-controlled Syrian cities, This Is Gomorrah explores what it means to win and to lose at the global game of ideology and power.

This audiobook describes how animals use shape adaptations to help them survive from predators. Animals shown include a North American porcupine, a walking stick, a flamingo, a scorpion, a giraffe, a spiny puffer fish, a leafy sea dragon, and a mongoose.

The life of astronaut John "Danny" Olivas.

The aim of this bundle of two blogging books is to reveal the truth and set you straight on how to properly monetize a blog. The first book in this bundle will teach you how to actually build a blog and how to set up a basic monetization strategy. The second book will take you into some more advanced strategies that should really improve the level of income that your blog is producing. It will give you an edge over many other bloggers who already have their blogs monetized because most other bloggers are simply not implementing the advanced strategies that this book reveals.

"Au commencement était la peur..." Hors des flots déchaînés, une main tendue vers le ciel. Un pont de bateau qui tangue, la pluie qui s'abat, et la nuit... Le début d'une "putain d'histoire". Une histoire d'amour et de peur, de bruit et de fureur. L'histoire de Henry, 17 ans, que le meurtre de sa petite amie plonge dans l'enfer du soupçon. Sur son île, Glass Island, battue par les vents, cernée par la brume 360 jours par an et uniquement accessible par ferry, tout le monde connaît tout le monde, jusqu'au plus noir de ses secrets. Ou du moins le croit-on.

The cute barista is a wannabe writer, and Gina Griffin doesn’t date wannabe writers. She’s a bestselling women’s fiction author and doesn’t need to take a clueless beginner under her wing, especially a handsome one who’s so awkward with words that she finds endearing. But Henry Archer is no ordinary barista. He’s a tech billionaire in disguise and the mastermind behind an AI chatbot designed to write like humans. Henry is captivated by Gina’s talent and determined to learn from her. What Gina doesn’t know is that he’s also using her word choices to fine-tune the very ...

My Uncle Joe Harper, a lovable character, is doing his best to multitask by operating a new high-tech washer while also baking a birthday cake for his wife, Aunt Mary. The confusion arising from the instructions provided by the smart washer/and smart oven, combined with his limited baking knowledge, leads to a hilarious misadventure. This kind of chaos is not unusual for my Uncle Joe.

One of the most enduringly popular adventure tales, Treasure Island spins a heady tale of piracy, a mysterious treasure map, and a host of sinister characters charged with diabolical intentions. Seen through the eyes of Jim Hawkins, the cabin boy of the Hispaniola, the action-packed adventure tells of a perilous sea journey across the Spanish Main, a mutiny led by the infamous Long John Silver, and a lethal scramble for buried treasure on an exotic isle. Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

The aliens are about to win. Humanity makes one last, desperate gamble to survive.The endgame has begun. China has gone over to the alien menace, and the world now stands at the precipice of ultimate defeat. All will be lost unless Task Force Zero somehow finds a way to reassert human control as the fate of civilization hangs in the balance. The odds are very long, and the final outcome now hinges on a few key individuals and where they stand. Piper is finally reunited with her long lost brother, but the boy displays frightening powers and has a vengeful mind of his own. Thorne’s ruse is ...

In the aftermath of the Accipiter assault on Ari’Nell, Captain Jermaine Cutter and the survivors return to find the New Texas world ship gone! He must now lead them in a desperate search for a new home on a desolate ice planet. Meanwhile, with the world ship now relocated to the seat of Gardener power, President John Austin and VP Gail Finley struggle to maintain order while, under threat from the Gardeners, the hunt accelerates for the traitor. Startling revelations from the Gardeners about the Accipiters promises to shatter established beliefs, and a desperate plan emerges to escalate ...

Were the new men and women human or monster? Brought back to life via vitaplasm, did they have souls? Or were they somehow less than human, people minus X?

This is the third book in the Childhood, Boyhood, Youth trilogy. Childhood was the first published novel by Leo Tolstoy, released in November 1852. It was the first in a series of three novels and was followed by Boyhood and Youth. Published when Tolstoy was just 23 years old, the book was an immediate success, earning notice from other Russian novelists including Ivan Turgenev, who heralded the young Tolstoy as a major up-and-coming figure in Russian literature. Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

This short novel, published after Tolstoy's death, is the last novel the great author wrote. It tells the true story of Hadji Murad (or Hadji Murat, alternatively), an Avar who commanded the peoples of Dagestan and Chechnya in their resistance against assimilation into the Russian empire. Tolstoy had first heard of Murad during his travels, and the author became inspired by Murad's refusal to give in to the demands of a corrupt world. Hadji Murad shares many of the same themes found in War and Peace.