Résultats pour "Parallel" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

When her mom dies, leaving her in the care of her stepfather, Ciara never expects to spend years locked away. Music is the only thing keeping her from going insane, and she thanks her unknown savior every day for secretly giving her a way to listen to music. Reina's live performances fill her tiny music player. Eventually, Ciara falls in love, whether with the music or the person, she doesn't know, but she dreams of meeting the soul that powers that voice.

When brilliant physicist Professor Thomas Williams unveils his radical theory—that UFOs are remnants of an ancient parallel world—he ignites a firestorm. Determined to prove the impossible, Williams creates a way to traverse these worlds, defying the laws of quantum physics. But his discovery comes at a price.

From Nexthink and the creators of The DEX Show, this is Parallel: One IT story told week by week. Because technology problems don’t happen in isolation. Or by themselves. They happen in parallel.I’m Tim Flower. For the last 10 years, I’ve spent my career helping IT teams understand how productivity is stolen. Murdered even. Both from IT, and from the employees we support. It’s been a journey of seeing workdays gone wrong, systems gone haywire, and the lengths we in IT go to for answers.This mission started out to answer one simple question: What’s been killing productivity at ...

🎙️ En Passant Par LàUn podcast court, vif et mordant, où deux voix – Roman et César – (parfois 3, quand Matteo Benedetto se met à faire des siennes) décryptent l’actualité brûlante à travers le prisme de l’Histoire.Chaque épisode démarre par un coup de fil : une actu tombée, une réaction immédiate, un débat qui déraille… et une plongée dans le passé.Grâce à un voyage sonore vers un événement historique méconnu ou oublié, En Passant Par Là tisse des parallèles éclairants entre présent et passé.🌀 Journalisme, fiction et vulgarisation se mêlent dans ...

Who knows what is, what will be, and what might be? Author K.T. Seto explores the possibilities in this collection of short stories. For the first time, listen to all of her previously published science fiction shorts in one place, and six brand new never before published tales.

In this hotly-requested collection of after-stories, the colorful residents of the Spirit Realm take center stage!

It's a hard life for a young mortal girl, living on the streets. After Lee Jia narrowly escapes a fate worse than death, her last ditch effort to flee her pursuers and survive the winter finds her accidentally enrolled in a brand-new academy for immortals. Now faced with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Lee Jia will have to survive a violent roommate, arrogant young masters, and—worst of all—social hierarchies in order to carve out a place for herself in the world of magic, martial arts, and cultivation.

Complete the adventure as Veronica “Roni” Rider learns to lead her team against Yal-hara, a creature imprisoned in our universe and desperate to get out. With the help of Gram, Elliot, and Sully, Roni will battle monsters and man alike all in her quest to bring peace to our universe. Luckily, they are not alone. Along the way, new team members will join the fight. And, of course, new villains will emerge.

Veronica “Roni” Rider works in her family bookstore when she discovers that her grandma’s two seventy-year-old friends have been saving the universe for decades. But it’s hard to defend your world with a bad back and arthritis. They have a solution. They want Roni to take over.

In The Allure of the Multiverse, physicist Paul Halpern tells the epic story of how science became besotted with the multiverse, and the controversies that ensued. The questions that brought scientists to this point are big and deep: Is reality such that anything can happen, must happen? How does quantum mechanics "choose" the outcomes of its apparently random processes? And why is the universe habitable? Each question quickly leads to the multiverse.

After reuniting with their friends in Qin, Jia and Eui are welcomed to the Spiritual Flowing Purewater Sect as honored guests, but their peaceful reprieve is not to last. Yan Yue's upcoming wedding has drawn the attention of Qin's ruling class, who are using the gathering as a pretense to hold a summit to determine the future of the empire.

After Eunae's tumultuous ascension results in her being crowned queen, Goryeo joins the Jiaguo Empire, splitting the continent in two. Yoshika barely has time to adjust to Eunae joining as another aspect before the sleeping giant of Qin makes their move. Meanwhile, with war looming, Yue must confront her own feelings as she searches for a way to unite the rival empires.

The survivor writing to us is an empathic 18-year-old named Tommy. He’s been sealed in a three-acre biosphere with just one other person, and the outside world has been radio-silent for the three years of their enclosure. Tommy is in telepathic contact with someone living during our time who may hold the key to an evolutionary metamorphosis. The journals, entitled Parallel Journeys, have been sent back in time to inspire you to create your own metamorphic butterfly effects to help our species avoid extinction and survive in a new form.

In urgent need of repair, the Mary May finds herself forced to flee across dangerous worlds that promise to end their search for home. With no other choice but to flee through the dimensions to save the Mary May, with her engines on the verge of giving up and in search of safe harbour, the crew navigate worlds ravaged by war whilst fighting off space choked with shattered junk intent on destroying them. With the engines eventually repaired, rather than continuing the search for their home, they respond to a call for a good samaritan.

In the aftermath of the expeditions against the Bloody Sovereign's Tomb and the demonic enclave, Yoshika begins to rebuild the academy as a new power, independent from the other nations. Amidst their efforts, Kaede must investigate the unrest in her homeland of Yamato, as well as her new role as an aspect of Yoshika. Meanwhile, Eui returns to Goryeo to confront her own past as a former bandit and establish a treaty between her former and current homes.

Three unusual men are at the heart of Parallel Stories: Hans von Wolkenstein, whose German mother is linked to secrets of fascist-Nazi collaboration during the 1940s; Ágost Lippay Lehr, whose influential father has served Hungary’s different political regimes for decades; and András Rott, who has his own dark record of mysterious activities abroad. The web of extended and interconnected dramas reaches from 1989 back to the spring of 1939, when Europe trembled on the edge of war.

With the annexation of Yamato and Yoshika crowned as the empress of Jiaguo, their abilities as rulers are put to the test. At home, Jia and Yue must contend with suitors from Qin, including a familiar face and a truly unexpected offer from on high. Abroad, Eui once more returns to Goryeo to solidify alliances and support Eunae's upcoming ascension. Meanwhile, the children are growing up fast and looking to prove themselves as worthy successors to their superlative "big sisters." It's all too much for one person, but with her friends—and her selves—for support, Yoshika rises to the challenge.

Jia and Eui, as the representatives of the tentative new alliance between Yamato and Goryeo, must travel to the hostile Qin Empire to make their case for a unified front against the otherworldly invaders—and maybe save their best friend from an arranged marriage in the process. But getting there is going to be a bigger challenge than they ever expected. Along the way, they'll meet new friends and old enemies and learn to challenge their assumptions about other people—and themselves.

With Yan Yue and the Awakening Dragon sect's plots thwarted for now, Lee Jia and An Eui can finally find some time to relax. After some rest and recuperation, they are ready to return to their training just in time for an upcoming tournament, but not all is well. Old enemies are out for revenge, new ones are lurking in the shadows, and their personal problems are becoming increasingly hard to ignore. The girls will have to work harder than ever to come out on top, and discover what it truly means to share a Path.

Europæisk hovedværk om to familier fra Berlin og Budapest. Af deres liv og skæbner væves et storslået billedtæppe over det 20. århundredes historie fra mellemkrigstiden og frem til Murens fald i 1989. Centralt i romanen står tre usædvanlige mænd: Hans von Wolkenstein, hvis tyske mor har forbindelser til nazisterne; Ágost Lippay Lehr, hvis indflydelsesrige far har tjent Ungarns forskellige politiske regimer gennem årtier; og András Rott, som har sin egen dystre fortid. "Parallelle historier" er en vidunderlig, grum, poetisk og nøgtern roman om Europas kultur og krise.