George Turner: 23 books

Book cover of Von der Universität zur university

Von der Universität zur university

Sackgassen und Umwege der Hochschulpolitik seit 1945

by George Turner
Language: German
Release Date: August 24, 2016

'Wer eine schnelle Übersicht mit den wichtigsten Tangenten durch die Geschichte der Hochschulpolitik in der Bundesrepublik sucht, ist hier gut aufgehoben.' Uwe Schlicht, Tagesspiegel, zur 1. Auflage Wie entwickelte sich die elitäre Universität zur heutigen 'university'? Wie ist der Anstieg von...
Book cover of The Sea and Summer
by George Turner
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013

Francis Conway is Swill - one of the millions in the year 2041 who must subsist on the inadequate charities of the state. Life, already difficult, is rapidly becoming impossible for Francis and others like him, as government corruption, official blindness and nature have conspired to turn Swill homes...
Book cover of In The Heart Or In The Head
by George Turner
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2019

In the Heart or in the Head is a brilliant literary memoir in which George Turner chronicles his chaotic growing-up in a family for whom fact and fantasy were equally acceptable and often indistinguishable. It is also the record of his development as one of Australia's finest novelists and his entanglement with science fiction.
Book cover of Vaneglory
by George Turner
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019

Beloved Son told how the world was given atomic power and chose the atom bomb, was given the key to genetic miracles and chose biological warfare. The world was lucky the first time; enough of it remained for salvaging in a few decades. It was simply unfortunate that in those difficult years...
Book cover of Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before
by George Turner
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Book cover of Genetic Soldier
by George Turner
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2019

In a distant future, on an Earth populated by a scant few hundred thousand humans, the Atkins's Thomas performs without question the duties for which he was genetically bred. Called "Soldier" by one and all, he is a man of honor and ability, responsible for keeping the peace, for maintaining...
Book cover of Beloved Son
by George Turner
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019

Forty years after his starship escapes from an apocalyptic Earth, Commander Albert Raft and his crew return to a much younger and violent Earth society that wants to embrace Raft as a god because of his telepathic powers.
Book cover of Destiny Makers
by George Turner
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2018

In the era of "the big squeeze" - when an environmentally ravaged Earth groans beneath the weight of twelve billion people - two men control the destiny of humankind. One was recently senile...the other is going insane. In the year 2069, with the Earth's population dangerously out...
Book cover of Brain Child
by George Turner
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018

David Chance has been raised in an orphanage and, now an adult, finds that he is the child of a man genetically modified before birth by a group of scientists experimenting in increasing human intelligence and creativity. But his father is dead. He pursues the search for the true nature of...
Book cover of A Pursuit of Miracles
by George Turner
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2018

Eight journeys into the future from this prize-winning author: a civilized society where barbarism is the norm; a search for super-intelligence that goes horribly wrong; a world where to be Non-Legal is to be non-human; an experiment to test the very nature of reality. Contains: A Pursuit of...
Book cover of Yesterday's Men
by George Turner
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2019

An experiment recreating the mind-set of World War II escalates into an actual battleground between native revolutionaries and space colonists bent on subverting the power of the central government. In the midst of this turmoil, a physically enhanced agent questions his upbringing and training.
Book cover of Burlington County Sasquatch
by George Dean Turner
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2012

Burlington County, New Jersey is hardly a place where one might expect to find North American's scary great ape, the sasquatch. The county is directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, and 70 miles from New York City. By contrast, most of the thousands of Internet reports of encounters with...
Book cover of The Complete Popular Children Fantasy Magic Books Anthologies (27 in 1)

The Complete Popular Children Fantasy Magic Books Anthologies (27 in 1)

Kidnapped Black Beauty Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Pinocchio Little Lord Fauntleroy Legends of King Arthur and His Knights A Little Princess Pollyanna Voyages Story of Dr. Doctor Dolittle Moonfleet Robinson Crusoe Gulliver's Travels Andersen's

by Hugh Lofting, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Carlo Collodi
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013

This is a perfect collection for a long journey, rainy days, or for any quiet moments. This wonderful collection of books will bring adults back to their childhoods and create many happy memories for middle and young adult readers. These classics include books of adventure, animals, family life, fantasy...
Book cover of 99 Classic Thriller Short Stories: Works by Philip K. Dick, Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, H.G. Wells, Wilkie Collins...and many more !
by Edgar Allan Poe, Alexander Pushkin, Algernon Blackwood
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2019

CONTENTS: ALEXANDER PUSHKIN 1. The Queen of Spades ALGERNON BLACKWOOD: 2. Confession 3. S. O. S. 4. The Wings of Horus ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE 5. B. 24 ARTHUR O. FRIEL: 6. The Spider 7. The Vulture ARTHUR QUILLER-COUCH: 8. Statement of Gabriel Foot, Highwayman 9. The Affair of Bleakirk-on-Sands 10. The...
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