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  • The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect

    by Roger Williams ...
    "...a true hard SF epic with tones of Charles Stross and Hannu Rajenemi." -- Damien Walter, The Guardian"...evokes the essential contradictions in Isaac Asimov’s three laws of robotics..." -- Marc Donner, IEEE Security & PrivacyIn the best possible future, there will be no war, no famine, no crime, no sickness, no oppression,no fear, no limits, no shame......and nothing to do.In a time not far ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution for Cause of Conscience Discussed and Mr. Cotton's Letter Examined and Answered

    by Roger Williams ...
    Truth. In what dark corner of the world, sweet Peace, are we two met? How hath this present evil world banished me from all the coasts and quarters of it? And how hath the righteous God in judgment taken thee from the earth? Rev. vi. 4. Peace. It is lamentably true, blessed Truth, the foundations of the world have long been out of course: the gates of earth and hell have conspired together to ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lunch With Elizabeth David

    by Roger Williams ...
    A new, revised edition of the acclaimed novel about the cookery writer Elizabeth David and her mentor, the literary figure Norman Douglas. In 1951, famous, feted and a by-word for scandal, Douglas approaches death on the island of Capri. Invitations to a last lunch go out to Graham Greene, Gracie Fields, Nancy Cunard, Harold Acton and to Eric – but whatever became of this young protégé? ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Fifth Gift

    by Roger Williams ...
    Roger Williams, the author of the cult classic THE METAMORPHOSIS OF PRIME INTELLECT, returns with a 5000-word short story about aliens bearing gifts which may or may not represent the ultimate Trojan horse.Long-time fans may recognize this story from a very similar version previously published online. Other than the removal of a few small typos, this edition is exactly the same as the 2005 story, ... Read more

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  • The Mortal Passage Trilogy

    Mortal Passage

    by Roger Williams ...
    Series series Mortal Passage
    Disgusted by a series of climate disasters that have destroyed humanity, the ruling artificial intelligences decide that a planetary surface is unsafe for living species. They begin a multi-million year quest to find a safer home for the human race. But the unpredictable humans they resurrect have their own ideas.Roger Williams, author of the influential singularity classic The Metamorphosis of ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • The Fisherman of Halicarnassus

    by Roger Williams ...
    For the first time...• A book in English about one of Turkey's most popular writers, Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı (1890-1973), known as the Fisherman of Halicarnassus, who founded of the famous Mavi Yolculuk "Blue Voyages" and made the Aegean resort of Bodrum famous.• "The Fisherman of Halicarnassus" tells the story of this modern Homer and his times, and explores the fascinating history and culture of ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Passages in the Void

    Mortal Passage, #1

    by Roger Williams ...
    Series Book 1 - Mortal Passage
    The first story in the universe-spanning Mortal Passage trilogy...Challenged to write a hard SF story set in a real universe where humanity faces every challenge-- the speed of light can't be broken, life is rare in the universe, and the Earth is hit hard by disaster after disaster-- the author of The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect dreamed up this story.Around 5,500 words, these stories have ... Read more

    Free

  • How to Give Your MGB V8 Power - Fourth Edition

    by Roger Williams ...
    No one contemplating an MGB V8 engine conversion should start the project without reading this book, which is based on the real world experience of many owners and specialists who have re-engined MGBs in the past. Avoid expensive mistakes and pitfalls and end up with a car that performs, handle and brakes superbly by following the detailed advice compiled over many years by MGB expert, Roger ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Autumn Leaves - Intermediate Piano Sheet Music

    by Roger Williams ...
    (Piano Vocal). This sheet music features an arrangement for piano and voice with guitar chord frames, with the melody presented in the right hand of the piano part, as well as in the vocal line. ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Aftermath

    by Roger Williams ...
    The bomb dropped - but the world didn't end...Five 200-kiloton warheads explode over Eastern Britain. London is incinerated. Durham is devastated. Aberdeen is blown away. Through a shattered communications network the undamaged West struggles to respond as emergency systems creak into action. Burnt, bewildered, stunned, the survivors crawl from the wreckage into a fractured new world ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Evan Pugh’s Penn State

    America’s Model Agricultural College

    by Roger L. Williams ...
    When Evan Pugh became the first president of Pennsylvania’s Farmers’ High School—later to be known as The Pennsylvania State University—the small campus was in disrepair and in dire need of leadership. Pugh was young, barely into his 30s, but he was energetic, educated, and visionary. During his tenure as president he molded the school into a model institution of its kind: America’s first ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

  • The Origins of Federal Support for Higher Education

    George W. Atherton and the Land-Grant College Movement

    by Roger L. Williams ...
    The Origins of Federal Support for Higher Education revises the traditional interpretation of the land-grant college movement, whose institutions were brought into being by the 1862 Morrill Act to provide for "the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes." Rather than being the inevitable consequence of the unfolding dynamic of institutional and socioeconomic forces, Williams ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD