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"People used to think that Earth was flat, but now we know it isn't. How did we find out Earth is actually a sphere? How did science help us understand the shape of our planet? Readers will delight in exploring the history and science behind Earth's spherical shape. They'll learn how satellite images and modern technology give us an image of the Earth. Readers will also learn all about early scientists and how they gradually came to enlighten others...
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"What is gravity and how does it work? Could Earth ever stop spinning, and what would happen if it did? How do astronauts prepare for a life with zero gravity? This book introduces readers to scintillating science topics using easy-to-understand diagrams and fun fact boxes. This book explores important concepts such as weight and mass, how gravity affects our solar system, and zero gravity. Engaging, concise text explains each concept thoroughly,...
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Jones Extrella is ready for the most nauseating event of the Galaxy Games: The Super Duper High Dive. It's a lot like the high dive on Earth, except it's on the moon. Instead of a diving board, there's a sling shot. And instead of three somersaults, divers do a hundred. The event makes everyone barf from motion sickness. Except for one athlete, a mysterious robot named Korg. Can Jones compete against a competitor with a stomach of steel.
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"What's the difference between a planet and a moon? What exactly is a planet? How did the moon form and how does it affect Earth? This book explores one of our most familiar nighttime sights, the moon. Readers will love discovering the answers to these often-asked questions. Easy-to-understand diagrams and fact-filled text help explain concepts in an age-appropriate and fun way. Hands-on science projects let readers complete their own engaging experiments,...
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Year 2522. Oh. My. Stars.
Junior Officer Ara Lawrence here, reporting for duty. Again. It's situation critical for the security team and everyone in the base - including my parents - with a new attack from the looters imminent, a possible galaxy-wide crime conspiracy and an unstoppable alien threat. But this all pales in the face of my mind-blowing discovery about the Q-net. Of course, no one believes me. I'm not sure I believe
46) Gas giant jump
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At the Galaxy Games, athletes don't sail the oceans, they sail the winds of Jupiter. In the Grand Relay Regatta, Jones will be the anchor of his sailing team. With the help of his wing-suit, Jones hopes to navigate the hurricane force winds in Jupiter's clouds and lead his team to victory. There's just one problem. Jones is terrified to Jupiter! It's so big, and he's so small. Will a chance meeting help him conquer his fears? Earth kids meet alien...
48) Space face off
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Earth kids meet alien kids in this action-packed series that follows young athletes throughout the universe competing in the Galaxy Games. Team Earth faces a hockey team that seems determined to play dirty because they are angry at Earthlings. But why are they so mad?
49) Random Walk
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Three Astronauts. One Impossible Journey.
Derek Williams, Jacob Mendez, and Vicky Abrams have, trained for years to helm the first manned spaceflight launched by US Air Force Space Command. The Pioneer's mission is simple, test the experimental new Hawking Engine, designed to take them to Mars faster than any manned craft has traveled before. But when, the engine reaches full capacity, the craft unexpectedly hurtles into the unknown.
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50) Milor!
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Terrorists are creating a climate of fear on the planet Arrosa, and although no demands have been made, nor claims of credit taken for the attacks, the Prime Minister believes that the government of their neighboring planet, Selax, is solely responsible. As commander of the only Space Command base in that part of space, Captain Jenetta Carver is responsible for maintaining the peace, and the task of preventing a system-wide war falls squarely upon...
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This book combines the two latest installments in the Dark Galaxy series of sci-fi novels. This book contains Drifter Prime and Blood Star in a double edition. The heroes of the series, a man named Knave and a woman named Altia, face their greatest test yet. After taking a stand against a corrupt empire and battling alien robots, the pair have to face an invasion of creatures so powerful that it endangers not just the Tarazet Star Empire, not just...
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Galaxy Kids - Der Dimensionsspringer ist der zweite Teil der abenteuerlichen Weltraumgeschichte über Freundschaft, Verrat und dem Kampf um Freiheit.
Kaum zurück, bleibt den Kids wenig Zeit zu verschnaufen. Nicht nur, dass sie um das Schicksal ihres Freundes Oxo bangen müssen, ein Verräter im Herrscherhaus falschspielt, sie in eine von Yxyndor gestellte Falle tappen. Er jagt sie auch durch eine andere Zeit und eine andere Dimension. Bis auf die...
53) The Dark Wand
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Peace is shattered when a celestial wizard descends upon Kaethe, Sean, and Tuck with news of an impending universal war. Khaldüm, the malevolent God of death, has ignited a rebellion, prompting the urgent search for gifted descendants of light. Fear grips Kaethe, Sean, and Tuck as they are on the list to be drafted into this war, their lives about to be turned upside down. Meanwhile, Kordusa and Alayan are drawn into the clutches of insanity. With...
54) Drifter Prime
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In this book, all these themes are still in place and they are becoming ever more complex.
Altia and Knave must now navigate being in a long-term relationship at the same time as being the leaders of a galactic rebellion. The empire continues to become ever more oppressive, in new and entertaining ways - entertaining that is for the reader, not the poor inhabitants of this dysfunctional superpower. Not to be left out, the rebellion also has new challenges:...
55) Valor at Vauzlee
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A captured Raider officer, eager to secure his freedom, informs Space Command Intelligence of a planned attack on a convoy by a massive Raider armada. An effective spotter network and intelligence system usually allows the pirates to avoid SC warships, so for the first time in Galactic Alliance history, a task force of Space Command warships might have an opportunity to engage a fleet of pirate ships in mortal combat.
The Space Command Admiral at...
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A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy
ISSUE 21: July 2016
Mike Resnick, Editor
Jean Rabe, Assistant Editor
Shahid Mahmud, Publisher
Stories by: Martin L. Shoemaker, Larry Hodges, Kij Johnson, Laurie Tom, Robert Silverberg, Mike Resnick, Nancy Kress, Dantzel Cherry, Steve Pantazis, Nathan Dodge, George R. R. Martin.
Serialization: The Long Tomorrow by Leigh Brackett
Columns by: Barry Malzberg, Gregory Benford
Recommended Books: Jody Lynn...
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Skeptical spacejock Landry Krieger knows exactly how to smuggle the "reborn" spiritual leader of an oppressed people past their conquerors... but the boy's priests-and governess-shake up his orderly plans.
Solitary spacejock Landry Krieger eked out a living transporting data throughout the Settled Galaxy-and boosted his income by smuggling people into and out of star systems past the watchful eyes of governments, in hiding places he built in his...
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First Lieutenant Shaara was dead this morning.Her captain is furious at her. She wasted company resources getting herself killed, and it's coming out of her paycheck. Now, she's sitting across from the first other human being she's seen in six years. His name is Adnan. He claims to come from Earth-but that's impossible. Earth died a long time ago. If Adnan's telling the truth, he and the decaying ship the captain pulled him off are nearly a thousand...
59) Hidden Planet
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They crashed on a planet of dark secrets and immense power.A crew of three: two humans and a spider. Sam, Bohai and Teak cruise into deep space on the Starship Praihawk in search of new resources for Earth.What they find instead is a planet not on any map hidden, because it continually moves through time and space.When their ship crashes on this strange world, they are captured by a local government bent on stopping anyone from leaving or leading...
60) Honor's Reserve
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The galaxy hangs on the edge of war, and the only one who can save it is a soldier from the reserves. Petty Officer Grayson McCoy's last mission in the Galactic Guard is simple: intercept a mysterious spaceship at the galaxy border. When Grayson discovers the criminals onboard the ship are human traffickers carrying human cargo, he risks his life to save a group of strangers he's never met. That's when the real bad guys show up. Stranded behind enemy...
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