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Publisher
Bolinda/Audible audio
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
At last, one of the world?s greatest works of science fiction is available - just as author Stanislaw Lem intended it. To mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of Solaris, Audible, in cooperation with the Lem Estate, has commissioned a brand-new translation - complete for the first time, and the first ever directly from the original Polish to English. Beautifully narrated by Alessandro Juliani (Battlestar Galactica), Lem?s provocative novel...
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Series
Publisher
Wildside Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack" presents 25 more mind-bending excursions through time and space, with great stories by such authors as Arthur C. Clarke, Nancy Kress, Lawrence Watt-Evans, George Zebrowski, Philip K. Dick, and many more! Included are: OUT OF ALL THEM BRIGHT STARS, by Nancy Kress THE HANGING STRANGER, by Philip K. Dick WALKING JOHN AND BIRD, by Neal Asher THE SYMPHONIC ABDUCTION, by Hannes Bok THE NINE BILLION NAMES OF GOD, by Arthur...
3) Foundation
Author
Series
Foundation volume 1
Language
English
Description
Long after earth was forgotten, a galaxy took shape, an Empire governed from the city-planet of Trantor. The system worked, and grew, for generations. Everyone believed it would work forever, except Hari Seldon.
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Publisher
BBC Digital Audio
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Jon Culshaw reads this novelisation of a unique adventure featuring the Doctor in each of his first five incarnations. Each of the first five Doctors has been removed from his time-stream and - with one unfortunate exception - brought to the Death Zone on Gallifrey. There, along with several of their loyal former companions, they encounter an array of deadly obstacles. Daleks, Cybermen, Yeti, the Master, and a lethal set of puzzles are among the challenges...
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Publisher
William Collins
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to make the most of ice cap and tundra, forest and plain, desert, ocean and volcano. These adaptations can be truly extraordinary: fish that walk or lay eggs on leaves in mid-air; snakes that fly; flightless birds that graze like deer; and bears that grow hair on...
6) Bewilderment
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Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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Theo Byrne is a promising young scientist who has found a way to search for life on other planets dozens of light years away. He is also the widowed father of a most unusual nine-year-old. His son Robin is funny, loving and filled with plans. He thinks and feels deeply, adores animals and can spend hours painting elaborate pictures. He is also on the verge of being expelled from school for smashing his friend's face with a thermos. What can a father...
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English
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From million-copy bestselling author David Baddiel comes a laugh-out-loud story for readers of 8 and up that takes you on a roller-coaster ride of fame and friendship... Nothing extraordinary has ever happened to Billy Smith. In fact, every single thing about him is ordinary, including his name. But when a documentary crew turns up at Billy's school to film the new TV series School Daze, everything changes. Billy shouldn't stand out: all the other...
Author
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
'Urgent, lucid, courageous ... a must-read message of hope ... It is a glimpse of a saner world' David Mitchell, Guardian This is the story of a happy family whose life suddenly fell apart, never to be the same again. Of two devoted parents plunged into a waking nightmare as their eleven-year-old daughter Greta stopped speaking and eating, and her younger sister struggled to cope. They desperately searched for answers, and began to see how their children's...
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Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Marvel Monsters Unleashed: The Gruesome Gorgilla! The forest is quiet. Strange. Something has scared the animals, something ... unnatural. A ferocious monster is on the loose, and Amrita Lakhani is the only one who can crack the case. With the help of famous monster expert Kid Kaiju and his own monster, Fireclaw, the young reporter is about to break the biggest story of her career when she comes face-to-face with the GRUESOME GORGILLA! Amrita's terrifying...
10) Jungledrop
Author
Series
The Unmapped Chronicles volume 2
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Description
?Nothing, and I mean nothing, is more powerful than a child in possession of a plan.? Eleven-year-old twins, Fox and Fibber, have been rivals for as long as they can remember. Only one of them will inherit the family fortune and so a race is afoot to save the dwindling Petty-Squabble empire and win the love of their parents. But when the twins are whisked off to Jungledrop, a magical Unmapped Kingdom in charge of conjuring our world?s...
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Publisher
Anchor
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
As a species, Homo sapiens is at a crossroads. Study of our planet?s turbulent past suggests that we are overdue for a catastrophic disaster, whether caused by nature or by human interference. It?s a frightening prospect, as each of the Earth?s past major disasters-from meteor strikes to bombardment by cosmic radiation-resulted in a mass extinction, where more than 75 percent of the planet?s species died out. But in Scatter, Adapt, and Remember, Annalee...
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