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10061) Abaddon's Gate
Author
Series
Expanse volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An alien artifact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has emerged to build a massive structure outside the orbit of Uranus: a gate that leads into a starless dark. Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vast flotilla of scientific and military ships going out to examine the artefact. But behind the scenes, a complex plot is unfolding, with the destruction of Holden at its core.
10062) The commanders: the leadership journeys of George Patton, Bernard Montgomery and Erwin Rommel
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"From an acclaimed military historian, the interlocking lives of three of the most important and consequential generals in World War II. Born in the two decades prior to World War I, George Patton, Bernard Montgomery, and Erwin Rommel became among the most recognized and successful military leaders of the twentieth century. However, as acclaimed military historian Lloyd Clark reveals in his penetrating and insightful braided chronicle of their lives,...
10063) Silver Surfer: Rebirth
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Ron Marz and Ron Lim return to the Sentinel of the Spaceways with a brand new tale of cosmic adventure set during their classic 1990s run on SILVER SURFER! When the Reality Gem is stolen from safekeeping by an unknown antagonist, the resulting chaos attracts the attention of Thanos -- and the Mad Titan seeks the aid of the Surfer to recover the gem! As reality fractures around them, our unlikely duo cross paths with familiar faces including Nebula,...
10065) Dragons of a fallen sun
Author
Series
DragonLance saga. War of souls volume 1
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
The start of a new epic trilogy set in the world of Dragonlance. The War of Souls The people of Krynn have known war in past ages. Some are still alive who remember the triumph of good at the conclusion of the War of the Lance. Still more remember the devastation of the Chaos War, which ended the Fourth Age of the world. But now a new war is about to begin, more terrible than any have known. This war is one for the very heart and soul of the world...
10066) The fall of Hyperion
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
The entire galaxy is threatened when the Time Tombs in the world of Hyperion begin to open after being closed off for years, unleashing danger from their depths.
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
1865, war is all hell (Episode 8): "Sherman's legendary 'March to the Sea' portends the war's end, searing the heartlands of Georgia and the Carolinas. Key southern cities fall under General Grant's command, and General Lee's troops have nowhere left to flee. In the stillness of the Appomattox Court House, Lee's dramatic surrender to Grant finally unfolds. As the news echoes through Washington, a plan for the South's revenge is hatched in the angry...
10068) The Jetsons: Season 3
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A ten-episode collection of The Jetsons' third and final season. George, his boy Elroy, daughter Judy, Jane his wife, as well as Astro, Rosie, Mr. Spacely (all voiced by the original cast) are all back for a final go-round of futuristic endeavors. The season starts off with a bang as George goes up against the mobsters of tomorrow thanks to Elroy, and gets arrested for his efforts, then Elroy accidentally evolves Astro into super-genius, while Judy...
10069) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Language
English
Formats
Description
The city needs heroes. Darkness has settled over New York City as Shredder and his evil Foot Clan have an iron grip on everything from the police to the politicians. The future is grim until four unlikely outcast brothers rise from the sewers and discover their destiny as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The Turtles must work with fearless reporter April O'Neil and her wise-cracking cameraman Vern Fenwick to save the city and unravel Shredder's diabolical...
10070) Lines of departure
Author
Series
Frontlines (Marko Kloos) volume 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Humanity is on the ropes, and after years of fighting a two-front war with losing odds, so is North American Defense Corps officer Andrew Grayson. He dreams of dropping out of the service one day, alongside his pilot girlfriend, but as warfare consumes entire planets and conditions on Earth deteriorate, he wonders if there will be anywhere left for them to go.
10072) 100 science experiments
Author
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Language
English
Description
A collection of one hundred science experiments designed to provide hands-on experience with scientific investigation, as well as the science behind the experiments.
10073) Rick and Morty: Season 6
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Rick and Morty are worse for wear and down on their luck, and may get swept away in an ocean of piss. There may also be dinosaurs." --
10074) Science starter
Pub. Date
c1989
Language
English
Description
Questions and answers provide information about what a mirage is, why milk turns sour, how a lunar eclipse occurs, and other scientific phenomena. Includes charts, diagrams, and an activities section.
10075) Fight for power
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In a world gone dark, life goes on for Adam and his fortified neighborhood--but the trade-offs made for safety and security are increasingly wrenching and questionable"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Focusing on the human relationship with plants, the author of Second nature uses botany to explore four basic human desires, sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control, through portraits of four plants that embody them, the apple, tulip, marijuana, and potato. Every school child learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers; the bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the flowers' genes far...
10077) Shadowed: the final judgment
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
After God intervenes with a miracle of global proportions, the tide is turned on international atheism and the National Peace Organization (NPO). The underground church has grown to the extent that Christians are becoming the majority. Agent Paul Stepola and his wife Jae are exposed and forced to become international fugitives. The NPO will stop at nothing to capture Paul and eliminate the underground church--until God intervenes and the final judgment...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"One of the simplest and most powerful ways we understand people is as members of a generation. Your uncle is a bit racist because he's a baby boomer; your gen x boss is not a good team player; your cousin is constantly trying to go viral because he's gen z, and his generation is obsessed with fame. We also use generations as a tool for tracking how a society's values change over time (baby boomers liberated sex; millennials made it problematic),...
Author
Series
Acadia files volume 4
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Acadia Greene has done science in summer, autumn, and winter. In the fourth and final book of this series, she carries her search for answers into the spring, investigating meteors and mass extinctions; germination and pollinators; parasites, ticks, and Lyme disease; and pesticides and malaria. Finally, looking back through her notebooks, she puts together her scientific inquiries from all four seasons into a holistic understanding of the natural...
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