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1) Red Thunder
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As Chinese and US spacecraft compete to be the first to land on Mars, a former astronaut, his cousin, and four teens from Florida decide to take matters into their own hands. If they can quickly build their own space-worthy ship using scrap metal, appliances, and power tools, they have a chance to come from behind-thanks to an inventive new power source that can propel them to the Red Planet within three days. No guts, no glory ...
2) Voyage
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The space mission of a lifetime
An epic saga of America's might-have-been, Voyage is a powerful, sweeping novel of how, if President Kennedy had lived, we could have sent a manned mission to Mars in the 1980s. Imaginatively created from the true lives and real events, Voyage returns to the geniuses of NASA and the excitement of the Saturn rocket, and includes historical figures from Neil Armstrong to Ronald Reagan who are interwoven with unforgettable...
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ALWAYS READ THE FINE PRINTShrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine is your go-to source for brutal, heavy-metal BattleMech action across the battlefields of the 31st century and beyond-and now it's bigger than ever before! This special double-size issue is jam-packed with the true currency of the Inner Sphere: mercenary troops!To reclaim a priceless personal memento, the Gray Death Legion must teach a young noble an invaluable lesson. The Northwind...
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Given the disappearance of the human race from the Lactomed galaxy, an artificial race creates a new human to replace the old human that disappeared in the last extinction of this race. Using remnants of old human DNA salvaged from the shipwreck of the galaxy, artificial intelligence creates some types of humans so that one can unlock new technology that could repair the fabric of space-time when matter collapses and restore the galaxy.Hydra is created...
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"there's a difference between being a loner and being alone"A 3.5 year mission from which they'll never return, a 2.5 million lightyear journey to another galaxy, a 1.5 member crew comprising a solitary captain and a half-baked AI...Captain Sideris is a loner and knows LETO ships like nobody else, having risen to command the Lunar-Earth construction fleet, as they build ships to mine asteroids and colonize Mars. Suddenly he finds the colonization...
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"The Planets features more than 200 stunning photographs of our solar system from the archives of NASA, each paired with a detailed caption. The content is organized by distance from the Sun--beginning with Mercury and moving outward through Venus, Earth,Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and the planetary objects beyond" --
8) Warped State
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Star Trek meets Leverage in Warped State, a space opera that's "refreshingly hopeful and heaps of fun" (Megan E. O'Keefe). Jasper Wilder is an activist, not a spy, but he'll become one if that's what it takes to stop Ravel Corporation from reviving the research project that devastated his home planet. His plan is simple enough: break into the secure facility. Steal the research data. Find a weakness and sabotage the project. But all that goes out...
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On a normal day of mace-wielding duels and interplanetary sabotage, young Jei Bereens has things under control. He's plagued by night-terrors and an arch-enemy as slippery as the grime on his gun, but freedom fighters all around the galaxy look to him for help. He's got the favor of a mystical energy being and a best friend who'd die for him. On a normal day, Jei is legend.
Today is not a normal day.
Today, Jei broke an enemy soldier's mask and...
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The Influence of Air Power upon History makes a startlingly new analysis of the far-reaching implications flight has had on warfare, politics, diplomacy, technology, and mass culture. Author Walter Boyne examines the application of airpower from the very earliest days of the balloon down to the current era of space warfare and postulates some new and controversial theories that are certain to arouse comment. The author unerringly depicts the contributions...
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A classic in every sense of the word, the re-issuing of this book is sure to provoke an enthusiastic response. First published in 1986 by Airlife, its publishing history has seen a great number of glowing reviews generated, coming from both historians and participants in the proceedings that the author so eloquently relays.
The book charts Crosley's service career in the Fleet Air Arm during the entire period of the Second World War. Part of his...
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No other technical development since the introduction of gunpowder has had as great an influence on warfare as the aircraft. From its early beginnings as simply a means of aerial reconnaissance to its utter supremacy on the battlefield, the aircraft has evolved into the most versatile and precise killing machine known to man.In this wide-ranging and comprehensive study, David Sloggett, an internationally-respected defence analyst, investigates the...
14) Captain Nemo
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Plunge into the abyss with the undisputed master of exploration.The captain of the Nautilus is a man beset by legends, misunderstandings and mystery. How much do we really know of this man, and how much more is there to know?In this novel from J. Dharma Windham, dive into the enigmatic past of Captain Nemo, explorer, scientist and adventurer. Learn how the events from his past shaped him, and how his journey came to change the world.Read it today!...
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Starfarers
The Starfarer is a self-sufficient spaceship with a functioning ecosystem, able to navigate from one star system to another via cosmic string, and it is about to embark on a deep space expedition in search of alien contact. Its global crew has come together in the spirit of cooperation and scientific advancement. But, Earth struggles with anti-science and anti-technology factions, and there are those, who want to turn the Starfarer into...
16) Imperial Bounty
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Since her brother's absence, Princess Claudia has seized the throne and brought the Empire to the brink of war with the Il Ronn. Only the missing Prince Alexander can stop Claudia's plans--and Sam McCade has only three months to find him. But Princess Claudia controls the Imperial Fleet and will stop at nothing to keep McCade from bringing in his imperial bounty?
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There is perhaps no other commercial airliner as iconic as the Boeing 747. A presence in our skies for over forty years, it has transported hundreds of thousands of passengers across the world. From its introduction with Pan American Airlines in 1970, it has persevered as one of the forerunners of commercial flight. Often labelled the 'Queen of the Skies', this is an aircraft revered by passengers and aircrew alike. The first wide-body airliner ever...
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To save her only surviving family, she must seduce a deadly loner.Orphaned in New Seattle, Earth II, with only his older brothers between him and the human and alien predators prowling the rough docks, Creed Stark grew into a man with one burning desire-never to cede control of his body or emotions to anyone. Joining the Zhen Lau fighting monks, he lived a life of physical control and chastity, until the wild planet of Frontiera called to him to come...
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Dive into Stellar Mastery: Uncover the Universe's Secrets with Revolutionary Mathematical Insights.
Are you captivated by the vastness of our universe? Intrigued by the patterns and phenomena that govern our skies? Brace yourself for a groundbreaking expedition that delves deep into the heart of celestial dynamics.
This work is more than just a book-it's an invitation to explore a world where traditional norms are challenged, and innovative perspectives...
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Einstein's Shadow follows a team of elite scientists on their historic mission to take the first picture of a black hole, putting Einstein's theory of relativity to its ultimate test and helping to answer our deepest questions about space, time, the origins of the universe, and the nature of reality
Photographing a black hole sounds impossible, a contradiction in terms. But Shep Doeleman and a global coalition of scientists are on the cusp of doing...
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