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1) The Martian
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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After a bad storm blows across Mars Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead and left behind. Now stuck on a hostile planet he must find a way to signal to Earth and in the meantime, survive on limited supplies.
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Polly Newton has one single-minded dream, to be a starship pilot and travel the galaxy. Her mother, the Director of the Mars Colony, derails Polly's plans when she sends Polly and her genius twin brother, Charles, to Galileo Academy on Earth. Homesick and cut off from her plans for her future, Polly cannot seem to fit into life on Earth. Strange, unexplained, dangerous coincidences centered on their high-profile classmates begin piling up. Charles...
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Jack Commer books volume 1
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In 2033 Captain Jack Commer drops the planet-wrecking Xon bomb to end the Final War. The remnants of Earth's population are hastily evacuated to Mars, where previously unknown native Martians rise in rebellion, led by their new human emperor, the traitor Sam Hergs. Amid family squabbles rising from the presence of four Commer brothers aboard his ship, Jack finds himself battling Martian insurgents armed with shatterguns and telekinetic Amplified Thought....
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Leaving behind a world on the brink of destruction, man came to the Red planet and found the Martians waiting, dreamlike. Seeking the promise of a new beginning, man brought with him his oldest fears and his deepest desires. Man conquered Mars -- and in that instant, Mars conquered him. The strange new world with its ancient, dying race and vast, red-gold deserts cast a spell on him, settled into his dreams, and changed him forever. Here are the captivating...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive--and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
David is a widowed science fiction writer who adopts Dennis, a young boy who claims to be from the Red Planet. David believes the child acts strangely in order to process the difficulty he has had in his young life, but soon both David and his sister, Liz, begin to wonder if the boy might be telling the truth.
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Judy Moody volume 12
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When it is "backwards day," Judy must turn her usual sour mood upside down and be happy and nice for a change.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Ray Bradbury, A Giant Of American Literature Who Helped Popularize Science Fiction With Works Such As "The Martian Chronicles," Died On Tuesday (June 5) At Age 91, His Publisher Said On Wednesday (June 6). Bradbury Published More Than 500 Works Including "Fahrenheit 451," A Classic Novel About Book Censorship In A Future Society, And Other Favorites Such As "The Illustrated Man" And "Something Wicked This Way Comes." "Mr. Bradbury Died Peacefully,...
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Hello Kitty graphic novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Description
Hello Kitty engages in various misadventures while trying to cook with her friends.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Reveals the most unusual space missions ever devised inside and outside of NASA during a time when nothing was too odd to be taken seriously, and the race to the moon and the threat from the Soviet Union trumped all other considerations. --Publisher
16) Draw Me a Story
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Voice-over narration, thematic music and the artist’s hand combine to bring this classic tale to colorful life. Do you like stories? We seamstresses know lots and we love telling them while we sew. Far away in Russia at the palace of a thousand colors, the Tsar and Tsarina lived with their young daughter. Palace life was happy and peaceful until Irina’s mother died. Then Irina’s father married a wicked woman with three daughters. To keep...
18) PBS Space Time
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English
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The Kepler mission has determined that terrestrial planets are extremely common, and may orbit most stars in the Milky Way. But these planets are difficult to directly image because they're dense and small. Our Sun is about ten billion times brighter than Earth. Train a distant telescope on us, and it will be overwhelmed by the Sun's rays. So how can we find terrestrial planets around stars light
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