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Shadow Stations: Book 1
Unseen
by Ann Grant
After college student Amy Wong hikes across an isolated Pennsylvania field with her German shepherd, a stranger stops her by a fence to ask for directions. The man disturbs her, from the taunt behind his eyes to the way her dog shies away from him. To her relief they part ways. But when she sees his cell phone fall from his coat, she can't leave it on the ground. She decides she ought to return it to him... and... (more)
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Mr Tompkins in Paperback
by George Gamow
Mr Tompkins has become known and loved by many thousands of readers (since his first appearance over fifty years ago) as the bank clerk whose fantastic dreams and adventures lead him into a world inside the atom. George Gamow's classic provides a delightful explanation of the central concepts in modern physics, from atomic structure to relativity, and quantum theory to fusion and fission. Roger Penrose's new... (more)
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The Alien Mind
by Virginia L. Jennings
In The Alien Mind, Young Rivinaig shares her adventures and trials that began on that fateful day when a group of aliens called the Aruk abducted her and several other children. Another group of aliens called the Aunantet rescue the children and raise them as their own. Their new families teach them how to harness the full capacities of their brains, enabling them to defy the laws of physics and develop special... (more)
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Idealistic young scientist Henry Jekyll struggles to unlock the secrets of the soul. Testing chemicals in his lab, he drinks a mixture to see the dark side within himself. He is successful, but soon Edward Hyde, his dark side, wants to take over, and it is wearing Jekyll out. Will Hyde be successful in taking over?
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Maximum Ride: Book 1
The Angel Experiment
by James Patterson
In James Patterson's blockbuster series, fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride, better known as Max, knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and the other 5 members of the "Flock" -- Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel -- are just like ordinary kids -- only they have wings and can fly. They have been grafted with avian DNA (bird DNA), and their bones are thin and light, and have extra muscles. Their... (more)
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The War of the Worlds
by H. G. Wells
The science fiction classic that proposed the possibility of intelligent life on other planets — written over 100 years ago, this compelling tale describes the Martian invasion of Earth and man's struggle to survive.H.G. Wells's science fiction classic, the first novel to explore the possibilities of intelligent life from other planets, it still startling and vivid nearly after a century after its... (more)
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Journey to the Centre of the Earth
by Jules Verne
In this classic tale, a newly-discovered ancient parchment reveals that a secret passage through a volcano extends into the depths of the earth. Three men are hurled into the adventure of their lives as they undertake a journey of geological discovery and terrific danger.Although it is technically the same book there are two basic translations available. In the US the definitive translation involves a... (more)
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules Verne
When a huge and glowing sea monster attacks and wrecks several ships, French professor Arronax joins a US mission to hunt for the mysterious beast. The professor soon finds himself aboard the submarine 'Nautilus' and a "guest" of Captain Nemo who is intent on exploring the ocean depths.The French title of this novel is Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. This is accurately translated as Twenty Thousand... (more)
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The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
The story that launched Wells's successful career-the classic tale of the Time Traveler and the extraordinary world he discovers in the far distant future. A haunting portrayal of Darwin's evolutionary theory carried to a terrible conclusion. Wells story is darker than the movie versions.
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Serenity Official Visual Companion
by Joss Whedon
Five hundred years in the future, Captain Mal Reynolds and the crew of the transport-for-hire ship Serenity take on two new passengers and soon find themselves in a crossfire between an invincible military force and cannibalistic savages… Writer/director Joss Whedon — creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel — makes his long-awaited feature film directorial début with Serenity, based on his cult... (more)
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Deep Fathom
by James Rollins
On The Day Everything Changed Forever... The millennium's first eclipse of the sun cast a shroud over the Earth. And then catastrophe struck... On The Day The End Began... Solar flares have triggered a series of gargantuan natural disasters. Earthquakes and hellfire rock the globe. The death toll rises at an unimaginable rate. And in the midst of chaos, Air Force One and America's president have vanished from the... (more)
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My Star (The Star Series)
by Christine Gasbjerg
Millie Hunter wants to leave Earth and escape the pain of her broken heart. By freakish luck and playing the few strings that she’s got available to her, she gets on a space shuttle going deeper into space than any human has ever been before. Heading for the stars and the new frontier, she counts herself lucky and is relieved to get away. Onboard the spaceship she meets Kurt, who’s a different kind of guy than... (more)
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Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne
Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in 1873. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager (equal to £1,324,289 today) set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most... (more)
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Memoria
by Alex Bobl
When they learn to erase our memories,When we dismiss violence and deceit as things of the past,When wars become history we can't remember - One man will challenge the new order Because he remembers who he truly is.About the Book:In a futuristic bombed-out New York, the almighty Memoria Corporation helps people erase their traumatic memories. What else would you need in the... (more)
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The Circeae Tales: Book 9
Asylum: The Circeae Tales
by Ashley Hodges Bazer
Ghost captain Chase Leighton's wife, Trista, is captured by the Progressive Legacy and arrested for her affiliation with the Ghosts. Though publicly pronounced dead, she is handed over to the Legacy's Experimental Medicine Agency. Chase searches for her, despite the news that she's been executed. He and his men are ambushed and sentenced to the Straightjacket, a ship-based facility for the criminally insane.... (more)
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The Mobius Twist, Alien Abduction and Judgement of the Human Race
by Markham Turner
A Science Fiction Story The very existence of the human race is under threat , young people taking a vacation in New Zealand get caught up in a natural disaster that sends them deep into tunnels created and controlled by a higher form of alien intelligence. Trapped in the tunnels beneath the Island of Waiheke, New Zealand, they discover technology that is way beyond the capability of current human scientific... (more)
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The Alien Mind
by Virginia L. Jennings
In The Alien Mind, Young Rivinaig shares her adventures and trials that began on that fateful day when a group of aliens called the Aruk abducted her and several other children. Another group of aliens called the Aunantet rescue the children and raise them as their own. Their new families teach them how to harness the full capacities of their brains, enabling them to defy the laws of physics and develop special... (more)
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Maximum Ride: Book 3
Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
by James Patterson
In MAXIMUM RIDE: SAVING THE WORLD AND OTHER EXTREME SPORTS, the time has arrived for Max and her winged "flock" to face their ultimate enemy and discover their original purpose: to defeat the takeover of "Re-Evolution," a sinister experiment to re-engineer a select population into a scientifically superior master race . . . and to terminate the rest. Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel have always worked... (more)
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For Love and Glory
by Poul Anderson
From the multiple Hugo and Nebula Award–winning Grandmaster, a new novel of classic science fiction adventure Mystery, discovery, and wonder on a cosmic scale are the core of Anderson’s latest novel. Lissa, a human Earth woman, and her partner, “Karl,” a giant alien academic who resembles Tyrannosaurs—are interstellar archaeologists investigating the remote and uncharted planet Jonna. There, they seem to have... (more)
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Round The Moon
by Jules Verne
In this sequel to From the Earth to the Moon , Barbicane, Ardan, and Nicholl have decided to take a trip around the moon. But first they have to get to the moon from Earth. Will their trip succeed as they attempt to dodge asteroids and realize that the scientists on Earth have miscalculated their trajectory towards the moon?

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