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December 2018Rushing out of the Solar System
by Yang Peng
Yang Peng's alien series original science fiction works. The book continues Yang Peng's consistent style of creation—incredible imagination, extraordinary exaggeration, unrepeatable comedy, bizarre plots, sci-fi elements, relaxing, humorous, and thrilling fun. At the same time, courage, integrity, kindness, unity, patriotism, and environmental protection are integrated into the delightful storytelling. The theme is positive, setting a good example for the children. The evil aliens were sucked into the black hole, but broke through the white hole and got out of the captivity of the crystal box. In 3199, they took the snow comet to the solar system again, and started the first shot of attacking humans on Mars. Then they launched a horrible "smashing bomb" to the earth. As a result, the earth's pollution is raging. Earth was at stake! The 15-year-old CEO Yang Jian, super-powered girl Murong Xue, little doctor Jiligulu and their peers, sailed the super space battleship "Dragon" to the distant crystal star for help, and once again encountered the enemy fleet on the edge of the solar system at a ratio of 1 against 53. Can they win?
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Journey in Trumplandia: The Rise of Populism in America
by Tiberiu Dianu
The book is a collection of essays about the transformation of America, which has turned from a united nation to one more divided than ever. Some pundits predict that, if things don’t change, another civil war could occur. Have we reached a point of no return? Hopefully, America is mature enough to learn from its mistakes and avoid further scars along its evolving history. "Trumplandia is a welcome addition toward understanding current events, Washington’s international policy, and the present American society; a society polarized and divided as it has not been since the Civil War.” NICHOLAS DIMA, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor and Research Associate, Nelson Institute, James Madison University, Virginia. "The book is fascinating. It provides background to, and insights into [the] current and past political history as well as offering a personal view... of the country and society. Presented in thematic form in chapters and sections, the insights offered provide a suggestive radiography...” Dr. DENNIS DELETANT, OBE, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington DC. "There has been this backsliding in... what a truly functioning rule-of-law state is, that has proper separation of co-equal powers, which, if you don’t keep working on that, you backslide. And I am even worried about that here, in the United States right now, about backsliding.” OBIE MOORE, Esq., OLM Advisors LLC, Washington DC “Indeed, Trumplandia should be a welcome addition to any scholar, student or layman’s library, especially in its international edition. If anyone loses sleep over its challenging assertions, then it will have been well worth it.” ERNESTO MORALES HIZON, Ph.D. Candidate in American and Comparative Politics at Claremont Graduate University, Member, Integrated Bar of the Philippines ABOUT THE AUTHOR: TIBERIU DIANU has practiced law in Romania (as a corporate lawyer, judge, senior counselor at the Ministry of Justice, university professor and senior legal researcher), and in the United States (as a legal expert for the judiciary). He published several books and a host of articles in law, politics, and post-communist societies. Tiberiu currently lives and works in Washington, DC.
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Children's & YA2016Pluto
by Valentyna Vzdulska (Author), Inna Chernyak (Illustrator)
This is the sweet sweet story of Mark, a little boy who shared a special bond with his dog Pluto. Unfortunately, one day Mark lost his best friend. Mark missed Pluto very much and came up with the idea that the dog was now residing on the small planet of the same name, Pluto... Until one day mom came home with a little fluffy present: a new puppy friend, and the beginning of a new story. From 3 to 5 years, 2034 words Rightsholders: info@vivat.factor.ua or miroshnik@vivat.factor.ua
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October 2022Ernst Haeckel
Zoologist, artist, philosopher and freethinker
by Rainer Willmann
Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919) is one of the most famous and influential researchers of all times. This brilliant biography by Rainer Willmann recounts Haeckel's fascinating life for science and his fight for freedom of thought. Haeckel is a vehement advocate of Darwinian doctrine and develops it further, which is why he is fiercely attacked not only by the church but also by his fellow scientists. Among other things, we owe to Haeckel the freedom of research and teaching that we take so much for granted. That he was also a talented artist is proven by his drawings of marine organisms ... The gripping and highly interesting life story of an extraordinary freethinker and scientist.
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2011Comet Riders (Alien Detective Agency)
by Roger Hurn & Jane A C West
The Alien Detective Agency series of reading books, featuring Jack Swift and Wanda Darkstar, are for children and young adults aged 8 to 14 and over who are struggling to read. Each book has been carefully written for those with a reading age of approximately 7 to 8, but are packed full of adventure and brilliant illustrations to really grab the reader interest. Comet Riders - The Icylons, an alien race of intelligent snowmen, want to turn our planet into a frozen world so they can live on it. They plan to crash a comet into the Earth to create a new ice age. Jack and Wanda must stop them… but how?
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Children's & YAMarch 2023Little Major Tom. Vol.17 Rescue Mission to Pluto
by Bernd Flessner
Tom and Stella are on the moon when news arrive that the launch of an expensive research satellite orbitingPluto has failed. In order to save the research mission, Tom and Stella immediately launch through the wormholeto Pluto to capture the out-of-orbit satellite and return it to orbit. No easy task, because Pluto has five moonswhose gravitational forces act on the satellite. A slalom ride begins, but tt the end of the wild chase, they areable to capture the satellite and place it in orbit. Of course, a landing on Pluto also takes place and Plutinchen isallowed to walk on her namesake.Whether dangerous sandstorms on Mars, black holes in space or comet alarms: little Major Tom, the youngastronaut Stella and the clever robot cat Plutinchen set off from the space station Space Camp 1 to excitingadventures in space. With joint forces and as a strong team, the three friends master every challenge and learnalong the way about fascinating scientific phenomena around space and the planets.
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Science & MathematicsTravel Guide for Space Explorers
by Antonio Ereditato
Every child around the world dreams of venturing into space, of exploring distant planets, of finding alien civilisations nestled in never seen before valleys. And, even when we grow up, we still look at the stars as one of the few remaining genuine wonders of the contemporary world. Antonio Ereditato takes us where no man has ever been before: our journey begins on Earth, where we have to build our star-roaming vessel; then we set off, and Antonio guides us through planets and stars, asteroids and comets, to explain how the universe works. It’s a long trip, passing far beyond the Oort Cloud where comets are born, to the heart of our galaxy. Travel Guide for Space Explorers is a treasure trove of marvels and astonishing vistas; a field manual for the space explorer inside us.
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FictionMISSING ANGEL
by CHRISTOPHER NEW
Enduring another of his amateur actress wife June’s parties, John Bishop sneaks away upstairs to say good night to his thirteen-year-old daughter Angel, then goes reluctantly down to act as host. A would-be astronomer who dropped out of university to marry June when she became pregnant after a one night stand, he is now an air traffic controller at London Airport, whose chief delight is Angel and the stars. Tomorrow they plan to watch a new comet together through his telescope. But the next day Angel fails to return from school. Day follows day, sleepless night follows sleepless night. John and June find themselves under suspicion for a time, being questioned by the sly Inspector Mabbott, who sometimes seems more interested in toying with them than in finding their daughter. The ‘Missing Angel,’ temporarily a media celebrity, is soon displaced by a new sensation and Angel becomes just another unsolved case in the Missing Persons file. When a psychic astrologer friend of June’s claims to have seen her ‘passing over,’ June gives up all hope, and tries to resume her life. Not so John. He searches London’s seediest streets night after night, comes home exhausted and searches again the following night. To keep her memory fresh in his mind, he starts writing private messages to Angel on his computer. He is searching for her, he tells her, as astronomers once searched the skies for a missing asteroid. Gradually June and he, never very close, drift further apart. June accuses him of being morbidly obsessed and continues a clandestine affair; he accuses her of heartlessness. Eventually June moves out to live with her lover. Soon John begins a tentative friendship with Amy, a divorced colleague at work. John’s relationship with Amy deepens as the months pass, and it seems he too is at last putting his loss behind him, when a chance find of some pornographic photos revives his conviction that Angel is alive, although the police experts assure him the girl in the smudged pictures is not her. Persisting against all disbelief and indifference, he is eventually led to the sinister sensualist Anton, who remains just within the law and claims he can help – or is he merely stringing John along for the money he extracts from him? In a state of utter fatigue, John’s concentration fails dangerously at the control tower as a plane comes in to land and he is suspended from work. But Anton says he has finally located the girl in the photos, and, despite Amy’s entreaties and warnings, John sets off alone with the large cash fee that Anton demands for finding her. John finds the address, where supposedly Angel, now an underage prostitute, can be found. A girl like Angel appears, but when she sees him, runs away. John chases after her, sees her boarding a bus, but is himself knocked down by a following bus as he lunges after her. When he recovers consciousness, he sees Angel bending over him while the paramedics assess his injuries.
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Science & MathematicsMay 2006Beyond Jupiter
The Story of Planetary Astronomer Heidi Hammel
by Fred Bortz
Heidi Hammel is an out-of-this world explorer. With her feet planted firmly on Earth, she takes trips millions of miles out into space. How does she do this? Heidi Hammel is a planetary astronomer, a scientist who uses the world’s most powerful telescopes to learn about planets. By making remarkable discoveries in the farthest reaches of our solar system, Heidi also helps us better understand the planet we call home. The giant planets Neptune and Uranus are Heidi’s specialties. She was on the team that first spotted Neptune’s Great Dark Spot, a raging storm as big as Earth. Heidi also led a team of astronomers tracking the Great Comet Crash, a spectacular event in which a fragmented comet pounded Jupiter for an entire week. There’s no telling what Heidi will find when she peers into a telescope. That’s what makes her work exciting. Beyond Jupiter is the fascinating story of a scientist and her science. To tell this true tale of adventure, author Fred Bortz draws on firsthand accounts from Heidi and her friends, family, and colleagues. How did a down-to-earth girl grow up to be one of the world’s most highly respected astronomers? The life story of Heidi Hammel will intrigue and inspire readers of all ages.
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Space scienceMay 1998Exploration of Near Earth Objects
by Committee on Planetary and Lunar Exploration, National Research Council
Comets and asteroids are in some sense the fossils of the solar system. They have avoided most of the drastic physical processing that shaped the planets and thus represent more closely the properties of the primordial solar nebula. What processing has taken place is itself of interest in decoding the history of our solar neighborhood. Near-Earth objects are also of interest because one or more large ones have been blamed for the rare but devastating events that caused mass extinctions of species on our planet, as attested by recent excitement over the impending passage of asteroid 1997 XF11. The comets and asteroids whose orbits bring them close to Earth are clearly the most accessible to detailed investigation, both from the ground and from spacecraft. When nature kindly delivers the occasional asteroid to the surface of Earth as a meteorite, we can scrutinize it closely in the laboratory; a great deal of information about primordial chemical composition and primitive processes has been gleaned from such objects. This report reviews the current state of research on near-Earth objects and considers future directions. Attention is paid to the important interplay between ground-based investigations and spaceborne observation or sample collection and return. This is particularly timely since one U.S. spacecraft is already on its way to rendezvous with a near-Earth object, and two others plus a Japanese mission are being readied for launch. In addition to scientific issues, the report considers technologies that would enable further advances in capability and points out the possibilities for including near-Earth objects in any future expansion of human exploration beyond low Earth orbit.
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Children's & YAApril 2021Savages
by Antonio Ramos Revillas
Efraín’s life —complicated and with shortcomings— continues impassive, until one day his Mum is violently taken by the police. He and his brothers, Fredy and Marcos, will have to look for all the ways to release her from a cruel system that labels and discriminates them. To build a future for their family, they will have to be cautious of asking help from the wrong people, as any false step could entangle them with the cartels of his neighborhood.
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May 2021Little Genius: Solar System
by Rhatigan, Joe
With Little Genius books, curious kids can learn and laugh while being captivated by the world around them. With super-simple concepts about the sun, planets, comets, and more, each spread features the wonderful illustrations of Mattia Cerato along with rhyming text that delights while it instructs. With the sun as your guide, meet Mercury, Venus, Earth, and the rest of the planet gang, as you travel further and further to the outer reaches of the solar system. Each planet has one funny identifying feature that will help kids remember a fascinating fact about it. For instance, Earth is wearing goggles. Why? Because it has lots and lots of water! Little Genius: Solar System reads like a fun story, making it the perfect introduction to our night sky.
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Diario De Una Ilusion
by Portal Nacarid
El DIARIO DE UNA ILUSIÓN Por Nacarid Portal, A veces se nos pasa la vida esperando algo, y corremos detrás de lo equivocado, pensando que es lo que deberíamos tener. Se rompen nuestros huesos y hay una enorme distancia entre nosotros y lo que queremos ser. Hay excepciones que repetimos, pecados que volvemos a cometer bajo la típica excusa: "SERÁ LA ÚLTIMA VEZ". Ahora mismo, estás frente de tu historia, pero también de la mía. Podrías llamarme "AGENDA", pero yo prefiero ser tu diario.
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Space scienceSeptember 1998Evaluating the Biological Potential in Samples Returned from Planetary Satellites and Small Solar System Bodies
Framework for Decision Making
by Task Group on Sample Return from Small Solar System Bodies, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council
For the first time since the Apollo program, NASA and space agencies abroad have plans to bring samples to Earth from elsewhere in the solar system. There are missions in various stages of definition to gather material over the next decade from Mars, an asteroid, comets, the satellites of Jupiter, and the interplanetary dust. Some of these targets, most especially Jupiter's satellites Europa and Ganymede, now appear to have the potential for harboring living organisms. This book considers the possibility that life may have originated or existed on a body from which a sample might be taken and the possibility that life still exists on the body either in active form or in a form that could be reactiviated. It also addresses the potential hazard to terrestrial ecosystems from extraterrestrial life if it exists in a returned sample. Released at the time of the Internationl Committee on Space Research General Assembly, the book has already established the basis for plans for small body sample retruns in the international space research community.
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Children's & young adult fiction & true stories
Sashka the Snow Princess and All the Creatures of the Frozen North
by Hilary Roper
Sashka is a lonely snow princess living in a brave and barren place, far far away, near the tundra by the glass mountains below the flying comets near the Arctic Circle. The creatures of the frozen north notice she is bored and lonely so they try to make friends. Polar Bear take her fishing, Arctic Fox plays hide and seek in the ice-palace. But Sashka stays away from the palace and falls into the icy sea. All her adventures build up some very funny some frightening but her freinds are real and there for her. This pictuers book written and illustrated by Hilary Roper has patterned borders around each illustration similar to the traditional Russian fairytales. It is for ages 3 to 8 years-has phonetic blending in parts - and a poem at the back which lifts the reading age to 11+. This glossy hard-back has full colour illustrations which are intricately detailed with sohpisticated patterning amidst the frozen lace on the trees of ice. It is fun yet teaches children in a subtle way to make friends and help them; Sashka being quite an an energetic and full of fun character. Publishing due in July 2015
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Agriculture & farmingDecember 2021Ultrasound in Veterinary Medicine: Fundamentals and Applications
by J.P. Varshney
The book provides not only basic information about ultrasound, its application and limitations; patient preparation; selection of transducer; setting the machine; land marks for the organs being scanned; sonographic features of healthy normal organs; ultrasound guided aspiration and biopsy taking; Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST); variations in sonographic imaging of dogs and cats; sonographic findings in different diseases: sonography of ruminants, equines and other animals; but also about therapeutic ultrasound; and important case studies for increasing the diagnostic horizon of the clinicians. The book is divided in to five sections such as basics of ultrasound, ultrasound of canine and feline, ultrasound of other animals, therapeutic ultrasound and sonogram in different diseases as case studies. This book will serve its purpose of providing much needed information on the application of ultrasound in the disease diagnosis of animals and will be a useful guide in a practical way to veterinary students, researchers, teachers.
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Astronomy, space & timeZonnestelselmodel (Solar System Scale Model) 1:100 billion (Dutch)
The perfect tool to learn all about our Solar System
by Rob Walrecht
This unique product is both a scale model and concise encyclopaedia of the Solar System in one! It consists of sixteen information-packed cards (10x12 cm or 4x5 inch), all pertaining to the Sun, the planets, the Moon, asteroids, comets and the new class to which Pluto now belongs, the dwarf planets. These cards are a quick way to learn all there is to know about these objects, as well as being ideal for youngsters, papers and talks! Primarily, however, it is an exquisite scale model (scale 1:100 billion) of our fascinating Solar System, presenting the best possible representation of the distances within our Solar System as well as the unimaginable emptiness of the universe. In this scale model, the Sun is the size of a marble (14 mm), Jupiter, which is at 8 m/26 ft from the Sun, as large as a plastic pin-head, the Earth (at 1.5 m/5 ft) as large a grain of coarse sand, Mars (at 2.3 m/7.5 ft) as large a grain of fine sand and Pluto, which would now be at 47 m/155 ft from the Sun, as large as a dust particle... The scale model, when completely placed, is 64 m (210 ft) long. The closest next star is at 400 km (250 miles) from the Sun! The cards show the sizes of the Heavenly bodies at scale, as well as these sizes one hundred times ‘enlarged’, for better comparison of the members of our Solar System. Special standards to place them are included and the cards contain holes to be hung on the wall or from sticks. Available are an English version (with metric units), a US version (with inches, miles, Fahrenheit etc.) and a Dutch version.
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Thriller / suspenseJune 2013Dolor y Dinero-La Verdadera Historia
Pain and Gain-The Untold True Story
by Marc Schiller
La verdadera historia tras la película Dolor y Dinero Este libro demuestra que a veces la verdad es más extraña que la ficción! Era el año 1994, Marc y su familia vivian una vida normal en Miami, Florida. No se imaginaba que en Noviembre de ese año, su vida y la de su familia iba a cambiar para siempre. Los acontecimientos que se iban a desarrollarse no podían ser concebidos por la imaginación más vivida.En este sorprendente libro narra los acontecimientos que condujeron a su secuestro y su intento de asesinato. Lo transportara y colocara en la bodega donde fue encarcelado y le dara una perspectiva única de los hechos ocurridos durante ese mes horroroso y la lucha física y mental para vencer los obstáculos y sobrevivir.Marc narra su historia en detalle tortuoso. Su humillación, dolor y sufrimiento a manos de la banda Sun Gym y su supervivencia milagrosa.Usted va a entender cómo y por qué él sobrevivió y que a un ser humano le pueden quitar todo pero nunca su espíritu y la determinación de sobrevivir.Nadie creyó su historia, ni la policía ni ninguna otra persona. Sin embargo, mantuvo firme y decidido a llevar a los criminales ante la justicia antes de que vuelvan cometer otro crimen similar. ¡Una historia verdaderamente desgarradora y que no solamente usted no podrá olvidar pronto, sino que le motivará e inspirará!
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Astronomy, space & timeSolar System Scale Model 1:100 billion (US edition)
The perfect tool to learn all about our Solar System
by Rob Walrecht
This unique product is both a scale model and concise encyclopaedia of the Solar System in one! It consists of sixteen information-packed cards (10x12 cm or 4x5 inch), all pertaining to the Sun, the planets, the Moon, asteroids, comets and the new class to which Pluto now belongs, the dwarf planets. These cards are a quick way to learn all there is to know about these objects, as well as being ideal for youngsters, papers and talks! Primarily, however, it is an exquisite scale model (scale 1:100 billion) of our fascinating Solar System, presenting the best possible representation of the distances within our Solar System as well as the unimaginable emptiness of the universe. This version is made for US customers, as the units used are inches, miles, Fahrenheit etc. In this scale model, the Sun is the size of a marble (14 mm), Jupiter, which is at 8 m/26 ft from the Sun, as large as a plastic pin-head, the Earth (at 1.5 m/5 ft) as large a grain of coarse sand, Mars (at 2.3 m/7.5 ft) as large a grain of fine sand and Pluto, which would now be at 47 m/155 ft from the Sun, as large as a dust particle... The scale model, when completely placed, is 64 m (210 ft) long. The closest next star is at 400 km (250 miles) from the Sun! The cards show the sizes of the Heavenly bodies at scale, as well as these sizes one hundred times ‘enlarged’, for better comparison of the members of our Solar System. Special standards to place them are included and the cards contain holes to be hung on the wall or from sticks. Available are an English version (with metric units), a US version (with inches, miles, Fahrenheit etc.) and a Dutch version.
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Astronomy, space & timeSolar System Scale Model 1:100 billion (metric)
The perfect tool to learn all about our Solar System
by Rob Walrecht
The perfect tool to learn all about our Solar System This unique product is both a scale model and concise encyclopaedia of the Solar System in one! It consists of sixteen information-packed cards (10x12 cm or 4x5 inch), all pertaining to the Sun, the planets, the Moon, asteroids, comets and the new class to which Pluto now belongs, the dwarf planets. These cards are a quick way to learn all there is to know about these objects, as well as being ideal for youngsters, papers and talks! Primarily, however, it is an exquisite scale model (scale 1:100 billion) of our fascinating Solar System, presenting the best possible representation of the distances within our Solar System as well as the unimaginable emptiness of the universe. In this scale model, the Sun is the size of a marble (14 mm), Jupiter, which is at 8 m/26 ft from the Sun, as large as a plastic pin-head, the Earth (at 1.5 m/5 ft) as large a grain of coarse sand, Mars (at 2.3 m/7.5 ft) as large a grain of fine sand and Pluto, which would now be at 47 m/155 ft from the Sun, as large as a dust particle... The scale model, when completely placed, is 64 m (210 ft) long. The closest next star is at 400 km (250 miles) from the Sun! The cards show the sizes of the Heavenly bodies at scale, as well as these sizes one hundred times ‘enlarged’, for better comparison of the members of our Solar System. Special standards to place them are included and the cards contain holes to be hung on the wall or from sticks. Available are an English version (with metric units), a US version (with inches, miles, Fahrenheit etc.) and a Dutch version.
