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Compiled in one book, the essential collection of speculative science fiction books: Looking Backward 2000-1887, Edward Bellamy Flatland, A Romance of Many Dimensions, Edwin Abbott Abbott Utopia, Thomas More Gulliver of Mars, Edwin L. Arnold ,The Emerald City of Oz, L. Frank Baum, The Time Machine, H. G. (Herbert George) Wells, Anthem, by Ayn Rand, A Voyage to Arcturus, David Lindsay, 20000 Leagues Under the Seas, Jules Verne, All Around the Moon,...
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Galactic empires. Mighty heroes blasting their way to victory. Galaxy-spanning quests. They're all essential ingredients for a space opera! Here are 6 classic novellas from the pulps, showcasing galaxy-spanning adventures. Included are:
"Thunder to Venus," by Joseph J. Millard
"The Last Outpost," by Nelson S. Bond
"Martian Adventure," by Robert Moore Williams
"A Planet Named Shayol," by Cordwainer Smith
"The Superstition Seeders," by Edward Wellen
"And...
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Through his fiction, H.G. Wells transformed some of the most pressing social, political, and cultural issues of his day-class struggle, colonial imperialism, nation building, uncontrolled scientific experimentation-into the raw material of brilliant speculative fables.
The six novels collected in The War of the Worlds and Other Science Fiction Classics were all written at the turn of the twentieth century, and with them Wells helped to lay the...
4) The Lovers * Dark Is the Sun * Riders of the Purple Wage: Three Powerful Science Fiction Classics
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From a multiple Hugo winner and Science Fiction Grand Master: Three mind-bending stories featuring future worlds, space travel, and aliens. Author Philip José Farmer blasts into space, races into the future, and travels back in time in three astoundingly original and thrilling science fiction adventures. The Lovers: Linguist Hal Yarrow catches a lucky break with an assignment on planet Ozagen, allowing him to escape the theocracy on thirty-first-century...
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"A publisher in New York asked me to write down what I know about the Greek gods, and I was like, Can we do this anonymously? Because I don't need the Olympians mad at me again. But if it helps you to know your Greek gods, and survive an encounter with them if they ever show up in your face, then I guess writing all this down will be my good deed for the week. So begins Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, in which the son of Poseidon adds his own magic--and...
6) The stranger
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A young Algerian, Meursault, afflicted with a sort of aimless inertia, becomes embroiled in the petty intrigues of a local pimp and, somewhat inexplicably, ends up killing a man. Once he's imprisoned and eventually brought to trial, his crime, it becomes apparent, is not so much the arguably defensible murder he has committed as it is his deficient character. In the story of an ordinary man who unwittingly gets drawn into a senseless murder on a sun-drenched...
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Brilliance Audio, Inc
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2017.
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English
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The hit BBC series has introduced a whole new generation of fans to Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective. In this unique collection, co-creators Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat have selected their all-time favorite Sherlock Holmes adventures, providing listeners with a curated masterclass in crime fiction.
10) Madeline
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Madeline (Ludwig Bemelmans) volume 1
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The Viking Press
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[1960]
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English
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Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.
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Junie B. Jones series volume 5
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Random House Children's Books
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2010
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English
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Junie, a spunky, sometimes exasperating, kindergartener, looks forward to winning lots of prizes at the school carnival, but a fruit cake was not exactly what she had in mind.
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Madeline (Ludwig Bemelmans) volume 2
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A hound rescues a schoolgirl from the Seine, becomes a beloved school pet, is chased away by the trustees, and returns with a surprise.
13) Bless me, Ultima
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Warner Books
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1999
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Six-year-old Antonio embarks upon a spiritual journey under the watchful guidance of Ultima, a healing woman, that leads him to question his faith and beliefs in family, religion, and other aspects of his Chicano culture.
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Clifford joins Emily Elizabeth for her first day of kindergarten! Emily Elizabeth is nervous about making new friends and missing home. But with Clifford by her side in class to sing songs and play games, Emily Elizabeth learns how much fun kindergarten can be!
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"William Golding's unforgettable classic of boyhood adventure and the savagery of humanity comes to this Classics Deluxe Edition with a new foreword by Lois Lowry. As provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, Lord of the Flies continues to ignite passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature. William Golding's compelling story about a group of very ordinary boys marooned on a coral island has been labeled a...
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Paramount
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2014
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English
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The original adventure that started the enduring sci-fi pop culture phenomenon. Fan favorite episodes from season one include the iconic 'Where No Man Has Gone Before,' the epic Gorn fight in 'Arena,' 'The City on the Edge of Forever,' and 'Space Seed' which introduces the ruthless villain Khan.
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Paramount
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2014
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English
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The original adventure that started the enduring sci-fi pop culture phenomenon. Fan favorite episodes from season two include Spock and Kirk facing off in 'Amok Time,' 'Mirror, Mirror,' which introduces the evil 'mirror universe,' 'Journey to Babel,' featuring the introduction of Spock's parents Sarek and Amanda, and the unforgettable classic 'The Trouble With Tribbles.'
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Paramount
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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The original adventure that started the enduring sci-fi pop culture phenomenon. Fan favorite episodes from season three include 'Spock's Brain,' 'The Tholian Web,' where Kirk becomes trapped between universes, 'Plato's Stepchildren,' featuring the unforgettable kiss between Kirk and Uhura, and 'The Savage Curtain,' where Spock and Kirk are forced into a contest of good vs. evil.
19) Goodnight moon
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Goodnight to each of the objects in the great green room: goodnight chairs, goodnight comb, goodnight air.
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