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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Riveting and timely, a look at the research that is transforming our understanding of the cosmos in the quest to discover whether we are alone. For thousands of years, humans have wondered whether we're alone in the cosmos. Now, for the first time, we have the technology to investigate. But once you look for life elsewhere, you realize it is not so simple. How do you find it over cosmic distances? What actually is life? As founding director of Cornell...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
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740L
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English
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Peter Thompson chooses to return to space with the alien Broxholm who has been masquerading as a teacher in order to study humans, but he is alarmed to discover the rulers of the galaxy are debating how to solve the problem of violent, destructive, underachieving Earthlings.
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Halo series. Standalone novels volume 12
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Molly Patel was only seven years old when the alien alliance known as the Covenant destroyed her homeworld and killed her family. As one of the few to escape the glassing of Paris IV, and despite the United Nations Space Command winning the war on behalf of humanity, Molly never forgot how much she had lost. Nine years later, when her adoptive parents--research scientists specializing in ancient Forerunner technology--are called to the mysterious...
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Saga of shadows volume 3
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English
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Two decades after the devastating Elemental War, which nearly destroyed the cosmos, the new Confederation restored peace and profitable commerce among the peoples and worlds of the Spiral Arm. The ambitious, innovative Roamers went back to their traditional business of harvesting the vital stardrive fuel ekti from the clouds of gas giant planets, and the telepathic green priests of Theroc provided instantaneous galaxy-wide communication via their...
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Dune (Graphic novels) volume 1
Dune House Harkonnen volume 11
Dune Prelude to Dune volume 02
Dune House Harkonnen volume 10
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Dune House Harkonnen volume 11
Dune Prelude to Dune volume 02
Dune House Harkonnen volume 10
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 37
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English
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"Before Dune . . .The epic tale of Duke Leto Atreides and his rise to power ... The fierce ambitions of his mortal enemy, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen ... The struggles of the young girl Jessica, the Baron's secret daughter, under the harsh training of the Sisterhood school ... The schemes of Shaddam Corrino to create a synthetic spice that may bring unlimited wealth, or cause the collapse of the Spacing Guild ... And the implausible dream of Planetologist...
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Adventures of Arabella Ashby volume 3
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English
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"Hail the conquering heroes! The tyrant Napoleon has been defeated with Arabella and the crew of the Diana leading the final charge. But, victory has come at a tremendous cost. Britain's savior, Lord Nelson, has not survived the final battle and the good people of the Diana must now return to London as both heroes and pallbearers. At last husband and wife, Arabella and Captain Singh seem to have earned the attention of great men, ones who have new...
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Doomed by overpopulation, irreversible environmental degradation, and never-ending war, Earth has become a fetid swamp. For many, Mars represents humankind?s last hope. In six tightly clustered towers on the red planet?s surface, the colonists who have escaped their dying home world are attempting to make a new life unencumbered by the corrupting influences of politics, art, and religion. Unable ever to return, these pioneers have chosen an unalterable...
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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In season two of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, under the command of Captain Christopher Pike, confronts increasingly dangerous stakes, explores uncharted territories, and encounters new life and civilizations. The crew will also embark on personal journeys that will continue to test their resolve and redefine their destinies. Facing friends and enemies both new and familiar, their adventures will unfold in surprising...
10) Crossfire
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Crossfire volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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A diverse group of men and women, fleeing a troubled Earth, arrive on the planet Greentrees where they plan to start a colony under the leadership of Jake Holman, but they are dragged into war when they discover the planet is already inhabited by two alien races, the DNA-based humanoids known as the Furs, and their deadly enemies, the Vines, a race of sentient plants.
11) The hidden stars
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"In a world devastated by a cataclysmic war between the wizards and mages, the Empress Ouriana has seized the throne . . . . Appointing twelve priests to perform her rites, she rules with a tight rein of evil sorcery. . . . Yet signs and portents appears, puzzling the seers, and a tale begins to grow. A rumor of a young girl, talented and hidden, who is destined to end Ouriana's tyrannous reign." --pub.
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Project Orion. It's a revolutionary space-based defense shield, only weeks away from deployment. Promising global protection from missile attack by rogue nations, Orion offers an "umbrella" of security to a terror-stricken world. But even the loftiest aims often conceal darker intentions. Behind closed doors, insiders maneuver to control the new superweapon with an agenda that places all mankind at risk.
When Angela Browning, an ambitious journalist,...
13) Manta's gift
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English
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Jakob Faraday spends his days exploring the Jovian atmosphere, until one day when a large unknown animal attacks his probe ship, forcing him to land on a distant planet and forge a new life for himself while trying to avoid being captured by the animals.
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Succession volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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Scott Westerfeld, the acclaimed author of Fine Prey, Polymorph, and Evolution's Darling, follows The Risen Empire with the next thrilling space opera in Succession, the Killing of Worlds.
Captain Laurent Zai of the Imperial frigate Lynx is a walking dead man. Unjustly held responsible for the death of the Child Empress, sister of the immortal Emperor, Zai has been sent to fight an unwinnable battle. The Lynx must stop a vastly superior Rix ship from...
15) Ghost station
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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While part of a small space exploration crew on an abandoned planet, a psychologist confronts a gruesome murder and twisted secrets as she races to prevent history from repeating itself in the form of space-borne madness.
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Five years to the day, almost to the second, after he disappeared form the Manhattan Psychiatric Institute, leaving his host body in a catatonic state, the being known as prot (rhymes with goat) has returned. Now, in sixteen more sessions with psychiatrist Gene Brewer, prot reveals that he has come back to escort a chosen few to his home planet, K-PAX.
K-PAX is an idyllic planet free of the pain and suffering of earth. Prot has incredible insights...
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"The Aliens Are Coming! is a refreshingly clear, hugely entertaining guide to the search for alien life. Miller looks everywhere for insight, from the Big Bang's sea of energy that somehow became living matter, to the equations that tell us Earth is not so rare, to the clues bacteria hold to how life started. And he makes the case that our growing understanding of life itself will help us predict whether it exists elsewhere, what it might look like,...
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