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Jen's coronation is swiftly followed by Joy's wedding. But before she leaves, Joy arranges for Mary-Dorothy to come to the Hall as companion-secretary to look after her aunt and the two schoolgirls, Maidie and Rosamund. Jen, though twenty, is resisting growing up as hard as she can. But when tragedy strikes, she is suddenly forced to.
Star Sisters is the story of two lovely girls, from two different worlds that are connected in unseen and mysterious ways. The magic in their voices, and their dreamtime adventures bring them together to enjoy explorations of each other's realms, and the fantastical creatures in them. As they begin to remember the power of their voices, and their galactic ties, the multiverse is their playground to explore and create.Voir livre
Vintage Sci-Fi 9 - 17 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from Isaac Asimov, H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, Mary Shelley and moreChicken Farm by Ross RocklynneUpon The Dull Earth by Philip K. DickBefore Eden by Arthur C. ClarkeNo Shield From the Dead by Gordon R. DicksonThe Call From Beyond by Clifford D. SimakThe Thing Behind Hell's Door by Robert SilverbergThe Voice in the Night by William Hope HodgsonThe Gregory Circle by Murray LeinsterCurse of the Blue Man by Lawrence M. JanniferThe Night Shift by Frank M. RobinsonThe Moonlit Road by Ambrose BierceThe Red Room by H. G. WellsThe Mortal Immortal by Mary ShelleyThe World That Couldn't Be by Clifford D. SimakThe Sky Was Full of Ships by Theodore SturgeonTime Enough At Last by Lynn VenableLiving Space by Isaac AsimovVoir livre
*First Place Winner in the Dante Rossetti Awards for YA Fiction!* A young warrior stands at the precipice of war… To succeed he must find his courage and survive a treacherous journey across the sea. Arken Freeth has always wanted to prove himself worthy of his king's appointment by becoming an officer in the Lantish Sea Service. Now the only thing standing in his way is his apprenticeship SeaJourney. But a peaceful training mission soon turns into a deadly struggle for survival as Arken's fleet must come to the aid of a princess fleeing capture by Tookan pirates. SeaJourney kicks off an epic and fantastical adventure that is a great read for all ages.Voir livre
Atomic Station by Frank Belknap Long - When the energy of Earth’s experimental station in space runs amuck, scientist Roger Sheldon puts up a big battle! It was incredible and a little frightening. The rocket ship was within a half million miles of the Station, but as yet no reply had come to the frantic signals which Roger Sheldon had been sending out at ten second intervals. He sat before the observation glass in the control room, a big man with the competent hands of an experienced navigator, and a curious mobility of expression which seemed out of keeping with the precise movements which those hands were making on the board. His face was that of a man who had gazed on great unfathomable star fields smouldering in the depths of space and then—had deliberately curbed his exaltation and turned back to concern himself with the little affairs of Earth. In three months and two days Roger Sheldon had passed completely beyond the Sun's gravitational tug into the utter darkness, the chill bleak immensity of interstellar space. To have accomplished more he would have bartered all the years of his youth. He had hardly dared hope to accomplish as much. Now he was returning to the Station with his thoughts in a turmoil. His nerves were so taut he was afraid to relax even for the brief instant it would have taken him to shake a few grains of amytal into his palm and inhale the fumes. For two generations the Station had encircled the Earth, an outpost of security bright with promise, the concrete embodiment of humanity's determination not to destroy itself. While atomic research had remained in the uranium fission stage, the vast laboratory facilities of Earth had not endangered humanity. Even the first atomic bombs had not placed an intolerable strain on man's capacity to survive the hazards of working together toward a shared goal.Voir livre
A brand new, fun filled chapter book series that answers the question: What if Frozen's Elsa went to regular school? Princess Lina has a life any kid would envy. She lives in a massive palace in the clouds. Everyone in her family has the power to control the wind and weather. On a good day, she can even fly! She loves making lemons into lemon ice, riding wind gusts around the sky, and turning her bedroom into a real life snow globe. There's just one thing Lina wants: to go to regular, non-magical school with her best friend Claudia. She promises to keep the icy family secret under wraps. What could go wrong? (EVERYTHING!)Voir livre
In October 1962, American spy planes discovered the Soviets were building nuclear missile sites in Cuba, and intelligence officials informed President John F. Kennedy of this on October 16th. It went without saying that nuclear missile sites located just miles off the coast of the American mainland posed a grave threat to the country, especially because missiles launched from Cuba would reach their targets in mere minutes. That would throw off important military balances in nuclear arms and locations that had previously ensured the Cold War stayed cold. Almost all senior American political figures agreed that the sites were offensive and needed to be removed, but how? Ultimately, Kennedy's administration crafted an eventual plan that sought to avoid all-out war: a blockade of Cuba. In the weeks and months following the crisis, Kennedy sought to ease nuclear tensions. By 1963, the first agreement was signed to limit the testing of nuclear devices, and the habit of secretly taping all meetings, phone calls, and other communications continued, due to the great assistance the practice had provided throughout the crisis. As it turned out, October 1962 was probably the closest the Soviet Union and United States came to formally engaging in a war against each other, but of course, the possibility of a destructive nuclear war had been contemplated years before the Cuban Missile Crisis. That doomsday scenario is precisely why the federal government was working on a secret nuclear fallout bunker underneath the Greenbrier Hotel in West Virginia in the years preceding the crisis. Its existence would remain a secret for decades until being declassified shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and to this day the bunker remains both a source of curiosity and mystery.Voir livre
