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  The Star Beast - Tentacles...

  Damon Knight

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  The Star Beast by Damon Knight - They called this strange tentacle-headed blob that had floundered into the System Oscar. They were to learn a better name. 
  The observation deck of the President Marcus, this early in the ship's arbitrary morning, was deserted except for two shapeless figures. One of them was dead. 
  The body was sprawled in the curve of the deck about midway between two of the entrance wells. It had arms and legs, if you looked closely enough at the limp tangle of garments; it had a gray beard and a purple face. 
  The other figure had neither limbs nor a face. It was black, and it looked more like a pile of mud than anything else: a five-foot lump of black mud, slightly flattened at either side, with a cluster of black, stumpy filaments at the top. It moved slightly, dropping the filaments a little toward the dead body; then it flowed away again, and the filaments pointed straight up, toward the stars. 
  Phil Horitz came up at the forward end of the deck. He let the levitor push him gently clear of the well then stepped over to the glassine and looked out at the tiny blue disk that was Earth. His back was to the body and its watcher. He struck a cigarette, inhaling deeply, then turned around. 
  He swore and threw his cigarette away, leaping forward at the same instant. He skidded to a halt in front of the corpse and fell to one knee beside it. "Dead," he said. "Oh, Lord." 
  He searched the body swiftly, and came up with a flat metal box, attached by a silver chain to the body's middle. He tried the lid; it opened easily. The box was empty. 
  Horitz sighed and lifted the dead man's chin. Under the grey beard was a deeply-indented red line that encircled the throat. 
  He stood up and pressed a button on his wrist transceiver. "Walsh," he said. "Sommers. Get up to the observation deck. Thomasson has been murdered."

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  The Friendly Neighbourhood Ghost...

  Christopher Allen

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  Mat the mailman was a beloved figure in his town, known for his friendly nature and dedication to his job. For most of his life, he delivered mail and parcels, building strong connections with everyone he met, from children to adults and even their pets. When he was forced to retire, Mat's world fell apart. He lost his sense of purpose and his sadness was so profound that he passed away shortly after. 
  However, his story didn't end there. In heaven, the angels, moved by his love for his community, granted him a special gift: the ability to return to his town as a ghost and continue his work. As the “Friendly Neighbourhood Ghost,” Mat resumed his mail delivery, much to the bewilderment of the postal company, who couldn’t understand how the mail was being delivered without an employee. 
  Some of the children Mat had known, now adults, recognized their old friend and were overjoyed, introducing him to their own children. Mat, in his ghostly form, also became a guardian of the town, protecting its residents and their pets from harm. He became a local legend, a symbol of enduring friendship and kindness, a not-so-spooky ghost who just wanted to make friends.

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  Reaching the Moon: The History...

  Editors Charles River

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  The Apollo Program is the most famous and celebrated in American history, but the first successful landing of men on the Moon during Apollo 11 had complicated roots dating back over a decade, and it also involved one of NASA’s most infamous tragedies. From 1959-1963, the United States worked toward putting satellites and humans into orbit via the Mercury program, but Eisenhower’s administration was already designing plans for the Apollo program by 1960, a year before the first Russian orbited the Earth and two years before John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. 
  At the same time, America would begin missions to the Moon as early as 1958. On March 27, 1958, Secretary of Defense Neil McElroy announced a lunar project for the International Geophysical Year, consisting of three Air Force launches followed by two Army launches of a JPL-designed lunar probe. ARPA directed the Air Force to launch its probes "as soon as possible consistent with the requirement that a minimal amount of useful data concerning the Moon be obtained." 
  Throughout the 1960s, NASA would spend tens of billions on missions to the Moon, the most expensive peacetime program in American history to that point, and Apollo was only made possible by the tests conducted through earlier missions, including the historic Ranger Program. Conceived as an early part of the attempt to land a man on the Moon, Ranger was designed to photograph the lunar surface in preparation for future landings. Until Ranger, images of the Moon were only available through Earth-based telescopes, which lacked the detail necessary to determine safe sites for landing a spacecraft. Ranger aimed to fill in that gap of knowledge, and like many of NASA’s missions during the 1960s, the program exemplified both the successes and the failures of the agency’s early years.

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  How to Teach a Baby to Fall...

  Susann Urban

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  Only 25 minutes with step-by-step instructions! NO MORE ROCKING TO SLEEPNO MORE SLEEPLESS NIGHTSNO MORE EARLY MORNING WAKE-UPSNO MORE TOO-SHORT NAPSNO MORE TIRED PARENTSSTART FINALLY ENJOYING BEING A PARENT 
  If you want to achieve what you read above, this guide is just for you. Turn your parenting into the most enjoyable thing in the world. 
  This audiobook is the answer to any baby sleep problems. If you want your baby to nap longer, or don’t know how to stop rocking, or you’re looking for full sleep training program - Hold With Love from „How to teach a baby to fall asleep alone” is the only method you need! It is smooth and fast approach showing how to teach your baby to fall sleep alone. Remarkably gentle for the baby and easy to follow for the parent. Thanks to the step-by-step narration, this method for teaching baby self-soothing is so easy, you will undoubtedly succeed.   
  Get your copy now, make your child a sleep champion in few days and enjoy slept-through nights again.

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  Three Detail Stories - Volume 6

  Nicholas Leither, Rosa Leither

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  The concept behind Three Detail Stories is simple. Eight-year-old Itasca and six-year-old River choose three details and Daddy Dude comes up with an original tale on the spot. This collection includes "Rooster, Magic Treasure Box," a story about two magicians who pull off the trick of a lifetime, and "S'mores Cake, Book, Diary," about two avid readers who decide to start journaling, but all one of of them can write about is a certain mouthwatering cake. This collection of nine stories is designed specifically for listeners under ten years old.

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  Mary Had a Little Lamb & Other...

  The Peter Pan Players

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  A collection of six all-time favorite fairy tales. Included are: The Further Adventures of Mary and her Little Lamb, Pandora, Puss ‘N Boots, The Gingham Dog and Calico Cat, Rapunzel, and The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

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