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Book Synopsis Mr. Spaceman by : Robert Olen Butler
Download or read book Mr. Spaceman written by Robert Olen Butler and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A surprisingly sweet and droll first-person account of the vexed attempts of an alien to understand the bafflingly unpredictable human race.” —Kirkus Reviews The Pulitzer Prize–winning author “raises fin de siècle literature to new heights and turns inevitability on its head” in a novel of an alien named Desi (Publishers Weekly). For decades, Desi has kept a quiet vigil above the Earth while studying the confusing, fascinating, and frustrating primary species of our planet, occasionally venturing to the planet’s surface to hear their thoughts and experience their memories using his empathic powers. Now, on December 31, 2000, he prepares for the final phase of his mysterious mission, which begins when he beams a tour bus bound for a Louisiana casino aboard his ship. The twelve passengers will be the last humans whose lives he will experience before he positions his spaceship in full and irrefutable view of the people of Earth and descends to the planet’s surface to proclaim his presence to all of humanity at the turn of the millennium. Poignant, funny, and charming, Mr. Spaceman is filled with unexpected twists and turns, a tribute to the powers of love and understanding and the essence of what it means to be human. “Funny and humane, entertaining and touching.” —The New York Times
Download or read book Mister Spaceman written by Lesley Howarth and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intriguing rites-of-passage tale about a space-obsessed boy. Thomas Moon is a space freak, he sends daily e-mails to Junior NASA and hunts the web sites for space news and stories. Imagine his excitement when he recieves a mysterious e-mail, addressed to Mister Spaceman, suggesting he's been selected for astronaut status.
Book Synopsis No Requiem for the Space Age by : Matthew D. Tribbe
Download or read book No Requiem for the Space Age written by Matthew D. Tribbe and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the summer of 1969-the summer Americans first walked on the moon-musician and poet Patti Smith recalled strolling down the Coney Island Boardwalk to a refreshment stand, where "pictures of Jesus, President Kennedy, and the astronauts were taped to the wall behind the register." Such was the zeitgeist in the year of the moon. Yet this holy trinity of 1960s America would quickly fall apart. Although Jesus and John F. Kennedy remained iconic, by the time the Apollo Program came to a premature end just three years later few Americans mourned its passing. Why did support for the space program decrease so sharply by the early 1970s? Rooted in profound scientific and technological leaps, rational technocratic management, and an ambitious view of the universe as a realm susceptible to human mastery, the Apollo moon landings were the grandest manifestation of postwar American progress and seemed to prove that the United States could accomplish anything to which it committed its energies and resources. To the great dismay of its many proponents, however, NASA found the ground shifting beneath its feet as a fierce wave of anti-rationalism arose throughout American society, fostering a cultural environment in which growing numbers of Americans began to contest rather than embrace the rationalist values and vision of progress that Apollo embodied. Shifting the conversation of Apollo from its Cold War origins to larger trends in American culture and society, and probing an eclectic mix of voices from the era, including intellectuals, religious leaders, rock musicians, politicians, and a variety of everyday Americans, Matthew Tribbe paints an electrifying portrait of a nation in the midst of questioning the very values that had guided it through the postwar years as it began to develop new conceptions of progress that had little to do with blasting ever more men to the moon. No Requiem for the Space Age offers a narrative of the 1960s and 1970s unlike any told before, with the story of Apollo as the story of America itself in a time of dramatic cultural change.
Book Synopsis Frightening Fiction by : Kimberly Reynolds
Download or read book Frightening Fiction written by Kimberly Reynolds and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2004-12-30 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by Morag Styles and written by an international team of acknowledged experts, this series provides jargon-free, critical discussion and a comprehensive guide to literary and popular texts for children. Each book introduces the reader to a major genre of children's literature, covering the key authors, major works and contexts in which those texts are published, read and studied. The development of the horror genre in children's literature has been a startling phenomenon - one that has provoked strong, but mixed, reactions. Frightening Fiction provides a lucid and lively guide to that genre, ranging from analyses of such popular series as Point Horror, Goosebumps, the X Files and the Buffy stories, to the work of individual authors such as Robert Westall, David Almond, Philip Gross and Lesley Howarth.
Download or read book Class Act written by Susan Cruttenden and published by R.I.C. Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Ultimate Soul Journey by : James Gilliland
Download or read book The Ultimate Soul Journey written by James Gilliland and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a saying, "As one ascends into the planes of nirvana and bliss, not only are there tests, initiations and challenges, but the dark rises as well, to rear its ugly head in opposition." By putting out this book, I hope to offer some guidelines on how to transcend problems and limitations, and support those who are awakening and are having similar experiences. If you are now struggling with some issues, it is good that they have come up for scrutiny and healing. You may not realize this yet, but you too are a powerful, loving, manifesting God/Goddess, and you lack nothing. You are the spark waiting to burst into the full flame of creation. I wish you the very best on your own awakening process, your own Journey back to Source. James Gilliland
Download or read book The Light of Earth written by Al Worden and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coauthored with spaceflight historian Francis French, The Light of Earth is Al Worden’s wide-ranging look at the greatest-ever scientific undertaking, in which he was privileged to be a leading participant.
Download or read book Winter Song written by Colin Harvey and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE PLANET HAD FALLEN OFF THE MAP. Rock-hard sci-fi adventure. No-one here gets out alive. When his spaceship crashes on an unknown and forgotten planet, scientist Karl Allman discovers himself hunted by an ancient race. The descendants of earlier colonists have reverted to a savage tribal culture of sacrifice, pillage and violence. When Karl falls in love with an outcast girl, he has only one goal: escape. But escape is a distant dream on this nightmare planet. File Under: Science Fiction [ Starship Crash | Abandoned Colony | Alien Genocide | Comet Death ]
Book Synopsis Resident Alien: Your Ride's Here #4 by : Peter Hogan
Download or read book Resident Alien: Your Ride's Here #4 written by Peter Hogan and published by Dark Horse Comics (Single Issues). This book was released on 2021-03-10 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lonely alien explorer stranded on earth pretends to be a small-town human doctor, and a determined federal agent gets closer to catching him. After a break-in at Harry's clinic, a child goes missing, and the threat of another abduction looms over Patience, Washington. Harry's human relationships are only getting more complicated!
Download or read book The Old Timers written by Craig L. Barr and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carl Mosley awakens from a very realistic and bothersome dream, which he shares immediately with his older brother, Roy. Due to the detailed, emotional nature of the dream, though, Carl begins to wonder if somehow his memory has been altered. Is it possible the dream he had was his real life and he now lives a waking lie? Soon, the brothers cross the path of a time traveler. He is hell bent on manipulating the past to further his self-righteous agenda, but to do so he requires the help of Carl and Roy. The brothers agree to travel into the recent past, where they meet strange and zany characters with much to offer in the realm of self-reflection. For the Mosley brothers, their lives become unrecognizable overnight, due to alterations in the past. Their fellow time traveler just might be a madman. Still, the fault is not all his. Messing with the past in order to change the future has the potential for good, but for Carl and Roy, they must learn the hard way: the past is better left alone.
Download or read book 3 Pointed Circle written by Doug Bunger and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-03-07 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally a story that's easy to read and understand, fast paced with mystery and a little humor thrown in, all makes this story believable. Who knows, the story might go on.
Book Synopsis Tales from the Wilds of New Jersey by : Ted Lyons
Download or read book Tales from the Wilds of New Jersey written by Ted Lyons and published by BookLocker.com, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "Tales from the Wilds of New Jersey," Ted Lyons invites the reader into the "wonder years, coming of age" adventures/discoveries of a Jersey kid whom you will undoubtedly come to recognize in one form or another. Ted: "We’re all here, sharing the planet for a nano second, just trying to get through it! So, of course, similar life experiences are unavoidable." In one-to-three-page chapters, Ted shares the rough and tumble life of a boy navigating his way through childhood, adolescence and finally stumbling into adulthood realizing that he’s Peter Pan in a world full of responsible grownups! The stories are largely autobiographical, and true, to the extent that "memory would allow." Included in the pages of TFTWONJ are a modest scattering of original poems, jokes, and song lyrics along with "skewed" observations of life, just to "keep the reader off balance." The tales are regaled with humor and honesty, as seen through the nostalgic prism of "rose colored glasses." If you don’t see yourself, or someone you know, inside "the wilds"...look again.
Book Synopsis The Ultimate Boston Sports Handbook by : Matthew Doucet
Download or read book The Ultimate Boston Sports Handbook written by Matthew Doucet and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "While reliving the glory of Beantown’s incredible run of championship play, and enjoying colorful, insightful commentaries about legendary athletes like Brady, Russell, Bird, Orr, and Martinez, a host of off-the-beaten-path facts and figures takes you beyond the numbers. Build a battery of knowledge that will soon be the envy of all your friends, and celebrate the city of champions with The Ultimate Boston Sports Handbook." --supplied by publisher.
Book Synopsis Miracleman By Gaiman & Buckingham Book 1 by : Neil Gaiman
Download or read book Miracleman By Gaiman & Buckingham Book 1 written by Neil Gaiman and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on 2022-10-19 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects Miracleman (1985) #17-22 and material from Total Eclipse #4 [As Presented in Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham #1-6]. Award-Winning Writer Neil Gaiman (Sandman) And Artist Mark Buckingham (Fables) unveil Miracleman's Golden Age! Atop Olympus, Miracleman presides over a brave new world forged from London's destruction. It is a world free of war, of famine, of poverty. A world of countless wonders. A world where pilgrims scale Olympus' peak to petition their living god while, miles below, the dead return in fantastic android bodies. It is an Age of Miracles - but is humankind ready for it? Do we even want it? Is there a place for humanity in a world of gods? Gaiman and Buckingham delve into the lives of lonely idealists, rebellious schoolchildren and fracturing families - exploring the human constant in a changing world of gods and miracles.
Download or read book Riley 3.0 written by Marc Neuffer and published by Marc Neuffer. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where have all the stars gone? Living ten billion years in the future, twelve-year-old Darby has plans to follow in the footsteps of her explorer uncle Max and her lost father, to see the universe, or what’s left of it. She uses her unique talents to clear her path. Spaceships, AIs, and a once human friend are her tools. Twenty years later, her final destiny is not what she or anyone else could have expected. CHAPTER 1 excerpt Uncle Max says, even at twice the speed of light you can't outrun your past or your future. Mom says not to listen to him. We're the last, but everyone says the final thing is a long way off. Max isn't so sure. He told me he's looking into it. On my last birthday, I was twelve; the universe was fourteen or thirty-two billion, depending on who you listen to. If it's thirty-two, it's lasted about two billion more than it should have, after the discovery, give or take a few hundred million years, I guess. While it will probably go on forever, nothing living or moving will last; the big stretch will see to that. Physicists say that the apparent time extension is because everything has slowed down or sped up, or there's more energy or less than they thought, long ago. In other words, they don't know spit about it. Mom doesn't like it when I spit. She says it's unladylike.
Download or read book Hypersong written by Jennifer San Filippo and published by Jennifer San Filippo. This book was released on 2023-07-25 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andi has finally achieved her dream: to serve as crew on a colonization vessel bound for a new planet. As part of the ship’s skeleton crew, it’s her job to keep the passengers safe in cryosleep for the long hyperspace journey. Despite her unusual sensitivity to hyperdrives and the presence of her longstanding rival/ crush, Andi is ready to prove herself—and perhaps be the first to discover extraterrestrial life. But the journey itself soon takes a dangerous turn as Andi’s wish becomes a nightmare. Perhaps the aliens that Andi’s been hoping to meet are much closer than she realizes. Perhaps they always have been.
Book Synopsis A Rocket in His Pocket by : Tom Erhard
Download or read book A Rocket in His Pocket written by Tom Erhard and published by Baker's Plays. This book was released on 1960 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
