A Trip To The Stars

Author : Nicholas Christopher
Publisher : Dial Press Trade Paperback
ISBN 13 : 081298479X
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Trip to the Stars written by Nicholas Christopher and published by Dial Press Trade Paperback. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A large, lavishly inventive novel . . . an American descendant of The Arabian Nights . . . erudite and artful entertainment.”—The New York Times Book Review At a Manhattan planetarium in 1965, ten-year-old Enzo is whisked away from his young adoptive aunt, Mala. His abductor turns out to be a blood relative: his great-uncle Junius Samax, a wealthy former gambler who lives in a converted Las Vegas hotel surrounded by a priceless art collection and a host of fascinating, idiosyncratic guests. In Samax’s magical world, Enzo receives a unique education and pieces together the mystery of his mother’s life and the complicated history of his adoption. Back in New York, Mala only knows that Enzo has disappeared. After a yearlong search proves fruitless, she enlists in the Navy Nursing Corps and on a hospital ship off Vietnam falls in love with a wounded B-52 navigator, who disappears on his next mission. Devastated again, Mala embarks on a restless, adventurous journey around the world, hoping to overcome the losses that have transformed her life. Fusing imagination, scholarship, and suspense with remarkable narrative skill, Nicholas Christopher builds a story of tremendous scope, an epic tale of love and destiny, as he traces the intricate latticework of Mala’s and Enzo’s lives. Each remains separate from each other but tied in ways they cannot imagine—until the final miraculous chapter of this extraordinary novel. “A writer of remarkable gifts.”—The Washington Post Book World “This labyrinthine novel . . . is animated by an encompassing lust for beauty.”—The New Yorker “[Nicholas] Christopher is North America’s García Márquez; Borges with emotional weight. . . . This is one of those rare books that, by connecting the stars, catches you in its web.”—The Globe and Mail Includes an excerpt of Nicholas Christopher’s Tiger Rag

Author : Nicholas Christopher
Publisher : Dial Press
ISBN 13 : 0307799883
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Trip to the Stars written by Nicholas Christopher and published by Dial Press. This book was released on 2011-10-12 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A large, lavishly inventive novel . . . an American descendant of The Arabian Nights . . . erudite and artful entertainment.”—The New York Times Book Review At a Manhattan planetarium in 1965, ten-year-old Enzo is whisked away from his young adoptive aunt, Mala. His abductor turns out to be a blood relative: his great-uncle Junius Samax, a wealthy former gambler who lives in a converted Las Vegas hotel surrounded by a priceless art collection and a host of fascinating, idiosyncratic guests. In Samax’s magical world, Enzo receives a unique education and pieces together the mystery of his mother’s life and the complicated history of his adoption. Back in New York, Mala only knows that Enzo has disappeared. After a yearlong search proves fruitless, she enlists in the Navy Nursing Corps and on a hospital ship off Vietnam falls in love with a wounded B-52 navigator, who disappears on his next mission. Devastated again, Mala embarks on a restless, adventurous journey around the world, hoping to overcome the losses that have transformed her life. Fusing imagination, scholarship, and suspense with remarkable narrative skill, Nicholas Christopher builds a story of tremendous scope, an epic tale of love and destiny, as he traces the intricate latticework of Mala’s and Enzo’s lives. Each remains separate from each other but tied in ways they cannot imagine—until the final miraculous chapter of this extraordinary novel. “A writer of remarkable gifts.”—The Washington Post Book World “This labyrinthine novel . . . is animated by an encompassing lust for beauty.”—The New Yorker “[Nicholas] Christopher is North America’s García Márquez; Borges with emotional weight. . . . This is one of those rare books that, by connecting the stars, catches you in its web.”—The Globe and Mail Includes an excerpt of Nicholas Christopher’s Tiger Rag

Author : Lester Vaughan
Publisher : Richmond
ISBN 13 : 9788429453881
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Trip to the Stars written by Lester Vaughan and published by Richmond. This book was released on 1999-06 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the year 2285. A spaceship has mysteriously disappeared. Your spaceship is sent to investigate. During your journey through the galaxy you will learn a lot of interesting things and meet some interesting aliens. Can you find your way back to Earth again? In this fun and exciting puzzle book you participate in the story and you make the decisions. Can you uncover the mystery?

Author : John Hugh Reynaert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Eldorado of Socialism, Communism and Anarchism; Or, A Trip to the Planet Jupiter written by John Hugh Reynaert and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Robert Gibson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.P6/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Stars and Their Mysteries written by Charles Robert Gibson and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : L. Ron Hubbard
Publisher : Galaxy Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1592126219
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To the Stars written by L. Ron Hubbard and published by Galaxy Press LLC. This book was released on 2004-08-15 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Space is deep, Man is small and Time is his relentless enemy.... How far is too far? Alan Corday is about to find out. Corday is shanghaied aboard a futuristic starship bound on an interstellar journey. . . on a trek at the speed of light, the world he leaves behind fast vanishing into the past through unexpected time travel. And nothing in the dark, forbidding reaches of space can prepare him for the astounding discovery he will make upon his return from the stars. “Remarkably powerful novel.” —John W. Campbell, Jr., Astounding Science Fiction

Author : Kelsey Oseid
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
ISBN 13 : 0399579532
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What We See in the Stars written by Kelsey Oseid and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly illustrated guide to the myths, histories, and science of the celestial bodies of our solar system, with stories and information about constellations, planets, comets, the northern lights, and more. Combining art, mythology, and science, What We See in the Stars gives readers a tour of the night sky through more than 100 magical pieces of original art, all accompanied by text that weaves related legends and lore with scientific facts. This beautifully packaged book covers the night sky's most brilliant features--such as the constellations, the moon, the bright stars, and the visible planets--as well as less familiar celestial phenomena like the outer planets, nebulae, and deep space. Adults seeking to recapture the magic of youthful stargazing, younger readers interested in learning about natural history and outer space, and those who appreciate beautiful, hand-painted art will all delight in this charming book.

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Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780761456124
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stars! Stars! Stars! written by and published by The Rosen Publishing Group. This book was released on 2009 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bunny rabbits learn about the stars they see each night

Author : Weldon Frank Crossland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3B/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Junior Church in Action written by Weldon Frank Crossland and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alfred Bester
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780575079090
Total Pages : 272 pages
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Download or read book The Stars My Destination written by Alfred Bester and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gully Foyle, Mechanic's Mate 3rd Class. EDUCATION: none SKILLS: none MERITS: none RECOMMENDATIONS: none That's the official verdict on Gully Foyle, unskilled space crewman. But right now he is the only survivor on his drifting, wrecked spaceship, and when another space vessel, the Vorga, ignores his distress flares and sails by, Gully becomes obsessed with revenge. He endures 170 days alone in deep space before finding refuge on the Sargasso Asteroid and returning to Earth to track down the crew and owners of the Vorga. But, as he works out his murderous grudge, Gully Foyle also uncovers a secret of momentous proportions . . .