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Author : Chris d'Lacey
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545365457
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fire Star (The Last Dragon Chronicles #3) written by Chris d'Lacey and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another fantastic adventure in NY TIMES bestselling author Chris d'Lacey's dragon saga!In the thrilling third book in Chris d'Lacey's popular series, David Rain is faced with a perilous task. ICEFIRE's evil sibyl Gwilanna is back, this time determined to resurrect the dragon Gawain on the ice cap of the Tooth of Ragnar. Can David and his friends stop her before it's too late?Don't miss Chris d'Lacey's addition to his rich dragon mythology in his next series, The Erth Dragons!

Author : Peter Grego
Publisher : David and Charles
ISBN 13 : 144635878X
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Star Book written by Peter Grego and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: See the night sky like you have never seen it before with this all-encompassing guide to astronomy. Learn all there is to know about the layout of the skies, the positions of the main constellations and the names of the brightest stars, so you can become a backyard astronomer in no time at all. With easy-to-use star charts, photographs and observational drawings of objects visible from both hemispheres, The Star Book will take your understanding and enjoyment of stargazing to the next level. Whether you use binoculars or a telescope, or even if you have no optical aid at all, there are enough celestial sights to keep anyone enthralled for a lifetime. The Star Book provides a quick and simple reference to the major stars and constellations, with easy-to-use star charts, finder charts, high-quality images and observational drawings covering the key stars viewable from all over the world. Author Peter Grego, also includes a brief introduction to the history of astronomy, an easy-to-follow explanation of the life-cycle of stars, from ignition to collapse, and information about deep sky objects such as nebulae and globular clusters. This fascinating, attractive and accessible book will become a trusted resource to make sense of the night skies, and is a wonderful gift for anyone with even a passing interest in astronomy.

Author : Zachary Mason
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374709823
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Void Star written by Zachary Mason and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting, beautifully written, fugue-like novel of AIs, memory, violence, and mortality Not far in the future the seas have risen and the central latitudes are emptying, but it’s still a good time to be rich in San Francisco, where weapons drones patrol the skies to keep out the multitudinous poor. Irina isn’t rich, not quite, but she does have an artificial memory that gives her perfect recall and lets her act as a medium between her various employers and their AIs, which are complex to the point of opacity. It’s a good gig, paying enough for the annual visits to the Mayo Clinic that keep her from aging. Kern has no such access; he’s one of the many refugees in the sprawling drone-built favelas on the city’s periphery, where he lives like a monk, training relentlessly in martial arts, scraping by as a thief and an enforcer. Thales is from a different world entirely—the mathematically inclined scion of a Brazilian political clan, he’s fled to L.A. after the attack that left him crippled and his father dead. A ragged stranger accosts Thales and demands to know how much he can remember. Kern flees for his life after robbing the wrong mark. Irina finds a secret in the reflection of a laptop’s screen in her employer’s eyeglasses. None are safe as they’re pushed together by subtle forces that stay just out of sight. Vivid, tumultuous, and propulsive, Void Star is Zachary Mason’s mind-bending follow-up to his bestselling debut, The Lost Books of the Odyssey.

Author : Robert A. Heinlein
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1429983450
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Variable Star written by Robert A. Heinlein and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A never-before-published masterpiece from science fiction's greatest writer, rediscovered after more than half a century. When Joel Johnston first met Jinny Hamilton, it seemed like a dream come true. And when she finally agreed to marry him, he felt like the luckiest man in the universe. There was just one small problem. He was broke. His only goal in life was to become a composer, and he knew it would take years before he was earning enough to support a family. But Jinny wasn't willing to wait. And when Joel asked her what they were going to do for money, she gave him a most unexpected answer. She told him that her name wasn't really Jinny Hamilton---it was Jinny Conrad, and she was the granddaughter of Richard Conrad, the wealthiest man in the solar system. And now that she was sure that Joel loved her for herself, not for her wealth, she revealed her family's plans for him---he would be groomed for a place in the vast Conrad empire and sire a dynasty to carry on the family business. Most men would have jumped at the opportunity. But Joel Johnston wasn't most men. To Jinny's surprise, and even his own, he turned down her generous offer and then set off on the mother of all benders. And woke up on a colony ship heading out into space, torn between regret over his rash decision and his determination to forget Jinny and make a life for himself among the stars. He was on his way to succeeding when his plans--and the plans of billions of others--were shattered by a cosmic cataclysm so devastating it would take all of humanity's strength and ingenuity just to survive. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Jeannette Walls
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451661509
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Silver Star written by Jeannette Walls and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of the bestselling memoirists of all time comes a stunning and heartbreaking novel about an intrepid girl who challenges the injustice of the adult world in a triumph of imagination and storytelling.

Author : George Greenstein
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Frozen Star written by George Greenstein and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter H. Reynolds
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sydney's Star written by Peter H. Reynolds and published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The malfunction of Sydney's mechanical star leads her to an unexpected happy ending.

Author : Bob Mizon
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319338552
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finding a Million-Star Hotel written by Bob Mizon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-04 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bob Mizon, one of the world’s best known campaigners against the veil of light pollution that has taken away the starry sky from most of the world’s population, takes readers to a hundred places in the UK and the USA where the wonders of the night sky might still be enjoyed in perfect or near-perfect night skies. Visiting small hotels and simple campsites, and savoring vast dark-sky reserves where the night sky is actively protected, The Million-Star Hotel celebrates the black skies of yesteryear – which may become a reality for more and more of us as modern technology reins in lighting and puts it only where needed. How can you prepare for your stay beneath the stars? What astronomy can you do during the daytime? What kind of equipment will you need? Questions such as these are answered, and if town dwellers return inspired – and, Bob hopes, also inspired to look with fresh eyes at their own local lighting – there is enough information here for them to equip themselves for some urban astronomy too.

Author : Ann Coburn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849437491
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alex and the Winter Star written by Ann Coburn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01-08 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this hilarious sequel to Alex and The Warrior, Alex and Cat are once again faced with keeping the unruly Warrior under control, not an easy feat for the pair as I'm sure you all know. One year older, Alex has started to doubt his old friend Warrior, but Warrior cannot leave until he's vanquished his deadly enemy the Skarg... Somehow the dreaded Skarg, who still can't decide whether to destroy the Earth or star in the next Hollywood movie, have found a way to break out of the game and with their new found freedom are planning world domination! Only through securing the help of his friend Alex can Warrior stop the villains dastardly plans and save the world from invasion... Incorporating the themes of friendship and what it means to belong, Alex and the Winter Star is not only play jam packed with adventure, danger and magic, but is underlined by important concepts and issues. Ideal for young actors and schools, Alex's new adventures are sure to capture the imagination of young readers, sending them spinning into a mystical world of possibilities.

Author : Landon Palmer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190888423
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rock Star/Movie Star written by Landon Palmer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the mid-1950s, when Hollywood found itself struggling to compete within an expanding entertainment media landscape, certain producers and studios saw an opportunity in making films that showcased performances by rock 'n' roll stars. Rock stars eventually found cinema to be a useful space to extend their creative practices, and the motion picture and recording industries increasingly saw cinematic rock stardom as a profitable means to connect multiple media properties. Indeed, casting rock stars for film provided a tool for bridging new relationships across media industries and practices. From Elvis Presley to Madonna, this book examines the casting rock stars in films. In so doing, Rock Star/Movie Star offers a new perspective on the role of stardom within the convergence of media industries. While hardly the first popular music culture to see its stars making the transition to screen, the timing of rock's emergence and its staying power within popular culture proved fortuitous for a motion picture business searching for its place in the face of continuous technological and cultural change. At the same time, a post-star-system film industry provided a welcoming context for rock stars who have valued authenticity, creative autonomy, and personal expression. This book uses illuminating archival resources to demonstrate how rock stars have often proven themselves to be prominent film workers exploring this terrain of platforms old and new - ideal media laborers whose power lies in the fact that they are rarely recognized as such. Combining star studies with media industry studies, this book proposes an integrated methodology for writing media history that combines the actions of individuals and the practices of industries. It demonstrates how stars have operated as both the gravitational center of media production as well as social actors who have taken on a decisive role in the purposes to which their images are used.