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Space Odyssey series volume 2
Language
English
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Haywood Floyd, director of the original Discovery mission, sets out to discover what happened to HAL 9000 and comes face to face with something claiming to be Dave Bowman.
Author
Series
Honors volume 1
Language
English
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A savvy young criminal with antisocial behavior is recruited to attend the Honors space program and joins a team on a sentient spaceship destined for the far reaches of the galaxy only to discover dangerous secrets hidden among the stars.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
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The letters and thoughts of Thomas Jefferson, members of the Corps of Discovery, their guide Sacagawea, and Captain Lewis's Newfoundland dog, all tell of the historic exploratory expedition to seek a water route to the Pacific Ocean.
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Publisher
A.A. Knopf in association with the American Museum of Natural History
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
In August 1914, days before the outbreak of the First World War, the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent. Weaving a treacherous path through the freezing Weddell Sea, they had come within eighty-five miles of their destination when their ship, Endurance, was trapped fast...
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English
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"Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive--and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he...
Author
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Rama series volume 1
Language
English
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Astronomers discover a huge, celestial object hurtling through space and after a space probe confirms that is not a natural object, send a space team to investigate.
10) Earth unaware
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Series
Language
English
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The mining ship "El Cavador" is far out from Earth. So when "El Cavador"'s telescopes pick up a fast-moving object coming in-system, it's hard to know what to make of it. Before Ender Wiggin was born, before the Battle School was built, the aliens brought war to Earth in this prequel.
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
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Pacific Destiny retells the history of what once was Oregon County, and now consists of the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Western Wyoming, and Montana.
The story of the Oregon Country is the story of cutthroat competition for control, first between Spain and England, then England and the United States. It is the story of explorers and tycoons, most notably John Jacob Astor, whose effort to establish a fur trading empire on the Columbia River...
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
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In this important work of investigative history, Slaughter shines an entirely new light on the famed Lewis and Clark expedition: the journals kept, the lands claimed, the myths cherished, the dreams stolen, the history and identity created. 14 illustrations in text.
Author
Series
Space Odyssey series volume 1
Publisher
ROC
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
The classic science fiction novel that changed the way we looked at the stars and ourselves. From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man ventures to the outer rim of our solar system, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a journey unlike any other. This allegory about humanity's exploration of the universe and the universe's reaction to humanity was the basis for director Stanley Kubrick's immortal film, and lives on as a...
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English
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In this photo-illustrated middle-grade nonfiction book, Brenda Guiberson explores the stories of six individuals who have disappeared mysteriously throughout history.
Jimmy Hoffa, Barbara Follett, Amelia Earhart, D. B. Cooper, two young royal princes-they all disappeared. Throughout history, individuals have gone missing without a trace; some of these disappearances haunt us.
In this companion to Disasters: Natural and Man-Made Catastrophes...
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English
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"As World War II draws to a close, refugees try to escape the war's final dangers, only to find themselves aboard a ship with a target on its hull"--
World War II is drawing to a close in East Prussia and thousands of refugees are on a desperate trek toward freedom, many with something to hide. Among them are Joana, Emilia, and Florian, whose paths converge en route to the ship that promises salvation, the Wilhelm Gustloff. Forced by circumstance...
16) Atlantia
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English
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"Rio has always dreamed of leaving the underwater city of Atlantia for life in the Above; however, when her twin sister, Bay, makes an unexpected decision, Rio is left stranded below where she must find a way to unlock the secrets of the siren voice she has long hidden and save Atlantia from destruction"--
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English
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Author and illustrator Simon Schwartz weaves biography and fiction together to explore the life of Arctic adventurer Matthew Henson. Moving between different time periods and incorporating Inuit mythology, Schwartz offers fresh perspectives on the many challenges Henson confronted during his life. As a member of early missions to reach the North Pole, Henson braved subzero temperatures and shifting sea ice. As an African American at the turn of the...
Author
Publisher
Nobrow Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Weaving together the true life historical expeditions of Ada Blackjack and Robert Bartlett with a contemporary fictional story, How to Survive in the North is a unique and visual narrative journey that shows the strength it takes to survive in even the harshest conditions--whether that be struggling for survival in the Arctic in the 1900s or surviving a mid-life crisis in the present day"--
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