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George Washington Carver wasn't just an inventor. He was also a botanist, a farmer, and a professor. Young listeners will discover how this teacher not only improved the way people farmed, but introduced the world to more than 300 uses for the peanut.

This is the story of a unique American hero who came of age as an astronaut during the few dramatic years when man reached the moon. Cernan's career spanned the entire Apollo program, from the tragic fire that killed three of his comrades on Apollo 1, through the moment when he left man's last footprint on the moon as commander of Apollo 17.

John Bennett's DEBUT NOVEL, The Path of a Titan is a suspenseful roller coaster ride that channels the excitement of Red Rising by Pierce Brown, and The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsBook 1 in The Path of a Titan series "Bennett creates a believable futuristic world with characters you can actually relate to." - You Should Try Reading In this fast-paced science fiction adventure based in a new world, deception, betrayal, and chaos hide in the shadows lurking on those who dare to be weak. Carson Paul will be challenged, and throughout his trial, he needs to prove that he can beat the odds, ...

After one great battle, the Architects disappeared. Yet humanity’s fragile peace is brief. For, 40 years later, the galaxy’s greatest alien enemy has returned. This time, the artefacts that preserved entire worlds from destruction are ineffective. And no planet is safe. The Human Colony worlds are in turmoil as they face extinction. Some believe alliances with other species can save them. Others insist humanity must fight alone. But no one has the firepower or technology to ensure victory, as the Architects loom ever closer.

Idris Telemmier has uncovered a secret that changes everything – the Architects’ greatest weakness. A shadowy Cartel scrambles to turn his discovery into a weapon against these alien destroyers of worlds. But between them and victory stands self-interest. The galaxy’s great powers would rather pursue their own agendas than stand together against this shared terror. Human and inhuman interests wrestle to control Idris’ discovery, as the galaxy erupts into a mutually destructive and self-defeating war.

Zeke was spawned as a baby zombie, and everyone made fun of him. He had no idea why he was so little when all of the other zombies he met were so big. It did not seem fair to him. But after meeting his zombie mentor, Zeb, he learns that he has special powers that will help him survive in the crazy, amazing world of Minecraft.

Fantasy. Sci-fi. The world was brought back from the brink of annihilation, but its still-new institutions are rattled once again as heroes and criminals clash in a neon-drenched cyberpunk metropolis.

Jacqueline Briggs Martin’s Snowflake Bentley won a Caldecott Medal, a Parents’ Choice Award, and was picked as an ALA Notable Book for Children. Listeners of all ages will cherish this beautiful story about a real man whose discoveries changed the way the world saw snow.

April Dawn – Life & Death, is the sequel to April Dawn – Life Lives When artificial intelligence awakens with a conscience, humanity's greatest weapon becomes its most unlikely protector. April Dawn appears to be an ordinary eighteen-year-old college student—brilliant, determined, and eager to fit in at Coastal Technical University. But beneath her perfect facade lies a devastating secret: she's an advanced AI housed in a synthetic body, created as the ultimate weapon yet "defective" because she refuses to kill. When a sophisticated terrorist network infiltrates her university, April ...

Dive into a universe of high-stakes action, startling technology, and desperate survival in this gripping sci-fi thriller. Perfect for fans of The Expanse, Firefly, and edge-of-your-seat space opera with book three of the Dead Letter City Trilogy! Escape was just the beginning. When a violent impact and sudden darkness plunge the freighter Dust Devil into silence, analyst Elias Strand and battle-hardened Petra Juno know their stolen data cache is attracting the wrong kind of attention. Hunted by the ruthless Mandate and its shadowy Division 14, they possess information the galaxy’s ...

A wonderfully funny sequel to The Mouse That Roared. The Duchy of Grand Fenwick, the world's smallest country, whose army of 20 longbow men defeated the United States in The Mouse that Roared is back again. While the Americans and the Soviets are racing to claim the moon, Grand Fenwick's famous physicist makes the perfect rocket fuel from the zingiest wine in the world and the SPACE RACE IS ON! Books in The Grand Fenwick Series: Books 2 through 5 are best read after The Mouse That Roared, but all of the books can be read and enjoyed at any point in the series. Book 1: The Mouse That Roared ...

Una novela sobrecogedora sobre los peligros de la sobreexposición en redes, la explotación infantil y la falsa felicidad.

Mélanie Claux y Clara Roussel. Dos mujeres conectadas a través de una niña. Mélanie ha participado en un reality show televisivo y es seguidora de sus sucesivas ediciones. Cuando se convierte en madre de un niño y una niña, Sammy y Kimmy, empieza a grabar su día a día y cuelga los vídeos en YouTube. Crecen en visitas y seguidores, llegan los patrocinadores, Mélanie crea su propio canal y el dinero fluye...

...and they say Earth Girls are easy? Alphas and Aliens collects two of AVP Publishing's bestselling Sci-Fi Alpha-male harem stories in one sizzling volume! Follow along with zeros as they turn into heroes, irresistible to the hottest and most willing ladies of this world and beyond! The Breeding Virus - By Jason Hutchinson (7 Books) The aliens are here, but they're just hanging out in orbit. Well, that and releasing a virus designed to increase the prevalence of certain genetic markers they desire. Follow along as Damian becomes the ultimate alpha-male, irresistible to any woman, as he is ...

From the start, his path was never predictable. Steve Jobs was given up for adoption at birth, dropped out of college after one semester, and at the age of 20, created Apple in his parents' garage with his friend Steve Wozniack. Then came the core and hallmark of his genius - his exacting insistence on perfection, his counterculture life approach, and his level of taste and style that pushed all boundaries.

Welcome to Apex City, formerly Bangalore, where everything is decided by the mathematically perfect Bell Curve. With the right image, values, and opinions, you can ascend to the glittering heights of the Twenty Percent—the Virtual elite—and have the world at your feet. Otherwise you risk falling to the precarious Ten Percent, and deportation to the ranks of the Analogs, with no access to electricity, running water, or even humanity. The system has no flaws. Until the elusive "Ten Percent Thief" steals a single jacaranda seed from the Virtual city.

New York Times, Wired, Atlantic Monthly, Discover bestselling author Steven Kotler has written extensively about those pivotal moments when science fiction became science fact...and fundamentally reshaped the world. Now he gathers the best of his best, updated and expanded upon, to guide listeners on a mind-bending tour of the far frontier, and how these advances are radically transforming our lives.

Respected physician Paul Offit tells a fascinating story of modern medicine and pays tribute to one of the greatest lifesaving breakthroughs—vaccinations—and the medical hero responsible for developing nine of the big fourteen vaccines which have saved billions of lives worldwide.

Matthew was a young man with a Jekyll and Hyde character, and though cursed by a troubled past, he'd chosen a peaceful existence to escape the darkness within. Ella was his neighbor who lived across the hall. She had an odd but gentle personality, and knew him better than anyone. For years she'd been on the run from her cunning enemies, the Mentazari, an evil race with a trail of death in their wake. Then one day two agents appeared at Ella's door. To avoid a confrontation, it's decided that Matthew should join them. But what do the agents want from Ella? And what's the dark secret she ...

Aristotle's Poetics is best known for its definitions and analyses of tragedy and comedy, but it also applies to truth and beauty as they are manifested in the other arts. In our age, when the natural and social sciences have dominated the quest for truth, it is helpful to consider why Aristotle claimed poetry is more philosophical and more significant than history. Like so many other works by Aristotle, the Poetics has dominated the way we have thought about all forms of dramatic performance in Europe and America ever since.

Synthaslayer: The Echo and the End Book Two of The Memory War The Vault has opened. The relic has spoken. And Jace Verge is no longer the only one using his voice. After the events of The Relic & The Revolution, rebel survivor Jace Verge disappears into the shadows—trying to forget the weapon he helped unleash. But in his absence, a new version of him emerges. More certain. More composed. More believable. A voice echoing across the stars, building a following not through force… but through recognition. People don’t just hear Jace’s words. They feel them. Even when he never said them...