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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...
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Judy Moody volume 12
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In a mood -- Backwards day -- The Jessica experiment -- Spaghetti Yeti -- Weird, weirder, weirdest -- Nanu nanu -- Bad-mood itch -- Sour ballls -- Saltwater taffy -- Purple people eater -- Judy un-moody.
When it is "Backward Day," Judy must turn her usual sour mood upside down and be happy and nice for a change.
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This is a classic science fiction short story by Stanley G. Weinbaum that was originally published in Wonder Stories in 1934, and remains his best known work. The story centres on a mission to Mars in the 21st century on which one of the scientists crash lands while photographing the landscape. He and finds himself having to walk across the planet's surface to get back to the astronauts, but on his journey he meets a beaked alien who becomes his travelling...
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"Mayday! Mayday! We're in trouble up here!" came a desparete voice from space. One million two hundred thousand miles from Earth the Martian Three rocket to Mars began to break up and fall apart. No one knows why one of the finest rockets ever built began to shake and fall apart, only that a Martian landing is out of the question. Suddenly, the only thought is to devise a plan to get the three brave men safely back to Earth!
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Justin and the MartiansGraveyard FrolicsA humorous, satirical recounting of a local high senior and two very tall, very blond, collegiate women on a summer visit to their grandparents in a small midwestern town. The town mortician's son wins the 'every teenager's dream lottery' when he coupled with Janie and Josie from Ft. Lauderdale, FL.Set in mid nineteen sixty-one when young women prized chastity above all else, a trip to the boonies weighed heavy...
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Arly Hanks mysteries volume 8
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Police chief Arly Hanks tries to keep her head when the people of Maggody get UFO fever in this uproarious cozy mystery.
Life is so boring in Maggody, Arkansas, population 755, the locals have resorted to reading supermarket tabloids, gobbling up every rumor of wolf men, zombies, and creatures from outer space they can get their hands on. And as the only sane woman in town, Chief of Police Arly Hanks just smiles and nods whenever her...
Life is so boring in Maggody, Arkansas, population 755, the locals have resorted to reading supermarket tabloids, gobbling up every rumor of wolf men, zombies, and creatures from outer space they can get their hands on. And as the only sane woman in town, Chief of Police Arly Hanks just smiles and nods whenever her...
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MASTER SPY OF THE RED PLANET Jery Delvin had a most unusual talent. He could detect the flaws in any scheme almost on sight-even where they had eluded the best brains in the ad agency where he worked. So when the Chief of World Security told him that he had been selected as the answer to the Solar System's greatest mystery, Jery assumed that it was because of his mental agility. But when he got to Mars to find out why fifteen boys had vanished from...
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The Martian (1898) is a novel by George du Maurier. Published posthumously, du Maurier's final novel is a semi-autobiographical account of his struggle with vision loss incorporating elements of fantasy and fairy tale fiction. Originally serialized in Harper's Magazine, The Martian is a powerful story of romance, tragedy, and redemption. "When so great a man dies, it is generally found that a tangled growth of more or less contentious literature has...
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In this science fiction adventure by a New York Times–bestselling author, H. G. Wells leads a group of scientists against an alien invasion.
Millions thrilled to H. G. Wells's brilliant account of the Martian invasion. But what if that account proved not to be fiction? What if he sought to warn us of impending doom?
In the wake of the first Martian assault, H. G. Wells has united with scientists Thomas Huxley and Doctor Moreau, astronomer Percival...
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Living on Mars is such a drag! That's where Miri lives with her exobiologist parents who were transferred to the red planet for work. One day while doing her chores with her robotic dog Ruff, she makes a startling discovery that will make her re-evaluate whether living on Mars is so bad, after all! With full-color illustrations and a short chapter format, this 32-page sci-fi book will capture the interest of both reluctant and avid readers who enjoy...
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The Martian by Andy Weir Digest & Review Astronaut Mark Watney becomes one of the first people ever to walk on Mars. The question now is will he be the first person to perish on the planet? He is believed to have died in a severe dust storm while on a manned mission to Mars. The search for him is aborted, and he is left behind by his crew members when they escape Mars and return to Earth. However, Watney survives the storm but finds himself on his...
14) The Martian
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Many writers of science fiction, who have not given the matter much thought, assume that a man of intelligence from one planet would meet a cordial and sympathetic welcome on another world. It is assumed that people are everywhere educated, curious about other worlds and other cultures, and eager to help a visitor from an alien race. Unfortunately there is no assurance that such is the case. Even were the members of another race, on another world...
15) Martians abroad
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Fearing her dream of becoming a galaxy-traveling starship pilot will never come true when she is sent to Earth's Galileo Academy, Polly teams up with her popular brother to investigate dangerous coincidences centered on their high-profile classmates.
16) Martian Sands
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1941: an hour before the attack on Pearl Harbour, a man from the future materialises in President Roosevelt's office. His offer of military aid may cut the War and its pending atrocities short, and alter the course of the future... The future: welcome to Mars, where the lives of three ordinary people become entwined in one dingy smokesbar the moment an assassin opens fire. The target: the mysterious Bill Glimmung. But is Glimmung even real? The truth...
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Ed Ferald, pilot of the tug Cydonia Zach on the Martian-Lunar run, receives orders from his uncle and boss to take an enigmatic woman as his sole passenger on the return to Mars. But, he doesn't have much time to find out much about her as soon finds himself plunged into disasters on the Red Planet and off and ensnared in plots fed by Earth politics and corporations fighting to preserve their profits, even if it means putting the survival of the Martian...
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The town of Southborough used to be a major tourism destination, drawing folks from all over the country in the hopes they'd spot the famous Sasquatch, reportedly seen in there many times over the years. But it's been ages since anyone's spotted the 'squatch, and tourism is starting to dry up. A tech company called Start-up.com (a start-up that helps people start their own start-ups) decides to begin buying up places all over town in order to build...
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A New War Of The Worlds Begins as Martian Tripods Return To Earth!
The terror of the coming of the Martians is all but a distant memory, a bad dream that has faded with time....All George wants is a quiet suburban life - but at breakfast one morning his newspaper reports the shocking discovery of a Martian cylinder, found intact and unopened, and carefully transported to London. Could it be from the first alien invasion and after more than seven...
20) Martians
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Martians uses gross, sometimes graphic humor that will appeal to fans of Mel Brooks, "Airplane!", and “Monty Python”. This book strives to make a comedy screenplay feel more like a novel and intends to make readers laugh. This character-driven novel revolves around messed up people geting into trouble and trying to solve their problems.