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Injured in a bicycle accident, Zack discovers that his alien houseguest has swiped his brakes, placing Zack's baseball season in jeopardy while subjecting him to an annoying little brother.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra, by Friedrich Nietzsche, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: • New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars • Biographies of the authors • Chronologies...

Looks at the history of breakthroughs in medical robotics from laboratory robots to robotic prosthetics.

The atom. The Big Bang. DNA. Natural selection. All are ideas that have revolutionized science-and all were dismissed out of hand when they first appeared. The surprises haven't stopped in recent years, and in At the Edge of Uncertainty, bestselling author Michael Brooks investigates the new wave of radical insights that are shaping the future of scientific discovery. Brooks takes us to the extreme frontiers of what we understand about the world....

Dena loves using magnets to perform magic tricks for the kids at the pool. When Enrique arrives in town, he doesn't like that Dena is fooling the others. He gives her a century-old treasure map and Dena uses her compass and tools to plot the location of the treasure. To her surprise, it is not where it should be! What could cause her compass to lead her off course? When she discovers the answer, will Dena keep fooling the other kids with magic tricks...

Space robots orbit Earth, work inside the space station, and explore Mars. Find out just what these awesome machines can do.

"There comes a time in the life of a subject when someone steps up and writes the book about it. AIQ explores the fascinating history of the ideas that drive this technology of the future and demystifies the core concepts behind it; the result is a positive and entertaining look at the great potential unlocked by marrying human creativity with powerful machines." -Steven D. Levitt, bestselling co-author of Freakonomics From leading data scientists...

Zack and his alien buddy Amp must save the planet from an alien invasion.

Robbie the robot has had an accident! With the help of Miss Eureka, Suzy and Max learn about circuits, tools, and batteries. Will their technology know-how rescue Robbie? Help them work out how to fix sections together, insert batteries and make the robot break out some dance moves in this fun, interactive engineering story.

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