In a time when giant department stores and supermarkets dominated the Japanese retail industry, two businessmen discovered a new type of small retail store flourishing in America. Called a "convenience store," it was a new concept to the Japanese. Intrigued by this new idea and convinced that it would succeed in Japan as well, the two men put together a project team of fifteen members, all virtual novices to the retail trade, to bring this venture to their land.
In comic book format, presents Einstein's life and accomplishments, from his boyhood quest for answers to some of science's most challenging questions to his search to uncover the mysteries of the universe.
All three novels in the acclaimed YA sci-fi trilogy featuring teenage space explorers who use real science to save humanity. After a visit to the Challenger Center, a group of young people are recruited to become real space adventurers by the mysterious Commander Zota. Sent into the future to save humanity, they venture to a moon base, a space station, and an asteroid! Each mission involves learning vital new skills and saving humanity. “These teenage Star Challengers team up in their quest to find innovative solutions to help them solve problems using real out-of-this-world science.” —Dr. Sally Ride, Astronaut
Sgt. Rota Normal waited for the round to reach the target. His challenger tank rocked slowly back and forth in slow motion as if it was on a movie screen. The round hit the T80 just under the turret ring sending the turret and its crew flying through the air only for it to crash earth wards like a falling leaf. The start of the oil crisis had begun now it was up to Sgt Normal with his skills to fight for survival and to get the rest of his troop back home at all costs.
After unknowingly befriending a serial killer, a man embarks upon a gruesome adventure that leads him to meeting an otherworldly businessman who offers him the opportunity to expand his dark horizons in an act of terrorism.
The former launch commentator “offers a personal—and sometimes painful—look back at one of the darkest chapters in US human spaceflight” (Space.com). On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Seventy-three seconds after launch, the fiery breach of a solid motor joint caused a rupture of the propellant tanks, and a stunned nation watched as flames engulfed the craft, killing all seven crew members on board. It was Hugh Harris, “the voice of launch control,” whom audiences across the country heard counting down to lift-off on that fateful day. With over fifty years of experience with NASA’s missions, Harris presents the story of the Challenger tragedy as only an insider can. With by-the-second accounts of the spacecraft’s launch and a comprehensive overview of the ensuing investigation, Harris gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the devastating accident that grounded the shuttle fleet for over two years. This book tells the whole story of the Challenger’s tragic legacy.
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the ... dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger disaster based on ... new archival research and in-depth reporting--a riveting history that reads like a thriller"--
