23-Tom Swift and the Martian Moon Re-Placement (HB)

23-Tom Swift and the Martian Moon Re-Placement (HB)

Author: Victor Appleton II

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-02-14

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 1387596160

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In this hardbound edition of novel 23 in this series, Tom must travel to Mars to find out just why the small moon, Phobos, has suddenly begun coming close to the surface. In fact it is coming down to lower and lower orbits that could, within months, endanger the colonists on the planet below. He first tries to use brute force and to push it back into higher orbit, but nearly loses several spacecraft in the attempt. So, he now is faced with finding out the why of it all before he can find a solution that won't mean simply destroying the moon. That, he fears, might backfire and do damage to the colony and the planet. He tries to find some answers with the aid of his Space Friends, but they seem to have disappeared from his life. Without their help he mounts an expedition of Phobos and finds about the last thing he might think of. Now it is a race against time to see if he can rectify the situation and re-place Phobos in its correct orbit.


25-Tom Swift and the HoverCity (HB)

25-Tom Swift and the HoverCity (HB)

Author: Victor Appleton II

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-03-11

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 0359500153

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In this hardbound edition of book 25 of the new series, Tom Swift is approached by a rich man with a dream of building a city that can float above crowded cities and land without creating more ecological woes. His dream is a flying platform on which such aa dream town might be built, and he believes Tom is just the man to realize it! The inventor struggles with finding a technology to make this happen before he must tell his benefactor it is "impossible." But, a chance discovery on an Internet site devoted to making fun on crackpot inventors and their ideas sets him on the path to an answer. However, nothing runs smoothly in Tom's world and he soon finds an old foe is out to track him down, hurt or kill him and Bud Barclay, and ruin the HoverCity. Who will win in this multi-battle showdown?


An Anthropologist on Mars

An Anthropologist on Mars

Author: Oliver Sacks

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2012-11-14

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 0345805887

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From the bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat • Fascinating portraits of neurological disorder in which men, women, and one extraordinary child emerge as brilliantly adaptive personalities, whose conditions have not so much debilitated them as ushered them into another reality. Here are seven detailed narratives of neurological patients, including a surgeon consumed by the compulsive tics of Tourette's syndrome unless he is operating; an artist who loses all sense of color in a car accident, but finds a new sensibility and creative power in black and white; and an autistic professor who cannot decipher the simplest social exchange between humans, but has built a career out of her intuitive understanding of animal behavior. Sacks combines the well honed mind of an academician with the verve of a true storyteller.


Trademarks on Base-metal Tableware

Trademarks on Base-metal Tableware

Author: Eileen Woodhead

Publisher: National Historic Sites Parks Service Environment Canada

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13:

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Over the past decade the Metal Unit of the Material Culture Section, Archaeology Research Division, Canadian Parks Service, has maintained a reference file identifying marks found on metal artifacts. This document is a selection of marks on file that relate primarily to tableware items, from the late 18th century to about 1900.


The Doolittle Family in America

The Doolittle Family in America

Author: William Frederick Doolittle

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781016855594

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


Expositions of the Psalms 1-32 (Vol. 1)

Expositions of the Psalms 1-32 (Vol. 1)

Author: Saint Augustine (of Hippo)

Publisher: New City Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 1565481402

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"As the psalms are a microcosm of the Old Testament, so the Expositions of the Psalms can be seen as a microcosm of Augustinian thought. In the Book of Psalms are to be found the history of the people of Israel, the theology and spirituality of the Old Covenant, and a treasury of human experience expressed in prayer and poetry. So too does the work of expounding the psalms recapitulate and focus the experiences of Augustine's personal life, his theological reflections and his pastoral concerns as Bishop of Hippo."--Publisher's website.


The Disappearing Spoon

The Disappearing Spoon

Author: Sam Kean

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2010-07-12

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 0316089087

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From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes incredible stories of science, history, finance, mythology, the arts, medicine, and more, as told by the Periodic Table. Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? How did radium (Ra, 88) nearly ruin Marie Curie's reputation? And why is gallium (Ga, 31) the go-to element for laboratory pranksters? The Periodic Table is a crowning scientific achievement, but it's also a treasure trove of adventure, betrayal, and obsession. These fascinating tales follow every element on the table as they play out their parts in human history, and in the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them. The Disappearing Spoon masterfully fuses science with the classic lore of invention, investigation, and discovery -- from the Big Bang through the end of time. Though solid at room temperature, gallium is a moldable metal that melts at 84 degrees Fahrenheit. A classic science prank is to mold gallium spoons, serve them with tea, and watch guests recoil as their utensils disappear.