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361) The Ethical Engineer
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Series
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The Ethical Engineer is a science fiction novel by Harry Harrison, first published in 1963. The story is set in a fictional medieval kingdom, where a power-hungry king named Lanius seeks to expand his empire by conquering neighboring lands. The main character, Conn Maxwell, is an engineer who is hired by Lanius to build a war machine that will help him conquer his enemies. However, Conn is also a man of ethics and principles, and he struggles with...
362) The last 8
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English
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After an alien attack devastates the Earth, pilot and future astronaut Clover Martinez bands with seven other teens in a struggle to survive.
363) The first 7
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Series
Last 8 volume 2
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English
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After leaving Earth, now devastated by an alien attack, and exploring the galaxy, Clover Martinez and her fellow teen survivors return home to find crystal formations in the soil that are threatening to destroy the planet, and a colony of survivors who are not who they seem.
364) Children of time
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Series
Children of time volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"The last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age - a world terraformed and prepared for human life."--Amazon.com.
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Alien superstar volume 2
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English
Description
A six-eyed teenage alien's future in Hollywood-and on Earth-is at risk when a visitor from his home planet arrives in this humorous adventure.
After escaping his oppressive red dwarf planet and landing a role on a popular Hollywood sitcom, Buddy Burger seems destined for high-flying success. His legions of fans love his six eyes, his suction cup feet, and even his excessive need for avocados. It seems nothing can stop his rise to super-stardom-until...
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Life on Earth (Graphic Universe) volume 1
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English
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Claudia Jones is missing. Her classmates are thinking the worst . . . or at least the weirdest. It couldn't be an alien abduction, right?
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English
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Lemon Peabody is certain that aliens visited Grandpa Walt thirty years ago, but she's running out of time to prove it before he forgets his best story. This humorous and tenderhearted story about family, friendship, and always believing in yourself is for fans of Greg van Eekhout, Stuart Gibbs, and Hour of the Bees.
Lemon Peabody loves spending time with Grandpa Walt. Even though he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and moved to an assisted living...
368) Any sign of life
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English
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Paige Miller fears she is the only person left alive in Ohio until she meets a handful of other survivors, and together they struggle with the knowledge that their new reality is the first part of an alien invasion.
369) Robotech: Issue #15
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Robotech volume 15
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English
Description
Ten years ago, a mysterious space-ship crashed on Macross Island… In the intervening years, the people of Earth have use the 'Robotechnology' from the ship to significantly advance their own technology. The ship – named by the humans as the Super-Dimension Fortress – actually belongs to a race of giant aliens, the Zentraedi. The Zentraedi attack and the crew of the SDF-1 are forced to space-fold away – take a chunk of Macross City (and its...
370) Spacehounds of IPC
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Publisher
Otbebookpublishing
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
This work of science fiction by Edward Elmer Smith ("Doc Smith"), originally published in 1931, tells the story of Arcturus, the Inter-Planetary Corporation's top liner, and it's attempted voyage to Mars. Following an attack from a mysterious spaceship, they crash land on Ganymede, a planet of primeval terrors. The remaining crew build a new spacecraft and discover a way to survive amid the warring intelligences of the Jovian system. This work is...
371) Generation one
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Lorien legacies reborn volume 1
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English
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"It has been one year since the breathtaking events of United as One -- and our world will never be the same. The invasion of Earth was thwarted by our alien allies known as the Garde. But in order to do so, they unleashed their Loric energy and it spreadthroughout the globe. Now human teenagers have begun to develop incredible abilities -- Legacies of their own. As the world tries to figure out how best to deal with the emergence of these powerful...
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Robotech volume 5
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English
Description
Titan Comics' unique take on the Robotech saga continues – with even more action, shocks and twists. The crew of the SDF-1 are lost in space and under constant attack by alien forces. After the crew lose one of their own, secrets and mysteries begin to emerge – and there may be traitors on board… Plotted by Brian Wood (Star Wars, Briggs Land, X-Men) and scripted by Simon Furman (Transformers, Dr Who) with stunning art by Marco Turini (Heavy...
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Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Key Selling Points
- Fifteen-year-old Malcolm Gravenhurst is about to become a Guardian to defend his city against aliens when he learns some disturbing truths about his family.
- Guardians of Porthaven offers an excellent exploration of allyship and representation featuring themes of male mental health, LGBTQ+ relationships, in-equality and equity in action.
- This book is perfect for fans of the
374) Never cry wolf
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English
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The bestselling nature classic that stands as a hallmark of conservation writing and forever changed the way we look at wolves In 1948, Farley Mowat landed in the far north of Manitoba, Canada, a young biologist sent to investigate the region's dwindling population of caribou. Many people thought that the caribous' conspicuous decline had been caused by the tundra's most notorious predator: the wolf. Alone among the howling canine packs, Mowat expected...
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