On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person in history to leave the Earth's atmosphere and venture into space. His flight aboard a Russian Vostok rocket lasted only 108 minutes, but at the end of it he had become the most famous man in the world. Back on the ground, his smiling face captured the hearts of millions around the globe. Film stars, politicians and pop stars from Europe to Japan, India to the United States vied with each other to shake his hand.Despite this i...

Starman is the third title in Sara Douglass's epic fantasy Wayfarer Redemption series. A sprawling tale of love and magic, enormous battles and true monstersAxis is the StarMan of prophecy and legend, destined to lead the three races of his world to unite as one people. The people of his world all know the Prophecy of the Destroyer, despite the failed attempts of the Seneschal to suppress it in the name of the god Artor the Ploughman, and it predicts and di...

Has there ever been a more charismatic and intriguing rock star than David Bowie?In Starman, Paul Trynka has painted the definitive portrait of a great artist. From Bowie's early years in post-war, bombed-out Brixton to the decadent glamour of Ziggy Stardust to the controversial but vital Berlin period, this essential biography is a celebration of Bowie's brilliance and a timely reminder of how great music is made - now with an update on the making and release of The N...

[Siren Classic ManLove: Erotic Alternative Sci-Fi Romance, M/M] Kyrinen was pretty sure that the world had gone to hell in a handbasket when someone tried to assassinate the president. He was positive of it when martial law was declared and armed soldiers sat on every corner. He knew it was time to get out of town and lay low before things got worse. Before he can leave, a man comes into his life who changes everything. Sebastian Haq is unlike anyone Kyrinen has ever met, even if he is his...

Epic fantasy in the tradition of Trudi Canavan, Fiona McIntosh and Robert Jordan. StarMan concludes the first Tencendor trilogy with an unexpected and glorious climax.Weakened by their terrible encounter with Borneheld’s men, Axis and his army are forced to march north as Gorgrael breaks through Jervois Landing and invades Tencendor with ice and terror. But under a sky black with Gryphon, Axis discovers that he’s confronting a seemingly invincible enemy.As the Prophecy of t...

¿Cómo darte cuenta si ese chico te corresponde cuando ni siquiera sabes si es humano? Un romance diferente en un lugar muy común, una historia de amor realmente alienígena.Olivia vuelve como cada verano al pueblo de sus padres a aburrirse y salir con sus amigos de siempre. Todo parece indicar que será un verano tan común como los anteriores, pero este año algo ha cambiado. Un equipo de investigación del canal televisivo de más audiencia se ha instalado en el pueblo...

A short story about living a rock 'n roll dream - drugs, sex, adoring fans and ...... extraterrestrials?

An intimate and unflinching look at the world's most polarizing mogul, *Starman: A Book About Elon Musk* by Chad Winthrop offers a masterclass in biographical storytelling. Rather than settling for a standard corporate timeline, Winthrop peels back the layers of Musk's public persona to examine the raw psychology, childhood ruins, and defining traumas that forged his uncompromising work ethic. From the volatile shadows of Pretoria, South Africa, to the schoolyard violence at Bryanston High...

The empty centre of Australia. The sun is hot and there are not many people. And when Bill meets a man, alone, standing on an empty road a long way from anywhere, he is surprised and worried. And Bill is right to be worried. Because there is something strange about the man he meets. Very strange ...

1977 wurde die Sonde Voyager II in den Weltraum geschossen - mit der Einladung an alle Lebewesen des Universums, unseren Planeten Erde zu besuchen. Nun ist es soweit: Der Besuch ist da...Das fremde Wesen trifft in einer abgelegenen ländlichen Gegend der USA auf eine verwitwete junge Frau. Über alle Schwierigkeiten hinweg kommen sie sich näher, aber die Agenten der Regierung haben sich bereits an die Fersen des Besuchers geheftet...Starman von Alan Dean Fos...

He aquí la historia del vertiginoso ascenso de Clay Cassady, un camarero que de la noche a la mañana se convierte en la más rutilante estrella de Hollywood. Una novela brillante sobre la fama y el vacío, escrita por una voz joven y espectacular que irrumpe en la escena literaria.« Dejó de mirar mi mano, pero no la soltó. Deseé que me mirara a los ojos. Me dije que si lo pensaba fuerte, durante unos segundos, funcionaría. Como cuando pasa una es...

The stars were closed to Max Jones. To get into space you either needed connections, a membership in the arcane Guild, or a whole lot more money than Max, the son of a widowed, poor mother, was ever going to have. What Max does have going for him are his uncle’s prized astrogation manuals—books on star navigation that Max literally commits to memory word for word, equation for equation. When Max’s mother decides to remarry a bullying oaf, Max takes to the road, only to discover th...