Explorer Probe VI, a spacecraft launched by NASA in 1972, was designed to investigate the outer bodies of Neptune and the lesser dwarf Pluto. The probe was the flagship of the Explorer series. It was programmed with the latest artificial intelligence enabling it to survive on its voyage for many years in distant, cold interstellar space. This artificial intelligence was endowed with a capacity for being almost self-aware.After the completion of its assignment, it was programmed to ...

In the heart of Sin City, two men on opposite sides of the law collide in a dangerous game of power, passion, and betrayal.Isaac Thoreau, the son of a notorious crime boss, has spent nine years behind bars for his father's murder. Driven, cunning, and unfeeling, he's now back to claim what's rightfully his. But when an enigmatic security guard named Hawk is hired to work at his nightclub, Isaac finds himself distracted… and inexplicably drawn to Hawk, despite his b...

It's 1971, and 7-year-old Mishel Manoucherian's family has packed up their life in Tehran and moved to Los Angeles, launching him headfirst into a disorienting new world of social and schoolyard expectations. At once a witty and warm exploration of the immigrant journey and coming of age tale, American Playground illuminates the Iranian American experience through a child's unique perspective.Armed with a handful of English words, a fiery mother who uses h...

Atlanta PD's best, Detective Lieutenant Noah McGraw and his partner, Detective Sergeant Holly Roark, are on the hunt once again for a deranged killer. This time, they're up against a real-life Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a scientist of great talent—and great violence when things don't go his way.Dr. Michael Mordecai has spent his whole life searching for a cure to aging—and he's finally found it. There's just one thing standing in the way of him reaping his millions: his by-the-book r...

The Mossad is widely recognized today as the best intelligence service in the world. It is also the most enigmatic, shrouded in secrecy. In Mossad, authors Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal take us behind the closed curtain with riveting, eye-opening, boots-on-the-ground accounts of the most dangerous, most crucial missions in the agency's sixty-year history. These are real Mission: Impossible true stories brimming with high-octane action—from the breathtaking capture o...

First time in ebook format, this biography of Isaac Newton reveals the extraordinary influence that the study of alchemy had on the greatest Early Modern scientific discoveries. In this ‘ground breaking biography’ Michael White destroys the myths of the life of Isaac Newton and reveals a portrait of the scientist as the last sorcerer.According to traditional accounts, Newton was the first modern scientist . As creator of the theory of gravity, calculus, modern theories of light and...

Step by Step Coaching: Absolute Beginner Japanese Grammar and Vocabulary.Everything you need to go from absolutely nothing to actually speaking and understanding simple Japanese.The Benefits of This Audiobook:Step by Step Program: Be expertly guided through all of the Japanese grammar and vocabulary you will need to start speaking with confidence. Our clear and straight forward explanations are perfect even if you d...

Learn to speak in Spanish about the things that matter to you.Massively improve your Spanish vocabulary and speaking skills through reading about these 32 everyday topics.Who is it for?If you are a high beginner with a good understanding of basic grammar and vocabulary then this is the book to help you to take your Spanish to the next level.How does it work?Each article covers a topic that you would ...

Eleven essential classics in one volumeThis last volume in the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas published between 1929 and 1964 contains eleven great classics. No anthology better captures the birth of science fiction as a literary field.Published in 1973 to honor stories that had appeared before the institution of the Nebula Awards, The Science Fiction Hall of Fame introduced tens of thousands of young readers to the wonders of science fiction and...

The Talmud, from the 1903 and 1918 editions of the translation by Michael Rodkinson, all 20 volumes. This edition is intended for modern readers. Rodkinson omitted sections where the debate becomes extremely obscure. He points out wherever he did so. The introduction, by Gustav Karpeles, is from the book "Jewish Literature and Other Essays".

Isaac Newton's influence on our world is immense. He formulated the theory of gravity, devised a radical new theory of light and created a calculus that would revolutionize mathematics. His theory of matter in motion sparked the Industrial Revolution. But there was far more to Newton even than these great discoveries.Opening with an informative foreword by the bestselling author of The Body Bill Bryson, the book is then divided into two parts: a biographical essay that provides a c...

平均正解率67パーセント・・・さあ、あなたの英語力はどうでしょう？あなたの英語の優れた点や弱点を見極めるため：14チャプターでは、初級レベルで必須の文法をテストします。その他10チャプターでは、リーディングを通して一般英語の理解力をテストします。ここでは、初級レベル以上の英語読解力が必要となります。正解率75パーセント以上獲得できましたら、次の中級レベルにステップアップできるだけの英語力があるということになります。この本は初級レベルの英語理解力を確認するのに最適です。また、中級レベル以上でも復習を兼ねてトライされるのもおすすめです。さあ、早速あなたの英語力をチェックしてみましょう。