What happens when your dream mission to Mars is a reality television nightmare?For the six lucky scientists selected by the Destination Mars! corporation, a one-way ticket to Mars - in exchange for a lifetime of research - was an absolute no-brainer. The incredible opportunity was clearly worth even the most absurdly tedious screening process. Perhaps worth following the strange protocols in a nonsensical handbook written by an eccentric billionaire. Possibly even ...

An inspiring exploration of the establishment of humans on Mars—tying into the National Geographic television documentary series MarsThe next frontier in space exploration is Mars, the Red Planet—and human habitation of Mars isn’t much farther off. In October 2015, NASA declared Mars “an achievable goal”; that same season, Ridley Scott and Matt Damon’s The Martian drew crowds into theaters, grossing over $200 million.Now the National Geographic Channel fas...

"I completely know in the core of my being that there will always be another wonderful and awe-inspiring discovery of God's power and glory waiting for me. Even though I live forever, they will never run out." - David Flynn 1962-2012In all his endeavors, David Flynn's greatest desire was to find and reveal the truth in all things and to let others understand-as he did.Since 1993, David's research has been published and referenced by numerous resear...

"A fanciful romp through a cosmic 1812, Hugo Award–winning Levine's first novel is a treat for steampunk fantasy fans." — Library Journal (starred review)Born on Mars, sixteen-year-old Arabella Ashby enjoys many more freedoms than most girls her age, tramping around the desert with her older brother. But that liberty is not to last. Finding Mars much too unladylike for her daughters, Arabella's mother takes the girls back to London, where they're sure to f...

Electronic music is now ubiquitous, from mainstream pop hits to the furthest reaches of the avant garde. But how did we get here? In Mars by 1980, David Stubbs charts the evolution of synthesised tones, from the earliest mechanical experiments in the late nineteenth century, through the musique concrete of the Futurists and radical composers such as Pierre Schaeffer and Karl Stockhausen, to the gradual absorption of electronic instrumentation into the mainstream, be it through the...

Tome 2 de la série Iron HandsChargé de percer le secret de mystérieux appareils Aeldari, le Révérend de Fer Kristos des Iron Hands comprend vite que les xenos ne sont pas seuls à vouloir lui faire obstacle…POURQUOI LIRE CE LIVREC'est la suite de L'Œil de Medusa, et les Iron Hands y sont divisés sous l'effet d'une influence magique mystérieuse qui corrompt le Chapitre.L'HISTOIREDepuis dix millénaires,...

Can astronauts reach Mars by 2035? Absolutely, says Buzz Aldrin, one of the first men to walk on the moon. Celebrated astronaut, brilliant engineer, bestselling author, Aldrin believes it is not only possibly but vital to America's future to keep pushing the space frontier outward for the sake of exploration, science, development, commerce, and security. What we need, he argues, is a commitment by the U.S. President as rousing as JFK's promise to reach the moon by the end of the 1960s—an a...

L’amore per la terra e un lavoro appassionante.Una fattoria fra i campi di grano e una famiglia molto unita.Peter Worrom è un ragazzo in gamba che crede nei valori d’altri tempi e non potrebbe desiderare di più. Ma c’è qualcosa che gli manca dalla morte del marito Marc: l’amore di un uomo.L’arrivo di Harry, un consulente agricolo proveniente dalla città, riuscirà a colmare quel vuoto? Basterà la perseveranza e l’ostinazione di Harry per vincere la diffidenza del più...

La Sacerdotisa del Mar es la aclamada novela en la que Dion Fortune presenta a su personaje de ficción más poderoso, Vivien Le Fay Morgan, una iniciada practicante de la Senda Hermética. Vivien tiene la capacidad de transformarse en imágenes mágicas, y aquí se convierte en Morgan Le Fay, sacerdotisa del mar de la Atlántida e hija adoptiva de Merlín. Desesperadamente enamorado de Vivien, Wilfred Maxwell trabaja a su lado en un retiro aislado junto al mar, investigando estos misterios oculto...

Un relato honesto y conmovedor de los últimos meses de la vida de Susan Sontag, escrito por su hijo.Como reportero de guerra, David Rieff ha cubierto la mayoría de los conflictos de las últimas décadas. Sin embargo, la batalla más dura que le tocó presenciar comenzó en la primavera de 2004, cuando a su madre, Susan Sontag, le fue diagnosticada una leucemia incurable que acabaría con su vida ese mismo año. Rieff narra de manera conmovedora la experiencia de estar ju...

For ten thousand years, the Voice of Mars has been a secretive, but powerful position upon the Iron Council. Yet its ambitions, first seeded during the Horus Heresy, are only now beginning to mature. Iron Father Kristos is charged with unlocking the mysterious Eldar devices known collectively as the ‘Dawnbreak Technologies.’ Before he can recover the first element from Fabris Calivant, the Eldar orchestrate a vicious greenskin invasion which descends upon the Knight World. Kristos soon rea...

Seit zehntausend Jahren war die Stimme des Mars eine geheime, doch mächtige Position im Eisernen Rat. Doch die Ambitionen, die während der Häresie des Horus gesät wurden, beginnen Wurzeln zu schlagen. Eisenvater Kristos erhält den Auftrag, die mysteriösen Apparaturen der Eldar, bekannt als die MorgenrotTechnologien, zu entschlüsseln. Noch bevor er das erste Element auf Fabris Callivant bergen kann, locken die Eldar die Grünhäute auf die KnightWelt. Doch Kristos erkennt, dass nicht nur die ...