The current work, entitled, Moonslide, is third novel written by Robert Linhardt. The story is set on the first permanent manned lunar base in the not-so-distant year of 2046. In this remote environment seven astronauts closely interact with one another as they establish this new and distant outpost for humanity. On the moon they encounter both expected and unexpected challenges. The diverse character and technical skills of the carefully selected crew of astronauts are required to meet th...

This is the second book in the series entitled The Failed Experiment. The first book, a novella entitled Four Legs Good, was published in 2024. Set in the present and just five years in the future, a complex experiment was undertaken that should not have been carried out. The body of this book gives us the details of this failed experiment and its immediate outcome. The story is set at a large Midwestern university. This book contains an epilogue that briefly describes the long-term implic...

This book, Time Stops, was written a follow up to Linhardt's 2021 memoir, Time, the Essence of a Man. Much has occurred in the brief period since his first book was published including a personal diagnosis of terminal spinal cancer, a pandemic, the fallout from a failed U.S. presidency and an insurrection. These remarkable personal and national occurrences, in addition to international events including breakeven nuclear fusion, remarkable advances in artificial intelligence, and climate di...

Some scientific experiments, such as Einstein's Gedankenexperiment, cannot be carried out in the real world, others like the one in this story, should not be carried out in the real world. A flawed set of scientific experiments performed in 2024 causes a breakdown in the barrier between humans and a neighboring species. These experiments rely on the Nobel Prize winning molecular biology technique known as CRISPR, surgical intervention, and the use of artificial intelligence. The science de...

The chemistry, biochemistry and pharmacology of heparin and heparan sulfate have been and continue to be a major scientific undertaking - heparin and its derivative remain important drugs in clinical practice. Chemistry and Biology of Heparin and Heparan Sulfate provides readers with an insight into the chemistry, biology and clinical applications of heparin and heparan sulfate and examines their function in various physiological and pathological conditions. Providing a wealth of useful in...

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." William J. Casey (former director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1981 to 1987)Almost everything you think you know about the world is a deception designed to better manage you. "Manmade" climate change and COVID-19 are health and climate false flag emergencies created to invoke premeditated and criminal power grabbing laws passed long ago by our sold-out poli...

This book's title, No Straight Road Takes You There, is an evocation and a declaration. Highways tend to be built across the easy routes and flat places, or the landscape is cleared away - logged, graded, levelled, tunnelled through - but to stick to these roads is to miss what else is out there. In her writing and activism, Rebecca Solnit has sought the pathless places in order to celebrate indirect and unpredictable consequences, and to embrace slowness and imperfection, which, ...

“The best science and nature writing—which these stories represent—reminds us of the wide world and our connection to it, and the multitude of ways we make our place in it,” writes Susan Orlean in her introduction. This year’s collection masterfully guides us through exotic locations and groundbreaking research, leading us to consider complex and utterly fascinating questions about the world. How does it feel to camp in one of the hottest places on Earth? Is the ability to recognize and re...

The Tall Book is a celebration of the tall-advantaged, which notes and explores the myriad benefits that come with living large--from the simple pleasures of being able to see over crowds at a parade, to the professional joys of earning more money, and having others perceive you as a natural leader. The Tall Book also offers well-researched explanations into the great unanswered questions of tallness, including: Why are people tall to begin with? How have tall people figu...

At the end of the 21st century, a catastrophic accident in the asteroid belt has left two surveyors dead. There is no trace of their young son, Alex Manez, or of the asteroid itself.On the outer edge of the solar system, the first manned mission to Pluto, led by the youngest female astronaut in NASA history, has led to an historic discovery: there is a marker left there by an alien race for humankind to find. We are not alone!While studying the alien marker, it begins to re...

**“Start here, and then go about the work of imagining the world anew.” —Arimeta Diop, Vanity FairIn this revelatory work, Ruha Benjamin calls on us to take imagination seriously as a site of struggle and a place of possibility for reshaping the future.**A world without prisons? Ridiculous. Schools that foster the genius of every child? Impossible. Work that doesn’t strangle the life out of people? Naive. A society where everyone has food, shelter, love? In your dr...

Curious George embarks on an out-of-this world adventure and lends some helping hands—and feet—to save the space station astronauts.George is thrilled to visit the Space Center to help Professor Pizza and Professor Einstein. First up, he's making a special delivery to the international space station. Then it's time to help solve a problem with the Mars rover, and George dreams of going where no monkey (or human) has gone before—Mars! Join George on an exciting journ...