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The Essential Ellison: A 50 Year Retrospective by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsHarlan Ellison is probably best known as a script writer for sci-fi and fantasy movies and TV series such as the original Outer Limits, The Hunger, Logan's Run, and Babylon Five. But his range is much broader than that, encompassing stories, novels, essays, reviews, reminiscences, plays, even fake autobiographies... -
Twister Trouble by Anne Schreiber, Joanna Cole
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe kids in Ms. Frizzle's class are getting ready for the Wild Weather Show. To prepare, they take a field trip to the Weatherama Amusement Park. The class finds out just how wild weather can be when they accidentally fly right into a powerful tornado... -
প্রোফেসর শঙ্কু by Satyajit Ray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsপ্রফেসর শঙ্কু সিরিজের প্রথম এই বইটি নয়টি গল্প রয়েছে- ১. ব্যোমযাত্রীর ডায়রি (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৬১ সনের সেপ্টেম্বর-নভেম্বর সংখ্যায়)২. প্রফেসর শঙ্কু ও হাড় (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৬৪ সনের জানুয়ারি সংখ্যায়)৩. প্রফেসর শঙ্কু ও ম্যাকাও (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৬৪ সনের শারদীয় সংখ্যায়)৪... -
Trapped in a Video Game: The Complete Series by Dustin Brady
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFive books in one box! With nonstop action, huge plot twists, and tons of humor, this series will quickly have your 7- to 12-year-old video game fan begging for just one more chapter.Getting sucked into a video game is not as much fun as you'd think... -
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What Should Danny Do? by Adir Levy, Ganit Levy
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"Danny is a real-life superhero in training, learning about his most important super power of all: 'the power to choose.' In this book, YOU decide how the story will end by making choices for Danny... -
The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club by Bertrand R. Brinley
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA secret cavern becomes the perfect spot to restore a midget submarine, bank robbers must be apprehended, a flying sorcerer looms over Mammoth Falls and that's just the beginning of five more mad, mad MAD adventures!! This is book three in the Mad Scientists' Club series... -
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II A by Ben Bova, C.M. Kornbluth
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsEleven Classic Novellas by the most honored authors of science fiction:This volume is the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas between 1929 to 1964 and contains eleven great classics. There is no better anthology that captures the birth of science fiction as a literary field... -
Five Great Novels (The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Martian Time-Slip, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Ubik, A Scanner Darkly) by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn omnibus volume of five of the best novels by 'the most consistently brilliant SF writer in the world' (John Brunner). Dick's tales of twisted perceptions and false realities have shaped modern SF and provided the inspiration for numerous blockbuster movies.'For everyone lost in the endlessly multiplicating realities of the modern world, remember: Philip K... -
Трудно быть богом. За миллиард лет до конца света. Улитка на склоне. Пикник на обочине by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsНа планете, живущей по средневековым законам, работают наблюдатели-земляне. Они здесь, чтобы понять механизмы развития общества, и не имеют права вмешиваться в исторический процесс. Главный герой повести – благородный дон Румата, он же Антон – ученый из Института экспериментальной истории. А вокруг – грубый и мрачный мир Средневековья... -
শঙ্কু একাই ১০০ by Satyajit Ray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsপ্রফেসর শঙ্কু সিরিজের ষষ্ঠ এই বইটিতে রয়েছে ৪টি গল্প -১. মহাকাশের দূত (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় আনন্দমেলা পত্রিকার ১৯৭৯ সনের শারদীয় সংখ্যায়)২. শঙ্কুর কঙ্গো অভিযান (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় আনন্দমেলা পত্রিকার ১৯৮১ সনের শারদীয় সংখ্যায়)৩. নকুড়বাবু ও এল ডোরাডো (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় আনন্দমেলা পত্রিকার ১৯৮০ সনের শারদীয় সংখ্যায়)৪. প্রফেসর শঙ্কু ও ইউ.এফও... -
সেলাম প্রোফেসর শঙ্কু by Satyajit Ray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsপ্রফেসর শঙ্কু সিরিজের অষ্টম ও শেষ এই বইটিতে রয়েছে ৭টি গল্প১. নেফ্রুদেৎ এর সমাধি (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৮৬ সনের শারদীয় সংখ্যায়)২. ডাক্তার দানিয়ালের আবিস্কার (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৮৮ সনের শারদীয় সংখ্যায়)৩. শঙ্কু ও ফ্রাঙ্কেনস্টাইন (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় আনন্দমেলা পত্রিকার ১৯৮৮ সনের শারদীয় সংখ্যায়)৪... -
স্বয়ং প্রফেসর শঙ্কু by Satyajit Ray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsপ্রফেসর শঙ্কু সিরিজের পঞ্চম এই বইটিতে রয়েছে ৩টি গল্প -১. মানরো দ্বীপের রহস্য (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় আনন্দমেলা পত্রিকার ১৯৭৭ সনের শারদীয় সংখ্যায়)২. কম্পু (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় আনন্দমেলা পত্রিকার ১৯৭৮ সনের শারদীয় সংখ্যায়)৩... -
The Wump World by Bill Peet
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe Pollutians invade the Wump World and turn the green meadows into a concrete jungle... -
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: Nebula Winners 1965-1969 by Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Silverberg
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Nebula Award Winners for Best Novella, Best Novelet, and Best Short Story for the years 1965 - 1969 inclusive... -
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The Art of Star Trek by Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the public's first glimpse of the original Starship "Enterprise" to the brave new worlds explored in Star Trek: Voyager, the never-ending phenomenon that is Star Trek has treated generations of viewers to a dazzling barrage of unforgettable images of the future... -
Star Wars: A New Hope by Geof Smith
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe epic space saga, Star Wars: A New Hope, is retold in the Little Golden Book format! Luke Skywalker begins a journey that will change the galaxy, as he leaves his home planet, battles the evil Empire, and learns the ways of the Force... -
পুনশ্চ প্রোফেসর শঙ্কু by Satyajit Ray
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsপ্রফেসর শঙ্কু সিরিজের সপ্তম এই বইটিতে রয়েছে ৪টি গল্প -১. আশ্চর্জন্তু২. শঙ্কু ও আদিম মানুষ৩. শঙ্কু পরলোকচর্চা৪... -
মহাসংকটে শঙ্কু by Satyajit Ray
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsপ্রফেসর শঙ্কু সিরিজের চতুর্থ এই বইটিতে রয়েছে ৩টি গল্প -১. শঙ্কুর শনির দশা (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় আনন্দমেলা পত্রিকার ১৯৭৬ সনের শারদীয় সংখ্যায়)২. শঙ্কুর সুবর্ণ সুযোগ (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৭৭ সনের মে-জুন সংখ্যায়)৩... -
The Big Kerplop!: The Original Adventure of the Mad Scientists' Club by Bertrand R. Brinley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe whine of jet engines thunders from above as the giant Air Force bomber makes its approach to Westport Field. Suddenly, the citizens of Mammoth Falls are startled to see the bomb bay doors open and an object drop down, down, directly into Strawberry lake... -
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith - The Visual Dictionary by James Luceno
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Barnes & Noble ReviewFrom Anakin Skywalker to Yoda, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith -- The Visual Dictionary includes a plethora of pictures and diagrams that describe and explain every minute detail of the important characters and creatures from the Star Wars: Episode III motion picture. With more than 30 characters featured -- Count Dooku, Padme Amidala, Mace Windu, Darth Sidious, et al... -
The Past Through Tomorrow: Vol. 2 by Robert A. Heinlein
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHere, in volume two of two volumes, are the other half of the stories, novelettes and novellas which make up Heinlein's famous Future History -- the rich, imaginative architecture of Man's destiny that many consider his greatest and most prophetic work. Heinlein wrote most of the Future History stories early in his career, between 1939 and 1941 and between 1945 and 1950... -
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Great Illustrated Classics) by Malvina G. Vogel, Jules Verne
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsUnderwater Adventure! Professor Aronnax sets off in search of a giant sea monster, only to find the monster is really a steel-plated submarine. Captured by the mysterious Captain Nemo, Aronnax witnesses the exploration of the Nautilus, the remarkable submarine Nemo has invented. But Aronnax comes to learn that Nemo is near insanity and must escape...Categorized as:
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The Amphibian by Alexander Belyaev
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Amphibian will throw you back to a time when skin and deep-sea diving had not yet made the Silent World begin yielding up its secrets on a really big scale, as aqualung and snorkel are doing today, and present to you Alexander Belayev's 1928 prevision of the ocean mastered by mankind. Sea-devil has appeared in the Rio de la Plata... -
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Three Complete Books: The Secret Garden / A Little Princess / Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsPresenting three endearing favorites in classic children's literature, a Burnett anthology follows the stories of the contrary and curious Mary, the wise and brave Sarah, and the lovable young Lord Fauntleroy...Categorized as:
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Star Wars: The Story of Darth Vader by Catherine Saunders
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings[DK Readers Level 3]With a fresh new look and added content, DK Reader Level 3: Star Wars®: The Story of Darth Vader follows the life of one of the greatest villains as he rises to power.Level 3 is for children able to read on their own. The stories are exciting and captivating in order to develop the child's own desire to read... -
The Diary of a Space Traveller and other Stories: Puffin Classics by Satyajit Ray, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt all began with the fall of a meteorite and the crater it made. In its centre was a red notebook, sticking out of the ground—the first (or was it really the last?) of Professor Shonku’s diaries... -
Arthur C. Clarke: 2001/A Space Odyssey, The City And The Stars, The Deep Range, A Fall Of Moondust, Rendevous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
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Fire-Hunter by Jim Kjelgaard
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Fire-Hunter is the story of Hawk, a pre-historic man who is banished from his tribe for breaking the tribal law by inventing a spear-launching tool. He is left behind with Willow, an injured young woman abandoned by the tribe because of her inability to travel in the nomadic lifestyle they employ... -
Star Wars OBI-123: A Book of Numbers by Calliope Glass, Caitlin Kennedy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsONE, TWO, THREE, FOURCounting with Star Wars is hardly a chore!From the chosen ONE to a transport of TWENTYThis book is full of numbers aplenty!So, Padawans, prepare, get ready, get setFor a numerical lesson you'll never... -
The Star Trek Compendium by Allan Asherman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHere is the essential fans' guidebook to the Star Trek universe--including material from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. This compendium features a complete show-by-show guide to the original series as well as the movies and animated shows, including plot summaries, fascinating behind-the-scenes information, and credits. 125 photos... -
Literary Companion Series: One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest by Lawrence Kappel
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKen Kesey's stream of consciousness description of patients in a mental institution questions the line between sanity and madness. Essays include discussion of the psychological implications in the novel as well as themes and character analysis... -
Unicorn Expedition and other Stories by Satyajit Ray
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsProfessor Shonku cannot dismiss without proof the possibility that unicorns do exist somewhere on earth. In fact Charles Willard a fellow scientist claimed to have actually seen them in Tibet but unfortunately died shortly afterwards. So when Shonku learns that another expedition is starting off for Tibet he jumps at the opportunity to trace Willard's route and find the unicorns... -
The Time Machine by Chris Sasaki, H.G. Wells
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIllus. in black-and-white. When a turn-of-the-century scientist travels into the distant future in his time machine, he expects to find progress and superior people. But instead he discovers a world in decay. Reading level: 2.4...Categorized as:
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Star Wars: Return of the Jedi by Geof Smith
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe epic space saga, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, is finally retold in the iconic Little Golden Book format! Luke Skywalker heads a mission to rescue Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, and faces Darth Vader one last time... -
Russian Stories/Русские Рассказы: A Dual-Language Book by Gleb Struve
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwelve superb tales by Chekhov, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Bunin, other masters. Excellent word-for-word English translations on facing pages. Also teaching and practice aids, Russian-English vocabulary, biographical/critical introductions to each selection, study questions, more. Especially helpful are the stress accents in the Russian text, usually found only in primers... -
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Kathleen Olmstead, Arthur Pober
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings�Go down the crater of the volcano Snaefells. Follow the shadow just before the month of July. You will find your way to the center of the Earth. I did it.” That mysterious message, found in a long-lost letter, propels a young man and his uncle on the adventure of a lifetime: to a prehistoric world below the earth where dinosaurs and other strange creatures still roam...Categorized as:
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Collected Works (Complete Editions: The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, The Trial, ...) by Franz Kafka
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis carefully crafted ebook is formatted with a functional and detailed table of contents.Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-language writer of novels and short stories, regarded by critics as one of the most influential authors of the 20th century. Kafka strongly influenced genres such as existentialism... -
Астровитянка by Николай Горькавый
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsЕе зовут Никки. Она - Космический Маугли. Редчайший случай соединения острого ума,необьятной эрудиции, сверхскорости и сверудачливости. Никки оказалась единственной выжившей после космической катастрофы и выросла в совершенной изоляции. Она учится в самой престижной школе Солнечной системы, у самых лучщих учитетелей, у нее множество верных друзей и безжалостных врагов... -
Катастеризм by Альфина, Александра Голубева
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsНе бывает технологий, способных вернуть молодость. Не бывает чудо-лекарств, способных вылечить любую болезнь. Или бывают? Зря мы, что ли, строили будущее? В этом мире наконец-то можно позвонить на ключи, записи с видеокамер помогают распознавать потенциальных преступников, а бахилы не надевают, а напыляют. Мы нашли ответы почти на все вопросы — кроме парочки... -
Dangerous Visions 2 by Harlan Ellison, Fritz Leiber
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew Introduction (Dangerous Visions 2) • (1969) • essay by Harlan EllisonDangerous Visions 2 • (1974) • interior artwork by Diane Dillon and Leo DillonEutopia • (1967) • novelette by Poul AndersonFaith of Our Fathers • (1967) • novelette by Philip K. DickGonna Roll the Bones • (1967) • novelette by Fritz LeiberIncident in Moderan • (1967) • short story by David R... -
The Time Machine (Great Illustrated Classics) by Shirley Bogart
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe world's best-loved children's stories set in large type for easy reading... -
Classic Starts: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Lisa Church, Jules Verne
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJules Verne’s classic science fiction fantasy carries its hero—Professor Aronnax of the Museum of Paris—on a thrilling and dangerous journey far below the waves to see what creatures live in the ocean’s depths. In the process, Verne imagined a vessel that had not yet been invented: the submarine... -
Around the World in Eighty Days & Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles...Categorized as:
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This Time of Darkness by Helen Mary Hoover
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEleven-year-old Amy lives in a decaying underground city. Ignored by her mother and under surveillance by authorities because she can read, Amy reluctantly finds herself befriending Axel, a strange boy who claims to have come from a mythical place called Outside... -
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Great Illustrated Classics) by Mitsu Yamamoto, Robert Louis Stevenson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYou are walking through the streets of London. It is getting dark and you want to get home quickly. You enter a narrow side-street. Everything is quiet, but as you pass the door of a large, windowless building, you hear a key turning in the lock. A man comes out and looks at you. You have never seen him before, but you realize immediately that he hates you... -
Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Characters by Andy Mangels
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Star Wars universe is expanding faster than ever before, and Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Characters has received an exciting new face-lift–with completely updated text and more than a hundred brand new, full-color illustrations by extraordinary new artist Michael Sutfin... -
Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels by Bill Smith, Doug Chiang
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsText by W. Haden BlackmanAll new full color illustrations by Ian FullwoodFrom the beat-up landspeeders that whisk travelers between desert towns on Tatooine to Jabba the Hutt’s luxurious sail barge and the elegant Naboo Royal Starship, the vehicles and vessels in the Star Wars universe have captivated millions of delighted fans... -
Partners In Wonder by Harlan Ellison, Robert Bloch
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNo matter how many books you've read, you've never read a book like this one...because there's never been a book like this one in the history of everything. This is the first collection of collaborative stories ever created; it is unique, like the Abominable Snowperson or the Sistine Chapel ceiling...
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