Out In The World

Author : Chris Wooding
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338289350

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy meets Guardians of the Galaxy in this intergalactic middle-grade adventure by Chris Wooding. If he had it his way, Jack would spend his days drawing aliens and epic space battles. But it seems Jack's daydreams of action and adventure will remain just that: daydreams.Until his 12th birthday, that is. That's when Thomas, the annoying kid from school, stumbles upon a weird machine that sends a beam of light into the sky. Suddenly, Jack's world is turned upside down when intergalactic beings appear on Earth and try to kill him. His only hope for survival is a ragtag team of alien bounty hunters: Boston Sark, Mazzy, Dunk, and Ilara. Through his new companions, Jack learns of the mysterious Gradius Clench, a precocious superspy and the universe's most wanted kid. And he looks just like Jack! Now, the race is on to find this elusive Gradius Clench -- through fantastic landscapes, seedy pirate hideaways, and worlds Jack could only imagine -- and maybe, just maybe, figure out how Jack fits into all of this...

Author : Clive Gifford
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-27
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781606525722

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Are you baffled by the Big Bang? Curious about what it’s like to walk on the moon? Wondering if someday you might meet an alien? Dreaming of becoming an astronaut? This fun, comprehensive book is bursting with all the cool things you ever wanted to know about space. In Out of Space you will discover . . . · The Earth, the Moon, and in Between—From the birth of our planet and its fascinating blueprint to its amazing atmosphere and our nearest neighbor, the moon! · Earth's Neighborhood—From the eight planets in our solar system and the characteristics that set them apart to the mystifying facts about comets and meteoroids. · Seething Stars and Giant Galaxies—From the life of the star and its various sizes and shapes to the 200 billion that make up the Milky Way. · Stargazing—From the accounts and theories of the ancient astronomers to today’s scientists and their search for the extraterrestrial. · Exploring Space—From the first-known rockets to today’s mighty spacecraft and the famous missions that advanced our exploration. · How It All Began . . . and Might End—From scientists’ theories about the dawn of time to the fierce debate about how, when—and if—the universe may end someday.

Author : Jacob Berkowitz
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781554531981

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Are we alone in the universe? Probably not, say most scientists.

Author : Mary Swander
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781609380205

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Out of This World by Mary Swander Pdf

When a life-threatening allergic illness demanded that she eat only organically grown food, writer and professor Mary Swander built a new life in a former one-room Iowa schoolhouse in the middle of the largest Amish community west of the Mississippi. In this rich and engaging memoir, which follows the course of a farmer’s year, she writes from the well-named Fairview School to share the radical transformation of her life. From her perch in rural Kalona, Iowa, Swander discovers new strength and self-reliance along with a community of hardworking and hospitable neighbors. Raising goats and poultry, participating in barn raisings and auctions, protecting her garden from a plague of grasshoppers, creating a living crèche at Christmastime, all the while laughing at her attempts to wrestle with the pioneer challenges of midwestern winters and summers, she explores what it means to be a lone physical and spiritual homesteader at the end of the twentieth century.

Author : Allan Kelly
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781665589611

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A Birthday out of This World by Allan Kelly Pdf

This is a story of a young couple who gets talking on a dating site. They arranged to meet on there first date, which just happens to be Scott's birthday, one of the main characters of the story. He and the girl he meets, Karen, end up on a terrifying journey around the world and even out of this world .They see and do things that are out of their worst nightmares.

Author : Joe Rhatigan,Rain Newcomb
Publisher : Lark Books
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1579906753

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Out-of-this-world Astronomy by Joe Rhatigan,Rain Newcomb Pdf

With 300 fabulous images, 50 fantastic projects, and lots of fascinating scientific information, this is simply the most out-of-this world introduction to astronomy a child can have. "An excellent introduction to astronomy...outstanding background information ...Spectacular color photos and other graphics, useful charts, and graphs augment the text."--School Library Journal, starred review What are stars? Why does the moon change shape? Budding astronomers will find answers to all their questions about the night sky--and far more--in these 50 eye-opening activities. Three-hundred color photos and illustrations, some from NASA's magnificent collection, help kids soar out into the solar system and get their bearings among the stars. Youngsters will learn to use binoculars and telescopes, and how to chart their viewing highlights in a stargazing notebook. A photographic trip to the moon will inspire kids to map its many phases, calculate a person's lunar weight, and find out what happens during an eclipse. Voyaging farther out also reveals why the other planets wouldn't make a good home for humans, and will help children understand why Earth is avery special place. A Selection of the Children's Book-of-the-Month Club and the Scholastic Book Club.

Author : Rachel S. Cordasco
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780252052910

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Out of This World by Rachel S. Cordasco Pdf

The twenty-first century has witnessed an explosion of speculative fiction in translation (SFT). Rachel Cordasco examines speculative fiction published in English translation since 1960, ranging from Soviet-era fiction to the Arabic-language dystopias that emerged following the Iraq War. Individual chapters on SFT from Korean, Czech, Finnish, and eleven other source languages feature an introduction by an expert in the language's speculative fiction tradition and its present-day output. Cordasco then breaks down each chapter by subgenre--including science fiction, fantasy, and horror--to guide readers toward the kinds of works that most interest them. Her discussion of available SFT stands alongside an analysis of how various subgenres emerged and developed in a given language. She also examines the reasons a given subgenre has been translated into English. An informative and one-of-a-kind guide, Out of This World offers readers and scholars alike a tour of speculative fiction's new globalized era.

Author : I.P. Couliano
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2001-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781570626500

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Out of This World by I.P. Couliano Pdf

This book takes the reader on a fantastic journey through a wide range of cultures and traditions to examine the phenomenon of ecstatic visionary experiences—from Sumerian Gilgamesh and the Taoist Immortals to the imaginative fiction of Jorge Luis Borges. The author provides a comprehensive tour of otherworldly journeys common from immemorial times among shamans, magicians, and witches, and illustrates their connection with such modern phenomena as altered states of consciousness, out-of-body experiences, and near-death experiences.

Author : Neil Miller
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307767240

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Out in the World by Neil Miller Pdf

A journalistic account of gay and lesbian life in the diverse gay communities of Thailand, Germany, Argentina, South Africa, Australia, and other locales, sheds light on the cultural, political, and social factors influencing gay life.

Author : Michael Fitzgerald Page,Robert R. Ingpen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Geographical myths
ISBN : 0947116877

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Out of this World by Michael Fitzgerald Page,Robert R. Ingpen Pdf

Author : World Book, Inc
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08
Category : Brain
ISBN : 0716640600

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Zac Newton Investigates Bodies and Brains by World Book, Inc Pdf

"A group of children learn about the human body through visits with Wilhelm Roentgen, Edward Jenner, Leonardo da Vinci, Rosalind Franklin, and Watson and Crick"--

Author : Graham Swift
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781447206163

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Out of This World by Graham Swift Pdf

In 1972, Robert Beech, First World War survivor and present-day armaments maker, is killed by a car bomb. The event breaks the career of his son Harry, a news photographer, and comes close to destroying his granddaughter Sophie. Ten years later, the Falklands War has begun and both Harry, now working as an aerial photographer, and Sophie, visiting an analyst in New York, are haunted by a past that has scarred and divided them. ‘As tense as a thriller . . . a powerful and exciting book that raises uncomfortable political questions’ The Times ‘It appeals to the emotions, the intellect and the imagination, and its elegance is as durable as Greek art . . . a novel for those who still believe in the importance of fiction, indeed of art’ Scotsman ‘The novel succeeds brilliantly. The impression is of having been shown all the majesty as well as the emotional complexity of history’ Time Out ‘Not a book the reader is likely to forget, Out of this World deserves to be ranked at the forefront of contemporary literature’ New York Times Book Review ‘Brilliant clarity and depth’ Mail on Sunday

Author : Peter Hallward
Publisher : Verso
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1844670791

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A controversial critique of an iconic philosopher.

Author : Neville Goddard
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781787208568

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Out of This World by Neville Goddard Pdf

First published in 1949, this spiritual classic by Neville Goddard captures the same intensity of thought and conviction which made Goddard famous amongst progressive thinkers. In this volume we see not only a profound religious feeling, but also a sense of the dignity and responsibility of human life. Our own feeling about the results of his experiments as a whole is that they are not just an addition to our existing knowledge, but require a revolution in our whole way of thinking about the world. A wonderful read!

Author : Kelly Oxford
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-18
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780062322791

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When You Find Out the World Is Against You by Kelly Oxford Pdf

“Kelly is part geek, part freak. When You Find Out The World Is Against You shows us ourselves: our sensitivities, our awkward moments, our strange desires. She takes us through summer camp, dating, rape culture, Trump, death . . . Kelly Oxford c’est moi.” — James Franco “Two things I’m grateful for: how imperfect Kelly Oxford is at life and decision-making, and how terrific she is at writing about what a goddamn mess she is.” — Patton Oswalt “Kelly Oxford’s writing is hilarious and fearless. She’s the badass Canadian sister I never had.” — Mindy Kaling “I have worshipped the mind of Kelly Oxford for eons. Kelly Oxford’s concise, whip-smart observations feel eerily universal. When You Find Out the World is Against You shows that there is something to be learned from even the most absurd or devastating moments of life.” — Jill Soloway “Kelly Oxford is a beautiful writer. She finds beauty in the mundane and humor in everyday eccentricities. She is our present-day, funny Joan Didion.” — Gia Coppola