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1) Black Holes
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Welcome, Agent 359. This file is full of top-secret information about black holes. Learn the basics of how black holes form, their different sizes, and how they were found. Then, discover what scientists are learning about them now. What will you do with our new knowledge? Good luck and remember these are top secret space files!
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Saving an alien planet is nothing compared to meeting your sales quota.
Marcus Aimond, untrained tag-along aboard humanity's first intergalactic exploratory commerce vessel, has a singular mission: sell off-brand misprinted merchandise.
When the rookie and his crew encounter the Nerelkor, a frog-like civilization, he is thrust head-first into an alien civil war. The opposing factions, Rejault and Dinasc, are stuck in an ill-fated feud driven by...
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"A Brief Guide to Black Holes" is an engaging and educational book specifically designed for children. The book discusses the topic of black holes in a simple and straightforward manner suitable for 8-year-old children. What makes this book unique is that it is written by the young author Eyad Abi Kamal Elgizouli, who has a passion and interest in the field of science.The book presents the concept of black holes in an exciting and captivating way...
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The International Bestseller
On April 10, 2019, award-winning astrophysicist Heino Falcke presented the first image ever captured of a black hole at an international press conference-a turning point in astronomy that Science magazine called the scientific breakthrough of the year. That photo was captured with the unthinkable commitment of an intercontinental team of astronomers who transformed the world into a global telescope. While this image achieved...
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Albert Einstein did nothing of note on May 29, 1919, yet that is when he became immortal. On that day, astronomer Arthur Eddington and his team observed a solar eclipse and found something extraordinary: gravity bends light, just as Einstein predicted. The finding confirmed the theory of general relativity, fundamentally changing our understanding of space and time. A century later, the Event Horizon Telescope examined the space surrounding Sagittarius...
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One of the most unusual literary innovations ever produced, A Life Full of Holes is the result of a singular collaboration between two remarkable individuals: Driss ben Hamed Charhadi, an illiterate North African servant and street vendor, and legendary American novelist and essayist Paul Bowles. The powerful story of a shepherd and petty trafficker struggling to maintain hope as he wrestles with the grim realities of daily life, it is the first novel...
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Following the success of Go the F**k to Sleep, Confessions of a Scary Mommy, and Ketchup Is a Vegetable, a collection of funny, warm, and charmingly profane tales from the frontlines of parenthood by the author of the popular Baby Sideburns blog.
Once upon a time you and your partner had a perfect life: dinners out, weekend mornings cuddling in bed, brunch with friends. Then you gave birth to a poop machine (or two). Now, it's all about the pediatrician,...
9) Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be A-Holes: Unfiltered Advice on How to Raise Awesome Kids
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Do you ever feel like you're failing miserably at parenting? Do your kids keep acting like douchenuggets no matter what you do? Then this book is for you.
From the creator of Baby Sideburns and I Heart My Little A-Holes (and the creator of two kids who once were little a-holes but are slowly turning into awesome human beings), Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be A-Holes is a hilariously honest parenting guide written by a regular mom who...
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Saving an alien planet is nothing compared to meeting your sales quota.
Untrained tag-along, Marcus Aimond, aboard humanity's first intergalactic exploratory commerce vessel has a singular mission: sell off-brand misprinted merchandise.
When the rookie and his crew encounter the Nerelkor, a frog-like civilization, he is thrust head-first into an alien civil war. The opposing factions, Rejault and Dinasc, are stuck in an ill-fated feud driven by...
11) Bullet Hole
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In the world of championship golf, the stakes are high and passions run to match. And never more so than at the British Open Championship, particularly when it is played at Saint Andrews, venerable home of the game.
For Alan Saxon, too long ago a champion and once again in top form, this is a crucial tournament, and he must carefully prepare himself. But his ritual is rudely interrupted by the appearance of a young, pretty golf groupie who starts...
12) Holed Up
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An FBI agent with an attitude about his assignment. A civilian witness to a terrorist plan in need of protection. A mole within the FBI ranks that endangers them both.Civilian Mark Beecher overheard portions of a terrorist plot and is in need of protection. What FBI Special Agent Aaron Pearce thinks will be a simple babysitting job ends up more dangerous and life changing than he could have ever anticipated when an informant within the Detroit FBI...
13) Priest Hole
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Dark family secrets in an ancient Cornish manor house create a spooky mystery for Reverend Jeremy Swanson to investigate during Lockdown 2020. "We simply must get into that priest hole," declared Jeremy.Cornwall during the darkest days of Lockdown 2020. Families are isolated from loved ones, social life is in abeyance, and a strange, abnormal quiet prevails, but at Tresayne, an ancient manor house on the edge of Bodmin Moor, secrets emerge that will...
14) The Grief Hole
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Winner, Best Horror Novel, 2016 Aurealis AwardsWinner, Best Novel, 2016 Shadow AwardsWinner, Best Novel, 2016 Ditmar Awards There are many grief holes. There's the grief hole you fall into when a loved one dies. There's another grief hole in all of us; small or large, it determines how much we want to live. And there are the geographical grief holes, the buildings that attract sorrow and loss and are filled with ghosts. Theresa sees these ghosts better...
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Eternity, an enigmatic and boundless concept that possesses the power to twist fate and defy human understanding, weighs heavily upon the fragile fabric of existence. It lingers on the outskirts of our consciousness like a shadowy specter, whispering secrets too profound for mere mortal comprehension. True destiny is entwined within its ethereal embrace, as it weaves intricate webs of causality that extend far beyond our limited perception. Yet, in...
16) The Deep Hole
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Franz Laurenz does a deal with Pope Peter II to save the life of his daughter. The pope has found out where the mysterious wooden box is hidden and has sent Maria there to find it. Brother Anselmo successfully hacks into Seth's CCTV surveillance system allowing Franz Laurenz to watch powerlessly as Peter and Nicholas meet their fate in Area 23. APOCALYPSIS is a serial novel designed and developed for digital devices.
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When Miriam wakes up after a wild night out, the last thing she expects to find is a dead body with a hole in its head next to her. As a recent ex-convict, the last thing she needs is to be framed for murder. But with the cops on her tail and the bodies piling up in the city, Miriam finds herself on the run for her freedom – and the medication she needs to stay alive. Hole in the Head Freak is a gripping sci-fi crime story that will keep you on...
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Love waits patiently. Hate lingers in the cold. The way home takes Ignatz through thigh-deep snow, but he doesn't hesitate. Aunt Ruth would be waiting. She was always waiting with her bitter comments and scathing glares. He would have preferred to go in the other direction, back to town and then onwards to freedom, but he'd made a promise and Ignatz would keep it no matter what. Except night will bring death with it and Ignatz is too far away to reach...
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The dome keeps the colony safe. Life on the planet isn't possible outside of the dome. Or at least, that's what thirteen-year-old Flossy has always been told. But one day, within the raging storms on the other side of the clear wall, she notices lights glimmering in the distance. Figures seem to move through the dusty red landscape. Now Flossy has to ask-what really lies beyond the dome?
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