The Edge of the Sky

2014-09-23 Science

Author : Roberto Trotta
Release : 2014-09-23
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 719/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Edge of the Sky written by Roberto Trotta. This book was released on 2014-09-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the big bang to black holes, from dark matter to dark energy, from the origins of the universe to its ultimate destiny, The Edge of the Sky tells the story of the most important discoveries and mysteries in modern cosmology—with a twist. The book’s lexicon is limited to the thousand most common words in the English language, excluding physics, energy, galaxy, or even universe. Through the eyes of a fictional scientist (Student-People) hunting for dark matter with one of the biggest telescopes (Big-Seers) on Earth (Home-World), cosmologist Roberto Trotta explores the most important ideas about our universe (All-there-is) in language simple enough for anyone to understand. A unique blend of literary experimentation and science popularization, this delightful book is a perfect gift for any aspiring astronomer. The Edge of the Sky tells the story of the universe on a human scale, and the result is out of this world.

To the Edge of the Sky

2003 China

Author : Anhua Gao
Release : 2003
Genre : China
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 629/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book To the Edge of the Sky written by Anhua Gao. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A harrowing account of a remarkable woman's life in communist China, "To the Edge of the Sky" is a tale of human courage in the face of shocking inhumanity and hardship. 45 photos.

Girl at the Edge of Sky

2019-08-27 Fiction

Author : Lilian Nattel
Release : 2019-08-27
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 044/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Girl at the Edge of Sky written by Lilian Nattel. This book was released on 2019-08-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER Girl at the Edge of Sky is a unique, thrilling, sometimes terrifying novel based on the life and death of Lily Litvyak, a female Soviet flying ace and fighter pilot shot down behind German lines in the Second World War. From the bestselling author of Web of Angels and The River Midnight. Lily Litvyak is no one's idea of a fighter pilot: a tiny, dimpled teenager with golden curls who lied about her age in order to fly. But in the crucible of the air war against the German invaders, she becomes that rare thing—a flying ace, glorified at home and around the world as the White Lily of Stalingrad. The real Lily disappeared in combat in August 1943, and the facts of her life are slim, but they have inspired Lilian Nattel's indelible portrait of a courageous young woman driven by family secrets to become an unlikely war hero. Even more powerfully, Nattel takes another big leap, asking the compelling question: what if Lily survived that last crash and became a prisoner of the Germans? Lily lives in a world of horrifying risk, where the life and death stakes are high in the air, but also on the ground. In the Soviet system, everyone is an informer, even your best friend. Lily lives in constant fear that she will be found out, arrested and executed as the daughter of an "enemy of the people." When she ends up a German prisoner, as a Soviet officer and a Jew, the need for deception becomes even more desperate. Girl at the Edge of Sky is a masterwork of the imagination, subtle and bold all at once, bringing us deep into the precarious life of a remarkable woman who lies to fight for the country that would disown her, and then lies to survive the enemy that would annihilate her.

Heir to the Sky

2016 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Amanda Sun
Release : 2016
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 910/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Heir to the Sky written by Amanda Sun. This book was released on 2016. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As heir to a kingdom of floating continents, Kali has spent her life bound by limits: by her duties as a member of the royal family, by a forced betrothal to the son of a nobleman, and by the edge of the only world she's ever knowna small island hovering above a monster-ridden earth, long since uninhabited by humans. When Kali falls off the edge of her kingdom and miraculously survives, she is shocked to discover there are still humans on the earth. Determined to get home, Kali entrusts a rugged monster-hunter named Griffin to guide her across a world overrun by chimera, storm dragons, basilisks and other terrifying creatures. But the more time she spends on earth, the more dark truths she begins to uncover about her home in the sky, and the more resolute she is to start burning for herself."--Page [4] of cover.

The Last of the Sky Pirates

2006 Children's stories

Author : Paul Stewart
Release : 2006
Genre : Children's stories
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 26X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Last of the Sky Pirates written by Paul Stewart. This book was released on 2006. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rook Barkwater Lives In The Network Of Sewer-Chambers Beneath Undertown, The Bustling Main City Of The Edgeworld. He Dreams Of Becoming A Librarian Knight - One Of Those Sent Out To Explore The Mysteries Of Their World. Somewhere Out There Lie The Secrets Of The Past - Including The Lost Floating City Of Sanctaphrax - And, Maybe, Hope For A Future Free From The Fear Of Tyranny. When His Chance Comes, Rook Grabs It! Breaking All The Rules, He Sets Out On A Journey To The Free Glades And Beyond. His Luck And Determination Lead Him From One Peril To Another Until, Buried In The Heart Of The Deepwoods, Rook Encounters A Mysterious Character - The Last Sky Pirate - And Is Thrust Into A Bold Adventure That Dares To Challenge The Might Of The Dread Guardians Of The Night-

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