Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Georgia

What do humans need to survive? Are these things available on any other planet? Readers explore our solar system and help search for new planets we could inhabit in this high-interest, informative book. Readers will learn about space exploration and what we need to survive in space, and discover if there are any other types of life on faraway planets. Simple diagrams help explain the text, while hands-on science projects let readers create their own exciting experiments for an insightful yet fun reading experience.

Could We Survive on Other Planets?

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Maura Milan

Nebraska

Ignite the Stars

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#fiction #scifi #paperback #orsonscottcard #endersgame #sciencefiction #science #bestseller #space #earthfall 

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Pennsylvania

Earthfall

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Alexandra Monir

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

New Jersey

Set in the near future, this action-packed YA novel—already optioned by Sony Pictures—will take readers out of this world and on a quest to become one of six teens sent on a mission to Jupiter’s moon. This is the next must-read for fans of Illuminae and The Martian. When Leo and Naomi are drafted, along with twenty-two of the world’s brightest teenagers, into the International Space Training Camp, their lives are forever changed. Overnight, they become global celebrities in contention for one of the six slots to travel to Europa—Jupiter’s moon—and establish a new colony, leaving their planet forever. With Earth irreparably damaged, the future of the human race rests on their shoulders. For Leo, an Italian championship swimmer, this kind of purpose is a reason to go on after losing his family. But Naomi, an Iranian-American science genius, is suspicious of the ISTC and the fact that a similar mission failed under mysterious circumstances, killing the astronauts onboard. She fears something equally sinister awaiting the Final Six beneath Europa’s surface. In this cutthroat atmosphere, surrounded by strangers from around the world, Naomi finds an unexpected friend in Leo. As the training tests their limits, Naomi and Leo’s relationship deepens with each life-altering experience they encounter. But it’s only when the finalists become fewer and their destinies grow nearer that the two can fathom the full weight of everything at stake: the world, the stars, and their lives.

The Final Six

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Jonathan Maberry

Louisiana

"A teenage boy leaves for Mars as a colonist with the Mars One space program and grapples with what he's leaving behind to do so"--

Mars One

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James Foley

Texas

Stella wants to be an astronaut ... but Stella is an elephant. Every time she applies to Space Command, they come up with a new reason she can't join. But where there's a will, there's a way and Stella is determined to reach for the stars.

Stellarphant

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Virginia

 A Fresh Look at Extraordinary Mars

Red Planet

Moiya McTier

Ohio

An Autobiography of Our Galaxy

Astrophysicist and folklorist Dr. Moiya McTier channels The Milky Way in this approachable and utterly fascinating autobiography of the titular galaxy, detailing what humans have discovered about everything from its formation to its eventual death, and what more there is to learn about this galaxy we call home.



After a few billion years of bearing witness to life on Earth, of watching one hundred billion humans go about their day-to-day lives, of feeling unbelievably lonely, and of hearing its own story told by others, The Milky Way would like a chance to speak for itself. All one hundred billion stars and fifty undecillion tons of gas of it.



It all began some thirteen billion years ago, when clouds of gas scattered through the universe's primordial plasma just could not keep their metaphorical hands off each other. They succumbed to their gravitational attraction, and the galaxy we know as the Milky Way was born. Since then, the galaxy has watched as dark energy pushed away its first friends, as humans mythologized its name and purpose, and as galactic archaeologists have worked to determine its true age (rude). The Milky Way has absorbed supermassive (an actual technical term) black holes, made enemies of a few galactic neighbors, and mourned the deaths of countless stars. Our home galaxy has even fallen in love.



After all this time, the Milky Way finally feels that it's amassed enough experience for the juicy tell-all we've all been waiting for. Its fascinating autobiography recounts the history and future of the universe in accessible but scientific detail, presenting a summary of human astronomical knowledge thus far that is unquestionably out of this world.

The Milky Way

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Kim Stanley Robinson

Tennessee

IT IS THIRTY YEARS FROM NOW, AND WE HAVE COLONIZED THE MOON. American Fred Fredericks is making his first trip, his purpose to install a communications system for China's Lunar Science Foundation. But hours after his arrival he witnesses a murder and is forced into hiding. It is also the first visit for celebrity travel reporter Ta Shu. He has contacts and influence, but he too will find that the moon can be a perilous place for any traveler. Finally, there is Chan Qi. She is the daughter of the Minister of Finance, and without doubt a person of interest to those in power. She is on the moon for reasons of her own, but when she attempts to return to China, in secret, the events that unfold will change everything - on the moon, and on Earth. RED MOON is a magnificent novel of space exploration and political revolution from New York Times bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson. For more from Kim Stanley Robinson, check out: New York 21402312AuroraShaman

Red Moon

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Michigan

Jason has acquired the Straylight Gambit, the most technologically advanced ship in the galaxy. Unlucky for him though, it is also one of the most wanted ships too. Join the crew of the Straylight Gambit in a non-stop adventure as they work together to keep the ship flying, acquire clients, fight pirates and an overbearing government, and just try to maintain relationships for the well-being of the crew.

Straylight Gambit

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Brian Greene

Illinois

Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality

A foremost string theorist discusses such topics as Newton's perspectives on space, Einstein's fusion of space and time, and recent breakthroughs on multidimensional universe theory.

The Fabric of the Cosmos

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#paperback #moonshot #nonfiction #science #history #moonlanding #moon #space #astronaut ￼

John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race

In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, New York Times bestselling author and historian Douglas Brinkley delivers a young readers' edition of a story rooted in heroism, bravery, and patriotism: America's race to the moon.

July 20, 1969. It's a day that has earned a spot in history. It's the day that America was the first nation to succeed in sending two astronauts--Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong--to the moon.

But what led to this unforgettable event? What were the stakes riding on the Apollo 11's safe landing? In acclaimed author Douglas Brinkley's first young readers' edition, space fans will get the riveting and factual backstory of arguably the most significant achievement of the 20th century.

American Moonshot Young Readers' Edition

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Mike Goldsmith

New Mexico

This intergalactic travelogue takes space lovers where they have never gone before. They visit Mars, disappear inside a black hole, dodge asteroids, and speculate on the future of human endeavors in space, all without leaving their chairs. With links to the best space-related information on the Internet, Navigators: Stars & Planets - by Dr. Mike Goldsmith, illustrated by Chris Moore - is a blast!

Stars and Planets

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Stephen Hawking

Lucy Hawking

North Carolina

George and Annie must travel further into space than ever before in order to prevent all computers from being hacked.

George and the Unbreakable Code

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Penny Clarke

New York

Penny Clarke comprehensively covers the exploration of space from the very earliest rockets, through the experimental flights of the 1950s and 1960s and speculates over the future of space travel.

Adventures in the Real World: The Story of the Exploration of Spaceo

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#hardcover #fiction #youngadult #scifi #illuminaefiles #series #ya #sciencefiction #space #romance 

Massachusetts

The electrifying conclusion to the "New York Times"-bestselling series that began in "Illuminae" and continues in "Gemina." With time running out, a final battle will be waged on land and in space, heroes will fall, and hearts will be broken.

Obsidio

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#paperback #space #dk #science #outerspace #kids #homeschool #classroom #reference #children 

Oregon

A world of knowledge at your child's fingertips! Absolutely bursting with thousands of fascinating facts, Backpack Books are small enough to carry with ease, but big enough to provide all the answers. Researched and written by experts, topics are covered in encyclopedic and easy-to-understand detail. Hundreds of colorful illustrations and photographs bring knowledge to life, and are arranged clearly and logically to make finding out quick and easy for readers of all ages.

1,001 Facts about Space

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H. G. Wells

Missouri

With an Introduction by Orson Scott Card

The innovative science-fiction story about the possibilities of intelligent life on distant planets follows an English astronomer, in company with an artilleryman, a country curate, and others, as they struggle to survive the invasion of Earth by Martians in 1894. Reprint.

Scholastic Classics: the War of the Worlds

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Utah

From a stunning new voice in hard science fiction comes the thrilling story of one woman’s quest to wrest truth from chaos, love from violence, and reality from illusion in a post-human universe of emergent AIs, genetic constructs, and illegal wetware. . . . UN Peacekeeper Major Catherine Li has made thirty-seven faster-than-light jumps in her lifetime—and has probably forgotten more than most people remember. But that’s what backup hard drives are for. And Li should know; she’s been hacking her memory for fifteen years in order to pass as human. But no memory upgrade can prepare Li for what she finds on Compson’s World: a mining colony she once called home and to which she is sent after a botched raid puts her on the bad side of the powers that be. A dead physicist who just happens to be her cloned twin. A missing dataset that could change the interstellar balance of power and turn a cold war hot. And a mining “accident” that is starting to look more and more like murder. . . . Suddenly Li is chasing a killer in an alien world miles underground where everyone has a secret. And one wrong turn in streamspace, one misstep in the dark alleys of blackmarket tech and interstellar espionage, one risky hookup with an AI could literally blow her mind.

Spin State

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Meg Howrey

"In an age of space exploration, we search to find ourselves. In four years Prime Space will put the first humans on Mars. Helen Kane, Yoshi Tanaka, and Sergei Kuznetsov must prove they're the crew for the job by spending seventeen months in the most realistic simulation ever created. Retired from NASA, Helen had not trained for irrelevance. It is nobody's fault that the best of her exists in space, but her daughter can't help placing blame. The MarsNOW mission is Helen's last chance to return to the only place she's ever truly felt at home. For Yoshi, it's an opportunity to prove himself worthy of the wife he has loved absolutely, if not quite rightly. Sergei is willing to spend seventeen months in a tin can if it means travelling to Mars. He will at least be tested past the point of exhaustion, and this is the example he will set for his sons. As the days turn into months the line between what is real and unreal becomes blurred, and the astronauts learn that the complications of inner space are no less fraught than those of outer space."--

The Wanderers

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Book in amazing condition for being an ex-library book! 

New Hampshire

Nyxia Unleashed

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Amie Kaufman

Jay Kristoff

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Maryland

"The planet Kerenza is attacked, and Kady and Ezra find themselves on a space fleet fleeing the enemy, while their ship's artificial intelligence system and a deadly plague may be the end of them all"--

Illuminae

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Epic Fails The Race to Space Countdown To Liftoff

Already a renowned chronicler of the epic events of world history, James A. Michener tackles the most ambitious subject of his career: space, the last great frontier. This astounding novel brings to life the dreams and daring of countless men and women--people like Stanley Mott, the engineer whose irrepressible drive for knowledge places him at the center of the American exploration effort; Norman Grant, the war hero and U.S. senator who takes his personal battle not only to a nation, but to the heavens; Dieter Kolff, a German rocket scientist who once worked for the Nazis; Randy Claggett, the astronaut who meets his destiny on a mission to the far side of the moon; and Cynthia Rhee, the reporter whose determined crusade brings their story to a breathless world.
Praise for "Space"
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"A master storyteller . . . Michener, by any standards, is a phenomenon. "Space "is one of his best books."--"The Wall Street Journal"
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"A novel of very high adventure . . . a sympathetic, historically sound treatment of an important human endeavor that someday could be the stuff of myth, told here with gripping effect."--"The New York Times Book Review"
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""Space "is everything that Michener fans have come to expect. Without question, the space program's dramatic dimensions provide the stuff of great fiction."--"BusinessWeek"
"Michener is eloquent in describing the actual flights into space, as well as the blazing, apocalyptic re-entry of the shuttle into earth's atmosphere."--"The New York Times"

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