by Robert Abernathy
"Strayed off again--the young idiot! If he's playing in the shallows, with this tide going out...." Pater let the sentence hang blackly. He leaned upslope as far as he could stretch, angrily scanning the shoreward reaches where light filtered more brightly down through the murky water, where the sea-surface glinted like bits of broken mirror....
Number of pages: ~ 12 pages
by Lester Del Rey
Daniel Feldman was already a doctor. He violated the rules of the hospital lobby and made a mistake to save his friend's life. Now he avoids pariah, everything, and forbids touching another patient. But there is more and more freedom on Mars. There, Doc Feldman greets the colonizers, even if they are hunted by force. However, Feldman sees himself as the main character, realizing that the Martian plague could soon destroy humanity on two planets. The war began. The world is ready to destroy the colonies of Mars. Treating the plague is the price of peace, and only Feldman can find it....
Number of pages: ~ 77 pages
by Jules Verne
They laughed at his notions of heavier-than-air flying machines. But the last laugh he had with Albatross - the most incredible flying machine ever built. Lord of the sky, Robur became a potential conqueror of the world! A fascinating satellite of 20,000 leagues under the sea, Robert the Conqueror explores many of the same topics....
Number of pages: ~ 77 pages
by Terry Carr
"Horng sat opposite the tiny, fragile creature who held a microphone, its wires attached to an interpreting machine. He blinked his huge eyes slowly, his stiff mouth fumblingly forming words of a language his race had not used for thirty thousand years. 'Kor was . . . is . . . God . . . Knowledge.' He had tried to convey this to the small creatures who had invaded his world, but they did not heed. Their ill-equipped brains were trying futilely to comprehend the ancient race memory of his people."...
Number of pages: ~ 61 pages
by C. C. MacApp
To disobey the orders of the Council of Four was unthinkable to a Space Admiral of the old school. But the trouble was, the school system had changed. A man, a fighter, an Admiral had to think for himself now, if his people were to live....
Number of pages: ~ 17 pages
by Philip K. Dick
When Ed Loyce heads to work at his TV repair shop, he is startled to find the dead body of a complete stranger hanging from a lamp post outside. But when he calls attention to the morbid display, the strange reactions of his friends and neighbours bring him to a disturbing realization....
Number of pages: ~ 16 pages
by Edgar Thurston
Edgar Thurston was a researcher who studied the zoology, ethnology and botany of India. According to the results of these studies, he has published many books and articles. In an effort to improve as a scientist, Thurston received a medical education, and also became interested in anthropology and ethnography. All this knowledge allowed him to study India more deeply and discover interesting features of this country for himself and for the whole world. Some of this information is contained in this book....
Number of pages: ~ 335 pages
by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- Science
- 1895
- Autor: Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The Women's Bible is a two-part, non-fiction book written by female activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton and a committee of twenty-six women, published in 1895 and 1898 to undermine the traditional position of religious orthodoxy that women are subordinate to men. By publishing this book, Elizabeth Stanton wanted to help advance radical theology aimed at freeing women from oppression....
Number of pages: ~ 504 pages
by Collins, A. Frederick
- Science
- 1923
- Autor: Collins, A. Frederick
The Radio Amateur Handbook is a complete, authentic and informative work by A. (Archie) Frederick Collins on wireless telegraphy and telephony....
Number of pages: ~ 127 pages