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The master of science-fiction is back for Volume Two of the Ray Bradbury Classics Collection. These legendary tales come straight from the Golden Age of Sci-Fi, and are just as intense, dark, and full of flavor as the stories in Volume One. Buckle up your space seatbelt, and let’s take a journey across hostile worlds in Asleep in Armageddon, encounter mystery and danger in Lorelei of the Red Mist, explore the consequences of creation in The Monster Maker, and discover the wit, imagination, and humanity that would later make Bradbury one of the most celebrated authors of the twentieth century.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A rare optical phenomenon. A romantic quest through Scotland. And a young woman searching for clarity—about nature's wonders and her own heart. Helena Campbell has become fascinated by the green ray—the fleeting green flash sometimes visible when...

Since she was a little girl, everyone - from her father to the Great Creator himself - told Lyssa Peate the same thing: she's worthless. But when she becomes the pirate bounty hunter Razia, she can see the price tag on her own head. Employed by one of the four pirate syndicates, she uses bank transactions and her considerable wits to capture rival members. At least, she would be if Razia's boss ever gave her a chance. It's a man's world, and all she's allowed to hunt are purse snatchers while she languishes on probation.

Questo romanzo di Verne, del 1882 , che ruota intorno al fenomeno del raggio verde che il sole lancia prima di tramontare , è un pretesto per una accurata descrizione delle piccole Ebridi e dei paesaggi Scozzesi, in particolare del’isola di Staffa , che presenta delle particolarità geologiche, di cui Verne era ovviamente appassionato.

Set in 2065, the World Aquanaut Security Patrol (WASP) guards Earth's oceans from their HQ base, Marineville. Led by Commander Shore, WASP agents battle against evil with the fearless and heroic Troy Tempest as captain of super submarine Stingray at the vanguard of protecting mankind. Together with hydrophone operator George 'Phones' Sheridan and the amphibious and beautiful Marina, Troy battles against underwater enemies the Aquaphibians, their submarine, Terror Fish and the persuasive power of their leader, Titan, the undersea Lord of Titanica.

Power grids down nationwide. Chaos. Panic. Conflict. People killing for food. The question remains unanswered. Could they have stopped the attack? Tim and Lena are prepared more than most but then they had advanced knowledge. With the threat of their handlers in the past, they just want to ride out the apocalypse until the grids are restored, then Lena decided she wants to find their son who attends school In Boulder, Colorado.

Timra and Angelena Caldwell had lived under those names for fifty years. They considered themselves Americans more so than whatever they had been previously. No one from their past had contacted them for more than thirty years. They had been forgotten. They felt safe. That made them happy. When the man slipped into their house with news and a mission, Neither Tim nor Lena wanted any part in what was to come but with advanced warning about the sinister and far-reaching plot, they began to prepare for the worst.

In a near-future dystopia, Dr. Aisling Ramsey, a distinguished scientist, is racing against time. Diagnosed with only months to live, she is close to a breakthrough in curing cancer, including her own. Her revolutionary technologies catch the attention of a dictator, who sees them as key to his sinister ambitions.

When Stingray went missing, an all-out manhunt for Epsilon was on. Stopping at nothing, Admiral Roth ruthlessly used Epsilon’s XO and protégé, the stunning Lt. Jessie Smythe, and her little sister Maggie as pawns. Can he save Maggie and prevent the most powerful warship in the universe from falling into corrupt hands, hands hell bent on destroying Earth?

It is written that in the kingdom of Castianis’ darkest hour, with the queen on her deathbed, their defenses failing, and chaos reigning outside, the prophecy begins. A man and a woman fall from the sky; the goddess Sophina reveals herself to a young princess and guides her to a reunion with the brother she never met; and a seed is planted for the future of both kingdoms.

One by one, a group of scientists at Brizen Health are being murdered by...something. Doctors, subjects, and even janitors are reporting disturbances in Section 671, the Neuro-Technical Division. Ever since the death of Dr. Carl Broxson, the server room in Section 671 has maintained a negative 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Printers turn themselves on and print out terrifying cryptic messages. People have been seeing things in and out of the virtual world of the Lifeline. Including the apparition of their beloved colleague Dr. Broxson himself.

Lyssa Peate has found a tenuous balance between her double lives - that of the planet-discovering scientist and the other: the space pirate bounty hunter Razia. No longer on probation, Razia still struggles to be thought of as more than a chocolate-fetching joke. But when the tough and feisty Lizbeth Carter interferes with a bounty, Razia's worried her act is being stolen.