Knights of Sidonia, volume 3
Written by Tsutomu Nihei
Format: Trade Paperback, 186 pages
On Sale: June 4, 2013
Price: $12.95
Heretofore unwilling to communicate in all but the most zero-sum fashion, humanity's implacable nemesis attempts to interface in what can only be considered a gruesomely familiar shape and form.
Meanwhile, some of the deepest secrets of the Sidonia also come to the fore as revealed by the resident talking bear, err...the...
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The Mapmakers
Revised Edition
Written by John Noble Wilford
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
On Sale: December 4, 2001
Price: $18.00
In his classic text, two-time Pulitzer Prize—winner John Noble Wilford recounts the history of cartography from antiquity to the space age. With this revised edition, Wilford brings the story up to the present day, as he shows the impact of new technologies that make it possible for cartographers to go where...
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Kelly
More Than My Share of It All
Written by Clarence L. Johnson
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2012
Price: $21.95
Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson led the design of such crucial aircraft as the P-38 and Constellation, but he will be more remembered for the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes. His extraordinary leadership of the Lockheed “Skunk Works” cemented his reputation as a legendary figure in American aerospace management.
From the Trade Paperback...
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The Pixar Touch
Written by David A. Price
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: May 5, 2009
Price: $16.00
The Pixar Touch is a lively chronicle of Pixar Animation Studios' history and evolution, and the “fraternity of geeks” who shaped it. With the help of animating genius John Lasseter and visionary businessman Steve Jobs, Pixar has become the gold standard of animated filmmaking, beginning with a short special effects shot...
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The Google Story
Written by David A. Vise and Mark Malseed
Read by Stephen Hoye
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 29, 2005
Price: $20.00
"Here is the story behind one of the most remarkable Internet successes of our time. Based on scrupulous research and extraordinary access to Google, the book takes you inside the creation and growth of a company whose name is a favorite brand and a standard verb recognized around the world. Its...
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The God Machine
From Boomerangs to Black Hawks: The Story of the Helicopter
Written by James R. Chiles
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: November 26, 2008
Price: $11.99
From transforming the ways of war to offering godlike views of inaccessible spots, revolutionizing rescues worldwide, and providing some of our most-watched TV moments—including the cloud of newscopters that trailed O. J. Simpson’s Bronco—the helicopter is far more capable than early inventors expected. Now James Chiles profiles the many
helicoptrians who...
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Knights of Sidonia, volume 2
Written by Tsutomu Nihei
Format: Trade Paperback, 186 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $12.95
In volume two, the Sidonia has engaged a new type of Guana. This armored-type is strangely aggressive, and most of the young pilots who have confronted the monster are not prepared for this change in stragedy.
Rookie pilot Nagate Tanikaze has even fewer completed flight-hours, but that does not prevent him...
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The Food Police
A Well-Fed Manifesto About the Politics of Your Plate
Written by Jayson Lusk
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: April 16, 2013
Price: $24.00
A rollicking indictment of the liberal elite's hypocrisy when it comes to food.
Ban trans-fats? Outlaw Happy Meals? Tax Twinkies? What's next? Affirmative action for cows?
A catastrophe is looming. Farmers are raping the land and torturing animals. Food is riddled with deadly pesticides, hormones and foreign DNA. Corporate farms are...
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