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On a hot night in August 1995 Douglas Adams gave a barnstorming performance to an invited audience at the Almeida Theatre in London. This compact disc is a record of that remarkable event. Douglas gives dramatic solo performances of episodes and passages from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and Life, the Universe and Everything. Including: How to Fly! Arthur and the Irrational Sofa and much, much...more.
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A Galaxy book volume GB11
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1958
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This early work by Robin G. Collingwood was originally published in 1923 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Principles of Art' is an academic work on the philosophy of art. Robin George Collingwood was born on 22nd February 1889, in Cartmel, England. He was the son of author, artist, and academic, W. G. Collingwood. He was greatly influenced by the Italian Idealists Croce, Gentile, and Guido de Ruggiero. Another...
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A young man from Mars comes to Earth & must learn our strange ways. After his arrival on Earth from his home on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith becomes the founder and pastor of a new religious sect and the sensation he creates teaches Earth some unforgettable lessons, including grokking, watersharing, and love. One of the greatest science fiction novels ever published, Stranger in a Strange Land's original manuscript had 60,000 words cut. Here at last,...
5) Dune
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This Hugo and Nebula Award winner tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices." Melange is necessary for interstellar travel and grants psychic powers and longevity, so whoever controls it wields great influence. The troubles begin when stewardship of Arrakis is transferred by the Emperor from the...
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Hitchhiker series volume 1
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Seconds before Earth is demolished to make room for a galactic freeway, an earthman is saved by his friend. Together they journey through the galaxy.
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A Galaxy book volume GB 772
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1984
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The author tells about her childhood during the Holocaust. Her family takes refuge with Polish Christians to escape from the Nazis
13) Mostly Harmless
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Vascillating between two realities--one in which Earth exists and one in which it has been destroyed by the Vogons--bizarre adventures arise for Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent, including Ford's discovery that the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" headquarters have been overtaken, and Arthur's discovery that he has a teenage daughter.
15) Jupiter
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Describes the planet Jupiter and its surface features, atmosphere, rotation and orbit, moons, and more.
16) Saturn
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Discusses the orbit, atmosphere, rings, moons, surface features, exploration, and other aspects of the planet Saturn.
17) The sun
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Discusses the rotation, interior, surface features, atmosphere, and exploration of the Sun, including solar wind and the Sun's place in the solar system.
18) Army of terror
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Having landed at the evil scientist Gog's headquarters on the deserted planet Kiva to make sure that his Project Starscream has been destroyed, Zak and Tash find strange shadow creatures and hidden danger.
19) City of the dead
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With his sister Tash and his Uncle Hoole, Zak lands on the planet Necropolis, where he hears constant talk of graves, witches, and cemeteries and finds evidence that the dead are coming back to life.
20) Eaten alive
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Galaxy of fear volume 1
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Thirteen-year-old Tash, her younger brother Zak, and their Uncle Hoole visit the planet D'vouran, where they encounter the sluglike crime lord Smada the Hutt and reports of people vanishing into thin air.