life on other planets

"Earth failed. In a desperate bid to escape, the spaceship Enkidu and its captain, Heorest Holt, carried its precious human cargo to a potential new paradise. Generations later, this fragile colony has managed to survive, eking out a hardy existence. Yet life is tough, and much technological knowledge has been lost. Then strangers appear. They possess unparalleled knowledge and thrilling technology--and they've arrived from another world to help humanity's colonies. But not all is as it seems, and the price of the strangers' help may be the colony itself"--Provided by publisher.

"Gamora arrives on Torndune--a once-lush planet that has been strip-mined for the power source beneath its surface--with a mission: collect the heart of the planet. Her adopted sister Nebula is in hot pursuit, determined to claim the planet's heart and shame her sister. Each allies herself with a faction on the planet in order to gain access to the massive diggers capable of drilling to the center of the planet. It's a competition they can never win--unless they learn to trust each other"--Adapted from jacket.

"Milo and Lina Graf are the children of explorers Auric and Rhyssa, who map the region of Wild Space. But when their parents are kidnapped by Captain Korda, the siblings escape on their parents' starship, the Whisper Bird"--Provided by publisher.

"Padm? is adjusting to being a wartime senator during the Clone Wars. Her secret husband, Anakin Skwyalker, is off fighting the war, and excels at being a wartime Jedi. In contrast, when Padm? gets the opportunity to see the casualties on the war-torn front lines, she is horrified. The stakes have never been higher for the galaxy, or for the newly-married couple. Meanwhile, with Padm? on a secret mission, her handmaiden Sab? steps into the role of Senator Amidala, something no handmaiden has done for an extended period of time. While in the Senate, Sab? is equally horrified by the machinations that happen there. She comes face to face with a gut-wrenching decision as she realizes that she cannot fight a war this way, not even for Padm?. And Chancellor Palpatine hovers over it all, manipulating the players to his own ends"--OCLC.

"After his father's untimely death, young Leto ascends to Duke of House Atreides while Duncan Idaho starts down the path to become one of Leto's right-hand men. Meanwhile, Baron Harkonnen wastes no time moving against the new Duke by stoking the centuries-long feud between the Harkonnens and Atreides. A new dawn rises when Crown Prince Shaddam successfully ousts his father from the throne of the Imperium. And Pardot Kynes, now considered a prophet among the Fremen, continues forging a path to make the desert planet an oasis"--Amazon.

"Imaginative illustrations set [the lyrics to] I Will Survive in a futuristic alien landscape where our heroine demonstrates her strength and resilience by striking out on her own to a boundless future"--Amazon.

Offers readers a captivating look into UFOs and questions whether aliens exist, complete with vivid photographs and exciting diagrams. Back matter includes an in-depth 'out of this world' feature that highlights a related topic, a phonetic glossary, resources for further study, and an index.

Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway receives an encrypted message, apparently from a solar system many light-years away.

"A girl named Petra Pe??a, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children - among them Petra and her family - have been chosen to journey to a new planet. They are the ones who must carry on the human race. Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet - and the discovery that she is the only person who remembers Earth. A sinister Collective has taken over the ship during its journey, bent on erasing the sins of humanity's past. They have systematically purged the memories of all aboard - or purged them altogether. Petra alone now carries the stories of our past, and with them, any hope for our future. Can she make them live again?"--Publisher's description.