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1) The knowing
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2015
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"The Knowing" is a science fiction narrative of discovery, about the coming together of six brothers. Each of the sextet have gifts that when combined have great potential. How will this play out for the six and what is "The Knowing?"
2) Blindfold
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2015
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Collecting beautiful things is a noble pastime until one collector decides that people are collectible. 1181A4D is kidnapped by force, restraint and BLINDFOLD. Will he surrender to his captors demands or fight back? Follow 1181A4D as he discovers the horrible secrets of his captors and many secrets about himself. Friends, allies, and per chance a comrade to confide in? What will it take for him to survive much less escape this nightmare. And it all...
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2016
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Trapped for twenty-five years, Peter discovers the secret of his captor's majik, Ars Majika Grafika. With this he frees himself, but is he bent on revenge? Perhaps, he will use Ars Majika to see other places, and meet new people. He might even solve some the world's problems. What would you do with the power of Ars Majika Grafika, loosely translated, Picture Majik?
4) Down the Sky
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It is 1840 when a clever little boy named Claude Devereux announces that he wants to be a soldier. But his father will have none of it. It seems Claude is destined for a future not of his own wishes that is, until destiny takes over.
Many years later, Claude has worked his way up in the ranks to Brigadier General of the Union forces. But Claude is harboring a secret he is a Confederate spy. With the code name Hannibal, he nurtures a long-standing...
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The Devereuxs of Alexandria, Virginia were moderate people. The eldest son seemed the most moderate of all.
Claude Devereux wanted no part of secession. None of his family wanted Virginia to leave the Union. This family of bankers owned no slaves and believed slavery to be an institution to be rid of. The
Devereux wanted to be, left alone in their private world.
Nevertheless, they found Virginia's decision to secede compelling and the Lincoln Administration's...
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W. Patrick McCray is professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Giant Telescopes: Astronomical Ambition and the Promise of Technology.
When the Soviets launched Sputnik in 1957, thousands of ordinary people across the globe seized the opportunity to participate in the start of the Space Age. Known as the "Moonwatchers," these largely forgotten citizen-scientists helped professional astronomers by providing...
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"Winner of the 2014 Watson Davis and Helen Miles Davis Prize, History of Science Society" "Winner of the 2012 Eugene E. Emme Award for Astronautical Literature, American Astronautical Society" W. Patrick McCray is professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Keep Watching the Skies!: The Story of Operation Moonwatch and the Dawn of the Space Age (Princeton) and Giant Telescopes: Astronomical Ambition and...