DescriptionOut of the Silent Planet forms the first part of C. S. Lewis's acclaimed Cosmic Trilogy, which continues in Perelandra and concludes in That Hideous Strength . Dr. Ransom, a Cambridge academic is abducted and taken on a spaceship to the red planet of Malacandra, which he knows as Mars. The creatures he meets there call Earth The Silent Planet and Ransom discovers that the tragic story of his home world is known throughout the universe. Lewis's matchless imagination has created an exhilarating adventure which also attempts to answer some of life's great mysteries.
DescriptionScience fiction at its literate best with every story a little gem. Authors include Jack London, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ( Sherlock Holmes ) and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
DescriptionSusan Brind Morrow brings her singular sensibility as a classicist and linguist to this strikingly original reflection on the fine but resilient threads that bind humans to the natural world. Prompted by the emotional loss of two friends, one a trapper and one a beekeeper, Susan Brind Morrow explores the implications of their very different relationships to the natural world. Ultimately, these two men are a touchstone for a memoir of the land itself, the rich soil of the Finger Lakes region in upstate New York. Morrow's richly evocative writing traces the connections among various realms of culture and nature, time and language, and jolts us into thinking anew about our profound relationship to the natural world.
DescriptionA dark mystery has been buried beneath the sands of the Sahara for eons. In a basement in New Mexico, four poker buddies find reason to believe that a startling secret is out there, and these four amateur adventurers are about to uncover it. Curiosity propels mild-mannered professor Will and his three friends to the Sahara to excavate a site where radar has detected trilithic stones hidden beneath the sand. There they stumble upon an ancient artifact that will change their lives and the world forever: a gateway between planets, linking Earth to distant worlds where they will discover wonders and terrors beyond imagining. Now each traveler must play a crucial role in unraveling an ancient mystery, the solution to which may reveal the true origins of the human race, if they can survive the journey back to Earth.
DescriptionWith her blockbuster New York Times best sellers Longitude and Galileo's Daughter, Dava Sobel used her rare and luminous gift for weaving difficult scientific concepts into a compelling story to garner rave reviews and attract readers…
