The Star Diaries

Author: Stanisław Lem
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780749304720
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 275

Book Description
@Ijon Tichy, Lem's Candide of the Cosmos, encounters bizarre civilizations and creatures in space that serve to satirize science, the rational mind, theology, and other icons of human pride. Line drawings by the Author. Translated by Michael Kandel. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book@@

Stanislaw Lem's The Seventh Voyage

Author: Stanislaw Lem
Publisher: Graphix
ISBN: 9780545004626
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
World renowned sci-fi writer and Caldecott Honor artist team up for a zany sci-fi tall tale about an astronaut caught in a time loop in space who must confront past and future versions of himself!

Horse Diaries #2: Bell's Star

Author: Alison Hart
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375892540
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
Vermont, 1850s Bell’s Star is a brown Morgan colt with a white star and two white stockings. He was bred for hard work, yet he longs to run free with his human friend, Katie, on his back. But when Star helps rescue a runaway slave girl, his ideas about freedom may change forever. Here is Star’s story . . . in his own words. With exciting and knowledgeable text and lovely black-and-white art throughout—both by real horse owners—Horse Diaries are the perfect fit for all lovers of horses and history!

Diary of a Soccer Star

Author: Shamini Flint
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 014333204X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description

Curse of the Arctic Star

Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416990720
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
Nancy and her friends Bess and George tour the dangerous waters off the coast of Alaska on a posh new ship's maiden voyage, a journey that is overshadowed by a series of deaths and near-misses that reveal the work of a saboteur.

Sŏndŏk, Princess of the Moon and Stars

Author: Sheri Holman
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780439165860
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
THE ROYAL DIARIES is pleased to introduce historical novelist, Sheri Holman, who makes her debut on the list with a captivating story of fourteen-year-old Princess Sondok from seventh-century Korea. During the seventh-century, the land which is now Korea was fraught with political and religious intrigue. The country was split into Three Kingdoms, each fighting for supremacy: Silla, Koguryo, and Paekche. Besides the warring kingdoms, there are three religions in conflict: Shamanism, the ancient female-dominated faith wherein Shamanist priestesses wield great power at court, foretelling the future, performing important national rituals, and healing sickness; Buddhism, the contemplative State religion; and Confucianism, a recent import from powerful China.

Star Jumper

Author: Frank Asch
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1553378873
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129

Book Description
Acclaimed children's book creator Frank Asch kicks off the Journals of a Cardboard Genius chapter-book series with this exciting and cosmic novel about an inventive young boy and his rotten little brother.

Diary of an Oxygen Thief

Author: Anonymous
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501157868
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
Hurt people hurt people. Say there was a novel in which Holden Caulfield was an alcoholic and Lolita was a photographer’s assistant and, somehow, they met in Bright Lights, Big City. He’s blinded by love. She by ambition. Diary of an Oxygen Thief is an honest, hilarious, and heartrending novel, but above all, a very realistic account of what we do to each other and what we allow to have done to us.

Horse Diaries #1: Elska

Author: Catherine Hapka
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375847324
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146

Book Description
Iceland, circa AD 1000 Elska is a silver dapple Icelandic filly. She spends summers frisking about the countryside and winters in the farmyard, where the girl human Amma takes special care of her. But when a powerful neighbor notices Elska, her contented life suddenly changes. Here is Elska’s story . . . in her own words.

Star Diaries

Author: Stanisław Lem
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science fiction, Polish
Languages : en
Pages : 340

Book Description
Ijon Tichy, Lem's Candide of the Cosmos, encounters bizarre civilizations and creatures in space that serve to satirize science, the rational mind, theology, and other icons of human pride. Line drawings by the Author.