"I always wanted to be a space man. When I was just a kid back in the '50's I read everything I could find about space." But there is more to being a space man than rockets. Much more. Find out the unexpected rest of the story in this trippy amusing romp across time and reality while a boy and girl grow up between Sputnik and the Singularity and a young man discovers his destiny.

TV and movies will have you believing that black holes are huge holes in space and anything that falls into them is lost for all time – possibly falling into another universe or another time, or even falling forever.You may think that black holes run around in space like huge vacuum cleaners sucking up everything in their path. This is not true.But what actually is a black hole and what do they do? This book will help you find out.LearningIsland.com believes in the v...

Strange things are happening in deep space, and then closer to home, and then closer; someone has pulled the plug on the universe.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A Matter of Magnitude is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Al Sevcik is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Al Sevcik then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

What is there to do, when you have the power to do anything? John can fly, he can see through solid objects, he can take over the world and give it back again, but what he's looking for is something else…At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

David is on break from his dead-end job at the Dollar Store. A scruffy old man approaches him claiming to be his uncle who hasn't eaten in two days. David gives the old man his last $2. Something comes back in return later.

WarningThis is a serious book containing a number used for circles and stuff. It is not for the amateur. Always consult a qualified mathematician when dealing with Pi. Consider yourself warned.About PiHi, I am the author. It is with much delight I am able to provide you with this life changing number called Pi. It took mathematicians many years to discover and is used to do important stuff to circles with.It is a relatively unknown fact that Pi runs our everyda...

First contact was supposed to change the course of human history. But it turns out, you still have to go to work the next morning.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Nina, one of the few descendants of human colony on Mars that was abandoned by Earth, is surprised to discover that she can breathe the toxic atmosphere of the Martian surface. The crew, thinking that their attempts at terraforming and breeding for Martian adaptability have finally payed off, rejoice at the prospect of a brighter future. But Nina's about to unlock the mystery of the disaster that stranded them on Mars… and nothing will ever be the same.At the Publisher's request, t...

Charlie is dealing with complicated grief, and even his therabot is out of ideas. But the back-alley grief counsellors might have something to help: it looks like blue asparagus, and it's called Wild Blue Yonder.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A man determined to show that time travel is possible, decides to proceed with an experiment, ignoring the gut feeling of his partner as it lacks scientific basis.Sometimes, science and technology alone is not enough. We have to rely on our ‘sixth sense’; that indescribable feeling we sometimes get, designed to let us know that danger is close at hand.We ignore this primeval instinct at our peril. One man discovers the hard way that in some cases, all we have to go on is ou...

Jerome has spent his whole life working for the 'bad guys'. Born in the slums of Chicago, he'd always figured it he'd come to an early end working for one criminal organization or another. Then the Company came along and implanted him with several million dollars worth of technology so bleeding edge most governments didn't even know it was technologically feasible yet.Most of what he did was still illegal, and he wasn't likely to make thirty-five, but the pay was better. Only thing...