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Rust
The Longest War
2015
EN
Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize ** A Wall Street Journal Best Book of the YearRust has been called “the great destroyer,” the “pervasive menace,” and “the evil.” “This look at corrosion—its causes, its consequences, and especially the people devoted to combating it—is wide-ranging and consistently engrossing” (The New York Times).It is the hidden enemy, the one that challenges the very basis of civil...
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One Robot, a Dozen Engineers, and the Race to Revolutionize the Way We Build
2020
EN
A true story of innovation that “reads like a movie” (Seth Godin), centered on a scrappy team of engineers—far from the Silicon Valley limelight—and their quest to revolutionize the traditional trade of masonry by building a robot that can lay bricks.Humans have landed men on the moon, programmed cars to drive themselves, and put the knowledge of our entire civilization in your back pocket. But no one—from MIT nerds to Army Corps engineers—has ever built a robot th...
SAM
One Robot, a Dozen Engineers, and the Race to Revolutionize the Way We Build
- Narrated by
- Corey Brill
Unabridged
9 hours 10 min
2020
EN
A true story of innovation that “reads like a movie” (Seth Godin), centered on a scrappy team of engineers—far from the Silicon Valley limelight—and their quest to revolutionize the traditional trade of masonry by building a robot that can lay bricks.Humans have landed men on the moon, programmed cars to drive themselves, and put the knowledge of our entire civilization in your back pocket. But no one—from MIT nerds to Army Corps engineers—has ever built a robot th...
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Seveneves
A Novel
2015
EN
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon comes an exciting and thought-provoking hard science fiction epic—a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years.What would happen if the world were ending?A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyo...
2015
EN
From one of science fiction's most powerful voices comes Aurora, the incredible story of humankind's first voyage beyond the solar system.**"This is hard SF the way it's mean to be written: technical, scientific, with big ideas and a fully realized society." -**BooklistOur voyage from Earth began generations ago.Now, we approach our new home.AURORA.**"[Robinson is] a rare contemporary writer to earn a reputa...
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
the most hopeful, charming and cosy novel to curl up with
- Book 1 -
- Wayfarers
2015
EN
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION'A quietly profound, humane tour de force' GuardianThe beloved debut novel that will restore your faith in humanity#SmallAngryPlanetWhen Rosemary Harper joins the crew of the Wayfarer, she isn't expecting much. The ship, which has seen better days, offers her everything she could possibly want: a small, quiet spot to call...
2015
EN
This is the complete omnibus edition of the Exodus Trilogy, which has captivated readers all over the world.When an object threatens human civilization it becomes clear that humanity needs to venture to the stars. With just a few years of warning, this will be a race against time, and only a small number of colonists can be saved.In an America turned authoritarian, a small group of people draws up their plan to change not this world, but the next. The confrontation seems in...
A Closed and Common Orbit
Wayfarers 2
- Book 2 -
- Wayfarers
2016
EN
'NEVER LESS THAN DEEPLY INVOLVING' DAILY MAIL'SO MUCH FUN' HEAT'WARM, ENGAGING' GUARDIANA warm, comforting, big-hearted stand-alone set in the same world as the award-winning The Long way to Small Angry Planet.Lovelace was once merely a ship's artificial intelligence. When she wakes up in an new body, following a total system shut-down and reboot, she has to...
- Translated by
- Joel Martinsen
- Book 2 -
- The Three-Body Problem Series
2015
EN
The inspiration for the Netflix series 3 Body Problem!Over 1 million copies of the Three-Body Problem series sold in North AmericaPRAISE FOR THE THREE-BODY PROBLEM SERIES: “A mind-bending epic.”—The New York Times • “War of the Worlds for the 21st century.”—The Wall Street Journal • “Fascinating.”—TIME • “Extraordinary.”
The Fireman
A Novel
- by
- Joe Hill
2016
EN
From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 and Heart-Shaped Box comes a chilling post-apocalyptic thriller about a worldwide pandemic of spontaneous combustion that threatens to reduce civilization to ashes and a band of improbable heroes who battle to save it, led by one powerful and enigmatic man known as the Fireman.The fireman is coming. Stay cool.No one knows exactly when it began or where it originated. A te...
- Translated by
- Ken Liu
- Book 3 -
- The Three-Body Problem
2016
EN
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Read the award-winning, critically acclaimed, multi-million-copy-selling science-fiction phenomenon – now a Netflix Original Series from the creators of Game of Thrones.Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay.Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge and, with human science advancing and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture,...
- Book 3 -
- Red Rising Series
2016
EN
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Red Rising thrilled readers and announced the presence of a talented new author. Golden Son changed the game and took the story of Darrow to the next level. Now comes the exhilarating next chapter in the Red Rising Saga: Morning Star.ITW THRILLER AWARD FINALIST • “[Brown’s] achievement is in creating an uncomfortably familiar world of flaw, fear, and promise.”—Entertainment Weekly











