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  • The Antigravity Enigma

    Fiction, Fringe Science, and Modern Physics

    by Andrew May ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    From magic carpets to hoverboards and space drives, the human imagination has always seen antigravity as the ultimate aspirational symbol of power over nature. It featured prominently in the technologically optimistic science fiction of the mid-20th century, and remains popular with amateur theorists hoping to make a world-shaking breakthrough, and those seeking to explain UFO sightings in terms ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Science of Music

    How Technology has Shaped the Evolution of an Artform

    by Andrew May ...
    Music is shaped by the science of sound.How can music - an artform - have anything to do with science? Yet there are myriad ways in which the two are intertwined, from the basics of music theory and the design of instruments to hi-fi systems and how the brain processes music.Science writer Andrew May traces the surprising connections between science and music, from the theory of sound waves to the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Rockets and Ray Guns: The Sci-Fi Science of the Cold War

    by Andrew May ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    The Cold War saw scientists in East and West racing to create amazing new technologies, the like of which the world had never seen. Yet not everyone was taken by surprise. From super-powerful atomic weapons to rockets and space travel, readers of science fiction (SF) had seen it all before.Sometimes reality lived up to the SF vision, at other times it didn’t. The hydrogen bomb was as terrifyingly ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

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    The Countess Intrigue

    A Sweet Regency Romance Adventure

    by Wendy May Andrews ...
    Narrated by Julie Hinton ...
    Series Audiobook 2 - Mayfair Mayhem

    Unabridged

    5 hours 49 min

    Engaged to a rumored murderer. What’s a lady to do?During her second Season, Lady Elizabeth Castleton is found in a compromising situation with Lord Justice Sinclair, the Earl of Heath. Despite her attraction to him, she is dismayed to find herself betrothed to the man who is rumored to have killed his first wife. Her parents refuse to lend credence to the rumors, so she is soon married and on the ... Read more

    $12.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Astrobiology

    The Search for Life Elsewhere in the Universe

    by Andrew May ...
    Series Book 0 - Hot Science
    Extraterrestrial life is a common theme inscience fiction, but is it a serious prospect in the real world? Astrobiologyis the emerging field of science that seeks to answer this question.The possibility of life elsewhere in the cosmosis one of the most profound subjects that human beings can ponder. AstrophysicistAndrew May gives an expert overview of our current state of knowledge, lookingat how ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    The Duke Conspiracy

    A Sweet Regency Romance Adventure

    by Wendy May Andrews ...
    Narrated by Julie Hinton ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Mayfair Mayhem

    Unabridged

    9 hours 9 min

    Anything is possible with a spying debutante, a duke, and a conspiracy.Miss Rosamund Smythe is finding the Marriage Mart a dead bore. She’d much rather continue working for her father as a spy than endure another minute of the Season. But things take an interesting turn when she overhears details of a plot against her childhood friend and first love. A family feud drove them apart years ago, but ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • DD Sherman Tank Warriors

    The 13th/18th Royal Hussars through Dunkirk, D-Day and the Liberation of Europe

    by Andrew May ...
    When the amphibious Duplex Drive (DD) Sherman tanks of the 13th/18th Royal Hussars (QMO) touched down on the sand of Sword Beach as the vanguard of the D-Day invasion, ahead of the infantry and Commandos, it was the culmination of an evolution spanning several years. Switching roles from a mounted regiment in India, into a mechanized, armored cavalry regiment, they fought in France in 1940, then ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Eyes in the Sky

    Space Telescopes from Hubble to Webb

    by Andrew May ...
    Over 50 years ago, astronomers launched the world's first orbiting telescope to gaze further into outer space to examine anything that appears in the sky above our heads, from comets and planets to galaxy clusters and stars. Since then, almost 100 space telescopes have been launched from Earth and are orbiting our planet, with 26 still active and relaying information back to us.As a result of ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Design for Social Innovation

    Case Studies from Around the World

    Edited by Mariana Amatullo, Bryan Boyer, Jennifer May, Andrew Shea ...
    The United Nations, Australia Post, and governments in the UK, Finland, Taiwan, France, Brazil, and Israel are just a few of the organizations and groups utilizing design to drive social change. Grounded by a global survey in sectors as diverse as public health, urban planning, economic development, education, humanitarian response, cultural heritage, and civil rights, Design for Social Innovation ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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    Eyes in the Sky

    Space Telescopes from Hubble to Webb

    by Andrew May ...
    Narrated by Kris Dyer ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 29 min

    Over 50 years ago, astronomers launched the world's first orbiting telescope. This allowed them to gaze further into outer space and examine anything that appears in the sky above our heads, from comets and planets to galaxy clusters and stars. Since then, almost 100 space telescopes have been launched from Earth and are orbiting our planet, with 26 still active and relaying information back to us ... Read more

    $15.65 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Fantastical World of Magical Beasts

    Tales of Dragons, Giants, Elves, Gnomes, Trolls, Goblins, Phoenix, Unicorn and Other Fantastic Creatures

    by Charles Perrault, Oscar Wilde, George MacDonald, Louisa May Alcott, Andrew Lang, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Kenneth Grahame, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Abbie Phillips Walker, Katharine Pyle, Ruth Stiles Gannett, Frances Jenkins Olcott, L. Frank Baum, E. Nesbit, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Hans Christian Andersen, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Josef Kajetán Tyl, Frank R. Stockton, Brothers Grimm, Matěj Mikšíček, Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki ...
    Dive into 'The Fantastical World of Magical Beasts,' a mesmerizing anthology that elegantly traverses the landscape of legendary creatures and enchanted realms. This collection showcases a wide spectrum of literary styles, from the hauntingly poetic to the whimsically amused, capturing the enduring allure of mythical beasts across different cultures and epochs. While each piece stands alone with ... Read more

    Was $1.99 USD Now $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Mechanical Gorilla

    by Andrew May ...
    Ancient legends of ghostly apemen haunting the Cambridgeshire woods! Mysterious government agents, sinister Cold War secrets and a Japanese professor of Robotics! A gateway that leads to a parallel world! And a giant-sized mechanical gorilla! Multiple strands of weirdness converge to a head-on collision in this fast-moving novelette about a group of students who set off in search of the "British ... Read more

    $3.99 USD