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"Accompanied by his squad of clone troopers and a hulking swoop biker named Gizz, masterless Jedi Padawan Nuru Kungurama begins a routine protection detail that soon evolves to include a mystery massacre, the hijacking of a space freighter, and the kidnapping of orphaned younglings."--Provided by publisher.
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Dune the graphic novel volume 2
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"In Dune: The Graphic Novel, Book 2: Muad'Dib, the second of three volumes adapting Frank Herbert's 1965 novel, Dune, young Paul Atreides and his mother, the Lady Jessica, find themselves stranded in the deep desert of Arrakis. Betrayed by their own physician, the treacherous Dr. Yueh, and destroyed by their greatest enemy, the Harkonnens, Paul and Jessica must find the mysterious Fremen or perish. As they continue to unravel the closely guarded secrets...
464) Battle to the end
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"When Kanan is captured by the Empire, Ezra, Sabine, and the rest of the Ghost crew must work together to save their friend. But how can their ragtag team hope to stand up to the might of Agent Kallus, the Inquistor, and Grand Moff Tarkin? The rebels are in for their most daring adventure yet!"--Page 4 of cover.
465) Mars evacuees
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Mars evacuees volume 1
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Twelve-year-old Alice Dare is one of 300 seven- to sixteen-year-olds evacuated to Mars to attend school and train as soldiers, safe from the war with Earth's invading aliens, the Morrors, but when all of the adults and robots mysteriously disappear, the youths must survive on their own.
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"Riveting and timely, a look at the research that is transforming our understanding of the cosmos in the quest to discover whether we are alone. For thousands of years, humans have wondered whether we're alone in the cosmos. Now, for the first time, we have the technology to investigate. But once you look for life elsewhere, you realize it is not so simple. How do you find it over cosmic distances? What actually is life? As founding director of Cornell...
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In the 2260s, the U.S.S. Enterprise continues its mission to explore strange new worlds and seek new life and new civilizations. Captain James T. Kirk is accompanied by ultra-rational First Officer Mr. Spock from the planet Vulcan, ship's doctor "Bones" McCoy, and a determined crew. On their journey, they encounter various alien lifeforms, including Klingons and tribbles, as well as time paradoxes and other problems.
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In the 2260s, the U.S.S. Enterprise continues its mission to explore strange new worlds and seek new life and new civilizations. Captain James T. Kirk is accompanied by ultra-rational First Officer Mr. Spock from the planet Vulcan, ship's doctor "Bones" McCoy, and a determined crew. On their journey, they encounter various alien lifeforms, such as Klingons and Romulans, as well as various obstacles and problems.
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"From a noted Cambridge zoologist, a wildly fun and scientifically sound exploration of what alien life must be like, using universal laws that govern life on Earth and in space. Scientists are confident that life exists elsewhere in the universe. Yet rather than taking a realistic approach to what aliens might be like, we imagine that life on other planets is the stuff of science fiction. The time has come to abandon our fantasies of space invaders...
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Star wars clone wars adventures volume 4
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Anakin and Serra Keto fight for their lives on a space station; Chewbacca defends his world against the Republic; Artoo and See-Threepio discover a plot to assassinate Padme Amidala; and clone commandos uncover some unlikely survivors.
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Star wars clone wars adventures volume 5
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Jedi Aayla Secura goes to save an Ewok village; A clone commander learns how far the Separatists will go for the sake of their cause ; Bail Organa heads to a dangerous world to save a friend; and Padawan Joc Sah almost gets caught by Order 66.
473) Artificial condition
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Murderbot diaries volume 2
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It has a dark past - one in which a number of humans were killed. A past that caused it to christen itself Murderbot. But it has only vague memories of the massacre that spawned that title, and it wants to know more. Teaming up with a research transport vessal named ART (you don't want to know what the A stands for), Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue. What it discovers will forever change the way it thinks...
474) Vector prime
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Star Wars the new Jedi order volume 1
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Twenty-one years after the Battle of Endor, the New Republic will face an even darker enemy. . . .
More than two decades after the heroes of the Rebel Alliance destroyed the Death Star and broke the power of the Emperor, the New Republic has struggled to maintain peace and prosperity among the peoples of the galaxy. But unrest has begun to spread and threatens to destroy the Republic's tenuous reign.
Into this volatile atmosphere comes...
More than two decades after the heroes of the Rebel Alliance destroyed the Death Star and broke the power of the Emperor, the New Republic has struggled to maintain peace and prosperity among the peoples of the galaxy. But unrest has begun to spread and threatens to destroy the Republic's tenuous reign.
Into this volatile atmosphere comes...
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House of El volume 3
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Sera and Zahn, two teenagers on opposite sides of the same extinction-level event, are drawn deeper into conspiracies that could doom them both--if the planet does not self-destruct first.
476) Bonds of brass
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Bloodright trilogy volume 1
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"A young pilot risks everything to save his best friend--the man he trusts most and might even love--only to learn that his friend is secretly the heir to a brutal galactic empire. Ettian's life was shattered when the merciless Umber Empire invaded his world. He's spent seven years putting himself back together under its rule, joining an Umber military academy and becoming the best pilot in his class. Even better, he's met Gal--his exasperating and...
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The mysterious Mandalorian, a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy, walks a thin line between right and wrong far from the authority of the New Republic, in a graphic novel-style retelling of the television series, featuring final frames and dialogue from the series in vibrant full color.