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This two-part book was compiled and edited by Mary Baker Eddy, the church’s founder. Part I (“The First Church of Christ, Scientist”) describes the building of The Mother Church Extension in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1906. Writings by Mary Baker Eddy and newspaper articles from across North America detail this significant architectural achievement and the rapid growth of Christian Science as a movement.

OUT OF TIME – LAUNCH POINT (Book 1) A colony ship launches toward humanity’s hope… and arrives four centuries too late. In 2258 the Aurora leaves Saturn’s shipyards carrying hundreds of scientists, colonists, and the frozen genetic archive of an entire civilization. Their destination: Kepler-452 b, an Earth-class world 1 400 light-years away. Thanks to antimatter drives and a bleeding-edge Alcubierre warp bubble, the one-way trip will take the crew just twelve subjective months… while millennia race by back home. Captain Aveline Morrow leads a hand-picked team: John Ferris – ...

A Bustle Most Anticipated Book of January 2020 “Scalpel sharp.”—Kathy Reichs A young rookie medical examiner. A suspicious case. An underworld plot only she saw coming. From the New York Times bestselling authors of Working Stiff For San Francisco’s newest medical examiner, Dr. Jessie...

In 1938, a young German rocket enthusiast named Wernher von Braun had dreams of building a rocket that could fly him to the moon. In Ray, North Dakota, a young farm girl named Mary Sherman was attending high school. In an age when girls rarely dreamed of a career in science, Mary wanted to be a chemist. A decade later, the dreams of these two disparate individuals would coalesce in ways neither could have imagined.

Welcome to Pettett & Mayfield, a once-grand central London department store now fallen on harder times, despite the eccentric owner's schemes to attract customers. But from the basement kitchenware department through to the top floor management offices, love and faith can still find a home. You never forget your first love... especially if they broke your heart! With her eye for design and her cut-glass accent, no-one would guess Beth Forrest’s poorer background. It’s all throw pillows, china patterns, and upper class brides in the Wedding Registry at Pettett & Mayfield. So it's not ...

This book is not a religious/spiritual adventure but one of facts. The shroud of Turin exists as a photographic negative and dates back from an era (around 2,000 years) - prior to the invention of the camera. The components of the cloth have been newly examined under “EXTREME SCIENTIFIC SCRUTINY” using the latest technological equipment by groups of scientists, among them the scientists involved in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Their findings reveal an intense “instantaneous” burst of radiation as responsible for each marking. There exists no other ...

Against a global backdrop of wartime suffering and postwar hope, Borrowing Life gathers the personal histories of the men and women behind the team that enabled and performed the modern medical miracle of the world's first successful organ transplant. 

THE BATTLE OF CHICAGO WAS A DISTANT MEMORY, OR SO WE THOUGHT. BUT THE MONSTERS WEREN'T DONE WITH US YET. Failing to stop Dr. Castle from using the aliens to unleash a devastating psychokinetic attack, Sarah and Travis convince the others that they must head back to Chicago for a final showdown. With the deaths of those close and dear to them fresh in their minds, the entire gang agrees to fight til the end, save the aliens from Dr. Castle's manipulative clutches, and prevent him from using the Mee'Vek as telepathic weapons ever again. Before they can enact their endgame, however, ...

Learn all about polar expeditions and the Arctic in the incredible seventh adventure with The Secret Explorers. This group of brilliant kids come together from all four corners of the globe to fix problems, solve mysteries and gather knowledge all over the planet - and beyond. Whenever their...

A first contact story thirty light-years from Earth. A stranded crew. A world that shouldn’t exist. Survival is unlikely. On a distant planet steeped in medieval war, Atom is given something he never expected: a second chance at life. To accept it, he must turn science into something that feels more like magic. Magic will then shape blood into law. And that law will drive a man of reason toward action… toward violence… and toward a destiny he cannot escape. The Star Dreamers saga begins now “The last third of the book is just pure adrenaline. The action scenes are brutal and intense...

For physicist Armin Richter and historian Sam Osei, love has always been an equation of time and space. When Armin is chosen for the most ambitious mission in human history—a one-way journey to colonize a planet twelve light-years away—they refuse to accept a lifetime of separation. They craft The Plan, a brilliant, audacious, and near-impossible strategy to reunite. While Armin endures the cold sleep of hibernation and the brutal realities of interstellar travel, Sam will dedicate his life on Earth to securing a spot on the second ship, launching seventeen years later. It is a promise ...

I am pleased to provide you with my third book in this series covering Microsoft Azure Data Scientist Associate DP-100 exam. All the questions in the book were created by me when I was preparing for this exam. After I took and passed the exam, I went back and updated the books with some additional areas that I had missed and updated the exam tips on topics that I think will be useful when you take this exam.

He's supposed to be dead. Instead, he's keeping me captive in paradise. Wildlife biologist Gemma Pierce discovers billionaire tech CEO Thorne Ashford bleeding in the wilderness—except the world thinks he died eighteen months ago. When she saves his life, he makes her an offer she's too broke to refuse: stay the winter in his hidden bunker, and he'll pay her more than her failed research grant. Thorne can't let her leave. Not when assassins are still hunting him. Not when she's the first real thing in his world of lies. Not when her curves and awkward brilliance have become his obsession. ...

Wen Ho Lee, a patriotic American scientist born in Taiwan, had devoted almost his entire life to science and to helping improve U.S. defense capabilities. He loved his job at Los Alamos National Laboratory and spent his leisure time fishing, cooking, gardening, and with his family. Then, suddenly, everything changed and he found himself in the spotlight, accused of espionage by members of Congress and the national media and portrayed as the most dangerous traitor since the Rosenbergs.

"Magnificently researched, brilliantly written, Lethal Tides is immensely entertaining and reads like an action novel. Catherine Musemeche has brought to life the incredible work of the scientists and researchers who made such a remarkable contribution to America’s war effort in the Pacific...

The tens of millions who perished in World War I understandably marred the conception of the first decades of the 20th century. However, during that time, unparalleled minds from all over the globe unsnarled age-old mysteries and perfected prevailing theories, conjuring up wave after wave of breakthroughs that catapulted the world of science to unprecedented heights. Owing to this influx of novel ideas and innovative concepts, conferences had to be assembled to keep the relevant scientific spheres apprised of the latest advances.

In addition to being the man who coined the term 'the Big Bang', world-renowned astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle also produced a fine body of science fiction. The Andromeda Anthology contains the acclaimed duology A for Andromeda and The Andromeda Breakthrough, co-written with John Elliot. The...

America's First Great Eclipse takes listeners on a thrilling historical journey, revealing that 19th-century Americans were just as excited about a total solar eclipse as we are today...and, like us, were willing to travel thousands of miles to see it.

His greatest disaster will reveal the truth about our universe. Michael Haber started his scientific career working for the top-secret project, MK-Ultra. After the program shut down, he started his own company and became the world's most renowned – and controversial – scientist. Michael never found obeying the rules a priority. Early in his career, he developed a dangerous mind-altering compound called Cerebelix. In one clinical trial, he experimented on children, including his own son, David. Soon after, David went missing. A decade passed before Michael stumbled on an incredible ...

AT THE END OF THE WORLD, THEY MUST EMBARK ON A PERILOUS JOURNEY TO CHICAGO THAT WILL PUSH THEIR FRIENDSHIP TO THE LIMITS. THE WORLD ENDED quietly, marked by the loss of Fort Liberty, their town of Woodridge, Illinois, and ultimately their parents. With only one clue about the whereabouts of Travis and Melody's mother, Billy and his friends, Jimmy, Travis, Melody, Sarah, and Megan embark on a harrowing journey across the Midwest toward Chicago. Along the way, however, they must face numerous obstacles, including hostile militia members with unwholesome motives, a mad scientist with a God-...