Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor

Isaac Asimov's Treasury of Humor
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1991
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 9780395572269

640 jokes, anecdotes, and limericks, complete with notes on how to tell them, from America's leading renaissance man.

Asimov Laughs Again

Asimov Laughs Again
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher:
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1992
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

Here are more than 700 of Isaac Asimov's favorite jokes, cleverest limericks and funniest stories.

Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare

Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1542
Release: 1978
Genre: English literature
ISBN:

Explains the historical, legendary, and mythological background of 38 plays and 2 narrative poems.

Misbegotten Missionary

Misbegotten Missionary
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2016-04-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1682997456

It was a lovable little creature, anxious to help solve the troubles of the world. Moreover, it had the answer! But what man ever takes free advice?

Wired for War

Wired for War
Author: P. W. Singer
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 536
Release: 2009-01-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1440685975

“[Singer's] enthusiasm becomes infectious . . . Wired for War is a book of its time: this is strategy for the Facebook generation.” —Foreign Affairs “An engrossing picture of a new class of weapon that may revolutionize future wars. . .” —Kirkus Reviews P. W. Singer explores the great­est revolution in military affairs since the atom bomb: the dawn of robotic warfare We are on the cusp of a massive shift in military technology that threatens to make real the stuff of I, Robot and The Terminator. Blending historical evidence with interviews of an amaz­ing cast of characters, Singer shows how technology is changing not just how wars are fought, but also the politics, economics, laws, and the ethics that surround war itself. Travelling from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to modern-day "skunk works" in the midst of suburbia, Wired for War will tantalise a wide readership, from military buffs to policy wonks to gearheads.

The Best New Thing

The Best New Thing
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher:
Total Pages: 26
Release: 1971
Genre: Science fiction
ISBN: 9780529008244

Two children living on a planet where they are weightless move to Earth and experience gravity.

The Hercules Text

The Hercules Text
Author: Jack McDevitt
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2015-04-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 069816685X

The classic first-contact science fiction novel that launched the career of Jack McDevitt, the national bestselling author of Coming Home—now revised from the original edition, and featuring a new foreword. From a remote corner of the galaxy a message is being sent. The continuous beats of a pulsar have become odd, irregular…artificial. It can only be a code. Frantically, a research team struggles to decipher the alien communication. And what the scientists discover is destined to shake the foundations of empires around this world—from Wall Street to the Vatican…

Foundation's Friends

Foundation's Friends
Author: Martin H. Greenberg
Publisher: Tor Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-12-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780765328304

No work of science fiction in the twentieth century captured the imagination of so many readers as the epic future history put forth in the stories and novels of Isaac Asimov. In this volume, a select group of the Good Doctor's fellow writers explore his astonishing creation from their own unique perspectives—and offer personal tributes to the late, great Asimov some years after his death. Foundation's Friends features contributions by Ben Bova, L. Sprague de Camp, Frederik Pohl, Carl Sagan, Harry Turtledove, and others.