The Complete Adventures of Lucky Starr

The Complete Adventures of Lucky Starr
Author: Paul French
Publisher:
Total Pages: 701
Release: 2001-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9780739419410

Meet David "Lucky" Starr- the youngest man ever to become a member of Earth's council of Science, a dauntless detective in the face of a hostile universe.

David Starr, Space Ranger

David Starr, Space Ranger
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
Total Pages: 186
Release: 1978
Genre: Science fiction
ISBN: 9780839824862

Starr uncovers a Martian plot to ruin the economy of the earth's galactic colonies

David Starr, Space Ranger

David Starr, Space Ranger
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher: Bantam Books
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1993-04-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780553562064

In David Starr, Space Ranger, the ruling Council of Science sends David Starr to the rescue of the planet, and Starr battles the space pirates who killed his parents in Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids. Reprint.

Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter

Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 174
Release: 1984-07-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780345316233

Lucky Starr and Bigman Jones journey to the remote moons of Jupiter to find the spy who is leaking the vital secrets of the hyperatomic engines of a prototype spaceship to the enemy Sirians

Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers

Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers
Author: Lee Server
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2014-05-14
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1438109121

Provides an introduction to American pulp fiction during the twentieth century with brief author biographies and lists of their works.

1636: Calabar's War

1636: Calabar's War
Author: Charles E. Gannon
Publisher: Baen Books
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2021-04-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 162579830X

NEW ENTRY IN THE BEST-SELLING RING OF FIRE SERIES FROM NEBULA AND DRAGON AWARD NOMINEE CHARLES E. GANNON AND ROBERT WATERS Domingos Fernandes Calabar started out as a military advisor for the Portuguese in Brazil. But to his superiors, he was still nothing more than a mameluco, a man of mixed blood. Until, that is, the Dutch arrived and he switched sides. Then the Portuguese had a new label for him: “traitorous dog.” But when Dutch admiral Maarten Tromp arrives, having barely survived the disastrous Battle of Dunkirk, Calabar’s job changes again. Now he has to help engineer a swift Dutch exodus to a safer place before word of Tromp’s defeat reaches Spanish ears. Partnered with the Sephardic pirate Moses Cohen Henriques, the two aid the battered Dutch fleet by striking at the Portuguese and Spanish, both on land and sea. Until, that is, Calabar learns that bitter personal enemies have grabbed his family, put them in chains, and sold them to a slaveship bound for the Spanish Main. Calabar must now choose: continue to help the Dutch, or save his wife and children? Tromp and other strong allies want to put an end to slavery, too, but their strategies and timetable are measured in months and years. Calabar doesn’t have that kind of time and can’t rely on their methods. The struggle to recover his family, and to free the millions more suffering in shackles, is one he must win in his own way and on his own terms. Because ultimately, this is not just Calabar’s fight. This is Calabar’s war. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). About 1635: A Parcel of Rogues: "The 20th volume in this popular, fast-paced alternative history series follows close on the heels of the events in The Baltic War, picking up with the protagonists in London, including sharpshooter Julie Sims. This time the 20th-century transplants are determined to prevent the rise of Oliver Cromwell and even have the support of King Charles."—Library Journal About 1634: The Galileo Affair: "A rich, complex alternate history with great characters and vivid action. A great read and an excellent book."—David Drake "Gripping . . . depicted with power!"—Publishers Weekly About Eric Flint's Ring of Fire series: “This alternate history series is . . . a landmark . . .”—Booklist “[Eric] Flint's 1632 universe seems to be inspiring a whole new crop of gifted alternate historians.”—Booklist “ . . . reads like a technothriller set in the age of the Medicis . . . ”—Publishers Weekly

Once Upon A Number

Once Upon A Number
Author: John Allen Paulos
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2008-08-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0786723998

What two things could be more different than numbers and stories? Numbers are abstract, certain, and eternal, but to most of us somewhat dry and bloodless. Good stories are full of life: they engage our emotions and have subtlety and nuance, but they lack rigor and the truths they tell are elusive and subject to debate. As ways of understanding the world around us, numbers and stories seem almost completely incompatible. Once Upon a Number shows that stories and numbers aren't as different as you might imagine, and in fact they have surprising and fascinating connections. The concepts of logic and probability both grew out of intuitive ideas about how certain situations would play out. Now, logicians are inventing ways to deal with real world situations by mathematical means -- by acknowledging, for instance, that items that are mathematically interchangeable may not be interchangeable in a story. And complexity theory looks at both number strings and narrative strings in remarkably similar terms. Throughout, renowned author John Paulos mixes numbers and narratives in his own delightful style. Along with lucid accounts of cutting-edge information theory we get hilarious anecdotes and jokes; instructions for running a truly impressive pyramid scam; a freewheeling conversation between Groucho Marx and Bertrand Russell (while they're stuck in an elevator together); explanations of why the statistical evidence against OJ Simpson was overwhelming beyond doubt and how the Unabomber's thinking shows signs of mathematical training; and dozens of other treats. This is another winner from America's favorite mathematician.

David Starr, Space Ranger

David Starr, Space Ranger
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1984-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9780345315410

David's first mission as a member of the Council of Science is to stop the random poisonings on Earth. People depend on food from Mars and if word leaks out that the food could be lethal, panic will follow.