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“des curtis”

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  • Most Secret Squadron

    The First Full Story of 618 Squadron and its Special Detachment Anti-U-Boat Mosquitos

    by Des Curtis ...
    Des Curtis was one of the founder members of 618 Squadron. Formed within days of the illustrious 617, 618’s primary objective was to mount a daylight low-level attack by Mosquitos on the German battleship Tirpitz within hours of the attack on the Ruhr dams. The operation, code named Operation Servant, was given top security classification, to the point where the subject was excluded from the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Domesteaders

    Cloud 8.5

    by Curtis Palmer, M. Des., B.Sc. ...
    In a world facing the dystopian challenges of climate change, beaver ethologist Beavan Broderick is doing everything he can to protect the future, one pond at a time. When he meets an eccentric family secretly working on a miraculously strong, silky substance they join forces. Together they develop a materials technology that returns the dirigible to our skies and elevates the housing market ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • How To

    Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems

    by Randall Munroe ...
    AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**“How To will make you laugh as you learn…With How To, you can't help but appreciate the glorious complexity of our universe and the amazing breadth of humanity's effort to comprehend it. If you want some lightweight edification, you won't go wrong with How To.” —CNET“[How To] has science and jokes in it, so 10/10 can recommend.” —Simone Giertz... ... Read more

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  • Time Is a Mother

    by Ocean Vuong ...
    **"Take your time with these poems, and return to them often.” —The Washington PostThe New York Times-bestselling collection of poems from the award-winning writer Ocean VuongHow else do we return to ourselves but to foldThe page so it points to the good partIn this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of personal and social loss, embodying ... Read more

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  • Fire Weather

    On the Front Lines of a Burning World

    by John Vaillant ...
    **PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • A NEW YORK TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTION • FINALIST FOR THE PEN/GALBRAITH AWARD FOR NONFICTION • A stunning account of a colossal wildfire and a panoramic exploration of the rapidly changing relationship between fire and humankind from the award-winning, best-selling author of The Tiger and The Golden Spruce • Winner ... Read more

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  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Eighth Annual Collection

    Edited by Gardner Dozois ...
    Series Book 28 - Year's Best Science Fiction
    Embark on a mind-bending journey through the uncharted territories of science fiction in this epic anthology. In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year's ... Read more

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  • The Big Book of Cyberpunk

    by Jared Shurin, Madeline Ashby, Maurice Broaddus, Pat Cadigan, Cory Doctorow, William Gibson, Ken Liu, Janelle Monae, Neal Stephenson, Bruce Sterling ...
    *A genre-defining—*and redefining—collection of the boldest, most rebellious, and most prescient speculative fiction, featuring stories from all over the globe.“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”Almost forty years ago, William Gibson wrote the line that began *Neuromancer—*and a movement that would change the face of science fiction.Award-winning ... Read more

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  • Hieroglyph

    Stories & Visions for a Better Future

    by Neal Stephenson ...
    Hieroglyph: Stories & Visions for a Better Future is an anthology of optimistic science fiction from some of today's most hopeful visionaries."This collection could be the shot in the arm our imaginations need. It's an important book and not just for the fiction." — Wall Street JournalBorn of an initiative at the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, this remarkable ... Read more

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  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection

    Edited by Gardner Dozois ...
    Series Book 32 - Year's Best Science Fiction
    In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Second Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. ... Read more

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  • Loosed upon the World

    The Saga Anthology of Climate Fiction

    Edited by John Joseph Adams ...
    Collected by the editor of the award-winning Lightspeed magazine, the first, definitive anthology of climate fiction—a cutting-edge genre made popular by Margaret Atwood.Is it the end of the world as we know it? Climate fiction, or cli-fi, is exploring the world we live in now—and in the very near future—as the effects of global warming become more evident. Join bestselling, award-winning writers ... Read more

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  • Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three

    by Stephen Kotowych, Kelly Robson, Julie E. Czerneda, Tanya Huff, Karl Schroeder, Premee Mohamed, Cory Doctorow ...
    Series Book 3 - Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction
    “Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction belongs on every Canadian reader’s bookshelf.” - Amazing StoriesThe World Fantasy Award finalist and two-time Aurora Award-winning series is back with an all-new volume!Step into worlds of wonder with the definitive showcase of the best Canadian fantasy and science fiction of the year.Discover the magic woven by more than three dozen of Canada’s ... Read more

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  • The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection

    by Gardner Dozois ...
    Series Book 33 - Year's Best Science Fiction
    In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Third Annual Collection, the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world. ... Read more

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