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"Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive--and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he...
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"Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down. But pulling...
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Penguin Random House Audio
Publication Date
2021
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Español
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LA NOVELA QUE HA INSPIRADO LA PELÍCULA PROYECTO SALVACIÓN, PROTAGONIZADA POR RYAN GOSLING.
MÁS DE 5 MILLONES DE LECTORES.
«La mejor obra de Andy Weir hasta la fecha».
Brandon Sanderson
«Este libro tiene todo lo que les gusta a los aficionados de la ciencia ficción clásica (como yo)».
George R.R. Martin
«Uno de los viajes más originales, emocionantes y divertidos que
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Ten Speed Press
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[2019]
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English
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The three meet here, at Cheshire Crossing—a boarding school where girls like them learn how to cope with their supernatural experiences and harness their magical world-crossing powers. But the trio—now teenagers, who’ve had their fill of meddling authority figures—aren’t content to sit still in a classroom. Soon they’re dashing from one universe to the next, leaving havoc in their wake—and, inadvertently, bringing the Wicked Witch...
6) Artemisa
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Penguin Random House Audio
Publication Date
2018
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Español
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Artemisa es el esperado audiolibro del autor de El marciano, la historia que ha abierto la ciencia ficción al gran público, convirtiéndose en un fenómeno editorial en 40 países y una película de gran presupuesto: Marte de Ridey Scott, con Matt Damon como protagonista.
Jazz Bashara es una criminal... O al menos lo parece. La vida en Artemisa, la primera y única ciudad de la Luna, es difícil si no eres un
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Random House Audio
Publication Date
2014
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Deutsch
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Gestrandet auf dem Mars - Das Science Fiction Ereignis des Jahres
Bei einer Expedition auf dem Mars gerät der Astronaut Mark Watney in einen Sandsturm und wird bewusstlos. Als er aus seiner Ohnmacht erwacht, ist er allein. Auf dem Mars. Ohne Crew. Die spektakulärste Rettungsmission um das Überleben eines einzelnen Menschen beginnt ...
Bei einer Expedition auf dem Mars gerät der Astronaut Mark Watney in einen Sandsturm und wird bewusstlos. Als er aus seiner Ohnmacht erwacht, ist er allein. Auf dem Mars. Ohne Crew. Die spektakulärste Rettungsmission um das Überleben eines einzelnen Menschen beginnt ...
„Richard Barenberg passt zum Hörbuch wie die Faust aufs Auge." www.hoerbuecher-blog.de
8) Esperance
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DAW Books
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2025.
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English
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"A whip-smart thriller in the vein of Blake Crouch, Andy Weir, and Neal Stephenson, Esperance plumbs the depths of a seemingly impossible crime rooted in racism, intergenerational trauma, and an inhuman concept of justice"-- Provided by publisher.
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Humans are heading back to the Moon. But once we get there, how on the Moon will we stay alive? In this practical guide, future astronauts will learn how to dodge meteorites, shield themselves from dangerous radiation, and grow the food they'll need to survive life away from our home planet. As well as practical tips, Morancy lifts a lid on some of the coolest developments in lunar science--including the possibility of building underground cities...
10) Atmosphere
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2025
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English
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • From the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits.
“Thrilling . . . heartbreaking . . . uplifting . . . the fast-paced, emotionally charged...
“Thrilling . . . heartbreaking . . . uplifting . . . the fast-paced, emotionally charged...
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Tom Doherty Associates
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2022.
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English
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"Showing that truth is stranger than fiction, Sylvain Neuvel weaves a scfi thriller reminiscent of Blake Crouch and Andy Weir in Until the Last of Me, blending a fast moving, darkly satirical look at the 1960s space race with an exploration of the amorality of progress and the nature of violence. The First Rule is the most important: "Always run, never fight." Over 100 generations, Mia's family has shaped Earth's history to push humanity to the stars,...
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The inside, lesser-known story of NASA's boldest and riskiest mission: Apollo 8, mankind's first journey to the Moon on Christmas in 1968. With a focus on astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders, and their wives and children, this is a vivid, gripping, you-are-there narrative that shows anew the epic danger involved, and the singular bravery it took, for man to leave Earth for the first time - and to arrive at a new world.
13) The defector
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2023.
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English
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In 1973 Israel, as the Yom Kippur War erupts and a state-of-the-art Soviet MiG fighter makes an unexpected landing, NASA Flight Controller and former U.S. test pilot Kaz Zemeckis is drawn into a high-stakes game of spies, lies and secrets that hold the key to Cold War air and space supremacy.
14) The Martian
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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English
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After a bad storm blows across Mars Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead and left behind. Now stuck on a hostile planet he must find a way to signal to Earth and in the meantime, survive on limited supplies.
15) Recursion
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"That's what NYC cop Barry Sutton is learning, as he investigates the devastating phenomenon the media has dubbed False Memory Syndrome--a mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived. That's what neuroscientist Helena Smith believes. It's why she's dedicated her life to creating a technology that will let us preserve our most precious memories. If she succeeds, anyone will be able to re-experience a first...
16) Green card
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Buena Vista Home Video
Publication Date
2003, c1990
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English
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To stay in America, a Frenchman enters a marriage of convenience and falls in love with his wife.
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Mill Creek Entertainment
Publication Date
c2012
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English
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Green card (107 min.): Two strangers agree to a marriage of convenience. She gets the apartment of her dreams and he gets a green card to live in the U.S. The two encounter difficulties, and even worse, they just might be falling in love.
Hope springs (92 min.): After he is dumped by his fiancee, Vera, British artist, Colin, flees to the village of Hope in New England to bury himself in his art. Colin ends up sulking about in a small Vermont hotel...
18) Miranda's victim
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Vertical
Publication Date
[2024]
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English
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In 1963, after Trish Weir was kidnapped and sexually assaulted, her assailant was caught and tried. But after he confesses without legal representation and is granted a retrial, it triggers a legal proceeding that forever changes the nation's justice system.