A guide to the 212 known planets in 106 star systems. The only reference book of it's kind. Indispensable for anyone who wants to keep up with the latest developments in interstellar planetary astronomy or for anyone who wants to write science fiction and get it right. Kepner writes in a clear concise style that is at once informative and entertaining.

A Science Fiction adventure of alien first contact. "Trapped aboard an unfamiliar ship, at the merciless whim of alien beings, the four prisoners from the Kreene scout ship Gentle Wind must somehow survive. The problem is, they don't speak the language and they don't understand the culture. Also, one of them is wounded, one has a concussion, and the third is a child. Adding to their difficulties is an alien thrown into their cell. Is this alien supposed to help them or hinder them?"

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is Charles Dickens' second historical novel (his seventeenth novel overall). Set in London and Paris, both before and during the French Revolution, it depicts the plight of the French common citizens under the brutal oppression

Almost everyone knows of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." Few, though, know that that story was merely the first of a set of five Christmas stories he wrote between 1844 and 1848. This book contains those other Christmas stories: "The Chimes" (Toby "

David Copperfield or The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger, of Blunderstone Rookery was published in 1850. Like all except five of Charles Dickens works, it was originally published in monthly install

This book comprises the Christmas stories published in the Christmas Numbers of the "Household Words" and "All the Year Round" serials published by Charles Dickens between 1852 and 1867. The 1896 edition, of which this is a reprint, includes a special Int

Bundling was the traditional practice of wrapping one person in a bed accompanied by another, usually as a part of courting behavior--essentially, dating in bed. The tradition is thought to have originated either in the Netherlands or in the British Isles

The Violet Fairy Book, the seventh in Andrew Lang 's Coloured Fairy Book series, was originally published in 1901. This edition contains all 35 of the original stories and all 59 of the original black-and-white illustrations. * * * The collections were