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Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel, Red Mars is the first book in Kim Stanley Robinson's best-selling trilogy. Red Mars is praised by scientists for its detailed visions of future technology. It is also hailed by authors and critics for its vivid characters and dramatic conflicts.

For centuries, the red planet has enticed the people of Earth. Now an international group of scientists has colonized Mars. Leaving Earth forever, these 100 people have traveled nine months to reach their new home. This is the remarkable story of the world they create - and the hidden power struggles of those who want to control it.

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. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet.

Mars is famous for its coloring, but the fourth planet from the sun has more than that going for it. Discover more interesting facts and secrets about the famous "red planet."

The once red and barren terrain of Mars is now green and rich with life - plant, animal, and human. But idyllic Mars is in a state of political upheaval, plagued by violent conflict between those who would keep the planet green and those who want to return it to a desert world.

SI MANDA EL VÍDEO, ¡LO PERDERÁ TODO!. Es de noche, tarde, y la recién nombrada inspectora, Cecilie Mars, comete un gran error que tendrá graves consecuencias para ella. Ese error ha sido grabado por una figura anónima que empezará a chantajear a Cecilie con revelar todo si no sigue su astuto plan. Involucrada en un siniestro dilema de chantaje y vigilantismo, Cecilie se ve obligada a dedicir hasta dónde está dispuesta a llegar para que realmente se haga justicia.

The initial Martian pioneers had fierce disagreements about how the planet should be used by humans. This led to a war that threatened the lives of billions of people on both Mars and Earth. Now, the second generation of settlers continues the struggle to survive the hostile yet strangely beautiful environment of the red planet.

After the long exile on Earth, John Carter finally returned to his beloved Mars. But beautiful Dejah Thoris, the woman he loved, had vanished. Now he was trapped in the legendary Eden of Mars -- an Eden from which none ever escaped alive.

An astronaut on a routine space flight is forced to make a decision that saves his crew, but ultimately finds him publicly disgraced by the corporation that built his ship and the politicians they own through lobbyists. Forced out of his rank as the scapegoat for what went wrong on the mission, he makes a fateful decision that brings him to the attention of a reclusive billionaire genius with his own vision and means to fulfill a dream to set foot on Mars.

This is a summary of the book, “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus”, written by author John Gray. As you make your way through this summary, discover the ways in which men and women often think and perceive the world differently, and gain a better understanding of how to maintain a harmonious relationship.

La justicia podría no ser suficiente...En medio de una serie de asesinatos violentos a mujeres en Dinamarca, la inspectora jefe Cecilie Mars es arrastrada a las sombras de un mundo oculto lleno de odio. Los asesinatos se remontan a un antiguo caso de violación olvidado que une a un grupo de hombres con una rabia desmedida contra las mujeres. En su investigación, Mars descubre una sociedad secreta y no tardará en darse cuenta de que la ley no basta para detener a los autores.

NASA finally made it. The very first human has just set foot on the surface of our neighbor planet. This is the start of a long research expedition that sent four scientists into space. But the four astronauts of the NASA crew are not the only ones with this destination. The privately financed "Mars for Everyone" initiative has also targeted the Red Planet. Twenty men and women have been selected to live there and establish the first extraterrestrial settlement.

A bioengineered virus is merely the opening gambit in an evil mastermind's plan, and only Agent Zero and his team—including his daughter Maya—stand between humanity and its doom. As cities fall into quarantine, they expose a conspiracy that could end millions of lives within two days. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Agent Zero's mission against the clock is one he cannot afford to fail—as he battles not just for survival, but for hope in the darkest of times.

John Carter risks everything to rescue his wife, Princess Dejah Thoris, from the clutches of his evil adversaries, but he is always just one step behind! His battles cover the face of the red planet, as his quest carries him ultimately to the mysterious northern pole. Will this civilization, submerged in ice, prove fatal to our hero?

Últimas tardes con Teresa constituye uno de los hitos de la narrativa española de la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Dentro de la obra de Juan Marsé, esta inolvidable novela ocupa además un lugar muy especial, pues mereció el Premio Biblioteca Breve en 1965 y supuso la consolidación del autor como uno de los escritores más representativos de la literatura europea contemporánea.

98.8%. A Eliotte aún le cuesta creerlo, pero los resultados de su test de compatibilidad son irrefutables. La autoridad mundial acaba de decretar científicamente que Izaak Meeka es su alma gemela más pura. En las próximas semanas, tendrán que casarse e irse a vivir juntos, a pesar de que su corazón solo late por Ashton, el hermano pequeño de Izaak… Sin embargo, Eliotte sabe muy bien que en el siglo XXII es la ciencia, y no el corazón, la que determina qué parejas pueden formarse.

mpetuous and headstrong is Tara, Princess of Helium and daughter of John Carter. Tara meets Prince Gahan of Gathol, and is initially unimpressed, viewing him as something of a popinjay. Later she takes her flier into a storm and loses control of the craft, and the storm carries her to an unfamiliar region of Barsoom. After landing and fleeing from a pack of ferocious Banths, she is captured by the horrific Kaldanes, who resemble large heads with small, crab-like legs, and John Carter must race to save her.

In the course of our enduring quest for knowledge about ourselves and our universe, we haven't found answers to one of our most fundamental questions: Does life exist anywhere else in the universe? Ten years and billions of dollars in the making, the Mars rover Curiosity is poised toanswer this all-important question.

A Princess of Mars was the first book by Edgar Rice Burroughs to feature the character John Carter. It led to an 11-book series featuring his adventures and became the basis for the 2012 movie. Carter is a war-weary former military captain during the Civil War who is inexplicably transported to Mars. He quickly (and reluctantly) becomes embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions among the inhabitants of the planet.

Un agente biológico es robado de un laboratorio de seguridad biológica. Armado, podría matar a millones de personas, y sobreviene una búsqueda nacional desesperada para atrapar a los terroristas, antes de que sea demasiado tarde. Luke Stone, jefe de un departamento de élite del FBI, con su propia familia aún en peligro, prometió retirarse, pero cuando la nueva Presidenta, que acaba de prestar juramento, lo llama, no puede darle la espalda.

Cuando los yihadistas se roban residuos nucleares de un hospital sin vigilancia de la ciudad de Nueva York en el medio de la noche, la policía, en una carrera frenética contra el tiempo, llama al FBI. Luke Stone, jefe de un departamento de élite y reservado dentro del FBI, es el único hombre al que se puede recurrir. Luke se da cuenta de inmediato que el propósito de los terroristas es crear una bomba sucia, que buscan un objetivo de alto valor, y que van a atacar en el plazo de 48 horas.