Mikkee the Martian


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Mikkee the Martian and the twins meet up the next day, after their first exciting adventure. Mrs. Watson has arranged for the trio to visit the local fair. Billy is cheated on a sideshow, but Mikkee turns the tables with the stall holder. Jilly tries hard at winning a prize. After enjoying the rides, the three discover an escaped tiger has led to panic in the fairground and a couple have been stranded on a ride. Mikkee effects a rescue. Mikkee, with the twin’s help, captures the tiger and brings it safely back to its cage.




Mikkee the Martian


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True to his promise, Mikkee takes the twins, Billy and Jilly, for a trip to Mars. The planet holds many surprises, including how it really looks. The twins learn all about the Martian life and how there are many secrets about a life on Mars, including the pastimes and recreations of its inhabitants.




Mikkee the Martian


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It’s the weekend, and Mr. Watson has arranged for Mikkee the Martian and the twins to visit an ancient castle. Billy is not amused. On arriving, they are escorted by a pompous guide through a tour of the castle. Mikkee sees the ghost of the king leaning against the entrance. He gives the twins the power to see him too. The king acts the clown and makes fun of the guide. The twins find this all very funny and are told off by their father, who, of course, cannot see the ghost. The king shows Mikkee a secret room upstairs and a secret passage in the kitchen. The three follow this to a smugglers’ cave, and Jilly finds some treasure.




Mikkee the Martian


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Mikkee the Martian and the twins are watching a TV program about ghost hunting. Billy does not believe in ghosts, but Mikkee knows otherwise. He invites the twins to visit a haunted house. There they meet the ghost and hear an evil story of how he was left to roam the earth. Mikkee summons a higher authority, finds a solution to the ghost’s problems, and solves a murder mystery over a hundred years old.




Mikkee the Martian


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Billy wins a competition to visit a TV studio, where an episode of Space Quest is being filmed. Jilly meets her heartthrob. Billy gets to pilot a spaceship. Mikkee saves the production by using his special powers. The twins get an award, and Mikkee makes a promise.




Mikkee the Martian


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Mikkee and the twins go to a pantomime and then meet a real genie. The trio visit Santa’s grotto and then his real workshop. Jilly pets the reindeer, and the twins go on a sleigh ride in the sky. Billy and Jilly receive some surprise Christmas presents.




Red Rising


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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pierce Brown’s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. “Red Rising ascends above a crowded dys­topian field.”—USA Today ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—Entertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, Shelf Awareness “I live for the dream that my children will be born free,” she says. “That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them.” “I live for you,” I say sadly. Eo kisses my cheek. “Then you must live for more.” Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he toils willingly, trusting that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and lush wilds spread across the planet. Darrow—and Reds like him—are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class. Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity’s overlords struggle for power. He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society’s ruling class. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies . . . even if it means he has to become one of them to do so. Praise for Red Rising “[A] spectacular adventure . . . one heart-pounding ride . . . Pierce Brown’s dizzyingly good debut novel evokes The Hunger Games, Lord of the Flies, and Ender’s Game. . . . [Red Rising] has everything it needs to become meteoric.”—Entertainment Weekly “Ender, Katniss, and now Darrow.”—Scott Sigler “Red Rising is a sophisticated vision. . . . Brown will find a devoted audience.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch Don’t miss any of Pierce Brown’s Red Rising Saga: RED RISING • GOLDEN SON • MORNING STAR • IRON GOLD • DARK AGE • LIGHT BRINGER




Britain’s Cold War


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The cultural history of the Cold War has been characterized as an explosion of fear and paranoia, based on very little actual intelligence. Both the US and Soviet administrations have since remarked how far off the mark their predictions of the other's strengths and aims were. Yet so much of the cultural output of the period – in television, film, and literature – was concerned with the end of the world. Here, Nicholas Barnett looks at art and design, opinion polls, the Mass Observation movement, popular fiction and newspapers to show how exactly British people felt about the Soviet Union and the Cold War. In uncovering new primary source material, Barnett shows exactly how this seeped in to the art, literature, music and design of the period.




The Role of Halogens in Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Geochemical Processes


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The book summarizes the knowledge and experiences concerning the role of halogens during various geochemical processes, such as diagenesis, ore-formation, magma evolution, metasomatism, mineralization, and metamorphism in the crust and mantle of the Earth. It comprises the role of halogens in other terrestrial worlds like volatile-rich asteroids, Mars, and the ice moons of Jupiter and Saturn. Review chapters outline and expand upon the basis of our current understanding regarding how halogens contribute to the geochemical/geophysical evolution and stability of terrestrial worlds overall.




Radio Times


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