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Product: Das Haus der finsteren Träume: Roman (German Edition)
Description: Die USA in den 1960er-Jahren: Harry Turner, ein geradezu fanatischer Verehrer von H. P. Lovecraft, macht sich an die Verwirklichung eines gewaltigen Vorhabens. Auf seinem Grundstück soll ein Geisterhaus entstehen, und zwar das größte und unheimlichste, das Amerika je gesehen hat. Harrys komplette Familie arbeitet an dem Projekt mit, obwohl seine pragmatisch veranlagte Frau und seine beiden Töchter die Augen vor der gruseligen Wahrheit verschließen: Die Monster, die im Geisterhaus der Turners ihr Unwesen treiben, sind echt. Der einzige, der diese Tatsache akzeptiert, ist der jüngste Turner-Spross Noah. Doch als er eines Tages beschließt, den Ungeheuern die Tür zu öffnen, wird das Leben der Turners zum Albtraum ...
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Product: Battle Avatars: A Gamelit Xianxia (Book 1)
Description: Can a game save your life?

David Grey is dying. His only chance for a cure is ley bending life force to transform his body from salesman to warrior. Living full-time in Lenscape Online, leveling up, he must cultivate or die.

Leaving his old life behind, he must complete every quest, battle monsters and beasts, and unlock the power of the Battle Avatars, healing himself in the process.

But when murderous invaders devastate the lands of Lenscape, David is chosen to hunt them down. The catch: if he fails, there won’t be a Lenscape to live in.

Battle Avatars is the first exciting book in the GameLit, Xianxia-inspired series, a tale of gaming adventure, cultivation, and mystery.
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Product: Strange Cosmology: Small Worlds Book 2
Description: The end of the world is still inevitable. There are just a few things in the way.

After defeating Enki, Ryan thought life was going to get easier. All he had to do was plan the Apocalypse. How hard could that be?

Unfortunately, no one wants to give him time to plan. Moloch has formed a cult to further his dark designs, the entire Olympian pantheon has gone missing, mythological monsters have appeared across Earth, and he has no idea what Bast is up to.

To make matters worse, Admiral Dale Bridges and Project Myrmidon have no intention of sitting out the oncoming end times, and they have a few surprises waiting for Ryan and his allies. Surprises like home-made gods out of Ryan’s blood.

Ryan, Crystal, and Athena find themselves stuck in a maelstrom of shifting alliances and divine dealings as they seek new support and face new threats. Can they survive their growing number of threats, or are they going to be buried beneath them?
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Product: A Cosmology of Monsters: A Novel
Description: "If John Irving ever wrote a horror novel, it would be something like this. I loved it." (Stephen King)

Noah Turner sees monsters.

His father saw them - and built a shrine to them with The Wandering Dark, an immersive horror experience that the whole family operates.

His practical mother has caught glimpses of terrors but refuses to believe - too focused on keeping the family from falling apart.

And his eldest sister, the dramatic and vulnerable Sydney, won't admit to seeing anything but the beckoning glow of the spotlight...until it swallows her up.

Noah Turner sees monsters. But, unlike his family, Noah chooses to let them in....
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Product: Einstein's Monsters: The Life and Times of Black Holes
Description: The astonishing science of black holes and their role in understanding the history and future of our universe.

Black holes are the most extreme objects in the universe, and yet they are ubiquitous. Every massive star leaves behind a black hole when it dies, and every galaxy harbors a supermassive black hole at its center. Frighteningly enigmatic, these dark giants continue to astound even the scientists who spend their careers studying them. Which came first, the galaxy or its central black hole? What happens if you travel into one - instant death or something weirder? And, perhaps most important, how can we ever know anything for sure about black holes when they destroy information by their very nature?

In Einstein’s Monsters, distinguished astronomer Chris Impey takes listeners on an exploration of these and other questions at the cutting edge of astrophysics, as well as the history of black holes’ role in theoretical physics - from confirming Einstein’s equations for general relativity to testing string theory. He blends this history with a poignant account of the phenomena scientists have witnessed while observing black holes: stars swarming like bees around the center of our galaxy; black holes performing gravitational waltzes with visible stars; the cymbal clash of two black holes colliding, releasing ripples in space-time.

Clear, compelling, and profound, Einstein’s Monsters reveals how our comprehension of black holes is intrinsically linked to how we make sense of the universe and our place within it. From the small questions to the big ones - from the tiniest particles to the nature of space-time itself - black holes might be the key to a deeper understanding of the cosmos.
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Product: Quantum Gravity Monster: How a Quantized Schwarzschild-Object Turns into a Gravity Atom
Description: Hint: For those who want to avoid the heavy math in this paper or seek a short cut to the final solutions we suggest www.worldformulaapps.com

Abstract
By taking the line element of any Einstein-compatible metric and quantizing it, thereby applying the method of the intelligent zero, we receive metric Dirac, Klein-Gordon and Schrödinger equations [1].
One might therefore consider the new equations as the Dirac-, Klein-Gordon- or Schrödinger-forms of the General Theory of Relativity.
Applying the new METRIC or Einstein-Field-Compatible Klein-Gordon equation to the Schwarzschild solution gives solutions similar to the boding states of a hydrogen atom.
Thus, the quantized Schwarzschild-object looks like a Quantum-Gravity-Atom (c.f. cover picture of this book).

[1] N. Schwarzer, “How Einstein gives Dirac, Klein-Gordon and Schrödinger”, www.amazon.com/dp/B071K2Y4V2
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Product: The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Brand: Audible
Description: A prescient warning of a future we now inhabit, where fake news stories and Internet conspiracy theories play to a disaffected American populace

“A glorious book... A spirited defense of science... From the first page to the last, this book is a manifesto for clear thought.” - Los Angeles Times

How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t understand the difference between the myths of pseudoscience and the testable hypotheses of science? Pulitzer Prize-winning author and distinguished astronomer Carl Sagan argues that scientific thinking is critical not only to the pursuit of truth but to the very well-being of our democratic institutions.

Casting a wide net through history and culture, Sagan examines and authoritatively debunks such celebrated fallacies of the past as witchcraft, faith healing, demons, and UFOs. And yet, disturbingly, in today's so-called information age, pseudoscience is burgeoning with stories of alien abduction, channeling past lives, and communal hallucinations commanding growing attention and respect. As Sagan demonstrates with lucid eloquence, the siren song of unreason is not just a cultural wrong turn but a dangerous plunge into darkness that threatens our most basic freedoms.

Praise for The Demon-Haunted World

“Powerful... A stirring defense of informed rationality... Rich in surprising information and beautiful writing.” - The Washington Post Book World

“Compelling.” - USA Today

“A clear vision of what good science means and why it makes a difference... A testimonial to the power of science and a warning of the dangers of unrestrained credulity.” - The Sciences

“Passionate.” - San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle
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Product: The Unexpected Universe: A Library of America eBook Classic
Description: “No one has ever managed to make the pursuit of knowledge feel more soulful or more immediate than Loren Eiseley . . . ” —Ben Cosgrove, The Daily Beast

At the height of a distinguished career as a paleontologist, Loren Eiseley turned from fieldwork and scientific publication to the personal essay. Here, in The Unexpected Universe, he displays his far-reaching knowledge and searching curiosity about the natural world, and the qualities that led many to hail him as a “modern Thoreau.” Fascinating accounts of the journeys of Odysseus, Captain Cook, and Charles Darwin frame Eiseley’s more modest wanderings as a suburban naturalist, attentive to the lives of small creatures. Sometimes he travels no further than the local dump. And yet, like Homer’s hero or these great explorers, he continually finds a universe “not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.”
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Product: Cosmology on Trial: Cracking the Cosmic Code
Description: Cosmology has too many anomalies

1. The star HD140283 in the constellation Libra is calculated to be 14.46 billion years old.
The universe is calculated to be 13.77 billion years old.
Astronomers add a margin of error of ±0.8 billion years to the star.
That's a spread of 1.6 billion years.
Physicists need to update obsolete 20th century paradigms.

2. New data is challenging 20th century theories of General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, String Theory, Gravitation, the Big Bang.
Yet schools continue teaching students obsolete theories.
Textbooks ignore the anomalies that Cosmology on Trial examines.

Scientific Journals Cite Anomalies

3. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society published the discovery of a ring of nine cataclysmic gamma ray bursts (GRBs) five billion light years across.
On August 4, 2015, Professor Lajos Balasz announced:
“This structure contradicts the current models of the universe.” [the models students are taught]
Physicists opine that unknown processes of galaxy formation created the ring structure.

4. Science Daily report: a team of astronomers find a large quasar group (LQG) four billion light years from end to end.
Our current science says it shouldn’t exist.
Astronomer Roger Clowes: “This is hugely exciting, not least because it runs counter to our current understanding of the scale of the universe.”
"Science needs a fresh paradigm to explain the evolution of the cosmos."

Problems with the Standard Model of Physics

5. NASA physicists say Dark Matter and Dark Energy comprise 96% of the universe.
Both are excluded from the Standard Model, which means 96% of reality is excluded.

6. We interact with gravity constantly, yet gravitation remains a mystery in Newtonian Physics, General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, and String Theory.
Physicists can explain how it behaves, but the nature of gravity remains unknown as well as how it works over vast distances across the universe.

Inconsistencies Proliferate Unchecked

7. Particle Physics theorists openly admit they're in a state of confusion.
Astrophysics papers, science periodicals, and leading physicists propose updating fundamental principles of physics.

“We need to make a clean break and embark on a search for a new kind of theory that can be applied to the whole universe – a theory that avoids the confusions and paradoxes, answers the unanswerable questions, and generates genuine physical predictions for cosmological observations.”
Lee Smolin PhD – Bestselling author of Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe

Cosmology on Trial discusses the issues that textbooks gloss over.
• each disparity is clarified without complex jargon
• five cosmological theories lack observational support and data as evidence
• three important initiatives are routinely ignored

New discoveries overturn what we think we know

"Theoretical physics is at a crossroads right now…In a sense we’ve entered a very deep crisis.
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Product: Mermaids, Sylphs, Gnomes, and Salamanders: Dialogues with the Kings and Queens of Nature
Description: Although the spirit beings of the four elements of nature have been represented in literature, religion, and folk tales, descriptions of these creatures have been vague, and direct experience with them is quite rare. Yet each of the four elemental kingdoms offers great gifts to humanity, if we are willing to recognize that the psychological and spiritual qualities they embody are already inherent in human nature.
Mermaids dwell in the oceans, lakes, and rivers. They offer love and sharing, a sense of wonder, beauty, and innocence. Sylphs roam the sky; they represent harmony, balance, and the attainment of freedom. Gnomes live underground. Their quiet inner wisdom banishes depression and sorrow. Salamanders dwell in volcanoes and vast caverns of magma beneath the earth. They offer the power of intense heat to refine, transform, and integrate. Who are these mysterious creatures of water, air, earth, and fire? Author William Mistele has devoted a significant portion of his life to finding out.
Addressing the perennial questions Why are we here? What is the deepest purpose of life? What are our options?, Mermaids, Sylphs, Gnomes, and Salamanders takes the reader directly into the realms of these spirits, telling stories from their perspective. Weaving together fairy tales and poems, thoughtful analysis, and meditative exercises, Mistele illuminates the qualities these beings have mastered and humanity must begin to embrace: empathy, an inner peace with the universe, a divine level of sensuality, and a love that is everywhere in every moment.
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Product: How It Began: A Time-Traveler's Guide to the Universe
Description: “Impey combines the vision of a practicing scientist with the voice of a gifted storyteller.”—Dava Sobel

In this vibrant, eye-opening tour of milestones in the history of our universe, Chris Impey guides us through space and time, leading us from the familiar sights of the night sky to the dazzlingly strange aftermath of the Big Bang.

What if we could look into space and see not only our place in the universe but also how we came to be here? As it happens, we can. Because it takes time for light to travel, we see more and more distant regions of the universe as they were in the successively greater past. Impey uses this concept—"look-back time"—to take us on an intergalactic tour that is simultaneously out in space and back in time. Performing a type of cosmic archaeology, Impey brilliantly describes the astronomical clues that scientists have used to solve fascinating mysteries about the origins and development of our universe.

The milestones on this journey range from the nearby to the remote: we travel from the Moon, Jupiter, and the black hole at the heart of our galaxy all the way to the first star, the first ray of light, and even the strange, roiling conditions of the infant universe, an intense and volatile environment in which matter was created from pure energy. Impey gives us breathtaking visual descriptions and also explains what each landmark can reveal about the universe and its history. His lucid, wonderfully engaging scientific discussions bring us to the brink of modern cosmology and physics, illuminating such mind-bending concepts as invisible dimensions, timelessness, and multiple universes.

A dynamic and unforgettable portrait of the cosmos, How It Began will reward its readers with a deeper understanding of the universe we inhabit as well as a renewed sense of wonder at its beauty and mystery.
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Product: The Challenge of Creation: Judaism's Encounter with Science, Cosmology, and Evolution
Brand: Zoo Torah
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Product: The Martian Codex: More Reflections from Mars
Brand: North Atlantic Books
Color: Blue
Used Book in Good Condition
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Product: 6 And Wild!: A Monster Primary Composition Notebook For Boys Grades K-2 With Handwriting Lines
Brand: Independently Published
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Product: I Am 4 Hear Me Roar!: A Monster Primary Composition Notebook For Boys Grades K-2 With Handwriting Lines
Brand: Independently Published
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Product: Protecting Sacred Space: Rosalila's Eccentric Chert Cache at Copan and Eccentrics among the Classic Maya
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