Planet Reese

Long-listed for the ReLit Award, 2009 Reese Larkin is desperate to find the perfect mattress. His job is in jeopardy and he’s been forced to separate from his wife and children, but he believes that if he can find the ultimate sleep system his life will begin anew. In her seventh novel, Cordelia Strube grabs readers by the neuroses with a dark but wickedly fun story about a former Greenpeace activist forced to turn marketeer who battles against a world in which he is confronted by shift mattress sales clerks, a Fred and Ginger-obsessed strip-bar waitress, derisive colleagues, and a wife who has mysteriously turned cold and is keeping his children from him. Alone in his damp basement apartment with his daughter’s hamster, he longs for a good night’s sleep and, though faced with despair, begins each day hopefully as he grips tighter to the edges of his life. Engaging, enlightening, and always entertaining, Planet Reese is an intensely personal and endearing tale of a man holding on to his sanity against all odds in an increasingly unhinged world.

In this novel, author Cordelia Strube grabs readers by the neuroses with a dark and wickedly funny story about Reese, a former Greenpeace crusader turned "for-profit" marketer, who battles against a world-gone-mad in a desperate attempt to regain a life - and a family - that has drifted away from him. As chaos turns into calamity, Reese tries in vain to keep both feet on a planet that seems unfit for anyone with an inner activist - or anyone struggling to shut that inner activist up.

This highly illustrated volume provides a comprehensive and accessible account of Jupiter and its satellites.

The Dragon, an enormous comet, is on a trajectory that will bring it perilously close to an Earth that is still suffering from the scars of a nuclear incident, and from the problems of the Greenhouse Effect. For the optimists - those that remain - it is a sign of change for the better; for others, the comet foreshadows humanity's final doom. But to Francis Reese and the hard-pressed astronauts of the depleted space programme, the Dragon presents a third outrageous, yet irresistible possibility - the transformation of a barren world into a new home for the beleaguered peoples of Earth.

Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 176. With the search for extra-solar planets in full gear, it has become essential to gain a more detailed understanding of the evolution of the other earth-like planets in our own solar system. Space missions to Venus, including the Soviet Veneras, Pioneer Venus, and Magellan, provided a wealth of information about this planet' enigmatic surface and atmosphere, but left many fundamental questions about its origin and evolution unanswered. This book discusses how the study of Venus will aid our understanding of terrestrial and extra-solar planet evolution, with particular reference to surface and interior processes, atmospheric circulation, chemistry, and aeronomy. Incorporating results from the recent European Venus Express mission, Exploring Venus as a Terrestrial Planet examines the open questions and relates them to Earth and other terrestrial planets. The goal is to stimulate thinking about those broader issues as the new Venus data arrive.

The galaxy's most beautiful and famous woman, Marie Flechette, is devastated by her fianci's unbridled infidelity. Furious, she leaves her home planet to recover at her aunt's home. But Marie never reaches her destination. A surprise attack on her space cruiser changes Marie's life. Out of nowhere, she is accused of involvement in arms trafficking, treason and murder. Marie knows that she is innocent of these charges but she must convince her captor, the charismatic leader of a primitive nation affected by her apparent misdeeds. Marie soon realizes that by calling off her engagement, she unwittingly exposed the first layers of a devastating evil orchestrated by the ruthless General Keem, a line of attack already set in motion. He and his surprising followers intend to use Marie's fame, much of which they contrived, to help them change the political landscape of the entire galaxy. Joining forces with a nation affected by the brewing crisis, Marie fights to restore her reputation and avert an intergalactic war. Will she be able to disprove the fabricated allegations levied against her? Either way, the events are sure to change the landscape of Marie's heart.

Two planets circling Vega! But a more amazing discovery waited the explorers when they landed! An incredible science fiction tale woven by a master of the genre, Robert Williams! A definite edition to be added to the classic science fiction library of all fans!

This book is an essential reference volume that surveys tectonic landforms on solid bodies throughout the Solar System.

Reese Maxey is a modestly successful industrial market researcher and executive interviewer. When a new international religion explodes on the world scene with the goal of unifying all faiths into one body, Reese Maxey is recruited to bring his skills to the movement. But as he becomes more involved in the rapidly expanding worldwide church, he discovers not all is as it seems in the new faith. His discoveries bring to light his own inner spiritual struggles, and more disturbing, he finds there are human forces around him determined to make him and break him. Or kill him. From the lofty powers who meet annually in Davos, Switzerland, to the streets and corporate corridors of Midwestern cities comes a story about one mans spiritual struggle and the intrigue of spiritual wickedness in high places. An Angel for Maxey is a religiously inspired thriller that will entertain as well as empower ones faith. Midwest Book Review