Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Warm as wool Warm as wool Scott R. Sanders When Betsy Ward's family moves to Ohio from Connecticut in 1803, she brings along a sockful of coins to buy sheep so that she can gather wool, spin cloth, and make clothes to keep her children warm. OL16062521W
The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book H. G. Wells,Martin H. Greenberg,Stephen King,Scott R. Sanders,Kit Reed,Frederik Pohl,George R. R. Martin,Robert Silverberg,Orson Scott Card,Jack Vance,William Morrison,Sam Merwin Jr.,Isaac Asimov,Vance Aandahl,John Anthony West,William Tenn,R. A. Lafferty,T. Coraghessan Boyle Collection of 15 amusing, horrific, satisfying short stories, realistic speculation and potential scientific explanations or solutions about possible future events surrounding and about fat, thin, an… OL16817469W
A conservationist manifesto A conservationist manifesto Scott R. Sanders As an antidote to the destructive culture of consumption dominating American life today, Scott Russell Sanders calls for a culture of conservation that allows us to savor and preserve the world, inst… OL16918419W
Here comes the mystery man Here comes the mystery man Scott R. Sanders The Goodwin family's pioneer home is visited by the traveling peddler, who brings wondrous things and amazing tales from far away. OL18233559W
A place called Freedom A place called Freedom Scott R. Sanders After being set free from slavery in 1832, young James Starman and his family journey from Tennessee to Indiana to start a new life and over the years they are joined by so many blacks that they star… OL18905099W
Hear the wind blow Hear the wind blow Scott R. Sanders Twenty tales taken from folksongs reflecting American history, e.g. "Yankee Doodle," "John Henry," "The Blue-Tail Fly," and "Frankie and Johnnie." Includes the original folk song lyrics. OL19180434W
Crawdad Creek Crawdad Creek Scott R. Sanders Two children find fossils, salamanders, dragonflies, frogs, deer tracks, and many other "treasures" when they visit the creek near their home. OL19238195W
Meeting trees Meeting trees Scott R. Sanders As a boy and his father walk in the woods near their home, they share what they know about the bark, leaves, and fruit of the different species they see. OL19394693W
The engineer of beasts The engineer of beasts Scott R. Sanders Thirteen-year-old Mooch runs afoul of the repressive authorities controlling her floating domed city, by helping an old engineer build realistic robot animals and by seeking her spiritual roots with … OL19478532W
Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazin 17. Folge Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazin 17. Folge Paul E. Holt,Lowell Kent Smith,Friedrich Hagemeyer,Sydney J. Van Scyoc,Charles L. Grant,Joan Aiken,Scott R. Sanders,Robert Silverberg,Friedel Wahren,Gregory Benford,M. Coleman Easton Stammgäste - short story by Robert Silverberg (trans. of The Regulars 1981) Das Zepter des Despoten - novelette by M. Coleman Easton (trans. of The Scepter of the Despot Ronin 1982) [as by Coleman B… OL20088602W
Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazin 22. Folge Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazin 22. Folge Dorothy Smith,Gerhard Hejk,Sydney J. Van Scyoc,Thomas Wylde,Scott R. Sanders,James Killus,Ursula K. Le Guin,Friedel Wahren,Isaac Asimov,Gene Wolfe Auf den Gewinner - short story by Isaac Asimov (trans. of To the Victor 1982) Das Kindermädchen - novelette by Thomas Wylde (trans. of The Nanny 1983) Der Konstrukteur der wilden Tiere - short stor… OL20104358W
Tales from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Tales from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine Art Vesity,Sheila Williams,Connie Willis,Lewis Shiner,Scott R. Sanders,Ronald Anthony Cross,Pamela Sargent,Frederik Pohl,Cynthia Manson,Octavia E. Butler,Isaac Asimov,Marc Laidlaw,Stephanie A. Smith,Daniel Keys Moran,Jack C. Haldeman,Edith Shiner,J Michael Matuszewicz A collection of seventeen science fiction stories by authors including Frederik Pohl, Isaac Asimov, Pamela Sargent, and Octavia E. Butler. The Amber Frog - novelette by Stephanie A. Smith The Ana… OL20630824W