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Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Gleick's story begins at the turn of the twentieth century with the young H. G. Wells writing and rewriting the fantastic tale that became his first book, an international sensation, The Time Machine. A host of forces were converging to transmute the human understanding of time, some philosophical and some technological--the electric telegraph, the steam railroad, the discovery of buried civilizations, and the perfection of clocks. Gleick tracks the...
Author
Publisher
Falstaff Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
How would the world look without the influence of Shakespeare pervading so many aspects of life and culture and belief? In a race against time, with the fate of lives and souls hanging in the balance, the forces of good and evil battle to save or destroy Shakespeare’s works. Which side works to which end? That is the question, isn’t it? Would we be better off without Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, and the others, or would the safety valve...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"In How to Build a Time Machine, Brian Clegg provides an understanding of what time is and how it can be manipulated. He explores the remarkable possibilities of real time travel that emerge from quantum entanglement, superluminal speeds, neutron star cylinders and wormholes in space. With the fascinating paradoxes of time travel echoing in our minds will we realize that travel into the future might never be possible? Or will we realize there is no...
9) Cascade
Author
Series
River of Time series volume 2
Publisher
David C. Cook
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
The story of physicists' quest to answer a mind-boggling question: How can we travel through time? Since H.G. Wellsʼs 1895 classic The Time Machine, readers of science fiction have puzzled over the paradoxes of time travel. But in the 1990s, a group of theoretical physicists at Caltech undertook a serious investigation of the possibility of pastward time travel and concluded that it might be possible, inspiring a serious and sustained study that...
11) Shockwave
Author
Series
Publisher
AudioGO
Pub. Date
p2013
Language
English
Description
"In the far future, the inhabitants of Tarsus Six face a desperate struggle to evacuate their world before their sun, Tarsus Ultra, collapses into a cataclysmic spatial anomaly. When the Doctor navigates the Tardis to a space station orbiting Tarsus Six, Ace assumes that he intends to offer their assistance. But it soon becomes clear that the Doctor has an agenda of his own. With the Tardis immobilised, Ace realises that their own lives are as much...
13) 1635: Cannon law
Author
Series
Assiti Shards volume 7
Publisher
Baen Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
14) Zoe rising
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Zoe, traveling back to the time when her mother was a child, intervenes in the past in order to save the future.
15) Teen beach 2
Author
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Mack and her boyfriend, Brady, have shared an awesome summer - they were both magically transported into the classic 1960s beach movie musical Wet Side Story! Now, back safely at home, Mack and Brady know that they can take on anything together. But this first day of school, their relationship hits a rough patch! Soon they realize they have bigger fish to fry: Lela and Tanner from Wet Side Story have transported themselves to the present day! Mack...
16) Ocean renegades!
Author
Series
Earth before us volume 2
Publisher
Amulet Books, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Determined to show Ronnie just how interesting prehistoric life was BEFORE the age of the dinosaurs, Miss Lernin takes her back in time to the six parts of the Paleozoic era to study the earliest lifeforms on Earth, starting with the rise of the vertebrates"--
Author
Series
Earthdivers volume 1
Publisher
IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When Martin and Tawny's children disappeared, the couple barreled into the desert to track them down at any cost. Instead, they ran afoul of another group of rovers who claimed to be saving the world by traveling through a cave portal to the year 1492 to prevent the creation of America-an idea that defied belief until the grieving parents were lured into the cave and vanished in time and space. Now alone, Tawny must adapt to the wild marshlands of...
Author
Series
Chronicles of St. Mary's volume 7
Publisher
[Grand Haven, MI] : Audible Studios on Brilliance audio
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Author
Series
Rick and Morty graphic novels volume 2
Publisher
Oni Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Catch up on the adventures of degenerate genius Rick Sanchez and his bumbling grandson Morty as they explore the outer reaches of time, space, and decency. This collection features issues #6-10 of the comic book series, including "Ball Fondlers Special" by guest artist Andrew MacLean, "A Very Special Blumbus," illustrated by series writer Zac Gorman, and a cyberpunk adventure across the multiverse." --
Author
Publisher
Titan Comics
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
How could you ever win against a deadly hive mind robotic intelligence, capable of creating itself infinite bodies out of thin air? Join forces with the Third Doctor, the infamous U.N.I.T., and a host of staggering guest stars to find out! Twists and turns ensue as the Doctor, the Brigadier and the Master continue their struggle - and a surprisingly familiar face returns!
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