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Orbit 12 / by Knight, Damon,1922-2002.(CARDINAL)146094;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Orbital [large print] : a novel / by Harvey, Samantha,1975-author.(CARDINAL)493439;
"Selected for one of the last space station missions of its kind before the program is dismantled, a group of astronauts and cosmonauts from America, Russia, Italy, Britain, and Japan have left their lives behind to travel through space at over seventeen thousand miles an hour as the earth reels below. We glimpse moments of their earthly lives through brief communications with family, their photos and talismans; we watch them whip up dehydrated meals, float in gravity-free sleep, and exercise in regimented routines to prevent atrophying muscles; we witness them form bonds that will stand between them and utter solitude. Most of all, we are with them as they behold and record their silent blue planet. Their experiences of sixteen sunrises and sunsets and the bright, blinking constellations of the galaxy are at once breathtakingly awesome and surprisingly intimate."--Booker Prize, 2024.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Large print books.; Space; Space stations; Space flights; Astronauts;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 7
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Orbital / by Harvey, Samantha,1975-author.(CARDINAL)493439;
"A singular new novel from Betty Trask Prize-winner Samantha Harvey, Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and life on our planet through the eyes of six astronauts circling the earth in twenty-four hours. A slender novel of epic power, Orbital deftly snapshots a day in the lives of six women and men hurtling through space--not toward the moon or the vast unknown, but around our planet. Selected for one of the last space station missions of its kind before the program is dismantled, these astronauts and cosmonauts--from America, Russia, Italy, Britain, and Japan-have left their lives behind to travel at warp speed as the earth reels below. We glimpse moments of their earthly lives through brief communications with family, their photos and talismans; we watch them whip up dehydrated meals, float in gravity-free sleep, and exercise in regimented routines to prevent atrophying muscles; we witness them form bonds that will stand between them and utter solitude. Most of all, we are with them as they behold and record their silent blue planet. Their experiences of sixteen sunrises and sunsets and the bright, blinking constellations of the galaxy are at once breathtakingly awesome and surprisingly intimate. So are the marks of civilization far below, encrusted on the planet on which we live. Profound, contemplative, and gorgeous, Orbital is a gift-a moving elegy to our humanity, environment, and planet"--
Subjects: Science fiction. ; Astronauts ; Space stations ; Interpersonal relations ;
Available copies: 35 / Total copies: 62
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Orbital [sound recording] : a novel / by Harvey, Samantha,1975-author.(CARDINAL)493439; Naudi, Sarah,narrator.;
Narrated by Sarah Naudi.Six astronauts from five countries circle above Earth, and we glimpse moments of their lives, watch them float gravity free, and see them form bonds as they behold and record our silent blue planet.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Science fiction.; Space stations; Astronauts;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Escape orbit / by Chiles, Patrick,author.;
"Five years ago, astronaut Jack Templeton took the spacecraft Magellan to the farthest reaches of our solar system, never to be heard from again. Until now. When the Magellan suddenly reappears where an undiscovered planet was suspected to be, it poses more questions than answers. How did Jack survive all this time? Can he make it back to Earth before his life support runs out? And what is the object long thought to be the elusive 'Planet Nine'? In a race against time, Jack's former crewmate Traci Keene spearheads a desperate effort to outfit a rescue mission. But she has competition. Agencies of both American and foreign governments have their own agendas, and rescuing rogue astronauts isn't among them. And at the edge of all that is known, a gateway to the unknown awaits."--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Interplanetary voyages; Space flight; Space probes;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Phantom orbit : a thriller / by Ignatius, David,1950-author.(CARDINAL)348749;
Working in secret for years to solve the puzzle in the writings of the 17th-century astronomer Johannes Kepler, Ivan Volkov, after the loss of his son and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, makes the fraught decision to contact the CIA, risking his life to help stop the Doomsday clock.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Scientists; Space warfare; Satellites; Puzzles;
Available copies: 41 / Total copies: 44
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Phantom orbit [sound recording] : a thriller / by Ignatius, David,1950-author.(CARDINAL)348749; Ballerini, Edoardo,1970-narrator.(CARDINAL)353561;
Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.Ivan Volkov, a Russian student in Beijing, discovers an unsolved puzzle in the writings of the 17th century astronomer Johannes Kepler. The puzzle holds untold consequences for space warfare. Volkov continues his secret work back home in Moscow. Years later, Volkov decides to contact the CIA.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Scientists; Space warfare; Satellites; Puzzles;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Phantom orbit [sound recording] : a thriller / by Ignatius, David,1950-author.(CARDINAL)348749; Ballerini, Edoardo,1970-narrator.(CARDINAL)353561;
Read by Edoardo Ballerini.David Ignatius showcases his knack for anticipating national security headlines. The story revolves around Ivan Volkov, a Russian student in Beijing, uncovering a puzzle in Kepler's writings with profound implications for space warfare. Amid personal losses and geopolitical turmoil, Volkov, driven by a desire to avert catastrophe, contacts the CIA. Ignatius weaves timely insights into a tale of space exploration and geopolitical tension, positioning Volkov as the key figure in preventing a doomsday scenario.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Science fiction.; Audiobooks.; Compact discs.; Space warfare;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Phantom orbit [large print] : a thriller / by Ignatius, David,1950-author.(CARDINAL)348749;
Ivan Volkov, a Russian student in Beijing, discovers an unsolved puzzle in the writings of seventeenth-century astronomer Johannes Kepler. He takes the puzzle to a scientist in the Chinese space program and declares his intention to solve it. Volkov returns to Moscow and continues his secret work. The puzzle holds untold consequences for space warfare. The years pass, and they are not kind to Volkov. After the loss of his son and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Volkov makes the decision to contact the CIA. He writes: Satellites are your enemies, especially your own ... Hidden codes can make time stop and turn north into south ... If you are smart, you will find me."--
Subjects: Large print books.; Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Scientists; Space warfare; Satellites; Puzzles;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 10
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Orbit 2 / Damon Knight. by Knight, Damon,1922-2002.(CARDINAL)146094;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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