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The sequel to "2001: a space odyssey". A joint American-Soviet team is sent to investigate the destruction of the U.S.S. Discovery.

Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise battle against the Borg, an alien race of half-human, half-machine drones who want to control every species in the universe.

The Japanese are often characterized as exclusive and ethnocentric, yet a close examination of their linguistic and cultural history reveals a very different picture: although theirs is essentially a monolingual speech community they emerge as a people who have been significantly influenced by other languages and cultures for at least 2000 years. In this primarily sociolinguistic study Professor Loveday takes an electric approach, drawing on insights...

Beautiful astrophysicist Rebecca Blake deciphers long-awaited signals from space, persuades world leaders to construct a machine that many consider a Trojan Horse, and journeys into space for an epochal encounter.

Last in the series exploring evolution and the origins of human life. For 200,000 years the Neanderthals lived unchallenged in Europe. But 30,000 years ago climate change and the arrival of modern humans from the east forced them to adapt or die. A skeleton of a boy found in Portugal may tell the tale of when Neanderthals and modern humans met - the Lagar Velho Boy appears to be the offspring of a Neanderthal and our own species. The sudden disappearance...

The travel writer presents tales of the people she's encountered in the places she's visited over the years, including a Sherpa guide who scaled Mt. Everest, a lascivious Manhattan cabbie, and a spy wearing a raincoat.

Some biographical information on Lincoln Kirstein and others. Deals with homosexuality (see index).