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The Earth survived a massive attack from the invading alien fleet of the mighty Tol'konian Empire, railing on the hopes of a single spacecraft known as the Orlando. Millions of lives were spared, and the planet humanity called home was safe and secure. But chaos is the only guarantee in space, and danger lurks around every corner. For Captain Shepard, his frenetic life has finally churned to a snail's pace. Although he'd never admit it, his insatiable desire for adventure yearns for the unexpected.

One day, in 1994, just as he was poised to land a major cover story in Rolling Stone magazine, music journalist, Derek Christian is whisked away by a mysterious man with multiple arms and tentacles named Kent and deposited in a luxury hotel called the Intergalactic, which is populated by beings and creatures from across the galaxy.

In the beginning it was easy and quite lucrative. When wealthy couples, childless and sterile, want to start a family by way of a quiet and private adoption and are willing to spend what it takes, why not help them out? Put together a team and have one of them dress like she belongs, then walk out of the hospital with a newborn tucked in her bag. It worked perfectly in Tampa and then Orlando, followed by Miami a few months later. An easy hundred grand per child split among the four team members.

Did you know that you have a little bit of dinosaur in you? And it’s your cousin’s fault. She dared you to pitch a peanut high in the air and catch it in your mouth. You didn’t know it had a nitrogen atom that used to be in the egg of a Hadrosaurus. This humorous story follows a nitrogen atom as it journeys from dry bones to your skull–and beyond!

In January 1776, George Washington had a problem: the British army controlled the city of Boston. The colonial army needed to force the British to leave. But how? Washington had a solution: ask his engineer Rufus Putnam to solve the problem. They needed to take control of the high ground, Dorchester Heights, just south of Boston. They could place cannons there to bombard the British army.

In 1818, Jeannette Power, a young French woman moved to Sicily and fell in love with the Mediterranean Sea and the Argonauta Argo octopus, the weirdest octopus on Earth. At the time, though, the only way to study a marine animal was if it was dead on land. That wasn’t good enough. Jeannette wanted to study this creature alive. She had many questions: did it create its own shell, how did it reproduce, what did it eat, and did it know she was watching? She knew that careful observation was the only way to answer her questions.

Did you know that you have a little bit of dinosaur in you? And it’s your brother’s fault. That egg fight meant there were only two eggs left and one of them had a carbon atom that used to be in the bones of a Spinosaurus. This humorous story follows a carbon atom as it journeys from dry bones to your spinal column–and beyond!

When a sudden downpour, a monsoon, falls in the desert, plants and animals explode with growth. Plants sprout, bloom, produce seeds and die within a couple days. Likewise, in a week, animals hatch, grow, mate, lay eggs, and return to hibernation or estivation.

Everyone's on edge when massive creatures are sighted lurking deep in the Pacific. But smooth-talking Parker smells an opportunity. He convinces his vice principal that the middle school is in danger, winning his classmates a day off…a kaiju day. But Parker's clever scheme backfires when the army swoops in and puts everyone on emergency lockdown. Now, his classmates are trapped at home with their parents, who insist on limiting their screen time, making them eat Brussels sprouts, and sharing their feelings.