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"A deluxe hardcover edition of the most famous science-fiction novel of all time--part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman A human raised on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith has just arrived on planet Earth. Among his people for the first time, he struggles to understand the social mores and prejudices of human nature that are so alien to him, while his own "psi" powers--including...
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A catastrophic event renders the Earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space. But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain... Five thousand years later,...
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"Even though the Earth seems big and unchangeable, humans have altered its climate, creating consequences for all life. By working together, humans can save the planet, and ourselves" --
Earth spins through eons of time, and than one day humans arrive and they change the planet--and it continues to change today though not in a good way, but by working together we can save it, and ourselves.
7) Earthdance
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Greenwillow Books
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1999.
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English
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As Terra performs her part in a school show about the Earth and the solar system, her mother, who is an astronaut, is hurrying back from space with a special ending for the production.
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Gaia girls volume 2
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Chelsea Green Pub. Co
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[2007]
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English
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After her parents' deaths, 10-year-old Miho moves to Japan to live with her bachelor uncle. While struggling to adjust to her new home, she meets Gaia, the living embodiment of the Earth in the form of an otter, who grants her the power to communicate with the world's oceans. Miho learns that the sea is in danger and she must help save it.
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Philomel Books
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[2023]
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English
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"The planet we call home has mountains that stretch from the Earth, and those mountains have streams that swell in the sun, and those streams lead to rivers that meander by towns, and on and on--all interconnected and all dependent on one another. And throughout it all is us, the people who call this planet home, and who care for its many wonders and help keep it beautiful and vibrant for generations to come." --
11) Impersonations
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Tom Doherty Associates
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2016.
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Having offended her superiors by winning a battle without permission, Caroline Sula has been posted to the planet Earth, a dismal backwater where careers go to die. But Sula has always been fascinated by Earth history, and she plans to reward herself with a long, happy vacation amid the ancient monuments of humanity's home world. Sula may be an Earth history buff, but there are aspects of her own history she doesn't want known. Exposure is threatened...
12) Earth girl
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Earth girl trilogy volume 1
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Abandoned on Earth because of her inability to survive on other planets, Jarra crafts a fake background for herself to join a class of norms who are excavating the dangerous ruins of the old cities.
13) The Earth and I
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Voyager Books
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2008.
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English
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A child explains how he and the Earth dance and sing together and take turns listening to each other.
14) Imagine a world
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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2015.
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English
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Illustrations and evocative text show how imagination can reveal the extraordinary in various places, from taking a swim in a salty sky to soaring over submerged lands under the sea.
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Gaia girls volume 1
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Chelsea Green Pub. Co
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[2006]
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English
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When the Harmony Farms Corporation, a factory farm, begins to buy up the family farms in her neighborhood, Elizabeth Angier encounters "Gaia, the living entity of the earth," who imparts strange powers to Elizabeth to use in saving her family's and friends' farms from takeover. But is this a blessing or a curse for Elizabeth?
17) My friend Earth
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Chronicle Books
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[2020]
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English
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Die-cut pages invite reader to explore how Earth is a friend to all creatures, watching over us as the year cycles through the seasons.
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AstroNuts volume 3
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So far the AstroNuts have failed to find a suitable planet, but NNASA has come up with a new plan: send the four animal astronauts back through time on Earth where they are to contact early homo sapiens and somehow set them on a path to a sustainable future--trouble is, humans seem inferior to many of the other species (especially the wolves), so the AstroNuts come up with a Survival of the Fittest Olympics, hoping that with a little help the humans...
20) Viewfinder
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Tundra
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2024.
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English
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"After visiting Earth on a whim, a young space traveler finds a planet empty of people. She happens upon a strange contraption that shows her images of what the planet used to be like, and through this viewfinder, we see Earth as it was juxtaposed against Earth as it is: abandoned by people, but still full of amazing things. A wordless adventure with a subtle message about stewardship."--
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