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1) Laughing gas
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Joey Cooley is a golden-curled child film star, the idol of American motherhood. Reginald, third Earl of Havershot, is a boxing blue on a mission to save his wayward cousin from the fleshpots of Hollywood. Both are under anesthesia at the dentist's office when something strange happens and their identities are swapped. Suddenly, Joey can use his six-foot frame to get his own back on his Hollywood persecutors. But Reggie has to endure everything Joey...
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Drone volume 2
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In the near future, the U.S. transforms warfare by testing lethal remote-controlled robotic drones on the front lines. To the world's superpowers, the technology is something to be coveted and stolen. To a group of state-side fun-loving hackers, it is the ultimate video game. As featured in FCBD 2009.
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Drone volume 1
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In the near future, the U.S. transforms warfare by testing lethal remote-controlled robotic drones on the front lines. To the world's superpowers, the technology is something to be coveted and stolen. To a group of state-side fun-loving hackers, it is the ultimate video game. As featured in FCBD 2009. Double issue!
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Drone volume 4
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Chinese assassins are closing in on the American hackers, so their across-the-globe rescue of Cat and the hostages goes mobile. Meanwhile, the rebels attack with a drone army of their own.
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Drone volume 3
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Rebel soldiers and a Chinese operative have captured a platoon of U.S. Military drones, but only escaped technician Cat Dixon has the override codes. Fortunately, injured Cat has an ally in a protector drone controlled by hackers across the globe.
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Jill the Reckless - P. G. Wodehouse - Jill The Reckless is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse.The heroine here, Jill Mariner, is a sweet-natured and wealthy young woman who, at the opening, is engaged to an MP, the baronet Sir Derek Underhill. We follow her through financial disaster, an adventure with a parrot, a policeman and the colourful proletariat, a broken engagement, an awkward stay with some grasping relatives, employment as a chorus girl, and the...
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Drone Vol. 2 Fatal Error volume 3
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David Weaver is taken hostage by enemy drones! But as his captors interrogate him, his friends attempt to rescue him using an unconventional source of help.
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Drone Vol. 2 Fatal Error volume 4
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As David Weaver is about to be executed, he finds help from an unexpected source. But if his rescuers don't beat the enemy drones in the world's deadliest video game, there's no second life for David.
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Drone Vol. 2 Fatal Error volume 1
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After being drafted into the military's drone program, David Weaver discovers that it isn't quite the video game he thought it was. But when the drones are called to investigate a sunken submarine, he finds himself on the front lines of a conflict that could start WWIII.
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Drone Vol. 2 Fatal Error volume 2
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The drone operators find themselves ambushed at sea by an unexpected foe enemy drones! With nowhere to run and only one surviving robot to defend them, rookie David Weaver is their only hope of survival. No pressure!
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Drone volume 1
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In the near future, the U.S. transforms warfare by testing lethal remote-controlled robotic drones on the front lines. To the world's superpowers, the technology is something to be coveted and stolen. To a group of state-side fun-loving hackers, it is the ultimate video game. As featured in FCBD 2009. Double issue!
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"The Little Warrior" was the US title of the British publication "Jill, The Reckless" by P. G. Wodehose. The heroine here, Jill Mariner, is a young woman from the lower end of the upper class. We follow her through financial disaster, a broken engagement, an awkward stay with some grasping relatives, employment as a chorus girl, and of course, the finding of true love. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
14) Civilian drones
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This title uncovers the science and technology behind civilian drones. Readers learn the history of this technology, how it works, and how its used. The texts science and technology concepts complement STEM classroom concepts. Fact boxes, simple diagrams and detailed photographs make complex topics easy to understand. The next time readers see a civilian drone in the sky, theyll know for sure what it is! --Amazon.com
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Readers will learn the interesting facts and figures about commercial drones, including how this technology works and how its used. Science, engineering, and technology topics support elementary STEM concepts. With concepts reinforced by simple diagrams, detailed photographs, and fact boxes, readers get a comprehensive lesson in commercial drones. --Amazon.com
17) Military drones
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2016.
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When most people think of drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), they likely think of the military. Militaries have been using drones since the 1990s, and new developments in drone technology are being discovered every day. Readers get a crash course in military drones through this text, which explains the science and technology behind one of todays most polarizing topics. Readers gain an understanding of how drones work and how militaries...
18) Police drones
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2016.
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First edition.
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Police departments around the country are using drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), to assist in law-enforcement. This may include using drones for surveillance purposes, something thats becoming increasingly controversial. Readers get a crash course in police UAVs with this text, which uses age-appropriate language and simple diagrams to explain the science and technology behind drones. STEM classroom concepts are supported by this science-...
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Farm fields can span hundreds of acres. With so much area to cover, checking crops and livestock can be difficult. But with an agricultural drone, this job becomes much simpler. Young readers will discover how drones help farmers maximize efficiencies and bring abundant harvests.
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2017.
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First edition.
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While military and official government and scientific uses of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, are well known and heavily covered, the implications of drone technology for commerce of all kinds is also being recognized and planned for. This book explores both the near-term and longer-term imagined uses for drones in e-commerce shipping, logistics, and delivery mechanisms, mining, agriculture, and a slew of other industries. Readers will...
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