Books with author Mark Brake

Learn about the science used by Luke Skywalker, Kylo Ren, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Princess Leia, and more in the Star Wars galaxy.Star Wars has captured the hearts and imaginations of sci-fi fans worldwide. We all marvel at its dazzling variety of aliens, spaceships, and planets. That’s because there’s something revolutionary about the actual science in Star Wars. These painted pictures from the movies make us see the universe in a new light. They inspire us to ask questions such as:How much would it cost to build a Death Star?Did Star Wars predict the existence of exoplanets?Could a single blast from the Death Star destroy the earth?Could Starkiller Base suck the energy from a star?And many more!The Super Cool Science of Star Wars is a book for any young Star Wars fan. You don’t need to be a Jedi scientist to make the jump to light speed and find the facts behind the Star Wars galaxy!

Are robots going to rule the world? How do lightsabers work? How do you go about building a time machine? Jam-packed with aliens, time machines, spaceships, cyborgs and the end of time, discover how sci-fi has helped build the world in which we live.Of the fifty biggest-selling movies of all time, most are sci-fi films. Ten million viewers tune in each week to watch Doctor Who. And in the ever-expanding world of computer games, sci-fi titles rule. Yet our futuristic world was imagined long ago. Dreamt up in the minds of movie directors and classic sci-fi stories. And now it's the world we live in. How did THAT happen?! As space tourism becomes a reality and the first human to live to 1000 has already been born, it's about time you found out!This book will appeal to fans of The Horrible Histories series.Includes fantastic science facts!

In a world without the joys of music, Coda is startled when he hears an indescribably beautiful sound. He meets the stranger responsible for the sound, and his life is changed forever. Now Coda must learn music - to hear and understand it, to create it, to wield its power - in order to survive the injustices of his world and restore freedom to the empire.

Mark Braly felt trapped in Texas throughout his childhood. All he had were oil company maps which only inflamed his wanderlust. He left at his first opportunity to get a journalism degree from Northwestern University and to see the world. Appointed to the U.S. Information Agency’s foreign service, he was posted in southern Thailand where his liberal view of Ho Chi Minh was regarded as seditious by colleagues. He recounts with self-deprecating humor his “checkered” career, in which he missed a string of scoops in plain sight as a reporter for the Houston Press and told his bosses at Capitol Records he thought the Beach Boys had no future. He was director of Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley’s energy office, where he assembled a staff to write the city’s award-winning energy plan for the future. In his world travels, he stares down cobras in southern Thailand and narrowly misses a massacre in Bali. He explores post-Soviet Russia as one of its first tourists and climbs the Potala Palace in enigmatic Lhasa, Tibet. He considers himself the world’s oldest water polo player and certainly its worst.

In a world without the joys of music, Coda is startled when he hears an indescribably beautiful sound. He meets the stranger responsible for the sound, and his life is changed forever. Now Coda must learn music - to hear and understand it, to create it, to wield its power - in order to survive the injustices of his world and restore freedom to the empire.

Mark Braly felt trapped in Texas throughout his childhood. All he had were oil company maps which only inflamed his wanderlust. He left at his first opportunity to get a journalism degree from Northwestern University and to see the world. Appointed to the U.S. Information Agency’s foreign service, he was posted in southern Thailand where his liberal view of Ho Chi Minh was regarded as seditious by colleagues. He recounts with self-deprecating humor his “checkered” career, in which he missed a string of scoops in plain sight as a reporter for the Houston Press and told his bosses at Capitol Records he thought the Beach Boys had no future. He was director of Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley’s energy office, where he assembled a staff to write the city’s award-winning energy plan for the future. In his world travels, he stares down cobras in southern Thailand and narrowly misses a massacre in Bali. He explores post-Soviet Russia as one of its first tourists and climbs the Potala Palace in enigmatic Lhasa, Tibet. He considers himself the world’s oldest water polo player and certainly its worst.

"I wish I had a best friend and when I do I will share this with you and fill it full of all the wonderful things we do together." Some things in life you should be able to rely on, like having a best friend to share everything with, and making the best pizza in the world with your slightly unconventional dad. When Octavia's world is turned upside down and her BFF leaves town without so much as a "goodbye" everything is tested, including the true meaning of friendship and the secret ingredient of pizza... A clever, insightful tale of friends, family and food, mixing revelations and recipes to cook up an excellent read from Mark Brady (a slightly unconventional dad).