Best Selling Books by Isaac Asimov

The wishes of the demon Azazel always seem to go wrong in this collection of stories.

The first volume of Asimov''s saga, which won the Hugo Award for Best All-Time Novel Series. The ostensible task of Foundation, a group of savants established by Seldon on the remote planet Terminus, is to compile the "Encyclopedia Galactica", a complete account of human knowledge.

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Discusses proteins, enzymes, vitamins, and hormones and explains what they do and how they work within the body to maintain life.

The second volume of the autobiography of scientist and prolific author, Isaac Asimov.

Nate, has been Manhattan Hasbro Hospital''s resident robot for more than twenty years. Nate''s very existence terrified most people, leaving the robot utilized for menial tasks and generally ignored. Until one of the hospital''s physicians is found murdered with Nate standing over the corpse. As programmer of Nate''s brain, Lawrence Robertson is responsible for his creation and arrested for the crime. Susan Calvin knows the Three Laws of Robotics make it impossible for Nate to harm a human. But maybe someone manipulated the laws to commit murder.

Reports on recent advances in the physical and biological sciences to aid the general reader in understanding modern scientific phenomena.

Pursued by the warlords of the Nebular Kingdoms, Biron Farrill seeks refuge on the last peaceful planet of the galaxy.

The first volume of the autobiography of a prominent scientist and prolific author, covering the first thirty-four years of his life.

Isaac Asimov concludes that we are not alone! Using the most up-to-date astronomical research as the backdrop for speculation, Asimov confronts the possibilities of other-worldly life head-on in Extraterrestrial Civilizations. In what will surely become one of the most provocative books ever written on the possibilities of life elsewhere in the universe, the incomparable Isaac Asimov provides chilling, hopeful, and exciting new insights. Here is astounding speculation about where the next giant step for mankind will take us. . . . Praise for Extraterrestrial Civilizations “[Isaac] Asimov holds our attention as he builds a meticulous case. We are not alone. It’s just a matter of time until we know for sure.”—Miami Herald "Intriguing"—Publishers Weekly

Asimov at his best! A 21-story salute featuring: * A levitating professor * Alien traders bringing something to sell * A black hole hurtling toward Earth * The universe being created * And many other matters of great import!

The final collaboration between two of science fiction''s greatest names chronicles the extraordinary life of a robot whose experimental brain turns out to have unique capabilities that lead him to desire to be declared human. His "biography" is a fascinating discussion of what it means to be human.

A collection of all of Isaac Asimov''s robot stories, including some which have never before appeared in a book.

From the world''s greatest science writer, a history of the world from the Big Bang to 1945, told in irresistible short takes and highlighted by a timeline.

Science fiction-roman.

A history of Rome from its start as the small town inhabited by a semicivilized tribe that, in 500 years, became the ruler of the western world.

Collection of 48 science fiction stories by Isaac Asimov.

A Classic Robot novel.

Essays.

It was a lovable little creature, anxious to help solve the troubles of the world. Moreover, it had the answer! But what man ever takes free advice?

An American scientist is abducted and flown to the U.S.S.R. There he is to be part of a team of scientists to be miniaturized to molecular size and travel to the brain of a dying Soviet scientist to untap the secrets held there.

The invention of the Inter-Universe Electron Pump has threatened the rate of hydrogen fusion in the sun, leading, inevitably, to the possibility of a vast explosion - and the vapourisation of the Earth exactly eight minutes later.

Byron''s exuberant masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan, beginning with his illicit love affair at the age of sixteen in his native Spain and his subsequent exile to Italy. Following a dramatic shipwreck, his exploits take him to Greece, where he is sold as a slave, and to Russia, where he becomes a favourite of the Empress Catherine who sends him on to England. Written entirely in ottava rima stanza form, Byron''s Don Juan blends high drama with earthy humour, outrageous satire of his contemporaries (in particular Wordsworth and Southey) and sharp mockery of Western societies, with England coming under particular attack.

When an experiment with a new type of robot brain goes awry, the unthinkable happens and Caliban is created. A robot without guilt or conscience, a robot with no knowledge of or compassion for humanity--a robot without the Three Laws.

In the third book of the Foundation trilogy the secretly developed Second Foundation vies with a deadly mutant.

All were orphans when they met in their teens in the late seventies, and they vowed to be a family. As they reunite at a film party in London, it is Rosalind Madigan, the angel of the title, who holds them together. An Academy Award-winning designer blessed with innate goodness, Rosie is troubled by commitments that leave her feeling estranged from herself and her friends: Gavin Ambrose, a Hollywood megastar, a brilliant actor/producer whose personal life is not as successful as it appears (Nell Jeffrey, head of an international public relations firm and Rosie''s best friend, a glamorous woman having a secret love affair (and Kevin Madigan, Rosie''s brother, an undercover cop in the NYPD Crime Intelligence Division who specializes in fighting organized crime, an assignment that threatens his life. Into their midst come a dashing French aristocrat and the world''s most successful popular singer, two men who disrupt--and irrevocably transform--"the family."... ANGEL Told with the power that only Barbara Taylor Bradford can bring to the page, this stunning novel is about a group of friends--and also about individuals who, facing their own mortality, must reevaluate their lives and strengthen their commitments. Exciting and moving, it will fascinate you from beginning to end. From the Paperback edition.

Explains the historical, legendary, and mythological background of 38 plays and 2 narrative poems.

Science fiction-roman.

Translation of Asimov''s "Foundation". Introduces the work of psycho-historian Harry Seldon in this first title of the Foundation series.