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Star Wars: The Millennium Falcon Owner’s Workshop Manual<\/span><\/a> Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n The Millennium Falcon<\/span> is a legendary spaceship, made famous by its adventures under the command of smugglers Han Solo and Chewbacca, who made numerous special modifications to transform the beat-up Corellian light freighter into one of the fastest ships in the galaxy.<\/p>\n This Haynes Manual traces the model history of the Corellian Engineering Corporation\u2019s YT series of spaceships and the development of the YT-1300 model line before focusing on the Millennium Falcon<\/span>, itself a modified YT-1300. Onboard systems, controls, and their operation are described in detail and supported by a host of photographs, line art, floor plans, exploded diagrams, and stunning computer-generated artwork, all newly created by acknowledged Falcon experts Chris Reiff and Chris Trevas. Text is by Ryder Windham, author of more than fifty Star Wars books.<\/p>\n Covering operational history, piloting, propulsion, weapons, engineering systems, sensors, and crew facilities, this is the most thorough technical guide to the Millennium Falcon<\/span> available.<\/p>\n This Haynes Manual is fully authorized and approved by Lucasfilm.<\/p>\n Perhaps I can finally get that Millennium Falcon<\/span> out the garage. It’d certainly make Brandy happy.<\/span><\/p>\n \n Mass Effect: Deception<\/span><\/a> Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n An all-new adventure inspired by the award-winning videogame from BioWare! <\/p>\n The universe is under siege. Every fifty thousand years, a race of sentient machines invades our galaxy to harvest all organic life-forms. They are the Reapers. <\/p>\n Two people who know the truth are desperately searching for a way to stop the cycle: Navy admiral David Anderson and his partner, Kahlee Sanders. They have uncovered grisly evidence proving that the Reaper threat is real. But in so doing they have exposed the machinations of Cerberus, a secretive paramilitary organization, and its mysterious leader, the Illusive Man\u2014putting David and Kahlee in mortal danger, for Cerberus will stop at nothing to protect its secrets.<\/p>\n But along the way, they find an unlikely ally in Gillian Grayson, a young woman with extraordinary powers. Once the subject of horrifying scientific experiments, Gillian is now free\u2014and beginning to master her deadly abilities. But after learning that Cerberus was responsible for the death of her father, Gillian swears vengeance against the group and the Illusive Man\u2014threatening to unravel everything Kahlee and David are fighting for.<\/p>\n \n Embassytown<\/span><\/a> Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n In the far future, humans have colonized a distant planet, home to the enigmatic Ariekei, sentient beings famed for a language unique in the universe, one that only a few altered human ambassadors can speak. Avice Benner Cho, a human colonist, has returned to Embassytown after years of deep-space adventure. She cannot speak the Ariekei tongue, but she is an indelible part of it, having long ago been made a figure of speech, a living simile in their language. When distant political machinations deliver a new ambassador to Arieka, the fragile equilibrium between humans and aliens is violently upset. Catastrophe looms, and Avice is torn between competing loyalties: to a husband she no longer loves, to a system she no longer trusts, and to her place in a language she cannot speak\u2014but which speaks through her, whether she likes it or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. Star Wars: The Millennium Falcon Owner’s Workshop Manual Text by Ryder Windham Art by Chris Reiff and Chris Trevas Promo copy: The Millennium Falcon is a legendary … Continue reading
\nText by Ryder Windham
\nArt by Chris Reiff and Chris Trevas<\/span><\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51DnOdlBRyL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\")
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\nby William C. Dietz<\/span><\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51FDKbsmJ7L._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg\"){kind=icon}
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\nby China Mi\u00e9ville
\nCover by David G. Stevenson<\/span><\/p>\n