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The Firefly Code
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Megan Frazer Blakemore
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Mori and her friends live a normal life on Firefly Lane in their utopian community, Old Harmonie. In a world this safe and perfect, they've never had to question anything . . . never had to wonder about how their lives came to be. Until a new girl named Ilana moves in. She's so perfect that Mori and her friends are curious . . . Where exactly did Ilana come from, and why does she act so strange sometimes? When Ilana's secret is revealed, the kids on Firefly Lane must decide: is it finally time to start questioning the only world they've ever known? In a stunningly imaginative story, critically acclaimed author Megan Frazer Blakemore takes readers on a journey with five friends--new and old--that will have everyone talking about not just what makes people human, but what makes them true friends.
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Juvenile Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=zJnBCwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2016-05-03
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1619636379
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Redwall
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Brian Jacques
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***SOON TO BE A NETFLIX SERIES*** Welcome to Redwall Abbey. Inside its enormous doors, mice live in peace, helping those in need and throwing epic feasts for the great and the good of Mossflower Woods. But outside a grave threat is gathering. An army of evil rats led by a vicious, one-eyed warlord, is on its way. Matthias is just one little mouse but he knows it'll take more than stones and mouse-sized arrows to keep the rats at bay. Enlisting the help of a military hare, wild sparrows and argumentative stoats, Matthias sets out to defend his freedom, his friends, and the abbey he calls home. Includes exclusive material: In the Backstory you can learn to make a Redwall Abbey pudding! Vintage Children's Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives. Discover timeless favourites from Peter Pan and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
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Juvenile Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=RErLAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2014-06-26
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1473521017
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The Ganymede Takeover
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Philip K Dick, Ray Nelson
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Earth has been invaded - but one human terrorist has discovered a weapon which might change the course of the war! Earth has been taken over by the Ganymedians, a race of telepathic worm-like aliens whose instinct for survival has overridden any human attempt to resist their rule. But there is one man who may have discovered a way to defeat them. Dr Balkani has created a machine which distorts reality, and therefore will allow a determined human to avoid the Ganymedians' telepathic oversight. But there is one problem - Balkani is a worm-kisser, a servant of the invaders, and may not allow his invention to be used against them...
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=qJDxAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2014-03-13
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0575133139
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Other People's Heroes
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Blake M. Petit
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Josh Corwood has spent his life admiring the superheroes that protect Siegel City. He's wanted to join them, wanted to be like them... but eventually, had to settle for reporting on them from the sidelines. When an undiscovered talent reignites his hope to join the world's protectors, he suddenly discovers that their world isn't everything he'd been led to believe. Surrounded by false idols, Josh decides to turn the tables on them and reveal the greatest con game in history... and hopefully, in the process, find the real heroes that have long been gone. This cult favorite superhero comedy returns in a revised and expanded edition. Check out the book for the first time, or revisit it to see new scenes, plus two additional short stories (not included in the original edition) set in the world of Siegel City!
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=UYmDkQEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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2011-06-17
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1463599072
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Haven
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Emma Donoghue
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A story of survival set in 600 AD Ireland; a parable of patriarchy, destruction and religion at sea, by Emma Donoghue, the bestselling author of Room. 'Everything a novel should be: compassionate, unpredictable, and questioning. Haven is Donoghue at her strange, unsettling best.' - Maggie O'Farrell, author of Hamnet In seventh-century Ireland, a priest has a dream telling him to leave the sinful world behind. Taking two monks with him, he travels down the Shannon in search of an isolated spot on which to found a new place of worship. Drifting out into the Atlantic, the three men find an impossibly steep, bare island inhabited by tens of thousands of birds, and claim it for God. But in such a place, far from all other humanity, what will survival mean? ‘Haven is a beautiful, bold blaze of a book’ – Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry ‘Beautiful and timely’ - Sarah Moss, author of Summerwater ‘Sinister, heart-wrenching and beautifully written’ – The Times ‘Combines pressure-cooker intensity and radical isolation, to stunning effect’ – Margaret Atwood via Twitter ‘Book of the Year’ pick in The Irish Times, The Guardian, The Irish Post, RTÉ and The Times.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=NJ1hEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2022-08-18
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1529091179
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The Gods Themselves
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Isaac Asimov
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In the twenty-second century Earth obtains limitless, free energy from a source science little understands: an exchange between Earth and a parallel universe, using a process devised by the aliens. But even free energy has a price. The transference process itself will eventually lead to the destruction of the Earth's Sun—and of Earth itself. Only a few know the terrifying truth—an outcast Earth scientist, a rebellious alien inhabitant of a dying planet, a lunar-born human intuitionist who senses the imminent annihilation of the Sun. They know the truth—but who will listen? They have foreseen the cost of abundant energy—but who will believe? These few beings, human and alien, hold the key to Earth's survival.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=zZr1VZNlOUYC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2011-05-04
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0307792382
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The Lies of Locke Lamora
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Scott Lynch
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Fantasy meets crime caper in the first book of a landmark, enduringly popular epic series about a roguish group of conmen, which George R. R. Martin has called “fresh, original, and engrossing . . . gorgeously realized.” An orphan’s life is harsh—and often short—in the mysterious island city of Camorr. But young Locke Lamora dodges relentless danger, becoming a thief under the tutelage of a gifted con artist. As leader of the band of light-fingered brothers known as the Gentlemen Bastards, Locke is soon infamous, fooling even the underworld’s most feared ruler. But in the shadows lurks someone still more ambitious and deadly. Faced with a bloody coup that threatens to destroy everyone and everything that holds meaning in his mercenary life, Locke vows to beat the enemy at his own brutal game—or die trying.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=rpLxEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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2024-08-27
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0593725425
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Riddley Walker
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Russell Hoban
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‘Walker is my name and I am the same. Riddley Walker. Walking my riddels where ever theyve took me and walking them now on this paper the same. There aint that many sir prizes in life if you take noatis of every thing. Every time will have its happenings out and every place the same. Thats why I finely come to writing all this down. Thinking on what the idear of us myt be. Thinking on that thing whats in us lorn and loan and oansome.’ Composed in an English which has never been spoken and laced with a storytelling tradition that predates the written word, RIDDLEY WALKER is the world waiting for us at the bitter end of the nuclear road. It is desolate, dangerous and harrowing, and a modern masterpiece.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=2nvOJmqNqGMC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2012-05-24
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1408832240
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Enchantment
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Guy Kawasaki
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'Read this book to create a company as enchanting as Apple' Steve Wozniak 'The power of a really good idea to transform the marketplace and individual customer experiences is huge. Enchantment offers a wealth of insights to help businesses and entrepreneurs tap into that potential' Sir Richard Branson How to Win Friends and Influence People for the digital age ---------------------------------------------------------- Enchantment, as defined by bestselling business guru Guy Kawasaki, is not about manipulating people, but rather about creating a voluntary, enduring and delightful change in other people. In his bestselling business classic, he shows you how enlisting people's own goals and desires, being likable and trustworthy and framing a cause that others can embrace, will empower you to change hearts, minds and actions. ---------------------------------------------------------- 'An informative and concise guide from one of the world's most influential and, yes, enchanting entrepreneurs' Kirkus
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Business & Economics
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=sS8tcellvisC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2011-03-03
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0141969407
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The Player of Games
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Iain M. Banks
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The Culture — a human/machine symbiotic society — has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh Jernau Morat Gurgeh. The Player of Games. Master of every board, computer and strategy. Bored with success, Gurgeh travels to the Empire of Azad, cruel and incredibly wealthy, to try their fabulous game. . . a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes emperor. Mocked, blackmailed, almost murdered, Gurgeh accepts the game, and with it the challenge of his life — and very possibly his death. The Culture Series Consider Phlebas The Player of Games Use of Weapons The State of the Art Excession Inversions Look to Windward Matter Surface Detail The Hydrogen Sonata
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=GsCT8lPbYFMC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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2009-12-01
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0316095869
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Stormwarden
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Janny Wurts
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First in the classic Cycle of Fire trilogy from the acclaimed fantasy author: “An outstanding piece of work in every way.” —Andre Norton, New York Times–bestselling author Caught in an evil plot by a king’s emissary keen to seize power, Anskiere—master of wind, wave, and weather—submits to a false accusation of mass murder in order to spare the innocent village that sheltered him. When his desperate act of resistance traps him in a prison of his own making, Anskiere must rely on the undying loyalty of a young girl, her older brother’s obsessive quest for vengeance, and the weakling descendant of his greatest betrayer, once master of fire and earth, to thwart the ruinous ambition of his enemies. Together, the three will face a critical challenge: the rescue of Anskiere—and the unbinding of demons bent on humanity’s destruction. Praise for Janny Wurts “Janny Wurts builds beautiful castles in the air. . . . Every detail is richly imagined and vividly rendered.” —Diana Gabaldon “A gifted creator of wonders.” —Raymond E. Feist “It ought to be illegal for one person to have this much talent.” —Stephen R. Donaldson
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=AzESEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2021-03-09
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1504066278
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Split Infinity
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Piers Anthony
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On the technological, decadent world of Proton, someone was trying to destroy Stile, serf and master Gamesman. His only escape lay in Phaze, a world totally ruled by magic. Soon he learned that his alternate self had already been murdered, and that he was next. On Proton, his fate depended on winning the great Games. On Phaze, he must master magic to survive. And if he used any magic at all, his friends were determined to kill him at once! THE APPRENTICE ADEPT Book OneSPLIT INFINITY BookTwoBLUE ADEPT Book ThreeJUXTAPOSITION
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=yRPfQMHQgRAC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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1980-12
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0345282132
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Dragon Fall
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Lee J. Hindle
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The monsters Gabe creates for a toy company come alive & try to kill him.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=wMWeeYEnjh4C&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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1984
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0380884682
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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
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Douglas Adams
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"Now a BBC America TV series event"--Cover.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=4FmpBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2014-10-07
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1476782997
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Journey Across the Hidden Islands
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Sarah Beth Durst
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The traditional Emperor’s Journey is meant to be uneventful. But as the princesses Seika and Ji-Lin—twin sisters—travel to pay respects to their kingdom’s dragon guardian, unexpected monsters appear and tremors shake the earth. The Hidden Islands face unprecedented threats, and the old rituals are failing. With only their strength, ingenuity, and flying lion to rely on, can the sisters find a new way to keep their people safe?
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Juvenile Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=qMSlDAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2017-04-04
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0544707346
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First Truth
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Dawn Cook
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Before she wrote as New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison, Dawn Cook wrote the Truth... This is the first novel of Dawn Cook's extraordinary coming-of-age fantasy featuring Alissa, a young novice in the art of magic, who embarks on an epic journey of discovery and danger.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=IIP-MWmaNjsC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2002-05-28
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1440619522
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This Alien Shore
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C.S. Friedman
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This lauded work of science fiction and New York Times Notable Book of the Year explores a universe where genetic mutations have allowed certain individuals to traverse the stars. It is the second stage of human colonization—the first age, humanity's initial attempt to people the stars, ended in disaster when it was discovered that Earth's original superluminal drive did permanent genetic damage to all who used it—mutating Earth's far-flung colonists in mind and body. Now, one of Earth's first colonies has given humanity back the stars, but at a high price—a monopoly over all human commerce. And when a satellite in Earth's outer orbit is viciously attacked by corporate raiders, an unusual young woman flees to a ship bound for the Up-and-Out. But her narrow escape does not mean safety. For speeding across the galaxy pursued by ruthless, but unknown adversaries, this young woman will discover a secret which is buried deep inside her psyche—a revelation the universe may not be ready to face....
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=KlmJEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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1999-07-01
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1101153377
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The Messiah Stone
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Martin Caidin
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A mercenary is hired by a group of power brokers to locate a stone that possess magical powers.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=0DtLFHxMNCUC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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1986
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0671655620
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Be More Chill
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Ned Vizzini
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One boy’s exploration of what it takes to be “cool”, how to get a girl and what (not) to do when you’ve got one...
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Juvenile Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=8oVH2ch-gW4C&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2009-08-20
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0007342888
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Pigs Don't Fly
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Mary Brown
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Pigs Don't Fly: But Dragons Do
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=ACrhAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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1994-04
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72539294021136
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The Princess Pawn
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Maggie L. Wood
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For ages 12+. Willow Kingswell thinks of herself as an ordinary fourteen-year-old. Although she has been hearing her grandmother's stories about the enchanted realm of Mistolear for as long as she can remember, being a princess is the furthest thing from her mind. What's worrying Willow these days is finding a way to get accepted by the in-crowd at her high school without betraying her friend Abby. What's also worrying her is Nana, who is her only family, and who seems increasingly frail and confused. Suddenly, Willow finds herself magically transported to the real Mistolear, where it turns out she actually does have a large family -- and a royal one at that! Willow's courage and intellect are put to the test as she attempts to save the kingdom from a terrifying spell. Maggie L. Wood has created a complex and compelling adventure fantasy that addresses contemporary teen issues with insight, compassion, and a wry sense of humour.
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Juvenile Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=tNlI4clrdeYC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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2003
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1894549295
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Try to Remember
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Judith Freeland
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Try to Remember is a six-year journey through the memories and musings of a man diagnosed with Alzheimer's. It opens with a moment of Greg's forgetfulness, an early symptom of the disease that would exile him to a nursing home for the rest of his life. Mostly, it is stories told to anyone who would listen: of his boyhood in the early 20th century in a small village in Minnesota, spending summers from the age of ten with harvest crews throughout the grain belt states; his early adulthood during the Great Depression and the less-trumpeted dust bowl years when jobs were scarce and ill-paid. He remembers his joys during courtship, marriage, and fatherhood; his triumphs as an entrepreneur involved on the fringes of Canadian politics: his love of horses. His mind returns again and again to summers at the family lake cottage; the night a bear raided the icebox; the day he feared a daughter had drowned; the night the Northern Lights spectacularly outshone Fourth of July fireworks. The memories are funny and sad, exciting and mundane, terrifying and comforting. As scattered as his memories is his fleeting awareness that his mind was failing him.
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Biography & Autobiography
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=WJq7TYlUEkQC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2005-11
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0595378447
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Ground Zero
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Alan Gratz
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The instant #1 New York Times bestseller. In time for the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, master storyteller Alan Gratz (Refugee) delivers a pulse-pounding and unforgettable take on history and hope, revenge and fear -- and the stunning links between the past and present. September 11, 2001, New York City: Brandon is visiting his dad at work, on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center. Out of nowhere, an airplane slams into the tower, creating a fiery nightmare of terror and confusion. And Brandon is in the middle of it all. Can he survive -- and escape? September 11, 2019, Afghanistan: Reshmina has grown up in the shadow of war, but she dreams of peace and progress. When a battle erupts in her village, Reshmina stumbles upon a wounded American soldier named Taz. Should she help Taz -- and put herself and her family in mortal danger? Two kids. One devastating day. Nothing will ever be the same.
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Juvenile Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=AzbXDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2021-02-02
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1338245775
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The Younger Gods
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David Eddings, Leigh Eddings
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The exciting final volume in the glorious fantasy series The Dreamers...
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=GCpykKWAulMC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2010-03-25
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0007368089
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Helliconia Spring
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Brian Aldiss
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This is the first volume of the Helliconia Trilogy - a monumental saga which goes beyond anything yet created by this master among today's imaginative writers. An entire solar system is revealed, and with it a world disturbingly reflecting our own, Helliconia: an Earth-like planet where dynasties change with the seasons . Events and characters and animals stream across the pages of this gigantic novel. Cosmic in scope, it keeps an eye lovingly on the humans involved. So the 5,000 inhabitants of the Earth's observation station above Helliconia keep their eyes trained on the events of Oldorando and may long to intervene though the dangers are too great. So we on Earth have them all in our vision in one of the most consuming and magnificent novels of scientific romance.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=OlJxIs-roIEC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2013-01-24
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057512752X
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Tesla's Attic
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Neal Shusterman, Eric Elfman
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Fans of intrigue, action, humor, and nonstop surprises are guaranteed an adventure unlike any other in Tesla's Attic, Book One of the Accelerati Trilogy, for readers of "Rick Riordan's Kane Chronicles or Kenneth Oppel's Airborne" (Booklist). After their home burns down, fourteen-year-old Nick, his younger brother, and their father move into a ramshackle Victorian house they've inherited. When Nick opens the door to his attic room, he's hit in the head by a toaster. That's just the beginning of his weird experiences with the old junk stored up there. After getting rid of the odd antiques in a garage sale, Nick befriends some local kids--Mitch, Caitlin, and Vincent--and they discover that all of the objects have extraordinary properties. What's more, Nick figures out that the attic is a strange magnetic vortex, which attracts all sorts of trouble. It's as if the attic itself has an intelligence . . . and a purpose. Ultimately Nick learns that the genius Nikola Tesla placed the items-his last inventions-in the attic as part of a larger plan that he mathematically predicted. Nick and his new friends must retrieve everything that was sold at the garage sale and keep it safe. But the task is fraught with peril-in addition to the dangers inherent in Tesla's mysterious and powerful creations, a secret society of physicists, the Accelerati, is determined to stop Nick and alter destiny to achieve its own devious ends. It's a lot for a guy to handle, especially when he'd much rather fly under the radar as the new kid in town. Read more of the Accelerati Trilogy: Edison's Alley Hawking's Hallway
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Juvenile Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=lzTSDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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2014-02-11
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1423155122
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Dragons of a Fallen Sun
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Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
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A NEW AGE Forty years have passed since the devastating Chaos War, when the gods departed Krynn. Cruel and powerful dragons have seized control of Ansalon, dividing the continent among them and demanding tribute from the people they have enslaved. Heroes of the past have gone to their well-deserved rest. Now new heroes take their place to continue the battle against evil. Change -- for good or for ill -- comes to the world. A violent magical storm sweeps over Ansalon, bringing flood and fire, death and destruction. Out of the tumult rises a strange, mystic young woman. Her destiny is bound up with that of Krynn. For she alone knows the truth about the future, a future strangely and inextricably tied to the terrifying mystery in Krynn's past.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=j3tbAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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2000
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33205143400706
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The Genesis Quest
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Donald Moffitt
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Alien scientists create a new human race—and keep them as sheltered pets: “It’s time to discover Donald Moffitt” (Greg Bear). After intercepting a message from Earth, Nar scientists have learned the secret of human life. The alien species understands everything about human technology and culture and uses this knowledge to build on each breakthrough until it succeeds in re-creating humans. Now they encourage their “pets” to evolve within the alien community and learn the mysteries of the galaxy, but prohibit any knowledge of the planet Earth itself. Bram has always dreamed of traveling to the forbidden planet. Although Earth is millions of miles away, the bioengineer is determined to discover the truth about his species and the land that has been kept a secret his whole life. Bram must discover a way to unveil the truth and see the homeland he has been denied.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=lEUcAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2014-04-01
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1480499994
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Death by Cliché
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Susan Kiernan-Lewis
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Claire Baskerville is a "woman of a certain age" trying to make a new life for herself in the City of Light. When one of her clients—the owner of a popular expat bookstore—ends up brutally murdered in his bookstore, Claire finds herself in the hot seat. Working with a handsome police detective who was once her sworn enemy, Claire will need to find her client’s killer—while keeping herself out of jail and at the same time not the killer’s next victim.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=_7LcDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2020-04-14
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21698653548909
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The Golem's Eye
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Jonathan Stroud
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In their continuing adventures, magician's apprentice Nathaniel, now fourteen years old, and the djinni Bartimaeus travel to Prague to locate the source of a golem's power before it destroys London.
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Apprentices
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=-2-SswEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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2004
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038560615X
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Panda Ray
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Michael Kandel
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When his mother threatens to scoop him out because he boasted to his classmates, ten-year-old Christopher Zimmerman, the youngest member of a family of aliens, goes on a journey through space, time, and other dimensions to escape his punishment.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=DIQfHAAACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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1996
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0312143877
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Code of the Lifemaker
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James P. Hogan
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Thirg, the notorious philosopher, knows there are alien beings on other worlds on the other side of the sky. When aliens do arrive, Thirg's heretical and dangerous beliefs are vindicated. But the strange creatures called human plan to exploit his planet's resources. Only one human, Karl Zambendorf, can stop his fellow Terrans from enslaving Thirg's people. Too bad Zambendorf is a con man.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=TID161O-9koC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2002-02-26
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0743435265
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Dark Is the Sun
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Philip Jose Farmer
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Fifteen billion years from now, Earth is a dying planet, its skies darkened by the ashes of burned-out galaxies, its molten core long cooled. The sunless planet is nearing the day of final gravitational collapse in the surrounding galaxy. Mutations and evolution have led to a great disparity of life-forms, while civilization has resorted to the primitive. Young Deyv of the Turtle Tribe knew nothing of his world's history or its fate. He lived only to track down the wretched Yawtl who had stolen his precious Soul Egg. Joined by other victims of the same thief - the feisty Vana and the plant-man Sloosh - the group sets off across a nightmare landscape of monster-haunted jungle and wetland. Their search leads them ultimately to the jeweled wasteland of the Shemibob, an ageless being from another star who knows Earth's end is near and holds the only key to escape.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=g4AwSEV9mSAC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2012-06-18
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0575119888
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Beyond Time
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Swapnil Jha
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Time has no limit. We don't know our Future nor we can change our Past. Only remains is Present. In this story, I want to explain Osho's given theory that our Present is beyond time. What is time? Where did 'Time' word come from? Time is a Latin word. Time means something changes. Time is divided into three periods. We know that one is Past, another is present and the third one future. Because you know that but I will prove you that everything is in Present. How? You will question me. This question is very simple. Osho explained us about time. Stay in the Present. If you are thinking about Past or Future that means you have destroyed yourself because of some reason. The reason is to change the time is not possible. Time is one of the constant that we produced. In this novel I will explain you about the time machine. What happened to all the guys if time machine is discovered? They knew the Past or the Future. They travel in time. That means they are destroying their Present. The theory of time machine is proved by Albert Einstein was discovering this time. Sukh was one of the scientists. He was a great scientist. He studied about time and time machine. He knew the theory and he was trying to invite the time machine.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=95WkoAEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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2014-06-25
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1500316075
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Seasons
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Hannah Pang
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Watch six breathtaking landscapes from around the world transform through the seasons in this beautifully illustrated book. Features simple facts about the creatures and plants that are found in each location during the different seasons. From the Arctic tundra to the African plains, the changing of the seasons keeps every creature and plant working together in perfect balance. Discover the sweet smells and sounds of the meadows in springtime, when the flowers and trees begin to bud and birds fill the skies. Marvel at the northern lights that illuminate the Arctic sky in the winter. Meet the underwater animals that live in boggy creeks in Australia during the summer. With simple facts about the wildlife and plants that change through every season, this is the perfect book for all nature lovers.
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Juvenile Nonfiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=KgNPEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2021-08-31
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1944530371
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Barney and the UFO
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Margaret Goff Clark
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Barney is afraid to tell his foster parents that he has seen a UFO behind the house even when a hasty promise to a space boy leads him into trouble.
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Juvenile Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=0MQTAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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1979
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23010194297225
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Titan
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Ron Chernow
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There are worse men than John D Rockefeller,' Arena magazine observed at the turn of the century. 'There is probably not one, however, who in the public mind so typifies the grave and startling menace to social order.' The son of a flamboyant bigamist and pedlar of patent medicine, Rockefeller was by then America's richest man, the mastermind and creator of the country's first and most powerful monopoly: the Standard Oil Company. Reaching into every household across America, Standard Oil controlled 90% of all oil refined in the US, as well as its production, transportation, marketing and distribution. The story of Rockefeller is the story of a pivotal moment in modern history: the shift, after the American Civil War, from small-scale business to economy of scale, and the development of the first modern corporation. In Ron Chernow's magisterial work we see this transition in all of its nuances - accompanied by the rise in labour militancy, the tabloid press and large-scale philanthropy. TITAN is a business epic that, by illuminating the past, teaches us much about where we are today.
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Capitalists and financiers
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=XR5zPwAACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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1998
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0316645885
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The Merlin Conspiracy
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Diana Wynne Jones
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A bestselling fantasy adventure about two teens from two very different worlds, who must work together to save the universe. The companion novel to the bestselling Deep Secret.
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Juvenile Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=otT8rNkJYicC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2013-04-25
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000750764X
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The Silenced
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Heather Graham
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Where is Lara Mayhew? Lara, a congressman's media assistant, suddenly quits her job--and disappears on the way to her Washington, DC, apartment. Novice FBI agent Meg Murray, a childhood friend of Lara's, gets a message from her that same night, a message that says she's disillusioned and "going home." To Richmond, Virginia. Meg discovers that she never got there. And bodies fitting Lara's description are showing up in nearby rivers... Could she be the victim of a serial killer? Meg is assigned to work with special agent Matt Bosworth, a hard-nosed pro in the FBI's unit of paranormal investigators--the Krewe of Hunters. They trace the route Meg and Lara took more than once in the past, visiting battlefields and graveyards from Harpers Ferry to Gettysburg. Places where the dead share their secrets with those who can hear... As Meg and Matt pursue the possibility of a serial killer, they find themselves in the middle of a political conspiracy. Is there a connection? If so, has Lara been silenced for good? And whom--besides each other--can they trust?
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=yQ4hCgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2015-06-30
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0778317994
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Caraval
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Stephanie Garber
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Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett's father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval, the far-away, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show, are over.But this year, Scarlett's long-dreamt of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to the show. Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval's mastermind organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season's Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner.Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate performance. But she nevertheless becomes enmeshed in a game of love, heartbreak, and magic with the other players in the game. And whether Caraval is real or not, she must find Tella before the five nights of the game are over, a dangerous domino effect of consequences is set off, and her sister disappears forever.Welcome, welcome to Caraval . . . beware of getting swept too far away.
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Fathers and daughters
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=f87nxQEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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2018
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1536438626
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Crimson Son
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Russ Linton
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Can a powerless hacker survive in a world of living weapons? Thrown into an Arctic bunker as a teenager, Spencer Harrington’s been put on ice by an overbearing super soldier of a father. His mother kidnapped as he watched, Spencer was certain his Dad would find her. But after nearly two years, the trail has run cold. Now a socially maladjusted nineteen year old, Spencer has decided it’s up to him to do what his father can’t and uncover his mother’s fate. Armed only with a multi-tool and an arsenal of weapons-grade snark, Spencer launches into a world of robots and living weapons. Along the way he rallies a team of retiree Augments and everyday people living in the shadow of a weapons program gone wrong. On the brink of Armageddon, with his mother's very existence at stake, Spencer soon stumbles into the true mastermind's web only to discover he's been the prey all along... Crimson Son is the first book in the Crimson Son Universe, a series of gritty cyberpunk-inspired superhero tales with witty characters, heart-pounding adventure, and helmed by a vulnerable hero with an unmistakable voice. Buy Crimson Son and launch into action with Spencer today!
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=HIYdBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2014-06-14
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0990316920
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Consider Phlebas
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Iain M. Banks
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The first book in Iain M. Banks's seminal science fiction series, The Culture. Consider Phlebas introduces readers to the utopian conglomeration of human and alien races that explores the nature of war, morality, and the limitless bounds of mankind's imagination. The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction, cold-blooded, brutal, and worse, random. The Idirans fought for their Faith; the Culture for its moral right to exist. Principles were at stake. There could be no surrender. Within the cosmic conflict, an individual crusade. Deep within a fabled labyrinth on a barren world, a Planet of the Dead proscribed to mortals, lay a fugitive Mind. Both the Culture and the Idirans sought it. It was the fate of Horza, the Changer, and his motley crew of unpredictable mercenaries, human and machine, actually to find it, and with it their own destruction. The Culture Series Consider Phlebas The Player of Games Use of Weapons The State of the Art Excession Inversions Look to Windward Matter Surface Detail The Hydrogen Sonata
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=3_bJKlAOecEC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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2009-12-01
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0316095834
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Have Space Suit, Will Travel
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Robert A. Heinlein
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A high school senior wins a space suit in a soap jingle contest, takes a last walk wearing "Oscar" before cashing him in for college tuition, and suddenly finds himself on a space odyssey.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=BG3SjVi5AvAC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2005-02-08
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1416505490
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Permanence
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Karl Schroeder
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Young Rue Cassels of the Cycler Compact -- a civilization based around remote brown dwarf stars -- is running for her life from her bullying brother, Jentry, who has stolen her family inheritance and threatens to sell her into slavery. Fleeing in a shuttle spacecraft from the sparsely populated and austere comet-mining habitat she has lived in her whole life, she spots a distant, approaching object, and stakes a legal claim to it. It is not the valuable comet she hoped for but something even more wonderful, an abandoned Cycler starship. Since the discovery of a faster-than-light drive, unfortunately operable only between larger stars, the Cycler Compact civilization has gradually dwindled. It's much cheaper for the star-based civilizations of the new Rights Economy to bypass the stops that can't be made with the new technology, and the civilizations of the brown stars are gradually sinking into anarchy and chaos. It has been decades since the last Cycler ship passed anywhere near the system in which Rue grew up. Her discovery unleashes a fury of action, greed, and interstellar intrigue as many factions attempt to take advantage of the last great opportunity to revitalize-and perhaps control--the Compact. This is the story of Rue's quest to visit and claim this ship and its treasures, set against a background of warring empires, strange alien artifacts, and fantastic science. It is a story of hope and danger, of a strange and compelling religion, Permanence, unique to this star-faring age, and of the rebirth of life and belief in a place at the edge of forever. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=M0n86wG0q2QC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2003-03-14
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1429980397
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A Wrinkle in Time
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Madeleine L'Engle, Linda Ward Beech
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Meg Murry and her friends become involved with unearthly strangers and a search for Meg's father, who has disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government.
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Education
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=k2_JGLZhSDMC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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1997-09
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0590373609
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Plague
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Wendy Orent
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Chronicles the history and mystery of several centuries of plague including bioweapons programs initiated by the former Soviet Union.
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History
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=bu019M0yPZUC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2004
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0743236858
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Only Forward
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Michael Marshall Smith, Neil Gaiman
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Michael Marshall Smith's surreal, groundbreaking, and award-winning debut which resonates with wild humour interlaced with dark recollections of an emotional minefield. May we introduce you to Stark. Oh, and by the way -- good luck. Stark is the private investigator who goes to work when Something Happens to you. And when a Something happens it's no good chanting 'go away go away go away' and cowering in a corner, because a Something always comes from your darkest past and won't be beaten until you face it. And that's not easy in a city where reality is twisting and broken, a world in which friends can become enemies in a heartbeat -- and where your most secret fear can become a soul-shredding reality. And the worst of it is, for this nightmare you don't even have to be asleep... Considered a modern classic, and consistently featured in lists of Books To Read Before Your Head Explodes, ONLY FORWARD is a novel you'll never forget.
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Science fiction, English
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=G__UoQEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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2015-05-07
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0008117446
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Slaughterhouse-Five
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Kurt Vonnegut
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Kurt Vonnegut’s masterpiece, Slaughterhouse-Five is “a desperate, painfully honest attempt to confront the monstrous crimes of the twentieth century” (Time). Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous World War II firebombing of Dresden, the novel is the result of what Kurt Vonnegut described as a twenty-three-year struggle to write a book about what he had witnessed as an American prisoner of war. It combines historical fiction, science fiction, autobiography, and satire in an account of the life of Billy Pilgrim, a barber’s son turned draftee turned optometrist turned alien abductee. As Vonnegut had, Billy experiences the destruction of Dresden as a POW. Unlike Vonnegut, he experiences time travel, or coming “unstuck in time.” An instant bestseller, Slaughterhouse-Five made Kurt Vonnegut a cult hero in American literature, a reputation that only strengthened over time, despite his being banned and censored by some libraries and schools for content and language. But it was precisely those elements of Vonnegut’s writing—the political edginess, the genre-bending inventiveness, the frank violence, the transgressive wit—that have inspired generations of readers not just to look differently at the world around them but to find the confidence to say something about it. Authors as wide-ranging as Norman Mailer, John Irving, Michael Crichton, Tim O’Brien, Margaret Atwood, Elizabeth Strout, David Sedaris, Jennifer Egan, and J. K. Rowling have all found inspiration in Vonnegut’s words. Jonathan Safran Foer has described Vonnegut as “the kind of writer who made people—young people especially—want to write.” George Saunders has declared Vonnegut to be “the great, urgent, passionate American writer of our century, who offers us . . . a model of the kind of compassionate thinking that might yet save us from ourselves.” More than fifty years after its initial publication at the height of the Vietnam War, Vonnegut’s portrayal of political disillusionment, PTSD, and postwar anxiety feels as relevant, darkly humorous, and profoundly affecting as ever, an enduring beacon through our own era’s uncertainties.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=pWyLDQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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1999-01-12
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0385333846
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Creatures of Light and Darkness
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Roger Zelazny
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Two gods, two houses, one quest, and the eternal war between life and death To save his kingdom, Anubis, Lord of the Dead, sends forth his servant on a mission of vengeance. At the same time, from The House of Life, Osiris sends forth his son, Horus, on the same mission to destroy utterly and forever The Prince Who Was a Thousand. But neither of these superhuman warriors is prepared for the strange and harrowing world of mortal life, and The Thing That Cries in the Night may well destroy not only their worlds, but all mankind. As Zelazny did with the Hindu pantheon in the legendary, groundbreaking classic Lord of Light, the master storyteller here breathes new life into the Egyptian gods with another dazzling tale of mythology and imagination.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=V-A-l-a7qE0C&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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2010-04-13
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0061936456
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The Crucible of Time
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John Brunner
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An alien race struggles to survive on an uninhabitable planet in this “impeccably detailed and beautifully thought out” novel from a Hugo Award winner (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). On a planet besieged with cosmic dust, where meteors of all sizes frequently hit, wiping out entire civilizations, a strange alien species struggles against extinction over the course of millennia. As their star grows hotter, melting ice caps and causing more earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, higher levels of radiation lead to higher rates of mutation. Plants that had been edible become poisonous or die off altogether. Watching their dire situation only get worse, the planet’s scientists finally acknowledge that to survive long-term, the inhabitants will have to abandon their fraught home world and become a space-faring species. In a story that spans millennia, Hugo Award–winning author and British science fiction master John Brunner introduces us to an alien race that takes control of their own evolution and builds the technological society that will be their way into space. “One of the most important science fiction authors. Brunner held a mirror up to reflect our foibles because he wanted to save us from ourselves.” —SF Site
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=WOkoAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2014-04-01
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1497622328
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Child of the River
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Irma Joubert
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A timeless coming-of-age tale of heartbreak and triumph set in South Africa at the dawn of apartheid. Persomi is young, white, and poor, born the middle child of illiterate sharecroppers on the prosperous Fourie farm in the South African Bushveld. Persomi’s world is extraordinarily small. She has never been to the local village and spends her days absorbed in the rhythms of the natural world around her, escaping the brutality and squalor of her family home through the newspapers and books passed down to her from the main house and through her walks in the nearby mountains. Persomi’s close relationship with her older brother Gerbrand and her fragile friendship with Boelie Fourie—heir to the Fourie farm and fortune—are her lifeline and her only connection to the outside world. When Gerbrand leaves the farm to fight on the side of the Anglos in WWII and Boelie joins an underground network of Boer nationalists, Persomi’s isolated world is blown wide open. But as her very small world falls apart, bigger dreams open to her—dreams of an education, a profession, a native country that values justice and equality, and of love. As Persomi navigates the changing landscape around her—the tragedies of war and the devastating racial strife of her homeland—she finally discovers who she truly is, where she belongs, and why her life—and every life—matters. The English language publication of Child of the River solidifies Irma Joubert as a unique and powerful voice in historical fiction. “Filled with lessons of grace and love, Child of the River is a story that reminds us all to hold steady through life’s most fragile hours.” —Julie Cantrell, New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author of Perennials
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=Xay7CwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2016-10-18
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0718083091
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The Unsuspecting Mage
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Brian S. Pratt
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Little did James realize when he answered the ad in the paper that he would be thrust into the middle of an adventure that will test the limits of his intelligence and courage. Not given any sort of explanation why he has been brought to this world, James, a high school senior, must discover the reason. He quickly realizes that he's able to use the knowledge he gained through the hundreds of books he's read, as well as the time spent in role playing games to help him along. The world he's been brought to is one on the edge of war and only by learning to control the magic within himself will he be able to survive the trials ahead. With the help of a boy named Miko, he sets out across this strange world to discover why he's there and what he must do.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=hV21bwAACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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2005-12-01
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0984312722
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Pandora's Star
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Peter F. Hamilton
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Pandora's Star is the first part of Peter F. Hamilton's epic Commonwealth Saga duology – a fantastic galaxy-spanning novel from the master of space opera. For fans of Iain M. Banks and Alastair Reynolds. At the edge of the galaxy something awakens – and it's coming for us . . . Earth AD 2329: Humanity has colonized over four hundred planets, all interlinked by wormholes. For the first time in mankind's history there is peace. Then a star over a thousand light years away suddenly vanishes, imprisoned inside a force field of immense size. Yet who – or what – has that sort of technology? And what could this mean for us? Only a faster-than-light starship, captained by ex-NASA astronaut Wilson Kime, can reach that distance to investigate. For Wilson, getting inside the force field could be easy. It may be harder to stop something else from getting out. What if there was a very good reason to seal off an entire star system? The Commonwealth Saga duology concludes with Judas Unchained. 'The best book Hamilton has written in years' - Guardian 'Anyone who begins this won’t be able to put it down' - Publishers Weekly
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=1cJkdAULRI0C&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2009-08-21
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0330466496
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Wild West Witches
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Michael Molloy
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Evil Wolfbane, leader of the villainous Night Witches, is on theloose once more. Released from his shackles of space and time, heplans to take over the world by capturing King Arthur's sword, Excalibur,the most powerful weapon ever made.Luckily, Abby and Spike, and their incredible Light Witch friends,discover his devilish plot in time. Together they travel back tothe old Wild West with Excalibur safe in their keeping. But nowthey must face Bullwhip Kate, an army of cactus men, and an explodingmountain, in a final showdown that will call upon all theircourage and magical power
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Children's stories
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=xnXKAAAACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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2003
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1904442226
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Z for Zachariah
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Robert C. O'Brien
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A Newbery Medalist presents a gripping, thought-provoking story about life after a nuclear holocaust.
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Juvenile Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=w5Gse7Me1c0C&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2007-07-10
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1416939210
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The Secret of Platform 13
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Eva Ibbotson
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Under Platform 13 at King's Cross Station there is a secret door that leads to a magical island . . . It appears only once every nine years. And when it opens, four mysterious figures step into the streets of London. A wizard, an ogre, a fey and a young hag have come to find the prince of their kingdom, stolen as a baby nine years before. But the prince has become a horrible rich boy called Raymond Trottle, who doesn't understand magic and is determined not to be rescued. Shortlisted for the Smarties Prize, The Secret of Platform 13 is an exciting magical adventure from Eva Ibbotson, the award-winning author of Journey to the River Sea. 'This kind of fun will never fail to delight' Philip Pullman
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Juvenile Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=NUi1HtrERmYC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2008-09-04
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0330477692
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One Foot in the Grave
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William Mark Simmons
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UNFORTUNATELY, THEY BELIEVE IN HIM... Christopher Csejthe doesn't believe in vampires. Not until he becomes one. He doesn't believe in witches or werewolves, either. Not until they make him an offer he can't refuse.... Flight of the Living Dead A scream sliced the night air¾an animal sound as far removed from a human voice as the previous scream of tortured metal. It was a sound that went on and on as we hurried toward the RV. Mooncloud yanked the passenger door open and then ran around to the driver's side as I climbed up onto the bench seat. As she slid behind the wheel the other woman leapt from the building's rear doorway, sailing over the stairs and landing on the ground below. As she crouched on the asphalt, there was a shattering roar that canceled out the screaming. A ball of flame rolled out from the doorway like an orange party favor, licking the air just a few feet above her head. Mooncloud threw the van in gear and brought it skidding around as the blaze snapped back through the opening. Before I could reach for the door handle the woman was springing through the open window to land across my lap. "Go!" she shouted, but Mooncloud was already whipping the vehicle in a tight turn and accelerating toward the parking lot's north exit. The speed bump smacked my head against the roof of the cab and, by the time my vision cleared, we were driving more sedately down a side street, the woman with the crossbow sitting between me and the passenger door. In the rear-view mirror a pillar of flame was climbing from the roof of the old dormitory that housed the radio station. I shook my head to clear away the last of the planetarium show and gripped the dashboard. "Will somebody please tell me what's going on?" "It's very simple, Mr. Csejthe," Dr. Mooncloud said, pressing a button that locked the cab doors. "You are a dead man." At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=Jlh0CwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2015-10-29
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1625794797
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Rebel Belle
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Rachel Hawkins
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Harper Price, peerless Southern belle, was born ready for a Homecoming tiara. But after a strange run-in at the dance imbues her with incredible abilities, Harper's destiny takes a turn for the seriously weird. She becomes a Paladin, one of an ancient line of guardians with agility, super strength and lethal fighting instincts. Just when life can't get any more disastrously crazy, Harper finds out who she's charged to protect: David Stark, school reporter, subject of a mysterious prophecy and possibly Harper's least favorite person. But things get complicated when Harper starts falling for him--and discovers that David's own fate could very well be to destroy Earth. With snappy banter, cotillion dresses, non-stop action and a touch of magic, this new young adult series from bestseller Rachel Hawkins is going to make y'all beg for more. “As surprising as it is delicious.”—BCCB, starred review “Fun with a twist of supernatural and Southern charm.” —VOYA “The romance, coming-of-age aspects, and a well-drawn heroine with a crackling wit will lure in readers.” —Booklist
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Young Adult Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=8iLgNcFCiHMC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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2014-04-08
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110160333X
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The Library at Mount Char
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Scott Hawkins
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“Wholly original . . . the work of the newest major talent in fantasy.”—The Wall Street Journal “Freakishly compelling . . . through heart-thumping acts of violence and laugh-out-loud moments, this book practically dares you to keep reading.”—Atlanta Magazine A missing God. A library with the secrets to the universe. A woman too busy to notice her heart slipping away. Carolyn's not so different from the other people around her. She likes guacamole and cigarettes and steak. She knows how to use a phone. Clothes are a bit tricky, but everyone says nice things about her outfit with the Christmas sweater over the gold bicycle shorts. After all, she was a normal American herself once. That was a long time ago, of course. Before her parents died. Before she and the others were taken in by the man they called Father. In the years since then, Carolyn hasn't had a chance to get out much. Instead, she and her adopted siblings have been raised according to Father's ancient customs. They've studied the books in his Library and learned some of the secrets of his power. And sometimes, they've wondered if their cruel tutor might secretly be God. Now, Father is missing—perhaps even dead—and the Library that holds his secrets stands unguarded. And with it, control over all of creation. As Carolyn gathers the tools she needs for the battle to come, fierce competitors for this prize align against her, all of them with powers that far exceed her own. But Carolyn has accounted for this. And Carolyn has a plan. The only trouble is that in the war to make a new God, she's forgotten to protect the things that make her human. Populated by an unforgettable cast of characters and propelled by a plot that will shock you again and again, The Library at Mount Char is at once horrifying and hilarious, mind-blowingly alien and heartbreakingly human, sweepingly visionary and nail-bitingly thrilling—and signals the arrival of a major new voice in fantasy. Praise for The Library at Mount Char An engrossing fantasy world full of supernatural beings and gruesome consequences."—Boston Globe "Vivid . . . the dialogue sings . . . you'll spend equal time shuddering and chortling."—Dallas Morning News"
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=3diWBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2015-06-16
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0553418610
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The Starlight Crystal
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Christopher Pike
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It is 200 years in the future. Paige Christian, 18, has been given the chance to join the crew of the Traveler--a special spaceship/time capsule designed to circle the solar system and study the changes on earth throughout two centuries. But an awful thing happens to the earth--and the Traveler. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
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Juvenile Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=SaSkUuJoshsC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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1996
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0671550284
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The Power
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Rhonda Byrne
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You are meant to have an amazing life! This is the handbook to the greatest power in the Universe - The Power to have anything you want. Every discovery, invention, and human creation comes fromThe Power. Perfect health, incredible relationships, a career you love, a life filled with happiness, and the money you need to be, do, and have everything you want, all come fromThe Power. The life of your dreams has always been closer to you than you realized, because The Power -to have everything good in your life - is inside you. To create anything, to change anything, all it takes is just onething…THE POWER.
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Body, Mind & Spirit
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=eUj7ouTx5b8C&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2011-03-31
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0857201719
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As She Climbed Across the Table
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Jonathan Lethem
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The best boy-meets-girl-meets-void story ever written. Professor Philip Engstrom is in love with Alice Coombs, a particle physicist who, unfortunately has fallen in love with Lack, an artificially created nothingness, a rift in the universe that absorbs some things and disdains others. For this reason, Alice finds Lack an irresistibly mysterious personality--something that makes it an unbeatable rival for Philip. 224 pp. Author tour. Internet publicity. 20,000 print. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=WO0KAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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1997
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41539801887729
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Father, I Don’t Want This Marriage, Vol. 1
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Hong Heesu, Yuri
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A duke’s daughter, despised and outcast by all. A crown prince, feared by even the emperor. Juvelian is a villainess so universally hated that when she is accused of jealously poisoning the princess of the Ashet Empire, her own father leaves her to die a traitor’s death. Faced with the threat of interrogation by the infamously tyrannical Crown Prince Maximillian, she takes her own life. And that’s how the story ends – at least, that’s how it was supposed to end. Now, a reborn Juvelian has joined the cast, and she is determined to rewrite the finale. But even if she manages to change the ending, she will still need to contend with her father’s feral protégé – a young man who sees Juvelian as an obstacle to his dangerous ambitions. This volume collects episodes 1–14 of the webcomic Father, I Don’t Want This Marriage.
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Comics & Graphic Novels
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=gnr4EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2024-08-06
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1911721178
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Artemis Fowl
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Eoin Colfer
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Artemis Fowl
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Juvenile Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=lYmou1ElyEEC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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2001-04-16
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0786808012
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Bloodring
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Mildred Gail Digby
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Lark Greenpool became a Guardian at just the wrong time. A forbidden artifact known as a Bloodring has been awoken. It released a malevolent energy that threatens to destroy the barrier that protects Lark's world from the Outside and it's the Guardians' job to put it right. Help arrives in the form of an ambassador from the Ringsworn, the people who made the Bloodring. Violet Ironwrought is prickly, most likely very dangerous, dislikes everyone, and is completely fascinating to Lark. After a rocky start, friendship blossoms between the two women, and slowly grows into something much more than that. When circumstances threaten to separate them, Lark has to decide where her loyalties lie, and what she is willing to risk to protect not only herself, but the woman who has become the most important part of her life.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=pciuzQEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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2020-07-09
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1619294443
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The One-Armed Queen
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Jane Yolen
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In the twilight of a lost age of high mages, the great warrior Queen called White Jenna found a frail, one-armed child on the field of battle. In the way of the Hames of the Dales, she adopted the child, named her Scillia, and made the girl her heir, destined to rule as Queen at Jenna's passing. But Jenna's natural son Jem, younger than Scillia, has been raised in the kingdom of their enemies as a hostage and foster son. He had been taught to resent his foster sister's power and covet the throne for himself and his Garun masters, unleashing a terrible time of bloodshed and betrayal.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=JgRfV-uo0WwC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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2010-06-08
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142991565X
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SEEKER
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Arwen Elys Dayton
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Quin Kincaid has been put through years of brutal training for what she thinks is the noble purpose of becoming a revered ‘Seeker’. Only when it’s too late does she discover she will be using her new-found knowledge and training to become an assassin. Quin's new role will take her around the globe, from a remote estate in Scotland to a bustling, futuristic Hong Kong where the past she thought she had escaped will finally catch up with her.
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Juvenile Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=EsfQBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2015-02-12
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144819265X
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The Fold
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Gilles Deleuze
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Philosophy
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=cK8X2mt01BgC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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2006-05-16
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082649076X
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The Eight
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Katherine Neville
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The “fascinating” #1 international bestseller of a quest across centuries by two intrepid women to reunite the pieces of a powerful, ancient chess set (Los Angeles Times Book Review). A fabulous, bejeweled chess set that belonged to Charlemagne has been buried in a Pyrenees abbey for a thousand years. As the bloody French Revolution rages in Paris, the nuns dig it up and scatter its pieces across the globe because, when united, the set contains a secret power that could topple civilizations. To keep the set from falling into the wrong hands, two novices, Valentine and Mireille, embark on an adventure that begins in the streets of Paris and leads to Russia, Egypt, Corsica, and into the heart of the Algerian Sahara. Two hundred years later, while on assignment in Algeria, computer expert Catherine Velis finds herself drawn unwillingly into the deadly “Game” still swirling around the legendary chess set—a game that will require her to risk her life and match wits with diabolical forces. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Katherine Neville including rare images from her life and travels.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=QBDGCQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2015-07-21
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1504013670
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Jack Glass
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Adam Roberts
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WINNER OF THE BSFA AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL Jack Glass is the murderer. We know this from the start. Yet as this extraordinary novel tells the story of three murders committed by Glass the reader will be surprised to find out that it was Glass who was the killer and how he did it. And by the end of the book our sympathies for the killer are fully engaged. Riffing on the tropes of crime fiction (the country house murder, the locked room mystery) and imbued with the feel of golden age SF, JACK GLASS is another bravura performance from Roberts. Whatever games he plays with the genre, whatever questions he asks of the reader, Roberts never loses sight of the need to entertain and JACK GLASS has some wonderfully gruesome moments, is built around three gripping HowDunnits and comes with liberal doses of sly humour. Roberts invites us to have fun and tricks us into thinking about both crime and SF via a beautifully structured novel set in a society whose depiction challanges notions of crime, punishment, power and freedom. It is an extraordinary novel.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=wcqrPllcj6UC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2012-07-26
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0575127651
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Homegoing
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Yaa Gyasi
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Selected for Granta's Best of Young American Novelists 2017 Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best First Book Shortlisted for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction Effia and Esi: two sisters with two very different destinies. One sold into slavery; one a slave trader's wife. The consequences of their fate reverberate through the generations that follow. Taking us from the Gold Coast of Africa to the cotton-picking plantations of Mississippi; from the missionary schools of Ghana to the dive bars of Harlem, spanning three continents and seven generations, Yaa Gyasi has written a miraculous novel - the intimate, gripping story of a brilliantly vivid cast of characters and through their lives the very story of America itself. Epic in its canvas and intimate in its portraits, Homegoing is a searing and profound debut from a masterly new writer.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=L7c4CwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2016-06-07
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0241975247
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The Stars My Destination
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Alfred Bester
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One of the very best must-read SF novels of all time.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=mYKhPwAACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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2010
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0575094192
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The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect
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Roger Williams
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In a time not far from our own, Lawrence sets out simply to build an artifical intelligence that can pass as human, and finds himself instead with one that can pass as a god. Taking the Three Laws of Robotics literally, Prime Intellect makes every human immortal and provides instantly for every stated human desire. Caroline finds no meaning in this life of purposeless ease, and forgets her emptiness only in moments of violent and profane exhibitionism. At turns shocking and humorous, "Prime Intellect" looks unflinchingly at extremes of human behavior that might emerge when all limits are removed. An international Internet phenomenon, "Prime Intellect" has been downloaded more than 10,000 times since its free release in January 2003. It has been read and discussed in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Slovenia, South Africa, and other countries. This Lulu edition is your chance to own "Prime Intellect" in conventional book form.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=JgccBdnUHT8C&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2003-10-14
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1411602196
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Liminal States
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Zack Parsons
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“An awe-inspiring, helter-skelter journey through mind-blowing SF, western dime novel, noir mystery, and near-future dystopian horror” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). The debut novel from Zack Parsons, editor of the Something Awful website and author of My Tank Is Fight!, is a mind-bending journey through time and genres. Beginning in 1874, with a blood-soaked western story of revenge, Liminal States follows a trio of characters through a 1950s noir detective story and twenty-first-century sci-fi horror. Their paths are tragically intertwined—and their choices have far-reaching consequences for the course of American history. It’s a remarkable mashup that “somehow manages to become a cohesive, thought-provoking whole . . . There’s no way a novel with this many moving parts should hold together, but it does, and even readers initially daunted by the jumble will soon be glad to go wherever Parsons takes them” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). “Parsons’s debut is a tour-de-force, a justifiably showy demonstration of the author’s chameleon-like ability to write in several genres all at once, and it emerges as one of the scariest and bleakest tales I can remember.” —Cory Doctorow
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=4TL_K_Y8MCEC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2011-10-24
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0806535512
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Just Compensation
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Robert N. Charrette
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Becoming accidentally involved with the Shadowrunners, Andy and his disenchanted army major brother, Tom, uncover a sinister web of corrupt politicians and officers that threatens to dismantle the UCAS government. Original.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=cq4GAAAACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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1996-01-01
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0451453727
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Star Child
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Claire A. Nivola
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The Star Child, a tiny flame of vapor, invisible and timeless, watches the Earth from far, far away. He marvels at the blue swirls of the ocean and the green land, a bright spot turning through the darkness of space. He wants to go to this wondrous place, but he ponders: What will that life be like? "You will be plunged into Earth's river of time," his elders tell the Star Child. "There will be so much for you to learn and so much for you to feel—pleasure and fear, joy and disappointment, sadness and wonder." Through spare, artful text and intricate illustrations, Claire A. Nivola celebrates the cycle of life. A Frances Foster Book
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Juvenile Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=VlhGAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2014-05-06
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1466869968
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Memento Mori
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Muriel Spark
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Poignant, hilarious, and spooky, Memento Mori addresses old age In late 1950s London, something uncanny besets a group of elderly friends: an insinuating voice on the telephone reminds each: Remember you must die. Their geriatric feathers are soon thoroughly ruffled, and many an old unsavory secret is dusted off.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=MHrnMd4qgAIC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2014-05-27
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0811219372
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The Towers of the Sunset
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L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
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L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s The Towers of the Sunset continues his bestselling fantasy series the Saga of Recluce, which is one the most popular in contemporary epic fantasy. Rather than accepting a marriage arranged by his mother, the powerful military matriarch of Westwind, Creslin chooses exile, setting out to find his own identity and developing his magical talents through conflict with the enigmatic white wizards of Candar. What Creslin doesn't know he stands in the way of their plot to subjugate the world. Saga of Recluce #1 The Magic of Recluce / #2 The Towers of Sunset / #3 The Order War / #4 The Magic Engineer / #5 The Death of Chaos / #6 Fall of Angels / #7 The Chaos Balance / #8 The White Order / #9 Colors of Chaos / #10 Magi’i of Cyador / #11 Scion of Cyador / #12 Wellspring of Chaos / #13 Ordermaster / #14 Natural Order Mage / #15 Mage-Guard of Hamor / #16 Arms-Commander / #17 Cyador’s Heirs / #18 Heritage of Cyador /#19 The Mongrel Mage / #20 Outcasts of Order / #21 The Mage-Fire War (forthcoming) Story Collection: Recluce Tales Other Series by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. The Imager Portfolio The Corean Chronicles The Spellsong Cycle The Ghost Books The Ecolitan Matter At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=-d_Kqy3ep10C&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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1992-07-15
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142993896X
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Dragonfly
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Stephanie St. Pierre
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Provides information about dragonflies, explaining what they are and what they look like, and discussing how they are born, how they grow, their behaviors, eating habits, and enemies.
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Juvenile Nonfiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=-PxUAAAACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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2002-03-01
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061361416X
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Supreme Magus
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Legion20
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Derek McCoy was a man who spent his entire life facing adversity and injustice. After being forced to settle with surviving rather than living, he had finally found his place in the world, until everything was taken from him one last time. After losing his life to avenge his murdered brother, he reincarnates until he finds a world worth living in, a world filled with magic and monsters. Follow him along his journey, from grieving brother to alien soldier. From infant to Supreme Magus. ------------------------------------------- Tags: Transmigration, Male MC, Western Fantasy Schedule: 12 chapters/week (unless I'm ill or stuff happens) Chapter Lenght: 1200 - 1400 words Warning: The MC is not a hero nor an anti-hero. He is a broken, cynic and misanthropic person looking only for his own gain. If you are looking for a forgiving, nice, MC that goes around saving people in distress, this is not your cup of tea. Same if you want an unchanging MC with no character development.
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Juvenile Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=NMw3EAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2019-01-23
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19831970823694
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A Wizard in Peace
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Christopher Stasheff
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LIBERTY IS TREASON Interstellar liberator Magnus Gallowglass, the renegade psychic wizard, travels the stars fighting injustice and oppression. But this time the Rogue Wizard may have encountered a tyrant even he can't overthrow: a stern Protector whose oppressive regime makes Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth look like a Sunday-school picnic. For hundreds of years, this lost colony planet has preserved order by dictating every detail of its citizens' lives - where they live, what they think, even whom they may love and marry. Any dissent is punished with the torturer's rack. So successful is this brutal system that Magnus is hard-pressed to find anyone willing to oppose it - until he recruits a pair of star-crossed lovers to lead the revolution, and reeducates a band of deluded would-be aristocrats to become the planet's new rulers. Here is Christopher Stasheff in top form: swashbuckling, stylish, and slightly subversive adventure from the author of the bestselling "Warlock" chronicles.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=G1NCCwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2015-12-23
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0997158301
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Triplanetary
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Eric Ernest Smith
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Embark on an epic journey through the cosmos with "Triplanetary: E. E. Smith's Space Opera Epic" by E. E. Smith. In this thrilling space opera, Smith invites readers to explore distant galaxies, encounter alien civilizations, and witness the epic clash of cosmic forces. As you delve into the vast expanse of the universe alongside the characters, be prepared for pulse-pounding action, mind-bending technology, and larger-than-life battles that will leave you on the edge of your seat. Smith's imaginative storytelling and intricate world-building will transport you to a realm where anything is possible. But here's the question that echoes through the cosmos: What if the fate of entire civilizations hangs in the balance, with the power to shape the destiny of the universe itself? Could the actions of a few courageous individuals change the course of history and determine the fate of countless worlds? Engage with Smith's visionary narrative as he weaves together elements of science fiction, adventure, and exploration. Through his captivating prose and vivid imagination, Smith invites readers to join the ranks of spacefaring heroes and embark on a quest to unlock the secrets of the universe. Are you ready to soar among the stars and witness the epic saga of "Triplanetary" unfold before your eyes? Immerse yourself in the breathtaking spectacle of space opera, where each page brings new revelations, new challenges, and new wonders to behold. Join Smith's cast of characters as they navigate the cosmic currents of fate and chart a course towards destiny. Here's your invitation to join the adventure of a lifetime with E. E. Smith's "Triplanetary." Will you accept the call to journey across the stars and explore the mysteries of the cosmos? Don't miss out on the opportunity to experience this timeless space epic. Purchase your copy of "Triplanetary" now, and let the thrilling odyssey through the cosmos ignite your imagination and leave you yearning for more.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=s0vTEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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1970-01-01
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56275878037582
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Format C
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Edwin Black
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Black weaves together two millennial fears--the sense of Armageddon, and the impending Y2K crisis--into a tense and compelling, mystic techno-thriller about the final battle between good and evil fought during the race to fix the Millennium Bug.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=zE8gAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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1999
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99856939216907
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Stalemate
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Icchokas Meras, Jonas Zdanys
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A classic of Holocaust literature from “one of the great masters of the short novel.” —The New Yorker In the Vilna Ghetto during World War II, Nazi Commandant Schoger demands that all children be sent to the death camp. When Abraham Lipman pleads with him to spare their lives, Schoger reconsiders, and tells Lipman there will be a chess match between himself and Lipman’s only surviving son, Isaac, a chess prodigy. If Isaac wins, the children will live, but Isaac will die. If Isaac loses, the children will die, but Isaac will live. Only a draw will save the ghetto from this terrible predicament. The chess game begins: a nightmarish contest played over the course of several evenings, witnessed by an audience impotent to act, staking the lives of their children on a stalemate. This is a moving story of a father and a son who shame their cruel perpetrator with their dignity, spirit, and extraordinary courage. Stalemate speaks to the power of humor even under the direst circumstances. As a parable that gives voice to the unspeakable, Stalemate is an antidote to despair. “Gripping . . . a truly memorable work.” —Booklist
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=gxjzDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2020-11-24
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1635421284
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Reamde
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Neal Stephenson
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2012 BEST THRILLER OF THE YEAR- CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2012 WARWICK PRIZE FOR WRITING Across the globe, millions of computer screens flicker with the artfully coded world of T'Rain - an addictive internet role-playing game of fantasy and adventure. But backstreet hackers in China have just unleashed a contagious virus called Reamde, and as it rampages through the gaming world spreading from player to player - holding hard drives hostage in the process - the computer of one powerful and dangerous man is infected, causing the carefully mediated violence of the on-line world to spill over into reality. A fast-talking, internet-addicted mafia accountant is brutally silenced by his Russian employers, and Zula - a talented young T'Rain computer programmer - is abducted and bundled on to a private jet. As she is flown across the skies in the company of the terrified boyfriend she broke up with hours before, and a brilliant Hungarian hacker who may be her only hope, she finds herself sucked into a whirl of Chinese Secret Service agents and gun-toting American Survivalists; the Russian criminal underground and an al-Qaeda cell led by a charismatic Welshman; each a strand of a connected world that devastatingly converges in T'Rain. An inimitable and compelling thriller that careers from British Columbia to South-West China via Russia and the fantasy world of T'Rain, Reamde is an irresistible epic from the unique imagination of one of today's most individual writers.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=wt5CNyJ_BaYC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2011-09-20
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0857894188
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The Judas Strain
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James Rollins
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An elite scientific military force must combat a plague beyond any cure—a scourge that turns all of nature against mankind in this nail-biting new thriller from James Rollins, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sigma Force series. From the depths of the Indian Ocean, a horrific plague has arisen to devastate humankind – unknown, unstoppable…and merely a harbinger of the doom that is to follow. Operatives of the shadowy covert organization Sigma Force, Dr. Lisa Cummings, and Monk Kokkalis search for answers to the bizarre affliction aboard a cruise liner transformed into a makeshift hospital. But a sudden and savage attack by terrorist hijackers turns the mercy ship into a floating bio-weapons lab. Time is an enemy as a worldwide pandemic grows rapidly out of control. As the seconds tick closer to doomsday, Sigma’s commander, Gray Pierce, must join forces with the beautiful assassin who tried to kill him – following the trail of the most fabled explorer in history into the terrifying heart of an astonishing mystery buried deep in antiquity and in humanity’s genetic code.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=9iPUDL4RMS8C&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2009-10-13
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0061792756
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The Switch
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Beth O'Leary
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'SO CHARMING, SO SWEET AND SO LOVELY' MARIAN KEYES Leena is too young to feel stuck. Eileen is too old to start over. Maybe it's time for The Switch... Ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, Leena escapes to her grandmother Eileen's house for some overdue rest. Newly single and about to turn eighty, Eileen would like a second chance at love. But her tiny Yorkshire village doesn't offer many eligible gentlemen. So Leena proposes a solution: a two-month swap. Eileen can live in London and look for love, and Leena will look after everything in rural Yorkshire. But with a rabble of unruly OAPs to contend with, as well as the annoyingly perfect - and distractingly handsome - local schoolteacher, Leena learns that switching lives isn't straightforward. Back in London, Eileen is a huge hit with her new neighbours, and with the online dating scene. But is her perfect match nearer to home than she first thought? PRAISE FOR THE SWITCH 'Another life-affirming joy' HEAT 'Great holiday read' 5* READER REVIEW 'Warm, witty, and a cast of characters I wish I was friends with' LAURA JANE WILLIAMS 'Wonderful, funny and so heart-warming!' 5* READER REVIEW 'Sparkles with wit, warmth and compassion' GILLIAN McALLISTER 'Beth O'Leary has done it again!' 5* READER REVIEW 'Heartwarming and uplifting. Everyone should have an Eileen in their life!' HEIDI SWAIN 'Her books are a warm hug and a mug of hot chocolate on a chilly day, just perfection' 5* READER REVIEW 'Eileen Cotton proves you don't have to be in your thirties to be Bridget Jones. A triumph!' ANSTEY HARRIS 'A really wonderful, heart-warming and life-affirming read' 5* READER REVIEW 'Bursting with warmth and humour' LOUISE O'NEILL 'Bursting with zest' 5* READER REVIEW 'I loved it! A total joy to read. Such a breath of fresh air' LIBBY PAGE 'One of the most enjoyable books I have had the pleasure of reading' 5* READER REVIEW 'It's an absolute joy from beginning to end' MIKE GAYLE 'This book is SO SPECIAL' 5* READER REVIEW 'Brilliant, warm, funny, full of heart. Completely loved it!' RICHARD ROPER
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=nqKODwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2020-04-16
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1787475018
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Heart of Gold
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Sharon Shinn
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On a planet torn apart by class and economic divisions and feuding factions, a scientist and a rebel are drawn together in a forbidden love that could change their world forever.... Nolan uses his rational powers of observation to examine more closely the privileges he was born to enjoy—and the people he was raised to despise. Katrini follows her fiercest passions in the struggle to overthrow a legacy of hate—one that has poisoned her family for generations. Between rich and poor, strong and weak, intellect and feeling, only one thing could bring these two opposites together: a passion that is strictly forbidden.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=MFzrDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2020-07-14
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0593333454
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The Shadow Of What Was Lost
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James Islington
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*** Promotion - returns to $4.99 on 7/28 *** "...will appeal not only to The Wheel of Time readers, but to anybody looking for a coming-of-age fantasy tale with likeable characters and strong worldbuilding." - Fantasy Faction It has been twenty years since the end of the war. The dictatorial Augurs - once thought of almost as gods - were overthrown and wiped out during the conflict, their much-feared powers mysteriously failing them. Those who had ruled under them, men and women with a lesser ability known as the Gift, avoided the Augurs' fate only by submitting themselves to the rebellion's Four Tenets. A representation of these laws is now written into the flesh of any who use the Gift, forcing those so marked into absolute obedience. As a student of the Gifted, Davian suffers the consequences of a war fought – and lost – before he was born. Despised by most beyond the school walls, he and those around him are all but prisoners as they attempt to learn control of the Gift. Worse, as Davian struggles with his lessons, he knows that there is further to fall if he cannot pass his final tests. But when Davian discovers he has the ability to wield the forbidden power of the Augurs, he sets into motion a chain of events that will change everything. To the north, an ancient enemy long thought defeated begins to stir. And to the west, a young man whose fate is intertwined with Davian’s wakes up in the forest, covered in blood and with no memory of who he is…
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=yYkZBgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2015-01-23
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0992580226
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Daughter of the Blood
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Anne Bishop
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'Darkly mesmerising' - Locus The first in New York Times bestselling author Anne Bishop's captivating Black Jewels trilogy. The Darkness has had a Prince for a long, long time. Now the Queen is coming. For years the realm of Terreille has been falling into corruption, as the powerful Queens who rule it turned to cruelty. But there is hope. A prophetic vision has revealed the coming of a Queen more powerful than any before. And once the foundations of her power - father, brother, lover - are in place, she will emerge from the darkness, bringing freedom. For she is the living myth, dreams made flesh. Not just any witch, but Witch.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=nKJhBQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2014-02-28
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1848663560
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The Shadow Man
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Helen Fields
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Don’t miss the new, claustrophobic crime thriller that will keep you up at night, The Institution. Coming in March 2023 and available to pre-order now! The Shadow Man is a twisty thriller that will leave you gasping for more. The first standalone from the bestselling author of the Perfect series, Helen Fields.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=smvXDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2021-02-04
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0008379319
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The Night the Heads Came
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William Sleator, Puffin
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When aliens abduct both Leo and his artist friend Tim, Leo tries to determine why these creatures from outer space want particularly to use his friend's talent.
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Juvenile Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=wl6hMrMr12cC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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1998-06
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0140384413
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Changeling
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Delia Sherman
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In a parallel New York City, Neef, a changeling, breaks Fairy Law and will end up sacrificed to the Wild Hunt unless she can meet the challenge of the Green Lady of Central Park.
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Juvenile Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=5EsEhBjsLfUC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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2008
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0142411884
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Tunnel in the Sky
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Robert A. Heinlein
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High school students enter a time gate to an unknown planet for a survival test, but something goes wrong and they have to learn to survive by their own resourcefulness.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=NPSP1e8xCNQC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2005-03-15
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1416505512
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The Dreamstalker
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Barbara Steiner
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Dreams do come true . . . and so do nightmares Karen normally can’t remember her dreams, which is especially frustrating since she’s taking a psych class where everyone else seems to be able to discuss theirs. But one night, she wakes up screaming and quickly recalls why—a classmate was murdered. It was so vivid—it felt real. The next morning she is shocked to find out it wasn’t just a dream—the boy is dead. But the dreams continue, and so do the deaths. Is Karen psychic, or is she herself involved in the murders? Fearing she is being controlled by the killer, Karen must find a way to uncover the truth before more of her nightmares come true.
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Young Adult Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=MowIBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2014-08-05
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1497611474
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Cat-A-Lyst
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Alan Dean Foster
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A GAME OF CAT...AND CAT? Movie star Jason Carter is on vacation in Peru. All he wants is a break, but what he finds is a lost civilization of extra-dimensional Incas bent on conquest of the entire world! Nor is Carter alone. His allies include a bloodthirsty Amazon, an archaeologist, a bank robber, three alien vegetables and a scoop-crazed gossip columnist - and not one of them knows what to do next. Only Carter's cat seems unruffled by the growing danger. In true feline fashion, she acts like she's in charge of the planet. Maybe she is.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=cvx-WV4uuNcC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2013-02-25
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0575131934
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Akiko on the Planet Smoo
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Mark Crilley
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When this fourth-grader comes home from school one day, she finds an envelope waiting for her with no stamp and no return address. The message inside reads Dear Akiko: We are coming to get you. Meet us outside your bedroom window tonight at 8:00. Don't forget your toothbrush. How could anyone meet her outside her window? She lives on the 17th floor, for goodness sake. But that evening, as Akiko is preparing to study for tomorrow's geography test, she finds a small spacecraft hovering outside her window with two odd little men inside. They have been sent to whisk Akiko off to the Planet Smoo where she will lead a team enlisted to find the King of Smoo's kidnapped son, Prince Froptoppit. Akiko, the leader of a rescue mission? She's too timid to be on the school's safety patrol! So begins Akiko's adventure across the land of Smoo to find a prince and become a leader.
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Juvenile Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=vVz9MYY5SwQC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2001-11-13
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0440418623
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Century Rain
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Alastair Reynolds
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Part SF thriller, part interstellar adventure, part noir crime, CENTURY RAIN is as astonishing bestseller from Alastair Reynolds Three hundred years in the future, Verity Auger is a specialist in the archaeological exploration of Earth, rendered uninhabitable after the technological catastrophe known as the Nanocaust. After a field-trip goes badly wrong, Verity is forced to redeem herself by participating in a dangerous mission, for which her expertise in invaluable. Using a back door into an unstable alien transit system, Auger's faction has discovered something astonishing at the far end of a wormhole: mid twentieth-century Earth, preserved like a fly in amber. Is it a window into the past, a simulation, or something else entirely? CENTURY RAIN is a jaw-droppingly good SF thriller, packed with pace, adventure, brilliant storytelling and with twists that will keep you guessing to the end.
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Fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=_z7aQ7twR_UC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2009-12-10
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0575087684
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Veil
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Rafia Zakaria
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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. The veil can be an instrument of feminist empowerment, and veiled anonymity can confer power to women. Starting from her own marriage ceremony at which she first wore a full veil, Rafia Zakaria examines how veils do more than they get credit for. Part memoir and part philosophical investigation, Veil questions that what is seen is always good and free, and that what is veiled can only signal servility and subterfuge. From personal encounters with the veil in France (where it is banned) to Iran (where it is compulsory), Zakaria shows how the garment's reputation as a pre-modern relic is fraught and up for grabs. The veil is an object in constant transformation, whose myriad meanings challenge the absolute truths of patriarchy. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
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Literary Criticism
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=mKcuDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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2017-09-07
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1501322796
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Time of the Great Freeze
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Robert Silverberg
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Jim Barnes and his companions travel across the frozen Atlantic to establish human contact with people in London.
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Science fiction
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http://books.google.com/books/content?id=DFMbAQAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api
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1966
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86725892375914
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