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Return of the Runebound Professor volume 5
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2025]
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English
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Inquisitors are hot on Lee's tail. Though she managed to defeat the latest one, victory came at the cost of Azel's life, and the inquisitors are far from their greatest threat. Wizen continues his advance toward Arbitage. His goals are still unknown, but he's powerful enough that even Renewal and Decras acknowledge his strength, and the threat he poses Noah's group. Ancient plans are coming to fruition, and they're centered around the last person...
2) Labyrinth
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One groundbreaking discovery... will change everything. Welcome to Quantum Radio, A.G. Riddle's first new novel in almost two years-a spell-binding epic filled with science, history, and enough plot twists to keep you up turning the pages late into the night. On September 10th, 2008, the Large Hadron Collider began operating at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. It was-and still is-the largest machine ever built. It has a simple purpose: to examine the...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2025]
Language
English
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In 1920, Henry Fairfield Osborn, director of New York's American Museum of Natural History, traveled to Hawaii on an anthropological research trip. While there, he took a surfing lesson. His teacher was Duke Kahanamoku, a famous surf-rider and budding movie star. For Osborn, a fervent eugenicist, Kahanamoku was a maddening paradox: physically "perfect," yet belonging to an "imperfect" race. Osborn dispatched young scientist Louis Sullivan to Honolulu...
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Villains of lore volume 2
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English
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"I'm Hercules, but my powers are not what they seem. I'm trapped in a marriage with my two enemies and I've accidentally joined a cult. To make matters worse, Augustus and Kharon are trying to seduce me. It doesn't help that my mentors, Achilles and Patro, are acting really strange. Now, a dangerous prisoner has escaped from the Underworld, and things are spiraling out of control. Men are fighting over me. Mysteries are unfolding left and right. And...
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English
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How did Jim Jones, the leader of Peoples Temple, convince more than 900 of his followers to commit "revolutionary suicide" by drinking cyanide-laced punch? From a master of narrative nonfiction comes a chilling chronicle of one of the most notorious cults in American history.
A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
Using riveting first-person accounts, award-winning author Candace Fleming reveals the makings of a monster: from...
A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
Using riveting first-person accounts, award-winning author Candace Fleming reveals the makings of a monster: from...
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English
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"From social media star and change-maker Molly Burke, a vulnerable, honest, and darkly humorous memoir on navigating the challenges of being a blind woman in a sighted world. When Molly Burke was four years old, she was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare degenerative eye disease that leads to eventual blindness, forcing her to see the world through new eyes--literally. Growing up disabled didn't stop her from playing sports, becoming a rock-climbing...
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Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2025]
Language
English
Description
This gentle and profound collection of 365 meditations reminds us that letting go is a daily practice that sets everything free. This cherished work by Melody Beattie was written for those on a journey of recovery and healing, a companion to her classic, Codependent No More. "It was the daily journey that I wanted to write about," Beattie notes in the preface to this new edition. "Of the many healing behaviors I've learned to practice, letting go--in...
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Die Respawn Repeat volume 3
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2025]
Language
English
Description
Earth is still in danger, and the Integration marches ever onward. Yet Ethan's journey has found him stronger than ever, and his experiences in the loops have left him on the cusp of grasping skills that can disrupt the flow of time itself. The Empty City looms ahead, holding within it answers to both the nature of Firmament and the purpose of Integration. His allies' sacrifices linger behind, driving him forward. And new forces are emerging, some...
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English
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Featuring the voices of both new and acclaimed Indigenous writers and edited by bestselling Muscogee author Cynthia Leitich Smith, this collection of interconnected stories serves up laughter, love, Native pride, and the world's best frybread.
The road to Sandy June's Legendary Frybread Drive-In slips through every rez and alongside every urban Native hangout. The menu offers a rotating feast, including traditional eats and
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"The much-anticipated new book by artist and New York Times bestselling author Sally Mann about the challenges and transcendent pleasures of the creative process. Art Work, by photographer and writer Sally Mann, offers a spellbinding mix of wild and illuminating stories, practical (and some impractical) advice, and life lessons for artists and writers--or anyone interested in the creative path. Written in the same frank, fearless, and occasionally...
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Pub. Date
2025
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English
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The concept of evil is universal, ancient, and ever present today. The biblical book of Genesis clearly defines it when Cain kills his brother Abel out of jealousy. As long as human beings have walked, evil has been close by. This book will recount the deeds of the worst people in history: Genghis Khan. Caligula. Henry VIII. The collective evil of the slave traders. Stalin. Hitler. Mao. The Ayatollah Khomeini. Putin. The Mexican drug cartels. Their...
14) The leaving room
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"Gospel is the Keeper of the Leaving Room--a place all young people must phase through when they die. The young are never ready to leave; they need a moment to remember and a Keeper to help their wispy souls along. When a random door opens and a Keeper named Melodee arrives, their souls become entangled. Gospel's seriousness melts and Melodee's fear of connection fades, but still--are Keepers allowed to fall in love? Now they must find a way out of...
15) The rose field
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Book of dust volume 3
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English
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Lyra and Malcom's quests converge as they race toward the mysterious red building in the desert of Karamakan said to hold the secret of Dust where they encounter an unforeseen threat that will change everything.
"Picking up right where The Secret Commonwealth left off, this story finds Lyra alone in a city haunted by daemons, searching for her beloved Pan. Malcolm Polstead isn't far behind, searching for Lyra. And they are both racing toward the...
17) Sharp force
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Kay Scarpetta volume 29
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English
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"NO ONE IS SAFE FROM THE SERIAL KILLER NOT EVEN SCARPETTA... During the early hours of Christmas morning, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta receives a chilling call. The Phantom Slasher has struck again. The serial killer has terrorized Northern Virginia for months. His pattern is to stalk with a sophisticated technology that enables him to invade his victims' homes and watch their every move. They wake up to a ghost-like hologram before being...
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Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor volume 3
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English
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"At a top-secret Army training facility in the Mojave Desert, Special Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor plunge into a deadly web of military suspense, AI technology, and robot soldiers as they unravel the shocking murder of a senior scientist in this gripping thriller from New York Times bestselling authors Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille. Army CID Special Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor team up for their toughest assignment yet as they...
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Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
Description
Philosophical examination of the wide range of decisions all of us encounter in pursuing our lives. Professor Grim places the accent on individual choice covering questions about evolution and ethics, about whether punishment is justified by retribution or by deterrence and about the differing lessons drawn from life's worst horrors by both religious and anti-religious traditions.
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Outlander volume 1
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English
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first book in Diana Gabaldon's acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series.
One of the top ten best-loved novels in America, as seen on PBS's The Great American Read!
Unrivaled storytelling. Unforgettable characters. Rich historical detail. These are the hallmarks of Diana Gabaldon's work. Her New York Times bestselling Outlander novels have earned the praise of critics and captured...