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After scant days in his "real" world, Thomas Covenant finds himself again summoned to a strange world of magic and Earthpower. There, forty bitter years have passed, while Lord Foul, immortal enemy of the Land, moves to fulfill his prophecy of doom-his countless minions are already on the march, cutting a devastating swath of destruction across the Land.
The Council of Lords find their spells useless, however, now that Foul the Despiser holds the...
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Thomas Covenant is a leper, a bitter and solitary pariah who is mystically transported to another Earth where time moves differently than ours, one in which magic takes many forms. The Land is threatened by many evils, the most immediate of which is a maddened Cavewight whose subterranean excavations have unearthed the ancient and puissant Staff of Law.
More dangerous to the free people of the Land is the Gray Slayer, Lord Foul, the Despiser, who...
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Twice before, Thomas Covenant had been summoned to The Land, the strange otherworldly realm where magic worked and his leprosy vanished. Twice before, he'd been dragged reluctantly into conflict against Lord Foul's minions, with disastrous consequences for everyone around him. Now, Covenant is back.
In a land blasted by war and drowning in despair, Covenant is the only hope against Foul's imminent triumph. Yet in order to win he must stand against...
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It all starts when three great men are murdered. Society goes into a downward spiral, and all of humanity is left guessing about the existence of true evil. No one wants to acknowledge the existence of Satan or consider that he might be a part of their lives, yet Satan is a very present force on earth. Hes always watching, and the disbelief of people only increases his power. Talk show host T. Stevens decides to boost her ratings by discussing the...
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The debut title in a new series featuring unseen realms, Norse mythology, and a pair of most unlikely heroes. "What is the Unbelievable FIB?" That's the question eleven-year-old Prudence Potts discovers on a baffling card no one else in Middleton-except ABE, a new kid with a knack for solving riddles-seems to see. Then a mysterious man asks for ABE and Pru's help investigating mythical beings infiltrating the town, and that's just one of the things...
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When mythical beings invade the usually ordinary Middletown, it's up to eleven-year-old Pru and her classmate ABE--with help from an uncommonly rude squirrel and the enigmatic Mister Fox--to save their town from being destroyed by battling Norse gods. But first they have to find the lost Eye of Odin, source of all knowledge--and the key to stopping a war that could destroy both human and immortal realms.
Author Adam Shaughnessy draws from classic...
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"It's started. Ragnarok has started. It's the end of the world."
It's been a year since friends ABE and Pru joined Mister Fox's Fantasy Investigation Bureau to save their hometown from an invasion of Viking gods and giants. Life has been incredibly ordinary ever since.
Then the Norse Allfather, Odin, appears with terrible news: Baldur, his favorite son, has been murdered-the first step in a fated chain of events that leads to Ragnarok.In the...
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Takes readers on a tour of the 12 most incredible facts about the human body. Discover what makes the human body amazing, from billions of miles of DNA and gallons of blood to tentacle-like tongues and even the ability to glow.
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IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Takes a close look at the world's most incredible human-made structures. Discover the amazing buildings ancient civilizations created. Then take a tour of fascinating modern structures, including China's whimsical Beijing National Stadium.
11) Bring The Pain
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The Harriken have decided James Brownstone is an unacceptable dishonor to their clan. This time, Grandfather has hired the best assassins in the business and Shay knows them. Shay won't allow Brownstone to go to Japan without backup. Her backup. Brownstone needs to decide what he will do with the wish, and how much is he going to tell Alison? The Harriken may have paid the piper, but James Brownstone is calling the dance. While this is happening,...
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Uncovers the mysteries behind 12 of the most incredible human discoveries. Find out why massive earthquakes can shorten the length of a day and how the universe was created. Discover what's lurking at the center of the galaxy and the creatures lurking at the bottom of the ocean.
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Takes a vivid tour of 12 of history's most incredible stories. Discover where Henry Brown mailed himself in box and how maggots saved lives during the Civil War. Find out how long the shortest war in history lasted and how a single man saved the world in the 1980s.
14) Feared By Hell
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You never mess with a young girl around James Brownstone.
It doesn't matter what crime syndicate you belong to, that just doesn't sit well with him.
The world has changed since the news of Oriceran came out twenty years before. Now, countries all over the world have agreed to using a bounty system for dangerous criminals using advanced magic or advanced technology.
People too powerful for the cops to deal with.
Magical criminals, thugs and bounty...
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Takes a look at 12 of nature's most fascinating facts. Discover the illuminating details about glowing beaches and brilliant auroras. Tour caves full of giant crystals and imagine sniffing the world's largest and smelliest flower.
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Takes a close look at 12 of the world's most legendary athletes. Meet the world's most elite athletes, from sensational swimmers Michael Phelps and Diana Nyad to lightning-fast Usain Bolt. Discover how sports teams became truly legendary, including college and professional squads.
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Brownstone now has a young lady to support, what is he going to do?
He requests a special Oriceran artifact the Professor is willing to trade, for a price.
Shay is willing to help, so long as everyone understands her help is not free. Brownstone will do whatever it takes to help Alison, and while he is at it? The orphanage that helped him is insolvent.
Time to get tricky when the church can't accept funds from blood projects.
Magical criminals,...
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They want to find the half-Drow named Alison, and to get to Alison, they need to find James Brownstone. The Oriceran Consul doesn't want the Drow to mess up the fragile relationship between Oriceran and Earth. But he can only warn the obstinate Drow so many times. The professor needs a package picked up in Washington State and returned safely to him. He figures Brownstone is the man to do it. And he wants Shay to do him a favor, with a few zeros attached...
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The hero who could have been you takes center stage in her own series! Gwen Poole used to be a comic-book reader - until she woke up in a world where the characters she read about seemed to be real! But they can't be, right? This must all be a hoax or an imaginary story or something. And that means…no consequences! With that philosophy, Gwenpool just may be Marvel's least responsible character to date! And getting into the merc business is a good...
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