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The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope - The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), by Anthony Hope, is an adventure novel in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in order for the king to retain the crown, his coronation must proceed. Fortuitously, an English gentleman on holiday in Ruritania who resembles the monarch is persuaded to act as...
2) RATS NEST
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Mysterious and sometimes hallucinogenic, RATS NEST builds a narrative out of the complexity and dialectical uncertainty that many people feel about being alive in the 21st-century.
This first full-length book by Mat Laporte introduces readers to a protoplasmic, fantastical underworld, as navigated by a self-reproducing 3D Printed Kid made especially for this purpose.
As the Kid descends the layers of a seemingly never-ending pit, its nightmares...
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In this action packed follow up to Fruitbasket from Hell, private investigator Alex Cheradon is faced with a nail biting case.
Reeling from the public relations nightmare that accompanied accidentally tackling a senator's daughter, Alex is approached by a man with a lethal case of amnesia. He wants to hire Alex to find out who he is, and since he just happens to have a winning lotto ticket that's worth 10 million dollars, money's no object. But as...
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HEIDI:
Ten days is all I have before the love of my life marries the Princess of Hell and my dreams for a smokingly hot happily-ever-after goes up in flames. It's DEF CON 666 and this girl is outta time and outta choices.
LOLA:
We're gonna find Zelda, the next Baba Yaga, have her yank me outta Heidi and shove me into a fresh new body then bingo bango, Lola's gonna get her groove on. It looks like I might even end up with some powers, seems Cookie,...
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While investigating possible Human abuse on the magical Islands of Fantasy, half-elf detective Eli Leafrunner questions a troll guard. In the middle of the interrogation, the troll's head explodes. Someone wants things kept quiet, and Leafrunner better figure out who fast - or he just might be the next victim.
6) The Bookworm
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Gerald prides himself on his librarian skills-he's a teacher, a researcher, a human database, and the one he coined himself, a recommender, with just a few details, he knows the perfect book for every customer. Will his skills help him when a hungry newcomer, desperate to devour the books, arrives in his library. Supernatural horror from Emery and Hort.
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They're Retrieval Specialist, and they're the best there is. Snow and Cinder, operatives of an organization called The Kingdom, have been tasked with one of their most dangerous missions: find former teammate Alison Wonderland and bring her back alive. A year ago, Alison went missing, presumed dead, but now satellite imagery has revealed she's alive. Wherever she's been, whoever she's been with, Snow and Cinder have to take special care in bringing...
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Harmony: I swear, the next time somebody leaves me a house... I'm not moving in, I'm just droppin' it on one of my relatives.
See ya' in Asscrack. Anything's better than this crap.
Daphne: Some days you're the pin. Some days you're the voodoo doll...And some days there's not enough coffee or chocolate in the whole wide world to deal with the shenanigans that fall from the sky like bird poop on a freshly washed car.
Goddess, send help, I feel...
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Is it better to be a fake somebody or a real mister nobody?
Mister Nobody lives a very, average life, with an average job and average friends. He has a bullying mother, a failed marriage and low self-esteem and that's as good as life is going to get.
That is until Mister Somebody blazes into his work. Mister Somebody is the best, salesman known to man, a slick, fast-talking, womanizer with a huge house and fast cars. Nobody is awe-inspired by the...
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Garrett, un mercenario veterano, castigado por la vida y movido por sus propios intereses, ha recorrido durante años muchos de los rincones de Árcanthur en busca del culpable de la destrucción de su hogar. Durante ese tiempo, no se ha preocupado por nadie más que por sí mismo, pero todo empezará a cambiar cuando conozca a un muchacho que le pide ayuda para aprender a ser fuerte.
Mientras tanto, en las sombras, surgirá un corazón que cuestionará...
11) Drama Dolls
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From the author of the critically acclaimed cult novel, ANONYMOUS, comes a dark tale about love and loss.
Meet Jeffrey. Jeffrey is turning forty. He has a good job, a loving wife, and a beautiful house. When the love of his life passes suddenly, his seemingly normal world turns upside down. The sudden death, along with his midlife crisis, causes Jeffrey to grieve the five stages in unnatural ways. He trades in his Toyota Corolla for a Corvette, smokes...
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HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'From that hour we had no further occasion for the exercise of reason, or judgment, or skill, or contrivance. We were henceforth to be hurled along, the playthings of the fierce elements of the deep.' In Verne's science-fiction classic, Professor Lidenbrock chances upon an ancient manuscript and pledges to solve the mysterious coded message that lies within it. Eventually...
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Esta historia toma el "Bartleby el escribiente" de Melville y lo mezcla con el fútbol de la escuela secundaria para hacer una historia disparatada de un jugador que saca de quicio al entrenador. Si has jugado al fútbol en la escuela secundaria (o en cualquier otro deporte), te encantará esta historia.
El libro incluye una guía de discusión.
Este libro está dedicado a mis entrenadores de fútbol. Especialmente a los que he contribuido a su...
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From the author of The Forest of Bleeding Trees and other macabre fare, Patricia Mattern, comes yet another chilling tale that will have you up until way past your bedtime!
Marley and Tom are the perfect couple. To see them, you may not even notice that while Tom is human, Marley is a dhamphir, a half vampire. They're just a friendly couple, who want a home in the country, filled with laughing, happy children.
Unfortunately, they are unable to have...
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By Wakii Reeder & Brutus IrongridThis story takes Melville's 'Bartleby the Scrivener' and mashes it up with high school football to make a looney story of a player getting on the coach's last nerve. If you played high school football (or any sport) you will love this story.A discussion guide is included in this book.
16) Cat Refuge
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Jason Connors, the head of the FBI, becomes involved in a simple immigration case in which a doctor from Africa has married an American woman so he can enter the United States. Some claim the doctor is not human, but rather a cat-like alien species that can mimic the human form. Determined to discover what is really going on, he sends his brightest agent, Carmella Ginkabo to Africa, to uncover the facts. Courageously, she travels deep into the jungle...
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"A wicked romp through the hallowed halls of academia!" Laugh out loud at these clever and sexy tales. Academia has never been so naughty! The university men in Professor Melanie Stevenson's life pressure her to take her proper place-under them. While the proper professor indulges in daring daydreams of…submitting to their will, her "evil" twin, Violet, takes on the role of academic avenger and cracks the whip, so to speak, to work out the kinks...
18) Random Glory
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Richard Random is unaware that he is a direct descendant of Frankenstein's monster, and heir to all of Doctor Frankenstein's land. While trying to live the American dream, he falls in love with the stunning veterinarian, Doctor Mary Jane. With their friends in tow, they fight for their lives against a motley crew of hired assassins. Duke Cornelius Magnus believed himself to be the owner of the land and the attached university until a startling article...
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Tom Statler was just going for a hike in the mountains He would like a bit of adventure, but was more wanting to relax and think about what he wanted to do and what he had done.Face it He had no idea of why he was out here, but was more than happy to be. It was nothing like he expected. All he knew was from books.He damned well hadn't learned any of this from a book
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Hauser is the wild boy of the MC, or at least that's what others say. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't, and the brothers wouldn't have it any other way. Along with the Dragons, he is ready to raise hell and ask questions later; busting heads, burning lives and bringing blood and chaos. Hauser will stop at nothing to guard what's important to him: his brotherhood, their honor and their loyalty. Feel no guilt. Bear no regret.Show no mercy.Sydney meets Hauser...
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