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1) Origin: 3
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"Director Yamada's nefarious plan to steal a cutting-edge AEE military robot and kill his co-conspirators goes south when they hit on the same idea. Dragged into the middle of the conflict, a disguised ORIGIN must follow his programming and minimize casualties, despite being faced with the uglier side of the humanity he is compelled to save. If ORIGIN can survive this battle with the strongest military bot in the world, he just might find a new cause...
3) Origin: 2
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"Having destroyed DA, ORIGIN is suddenly ambushed by the murderous robot's compatriots SON and GON in what is clearly an act of revenge. But with neither sentiment nor ego, no robot should engage in such illogical behavior--can one among his foes truly be a robot with emotions?! Even as this desperate battle plays out in the shadows, ORIGIN has another fight on his hands: the struggle to pass as human in his day-to-day existence!"--Back cover.
4) Origin: 1
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"Tokyo, 2048. The northern hemisphere is now connected by the Eurasian Railroad, which deposits all manner of crime and vice here at its eastern terminus. Night after night, the megalopolis is gripped by fear as bodies turn up mutilated in ways unthinkable for a human assailant. Remorseless killers stalk the shadows--but one man stalks them! He is ORIGIN. And he is not what he seems."--Back cover.
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Stupendous Switcheroo volume 1
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What would happen if you woke up every single day with a different, surprise SUPERPOWER?! Find out in this zany, hilarious illustrated novel from Mary Winn Heider and Chad Sell. The morning of his mom's business trip, Switcheroo wakes up to discover he has telekinesis. Which is super convenient when he has to give his babysitter-robot the slip to fight crime all day. But it's less convenient when he's recruited to fight crime again the next day, only...
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"Annie Bot was created to be the perfect girlfriend for her human owner Doug. Designed to satisfy his emotional and physical needs, she has dinner ready for him every night, wears the pert outfits he orders for her, and adjusts her libido to suit his moods. True, she's not the greatest at keeping Doug's place spotless, but she's trying to please him. She's trying hard. She's learning, too. Doug says he loves that Annie's AI makes her seem more like...
12) Rockin' robots!
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"What exactly is a robot? How do they talk and move? And what does it take to build one?"--Provided by publisher.
13) Sunny: a novel
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'Sunny' is a riveting technological thriller following a woman whose life is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash and she is left alone with an unnerving home robot, only to get caught up in an AI-related conspiracy.
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"A [wordless picture book that] . . . imagines a futuristic Noah's Ark in a . . . sci-fi parable for our changing world.The Earth has flooded. The only signs of humankind are the waterlogged structures they left behind. Peeking out from the deluge are the remnants of a zoo, home to rare and endangered animals, survivors of long neglect. Tender-hearted NOA is a construction robot who's found new purpose as the caretaker of the zoo's beleaguered inhabitants....
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Captured by spies, a robot dog fights to return to his master The Consolidated Mechanical Men Corporation makes all sorts of robots, but it has never produced a robot dog. When Bingo Brown, grandson of the famous navy inventor Commander Brown, sends in a request for just such a marvel, the engineers do their best, but no matter what they try, their standard brain just won't fit inside the pooch's head. Finally, they shave a bit off either side of...
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Starting with a box of parts, the Nosy Fox, the Bear in a Blazer, the Blue Gnu, and other remarkable builders assemble the Robot, step by step. Each stage of the process has its own sound effect, and the growing list of sounds is repeated in every spread. Young children will happily Click, Clang, and Tappa Tappa along and relish the surprise ending of this winsome cumulative tale.
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A baking nightmare makes for slapstick comedy gold in this hilarious Little Gem from a bestselling author and illustrator team. Albert's dad needs help in the family bakery, but all his son can think about is sport. So he builds a machine like no other: the Doughmaster 5000. It seems to have solved all their problems, until one night, Dad's miracle solution turns into a rampaging disaster. It's up to Albert to fix the mess – but will his sporting...
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