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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...
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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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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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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...
5) 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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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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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.
8) 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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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) Mister Nobody
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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...
12) 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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Ella's life is about to be hit by a wrecking ball…
On the surface, Ella has it all. A great job, a penthouse apartment and the perfect boyfriend, Lee. There's just one snag: their relationship has to be kept secret due to their employer's strict rule about not dating colleagues.
When Lee quits to join a competitor, Ella discovers they haven't been as discreet as they thought and she finds herself out of a job. Stuck in an apartment she can't afford...
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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.
15) 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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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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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...
18) Atomic Anecdotes
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So... you still think that you have no time to read? Allow me to change your mind. Volume One brought you G.D. Maher's first hundred tales, now it's time to really get down to business.One hundred drabbles. One hundred flashes of love, loss, seriousness, cheekiness and animal magic. This collection of tales of incredible breadth and depth continues to be the perfect companion for fiction lovers, who enjoy a plot twist (yes, in one hundred words!).So...the...
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Zane Zago's famous and mysterious chocolate factory is opening at last!
But only five lucky chocolate sales experts will be allowed inside to compete for Chocolate Salesman of the Year. And the competitors are: Jacqueline Smythe, an incredibly attractive blonde who knows how to use her assets to land big sales contracts, Devon Miles, a golf fanatic who uses his family connections to further his career, Agnes Ackerby, a cut-throat two-faced witch...
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La historia toma Moby Dick de Melville y lo adapta en una historia vaquero-occidental Es una historia definitiva de venganza, en la cual, Ahab persigue al criminal buscado, Moby Leviathan Dick. Te encantará este clásico marinero convertido en seco.
Se incluye una guía de discusión en este libro.
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