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Mucho antes de que el capitán Jack Sparrow provocara un infierno con Piratas del Caribe, Tom Bristol navegó a los infiernos y regresó bajo bandera negra. Ha estado a las órdenes del látigo del cruel capitán. Ha sido acusado de asesinato. Y lo han abandonado para que muera en una isla desierta. Pero su suerte está a punto de cambiar. Junto con una mujer intrépida y una astuta tripulación, iza una bandera pirata propia, dispuesto a hacer el...
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Riveting, historical accounts of daredevils, pilots and brutal madmen that inspire many of today's cinematic blockbusters. Step back in time with these thrilling tales that appeared in the pages of the most popular pulp fiction magazines of the 1930's and 1940's. The Collection includes: International Book Awards Winners: On Blazing Wings, Tomb of the Ten Thousand Dead, National Indie Excellence Award Winner: Under the Black Ensign as well as The...
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Long before Captain Jack Sparrow raised hell with the Pirates of the Caribbean, Tom Bristol sailed to hell and back Under the Black Ensign. That's where the real adventure begins. Bristol's had plenty of bad luck in his life. Press-ganged into serving aboard a British vessel, he's felt the cruel captain's lash on his back. Then, freed from his servitude by pirates, his good fortune immediately takes a bad turn . . . as the pirates accuse him of murder-and...
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When last did you look to the night sky and wonder what might loom in the far reaches of the universe? These are the tales of sentient life in the multiverse. Of the strange and diverse sophonts, hiveminds, anarcho-syndicalist collectives, and anyone--or anything--you could encounter in the far reaches of space. Some linger lovingly on the jagged edge of horror. Some offer immortality while others offer knowledge, hope, or comfort beyond imagining....
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When was the last time you looked to the night sky and wondered what might be looming in the far reaches of the universe? These are the tales of the planets, aliens, and creatures-of what we call sentient life-among the stars. Some are not for the faint of heart while others are full of passion. Some linger on the horror of the unknown while others offer hope life as we know it has just begun. Discover and experience first-hand as these tales answer...
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When was the last time you looked to the night sky and wondered what might be looming in the far reaches of the universe?
These are the tales of the planets, aliens, and creatures-of what we call _sentient_ life-among the stars. Some are not for the faint of heart while others are full of passion. Some linger on the horror of the unknown while others offer hope life as we know it has just begun.
Discover and experience first-hand as these...
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Controversial upon publication in 1946, Memoirs of Hecate County remained banned for more than a decade before being reissued.
A favorite among his own books, Edmund Wilson's erotic and devestating portrait of the upper middle class still holds up today as a corrosive indictment of the adultery and intellectual posturing that lie at the heart of suburban America.
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"A holiday gift for all P.D. James fans to stand alongside her bestselling The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories: six previously uncollected stories from the beloved "Queen of Crime"--Swift, cunning murder mysteries from throughout her extraordinary career. Put your feet up and enjoy a good read! Longtime P.D. James fans will devour these short tales of criminality and deception, each one a pleasure, evocative and engrossing. Including several stories...
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The residents of Clayton, Colorado, must learn to live with what has burned and what threatens to ignite. In Defensible Spaces, a bus driver confronts a rush of memories when an old flame climbs aboard; a trailer park resident attempts to save her home; a reclusive fire mitigation worker fuels public outrage. Throughout ten linked short stories, townspeople work through relationships with alcoholism, history, and each other, negotiating where and...
72) Gleanings
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2022.
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IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 18
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A collection of stories that span the time when humans live in a world without hunger, disease, or death and Scythes act as the living instruments of population control.
75) Blood and Roses
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A Shadow Stalkers novella from the #1 New York Times When insurance investigator Anastasia Miller sets out to retrieve the rose-hued pink diamonds stolen in a recent heist, she finds herself working alongside former flame, Deputy US Marshal Jake Monroe—the man she loved enough to leave behind. Blood and RosesGuns and Roses
76) Krik? Krak!
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Nine stories that encompass both the cruelties and the high ideals of Haitian life.
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Lauren Groff presents nine stories of astonishing insight and variety, each revealing a resonant drama within the life of a twentieth-century American woman. In "Sir Fleeting," a Midwestern farm girl on her honeymoon in Argentina falls into lifelong lust for a French playboy. In "Blythe," an attorney who has become a stay-at-home mother takes a night class in poetry and meets another full-time mother, one whose charismatic brilliance changes everything....
80) Hornbeam all in
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Hornbeam books volume 1
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2023.
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Hornbeam the moose goes on a picnic with his best friend Eureka, sleeps over his friend Cuddy's house, and learns how to swim with Adorabelle.
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