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15241) An atomic romance: a novel
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Reed Futrell spends his time working in the town's uranium plant and chasing his girlfriend, a biologist named Julia, until rumors of plutonium contamination at the plant and Reed's refusal to see the danger threaten their relationship.
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Ten years after the events of Star Wars: Episode III ? Revenge of the Sith (2005)?in which the Jedi were destroyed by Order 66 and Obi-Wan Kenobi's apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, became the Sith Lord Darth Vader?Kenobi is in hiding on the planet Tatooine, watching over Anakin's son, Luke, when he is called on a mission to rescue Anakin's daughter, Leia, after she is kidnapped by the Galactic Empire's Jedi-hunting Inquisitors in a plot to draw Kenobi...
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"Are you ready to journey back to a galaxy far, far away? Full of action-packed episodes, you'll be transported to a world of adventure and danger as you follow the story of the infamous bounty hunter known only as the Mandalorian. Watch as he navigates the treacherous underworld of the galaxy, taking on dangerous jobs and battling the forces of evil. -- Container.
15245) Lilith: a romance
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"Lilith is equal if not superior to the best of Poe," raved poet W. H. Auden about this classic Victorian novel. Known as the father of fantasy literature, George MacDonald was a Scottish minister who later turned to writing poetry and novels, gaining acclaim for his children's books and influencing J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. Lilith is considered to be one of the most important visionary novels of the nineteenth century. Written in 1895, Lilith...
15246) Of cages and crowns
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Culled Crown volume 1
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"Forced to fight to the death to claim a crown she does not want, Monroe Benson, who is able to summon fire with her fingertips, is drawn to Cohen, the son of the queen, facing a choice that could change her life forever"--
15247) Resurrection
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"The skeleton detective is coming back to life ... again! It's the tenth, triumphant novel in the Skulduggery Pleasant series, and it will rearrange your world. A lot has changed. Roarhaven is now a magical city, where sorcerers can live openly. Valkyrie Cain has been out of action for years, recovering from the war against her alter-ego Darquesse, which nearly destroyed her and everyone else. Some things never change though: bad people still want...
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Author Christopher Hollis knew George Orwell personally during his schooldays at Eton, afterwards in Burma, and at the end of his life. His study of Orwell's books is therefore illuminated by some anecdotes of reminiscence. However, it is important to note that this book is primarily a study rather than a biography. Hollis examines Orwell's books in order and traces through them the development of this unmatched literary giant's thought process.
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Groot becomes infected by a super-evolved Symbiote and Rocket goes to great lengths to save him; Star-Lord protects the Cosmic Seed map when Yondu's Ravagers appear.
The Guardians of the Galaxy are racing to find the Cosmic Seed - an immensely powerful artifact with the ability to generate life - before the evil-hearted Thanos can. Now that the motley team has the Crypto Cube, which holds a map to the Cosmic Seed that only Star-Lord can access, the...
15250) The border keeper
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A woman lived where the railway tracks met the saltpan, on the Ahri side of the shadowline. In the old days, when people still talked about her, she was known as the end-of-the-line woman. Vasethe, a man with a troubled past, comes to seek a favor from a goddess who is not what she seems, and must enter the nine hundred and ninety-nine realms of Mkalis, the world of spirits, where gods and demons rage in an endless war. What Vasethe discovers in Mkalis...
15251) Freedom Fire
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Dactyl Hill Squad volume 2
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Magdalys and the squad are flying south on pteroback. South to rescue her older brother. South to war. The squad links up with the dino-mounted troops of the Louisiana Native Guard, an all-black regiment in the Union Army fighting to free their people. They're led by General Sheridan, surrounded by enemy forces in Tennessee and desperate for any edge to sway the tide of battle. Magdalys's burgeoning powers might be the Union's last hope. But she doesn't...
15252) Of Jenny and the aliens
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Eighteen-year-old Derek ignores the anticipated alien invasion that could mean the end of the world until he imagines a future with Jenny--a future for which she has other plans.
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Chloe, who loves the darkness of her family's broken-down movie theater because it hides the scars that line her face, and Nick, who shares her love of movies despite his blindness, are transported into the fantasy world of the script they are writing, where they face adventure and tragedy that could transform their real lives.
15254) The rebels of gold
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Loom saga volume 3
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A new rebellion rises from the still smoldering remnants of the five guilds of Loom to stand against Dragon tyranny, while on Nova, those same Dragons fight amongst themselves as age-old power struggles shift the political landscape in fateful and unexpected ways.
15255) 4 movie marathon: Post-apocalyptic collection ;Waterworld ; Children of men ; Skyline ; Doomsday
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Waterworld: In a future where Earth is covered with water, the human race struggles to survive on dilapidated boats and makeshift floating cities called atolls. When a mysterious drifter/adventurer known as the Mariner gets caught up in the struggle between the evil Deacon and a young girl and her adoptive mother, he finds himself catapulted into an explosive war of good vs. evil.
Skyline: It was supposed to be a simple birthday weekend in Southern...
15256) The wrong girl
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"In February of 1926, private detective Ted Oliver is hired by a mysterious client to investigate the death of Graham Peyton, a man known for recruiting high-class prostitutes for the studios until his disappearance five years ago. Thanks to a ferocious Pacific storm, Graham's skeleton is uncovered from its hiding place, under rocks beneath a cliff. As Oliver investigates the final days leading up to Graham's demise, he stumbles across a connection...
15257) An inheritance of ashes
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Now that the strange war is over, sixteen-year-old Hallie and her sister struggle to maintain their family farm, waiting to see who will return from the distant battlefield, soon hiring a veteran to help them but, as ugly truths about their family emerge, Hallie is taking dangerous risks and keeping desperate secrets while monsters and armies converge on the small farm.
15258) Superhero Harry
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Harry wants to be a superhero and invents things to help make that happen but, in the meantime, he learns to be a real hero at school and home.
15259) Forced perspectives
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Vickery and Castine volume 2
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"Why did Cecil B. DeMille really bury the Pharaoh's Palace set after he filmed The Ten Commandments in 1923? An unholy power was afoot and it had to be stopped or at least delayed. Now fugitive federal agents, Sebastian Vickery and Ingrid Castine, both sensitive to the ghosts that haunt the modern Los Angeles highways, find themselves plunged into the supernatural secrets of Los Angeles - from Satanic indie movies of the '60s, to the unqiet La Brea...
15260) The outside
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Kicked out of the safety of her Amish community, teenaged Katie must face the dangerous vampire-infested outside world.