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Michael and Elizabeth Stewart discovered long ago that they could time travel through an old church's basement on Long Island. What they didn't realize was that their actions in First Century Jerusalem could upend life for the world as we know it. Their encounter with Roman thug, Pontius Pilate, turns life upside down for billions of future generations. Michael endures family loss and survives in a brutal and violent world with the help of a new friend,...
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"Molly McKenzie's bright personality and on-trend fashion and beauty advice have made her a major social media influencer. When her manager-turned-boyfriend tells her of an upcoming audition to host a makeover show for America's underprivileged youth, all her dreams finally seem to be coming true. There's just one catch: she has little experience interacting with people in need. To gain an edge on her competitors, she plans to volunteer for the summer...
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The leader of a suicide cult commandeers a Boeing 747 and dictates his life story into the black box while waiting for the plane to run out of fuel. The suicide is the ultimate media event of Tender Branson, self-styled messiah, many of whose followers have already killed themselves. Or were they murdered? By the author of Fight Club.
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Explore the mind and motivations of a serial killer.
In 1974, Dennis Lynn Rader stalked and murdered a family of four in Wichita, Kansas. Since adolescence, he had read about serial killers and imagined becoming one. Soon after killing the family, he murdered a young woman and then another, until he had ten victims. He named himself "B.T.K." (bind, torture, kill) and wrote notes that terrorized the city. He remained on the loose for thirty years....
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Lost decades of Uncle Chow Tung volume 2
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1980: A pivotal year in modern Chinese history as Premier Deng Xiaoping begins what he intends to be the transformation of China into an economic superpower. The most visible evidence of Deng's policy is the creation of Special Economic Zones, and one has been set up in Shenzhen, next door to Hong Kong and on Fanling's doorstep. Among Triad leaders, Uncle is the only one who recognizes that Deng's intentions could have profound repercussions on their...
26) Dauntless
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Earth died, but even in death she's still got a lot to offer.She's not going to hand those gifts over easily, though.Who would be crazy enough to abandon the comfort of the Atlantica Stations to go treasure hunting on a dying world?Enter Dante Slate, professional Plunderer, and the very best at what he does.Cool, efficient, and able to outfight anything he can't outrun. If you need something from Earth, you need him.Climbing to the top of this heap...
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What would the world look like if we did everything right for the next 50 years?
It's 2084, and Aldus, an elderly robot repairman, is writing the history of the 21st century for his grandson, Luca. Born in 2010, Aldus lived through it all-the War on the Warming, the repair of the planet, the rise of true artificial intelligence, automation everywhere, and much more. "I was but a foot soldier," Aldus tells his grandson, "but there is value in that...
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The official novelization of the summer blockbuster Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the latest film in the Monster Verse TM franchise, starring Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, with Ken Watanabe and Ziyi ZhangGodzilla: King of the Monsters follows the heroic efforts of the cryptozoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan,...
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The posthumous masterwork by critically acclaimed author, storied publisher, and Viet Nam veteran Juris Jurjevics the story of two American GI cops caught in the corrupt cauldron of a Vietnamese civil war stoked red hot by revolution. Viet Nam, 1963. A female Viet Cong assassin is trawling the boulevards of Saigon, catching US Army officers off-guard with a single pistol shot, then riding off on the back of a scooter. Although the US military is not...
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Dante's Inferno, his depiction of hell, was written while Europe was suffering through war, famine, the corruption of the Church, and the evils of the pogrom-the brutal massacre of countless Jews. Shortly after Dante's passing, the black plague killed off half the world's population, an end-of-days-like event that birthed a legend depicted in paintings and dance: the Grim Reaper. What few people know is that Dante's poem draws inspiration from the...
31) Destined
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Revenge may be a dish best served cold, but things are heating up for Dante-and they don't look like they are settling down anytime soon.
He's dug deeper and deeper in his pursuit of justice, and he's had to push himself harder and farther to stay one step ahead.
How far will he go? How far is too far?
The enemies he's pursuing are powerful, ruthless, and motivated to see their interests take priority over the needs of everyone else.
It's not...
32) Defiant
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Dante Slate survived treachery, but surviving isn't enough. Not by a long shot.
The Marauder wants revenge. He's on the hunt with his new partner, master spy Nasreen Joelle, but those who saw fit to leave him for dead have powerful connections.
What good is revenge if you can't live to enjoy it?
Dante has to practice patience and wait for the right time to make a poised strike.But that doesn't mean he's standing still, no sir. Revenge takes money...
33) The Cold Forge
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A dramatic new Alien novel, as Weyland-Yutani seeks to recover from the failure of Hadley's Hope, and successfully weaponize the XenomorphsWith the failure of Hadley's Hope, Weyland-Yutani has suffered a devastating setback-the loss of the Aliens they aggressively sought to exploit. Yet there's a reason the Company has risen to the top of the food chain. True to form, they have a redundancy already in place ... the facility known as The Cold Forge.Remote...
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At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not. Naming their secret club after the fiery British leader, the young patriots in the Churchill Club committed countless acts of sabotage, infuriating the Germans, who eventually had the boys tracked...
35) Carrier Wave
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Humanity listened to the night sky. What we heard shattered the world. Listen. Just eleven. That's it. As soon as you hear it, it has you. And once it has you, it's over. You may think you're in control. You're not. You want one more listen. You want to look at that strange spot in the sky. The one that's been slowly growing. The one that didn't make sense... until you listened. You want to listen again, and you will do whatever it takes to make everyone...
36) Famous
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Did Dante's revenge doom his team?The omnipresent dangers of Earth continue to grow. The enemy's influence reaches from the Stations to threaten the team. Dante needs a target to destroy to save his life and business.That's not so easy when he's dealing with the elusive conspiracy targeting the Marauder and his friends.The threat grows with each revelation, forcing Dante into his most desperate gambit yet.Trusting others is dangerous in his line of...
37) Fortune
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International bestselling author Ian Hamilton returns with a riveting new novel featuring fan-favourite Uncle Chow Tung, who is called upon to end a violent turf war between rival gangs and stop a new organized crime bureau of the Hong Kong Police from eliminating the triad societies once and for all.
Hong Kong, 1995. Two years before Hong Kong is to be returned to the People’s Republic of China, the Communist government has its eye on the New...
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A god has fallen. A throne sits empty. And ambitious schemers plot in the shadows.
The battle has ended, but the pantheon has survived at a terrible cost. Bereft of both Gurthghol and Vkar's throne, they're now weaker and more defenseless than ever. Yet even as the pantheon seek their footing, three new gods will be added to the family, further disrupting the former order.
And then there are the others-both inside the pantheon and out-eager for...
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Sergeant Bill Bee is the Marine in one of the defining images from the War on Terror. He responded to gunfire without protective gear when a Taliban sniper shot hit a sandbank just a few inches from his head in Garmsir, Helmand Province. When his world plunged into darkness, he thought his luck had run out. But he somehow survived, and his brush with death on May 18, 2008, was captured by a Reuters photographer. The images were broadcast around the...
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A dazzling new novel by the author of Galatea 2.2 and Gain
In a digital laboratory on the shores of Puget Sound, a band of virtual-reality researchers races to complete the Cavern, an empty white room that can become a jungle, a painting, or a vast Byzantine cathedral. In a war-torn Mediterranean city, an American is held hostage, chained to a radiator in another empty white room. What can possibly join these two remote places? Only the shared imagination,...