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21) Nemesis
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Even the unflappable Miss Marple is astounded as she reads the letter addressed to her on instructions from the recently deceased tycoon Mr. Jason Rafiel, whom she had met on holiday in the West Indies (A Caribbean Mystery). Recognizing in her a natural flair for justice and a genius for crime-solving, Mr. Rafiel has bequeathed to Miss Marple a £20,000 legacy -- and a legacy of an entirely different sort. For he has asked Miss Marple to investigate...his...
23) The time machine
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H.G. Wells's 1894 novel (his first) describes the adventures of his hero, the time-traveler, mostly in the year A.D. 802,701, when he encounters a class-ridden battle between the decadent Eloi and the primitive Morlocks. This multi-voiced presentation works well, especially in the opening and closing scenes when the hero displays his time apparatus to his skeptical friends. Michael York, as the time-traveler, nicely evokes the wonder of encountering...
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"An excellent overview of the history of Jewish mysticism from its early beginnings to contemporary Hasidism...scholarly and complex."
-Library Journal
"An excellent work, clear and solidly documented by Joseph Dan on Gershom Scholem and on his work."
-Notes Bibliographiques
"An excellent guide to Scholem's work."
-Christian Century
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Captain N Game Master volume 3
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Mother Brain makes a discovery that Kevin isn't very good at the Bayou Billy video game. So she sets a trap to lure him into Bayouland.
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Captain N Game Master volume 8
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While the N team tries to get Simon's memory back, Mother Brain gets King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard to brainwash him into thinking he's an N-Team hunter. Later Simon believes he is Donkey Kong Jr.
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Captain N Game Master volume 11
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Mother Brain sets a trap by showing the N team she is defeated and also opens up a warp zone, with Kevin's neighborhood shown on the other side.
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Captain N Game Master volume 2
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Simon gets shot by a "love-at-first-sight" arrow and falls in love with Mother Brain.
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Captain N Game Master volume 9
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Kid Icarus feels awful because his height is a problem. Duke discovers a magic lamp and the genie grants Kid Icarus's wish to become bigger. Kid Icarus turns into a giant and comes to realize that being bigger has a lot of disadvantages.
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Captain N Game Master volume 12
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Kevin, Lana, Simon, and Duke go to the Mirror World to rescue the princess' father, King Charles. In the mean time their opposites are on a journey to their world.
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Captain N Game Master volume 13
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On his birthday Mega Man really wishes to become human. So he is ready to pass the Three Challenges to accomplish humanity.
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Captain N Game Master volume 4
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Mother Brain challenges the N-Team to an athletic competition on Mount Icarus, thus distracting them from stopping her from finding the Three Sacred Treasures.
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Captain N Game Master volume 5
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The N Team struggle to find weapons with enough power to defeat the magic of the Sacred Treasures.
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Captain N Game Master volume 10
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Dr. Wily creates an android that is a replica of Kevin's worst enemy from high school.
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Captain N Game Master volume 7
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Dragon Lord and Mother Brain try to turn every dragon evil. The N team rescues Puff, a white last good dragon baby.
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Captain N Game Master volume 1
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Kevin Keene and his dog Duke have been transported to Video Land and asked to help defeat Mother Brain. After Princess Lana is kidnapped Kevin and his video game companions (Mega-Man, Kid Icarus, and Simon Belmont) have to work together to save her.
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Captain N Game Master volume 6
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After the Computer Mind Mirror of Mother Brain says that Princess Lana is the most beautiful of them all, the Eggplant Wizard makes a poison apple that will make Princess Lana fall asleep.
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Masters of Rome volume 1
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With extraordinary narrative power, New York Times bestselling author Colleen McCullough sweeps the reader into a whirlpool of pageantry and passion, bringing to vivid life the most glorious epoch in human history.
When the world cowered before the legions of Rome, two extraordinary men dreamed of personal glory: the military genius and wealthy rural "upstart" Marius, and Sulla, penniless and debauched but of aristocratic birth. Men of exceptional...
