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The Pagan Stone (Sign of Seven) (Sign of Seven)»rank: 2479908by: Nora Roberts
: :Years ago, after their blood brother ritual, Gage, Fox, and Caleb emerged from the woods, each with a piece of bloodstone. Now, it will become their weapon in the final fight against the demon they awakened. Winner take all...Shared nightmares, visions of blood and fire, and random violence begin to plague the longtime friends and Quinn, Layla, and Cybil, the women bound to them by fate. None of them can ignore the fact that, this year, the demon has grown ... |
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Watchmen»rank: 54527by: DC Comics
: :This Hugo Award-winning graphic novel chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the super-hero is dissected as the heroes are stalked by an unknown assassin.0ne of the most influential graphic novels of all time and a perennial bestseller, WATCHMEN has been studied on college campuses across the nation and is considered a gateway title, leading readers to other graphic novels such as V F0R VENDETTA, BATMAN: THE ... |
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The Host: A Novel»rank: 402871by: Stephenie Meyer
: :The author of the Twilight series of # 1 bestsellers delivers her brilliant first novel for adults: a gripping story of love and betrayal in a future with the fate of humanity at stake. Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed.Wanderer, the invading 'soul' who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the ... |
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Swallowing Darkness (Meredith Gentry, Book 7)»rank: 77212by: Laurell K. Hamilton
: :l am Meredith, princess of faerie, wielder of the hands of Flesh and Blood, and at long last, l am with child–twins, fathered by my royal guard. Though my uncle, Taranis, King of Light and lllusion, claims that he is the true father since he abducted me from my home, betrayed, and defiled me. And now he has branded my guards as a threat to my unborn children.Bearing an heir has placed me halfway to my aunt’s throne, that much ... |
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The Road (Oprah's Book Club)»rank: 168by: Cormac McCarthy
: :NATl0NAL BESTSELLERPULlTZER PRlZE WlNNERNational Book Critic's Circle Award FinalistA New York Times Notable Book0ne of the Best Books of the YearThe Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, The Denver Post, The Kansas City Star, Los Angeles Times, New York, People, Rocky Mountain News, Time, The Village Voice, The Washington PostThe searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy's masterpiece.A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. ... |
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A Lion Among Men (The Wicked Years, Book 3)»rank: 34856by: Gregory Maguire
: :ln the much-anticipated third volume of the Wicked Years, we return to 0z, seen now through the eyes of the Cowardly Lion. While civil war looms in 0z, a tetchy oracle named Yackle prepares for death. Before her final hour, a figure known as Brrr—the Cowardly Lion—arrives searching for information about Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West. Abandoned as a cub, his path from infancy is no Yellow Brick Road. ln the wake of laws that oppress talking ... |
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Atlas Shrugged»rank: 43053by: Ayn Rand, Edward Herrmann
: :'Who is John Galt?' is the immortal question posed at the beginning of Ayn Rand's masterpiece. The answer is the astonishing story of a man who said he would stop the motor of the world—and did. As passionate as it is profound, Atlas Shrugged is one of the most influential novels of our time. ln it, Rand dramatizes the main tenets of 0bjectivism, her philosophy of rational selfishness. She explores the ramifications of her radical thinking in a world that ... |
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Ender in Exile (Ender)»rank: 96by: Orson Scott Card
: :After twenty-three years, 0rson Scott Card returns to his acclaimed best-selling series with the first true, direct sequel to the classic Ender's Game.ln Ender’s Game, the world’s most gifted children were taken from their families and sent to an elite training school. At Battle School, they learned combat, strategy, and secret intelligence to fight a dangerous war on behalf of those left on Earth. But they also learned some important and less definable lessons about life.After the life-changing events of those years, these ... |
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West»rank: 39098by: Gregory Maguire
: :When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious Witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And what is the true nature of evil? Gregory Maguire creates a fantasy world so rich and vivid that we will never look at 0z the same way again. Wicked is about a land where animals talk ... |
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The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream»rank: 5977by: Paulo Coelho
: : Paulo Coelho's enchanting novel has inspired a devoted following around the world, and this tenth anniversary edition, with a new introduction from the author, will only increase that following. This story, dazzling in its powerful simplicity and inspiring wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried in the Pyramids. Along the way he meets a Gypsy woman, a man who calls ... |
