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Widowland volume 2
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"The thrilling sequel to Widowland, a feminist dystopian novel set in an alternative history that terrifyingly imagines what a British alliance with Germany would look like if the Nazis had won WWII. London, 1955. The Leader has been dead for two years. His assassination, on British soil, provoked violent retribution and intensified repression of British citizens, particularly women. Now, more than ever, the Protectorate is a place of surveillance...
2) Cake eater
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The year is 3070, and Marie Antoinette has just arrived at Versailles. Marie is an App sensation, a style icon, and a maven of social influence with millions of followers - but here, in the glamorous Franc Kingdom, her job is simply to marry Louis-Auguste. Unfortunately, Louis doesn't seem interested in Marie, making her feel lonelier than ever in this new country. Luckily, Marie has a distraction: opulent soirées and decadent after parties abound...
3) Germinal
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"Étienne Lantier, a poor but spirited young laborer in search of work, shares the wretched lives of the coal miners of Le Voreux, where the brutish and dangerous working conditions consume the health and prospects of young and old, one generation after another. Impoverished, ill, and hungry, the miners inspire Étienne to attempt a revolt against the Company, an overthrow of “the tyranny of capital, which was starving the worker.” They answer...
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First law volume 1
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Inquisitor Glokta, a crippled and increasingly bitter relic of the last war, former fencing champion turned torturer extraordinaire, is trapped in a twisted and broken body - not that he allows it to distract him from his daily routine of torturing smugglers. Nobleman, dashing officer and would-be fencing champion Captain Jezal dan Luthar is living a life of ease by cheating his friends at cards. Vain, shallow, selfish and self-obsessed, the biggest...
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Earthdivers volume 2
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New York Times best seller Stephen Graham Jones and all-star artist Davide Gianfelice continue their heart-stopping historical slasher in Earthdivers #2! After dodging the apocalypse, four Indigenous outcasts are past the point of no return on their audacious one-way, time travel mission to save the world by killing Christopher Columbus. Immersed in 1492 as an undercover crewman, Tad-a brilliant Lakota linguist and wildly unqualified avenger-must...
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2084: In a post-apocalyptic world controlled by UniCorp, where the memory of the "genetically inferior" has been chemically tampered with, Alowa escapes her captivity as a dispenser. She is sheltered in the reservation, where dangers abound and her fears grow that she might be an "immigrant" — a bioengineered facsimile of a human being. She is told a boy called Solstice has her memories and she will have to enter History to find him.
1943: Max's...
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In the 22nd century, twelve percent of the world's population chooses history. Safe inside the guarded borders of living museums, museum dwellers resist attempts by Metro leaders to seize their lands and force them back to the cities. When Alexander Kane, (son of a powerful Metro Senator) leaves the protection of the City to enter the Federal Museum Academy, he becomes the target of a growing political struggle. Crossing borders into the 12, 18th,...
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Earthdivers volume 13
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"The pen is mightier than the sword." Nice sentiment, but change of plans. When a new obstacle threatens to undermine the connection Emily has built with Benjamin Franklin-and all the progress she's made toward changing the future-she adopts some moves from Tad's playbook and starts spilling blood in 1776. And speaking of Tad? Back in 2112, Sosh and Yellow Kid discover that it might be more than just his legacy that lives on...
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Berlin 1937, Adolph Hitler and his cabinet meet with representatives of the tiny Latin American nation of Ecuador. Three years later, the unfolding consequences of that fateful meeting plunge a continent into flames. What, in our history, was an almost bloodless brushfire conflict between Ecuador and Peru, escalates into a life and death struggle which spreads relentlessly to almost every country in South America, bringing death and destruction.
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"The year is 1953. Edward VIII and Wallis are preparing for their coronation, and the country is tense with expectation. In honor of the event, Adolf Hitler will be making his first visit to the UK since its surrender to the Germans in 1940. One oppressive change conforming with Nazi ideology is the strict classification of women into hierarchical groups, ranging from the beautiful and privileged Gelis (named after Hitler's adored niece) down to the...
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Fighter. Misfit. Heart thief.
How long can Chadora's throne sit empty? That is the question on everyone's mind as they wait for the rightful heir to return for his crown. Patience is not Eda's strong suit, and she has an idea to speed things along that just might work. The youngest Suttone has found her voice, and now she is determined to be heard. If they will not listen to her words, then she will speak with her sword.
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Le Chasseur de Vampires de l'ordre des Eternels n'est plus, ainsi que tous ceux avec qui il a tenté de protéger le « Novae Terrae », face à une horde de Vampires dirigée par Eleonore et Aleksis qui a assailli la citadelle dans laquelle se terraient Tomasz, Mylena et les Eternels. Mais tout n'est pas perdu, il reste un espoir en la personne de Sarah. Issue d'un Chasseur et d'une Sorcière, elle est un être d'exception qui promet encore bien...
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In September 1989, Egon Krenz, deputy chairman of the GDR State Council, was sent to Beijing to congratulate China's political leadership personally and on behalf of the SED polite office for successfully suppressing the "Counter-revolutionary uprising," better known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
This is the historical background of the story of this book. The military commander refused to follow the order to use lethal force against the protestors...
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Nous le savons à présent, l'intervention de la Sorcière a eu pour effet de changer grandement l'ordre des choses en ce bas monde, notamment pour nous, êtres humains.
Le Chasseur de Vampires de l'ordre des Eternels est à présent en mauvaise posture, et ces derniers ne peuvent l'aider car ils l'ignorent. L'avenir semble jouer en faveur des Vampires désormais. Mais c'est sans compter sur l'intervention de quelques protagonistes que personne n'attendait,...
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En los albores, el nacimiento de Luisú Sazanús, una criatura surgida del primer vampiro de la historia, estaba a punto de sumir el mundo entero en el caos. Esa amenaza movió a su madre, de naturaleza humana pero también una de las más poderosas magas que jamás hubiera habido sobre la faz de la tierra, a crear una reliquia en la que encerró el poder más insigne de todos, para evitar que su descendiente no lo usara contra la humanidad. Asimismo,...
16) The Novae Terrae
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At the beginning of time, the birth of Luis Sazans, a being descended from the first Vampire in history, was about to bring the whole world into chaos. This threat had been solved by his mother, human but also one of the most powerful Witches that the Earth has borne, who created an artefact in which she concealed the most important of all powers, in order to prevent her offspring from using it against all of humanity. She also founded the Order of...
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Imaginez un monde dans lequel rien n'est en réalité tel que vous l'imaginiez jusqu'ici.
Découvrez, de l'origine du monde jusqu'à nos jours, l'envers du décor que vous ne pouviez voir. Partons voyager autour de la Terre aux ctés d'une Vampire énigmatique, et découvrons avec elle les secrets les plus enfouis de l'Histoire, ceux-là même qu'aucun livre ne vous a conté jusqu'à aujourd'hui, et que Tomasz apprendra en même temps que vous.
Parce...
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IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
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"Life in East Germany in the early 1980s is not easy for most people, but for Lena, it's particularly hard. After the death of her parents in a factory explosion and time spent in a psychiatric hospital recovering from the trauma, she is sent to live with her stern aunt, a devoted member of the ruling Communist Party. Visits with her beloved Uncle Erich, a best-selling author, are her only respite. But one night, her uncle disappears without a trace....
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Resistance Is the Only Way The second story in an epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more! The Antichrist has risen. Prepare for the beginning of the end. Antichrist Rising is the climactic end to the explosively inventive time-travel series that recasts the Christian struggle in a future world rife with social and religious challenges combined with technological...
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Resistance Is the Only Way The third story in an epic four-episode, binge-worthy story season told through full-length, complete novels with cliff-hangers that make you hunger for more! The Antichrist has risen. Prepare for the beginning of the end. Antichrist Rising is the climactic end to the explosively inventive time-travel series that recasts the Christian struggle in a future world rife with social and religious challenges combined with technological...
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