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Apprentice Adept volume 1
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English
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After escaping assassination on Pronto, Stiles finds himself on Phaze, where another power is set on destroying him.
2) Blue Adept
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Apprentice Adept volume 2
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English
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High adventure in two alternate worlds as Stile the hero on Proton, world of science, must win the annual games to survive, while on Phaze, world of magic, he must become a master of magic.
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Apprentice Adept volume 3
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English
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Stile had problems on two different worlds. On Proton he was threatened with murder, and on Phaze, an alternate world ruled by magic, he had to master magic, fight a dragon, win the friendship of a lady unicorn, locate his enemy among the paranoid Adepts and return out of Phaze to win the Great Games on Proton. After that, he was ready to face the real problems!
4) The ring
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"After a youth spent trapped in space exile, Jeff Font returned to Earth to seek vengeance against the planetary mogul who had framed and destroyed Jeff's family. Jeff's plans backfired: he was captured, drugged, rammed through a computerized court system, convicted. . .and ringed. The ring. The ultimate high-tech civics lesson. A surgically implanted electronic monitor that automatically caused unendurable agony when a convict strayed from righteousness....
5) Politician
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Bio of a space tyrant volume 3
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English
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POLITICAL PRISONER He awoke in a tiny lightless cell, groping for memory... memory that had been erased. Hope Hubris, Jupiter governor, progressive populist, warrior hero, and presidential candidate... a "mem-washed" tool of the enemy. And if his captors' plan worked, Hope would destroy his own political career, leaving the fate of his planet in the hands of its corrupt presidential incumbent - Tocsin. But Hope Hubris had a destiny to fulfill. He...
6) Spider legs
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From pollutants in the oceans a spider-like creature mutates into a fierce monster that begins stalking the Newfoundland coast looking for new food sources.
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Xanth volume 23
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English
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When a climatic catastrophe threatens to destroy the forests of Xanth, Breanna of the Black Wave and her new-found love Justin must rely on their common sense to save themselves and their planet.
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Xanth volume 16
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 16
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English
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Drawn into Xanth by a harmless-looking computer game, Dug and Kim battle their way across Xanth, testing their courage against dozens of fearsome obstacles.
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He is a sentient plant. Herb Moss is a nice young man. He's a Vegan: a member of a genetically engineered species, part human and part plant, living on the planet New World. It's a good life, really: Herb's engaged to be married to his childhood sweetheart, Lily; has a job with his father's firm; and can look forward to a solid if unexciting future. And as everyone keeps telling him, it's time to put down roots. If he happens to be bored every time...
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2014
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English
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SCIENCE FICTION. FANTASY. HUMOR.
This is the third annual volume of Unidentified Funny Objects and it contains twenty-three humorous short stories from some of the genre's best-known authors, as well as talented up-and-comers.
These are some of the unlikely characters you will encounter in the pages of this book:
* Hobo Satan
* Vampire novelist
* Traveling robot salesman
* Brain-in-a-jar superhero
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Xanth volume 43
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English
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All of Xanth is a stage as an unlikely hero saves the show in the New York Times' bestselling series. There's no shortage of laughs when Jess is around; she's been cursed to have nobody take her seriously. But her dubious talent comes in handy when she meets the very handsome showman Magnus. He promises to fake taking her seriously'if Jess joins his traveling show. But first they must see the Good Magician. He will give them the use of the flying...
14) Realty check
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Penn and Chandelle, an older couple, rent a house in the city at a bargain price and discover that its back door opens onto an endless forest. Now they know why others were scared off. That's only the beginning of the oddities about this particular piece of realty. They decide to call in experts: their grandchildren, Lloyd and Llynn, who pitch in with a will, to try to discover what and why. But it may be more of a challenge than they can handle.
15) A tryst of fate
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Xanth volume 45
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English
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"Squid may only be a tween alien cuttlefish, but her feelings for Chaos, her Demon boyfriend, are real, which is why she's more than ready to let someone else take over as the protagonist of this story. Being a main character is exhausting--and it's drastically cutting down her flirting time with Chaos. But their alternate future is dependent upon their completion of one final mission... Seven years from now, in another reality frame, things are not...
16) Chthon
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Aton volume 1
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English
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Chthon was Piers Anthony's first published novel in 1967, written over the course of seven years. He started it when he was in the US Army, so it has a long prison sequence that is reminiscent of that experience, being dark and grim. It features Aton Five, a space man who commits the crime of falling in love with the dangerous, alluring Minionette and is therefore condemned to death in the subterranean prison of Chthon. It uses flashbacks to show...
17) DoOon mode
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Colene's growing powers are becoming a threat to Emperor Ddwng, so the depraved ruler releases a Mind Monster to assault her soul and bend her to his will.
18) On a pale horse
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Incarnations of immortality volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
780L
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English
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In this first novel of the Incarnations of Immortality, Piers Anthony combines a gripping story of romance and conflicting loyalties with a deeply moving examination of the meaning of life and death. This is a novel that will long linger in the reader's mind.
Shooting Death was a mistake, as Zane soon discovered. For the man who killed the Incarnation of Death was immediately forced to assume the vacant position! Thereafter, he must...
Shooting Death was a mistake, as Zane soon discovered. For the man who killed the Incarnation of Death was immediately forced to assume the vacant position! Thereafter, he must...
19) Aliena
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Aliena is a nice person who turns out to be an alien in a human host. She just has things to learn about the human form and society. When her body starts immune-rejecting the alien brain, and the brain has to be replaced by another alien brain, maintaining the semblance of marriage and family becomes a challenge for both Aliena and the man who loves her.
20) Aliena Too
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An alien starfish and a human man must learn to live in each other's bodies in Piers Anthony's ingenious sequel to the science fiction gem Aliena Along with fellow members of her sapient starfish race, Aliena traveled many light-years to Earth. There, in the host body of a human woman, the inquisitive extraterrestrial learned how to exist as a member of this perplexing earthborn race. Now Piers Anthony, the New York Times–bestselling maestro of...
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