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Once a hero, now a pariah, Richard Muller is humanity's last hope. Richard Muller was an honorable diplomat who braved unimaginable dangers to make contact with the first-known race of intelligent aliens. But those aliens left a mark on him: a psychic wound that emanates a telepathic miasma that his fellow humans can neither cure nor endure. Muller is exiled to the remote planet of Lemnos, where he is left, deeply embittered, at the heart of a deadly...
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Technology has stealthily seeped into almost every aspect of our lives through smartphones, tablets, and laptops. Over the last decade it has even moved into our love life in the form of Internet dating sites. According to a recent Pew Research Center study, 15% of adults have used online dating sites and/or applications. The fastest growing groups are the youngest adults and those over 50. That same study found that 41% of Americans know someone...
83) The Death Maze
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What could surviving over two millennia do to a monster that first lived in ancient Egypt, then called Nubia? The 2500-year old monster named Apep lives in the sixth dimension. Award winning scientist falls into the sixth dimension through a portal under his home while experiencing an earthquake. The two women in Dan's life vie not only for his love, but to bring him back, while Dan's close friend, the chief of police, vows to keep the story out of...
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Before the Internet became widely known as a global tool for terrorists, one perceptive US citizen recognized its ominous potential. Armed with clear evidence of computer espionage, he began a highly personal quest to expose a hidden network of spies that threatened national security. But would the authorities back him up?
Cliff Stoll was an astronomer turned systems manager at Lawrence Berkeley Lab when a seventy-five cent accounting error alerted...
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The book describes how to use the maze on the floor of Chartres Cathedral as a template for further development in one's spiritual life.
Every labyrinth is a challenge - just like our lives. The Chartres labyrinth is a real gold mine of resources on the way to ourselves. Not only the walk inside, but every petal in the middle of it stands for a teaching that can already be found in the Our Father. If you walk through the labyrinth with all six petals...
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Part 3 of My Best Poems deals with the topic of Spirituality, encompassing author's grappling of and life experiences around this subject. It is, written in author's particular prose style, drawing inspiration from Basho and T.S. Eliot in particular. It comes with paintings by Koraljka, a gifted artist. For meditation, reflection and simple enjoyment.
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This revealing book offers an in-depth mental and emotional roadmap for surviving the correctional experience. It shows what mental shifts need to take place in order, to effectively, go beyond the prison walls where a life of purpose, meaning, love, and beauty exists and is well worth living. Designed for inmates, loved ones, and correctional educators, the book focuses on: understanding true freedom; confronting the prison experience; overcoming...
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Young heroes (Jane Yolen) volume 1
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Thirteen-year-old Odysseus, who longs to be a hero, has many opportunities to prove himself during an adventure which involves pirates and satyrs, a trip to Crete's Labyrinth, and the two young girls, Penelope and Helen, who play a major role in his future life.
90) The Mirror Maze
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Cory loves the carnival. Even as an adult, the lights and color, flashing rides, popcorn and cotton candy, all hold a special allure for him. Especially this year, when the men seem extraordinarily beautiful and Jules, the barker for the Mirror Maze, ran away with his heart from the moment Cory first saw him in his purple-satin and leather uniform.For Jules, the carnival is life, the other carnies his family, friends, lovers. He can't think of anywhere...
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A legend of a long-dead murderer buried in a mysterious maze. A cruel, childish trick gone wrong. A dangerous vow made in trust by a shy and lonely young boy. And somewhere in the idyllic Swedish countryside, a centuries-old entity is summoned from its thorny grave. Fourteen years later, twenty-two-year-old Fredrik Niequist returns from his travels, a brilliant financier who intends to break new ground in the Swedish agricultural industry by commercializing...
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HISTORY HAS ITS SECRETS, AND SOMEONE WANTS THEM ALL.Behind six feet of steel, buried under the streets of Manhattan, lies the Black Chamber-a room that once housed a team of codebreakers who would one day help to found the NSA."Imagine a writer that combines the best aspects of Cussler, Rollins, Berry, and Brown all into one. That's Kevin Tumlinson."-Ernest Dempsey, Author of The Forbidden TempleAbducted by a brutish professional killer, two physics...
93) The Crystal Maze
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Originally published August 8, 1914, here is issue #100 of the famous Nickel Weekly, Nick Carter Stories. This ebook contains the complete contents of the Nickel Weekly, including the Nick Carter novel THE CRYSTAL MAZE, plus parts of 2 serialized novels (THE PERFUME OF MADNESS and THE SYNDICATE OF CRIME) as well as numerous short features.
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LOLA RAY, A YOUNG GIRL WITH AN ADVANCED MIND, IS POSSESSED AND TERRORIZED BY A SOUL-THIRSTY DEMON. RIPPED AWAY FROM HER FAMILY AND TRAPPED INSIDE AN ELABORATE CREATION OF THE MIND'S CONSTRUCT, LOLA MUST NAVIGATE AND SURVIVE AN INTRICATE MAZE OF HORRIFIC REALITIES, EACH ONE DEADLIER THAN THE NEXT. CAN SHE USE HER ACCELERATED INTELLIGENCE TO FIND HER WAY TO THE CENTER AND SALVATION? OR, WILL SHE BE FORFEIT TO THE DARKNESS? FROM DEADLY FAIRIES AND VICIOUS...
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It's the assistant librarian's birthday! When the Nightingale Library pages surprise him, the shock is theirs-a Minotaur has turned the Library into a deadly labyrinth! Apollo, Perseus, Theseus, and Ariadne have entered the Library to help out. Can these Greek gods and goddesses help the kids find their way out of this maze?
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OMGs volume 2
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Etch, Clarion Books, imprints of HarperCollinsPublishers
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[2022]
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"When Karen moved to Mt. Olympus, she certainly didn't expect to start junior high with a bunch of gods and goddesses--let alone discover she's a demigoddess (who doesn't yet know her powers)! Having recently joined the school newspaper, Karen decides to investigate a mysterious online troll that goes by the moniker M1N0T4UR. This leads her to a treacherous maze beneath the school where Karen and her friends must complete a set of phases to leave...
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You may have just been in a car accident and you are not feeling like yourself. You may be experiencing pain and disorientation as well as shock. You may not know where to turn. How do I find a good lawyer?, What kind of doctors should I see ? , Is my family physician enough? I am getting mail from my insurance company about copays and authorizations - what does it all mean? Should I go back to work even if I don't feel well? I am very anxious to...
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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[2015]
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Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD's vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.
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Boxcar children volume 101
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The Aldens find themselves right in the middle of an Iowa cornfield and a brand new mystery The farm where the children are visiting is famous for its wonderful corn maze, and every year visitors come to walk through the maze and enjoy the Corn King Days festival. But the maze is being vandalized at night, and the festival is in danger of being shut down. Can the Boxcar Children catch the culprit and save the festival?
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