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New Tian, the city that always changes, has changed with both progress and underground corruption. With each district of this flower-shaped city being overtaken by triad gangs, violence has become the new norm. The emerging Bleeding Sun terror group as well as the disappearance of the Gifted Officers of the New Tian Police Department only worsen the situation. With no one else to save the city, The White Lotus has taken it upon himself to ensure justice...
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Exiled, cursed, abandoned-these were the familiar companions of Ryu Suzuki. For years, he had roamed the unforgiving Outlands, relying solely on his Katana to ward off danger. Known as Kuroi Kage, the Black Shadow, he was a phantom Omega, an outcast from his pack, condemned to the treacherous abyss where any sign of vulnerability spelled doom.
Ryu had grown accustomed to this solitary existence, finding solace in his isolation. But everything changed...
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Just crossed was slapped, on her temper certainly not tolerate ah.
The left side of an over-the-shoulder slam, the right side to a back kick, hitting the parents and stepmother screaming.
The white lotus step-sister came over and softly said "sister, you are not right."
Wang Zixuan Xizi hold the heart weakly said "sister, I was forced to have no choice ah."
Wang Zixuan then knew that her own father, in order to leave the original...
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Death. Destruction. Decay.
The fate of the clans hangs in the balance as Ryu Suzuki faces the ultimate battle of his life. War is coming, and with it comes the looming threat of the Bloodhound Prince, a diabolical necromancer determined to destroy everything Ryu holds dear.
With enemies at every turn and the fate of the world resting on his shoulders, Ryu must confront his past and work alongside the man who destroyed his life, Micah McCorbyn, the...
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Hatred. Resentment. Betrayal.
Ryu Suzuki is drowning in animosity, bitterness, and treachery. His life is nothing but a shattered mess. The Filthy Claws and Silvercrest Howlers, are both destroyed, leaving Ryu with nothing but anger and despair. The Bloodhound Prince looms over them, spreading the Lycan disease like wildfire.
It's a dark time, and darkness brews. Ryu wants revenge, but he's lost his way.
Will Micah, the White Lotus, be able to...
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Returning victorious from the war in Xegachtznel Galaxy Pez directs the Om Star Fleet to the planetary system of Vox in their home galaxy of Hub to liberate it from the Kundabuffer Empire. Her next stop is the planet Kundabuffer to end its enslavement of 188 inhabited planets. Once Pez eventually gets the fleet back to Om, Sarhi the Im reveals another mission Pez must undertake to find a way to topple the Royal Monarch Empire proliferating in the...
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TEACHINGS OF THE MASTERS:
THREE GREAT TRUTHS
"Hear me, my brother," he said. "There are three truths which are absolute, and which cannot be lost, but yet may remain silent for lack of speech.”
"The soul of man is immortal, and its future is the future of a thing whose growth and splendour has no limit.
"The principle which gives life dwells in us and without us, is undying and eternally beneficent, is not heard or seen, or smelt, but is perceived...
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"Bestselling author of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls and Down and Dirty Pictures, cultural critic Peter Biskind turns his eye toward the new golden age of television, sparked by the fall of play-it-safe network TV and the rise of boundary-busting cable followed by streaming, that overturned both--based on exclusive, candid, and colorful interviews with executives, writers, showrunners, directors, and actors"--
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""That place has been my whole life. Everything I thought I knew about myself was constructed in those few months I spent within touching distance of the sea. Everything I am is because Alistair loved me." Rachel has been in love with Alistair for fifteen years. Even though she's now married to someone else. Even though she was a teenager when they met. Even though he is twenty years older than her. Rachel and Alistair's summer love affair on a remote,...
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"Grady Kendall applies to work as a live-in caretaker for a luxury property in Hawaii on a whim-it's as far from small-town Maine as he can imagine. But surprisingly, within days he's hired and on a flight into beautiful Kolihi'i. Grady's new home is a remote mansion on treacherous Hokuloa Road. With little to do, Grady settles into a lonely routine, slowly uncovering a lesser-known side of Kolihi'i's reputation. It seems the island has long been...
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"When young Charlie Boykin gains entry into the wealthy society of the most exclusive part of Nashville, he falls under its spell. But he soon learns what he'd have to give up in return in this novel that asks why we envy and worship a class of people that so often exhibits the worst excesses"--Provided by publisher.
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Dakota Territory, 1880. When Hanna arrives in the town of LaForge, she sees possibilities. Her father could open a shop on the main street. She could go to school, if there is a school, and even realize her dream of becoming a dressmaker--provided she can convince Papa, that is. She and Papa could make a home here. But Hanna is half-Chinese, and she knows from experience that most white people don't want neighbors who aren't white themselves. The...
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant comes a twisting story of love and deceit: an American man vanishes from a rural road in Vietnam and his girlfriend, an ER doctor trained in deductive reasoning, follows a path that leads her home to the very hospital where they first met. Alexis and Austen met on a Saturday night. Not in a bar, but instead in the emergency room where Alexis sutured a bullet wound in Austen's arm....
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of The Guest Room, a powerful story about the ways an entire life can change in one night: A flight attendant wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man - and no idea what happened. Cassandra Bowden is no stranger to hungover mornings. She's a binge drinker, her job with the airline making it easy to find adventure, and the occasional blackouts seem to be inevitable. She lives with them,...
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"Emma Rosenblum's Bad Summer People is a whip-smart, propulsive debut about infidelity, backstabbing, and murderous intrigue, set against an exclusive summer haven on Fire Island. None of them would claim to be a particularly good person. But who among them is actually capable of murder? Jen Weinstein and Lauren Parker rule the town of Salcombe, Fire Island every summer. They hold sway on the beach and the tennis court, and are adept at manipulating...
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The Art of Looking Up surveys 40 spectacular ceilings around the globe that have been graced by the brushes of artists including Michelangelo, Marc Chagall and Cy Twombly. From the floating women and lotus flowers of the Senso-ji Temple in Japan, first painted in the year 645, through to the religious iconography that adorns places of worship from Vienna to Istanbul, all the way to bold displays like that in the lobby of Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas,...
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"The Critical Survey of Mythology and Folklore presents articles on myths, folktales, legends, and other traditional literature. Drawing upon the most widely-read literature, this volume covers a diverse range of authors, countries, and cultures. Articles begin with a summary that offers readers the major actions and characters in the tale followed by an analysis of the important cultural and social interpretations of the author and myth. Myths in...
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