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"It all started when journalist Jillian Lauren asked LAPD Homicide Detective Mitzi Roberts about which case Roberts was most proud of closing. "Samuel Little," Roberts answered. The now 79-year-old Little had murdered approximately 90 women over six decades and repeatedly got away with the murders due to lack of evidence (or jurisdiction); Roberts finally brought him to justice by tying him to the murders of three Los Angeles women. Surprised she...
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IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
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In fifteenth-century Paris, a disfigured man named Quasimodo, who was abandoned as an infant in the cathedral of Notre-Dame and now lives in its bell tower, must come to the aid of a beautiful gypsy girl named Esmeralda after she repels the advances of the cruel archdeacon Don Claude Frollo.
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Three tales of a time travelling tortoise, who travels to lands that would be inaccessible for someone ordinary. Journeys of excitement, adventure and danger await him. Will his kindness help him succeed? Can he come back safely?
Tyler and the Pirates
An adventurous tortoise. Menacing pirates. The deep blue sea.
Tyler and the Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs to behold. Mistakes to be made. Decisions to regret.
Tyler in Space
An explorative tortoise. A planet...
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"When he broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, 'Come.' I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he that sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand."
Revelations 6:5.
Secrets and lies, armies and agendas, and behind it all was corporate interest. Doctor Corman McMasters understood this. Then came the weaponization of genetics with disastrous results. Corman and his team were trying to pioneer a new direction to improved sustainability,...
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"And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him" (Revelations 6:8, KJV).
One man would blaze such a path of death and destruction across the western frontier that he would be forever associated with this passage. Disowned by his family, betrayed by his commanding officer, and framed for atrocities he did not commit, he was branded a murderer and a traitor. Living life on the run and forced...
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Mention the
name Josef Stalin and all you will hear are epithets like "brutal dictator" or
"mass murderer" or "Communist reactionary." And these are not untrue
descriptions. But they don't tell the whole story. Every terrible person in
history was also just an ordinary person too. In The Red Poppy, we behold the man and not the monster. In these
seven scenes, we see the human side of the Soviet leader in a myriad of ways
never before portrayed. We...
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A spine-chilling anthology of scary stories about witches, wizards, and more!
BEHOLD…. One look inside this book, boys and girls, and your socks are sure to be scared clean off! Could you survive having a witch for a grandmother? What happens when a slumber party turns into a nightmare? Will a magical card trick turn become a boy's ultimate curse? Discover the answers these creepy questions and more in this spine-chilling collection of eight sorcery...
8) Beyond Night
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An Epic Fantasy tale of action, adventure, heroism, horror and sorcery... Beyond Night is a Dark Fantasy Horror novel that pulls back the veil of nearly two thousand years of jaded history. Come tread in the bloody footprints left by monsters, soldiers and wizards and behold what lies hidden Beyond Night itself. It's Bigfoot War mixed with Lovecraftian horror on the edge of the Roman Empire. How could Rome lose a Legion? What could've happened to...
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Excerpt: "The sun, whose upper edge had just appeared above the horizon, cast its first red beams aslant a deserted wilderness of heaving billows. Here and there a flying fish, spurning its usual element, cut the air like a swift ray of light, falling back into the sea again after its short flight with a splash that sent myriad drops flashing in the sunlight. There were not a few triangular objects, dark in color, and looking like tiny sails, darting...
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Micah Hamilton has a large blue nevus mole on his face, and is constantly being teased and called a monster. He is befriended by Lorilee Riley who had recently moved into the rural mountain community. She's a Black girl in a mostly white Appalachian town and she's never felt that she was pretty as she towers over other kids her age. When Lorilee's Aunt Sabrina is able to help Micah have the growth removed, he not only looks normal, but he grows into...
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In The Twilight Zone and Philosophy, philosophers probe into the meaning of the classic TV series, The Twilight Zone. Some of the chapters look at single episodes of the show, while others analyze several or many episodes. Though acknowledging the spinoffs and reboots, the volume concentrates heavily on the classic 1959–1964 series. Among the questions raised and answered are: ● What's the meaning of personal identity in The Twilight Zone? ("Number...
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Lauren Grayson has investigated Bigfoot, the Mayan apocalypse, even UFOs. But she never expected to find herself at the mercy of pirates...
When the Oceanic Channel's newest research vessel, the Explorer of the Deep, goes missing on its maiden voyage to the Bermuda Triangle, television investigator Dr. Lauren Grayson and the Veritas Codex Crew are asked to investigate. Paired with oceanographer Trevor Thorpe and his crew from sister-show Expedition:...
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The next set of tales from the Tellest universe arrives, with 24 new stories brought to you by five incredibly talented talespinners, all ready to immerse and entertain you.Return to a world where magic abounds. Tellest's heroes and its villains are equipped with intense power, but it is the stories surrounding them that holds more strength. Learn what it means to be a part of a world where anything is possible, and the unexpected lies around every...
14) Dragon world
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2021.
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Immerse yourself in the rich, fascinating history of dragons in this illustrated gift book. Meet the fire-breathing beasts of mythology in this beautifully illustrated book brimming with scaled behemoths. Lurking in every corner of the earth, from the deepest depths of the oceans, to the tips of the tallest mountains, even tucked beneath the very ground that you tread on, dragons watch and wait. They take many forms--sea monsters, serpents, wild cats,...
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An ancient rivalry is rekindled when a Hollow Earth scholar receives private funding and wants to use Kong to discover the origin of the Titans. Protected inside a biodome since his discovery in the 70s, Kong was the only kaiju who did not participate in the epic battle against King Gidorah, and Godzilla is determined to become the final apex predator. Meanwhile, the humans begin to suspect that everyone involved is being manipulated by an industry...
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