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1) Leech
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Publisher
Tordotcom, A Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"MEET THE CURE FOR THE HUMAN DISEASE "A wonderful new entry to Gothic science fiction, impeccably clever and atmospheric. Think Wuthering Heights... with worms!" -Tamsyn Muir A surreal and horrifying debut, Leech defies our understanding of identity, heredity, and bodily autonomy. In an isolated chateau, as far north as north goes, the baron's doctor has died. The doctor's replacement has a mystery to solve: discovering how the Institute lost track...
2) Leech
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English
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The only thing scarier in outer space is the fear of the unknown.Captain John Lancaster's ship is critically damaged in an asteroid storm, leaving John and his crew stranded. Drifting off course. He was returning to earth with supplies and samples from planet Sol. When he and his team discover they are not alone on the ship. Something is hiding onboard and is taking the crew members out, one by one. Will John make it home to see his wife and child?...
4) Leeches
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English
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The place is Serbia, the time is the late 1990s. Our protagonist, a single man, writes a regular op-ed column for a Belgrade newspaper and spends the rest of his time with his best friend, smoking pot and talking about sex, politics, and life in general. One day on the shore of the Danube he spots a man slapping a beautiful woman. Intrigued, he follows the woman into the tangled streets of the city until he loses sight of her. A few days later he...
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The adventures of Hafro are a series of childrens books, created by the author Peggy Flo, introducing woodland characters who face problem solving experiences.
They are cleverly written in rhyme using words to help children hear, identify and use different sounds that distinguish one word from another
Each book contains a meaningful moral helping children to understand what is right and wrong in human behaviour.
The first book - HAFRO AND THE...
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English
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A pioneer in his radical approach to politics and prayer, internationally known theologian and activist Kenneth Leech has for half a century influenced religious leaders on both sides of the Atlantic. This essential reference text brings together his writings on prayer, contextual theology, and social justice in one wide-ranging volume. This selection of writings illustrates how theology can inform prayer and action in a local context, plus highlights...
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Series
Hero 108 volume 32
Language
English
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When the Lion King unwittingly brings a “virus” into Big Green, it quickly spreads. And, it’s a particularly creepy bug - it’s literally leeches. The slimy creatures can take on the form of whomever they touch creating a clone that’s under their control. All but Lin Chung are quickly under the Leech spell, but Lin Chung sees through the ruse and fights for the freedom of Big Green. But can he win the day without becoming a zombie version...
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By 1807, Napoleon's victories over his European adversaries were legendary. His Grand Army had defeated the greatest European armies of the period. Each army, in succession, from the Hapsburg Empire to Russia, had been soundly beaten and had not been able to come to grips with how to deal with his lightning style of warfare. Yet, over a six-year period from 1807 to 1813, in the backwater Iberian Peninsula, Napoleon lost both his prestige and more...
12) Wait for me
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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On her father's farm in Scotland in 1945, Lorna Anderson's life consists of endless chores, rationing, knitting Red Cross scarves, and praying for an Allied victory. So when Paul Vogel, a German prisoner of war, is assigned as the new farmhand, Laura is appalled. How can she possibly work alongside the enemy when her own brothers are risking their lives for their country? But as Lorna reluctantly spends time with Paul, she feels herself changing....
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This book is the third in the Angel Warrior series, which shares the extraordinary story of Alethea of Avon, the Angel Warrior, and her adventures with Archangel Michael in the astral planes. Written as a diary, 'The Princess & the Pink Moon Leeches' records Alethea's encounters with The Emperor of the Gods, her visit to The Halls of Amenti, and her travels to a crystal city on Jupiter. Her love life takes a turn for the worse, and she throws herself...
14) In another time
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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It's 1942, and as the war rages in Europe, Maisie McCall is in the Scottish Highlands swinging an axe for the Women's Timber Corps. Maisie relishes her newfound independence working alongside other lumberjacks--including the mysterious John Lindsay. As Maisie and John work side by side felling trees together, Maisie can't help but feel that their friendship has the spark of something more to it. And yet every time she gets close to him, John pulls...
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A depraved bloodsucking sinister force is terrorizing the backwoods. When flirtatious Liz Walker is thrown into the swamp by her jealous husband, she's taken hostage by giant leeches and held captive in their underwater cavern of horror. Other townsfolk are soon abducted by the leeches, joining Liz in the monsters' subterranean lair. The locals desperately battle the mammoth leeches in an explosive climax!
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Do You Know... - Some leeches can survive for 2 years without food. - Certain species feed on dead animals. - Some leeches can reach 45 cm (18 in) in length. - Doctors use leeches when performing finger, toe and ear grafts. Find out all sorts of interesting things about leeches and have a chuckle along the way.
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In Boysie's Horn, social historian, radio host, producer, journalist, and novelist Steven Leech highlights the influence of one of America's greatest jazz educators, Boysie Lowrie, in making African American Wilmington, Delaware a launchpad for national performers like vibraphonist Lem Winchester, trumpeter Clifford Brown, and vocalist Betty Roché. Reaching back to the turn of the twentieth century, Leech traces the social foundation and dynamic...
18) Soul Friend
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English
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In 1977, Kenneth Leech wrote the book Soul Friend, which quickly became one of the classic contemporary explorations of the Christian practice of spiritual direction. Leech's scholarly, yet accessible, exploration examines the climate in which spiritual direction takes place today-the influence of the drug culture of the 1960's, Eastern influences on prayer and spiritual practice, the Pentecostal movement, and others. He then provides background on...
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