| Frankenstein (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)
| A brilliant young scientist's fascination with the hidden secrets of life results in the making of a horrifying monster with a bloody taste for revenge. Specially abridged for young readers, this new version of the suspenseful 1817 classic includes 22 illustrations by Thea Kliros.
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| Andraste
| Andraste, the daughter of an elfin prince and fairy queen is Fate's Beloved, blessed with an incredible prophecy naming her as the one who can vanquish the Abatu Empire. She has spent her life preparing for the day when she would leave her homeland and fulfill her destiny. That day has come, but there are a few things Andraste doesn't know. Her prophecy is a carefully-constructed lie, and beneath the beauty and civilization of her mother's fairy country, there lie ancient prejudices and secrets....More
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| The Universal Mirror
| On the island of Cercia, the gods are dead, killed by their followers and replaced with the study of magic. Magicians are forbidden to leave their homeland. Laws bind these men that prevent them from casting spells on the living—whether to harm or to heal.Quentin, a young nobleman, challenges these laws out of love for his wife. His best friend, Asahel, defies authority at his side, unaware that the search for this lost magic will bring them both to the edge of reason, threatening their very s...More
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| Of Blood and Honey (A Book of the Fey and the Fallen)
| Liam never knew who his father was. The town of Derry had always assumed that he was the bastard of a protestant - his mother never spoke of him, and Liam assumed he was dead. But when the war between the fallen and the fey began to heat up, Liam and his family are pulled into a conflict that they didn't know existed. A centuries old conflict between supernatural forces seems to mirror the political divisions in 1970's era Ireland, and Liam is thrown headlong into both conflicts! Only the direct...More
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| THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY (Annotated)
| This unique version of also includes the following bonus annotations:- Biography of the author- Historical context of the book- Literary critiqueThe Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published novel by Oscar Wilde, appearing as the lead story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine on 20 June 1890, printed as the July 1890 issue of this magazine. Wilde later revised this edition, making several alterations, and adding new chapters; the amended version was published by Ward, Lock, and Company in April ...More
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| The Picture of Dorian Gray (Marvel Illustrated)
| Painter Basil Hallward has done a portrait of a strange subject-youthful Dorian Gray, a man with a mysterious and tangled history. The young man broods on how unfair it is that he will age and his portrait will remain ever young. He wishes with all his might that it were otherwise - and in some bizarre, magical way - it is! This is a novel of dark wonders brilliantly brought to life in the heralded Marvel Illustrated style. Collects Marvel Illustrated: Picture of Dorian Gray #1-6.
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| Astronauts and Heretics
| An ardent missionary beams to another galaxy--but finds his convictions and personality altered in transmission. A bounty hunter pursues a replicant from out of history. This is not called termination. It is called “impeachment.”Aliens invade a globally depressed Earth with a sinister weapon: A new line of curiously addictive consumer products. Superheroes must control their powers. Or a shadowy government agency will do it for them.Plus the Second Coming, with a special guest appearance by ...More
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| The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights
| The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Arthurian romances; Fiction / Fantasy / General;
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| The Time Machine
| H.G. Wells best-selling classic THE TIME MACHINE.
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| A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2)
| A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. Two great leaders—Lord Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon—who hold sway over an age of enforced peace are dead, victims of royal treachery. Now, from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war. It is a tale in which brother plots ag...More
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| Refugee
| This is the first in the series BIO OF A SPACE TYRANT, featuring the stages in the life of Hope Hubris, the Tyrant of Jupiter, and his beloved sister Spirit.
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| Gulliver's Travels (with illustrations and maps)
| Gulliver's Travels, officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships is a novel by Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift. The book presents itself as a simple traveller's narrative with the disingenuous title Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, its authorship assigned only to "Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon, then a captain of several ships". The book contains illustrations and ...More
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| The Homecoming Masquerade (Girls Wearing Black)
| In a posh suburb of the nation’s capital, at the most exclusive high school in the world, the vampires who secretly run the government have created a game for America’s daughters of privilege. Show up to Homecoming in a black dress and you’ve entered yourself in a contest where the winner becomes a vampire, and the loser becomes the winner’s first victim.Only the wealthiest, most connected students can hope to win, so when new girl Nicky Bloom wears a black dress to Homecoming, everyone ...More
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| A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3)
| Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Robb plots against his ...More
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| Scott Nicholson Library, Vol. 3 (Boxed Set)
| A boxed set of four novels from a #1 bestselling Kindle author. More than 230,000 words of fantasy, paranormal, and mystery fiction, DRM-free.Includes the complete text of:CURSED: A man's day takes a turn for the cursed when an old woman's touch imposes a price for past mistakes. Written with J.R. Rain.OCTOBER GIRLS: Teen witch Crystal and her dead best friend Bone must stop the world from turning into a bad horror movie.THE DEAD LOVE LONGER: Private investigator Richard Steele must solve his mo...More
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| Darkhouse
| There’s always been something a bit off about Perry Palomino. Though she’s been dealing with a quarter-life crisis and post-college syndrome like any other twentysomething, she’s still not what you would call “ordinary.” For one thing, there’s her past which she likes to pretend never happened, and then there’s the fact that she sees ghosts. Luckily for her, that all comes in handy when she stumbles across Dex Foray, an eccentric producer for an upcoming webcast on ghost hunters. E...More
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| THE WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE, The Raven Edition - Vol. 1
| The Works of Edgar Allan Poe Volume 1, The Raven Edition is the first of five volumes bringing the finest verse and horror short stories together. In Volume 1, The Raven Edition, are: EDGAR ALLAN POE, AN APPRECIATION. EDGAR ALLAN POE by James Russell Lowell DEATH OF EDGAR A. POE By N. P. Willis THE UNPARALLELED ADVENTURES OF ONE HANS PFAAL THE GOLD-BUG FOUR BEASTS IN ONE-THE HOMO-CAMELEOPARD THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE THE MYSTERY OF MARIE ROGET THE BALLOON-HOAX MS. FOUND IN A BOTTLE THE OVAL ...More
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| Resurrection
| The Kinley built a ship capable of traveling faster than light. It carried a group of scientists to a small, distant planet—a primitive place called Earth. It’s mission was peaceful observation. But when the ship was destroyed, the Kinley crew found themselves stranded in ancient Egypt, participants in the pageant of life in the time of the Pharaohs. They buried remnants of their technology deep beneath the desert and sent a last desperate message home… Five thousand years later, the Kinl...More
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| The Emperor's Edge
| Imperial law enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon is good at her job: she can deter thieves and pacify thugs, if not with a blade, then by toppling an eight-foot pile of coffee canisters onto their heads. But when ravaged bodies show up on the waterfront, an arson covers up human sacrifices, and a powerful business coalition plots to kill the emperor, she feels a tad overwhelmed. Worse, Sicarius, the empire's most notorious assassin, is in town. He's tied in with the chaos somehow, but Amaranthe would b...More
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| Gifts of the Blood (Angel's Edge)
| Before her world tilts towards impossible, Caspia Chastain thinks the only strange thing about her is that she sometimes draws the future. Only her brother Logan knows what she can do. When she draws a man surrounded by brilliant light, dark wings, and frightening symbols, she can only hope the vision won't come true.But when a stranger named Ethan appears, determined to protect Caspia and her brother from dangers he won't explain, she's not sure what to think. Strangers almost never come...More
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