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Since there wasn't enough proof to convict Alva's father for the murder of her mother, she's been forced to live in his house in Ormscaula, Scotland, being raised by the man she holds responsible for her motherlessness. His family has been called guardians of the loch for generations, and now it falls to her to monitor the water levels, despite not knowing what she's watching for -- or what may be watching her back.
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Constantinople, A. D. 1203: a great army camps outside the City of Cities, and threatens it with conquest. Within the City, a Greek witch and a renegade monk who is also a white enchanter do their utmost to hold back the tides of war. But even their great powers may not be able to save Byzantium's empire from the Western Crusade.
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Keys to the kingdom volume 6
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Even as he grows stronger and closer to discovering the secret of his identity, Arthur must face further dangers and conflicts as he struggles to attain the Sixth Key from the powerful Saturday.
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Darque Passages volume 4
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Sandria is in deadly peril; the barriers between worlds are crumbling; and an army of demons are waiting to enforce the Epoch Twins' claim to rule. Even the power Darque has consumed for centuries may not be enough to hold back the tides of Hell -- unless... There's a secret player Darque needs on his side -- before it's too late!
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There's only so long you can hold back the tide... With the weight of a kingdom behind her, Elise is ready to go back to where it all began...but who will be waiting when she arrives? Old secrets come to light as a horrible truth is finally revealed. Friendships shatter and strain as each of the friends is called upon to make that final sacrifice. The players are ready. The stage is set. But who will be standing when the dust finally clears? Royal...
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The Allied fleet has stopped the Nietzscheans at Pyra, but the battlefront grows wider day by day. While Sera distributes the Transcend's fleets to protect the alliance, Tanis must come to grips with what happened to her on Pyra's surface. In addition, Bob conveys a number of hard truths that will force her to re-think her role in humanity's future. But the allies' enemies are not sitting idle. General Greer, Justin, the Caretaker, and Airtha are...
8) The Spaceman
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Older than all the known stars, June watched the universe turn. He watched too as the old gods failed. Now he is tired and beset with doubt, his effort wasted, his strength to hold back the tide of indifference diminished. But with allies and enemies gathering and those with loyalties beyond his understanding he commits to change.
Against the old order change will be hard. There will be pain before the fruit of his sacrifice is known. But into the...
9) Stone & Tide
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Little can hold back the tide of war. Even stone crumbles to sand in the wake of crashing waves.After their friends are kidnapped by a band of assassins from across the sea, Orin and his companions must mount a rescue party. Teaming up with the Talon Squadron, the Griffin Guard's elite warriors, and some "old friends," they embark on an unprecedented quest.With the fate of their friends unknown, Orin and the others must brave unexpected dangers crossing...
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A cursed barbarian and a wise-cracking dwarf face a battle fraught with mystery, monsters, and magic.Bad odds, these. So says Theurg Ulvfodt, barbarian of the North, when he finds himself surrounded, outnumbered, and the rest of his company dead. Guarding a remote mountain pass seemed like easy work until it wasn't.As the soldiers close in, and the bites of steel nip more fiercely, a bloodied dwarf, Thrubidorn Battlehorn, climbs from the pile of the...
11) So little time
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A father frets over his son's future while reexamining his own past in John P. Marquand's enduring portrait of America on the brink of World War II A script doctor who divides his time between Manhattan, Hollywood, and a country home in New England, Jeffrey Wilson has entered middle age with all the trappings of success. Yet, in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, he feels increasingly anxious and isolated. He fears that his eldest...
12) Not Daffodils
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The first poem I remember writing was school work at the age of ten, about King Canute. The teacher, I think, felt like the King, unable to hold back the tide. The stanzas, like waves, kept coming. Later, English was my main subject in which I got a Degree. However, I chose to teach juniors rather than English at a higher level, perhaps fearing frustration? If anyone asked me the question they asked Mr. Chipping, I would have answered as he did Hundreds...
13) Foresight
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USA Today Bestselling author, W.J. May, brings you the story of how the prophecies began--before Evie, before Katerina--starting from the very beginning. The Beginning's End Series is a prequel and continuation of the bestselling YA/NA series about love, betrayal, magic and fantasy. Welcome to W.J. May's world of paranormal, full of shifters, fae, fairy, witches, dragons, dark magic... and did I mention the vampires? Learn to fight, it is the only...
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Your curse is your biggest strength.
...I just didn't know it yet.
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Jamie Hunt's the high school quarterback in his senior year. He's popular, smart, got the prettiest girl in the school chasing him. Everything couldn't be more perfect.
But a single mistake changes everything. His new "ability" puts in the middle of a war he doesn't want to be a part of, protecting a girl he barely knows and running from the one thing he loves-his family.
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Author of national bestseller “Life After Google” and generation-defining “Wealth and Poverty”, venture capitalist, futurist, and pioneering thinker extraordinaire George Gilder pinpoints how the clash of creativity with power at the heart of economic systems leads to global cognitive dissonance and argues that the creation of the novel taps capitalism's infinite promise and is humanity's only path of escape from stagnation and tyranny. Gilder...
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2007
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In the corrupt city misnamed Haven, justice hardly exists. The strong prey on the weak, the rich exploit the poor, and the darkest of dark magic rules the night--and the day. It's up to the city Guard to hold back the tide of evil. And the two best crime busters on the beat are the deadly couple called Hawk and Fisher.
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Returning home when Gran, the treasured matriarch, falls in a coma after a car accident caused by her mother, Maggie finds Sullivan's Island is holding even more secrets as she feels herself changing like the Atlantic tides, rediscovering the roots she left behind and finding love.
In this gripping tale of self-discovery, Victoria Benton Frank introduces us to Maggie, a South Carolina transplant in New York City struggling to find her place in the...
18) Last Hope Island: Britain, occupied Europe, and the brotherhood that helped turn the tide of war
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"When the Nazi Blitzkrieg subjugated Europe in World War II, London became the safe haven for the leaders of seven occupied countries--France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Norway, Czechoslovakia and Poland--who fled there to avoid imprisonment and set up governments in exile to commandeer their resistance efforts. The lone hold-out against Hitler's offensive, Britain became a beacon of hope to the rest of Europe, as prominent European leaders like...
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"What if Atlantis wasn't a myth, but an early precursor to a new age of great flooding? Across the globe, scientists and civilians alike are noticing rapidly rising sea levels, and higher and higher tides pushing more water directly into the places we live, from our most vibrant, historic cities to our last remaining traditional coastal villages. With each crack in the great ice sheets of the Arctic and Antarctica, and each tick upwards of Earth's...
20) Ocean energy
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"Throughout the world's oceans, the tides are always in motion. In Ocean Energy, learn how scientists harness this motion to generate clean electricity, discover where ocean energy is being used today, and explore what the future of this technology may hold. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject."--Publisher's description.
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