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Krofft Supershow volume 6
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The Wonderbug kids find a bag full of stolen cash; Dr. Shrinker contends with a shipwrecked federal agent.
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Swansea has long been a busy industrial port and has always had an edgy history. Explore the hidden stories from its long and dangerous past, with tales of rebellion, shipwreck and murder. From Romans to the Red Lady, Viking raids to English attacks, deadly diseases, slums, cholera and Nazi bombs, you'll never see the city in the same way again. Why were all those men trapped in the hold when the Caesar hit the rocks at Pwlldu? What happened when...
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From Disney Adventures and its Gen-X sister magazines come tales of epic thrills and chills! In "A New Beginning," find out how the Gummi Bears first forged an uneasy alliance with humans to defend the land of Dunwyn from evil Duke Igthorn, his stinky ogres, and his devastating giant catapult! In "The Legend of Silverhorn," Chip 'n Dale and the Rescue Rangers follow a shipwrecked sailor into a world of high-seas piracy. Then, in DuckTales' "The Arcadian...
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Penniless. Terrified. Thrown upon the mercy of strangers.When timid Arabella Ashcombe is shipwrecked on her way to claim her inheritance, she finds shelter and friendship in the town of Crofton.As she tries to put her life back together, she discovers that navigating small-town gossip can be just as perilous as the open seas-and it's not only her own reputation that's at stake! Will she find the courage to stand by the tall, dark-haired curate who...
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A heart-warming novel about Kaspar the Savoy cat, from the award-winning author of Born to Run and The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips Kaspar the cat first came to the Savoy Hotel in a basket - Johnny Trott knows, because he was the one who carried him in. Johnny was a bell-boy, you see, and he carried all of Countess Kandinsky's things to her room. But Johnny didn't expect to end up with Kaspar on his hands forever, and nor did he count on making...
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From antiquity through the Enlightenment, disasters were attributed to the obscure power of the stars or the vengeance of angry gods. As philosophers sought to reassess the origins of natural disasters, they also made it clear that humans shared responsibility for the damages caused by a violent universe. This far-ranging book explores the way writers, thinkers, and artists have responded to the increasingly political concept of disaster from the...
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Lovers reunited & a dukedom reclaimed-the Regency meets the Odyssey Devastated physically and emotionally by seven years of war, a shipwreck, and six years in the captivity of a brutal pirate, Lord Cheverley, son of the Duke of Ithwick, returns to England to find that the courts have declared him dead, and his wife is entertaining suitors. Should he demand his rightful place, disrupting his family's lives, or should he return to sea, seeking vengeance...
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Off the coast of Africa the Evening Star sinks with eight hundred people aboard. Not long after, the USS Washington, a state of the art American military vessel collides with a freighter and sinks off the coast of Florida. Soon after, the Bright Moon, a freighter appears and begins harassing shipping on the high seas.At first, these incidents seem unrelated. But then two reporters for the Washington Post, Leila and Timothy Brandt, begin investigating...
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Danger has a new destination.
An enigmatic invitation lures tech genius Avery Turner and thrill-seeker Carter Mosley away from their recent groundbreaking discovery of the General's Gold, offering them a chance to join an expedition on the cutting edge of science. Drawn into the heart of Antarctica, they pursue a legendary shipwreck that is fabled to house the long-lost crown jewels of Norway. As they plunge into the quest, chilling tales of centuries-old...
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Two kings. One throne. Three ghosts. Merrik Niles has his hands full.
Wallowing in grief and self-pity, Merrik Niles finds himself at the bottom of a bottle of brandy, straining the patience of anyone who might care about him. Shamed into shaping up, Merrik decides his bystanding days are over. He's going to rejoin the war effort against the cruel hunchback currently vying for the throne of Greymond.
That's easier said than done.
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1688, BritainHer father slain by cruel pirates, beauty Lone Stafford becomes a pirate herself at the behest of her father's hidden privateer marque that she's commanded to resume on his behalf or find herself imprisoned by the British Crown. In her quest to lure her father's killer to justice, Lone becomes stranded aboard the Slayer of the Dragon, a pirate ship captained by her father's worst adversary, Hunter Draylin. She enlists Hunter's reluctant...
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What if the zombie apocalypse was a cog in the machine, one part of a plan far larger than simply wiping out the human race?Two months have passed. The ladies and five of the seven are out in the peace of the countryside, soaking up the last of the autumn sunshine and finding something close to contentment.Except for Bayleigh. She's bored out of her mind and knows they can't sit on their arses forever.Then there's Luke. Two months of sitting around...
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Come with us for a moment out onto the porch. Just like that, we've entered another world without leaving home. In this liminal space, an endless array of absorbing philosophical questions arises: What does it mean to be in a place? How does one place teach us about the world and ourselves? What do we-and the things we've built-mean in this world? In a time when reflections on the nature of society and individual endurance are so paramount, Charlie...
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The Portuguese visual artist Paula Rego has inspired this trilogy of plays. Her paintings Crivelli's Garden, The Prey and Breaking China became the catalyst for writing by theatre maker Fiona Graham. Commissioned by Theatre Centre and Komedia, these three new plays were developed for specific audiences through a series of artist/audience residencies and collaborations. These works have toured Britain and been re-staged in Portugal and Singapore.
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Tattooed mer-shifters are climbing out of the secret depths to claim their soul mates and save their race!Mer and human. Human and mer.Like two sides of a drachma, our races were one.Then, disaster.A Great Catastrophe sank ancient Atlantis and plunged us into fiery war. Escaping into the depths, the mer lost their females. They had to forge a covenant with secret, sacred island brides to continue their race.A thousand years passed. Humans forgot....