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1) Intrinsic
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Catastrophic events have occurred throughout the Pacific Ocean in the region known as the Ring of Fire. Scientists, spiritualists, mystics and naturalists strive to find the causes for the Earth imploding, exploding and cracking itself open from the inside. For every conception, perception and religious theism formulated in the thoughts of man, there is the underlying consideration of what is known as pantheism. This is the doctrine that portrays...
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A 17th-century alchemist confronts modern science with unintended and amusing results. Another sparkling addition to the multiple New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire alternate history series created by Eric Flint.
SCIENCE AND MEDICINE VS. FLIM-FLAMMERY
Thomas "the Great Stoner" Stone once performed miraculous surgery upon Phillip Theophrastus Gribbleflotz, the World's Greatest Alchemist, using his bare hands, no anesthesia, producing no pain,...
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1632verse: "Fire on the Mountain" by Bjorn Hasseler came from a 2023 gathering in Mannington, WV, the model for Grantville. A real case combined with discussions about 1632 refugee housing led to this story. "A Knight's Tale-Therapies" by Edith Wild is the third story about Amalia and Maggie, first met in "A Christmas Stollen" (A 1632 Christmas) and again in "Leftovers," in Grantville Gazette 100. Odd things have been occurring. "Another Country...
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Second in the epic quartet capturing life at the end of British rule in India, "an achievement of unusual dimensions and power" (The Observer (UK)).
In The Day of the Scorpion, Scott draws us deeper in to his epic of India at the close of World War II. With force and subtlety, he recreates both private ambition and perversity, and the politics of an entire subcontinent at a turning point in history.
As the scorpion, encircled by a ring of fire,...
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When your job is all about avoiding risk, what happens when you meet the one person who makes you want to risk it all? Juniper Carlisle is the only totally normal member of her show biz family. Thus, she is invisible. But she has a plan to change that, starting with the huge production she's putting on for the opening of the new minor league baseball stadium. A couple rings of fire, a few unbelievable dog tricks, and she'll finally get her family's...
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Palace intrigue, dark magic, and terrifying secrets drive the beautifully written standalone novel Fire Dance, set in the world of Last Song Before Night.
Espionage, diplomacy, conspiracy, passion, and power are the sensuously choreographed steps of the soaring new high fantasy novel by Ilana C. Myer, one woman's epic mission to stop a magical conflagration.
Lin, newly initiated in the art of otherwordly enchantments, is sent to aid her homeland's...
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Capstone Press
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[2022]
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IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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"With big eyes and ears and colorful bodies, a lot of creatures in nature look very cute. But don't be fooled by their adorable appearance. When provoked, these animals can easily injure or kill a person. Their defense mechanisms like poison and sharp teeth and claws can turn them from darling to deadly. Get ready to discover some of the world's cutest killers"--