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Prepare to meet the wicked progeny of the master of modern horror. In Lovecraft's Monsters, H. P. Lovecraft's most famous creations-Cthulhu, Shoggoths, Deep Ones, Elder Things, Yog-Sothoth, and more-appear in all their terrifying glory. Each story is a gripping new take on a classic Lovecraftian creature, and each is accompanied by a spectacular original illustration that captures the monsters' unique visage.
Legions of Lovecraft fans continue to...
62) Ash of Ages
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One choice will change the world.The Incorporation promised its people safety as they waited out the apocalypse. The Incorporation lied.With the torment of Project Progeny wreaking havoc inside the domes, a single chance for freedom offers Lanni more hope than she'd dared to dream of. A life outside the glass without the threat of starvation or violence. A place where Mari can be safe. A love that can heal Lanni's shattered heart.But happily ever...
63) The Patch
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Long ago, something alien and uncanny fell to the earth. For centuries, it lay dormant. Now, this powerful entity has awakened and seeks to overrun the planet.
It's 1972, and many residents have gone missing from the town of Royal Isle, Nebraska--hapless victims of the creature's grisly appetite. Unaware of the true threat, the locals believe a serial killer named Craig Deats is once again on the prowl.
As winter takes a firm grip on the land,...
64) Parallel Lives
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From one of the world's most celebrated cartoonists comes this unique collection of six wildly inventive short stories, each a surrealist tour de force that might collectively be dubbed "speculative memoir." Schrauwen's deadpan depictions of his and his progeny's futures are presented with such brio and conviction that even the most jaded reader will ask himself: was the author really abducted by extraterrestrials? Is he actually able to dialogue...
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TidalWave Productions
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2023
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After years of humiliation at the hands of Zeus progeny, Hippolyte Queen of The Amazons declares War on Olympus! Tidalwaves flagship superheroine, THE 10H MUSE, joins forces with WRATH OF THE TITANS Perseus (and Bubo!) for a mighty, mythological adventure that will forever alter the landscape of the Greek pantheon.
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Collects Franklin Richards: March Madness, World Be Warned, Monster Mash And Fall Football Fiasco. Move over, Mr. Fantastic - the progeny of Marvel's First Family has a brand-new collection of stories! Franklin Richards returns with four critically acclaimed FRANKLIN RICHARDS: SON OF A GENIUS one-shots! Join Franklin and his robot pal H.E.R.B.I.E. as they head into Reed's lab for all kinds of fantastic fun, amazing adventures and more trouble than...
67) The Nemesis Cell
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A group of women gather at a fertility clinic, where Dr. Margherita Dumas offers a revolutionary treatment for their infertility problems. A year later, each of them gives birth to a healthy baby boy. Thirty years later, a killer begins to wipe out the children born as a result of Dumas' programme. Detective Inspector Harry Houston is assigned to piece together the case and bring the killer to justice. But with little time and even less clues, can...
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This primer covers all the classic theory and research on the sociology of crime. CONTENTS: 1. Criminology and Social Deviance. 2. Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Criminology. 3. Ecological Theories of Crime and Delinquency. 4. Anomie and Social Deviance: Strain Theories. 5. Differential Association and its Progeny. 6. Control Theories of Crime and Delinquency. 7. Social Reaction to Crime: Stigma and Interaction. 8. Conflict and Radical Perspectives...
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Lead, mercury, arsenic, and cadmium are major toxic metals. All are environmental pollutants that can inflict harm on humans and other living creatures as well as adversely affect our air, water, soil, and food supply. They can poison not only us but also our progeny developing in the womb. They can break down the body's basic functions. This book describes the unique characteristics of each of the four major toxic metals, identifies the likely sources...
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En este ensayo sobre la paternidad, el autor explora varios aspectos problemáticos de la crianza irresponsable, desde la decisión misma de engendrar progenie, pasando por los malos ejemplos deformativos, hasta las últimas etapas de maduración del ser que decidimos no concensuadamente traer al mundo. Se exploran también aspectos tan sensibles como los límites y el complejo de Edipo, o el de Gran Hermano parental. Con espíritu crítico y tono...
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Dynamite
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2013
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This is it, the exciting final chapter to Dean Koontz' Frankenstein! Who will find Harker first? Will it be Carson, Michael, and Deucalion, or will it be Victor? And what of Harker's progeny? Father Duchaine's crisis of non-faith? Answers to these questions and more in the pulse-pounding finale to the thrilling PRODIGAL SON!
72) The Shadow Now
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Having spent decades in the east to rejuvenate himself, the greatest pulp hero of them all, The Shadow, returns to New York in modern times. Lamont Cranston seeks to resume his old life, and his heroic alter-ego is ready to stand once more as an enemy to evil. But while he slept, his foes have remained vigilant, and the most dangerous man that The Shadow has ever faced prepares to rise once more... with his wicked progeny by his side! it's the shocking...
73) Alessandro
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Enter the halls of Rochester, better known as the Mafia Academy.
Alessandro Brambilla, the future of the Brambilla family, enjoys breaking rules. There's a very special princess who's owed a blood debt. He will take his revenge and the rules be damned.
Rochester is a safe place, or so they say, for mafia progeny who will enter an unsafe world after graduation.
*Rule #1 No maiming or killing.
Rule # 2 Keep your hands off mafia princesses.*
Gia knows...
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Touya may be back from his honeymoon, but love's still lingering in the air! Will poor Endymion cope with being part of an alien ménage à quatre? Who else might need to be matchmade in the wide open world? With the deal sealed on his own romances, Touya's finally free to stick his nose into the love lives of those around him... but at what cost? Meanwhile, a ripple and quake begin to rip through time, revealing the silhouettes of a far-flung future....
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In 1861, Louisiana settler William S. Pike established an incredible five-hundred-acre plantation seven miles from the heart of present-day Baton Rouge. His progeny continued to cherish the land for generations, all while pursuing unique and active lives. William Stephen Pike Burden Jr. became an amateur magician, and Ollie Brice Steele Burden, inspired by the formal gardens of Europe, designed Windrush Gardens. Today, the land is home to Louisiana...
76) Robert Clay Allison: Requiescat In Pace; A Work of Creative Nonfiction with Historic Photographs
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Cimarron badman legend Clay Allison takes his readers on a ride through his uneven and turbulent life while trying to grab a part of his own American dream: an extensive ranch with herds of cattle, and a progeny of sons to generate his name and legacy into the future. But alas, his soul-selling choice of a shortcut to prosperity by linking his star with the Santa Fe Ring skewers his plans and darkens his future. Echoing a Greek tragedy, he ends marked...
77) Cake
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A man earns. However little, however nefariously, he earns.
Oba, a middle-aged businessman, is torn between his pride and dignity. He's obsessed with making deals in unidentified substances to stay afloat. A powerful client named Araf arrives, interested in Oba's business, but also his fierce, inherited servant Femi. Oba's young progeny Mabo is hungry and desperate, but still driven by his skills and sympathetic to the needs of others.
In this...
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In 1880, the rowdy town of Benson was born when the Southern Pacific Railroad Company recognized a market for transporting mining and ranching products to growing enterprises in the southeastern Arizona Territory. Leading up to the town's incorporation in 1924, nearly all railroads in the Southwest led to Benson, which by that time boasted several hotels, liveries, taverns, churches, and a smelter. By the 1940s, U.S. Highway 80 and State Route 86...
79) The Princess
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Evie Fairhaven is still trying to stay alive. Living with immortals has never been so difficult as now, with a vampire prince as her guardian. She wants to become immortal but must first focus on studies and training to gain approval in a world where she has never been fully accepted.Can she live up to the exacting standards set by Prince Cassius as she prepares for her transformation? Can her greatest nemesis become her trusted advisor and help her...
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One man battles against zombies and aliens for the fate of the planet in this action-packed sequel to Blood Soaked and Invaded.
Zombies aren't an evolutionary dead end-they're just the beginning of an alien life cycle. Their overlords, the Progeny, are out to take our world, and we're the only ones capable of stopping them.
The world I grew up in, my family, my dear friends, and my unborn child-all gone. Lost to traitors, zombies, and their alien...