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With a crew of seven, the Challenger sea lab submerges three miles below the waves for a one-year mission to study the hidden world of the deep black sea. How is it that sea animals can live and reproduce in water that should boil them on the thermal vents known as "black smokers?" Superheated water that is full of toxins and heavy metals and contains almost no oxygen should be void of life on planet Earth - and yet it is teeming with it. The answer...
2) Deep Black
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Three hundred years ago, humanity was nearly wiped out by a natural disaster. Now, it threatens to destroy itself.
By the year 2409, the State has been rotting from the inside for centuries. Its destruction seems inevitable. But there is a chance for salvation-if it ends up in the right hands. The greatest scientific achievement in history will be used, either as an instrument of annihilation or the means of deliverance. The outcome hinges on the...
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"In this second military action thriller following Shadow War by former Army paratrooper Sean McFate, hero Tom Locke must track a missing Saudi prince deep inside ISIS territory"--
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Underwater horror rises to the surface in this science fiction thriller!
A Japanese fishing trawler becomes a ghost ship.
A pleasure yacht is under attack by unknown sea creatures.
A Coast Guard crew is massacred by something not of this world.
Ted Bell had only one personal goal-to reach Mars. He believed that harnessing the power of the deep-sea bacteria that allows creatures to live in super-heated, poisonous water might get humans to deep...
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Max Strong, a former special forces operator, is a man torn apart by the murder of his wife, a former federal prosecutor, and the framing for the crime that landed him in prison.
After newly discovered evidence, and the Pro Bono work of a powerful attorney, leads to his convictions being overturned and his release, his mind is set on seeking justice for his slain wife and getting answers along the way.
Taking on a new career as a contractor for...
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Anyone would join a cult under the right circumstances.What does it mean to belong to something greater, even if greater isn't necessarily good?Remi Bell has felt restless and empty all his life.Can't be helped when he grew up in the quiet unincorporated community of Wolfcreek, West Virginia. He has best friends Etta and Cooper, but when Cooper brings around new girlfriend, intense and insightful Fern, Remi starts to question who he is and what really...
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The last thing psychotherapist Harry Hope expects on his walk home one evening is to be knifed. At first, he thinks it's a random event. But as the police investigate further, seemingly unrelated attacks, Harry is shocked to discover that every victim is linked to him. And that his name is on a death list. Who would want to kill Harry? Why? Teaming up with his old friends DI Theo McCannon and DS Libby Harding, Harry is forced to delve into the dark...
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Formed by an elite cadre of government officials, the five member Black OPS team goes where the law can't - to seek retribution for acts of terror directed against Americans anywhere in the world.BLACK OPS - BOOK 3: AMERICANS TAKEN HOSTAGE IN GREECE! The Black OPS team's priority is to rescue a hostaged group of archaeological students, including the niece of the Secretary of State. Blood has already been spilled, and the students face an ever-receding...
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Is the vampire in Ophelia's cellar a man she can save, or a monster out for blood? From an early age, Ophelia learned to keep her pets away from her unfeeling scientist father or they would disappear into his laboratory, never to be seen again. When her father unexpectedly returns to their isolated Yorkshire estate with a mysterious box, Ophelia's suspicions are aroused…but nothing prepares her for the bloody business she finds. Caged in silver...
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Jack Cleary, once indifferent to corruption, is thrust into its heart upon joining the Sydney police and being assigned to the infamous Park Lane Police Station. Lurking in the shadows are the Black Knights, a covert group seeking to ensnare Jack in their web of deceit. When he's caught between a Chinese gang war and the enigmatic brothel owner, Madam Liu, who desires to wield him for her empire's gain, the stakes are sky-high. As Sydney is rocked...
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Who was the real architect of the Gunpowder Plot? Who was the first person to wear a Guy Fawkes mask? Why was Shakespeare's Dark Lady dark? These and many other questions are, answered in Graham Holderness's new novel, which combines historical fiction, psychological mystery and supernatural thriller in a highly original and imaginative re-telling of the Gunpowder Plot. It is 1604. The Gunpowder Plotters are, tunneling under the palace of Westminster,...
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Hassan Black, money man for the Black Mayhem Mafia, is known for his wild and reckless behavior. Out of his brothers, Hassan is the one that often finds himself bringing the most trouble to the family. Even though he has his vices and demons, like all men, Hassan has positive qualities that make him an asset not only to the family business but women as well. The playboy, Hassan has more women than he can juggle … but he's willing to discard of them...
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Assata Olugbala Shakur is a former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA), who was convicted of being an accomplice in the first-degree murder of State Trooper Werner Foerster during a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1973. Shakur was also the target of the FBI's COINTELPRO (counterintelligence program) directed against Black Power movement groups and activists.
Also involved in the shootout were New Jersey State Troopers Werner Foerster...
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In Deep Are the Roots, Stephen Bourne celebrates the pioneers of Black British theatre, beginning in 1825, when Ira Aldridge made history as the first Black actor to play Shakespeare's Othello in the United Kingdom, and ending in 1975 with the success of Britain's first Black-led theatre company.
In addition to providing a long-overdue critique of Laurence Olivier's Othello, too-often cited as the zenith of the role, Bourne has unearthed the forgotten...
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Singer, bassist, and songwriter Glenn Hughes is a living, breathing embodiment of British rock, and his is a compelling story.
Starting out in the 60s with beat combo Finders Keepers, he formed acclaimed funk-rock band Trapeze, then joined Deep Purple at their commercial peak. Flying around the world in the band's own jet, Hughes enthusiastically embraced the rock'n'roll lifestyle. He played on three Purple albums, including the classic Burn.
When...