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Emma wakes in a hospital, with no memory of what came before. Her husband, Declan, a powerful, seductive man, provides her with new memories, but her dreams contradict his stories, showing her a past life she can't believe possible: memories of war, of a camp where girls are trained to be wives, of love for another man. Something inside her tells her not to speak of this, but she does not know why. She only knows she is at war with herself. Suppressing...
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Running out of time volume 2
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[2023]
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English
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Twelve-year-old Zola, who has a surprising connection to Jessie, discovers that she is stuck in a fake utopian future, and that those around her are counting on her to help them escape.
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Sky jumpers volume 2
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When an earthquake causes the deadly band of air that covers the post World War III Earth to begin to sink over the town of White Rock, twelve-year-old Hope must lead a team through the Bomb's Breath and across the Forbidden Flats to obtain the mineral which will save the town.
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Chiveis trilogy volume 2
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c2011
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Exiled from Chiveis, Teo and Ana journey into foreign lands in search of the second half of Deu's sacred writings. Though the New Testament might be found in distant Roma, will the price of its discovery be too high to pay?
45) The race
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2016.
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In a future scarred by fracking and ecological collapse, Jenna Hoolman's world is dominated by illegal smartdog racing: greyhounds genetically modified with human DNA. When her young niece goes missing that world implodes. Christy's life is dominated by fear of her brother, a man she knows capable of monstrous acts and suspects of hiding even darker ones. Desperate to learn the truth she contacts Alex, who has his own demons to fight. And Maree, a...
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Heartland trilogy (Chuck Wendig) volume 1
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2013.
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English
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Angry with the oppressive dictates of the Empyrean government, Heartlander and Captain of the Big Sky Scavengers Cael McAvoy discovers a secret illegal garden, and Cael, together with his crew, decides to make his own luck--a choice that'll bring down the wrath of the Empyrean elite and change life in the Heartland forever.
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Galactic empires trilogy volume 1
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2020
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English
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Joseph Schwartz is a happily retired Chicago tailor in 1949 Chicago. Trapped in an incredible future he could barely comprehend, the unlikely time traveler would soon become a pawn in a desperate conspiracy to bring down the Empire in a twist of agony and death: a mad plan to restore Earth's tarnished glory by ending human life on every other world.--
48) Sky's end
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Above the black volume 1
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2024.
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English
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"Exiled to live as a Low, sixteen-year-old Conrad refuses to become heir to his murderous uncle. But Meritocracy is a harsh and unforgiving rule on the floating island of Holmstead, and when his ailing mother is killed by monstrous gorgantauns, Conrad cuts a deal to save the only family he has left. To rescue his sister from his uncle's clutches, Conrad must enter the Selection of the Twelve Trades. Hunter, the deadliest of all the Trades, gains a...
49) Matched
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Matched trilogy volume 1
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All her life, Cassia has never had a choice: The Society dictates everything, including when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to eat and wear, when to die, and most importantly to Cassia as she turns 17, whom to marry. When she's matched with her best friend Xander, things couldn't be more perfect, but why did her neighbor Ky's face show up on her match disk as well?
50) Borne
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Borne novels volume 1
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2017.
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English
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"From the author of the Southern Reach Trilogy comes a story about two humans, and two creatures. The humans are Rachel and Wick--a scavenger and a drug dealer--both with too many secrets and fears, ready with traps to be set and sprung. The creatures are Mord and Borne --animal, perhaps plant, maybe company discard, biotech, cruel experiment, dinner, deity, or source of spare parts"--
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2022.
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Set amid the rolling hills and the sandy shingle beaches of coastal Sussex, this disquieting novel depicts an England in which bland conformity is the terrifying order of the day. Violent gangs roam the country destroying art and culture and brutalizing those who resist the purge. As the menacing “They” creep ever closer, a loosely connected band of dissidents attempt to evade the chilling mobs, but it’s only a matter of time until their luck...
53) Birthmarked
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Birthmarked trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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In a future world baked dry by the sun and divided into those who live inside the wall and those who live outside it, sixteen-year-old midwife Gaia Stone is forced into a difficult choice when her parents are arrested and taken into the city.
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Darkness outside us volume 1
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Earth's population is divided between only two existing countries which cannot manage to cooperate in any way, until a distress signal arrives from Titan's first settler. Neither country can afford to rescue her on their own if they act separately. Ambrose wakes up on board the Coordinated Endeavour under strange circumstances: he doesn't remember the launch, the ship's OS is voiced by his mother, strangers have been aboard, and Kodiak, the only other...
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Handmaid's tale volume 1
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English
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Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the...
56) The initiation
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Initiation volume 1
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English
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"A generation has passed since the confluence destroyed the world. Inequality, cyberterrorism, superbugs, and overpopulation ultimately lead to the quarantine of Manhattan. A society called New America emerged, in which all people are supposedly equal but live in segregated zones based on their job type, under the powerful rule of the Bureau. When a menacing truth about the future of New America comes to light, young Drayden must endure a test called...
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"The world Cal and Frida have always known is gone, and they've left the crumbling city of Los Angeles far behind them. They now live in a shack in the wilderness, working side-by-side to make their days tolerable in the face of hardship and isolation. Mourning a past they can't reclaim, they seek solace in each other. But the tentative existence they've built for themselves is thrown into doubt when Frida finds out she's pregnant. Terrified of the...
58) Greywaren
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Dreamer trilogy (Maggie Stiefvater) volume 3
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2022.
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English
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This is the story of the Lynch family. Niall and Mor escaped their homeland for a new start, and lost themselves in what they found. Declan has grown up as the responsible son, the responsible brother--only to find there is no way for him to keep his family safe. Ronan has always lived on the edge between dreams and waking... but now that edge is gone, and he is falling. Matthew has been the happy child, the brightest beam. But rebellion beckons,...
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"In the near future, world wars have transformed the earth into a battleground. Fleeing the unending violence and the planet's now-radioactive surface, humans have regrouped to a mysterious platform known as CIEL, hovering over their erstwhile home. The changed world has turned evolution on its head: the surviving humans have become sexless, hairless, pale-white creatures floating in isolation, inscribing stories upon their skin. Out of the ranks...
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Jing dian wen xue xin yi volume 02
Pub. Date
2012.
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中文(繁體)
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Traditional Chinese edition of 1984, the George Orwell classic. This brand new edition is the second in the series of "New Translation of Classic Literature"; the first being "The Great Gatsby". It is a collaboration between Yuanliu Publisher and the prestigious National Taiwan Normal University's Graduate Institute of Translation and Interpretation.
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