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1) Lost time
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Twelve-year-old Evie gets trapped 65 million years in the past and must learn to survive with only her wits...and the pterosaur she befriends.
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Lucia Castillo dreams of being a hero like her grandfather, but to the people in their town, he was just a strange old man who dressed up as a knight and claimed to save the world from monsters only he could see. Now, years later, when Lucia and her best friend, and trusty squire, Sandro discover the town mayor is secretly a shape-shifting beast of Mexican lore, her parents think she's imaginging things like her "Abuelo Loco." Only Lucia, wearing...
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Hardy boys mystery stories volume 4
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A series of bizarre events in their home town lead the Hardy Boys on a trail of robbers and kidnappers.
Something is amiss in Bayport, the Hardy boys' hometown. First there is trouble in Shantytown, then a strange black craft tries to ram Joe and Frank's boat, the Sleuth. That night the local bank is robbed. And later that same night the young detectives' pals, Chet Morton and Biff Hooper, mysteriously disappear after a masquerade party. Are the...
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"Young is an American Born Chinese (ABC) growing up in Queens and has been told by his beloved Su Su (uncle) that one has only seven great loves in a lifetime. Young's childhood is marked by an obsessive love of comics, music, and movies. . . as well as a parade of school-yard crushes, tantalizing pen-pal exchanges, and a lasting infatuation with Winona Ryder. But, at the end of 1995, when Young is a sophomore at NYU, he meets Erena-brilliant, charismatic,...
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La vie s'écoule paisiblement dans le village des Merdouzills. Accompagnés par leurs amis, Julienne et Jean-Marie partent en quête de la corniflure, substance qui développe une intelligence hors du commun à quiconque la consomme. Mais c'est tout un vaste monde magique qu'ils découvriront, ainsi que la menace qui pèse sur leur village: les Anti-Jles. Ces nouveaux héros devront alors retrouver la Crognote Rieuse, seul être à pouvoir sauver...
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On Central Park volume 2
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"An ornithologist at Manhattan's American Museum of Natural History, Elsa Reisner is tasked with cataloging a country Gothic estate. Once there, she bonds with the house's other occupants, including an intriguing carpenter from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and is swept up in a treasure hunt for a priceless heirloom"--
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Nightwing volume 92
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With Dick Grayson under the protection of Nightwing and the Titans, Blockbuster's finding it difficult for his hit men to get Grayson...until Heartless comes in to offer Blockbuster a deal. Meanwhile, Blockbuster discovers who Grayson's mole in his mob is, and it all ends with a secret identity revealed and heart taken...and you'll have to read this to find out whose!
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"As the owner of Twisted, Seattle's best salons, Erica knows that the sharpest cuts come from the people we love. She's terrified that she's losing her teen daughter, Summer, to the 'other' family, especially to her stepmom, Allison. All it takes to blow up Allison's happy life is one collect call. From prison. Her beloved husband, Peter, has been arrested, leaving Allison pregnant, broke, scared and alone with a toddler. But when her stepdaughter...
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"A Heartfelt Christmas Promise is the next heartwarming and inspirational Christmas story by USA Today bestselling author, Nancy Naigle. Vanessa Larkin just agreed to an out-of-town job assignment over the holidays. With the promise of a hefty bonus if she can get things done by the new year she heads for tiny Fraser Hills. Determined to succeed, she's not worried about whipping the shutdown process into overdrive to meet the challenge. Only when...
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Crisis on Infinite Earths. Infinite Crisis. Final Crisis. And now...Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths! The epic event years in the making is finally here. Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the rest of the Justice League are dead. The remaining heroes are left to protect the world from an onslaught of violent attacks by DC's greatest villains! Can the legacy heroes step out of the shadows of the classic heroes to form a new Justice League? And will...
11) Mental Incal
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L'Incal, entité-artefact la plus puissante de l'univers, a disparu. Les Psycho-nonnes se mettent à sa recherche, quitte à pulvériser tout sur leur passage. Mais elles ne sont pas les seules en quête de l'objet sacré: La reine Tanatah ainsi que l'empire Berg sont aussi sur ses traces... Le détective de classe R John Difool se retrouve embarqué malgré lui dans cette course dangereuse, dans laquelle il croisera la route du Méta-Baron.
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A hilarious and touching comic about polyamory, queer, and genderqueer issues. If your relationships or your gender are unconventional, you'll find useful advice and plenty of laughs in this compilation of the wildly popular webcomic Kimchi Cuddles. Quirky, endearing and charmingly (and sometimes painfully) realistic characters, many based on real people, explore polyamory, queer and genderqueer issues. Covering practical matters like time management...
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« Imaginez… Imaginez un village des Alpes, serré par les montagnes et l'hiver qui vient. Imaginez… des hommes jusque-là tenus à l'écart d'une guerre qui fut si subite qu'ils n'y prirent pas part. » Ces survivants vont devoir faire face à une nouvelle menace: l'assaut des « verts », ces soldats venus du Nord déterminés à assujettir les montagnards par la force. Résistance, conscience écologique naissante, mélancolie et rencontres...
14) Above the fire
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Doug and his son set out on a backpacking trip through the White Mountains of New Hampshire. But when reports of social collapse reach the ranger station, Doug withdraws even further into the backcountry. The alpine winter presents its own dangers, as father and son must endure the elements, the solitude, and the ever-present threat of outsiders.
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When Phoebe Creighton-Smith, the bride he hasn't seen since their impulsive Reno wedding, asks him to play man-and-wife in front of her family so she can collect her inheritance, cowboy Max Romero is up for the challenge-and willing to risk everything to convince her they belong together.
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After the death of her father, street photographer Cordelia takes a summer gig at a cozy cottage on Ireland's Inishmore Island where she meets Niall O'Connor, a grumpy Irish chef, and the more their paths cross, the more they make each other's lives helluntil their hatred turns into undeniable attraction.
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Now the whole world knows of the existence of World Shadows and espers. As the desire for power within the unconscious mind of the general public swells at the knowledge of this new form of power, the World Shadows grow stronger, marking a new turning point in the war between them and Amaterasu. (Blame Shouta, he got too OP.) But, entirely out of the blue, a new character shows up and crashes the secret organization, bringing with her a shocking backstory....
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With Tina and Ellie safely enrolled in the Royal Academy, Allen's troubles seem to be behind him. But his tutoring duties are far from over, and his return to the royal capital brings him face-to-face with old friends and enemies alike. Allen's former classmate and self-proclaimed mistress Lydia Leinster, esteemed as "the Lady of the Sword," is far from happy that Allen won't be joining her in the prestigious ranks of the court sorcerers; Lydia's...
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–I know this is sudden, but the world had already collapsed long ago. Earth had died, but the entire planet was reconstructed and reproduced using clockwork – "The Clockwork Planet." One day, a black box suddenly crashed into the house of Naoto Miura, a high school failure, from above. Inside was– an automaton girl. "For me to be forced to sleep for as long as two hundred years from just one little fault, has the intelligence of humanity still...