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Programming Perl

Wed, 3 Oct 2012 14:23:53 PST

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When it comes to learning Perl, programmers consider this book to be the undisputed bible. You not only learn every nuance of this language, you also get a unique perspective on the evolution of Perl and its future direction. The 4th edition has been thoroughly updated for version 5.14, with details on regular expressions, support for UNICODE, threads, and many other features. Many Perl books exp ...

Dragon Age: Asunder

Wed, 3 Oct 2012 13:27:01 PST

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DNS & BIND Cookbook

Mon, 6 Aug 2012 15:45:00 PST

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The DNS & BIND Cookbook presents solutions to the many problems faced by network administrators responsible for a name server. Following O'Reilly's popular problem-and-solution cookbook format, this title is an indispensable companion to DNS & BIND, 4th Edition, the definitive guide to the critical task of name server administration. The cookbook contains dozens of code recipes showing solution ...

Riptide

Mon, 6 Aug 2012 7:16:02 PST

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The Ruin

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:54:03 PST

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The climactic conclusion of The Year of Rogue Dragons! Madness takes hold, Sammaster draws closer to victory, and forgotten secrets are revealed at last. Dorn and the rogue dragons will have to find the source of a millennia-old curse, then find some way to destroy it, before the Rage overcomes the world.

The Rite

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 3:23:03 PST

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The second in a new trilogy of novels from R.A. Salvatore's War of the Spider Queen author Richard Lee Byers. The Rite is the second title in a trilogy exploring the ancient secrets of dragon society in the Forgotten Realms world. Author Richard Lee Byers will write the entire trilogy, and the cover art for the trilogy and the associated anthology will be rendered by award-winning fantasy artis ...

The Rage

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 3:43:07 PST

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The first in a new trilogy of novels from R.A. Salvatore's War of the Spider Queen author Richard Lee Byers. The Rage is the first title in a new trilogy exploring the ancient secrets of dragon society in the Forgotten Realms world. Author Richard Lee Byers will be writing the entire trilogy, and the cover art for the trilogy and the associated anthology will be rendered by award-winning fantas ...

Circumluna chiama Texas

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 3:26:16 PST

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Vi presentiamo Cristoforo Crockett La Cruz, detto «Tesk». Viene da Circumluna. È magro magro, lungo lungo, sorretto nella gravità terrestre da un esoscheletro che è un capolavoro d'arte meccanica, ma che lo fa sembrare uno spettro. Infatti, «El Esqueleto» o «El Espectro» lo chiameranno i Mex, cioè i messicani, schiavizzati dai Tex, che sono i texani, megalomani e ipersviluppati con trattamenti or ...

Star Wars: Death Troopers

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 4:21:52 PST

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When the Imperial prison barge Purgetemporary home to five hundred of the galaxy'smost ruthless killers, rebels, scoundrels, and thievesbreaks down in a ...

Serenity - The Shepherd's Tale

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 6:55:21 PST

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One of Serenity's greatest mysteries is finally revealed in The Shepherd's Tale, filling in the life of one of the show's most beloved characters - Shepherd Book! Who was Book before meeting Mal and the rest of the Serenity crew, how did he become one of their most trusted allies, and how did he find God in a bowl of soup? Answers to these and more questions about Book's past are uncovered in thi ...

Specter of the Past

Thu, 9 Jun 2011 8:27:23 PST

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Timothy Zahn is the master of the Star Wars novel. His trilogy (Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command) did almost as much as the movie trilogy's re-release to create new interest in Luke, Leia, and Han Solo. Specter of the Past is the first of a new series, The Hand of Thrawn. Princess Leia is trying desperately to hold the loose coalition of interests known as the Ne ...

Star Wars

Wed, 8 Jun 2011 16:26:33 PST

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Downshadow

Sat, 4 Jun 2011 16:49:50 PST

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Remake

Fri, 20 May 2011 23:57:08 PST

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Winner of more Hugo and Nebula Awards than any other science fiction author, Connie Willis is one of the most powerfully imaginative writers of our time. In Remake, she explores the timeless themes of emotion and technology, reality and illusion, and the bittersweet place where they intersect to make art. Remake It's the Hollywood of the future, where moviemaking's been computerized and live- ...

Dragon Age: The Calling

Sat, 7 May 2011 21:09:17 PST

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In Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne, Maric set out on a mission of vengeance against the faithless lords who were responsible for his mother's death. Now, having reclaimed the throne, King Maric finally allows the legendary Grey Wardens to return to Ferelden after two hundred years of exile. When they come, however, they bring dire news: one of their own has escaped into the Deep Roads and aligned h ...

C# 2005

Thu, 5 May 2011 0:06:45 PST

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La guida, tradotta da Wrox, fornisce gli strumenti necessari per imparare aprogrammare in C# e per comprendere l'architettura e il funzionamento di .NEt.Vengono presentati esempi correlati con le altre tecnologie, come l'accesso aidatabase, la costruzione di pagine web dinamiche, la grafica avanzata el'accesso alle directory. Il volume è corredato di codice d'esempio che puòessere s ...

Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne

Wed, 4 May 2011 23:51:45 PST

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be had on the surface. Honor for the houses you left behind. Honor that depends on Maric winning his battle, yes, but . ...

Tattoos and Tequila

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 1:30:34 PST

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"The death of Razzle, the death of Skylar, the broken marriages and children left behind...there was, there still is, a lot of grief inside of me.

Brain Droppings

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:17:05 PST

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With nearly 20 albums, two Grammys, two Cable ACE awards, and more HBO specials sunder his belt than anyone else, George Carlin is more popular than ever. Now, for the first time, Carlin has prduced a book of original humor pieces, Brain Droppings. Filled with thoughts, musings, questions, lists, beliefs, curiousities, monologues, assertions, assumptions, and other verbal ordeals, Brian Droppin ...

The Silent Blade

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 3:54:15 PST

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Can the Crystal Shard be destroyed at last? Drizzt is determined to destroy the evil Crystal Shard, and seeks out the help of the scholar-priest Cadderly. But instead, his worst fears are realized, and Crenshinibon falls into the hands of the dark elf mercenary Jarlaxle and his unlikely ally Artemis Entreri. The Silent Blade is the book that brought Drizzt back to the Realms, and was a New Yo ...

Fire Watch

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 5:59:24 PST

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Winner of six Nebula and five Hugo awards, Connie Willis is one of the most acclaimed and imaginative authors of our time. Her startling and powerful works have redefined the boundaries of contemporary science fiction. Here in one volume are twelve of her greatest stories, including double award-winner "Fire Watch," set in the universe of Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog, in which a ...

All Clear

Tue, 4 Jan 2011 21:22:25 PST

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Hybrids

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:16:31 PST

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In the Hugo-Award winning Hominids, Robert J. Sawyer introduced a character readers will never forget: Ponter Boddit, a Neanderthal physicist from a parallel Earth who was whisked from his reality into ours by a quantum-computing experiment gone awry - making him the ultimate stranger in a strange land. In that book and in its sequel, Humans, Sawyer showed us the Neanderthal version of Earth i ...

Blackout

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 3:13:22 PST

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In her first novel since 2002, Nebula and Hugo award-winning author Connie Willis returns with a stunning, enormously entertaining novel of time travel, ...

Humans

Sat, 20 Nov 2010 16:35:11 PST

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Robert J. Sawyer, the award-winning and bestselling writer, hits the peak of his powers in Humans, the second book of The Neanderthal Parallax, his trilogy about our world and parallel one in which it was the Homo sapiens who died out and the Neanderthals who became the dominant intelligent species. This powerful idea allows Sawyer to examine some of the deeply rooted assumptions of contemporary ...

Bravo Two Zero

Tue, 2 Nov 2010 22:21:16 PST

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Their mission: To take out the scuds. Eight went out. Five came back. Their story had been closed in secrecy. Until now. They were British Special Forces, trained to be the best. In January 1991 a squad of eight men went behind the Iraqi lines on a top secret mission. It was called Bravo Two Zero. On command was Sergeant Andy McNab. "They are the true unsung heroes of the war." -- Lt. Col. Steven ...

Hominids

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:36:37 PST

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Hominids examines two unique species of people. We are one of those species; the other is the Neanderthals of a parallel world where they became the dominant intelligence. The Neanderthal civilization has reached heights of culture and science comparable to our own, but with radically different history, society and philosophy. Ponter Boddit, a Neanderthal physicist, accidentally pierces the barri ...

White Line Fever

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:13:10 PST

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Told with Lemmy's indomitable charisma and humour, this is the autobiography of a rock icon who over the past thirty years in the industry, has stayed true to his music, his fans and his pleasures. Lemmy was born Ian Fraser Kilmister in 1945, the son of a vicar who walked out on his mother when Lemmy was just three months old. Having been inspired to play the guitar by Chicks, Little Richard and ...

War in Tethyr

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 7:17:17 PST

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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

Mon, 7 Jun 2010 15:00:23 PST

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Third Echlon operative Same Fisher knows that several disastrous missions have depleted the ranks of the Splinter Cells. What he doesn't know is that a stunning piece of evidence has been uncovered - pointing to a traitor within their ranks. Sam is that man. He is convicted withour trial, hunted without mercy, and forced to employ his deadliest tactics to uncover the truth.

The Silver Mage

Wed, 26 May 2010 7:05:45 PST

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The Dwrgi folk and the dragons come to the aid of Prince Dar and his people to battlethe Horsekin and prevent them from moving into the Ghostlands in the ...

Blackstaff Tower

Tue, 18 May 2010 19:03:49 PST

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Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

Sun, 16 May 2010 23:39:33 PST

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A radical Islamic leader who dreams of the past will do anything in his power to ensure that the future is destroyed-by hitting the technological world where it hurts: oil.

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

Sun, 16 May 2010 23:09:18 PST

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Third Echelon's Sam Fisher is one of the deadliest men in the world. Even the FBI and CIA are in the dark about the black ops that he takes on. He's known as a Splinter Cell, and sometimes he's the only force holding holding the country together... Third Echelon is training new recruits who will be given a necessary but terrible mission. They must capture or kill one of their own, a man who's ...

Power Plays 03

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:29:02 PST

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The year is 2001, and American businessman Roger Gordian has extended his reach into space. His company has become the principal contractor in the design and manufacture of Orion, a multinational space station. But the launch of a shuttle carrying parts for the station is sabotaged. Mysterious guerrilla attacks occur at the manufacturing facilities in Brazil and Kazakhstan. And Gordian's deepes ...

The City of Splendors

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 5:18:51 PST

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In the streets of Waterdeep, conspiracies run like water through the gutters, bubbling beneath the seeming calm of the city’s life. As a band of young, foppish lords discovers there is a dark side to the city they all love, a sinister mage and his son seek to create perverted creatures to further their twisted ends.

Perché non possiamo essere cristiani

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 6:18:20 PST

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"La prima stazione della nostra via crucis è l'inizio di tutti gli inizi: più precisamente, la mitologia ebraica della creazione del mondo e dell'uomo, narrata in due versioni diverse e contraddittorie nei capitoli I-XI del Genesi." Comincia così questo viaggio che il matematico Piergiorgio Odifreddi compie dentro le Scritture e lungo la storia della Chiesa, fino ai giorni nostri. Come uomo di sc ...

Conjure Wife

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 4:36:39 PST

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And that unbeknownst to men, every woman knows it.Filmed twice, as Weird Woman (1944) and Burn Witch Burn (1961), this tale of secret witchcraft on a modern ...

The Lost Symbol

Tue, 9 Feb 2010 4:19:15 PST

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Dan Browns new novel, the eagerly awaited follow-up to his #1 international phenomenon, The Da Vinci Code , which was the bestselling hardcover adult novel of all time with ...

The Threat from the Sea

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 8:23:37 PST

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A rising tide of adventure! The sahuagin have brought back an ancient evil to wage war against the surface dwellers. From the murky depths of the Shining ...

L'enigma dei numeri primi

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 8:43:41 PST

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Nel 1866, mentre l'esercito prussiano entrava a Gottinga, il matematico tedesco Bernhard Riemann fuggiva precipitosamente per rifugiarsi nell'amata Italia, lasciandosi alle spalle pagine di appunti che una governante troppo solerte si affrettò a bruciare. Quelle carte nascondevano forse la soluzione di un enigma millenario: il mistero dei numeri primi. Marcus du Sautoy presenta, tra aneddoti e co ...

Doomsday Book

Wed, 7 Oct 2009 18:20:54 PST

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For Kivrin, preparing an on-site study of one of the deadliest eras in humanity's history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseases of the fourteenth century and inventing an alibi for a woman traveling alone. For her instructors in the twenty-first century, it meant painstaking calculations and careful monitoring of the rendezvous location where Kivrin would be received. B ...

Bellwether

Fri, 2 Oct 2009 2:45:39 PST

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Pop culture, chaos theory and matters of the heart collide in this unique novella from the Hugo and Nebula winning author of Doomsday Book. Sandra Foster studies fads and their meanings for the HiTek corporation. Bennet O'Reilly works with monkey group behavior and chaos theory for the same company. When the two are thrust together due to a misdelivered package and a run of seemingly ba ...

Uncharted Territory

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:26:26 PST

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Shadowrealm

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 0:41:33 PST

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Il «Complotto» da Vinci

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:38:50 PST

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Il Codice da Vinci rivela al mondo l'ipotesi di un complotto della Chiesa per occultare la vera storia di Gesù. La Chiesa denuncia Il Codice da Vinci come frutto di un complotto anticattolico. In realtà non c'è nessun complotto, ma solo uno scontro fra mistificazioni ufficiali e mistificazioni alternative, che nascondono una verità storica ben più semplice e ter ...

L'odissea di Glystra

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 5:46:59 PST

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Una marcia di quarantamila miglia, una volta e mezzo il giro della Terra: ecco che cosa si trova davanti Claude Glystra, inviato dalla Terra a indagare sul Pianeta Gigante e subito ridotto alla condizione di pellegrino da un misterioso attentato. Glystra e i suoi foschi compagni (tra i quali si nasconde certamente una spia nemica) non hanno nemmeno una mappa dello sterminato territorio che dev ...

Shadowstorm

Wed, 2 Sep 2009 18:51:44 PST

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The invasion of the arch-wizards is on! The archwizards of Shade Enclave have come out of the desert with a message of peace, and an act of war. Split by petty disputes and causeless feuds, the merchant realm of Sembia is wide open for invasion, and with no shortage of Sembians more than happy to sell out to the Shadovar, can only one man--even if that man is Erevis Cale--do anything to stop it?

The Shadow Isle (Silver Wyrm Series #3)

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 6:47:49 PST

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The wild Northlands hold many secrets, among them the mysterious island of Haen Marn, the mountain settlements of Dwarveholt, and the fortified city of Cerr Cawnen. All three ...

Hard Merchandise

Thu, 6 Aug 2009 6:40:55 PST

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Boba Fett fears only one enemy--the one he cannot see.... Feared and admired, respected and despised, Boba Fett enjoys a dubious reputation as the galaxy's most successful bounty hunter. Yet even a man like Boba Fett can have one too many enemies.... When Boba Fett stumbles across evidence implicating Prince Xizor in the murder of Luke Skywalker's aunt and uncle, Fett makes himself an enemy e ...

The Spirit Stone

Mon, 3 Aug 2009 6:43:54 PST

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Shadowbred

Mon, 6 Jul 2009 21:04:54 PST

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The Lady has spoken to me. It has already begun. Shadows move out of the shrinking desert, south to the rich and arrogant cities of Sembia. “Be brave, little man,” says the shadowman, and the boy thinks his voice is surprisingly soft. “Stay with your mother. This will be over soon.” The shadows swallow him and he is gone. On the edge of a war that will change the face of Faerûn, the wo ...

Road of the Patriarch

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 9:06:47 PST

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Explore the mind of an assassin in R.A. Salvatore's exciting conclusion to The Sellswords Trilogy! The drow mercenary Jarlaxle and his companion, the human assassin Artemis Entreri, have begun to make a home for themselves in the rugged Bloodstone Lands. But not everyone is ready to trust a man who's spent his life killing for coin, much less a member of a race of subterranean elves known for t ...

The Gold Falcon

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:28:26 PST

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The cholera epidemic that ravaged the city of TrevHael has left many orphans in its wake, including Neb, the scribe's son, and his brother. Sent to the desolate farm of their last living relative, they soon learn that a worse plague lurks beyond the western border of Deverry. The savage Horsekin tribes, spurred on by their new goddess, Alshandra, are raiding the villages and taking slaves as the ...

Promise of the Witch-King

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:52:39 PST

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The book was hidden well. It’s pages promised the power of the Witch-King himself. And now that it’s been found, even the fact that it kills anyone foolish enough to crack its cover won’t stop people from fighting over it. Welcome to the Bloodstone Lands! Human assassin Artemis Entreri and his dark elf companion Jarlaxle have come to the demon-haunted wastelands of the frozen north at the ...

Servant of the Shard

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 8:28:12 PST

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A new series from New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore! This book brings two familiar characters into the limelight for the first time! Jarlaxle, a dark elf assassin, and Artemis Entreri, a human assassin, work together and against each other in Calimport. Their conflict is intensified by the influence of the Crystal Shard, a malevolent artifact that has been raousing trouble in t ...

Quando due mondi si incontrano

Wed, 3 Jun 2009 18:38:32 PST

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Quando due mondi si incontrano (Racconto lungo, When Two Worlds Meet, 1950) di Robert Moore Williams Le ragioni degli altri (Racconto lungo, The Gift of Gab, 1955) di Jack Vance

The Fire Dragon

Mon, 1 Jun 2009 6:09:07 PST

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Katharine Kerr has enchanted readers with her magical Deverry and Westlands cycle, and now she brings to a breathtaking conclusion the epic saga begun with THE RED WYVERN and THE BLACK RAVEN.The final chapter begins in the holy city as it rises from the ashes of Deverry's long wars. Prince Maryn prepares to claim the high kingship, but still the rebel Boar clan stands fast against him. And at cou ...

The Black Raven

Wed, 20 May 2009 5:20:53 PST

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For the devoted followers of the dazzling Deverry and Westlands cycle, Katharine Kerr continues the magical epic saga she began in The Red Wyvern. In her latest tale, the scene shifts seamlessly between the shattered land of the Rhiddaer and the historic end of the Civil Wars, when Lilli, newly apprenticed to dweomer, fought with her untried powers to save her beloved Prince Maryn from evil. ...

The Red Wyvern

Tue, 12 May 2009 5:23:44 PST

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Long, long ago in Deverry, Lillorigga, daughter of the Boar clan and cousin to the child-king, becomes embroiled in the increasingly sinister politics at the palace of Dun Deverry. Not least among the plotters is Lilli's own mother, the enchantress Merodda. Lilli has inherited Merodda's powers, but not her taste for power. When Merodda orders the death of Lilli's foster mother, Bevyan, Lilli l ...

A Time of Justice

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 6:01:52 PST

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Book eight of the celebrated Deverry series, an epic fantasy rooted in Celtic mythology that intricately interweaves human and elven history over several hundred years.

Days of Blood and Fire

Wed, 1 Apr 2009 15:54:08 PST

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In the peaceful land of the Rhiddaer, Jahdo the ratcatcher's son stumbles upon a secret meeting between a city council man and a dangerous, mysterious woman. Suddenly the boy is tangled in a web of intrigue and black magic that drags him far from home. In the company of a blind bard, Jahdo must travel to Deverry to unravel the evil that binds him. But there the boy is caught up in dangers ...

Star Wars: Death Star

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 8:25:55 PST

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A Time of Omens

Mon, 2 Mar 2009 4:24:56 PST

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Drawing on Celtic lore, the Deverry series has become a popular staple of the modern fantasy reader's library. Now A Time of Omens signals the intertwining of the two world of the series: Deverry, the world of humans and elves, and the astral plane, where powerful immortals dwell.

Slave Ship

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 8:24:12 PST

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"How many times, wondered Boba Fett, could he die--and yet not die? Someday it would be all over for him..." Fett fans take note: Star Wars: Slave Ship features the (in)famous bounty hunter as he chases after the largest bounty ever offered--by tracking down renegade stormtrooper Trhin Voss'on't. The story, book 2 in The Bounty Hunter Wars series, jumps back and forth between the time of Star War ...

A Time of Exile

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 4:17:49 PST

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The world of Deverry: an intricate tapestry of fate, past lives, and unfathomable magic. With A Time Of Exile, Katharine Kerr opens new territory in The Deverry Saga, exploring the history of the Elcyion Lacar, the elves who inhabit the country west of Deverry. It is years since the half-elven Lord Rhodry took the throne of Aberwyn. When Rhodry's lost lover, Jill-now a powerful wizard-comes to Ab ...

Tutti i cicli fantastici vol. 3

Fri, 6 Feb 2009 5:18:07 PST

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Darth Bane: Rule of Two

Mon, 2 Feb 2009 23:40:23 PST

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In the New York Times bestseller Darth Bane: Path of Destruction, Drew Karpyshyn painted a gripping portrait of a young man’s journey from innocence to evil. That man was Darth Bane, a twisted genius whose iron will, fierce ambition, and strength in the dark side of the Force made him a natural leader among the Sith–until his radical embrace of an all-but-forgotten wisdom drove him to destroy his ...

Darth Bane: Path of Destruction

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 8:00:11 PST

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The Tales of Beedle the Bard

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 0:17:54 PST

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The Tales of Beedle the Bard contains five richly diverse fairy tales, each with its own magical character, that will variously bring delight, laughter and the thrill of mortal peril. Additional notes for each story penned by Professor Albus Dumbledore will be enjoyed by Muggles and wizards alike, as the Professor muses on the morals illuminated by the tales, and reveals snippets of information ...

The Demolished Man

Wed, 7 Jan 2009 1:58:22 PST

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In the year 2301, guns are only museum pieces and benign telepaths sweep the minds of the populace to detect crimes before they happen. In 2301 murder is virtually impossible, but one man is about to change that... Ben Reich, a psychopathic business magnate, has devised the ultimate scheme to eliminate the competition and destroy the order of his society. The Demolished Man is a masterpiece of ...

Robot Visions

Wed, 7 Jan 2009 1:52:43 PST

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From the writer whose name is synonymous with the science of robotics comes five decades of robot visions-36 landmark stories and essays, plus three rare tales-gathered together in one volume

Daughter of the Drow

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 11:21:09 PST

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Beautiful as she is deadly, Liriel Baenre flits throught the shadows of Menzoberranzan, city of the dark elves. Amid treachery and murder that are the drow's daily fare, she feels something calling to her ... something beyond this dusky world far removed from the sun. Yet as she ventures toward the surface and the lands of light, enemies pursue her unceasingly. And one enemy amy offer her the o ...

Star Wars: Allegiance

Thu, 25 Dec 2008 11:21:09 PST

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This is a "Star Wars" novel set between the events of "Epsiode IV: A New Hope" and "Epsiode V: The Empire Strikes Back". It features a younger Han, Leia, and Luke, as well as Mara Jade. Mara Jade, the Emperor's Hand, is looking into the illicit financial affairs of a planetary governor, hoping to find evidence that he might be funding the Rebellion. Luke, Han, and Chewbacca are sent on a mission ...

Learning XML

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 9:27:25 PST

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The arrival of support for XML--the Extensible Markup Language--in browsers and authoring tools has followed a long period of intense hype. Major databases, authoring tools (including Microsoft's Office 2000), and browsers are committed to XML support. Many content creators and programmers for the Web and other media are left wondering, "What can XML and its associated standards really do for me? ...

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:00:27 PST

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Resurrection

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 7:26:59 PST

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“Finding someone to finish a series after five novels from five different authors is no easy task. He’s got to be willing to find all the open roads the others have left for him. He’s got to do his homework, and quickly. And given the quality of his predecessors’ work, he’s got to be good . . . Enter Paul Kemp. Whew! Writers like this don’t come along every day.” –R.A. Salvatore The New York T ...

Annihilation

Tue, 9 Dec 2008 0:01:00 PST

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The New York Times best-seller, now in paperback! This paperback edition of the New York Times best-selling title expands the civil upheaval among the drow, one of the most popular races in the Forgotten Realms setting. Best-selling author R.A. Salvatore wrote the prologue to Annihilation and continues to consult on the series, lending his expertise as the author who brought drow society to the f ...

Extinction

Mon, 8 Dec 2008 21:20:43 PST

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The New York Times best-seller is now in paperback! Now available in paperback, Extinction is the fourth title in the epic Forgotten Realms series about one of the most popular races in the setting. This title landed on the New York Times best-seller list for two straight weeks upon initial hardcover release. Best-selling author R.A. Salvatore wrote the prologue to Extinction and continues to c ...

Destiny's Way

Wed, 3 Dec 2008 18:38:48 PST

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The time of reckoning is close at hand. Events in the New York Times bestselling Star Wars The New Jedi Order series take a decisive turn, as the heroes of the New Republic prepare for their most volatile clash yet with the enemy—from without and within. In the war against the ruthless Yuuzhan Vong, the fall of Coruscant leaves the New Republic divided by internal strife, and on the verge of bo ...

The Sum of All Fears

Wed, 3 Dec 2008 6:10:20 PST

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A NEW WORLD ORDER...ON THE BRINK OF DESTRUCTION Peace may finally be at hand in the Middle East -- as Jack Ryan lays the groundwork for a plan that could end centuries of conflict. But ruthless terrorists have a final, desperate card to play; with one terrible act, distrust mounts,forces collide, and the floundering U.S. president seems unable to copewith the crisis. With the world on the v ...

A Fall of Moondust

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 4:59:31 PST

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Time is running out for the passengers and crew of the tourist cruiser Selene, incarcerated in a sea of choking lunar dust. On the surface, her rescuers find their resources stretched to the limit by the mercilessly unpredictable conditions of a totally alien environment. A brilliantly imagined story of human ingenuity and survival, A FALL OF MOONDUST is a tour-de-force of psychological suspens ...

The Mythical Man-Month

Sun, 9 Nov 2008 7:23:17 PST

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Few books on software project management have been as influential and timeless as The Mythical Man-Month. With a blend of software engineering facts and thought-provoking opinions, Fred Brooks offers insight for anyone managing complex projects. These essays draw from his experience as project manager for the IBM System/360 computer family and then for OS/360, its massive software system. Now, 20 ...

The Goldilocks Enigma

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:15:36 PST

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Paul Davies' "The Goldilocks Enigma: Why is the Universe Just Right for Life?" gets to the heart of what makes the universe tick - and what makes our place in it so special. It's not too hot, it's not too cold, and its forces act together in a way that's just right: why does the universe seem so perfectly tailor-made for life to exist? Paul Davies, one of the world's most acclaimed science writer ...

Condemnation

Wed, 8 Oct 2008 23:24:55 PST

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The New York Times best-seller is now in paperback! Now available in paperback, Condemnation is the third title in an epic Forgotten Realms series about one of the most popular races in the setting. Best-selling author R.A. Salvatore wrote the prologue to Condemnation and continues to consult on the series, lending his expertise as the author who brought drow society to the forefront of the For ...

Insurrection

Wed, 8 Oct 2008 23:02:46 PST

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Quenthel Baenre is second only to the matron mother and is Menzoberranzan’s most powerful priestess of Lolth. When the Spider Queen goes silent, Quenthel is called upon to lead a team of dark elves on a mission that could save Menzoberranzan or doom it forever. With the cunning wizard Pharaun Mizzrym, weapons master Ryld Argith, mercenary Valas Hune, and the vicious draegloth Jeggred by her side, ...

Dissolution

Sat, 4 Oct 2008 7:00:38 PST

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The debut title of the R.A. Salvatore-inspired series is now in paperback. Dissolution is the first book in an epic Forgotten Realms series about one of the most popular races in the setting. A prologue by project consultant and New York Times best-selling author R.A. Salvatore introduces the title and the series. While their whole world is changing around them, four dark elves struggle again ...

Game Night

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 4:55:58 PST

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The gods don't play dice with the universe... unless it's game night. A twelve-thousand-year quest is about to be completed, prophecies will be fulfilled, ancient riddles answered, legendary evils bested, and the nature of the universe revealed. All that's needed is a band of mighty heroes to do the completing. Unfortunately for the locals, some of the gods have taken a personal interest in ...

Elminster's Daughter

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 8:57:00 PST

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A paperback edition of Ed Greenwood's newest Elminster novel. This paperback edition of Ed Greenwood's newest Elminster novel chronicles the latest events in the life of the Sage of Shadowdale, Greenwood's signature character. This novel was a top seller in hardcover, and the paperback edition has been eagerly awaited by Greenwood's fans.

Elminster in Hell

Sun, 3 Aug 2008 23:43:30 PST

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Hell Hath Such Fury On the world of his birth he's all but a god, but when an ancient evil banishes him to the depths of the Nine Hells, he's just another lost soul. Elminster, Sage of Shadowdale, Chosen of Mystra, faces his most desperate struggle--to survive, to escape, to cling to his very sanity--and all the forces of the inferno are rallied against him. The top-selling book by the creato ...

Tutti i cicli fantastici vol. 1

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 5:30:29 PST

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The Temptation of Elminster

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 8:19:16 PST

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How do you tempt an archmage who has everything? From a dark and dusty tomb, Elminster emerges, seeking the guidance of Mystra, and finds only silence. He is drawn into the clutches of the mysterious and sinister Lady of Shadows. The path he takes will lead to a Realms-shaking confrontation where Elminster has to make the most important choice of his long life. Whatever he decides, the Realms ...

The Physics of Superheroes

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:45:58 PST

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"If superheroes stepped off the comic book page or silver screen and into reality, could they actually work their wonders in a world constrained by the laws of physics? How strong would Superman have to be to ""leap tall buildings in a single bound""? Could Storm of the X-Men possibly control the weather? And how many cheeseburgers would the Flash need to eat to be able to run at supersonic speed ...

Elminster in Myth Drannor

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:49:48 PST

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It is the time of the great elven city of Cormanthor, when the Heartlands are home to barbarians, wicked dragons rule the skies, and the elven people trust no one. Wizards and warriors alike threaten their civilization in vain, arrogant, and ignorant quests for glory. Thus it was that Elminster was guided to Cormanthor, the Towers of Song, where Eltargrim was Coronal. There he dwelt for twelve ...