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Last Dragon

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 4:01:56 PST

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The debut of a brilliant new voice that will change the fantasy genre forever. An intricate web of stories weave together to tell a tale of revenge, justice, ambition, and power. Zhan has been sent to find her grandfather, a man accused of killing not only Zhan's family, but every man, woman, and child in their village. What she finds is a shell of a man, and a web of deceit that will test the ...

Torah/Pocket Edition

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:24:20 PST

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Now available for the first time in an easy-to-carry pocket edition is the acclaimed JPS translation of the Torah. The 4"x6" paperback is highly portable, allowing readers the opportunity to bring the Torah with them wherever they go, and the typeface is still easily legible.

Mass Control

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:23:55 PST

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Holy Bible

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:22:49 PST

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This handsome new edition of the authoritative English translation of the Aramaic (Syriac) Old and New Testaments--the language of Jesus--clarifies difficult passages and offers fresh insight on the Bible's message.

The Complete Gospels

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 5:03:00 PST

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The Complete Gospels includes all twenty of the known gospels from the early Christian era, clearly presented for the scholar, student and general reader alike. The new Scholars Version translation captures the full spirit and vitality of the original texts. This gospel picture of early traditions and Christian origins gives the reader a fresh and exciting glimpse into the world of Jesus and his ...

The David Icke Guide to the Global Conspiracy

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 8:28:49 PST

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His latest book is a extraordinary and unique compilation of his 20 yrs of research in more than 40 countries, as he connects the dots between apparently unconnected people, events and subjects to show how everything fits togehter -- and to what end.

Epic 2

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:48:01 PST

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They say every man has a breaking point-every man can be pushed off the edge. Scott Remington entered EDEN with the heart of a lion. He forged glory in the furnace of war. But on the heels of dawn, darkness awaits. Only when stretched to the limit will a man truly learn who he is. That limit is about to be breached. Lines will be crossed. Sides will be chosen. And faith will be put to the test ...

Rama II

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 9:54:24 PST

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Years ago, the enormous, enigmatic alien spacecraft called Rama sailed through our solar system as mind-boggling proof that life existed -- or had existed -- elsewhere in the universe. Now, at the dawn of the twenty-third century, another ship is discovered hurtling toward us. A crew of Earth's best and brightest minds is assembled to rendezvous with the massive vessel. They are armed wit ...

Rendezvous with Rama

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 16:05:07 PST

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At first, only a few things are known about the celestial object that astronomers dub Rama. It is huge, weighing more than ten trillion tons. And it is hurtling through the solar system at inconceivable speed. Then a space probe confirms the unthinkable: Rama is no natural object. It is, incredible, an interstellar spacecraft. Space explorers and planet-bound scientists alike prepare for mankind' ...

Epic

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:22:44 PST

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Some men go to war for the glory. Some men go to war to escape. For Scott Remington, war is entirely different. It is a belief. It is a calling. It is a destiny. Leaving everything behind-his fiancée, his future, his life-he embarks on a mission of faith into a battle he can barely understand. This is his story. This is his war. This is only the beginning.

The Lord of the Rings

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:18:44 PST

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本書はトールキンの『The Lord of the Rings』（邦題『指輪物語』）3部作を1冊にまとめた保存版。竜スマウグ、『Paradise Lost』（邦題『失楽園』）の誇り高きサタンを彷彿とさせる冥王サウロン、地底の怪人ゴクリ、ほろび山、魔法の指輪が呼びさます恐るべき邪悪な力…。次々と登場するいまわしき敵を相手に、ホビット族のフロド・バギンズとその仲間たちが繰り広げる壮大な戦いをつづった長編冒険小説だ。本書の登場人物は善人も悪人も皆人間の姿かたちをしていてわかりやすい。さらにトールキン自身の古英語に対する深い造詣と熱心なキリスト教信仰に裏打ちされた「ミドル・アース（中つ国）」の緻密な描写により、物語はいっそうの現実味を帯びている（本書とよく並び称される、友人C.S.ルイスの『The Chronicles of Narnia』（邦題『ナルニア国物語』）について、トール ...

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 8:53:05 PST

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이 책은 약물을 흡입하고, 혼란스러울 정도로 정신이 없었지만 매우 좋았던 시간들을 인쇄물로 옮겨적은 이야기이다. 이상한 여정을 지나온 미국 대중 문화의 연대기 속으로 긴 주말 여행을 떠나는 이야기이다. 기자라는 신분의 라울 듀크는 그의 변호사 곤조와 함께 일탈을 꿈꾸며 라스베가스로 향한다.그들의 일탈은 갖가지 종류의 마약을 입속에 털어넣음으로 시작된다. 머릿속에선 끊임없이 왜곡된 영상을 만들어내고,아무도 모르는 공포에 시달리고,모두가 혐오스러워하는 괴물로 변해가는데... 1998년 조니 뎁, 베네치오 델 토로 주연의 영화로 만들어져 감독인 테리 길리엄이 칸느 영화제 감독상 후보에 오르기도 했다. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the best chronicle of ...

The Han Solo Adventures

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 8:48:03 PST

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Han Solo soars again--in this awesome trilogy of his extraordinary exploits. Ride with him as he rides to the rescue, narrowly escapes certain death, and foils evil in its ruthelss tracks!

The Koran

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 8:44:22 PST

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The Koran, the holy scripture of Islam, is the record of Muhammad's oral teaching delivered between the years immediately preceding the Hegira in AD 622 and the Prophet's death in AD 632. It has exerted untold influence upon the history of mankind. Apart from its specifically religious content, inspiring the triumphant arms of Islam throughout vast areas of Asia, Africa and southern Europe, it wa ...

The Didymus Contingency

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 7:57:43 PST

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If you could go back in time...and witness any event...where would you go? When Dr. Tom Greenbaum faces that question after successfully discovering the secret to time travel, he knows the time, place and event he will witness: the death and failed resurrection of Jesus Christ. Dr. David Goodman, Tom's colleague and closest friend follows Tom into the past, attempting to avert a time-space catast ...

1984

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 7:53:21 PST

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The year 1984 is finally upon us, and George Orwell's prophetic, nightmare vision in 1984 of the world we were becoming is timelier than ever. 1984 is still the great modern classic of "Negative Utopia" - a startling original and powerful novel that creates and imaginary world that is completely convincing from the first sentence to the last four words. "Seldom has a books provided a greater wea ...

House of Leaves

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 7:51:18 PST

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Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth -- musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environme ...

TNIV Thinline Bible SEA

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 7:48:07 PST

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A fresh, new translation in a slim, convenient size.

The Tento Saga

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:16:56 PST

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Spanning 237 years, The Tento Saga is a four part future-fiction epic that outlines a tumultuous and brutal path. Civil wars, a mass exodus from Earth and political turmoil, these trying times threaten to break the human spirit. www.thetentosaga.com