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Parable of the Sower

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:58:05 PST

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Octavia E. Butler, the grande dame of science fiction, writes extraordinary, inspirational stories of ordinary people. Parable of the Sower is a hopeful tale set in a dystopian future United States of walled cities, disease, fires, and madness. Lauren Olamina is an 18-year-old woman with hyperempathy syndrome--if she sees another in pain, she feels their pain as acutely as if it were real. When h ...

Homo Domesticus

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:49 PST

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A whimsical valentine to true love--and a testament to the very ordinary lives of an extraordinary couple What happens when you pair a romantic with a nonromantic? Where does the twain meet when you like to wow your lover with an original song and he thinks a bar of soap is a thoughtful gift? In his charming, often hilarious account of his decade-long relationship with his boyfriend (now hu ...

Infoquake

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:49 PST

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How far should you go to make a profit? Infoquake, the debut novel by David Louis Edelman, takes speculative fiction into alien territory: the corporate boardroom of the far future. It’s a stunning trip through the trenches of a technological war fought with product demos, press releases, and sales pitches. Natch is a master of bio/logics, the programming of the human body. He’s clawed and scra ...

Joel on Software

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:48 PST

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This is a selection of essays from the author's Web site, http://www.joelonsoftware.com. Joel Spolsky started the web log in March 2000 in order to offer his insights, based on years of experience, on how to improve the world of programming. His extraordinary writing skills, technical knowledge, and caustic wit have made him a programming guru. This log has become infamous among the programming w ...

The Deadline

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:47 PST

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ソフトウェア開発を成功させるためのプロジェクトマネジメントにおける101個の法則を、物語を展開させながらわかりやすく解説した1冊だ。本書の著者は、生産性管理やプロジェクト管理、企業文化などに関する講演、執筆、コンサルティングなど幅広い活動を行っているトム・デマルコ。『ピープルウエア』（原題『Peopleware』）、『ゆとりの法則』（原題『The Deadline』）と本書を合わせた3冊はプロジェクトマネジメントの福音書と言える。ソフトウェア開発に関わるプロジェクトは何らかの問題を抱えてしまうものだ。その問題はいつも同じわけではなく、過去のプロジェクトでうまくいったところが問題となってしまう。それは、プロジェクトに関わるすべてのことが問題になりうるということを意味する。多くのプロジェクトのリーダーや管理者はそのことにいつも頭を悩まし続けていなければならない。多くのツ ...

Cool It

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:47 PST

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A groundbreaking book that transforms the debate about global warming by offering a fresh perspective based on human needs as well as environmental concerns. Bjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and expensive actions now being considered to stop global warming will cost hundreds of billions of dollars, are often based on emotional rather than strictly scientific assumptions, and may ...

Doctors Years of Time Travel

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:47 PST

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DRAGON ON THE BORDER

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:46 PST

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Following on from "The Dragon and the George" and "The Dragon Knight", this book features Jim and Angie. An experiment in astral projection sends Jim and Angie to 14th-century England, Jim spends time as a dragon, a cnight and a wizard. But the 14th century has more in store for them.

Bicycling Magazine's Complete Book of Road Cycling Skills

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:44 PST

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Take your road cycling to the next level with the newest techniques, equipment, and skills from the leading magazine in the sport. Check out how to:* Ensure your bike is in tip-top shape in 8 easy steps* Boost your efficiency with smooth pedaling and proper form* Brake without wasting speed or wiping out* Ride safely in wet, cold, and hot weather* Convert your mountain bike for the road* Master t ...

The Rival

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:44 PST

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Blue Isle, scene of a violent clash between its human native and the magical Fey, has now become the center of attention of the Fey king, Rugad. He is returning to finish the Fey invasion begun years ago but thwarted by the discovery that Blue Islander holy water was fatal to the aggressors. That stalemate has produced a wary coexistence, even intermarriage between royal families of the two races ...

Victory

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:44 PST

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The conflict on Blue Isle is rapidly reaching a head when one unexpected event suddenly gives the Islanders a fighting chance. Adrian's son Luke, chafing under Fey rule, leads a group of his fellow farmers in a secret strike against a Fey outpost. They are seeking only to unbalance their conquerors, to prove that the Fey are not as vigilant as they believe, but in destroying the outpost, Luke and ...

Forerunner

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:44 PST

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The Bishop's Heir

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:44 PST

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Once again the Kingdom of Gwynedd under young King Kelson found itself facing the horror of war between the Church and the Deryni. As the Pretender Queen plotted to free Meara from Gwynedd's control, and the ex-Archbishop hatched a devious plan, it looked like the peace of Gwynedd was to be a thing of the past....

MASQUERADES

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:44 PST

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Tymora's Luck

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:44 PST

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Before the Dawn Cataclysm, Moander the Darkbringer corrupted Tyche, Goddess of Luck. In a desperate attempt to preserve Tyche's goodness, the gods clove her in twain, creating two daughter goddesses: Tymora, Lady Luck; and Beshaba, Lady Doom. In the eons since then, the two sisters have existed in total enmity. Now a great power has hatched a mad scheme to re-create the goddess Tyche by reuniti ...

Zootsuit Black

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:44 PST

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The world is panicking as, in seven days time, millions will 'disappear' when our universe causes changes to reality. Dr Jake Crux has proof that we must reacquaint ourselves with old powers - his experiment demonstrates extrasensory perception is possible; but his superiors intend to pervert the result. Scott Anderson is convinced the Far Right is jeopardising our chances of survival - his parti ...

You: On a Diet

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:41 PST

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Drs Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet C. Oz, authors of the million-copy bestseller 'YOU: The Owner's Manual', have devised a diet that is so effective you'll notice changes in your body immediately. Starting with a Two-Week Reboot that will help you lose up to two inches around your waist, you will shed your unwanted pounds forever. 'YOU on a Diet' is not another faddy crash-diet weight loss plan: y ...

Mindless Eating

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:41 PST

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In this illuminating and groundbreaking new book, food psychologist Brian Wansink shows why you may not realize how much you’re eating, what you’re eating–or why you’re even eating at all. • Does food with a brand name really taste better? • Do you hate brussels sprouts because your mother did? • Does the size of your plate determine how hungry you feel? • How much would you eat if your ...

Pathfinder Chronicles

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:41 PST

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The exciting world of the Pathfinder Adventure Paths comes alive in this massive full-color hardcover tome primed up and ready to go for your new d20 campaign! Detailed sections on more than 40 nations - from the barbaric frontiers of Varisia to the devil-tainted cities of Cheliax to the frigid Hold of the Mammoth Lords - provide a full picture of the world of Golarion, with new rules, new magic ...

Writing Effective Use Cases

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:39 PST

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Use cases have never been this easy to understand -- or this easy to create! In Writing Effective Use Cases, Alistair Cockburn offers a hands-on, soup-to-nuts guide to use case development, based on the proven concepts he has refined through years of research, development, and seminar presentations. Cockburn begins by answering the most basic questions facing anyone interested in use cases: "What ...

Mastering the Requirements Process

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:39 PST

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Delivering the software that your customer really wants. "Mastering the Requirements Process and the Volere specification template are real breakthroughs. They introduce the beginnings of science to a domain which had, up till now, been ruled by craft." - Tom DeMarco It is widely recognized that incorrect requirements account for up to 60% of errors in software products, and yet the majority of ...

Requirements-led Project Management

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:39 PST

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Requirements are a crucial ingredient of any successful project. This is true for any product--software, hardware, consumer appliance, or large-scale construction. You have to understand its requirements--what is needed and desired--if you are to build the right product. Most developers recognize the truth in this statement, even if they don't always live up to it. Far less obvious, however, is t ...

The Non-Designer's Design Book

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:38 PST

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Subtitled Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice, this book is for anyone who has to design a newsletter, job ad, flyer, business card, memo, report or whatever, but has no idea what separates good design from bad. Except, of course, that the first looks clear, professional, sophisticated and right, and the second is an ugly, unreadable mess.Robin Williams has an easily readable ...

Dune Messiah

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:38 PST

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(2nd in Dune Chronicles) The bestselling science fiction series of all time continues! This second installment explores new developments on the desert planet Arrakis, with its intricate social order and its strange threatening environment. DUNE MESSIAH picks up the story of the man known as Maud'dib, heir to a power unimaginable, bringing to fruition an ambition of unparalleled scale: the centu ...

Children of Dune

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:38 PST

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Player's Handbook

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:38 PST

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Players Handbook

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:38 PST

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Player's Handbook II

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:38 PST

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The Player’s Handbook II builds upon existing materials in the Player’s Handbook. This is the first direct follow up to the best-selling and most used D&D rulebook. It is specifically designed to expand the options available for players by both providing new material and increasing the uses for existing rules. Included are chapters on character race, background, classes, feats, spells, character ...

More About Software Requirements

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:38 PST

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Have you ever delivered software that satisfied all of the project specifications, but failed to meet any of the customers' expectations? Without formal, verifiable requirements--and a system for managing them--the result is often a gap between what developers think they're supposed to build and what customers think they're going to get. Too often, lessons about software requirements engineering ...

The Software Requirements Memory Jogger

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:38 PST

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The Software Requirements Memory JoggerTM is an easy-to-use guide for developing and managing precise software requirements. It provides every member of your project team with the tools and techniques to foster communication between business and technical teams on the necessary requirements for producing successful software. The Software Requirements Memory JoggerTM will benefit all stakeholders ...

The Myths of Innovation

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:38 PST

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Book Description How do you know whether a hot technology will succeed or fail? Or where the next big idea will come from? The best answers come not from the popular myths we tell about innovation, but instead from time-tested truths that explain how we've made it this far. This book shows the way. In The Myths of Innovation, bestselling author Scott Berkun takes a careful look at innovation ...

The Return of Santiago

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:38 PST

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They say his father was a comet and his mother a cosmic wind, that he juggled planets as if they were feathers and wrestled with black holes just to work up an appetite. They say he never slept, that his eyes burned brighter than a nova, that his shout could level mountains. That he killed a thousand men, and saved a hundred worlds.They called him Santiago.Bandit, assassin, rebel, thief, he strod ...

Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:38 PST

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The first of three core rulebooks for the 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons® Roleplaying Game. The Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game has defined the medieval fantasy genre and the tabletop RPG industry for more than 30 years. In the D&D game, players create characters that band together to explore dungeons, slay monsters, and find treasure. The 4th Edition D&D rules offer the best possible play ...

The Rainbow Abyss

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:37 PST

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When Rhion the banker's son met the Master Wizard Jaldis, Jaldis said, "Come." Rhion came, leaving everything behind to answer the call in his blood. And through long years of drudgery and persecution, he had no regrets. Thus he became a wizard. A noble burned out Jaldis' eyes to please some god; Rhion made magic glasses so he could see. Together, they opened the dark well to the Abyss between ...

Heechee Rendezvous

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:36 PST

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"The Heechee are one of the great creations of science fiction." Jack Williamson After millennia had passed, Mankind discovered the Heechee legacy (an alien culture that fled to the reative safety of a black hole)--in particular an asteroid stocked with autonavigating spacecraft. Robinette Broadhead, who had led the expedition that unlocked the many secrets of Heechee technology, is now forced ...

A Canticle for Leibowitz

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:36 PST

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Quicksilver

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:34 PST

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『Quicksilver』の著者ニール・スティーブンスンのインタビューを聴く ※音声を再生できない場合は、ヘルプページをご参照ください。

God Emperor of Dune

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:34 PST

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4th in Dune Chronicles Series With more than ten million copies sold, Frank Herbert's magnificent DUNE books stand among the major achievements of the imagination. Of them all, GOD EMPEROR OF DUNE, the fourth, is the greatest and the grandest. Centuries have passed on Dune itself, and the planet is green with life. Leto II, the son of Dune's savior, is still alive but far from human. He has ...

To Die in Italbar

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:34 PST

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2010: Odyssey Two

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:34 PST

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"A daring romp through the solar system and a worthy successor to 2001." *Carl Sagan Nine years after the disastrous Discovery mission to Jupiter in 2001, a joint U.S.-Soviet expedition sets out to rendezvous with the derelict spacecraft *to search the memory banks of the mutinous computer HAL 9000 for clues to what went wrong . . . and what became of Commander Dave Bowman. Without warning, ...

Hell's Belles

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:34 PST

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Once upon a time, Jezebel was a powerful succubus, capable of seducing men and sucking out their souls. But that was before Hell put a bounty on her head. Now her only chance to escape a fate far worse than death is to live as a mortal, losing herself in a sea of unfamiliar humanity, in a place where sinners walk hand-in-hand with saints - a place like Belle's strip club in New York City. Working ...

Dark Genesis: the Birth of the Psi Corps

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:34 PST

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Long before the Babylon 5 space station brought Humans face-to-facewith alien races, they discovered an extraordinary breed among their very own . . . The year is 2115. Shock waves follow in the wake of astonishing news: science has proven the existence of telepaths. Amid media frenzy, panic, and bloodshed, Earth's government steps in to restore order--and establish tight control over the newfo ...

Deadly Relations

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:34 PST

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The child of their greatest heroes-- he was destined to become their darkest enemy . . . In the twenty-second century, the discovery of human telepaths led to terror and bloodshed, and to the creation of the Psi Corps--a government agency of elite telepaths who were used to control their own kind. Under the command of a power-mad politician, the Corps became a ruthless tool of oppression, and ...

Moonshine

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:34 PST

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After saving the world from his fiendish father's side of the family, Cal Leandros and his stalwart half-brother Niko have settled down with new digs and a new gig-bodyguard and detective work. And in New York City, where preternatural beings stalk the streets just like normal folk, business is good. Their latest case has them going undercover for the Kin-the werewolf Mafia. A low-level Kin boss ...

The Innocent Mage

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:34 PST

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Enter the kingdom of Lur, where to use magic unlawfully means death. The Doranen have ruled Lur with magic since arriving as refugees centuries ago. Theirs was a desperate flight to escape a powerful mage who started a bitter war in their homeland. To keep Lur safe, the native Olken inhabitants agreed to abandon their own magic. Magic is now forbidden them, and any who break this law are executed ...

Forge of the Mind Slayers

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:34 PST

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Living in the war-ravaged realm of Eberron, assassin-turned-priest Diran Bastiaan and his half-orc sidekick, Ghaji, make an unlikely pair. One looks like the stuff of nightmares, while the other is "a conduit through which the holy force of Good could work its will in the physical world." Together, they have traveled throughout the archipelagic Lhazaar Principalities sharing numerous wild adventu ...

Archangel Protocol

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:34 PST

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First the LINK-an interactive, implanted computer-transformed society. Then came the angels-cybernetic manifestations that claimed to be working God's will... But former cop Deidre McMannus has had her LINK implant removed-for a crime she didn't commit. And she has never believed in the angels. All that will change when a man named Michael appears at her door.

Timeline

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:33 PST

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Ghosts in the Snow

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:33 PST

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Where does the fever of illusion stop... and the cold truth begin? This unique debut thriller combines forensics, fantasy, and edge-of-your-seat suspense like never before. In a world where sorcery is illegal, someone is murdering young women in ways that defy all reason—and all detection. Only one man knows how to track such an untraceable killer, a man called to deliver justice by an onslaug ...

Cast in Shadow

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:31 PST

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Seven years ago Kaylin fled the crime-riddled streets of Nightshade, knowing that something was after her. Children were being murdered -- and all had the same odd markings that mysteriously appeared on her own skin. Since then, she's learned to read, she's learned to fight and she's become one of the vaunted Hawks who patrol and police the City of Elantra. Alongside the winged Aerians and the ...

Fanuilh

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:31 PST

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Interlopers

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:29 PST

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Archaeologist Cody Westcott is onto something-something that is causing random acts of badness. Something ancient, something evil, something...hungry. We are not alone, but we're about to wish we were. An imaginative writer. (Rave Reviews)

Wartorn #2

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:28 PST

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An army of soldiers and magicians has poured out of the north on its quest to unite the city-states of Isthmus under Felk rule. But with conquest comes rebellion, and there are those who won't be taken easily--by magic or by sword.

First Rider's Call

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:25 PST

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In this long-awaited sequel to Green Rider, Karigan G'ladheon finds herself in a world of deadly danger and complex magic. Compelled by forces she cannot understand, she becomes one of the legendary Green Riders-magic messengers to the king. Pursued by the ghost of the First Rider, Karigan will re-enter the life of the Green Riders-just as an ancient evil is reawakening...

Mother of Lies

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:25 PST

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The past fifteen years have not been kind to Celebre, the greatest city on the Florengian face of a dodecahedral world. Its walls have been breached and its Doge humiliated by the evil Bloodlord Stralg; all four of its heirs kidnapped and taken over the Edge to Vigaelia; its Dogaressa forcibly impregnated by Stralg and--when her husband’s health begins to fail--left to rule over a city teeming wi ...

Death Masks

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:24 PST

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Firestorm

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:24 PST

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Putting aside the personal chaos that has plagued her, rogue Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin must rally the remnants of the Weather Warden corps against a double threat-the Djinn who have broken free from Warden control, and a cranky Mother Earth who's about to unleash her full fury against the entire world.

Dmitri

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:24 PST

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Dragon Fantastic

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:22 PST

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They have cast their spell over our imaginations for countless centuries-those imaginations for countless centuries-those most deadly beasts of prey, the fading race which once ruled the skies, hoarders of treasure both magical and golden, or benevolent keepers of universes beyond human ken.

NECROMANCER

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:19 PST

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Angels of September

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:19 PST

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M'Lady Witch

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:18 PST

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Bad Spell In Yurt

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:18 PST

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Wit'ch Fire

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:17 PST

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A magnificent epic of dazzling magic and searing prophecy From a brilliant new voice in fantasy comes a band of heroes, a world in peril, and an unforgettable heroine whose unexpected gift of magic awakens an ancient, slumbering evil. On a fateful night five centuries ago, three mages made a desperate last stand, sacrificing everything to preserve the only hope of goodness in the beau ...

A Malady of Magicks

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:17 PST

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A wizard and his hapless apprentice search for a cure to the wizard's allergy to magic-while avoiding such perils as tap-dancing dragons, enchanted chickens, and sinister shrubbery... "A lot of fun." (Christopher Stasheff)

Transformer

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:17 PST

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Downbelow Station

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Last Castle

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Bloodstone

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:15 PST

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A Sipstrassi Tale. The tyrannical rule of the Deacon and his Jerusalem Riders has unleashed upon the world a sea of bigotry and hatred. Hunted and alone, Jon Ushannow must battle the forces of the Deacon - and face an enemy from another universe; a dark god who feeds on the souls of the world.

Mid-flinx

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:14 PST

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Flinx, the product of illegal genetic experiments and raised an orphan on the streets of the planet Moth, is now in his 20s and wants nothing more than to sink into obscurity. But in his attempt to hide away, he stumbles across a planet inhabited by the descendents of a lost colony ship.

Shapechangers

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:14 PST

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*OP As One Dead

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Mother Ocean, Daughter Sea

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:12 PST

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The shari'a people are an ancient race-a proud and gentle people, ruled by witches who harnessed the powers of the world for the benefit of all. When the seafaring Allemanii tribes came to their shores, the two races lived side by side for generations, staying apart but trading and learning from each other in peaceful harmony. But something went horribly awry and the shari'a people were suddenly ...

The Changeling Saga 1

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:06 PST

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Two worlds. One teems with life and technology. It is called Earth. The other is a twisting maze of inter-connected dwellings and empty space. It is called the Castle. Both worlds know violence. Both know greed. And now, in our time, they are about to meet... May the best world win. From the powerful imagination of author Peter Garrison comes a stunning new saga, the tale of a sixteen-year-old ...

Shade and Shadow

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:01 PST

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Raoul Smythe, Assistant Professor of Modern Magic at Oxford University, is suspected of killing the head of his department, and sets out to find the real murderer. Armed only with his magical talents and his wits, Smythe tackles a web of office politics, concealed hatreds, jealousies and betrayals.

A Tapestry of Lions

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:01 PST

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Angel Light

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:01 PST

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Toby Tobin, a computer whiz who meets an angel named Raphael, or Raphaela, on the Internet, tests the protective powers of his guardian angel when he goes to Ireland to find his life's love and solve an old family mystery.

The Wizard of Lovecraft's Cafe

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:01 PST

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The eagerly anticipated next installment of the bestselling Wizard series. During a bloody confrontation with necro-mancers, the mystic runestones merge their life forces into a single sorcerous being--a wizard of incredible powers. Now Wyrdrune, Kira, and the wizard of tomorrow must battle a horror of unbelievable evil.

The Hot-Wired Dodo

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:01 PST

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TRUMP CARD Reality wasn't what it used to be. Life after life, as man, woman, and child, Cory Maddox was trapped in an endless cycle of ever-changing realities, on the run from his ruthless companions and from the shadowy figures that seemed to exist outside the increasingly unstable matrix. As each new world proved increasingly bizarre, Cory wanted nothing more than to find the way home. Fr ...

Cugel's Saga

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:35:00 PST

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War of the Twins

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:34:59 PST

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The second title in the second Dragonlance novel trilogy, now available for the first time in hardcover. The second title in the second Dragonlance novel trilogy is now being released for the first time ever in a trade hardcover edition. Featuring the stunning art and design that graced the cover of the paperback edition, the new version of this series is a follow-up to the release of the Drago ...

The Curse of the Mistwraith

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:34:59 PST

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The stunning first volume in Janny Wurts's epic tale of two half-brothers cursed to life-long enmity, now re-released with a striking new cover. The world of Athera lives in eternal fog, its skies obscured by the malevolent Mistwraith. Only the combined powers of two half-brothers can challenge the Mistwraith's stranglehold: Arithon, Master of Shadow and Lysaer, Lord of Light. Arithon and Lysaer ...

Psychlone

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:34:59 PST

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What kind of force can freeze a lynx solid in seconds, so fast that, once thawed, the cat can walk away in perfect health?What kind of force can murder almost all the inhabitants of a small New Mexico town in seconds?Larry Fowler is a scientist--he doesn't want to be frightened by things he doesn't understand. he'd rather run away from the frozen cat than have to believe it existed. However, he c ...

Gods of the Well of Souls

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:34:59 PST

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In its hour of need, the Well World's guardians had been neutralized. Nathan Brazil was shipwrecked on a desert island with a seemingly harmless girl who had caused his mind to be invaded, his will sapped, and his mission forgotten. Mavra Chang had been abducted by a vicious gang of inter-hex drug smugglers and held prisoner by a revenge-mad creature who had surgically and genetically altered her ...

Dragons of Spring Dawning

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The war against the dragon minions of Queen Takhisis rages on. Armed with the mysterious, magical dragon orbs and the shining, silver dragonlance, the companions bring hope to the world. But now, in the dawn of a new day, the dark secrets that have long shadowed the hearts of the friends come to the light. Betrayal, treachery, frailty, and weakness will nearly destroy all that they have accomplis ...

Dragons of Winter Night

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The second title published in the Dragonlance line is now being released in a trade hardcover edition for the first time ever. Featuring the stunning art and design that graced the cover of the paperback edition, this new version is a follow-up to the release of the first title of the series, Dragons of Autumn Twilight,earlier this year. This continues the planned release of all of the core Drago ...

Shadow of the Well of Souls

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Immortal, unchanging, the eternal survivor, Nathan Brazil had tired of his long duty as the guardian of the Well World and had enlisted Mavra Chang, space pilot and adventurer, as his companion and equal, sharing with her the godlike power to control the universe's destiny. Now the Well World is changing, and Brazil and Chang have drifted apart . . . but they must work together one more time to s ...

The Rebirth of Wonder

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The Wizardry Quested

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Quest for the Well of Souls

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Imprisoned in alien bodies, sentenced to subhuman destinies, Mavra Chang and her cohorts plotted an impossible escape from a world with no exits . . .

Rise of a Merchant Prince

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The second book in Raymond Feist's super-selling quartet: The Serpentwar Saga. Triumphant but overconfident after his defeat of the reptilian Sauur army, Roo must resist a beguiling seductress who threatens to undo him and all of Midkemia. Roo Avery, recently returned from a harrowing brush with the armies of the Emerald Queen, is now free to choose his own destiny and his ultimate ambition is to ...

The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye

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This is the sequel to "The Mote in God's Eye". Humankind has spent 100 years agonizing over the threat posed by the only aliens they have ever threatened, the Moties. The three-armed aliens have been quarantined within the confines of their own solar system - until now.

The Howling Stones

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Enter another realm in the amazing world of the Humanx Commonwealth--the interstellar empire governed jointly by humans and aliens! The newly discovered planet of Senisran was a veritable paradise--a sprawling world of vast oceans dotted with thousands of lush islands and copious deposits of rare-earths and minerals. First-contact specialist Pulickel Tomochelor's mission to Senisran was straigh ...

Here be Monsters

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The Warlock novels are "fresh...well-written and entertaining!" (Fantasy Review) BRAND-NEW IN THE MILLION-COPY SELLING WARLOCK SERIES! You are invited to a Warlock wedding... B.Y.O.M. (Bring Your Own Monster). The perennially popular Gallowglass family has three weddings to plan. But what Warlock wedding could be complete without an army of monsters threatening the planet?

Bloodwar

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Based on the game system, Vampire: the Masquerade. For ten thousand years a race of immortal vampires has waged a secret war to control mankind. Beings of incredible supernatural powers, they are driven by a lust for power... and human blood. They are the Kindred. Though mortal, the enigmatic detective Dire McCann knows a great deal about these undead. So does Alicia Varney, one of the world' ...

Web of the Witch World

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Year of the Unicorn

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High Sorcery

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Pattern Recognition

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Cayce Pollard (pronounced 'case") is a legend in the field of market research, paid handsomely to recognize cultural and social patterns that corporations can turn into cash. Google her and you find 'coolhunter," and you may see it suggested that she is a 'sensitive" of some kind, a dowserin the world of global marketing. The truth, according to her friends, is that her sensitivity is closer to a ...

The Windsingers

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