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From hero to heretic, would he live to see honor again? Enchanted by the labyrinth of stars above, Italian professor Galileo Galilei was determined to unearth the mysteries held within. It was 1609 and inspired by the newly invented "perspective glass," which magnified objects on land up to three times their size, Galileo designed prototype after prototype until he achieved an unheard of 20x magnification. He pointed his invention to the heavens and...
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Esme Linde, 23, a new teacher in a small town high school in Vermont, is accused of having an affair with one of her students, Noah Beemer, 17. The accusation ends Esme's nascent career as a teacher. Plus it could lead to her being prosecuted for statutory rape. Noah's parents have big ambitions for their talented son. Fearing that the controversy will damage his prospects, they pressure Esme to remove herself permanently from Noah's life. But Noah...
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More than a painter… Renowned artist Leonardo da Vinci was the greatest genius to ever conquer the worlds of art, science, and philosophy. Writing backwards to protect his knowledge, da Vinci epitomized creativity and eccentricity.Despite being plagued with frustrations and failures, da Vinci was spurred to create, invent, research, and write no matter the cost. Sifting through sorrows and joys, da Vinci's world is uncovered. Finally, after five...
8) Knight Life
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More than 1,500 years after his disappearance into the mists of Avalon, King Arthur has returned. This time, he's prepared to rule the Camelot of a new millennium: New York City. Handsome, charismatic Arthur Penn is running for mayor on a platform of common sense, humor, and knightly virtues. His advisors include a gifted ten-year-old named Merlin; Percival, an immortal accountant; and Gwen, a lovely young woman with no end of problems. Their grassroots...
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Everyone loves a hero...but sometimes you can't help but root for the villain. Turn your allegiance for the other side's story. We bring you seven stories of mayhem and machinations by Peter David, James M. Ward, Aaron Rosenberg, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Janine K. Spendlove, Drew Bittner, and James Chambers.
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Captain Mackenzie Calhoun und die Crew der U.S.S. Excalibur sind zurück! Und es geht direkt nach den atemberaubenden Ereignissen in New Frontier: Mörderisches Spiel weiter. Calhoun hat bei seiner Suche auf Xenex keine Überlebenden gefunden und ist nun fest entschlossen, das Volk, das die Xenexianer getötet hat—die D'myurj und ihre Verbündeten, die Brüder—aufzuspüren und Rache an ihnen zu nehmen. Calhouns Suche führt die Besatzung der Excalibur...
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Based on the classic comic book series by Joss Whedon and John Cassady, a prose adaption of the X-Men as they reunite as super heroes against alien forces.
The X-Men are back. Except now, instead of outcasts shunned by the world for their mutant powers, Emma Frost is rebranding the team as super heroes poised to protect society by wielding their astonishing gifts. Just as Frost, Cyclops, Shadowcat, Beast, and Wolverine burst onto the scene,...
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What if...Lincoln governed America in enemy territory? The United States annexed Persia? North Alaska and South Alaska went to war? Los Angeles spread across the world? These and many more questions are answered in this gripping alternate history anthology by some of the finest writers working today, from screenwriters to historians to speculative fiction practitioners to activists, in twenty-one tales of a United States of America that's not quite...
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Everyone loves a hero…but sometimes we can't help but root for the villain…
Indulge both impulses with this nostalgic flipbook anthology-The Side of Good / The Side of Evil. After all, everyone is the hero of their own story and sometimes a change in perspective can make a world of difference.
Superheroes inspire us to be more than we can be, and on the flip side, Supervillains are reminders of the potential for darkness within us all. The...
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"Things Change" – Childhood best friends, Frank and John, witness an accident and in the commotion they drop their baby turtles into the sewer. Years later the two friends couldn't be more different: Frank, now a police officer, is protecting the community from robot monsters while John has become a member of the evil gang the Purple dragons, yet they both have had strange interactions with a mysterious group of ninjas and their master, Splinter....
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"Meet Casey Jones" – As a child Casey Jones' father was tormented by the criminal gang, the Purple Dragons, driving both his father and mother to abandon him. Now Casey has become a vigilante, taking out the Purple Dragons one by one, in a quest for revenge for what they did to his family. Even though the Turtles and Casey fight for the same cause, Casey's methods are bringing him into conflict with one of the Turtles.
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"Of The Mousers" – Dr. Stockman is bent on destroying the city with his army of "Mousers". Luckily, a group of mysterious ninjas have teamed up with Stockman's old lab assistant, April O'Neil, and together they are determined to save the city. Meanwhile, Stockman's boss, the head of The Purple Dragons criminal gang, is starting to piece together the identity of the mysterious ninjas that are thwarting his plans.
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"A Better Mousetrap" – April O'Neil is an inquisitive research assistant for Dr. Stockman, a scientist who claims to have created a new kind of rat extermination method. But when Dr. Stockman reveals his true plan to wreck havoc upon the city, a mysterious group of ninjas known as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles come to April's aid and her life is changed forever.