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Remembrance of Earth's past volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"With the scope of Dune and the commercial action of Independence Day, this near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multple-award-winning phenemonenon from China's most beloved science fiction author. Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the...
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"On a quiet fall evening in the peaceful town of Mill Valley, California, Dr. Miles Bennell discovers an insidious, horrifying plot. Subtly, almost imperceptibly, alien life-forms are taking over the bodies and minds of his neighbors, friends, family, the woman he loves, and the entire world as he knows it. First published in 1955, this classic science fiction thriller about the ultimate alien invasion and the triumph of the human spirit over an invisible...
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The 13th novel featuring Marcus Didius Falco finds the Roman P.I. in the midst of a home improvement that brings an unwanted “visitor” to his bathhouse.
Poor Marcus Didius Falco: The two shiftless contractors working on his new Roman bath house have left him with a horrible smell emanating from the below-ground furnace...and some gruesome site debris. Meanwhile, the king of the Atrebtes tribe in faraway Britain is planning...
Poor Marcus Didius Falco: The two shiftless contractors working on his new Roman bath house have left him with a horrible smell emanating from the below-ground furnace...and some gruesome site debris. Meanwhile, the king of the Atrebtes tribe in faraway Britain is planning...
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism. While her work has earned her comparisons to Karen Russell and Kelly Link, she has a voice that is all her own. In this electric and provocative debut, Machado bends genre to shape startling narratives that map the realities of women's lives and the violence visited...
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Charley Davidson novels volume 7
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Twelve. Twelve of the deadliest beasts ever forged in the fires of hell have escaped onto our plane, and they want nothing more than to rip out Charley Davidson's jugular and serve her body to Satan for dinner. So there's that. But Charley has more on her plate than a mob of testy hellhounds. For one thing, her father has disappeared, and as she retraces his last steps she learns he was conducting an investigation of his own, one that has Charley...
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Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
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This calorie-burning, body-weight resistance-only workout will lengthen the thighs while creating beautiful muscle definition so you can fit into your skinny jeans, or show off your Ballet Body legs in shorts. Sculpt your legs longer and leaner with this challenging workout DVD suitable for all levels, complete with modifications and advanced options available.
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Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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Get long, lean lines with zero bulk. Get a fit, firm, and graceful body with this ballet inspired workout from Mary Helen Bowers, trainer to the stars. Sculpt a lean, long dancer's body with four 15-minute targeted workouts. Mix and match these workouts to tone your arms, abs, and butt. It's perfect for anyone pressed for time and looking for a quick and challenging workout with great results. Strengthen and stretch muscles simultaneously to elongate...
8) Human body
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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Explore your incredible body, inside and out. From skeleton to skin, muscles to microscopic cells, discover how your body systems work together to keep you alive and well."--
9) Body & soul
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Frank Elder mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Frank Elder struggles to protect his estranged daughter and prove her innocence after her breakup with a controversial artist ends in murder.
10) Yoga mind & body
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DK Pub
Pub. Date
2008.
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English
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A positive guide to enhancing one's health, happiness, and spiritual well-being outlines the five basic principles of yoga, explaining how exercise, meditation, breathing, relaxation, and diet can improve everyday life and providing recipes and step-by-step photographs for basic yoga postures.
11) The 4-hour body
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Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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The best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek outlines a program for healthy living that draws on 15 years of research and interviews with leading doctors and health-care experts to offer insight into genetic factors, nutrition requirements and fitness practices.
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Empowered Media
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Are you ready to take your body to the next level? It is the most effective total body workout for torching calories and transforming your entire physique. It is comprised of two 45-minute body-blasting workouts that progress in difficulty. These quick paced routines have fun, fresh new moves to deliver an incredible workout and turn your body into a lean and sexy high performance machine. Jillian also shows modifications for both beginners and advanced...
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English
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"Every Body Yoga is a book of inspiration for beginners of all shapes and sizes: If Jessamyn could transcend these emotional and physical barriers, so can we. It's a book for readers already doing yoga, looking to refresh their practice or find new ways to stay motivated. It's a how-to book: Here are easy-to-follow directions to 50 basic yoga poses and 10 sequences to practice at home, all photographed in full color. It's a book that challenges the...
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Project Management Institute
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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PMBOK® Guide is the go-to resource for project management practitioners. The project management profession has significantly evolved due to emerging technology, new approaches and rapid market changes. Reflecting this evolution, The Standard for Project Management enumerates 12 principles of project management and the PMBOK® Guide – Seventh Edition is structured around eight project performance domains.
This edition is designed
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"Jim Teasdale has been drowned in the Dumb River, near Ely, miles from his Yorkshire home. His body, clearly dumped in the usually silent ('dumb') waterway, has been discovered before the killer intended - disturbed by a torrential flood. With critical urgency, it's up to Superintendent Littlejohn of Scotland Yard to trace the mystery of the unassuming victim's murder to its source, leaving waves of scandal and sensation in his wake as the hidden,...
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Republic Entertainment
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Plant-like extraterrestrials have invaded Santa Mira, a small town in California, replicating the villagers in giant seed "pods" and taking possession of their souls while they sleep. In a terrifying race, for his life, Dr. Miles Bennell escapes to warn the world of the deadly invasion of the pod people.
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Publisher
MGM/UA Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Filmy spores fall from space over San Francisco, and the city blossoms with beautiful new flora. People take the flowers home and as they sleep, the plants creep over them, devouring their bodies and stealing their identities--including their emotions, their uniqueness and their souls.
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