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1) Geniuses
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A very small number of people with IQs of over 1, 000 secretly live among us, concealing their extraordinary intelligence and mental powers. They call themselves Geniuses, and have - for millennia - influenced our world. Over the centuries evil Geniuses have tried to control ordinary people, who they refer to as Ordinaries, and dominate the world. Good Geniuses have opposed them defending the rights of Ordinaries to control their own destinies and...
2) Geniuses II
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The cosmos is vast infinite and incomprehensible. Trillions of galaxies, sextillions of stars, and countless planets, moons, and asteroids all spiral in space, not caring about or noticing what is happening on Earth. But for those living on the planet, a momentous battle prophesied more than fifteen centuries ago by the wizard Merlin is about to begin. Roger Reynolds is one of a small group of super Geniuses who have secretly been influencing the...
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On the way home from visiting their eldest son at university, Dan and Malou Politano had stopped in Pahokee and had both decided to take up an offer from an old Seminole Indian to re-visit their past. During their journey, they went through an incredible adventure which drove them to relive many of Dans childhood memories and some fantastic ancestral events while completing twelve tasks. These tasks were all designed to reinforce or ignite desires...
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In the tradition of The Little Prince, The Pope and the Snowman is a book that can be read on several levels. For adults, it is a story tracing the pope's loss of faith and his search to recover a sense of compassion and purpose. For children, it is a story in which the pope is given the opportunity to become a child again, rediscovering joy and hope in the faces of the children he meets. In the end, with the help of the snowman and the children of...
5) 11 Hours
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"Mom's gone." These words reverberated In her ears, shaking her inner core. With only 11 hours to go, Kate and her father are challenged to complete 3 tasks to rescue Isabella, their dear mother and wife. With Isabella's evil uncle Ednesto out to get them at every step of the way, they are determined to give it their all! 11 hours is sure to keep you breathless until the very last page. As you join the Tylers in their unique, magical and unforgettable...
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These two novellas are strange companions indeed. Wimble Lord depicts one mans fight for survival while the world around him is on the brink of extinction. What sets Wimble Lord apart from other end-of-the-world sagas are his mad recollections of a futuristic civilization long since past. Emerging from his bomb shelter, he is confronted by a desert that bears a jungle of giant fruits and swarms of migratory, other-worldly insects. Pieces of Humanity...
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From The Depths is the second book in the Magic Tales trilogy from upcoming fantasy writer, John L Arnott. Suspenseful and foreboding right out of the gate, From The Depths is the story of eighth grader, Ryan Tales, a skateboarding phenom, who has just rid himself of the evil book, Papyrus of Adi, and is now trying to get his life back to normal again. But what Ryan doesn't know is that there are forces beyond his control that are forcing him to reunite...
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Twins aren't always identical. This isn't more true, than in the lives of Danny and Danielle Elder. In fact, they can't stand one another. Tensions between the twins worsen, when the mysterious, Haveltre, is accidentally opened and the two are pulled away from their lives and into a realm of death and despair. Led by their guardian, Marques, the twins must face the evil that wishes to destroy the Ezidian Realm and invade Earth. Through, the Ezidian...
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Gobble came as a result of a sample lesson when Mary was teaching 6th and 7th grade Language Arts. She modeled this lesson for her students. The assignment was to write a story from the turkey's perspective. It was the week before Thanksgiving. The story has evolved over the years to be very personal and mean so much to the author.
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The first volume in an epic three part sci-fi fantasy adventure, from one of the newest most inventive writers in the field M J Williams Amal a young dreamer, could never have expected this one. His father, a prominent inventor and businessman, fed up with the corruption and cynicism of modern society of the future, plans to take his wife, his son Amal, and his sons companion Rachel to a new planet where he has planned an idyllic new colony of likeminded...
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This book relates to the poetic writing of individual stories and drawings which are depicted to bring to life characters for the fantasy world of young children. Young minds can join in within the realm of telling each story as written from the author to enhance beauty of nature and the love of animals. Beverlys poems and Jessicas drawings have a way of entering each child in a very unique and unusual way.
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Emily of OZ is a wonderful story written as a modern adaption of the Wizard of OZ by Frank L. Baum by a 23 year old autistic young man. The story tells of Emily Wilkins, who is swept away from her Kansas home by a tornado to the land of OZ where she meets The Scarecrow, The Tinman and The Cowardly Lion. There she must protect the "Sequined Crocs" from The Wicked Witch of The West and meet the Wizard so she can find her way back home. The themes and...
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An eclectic depiction of events some actual and some fantasied. Although a number of the articles are of a serious nature, many reek of absurdity and the intention is then satirical farce to bring about amusement. The poetry included is not quite doggerel but certainly not the sublime variety of serious poets. Just a means to better tell a sentiment or story The overall format is a magazine style so one can drift from one entry to another with almost...
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The Island Experiment series: Book One: Marshalls Story. Marshall is a man who found his lost soul and so much more. Book Two: Dina's Story: Dina is a woman who found a way to her own heart. Book Three: Krystal's Story: Krystal is an adult child, who found the courage to act alone. Book Four: Angels Story: Angel is an adolescent child, cult survivor; who found her freedom. Book Five: Rosas Story: Rosa is a survivor of a religious cult who found a...
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A Treasure of Human Lives. In December of 1776, a seventeen year old Gwendolyn Dare embarked on a deadly mission. With her cousin Peter Dare and the lost boys in the grip of Captain James Hook, she resorted to an unlikely source of help: pirates. She garnered the assistance of Captain Augustus Bayne, Long John Silver, Captain Benjamin Pythe, and finally, Bayne's own illegitimate son, Captain Jonathan Hawke, who quickly established his own lecherous...
17) The Caduceus
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When the young Dragon Master, Widseth, and his wife, Annel, travel to the southern countries, forces of darkness are unleashed to destroy their efforts to establish a kingdom of peace. Once again, the ancient battle between the dragons of light and the dragons of darkness places the world of men in turmoil. Choices must be made that define freedom and slavery. Explore Aelandra, a world filled with characters driven by passion, love, hope, and sorrow....
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John Karras is sitting in his New York apartment on a steamy summer day in 1983 when he receives a special delivery letter summoning him to a law office. There he is advised that he is the sole heir to the estate of a recently deceased woman named Helen Dukas, someone totally unknown to him. Upon the reading of the will, he is handed a personal letter from the woman that explains that she was for many years the close personal assistant of Albert Einstein....
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This novel takes place ten years after Hauron of the Eleven. Shaylae and Mika now have two children and are living peacefully in Utah. After a disturbing vision, Shaylae learns that an evil woman named Istas is attempting to destroy Nashota, Shaylaes distant ancestor. Nashota is the woman who returned with a large group of people back to Tal'el'Dineh, the original home of the Navajo. Shaylae decides to travel back in time to the late 16th Century...
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