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In February 1992 Todd and Coby Gent went to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, so Coby could be evaluated for, and hopefully have, a double-lung transplant. Transplants were a new way to prolong the lives of cystic fibrosis patients, and this major surgery was Coby's only hope for living beyond his twelve years.
Todd, Coby's dad, kept a journal from day one of the Gent family's journey from borrowed lungs to new life. The journals include...
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The alien threat is real. They fly across our skies, under our oceans, and have disrupted our lives and our safety. At first, man looked upon the aliens with curiosity and a hope that they would be benevolent and improve life on Earth. While this optimistic view was embraced by many, just the opposite was the new reality. After capturing two passenger aircraft out of the sky, their real purpose was revealed. The horrific acts of desecration wrought...
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Angler Island is a highly advanced, company-owned utopia of technological innovations that could help heal the world, but mysterious forces and insidious plots are at play. After a dangerous cruise-ship crash, Evan and his family join the residents of Angler Island, banding together for the greater good and for the livelihood of all island survivors. Evan finds some solace in meeting an alluring young woman named Taylor, but when he learns of a murderous...
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The recent reports of the twenty Americans in Cuba, in China too, who have suffered the effects of temporary concussions from audio and microwave signals reminds me of the telepathic hit I received in the 1960s. I've thus drawn the following conclusions:
Telepathic controls are actually telekinetic controls and can influence cellular matter such as the brain.
These controls are painful in the same manner as a concussion and can control behavior....
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Perhaps everyone has had ideas of what a worldwide human catastrophe would be like. In this story, even though three-fourth of the world's population dies, it is not all gloom and doom. Action, adventure, and some futuristic, science fiction thinking will keep the reader from putting this book down until they have read it from cover to cover.
6) Oasis 4
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Oasis 4 is a space station located at a galactic crossroads in deep space, and it's the property of Stellar Logistics and Freight Corporation.
Phil Ross is the manager of that station. The purpose of the station is to provide a place for commerce and trade to take place. Being situated where it is, the station is also often dragged into unfortunate situations and often becomes the location for less-than-legitimate activity.
Phil Ross and his...
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As the magnetic field wobble continued to create "cracks," all electronic devices, along with the electricity, ceased to work. Marie had been preparing for many years for just such an event. Her farm was the place where all the family members were to congregate in an apocalyptic crisis. Her daughter had successfully made her way to the farm, accompanied by her old college roommate, three of her junior high students, and a man named Ian, whom they...
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The year is 2091. A few decades have passed since the earth was invaded by an evil alien force
led by the reptilian Lord Apollyon. Everything that speaks about God was seized and erased
from mankind's memory, shrouding the earth with a darkness it has never known before. Its only
hope lies in the hands of a young leader whose lineage goes back to a charismatic and spiritually
gifted man called Jesus.
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Seventeen short stories and novelettes compose Whispers and Screams. While these stories are from the realms of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, they are also stories about people, about loneliness, insanity, love, politics, philosophy, food, power, about human feelings and behavior in these dynamic times. A large number of the protagonists are minorities or women. Many of the stories owe their heritage to the black-and-white horror movies of...
10) Intervention
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What if there was a "system" that allowed the users to identify who was the most likely to plan and carry out a mass shooting? What if the government conducted a test to see how the "system" functioned and employed a team to intervene and stop the act before it happened? Is there such a "system" and could it be developed? . The rules have changed and the gloves are off. The team and their leader Max Martin face the ones picked by the "system." With...
11) Gamma
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Fifty light-years away from our planet and just under fifty years ago, two rogue black holes collided. The epic cosmological merger resulted in the creation of the most powerful force in the universe--a gamma-ray burst.
Releasing more energy in a few seconds than our own sun will in its entire ten-billion-year life span, it fired away from the center of the newly formed black hole at the speed of light, headed for Earth. With only six months until...
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In this book is the power of real magic! No joke, no tricks. It's a game you can never lose if you learn the secret. Join me, Prometheus, as I take you on my lifelong journey in the search for real magic. I found it! It is called Emperor's Chess. My novel is science fiction, and within, I bring to reality a historic game with the greatest mystery. After reading this book, your life will change. After trying this ancient game, you will sit back in...
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Richard Rezendes wrote a book on a laser printer about thirty-five years ago, and he worked on this book for more than a year. He typed in on an old Apple desktop computer then on a laser printer. His biggest dream is that one day, he would like to publish a book. He got the idea on a magazine about a story about an asteroid that struck in Connecticut and fragments were found. The story led to earthquakes in Moodus, Connecticut. That may have been...
14) Parallel Worlds
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By 2227, space travel is commonplace. Milestone achievements in space are realized in the fields of surgery and manufacturing. The solar system is teaming with space stations, territories and even a new country.
This new age comes with longstanding challenges. The greatest being the enormous amount of building materials and fuel required for this expansion. As distant spatial mines are exhausted, fierce competition for resources threatens civil...
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These kids are now history!
In 2019, two new stepsiblings, history-minded Jenny Newton and inventor-in-the-making Brian Hawke, move together into their new home, which once belonged to Brian's grandfather, a man who had loved to study history and make incredible, new inventions. One day, while searching their new home, Jenny and Brian stumble upon Brian's grandfather's greatest invention: a watch.
However, it is no ordinary watch. After Brian...
16) He Said
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He said:
Long before Earth and the stars that you see in the night sky were created, there were thousands upon thousands of planets throughout the universe supporting life. The inhabitants of the planets live in peace. The gods were pleased. Yes, I said "the gods," not one, not just your god but all the gods. Even back then no one knew how many there were, how they came to be, or where they came from.
Some of the inhabited planets were only a few...
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Our hero is an experienced test pilot at the start of World War I. As soon as the US enters the war, he joins the US Army and goes to flight training. After flight training, he is assigned to an air base in France. Then he has to meet the German fighter pilots daily in dogfights over Germany. He also escorts bombers on bombing missions. He also fights the Red Baron! He is shot down behind enemy lines, and traveling by night and sleeping by day makes...
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The most basic and fundamental freedom is the right to be free of interference within one's own mind. Even the most repressive and authoritarian regimes throughout history have not been able to infringe on this private realm. However, advances in neurotechnology have changed this by allowing unprecedented access into the inner recesses of the human mind.
The head of the Integrated Intelligence Agency (IIA), Joseph Rothstein, seeks to use this new...
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Mankind has struggled for a long time, but help came. The Orgs, an alien race, gave the Earth and mankind a second chance to move forward. But Hocast and others knew that they were hiding something, and they needed to stop them before they took over completely. War was coming, and the heroes must stand together and fight for Earth and themselves before it's too late.
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Human beings have created synthetic life from nothing. These Manufactured Humanoid Units, or MHUs, are born into an oppressed class of people, abused, exploited, and repressed for the betterment of humanity. A large ensemble cast leads this saga of action, drama, intrigue, politics, scientific enterprise, a touch of romance, and a big mystery acting out behind the scenes.
Agent Powder is just following orders. That's what she tells herself anyway,...
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