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Discover #1 New York Times-bestselling Patrick Rothfuss’ epic fantasy series, The Kingkiller Chronicle.
“I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss.” —Lin-Manuel Miranda
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DAY ONE: THE NAME OF THE WIND
My name is Kvothe.
I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town...
“I just love the world of Patrick Rothfuss.” —Lin-Manuel Miranda
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DAY ONE: THE NAME OF THE WIND
My name is Kvothe.
I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town...
2) Fourth wing
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Empyrean volume 1
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"Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general -- also known as her tough-as-talons mother -- has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders. But when you're smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away ... because dragons don't bond to "fragile"...
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El profesor Aronnax y sus dos compañeros, Consejo y Ned Land, son capturados por el capitán Nemo en su submarino Nautilus, del que no podrán salir. Durante su viaje, explorarán los mares, descubrirán maravillas nunca vistas por el ser humano y se enfrentarán a enormes criaturas marinas.
Considerada como una de las novelas pioneras de la ciencia ficción, Julio Verne ofrece en ella una mirada temprana a la exploración submarina, la tecnología...
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A classic horror tale from the iconic gothic author and the inspiration for the Netflix series from the creator of The Haunting of Hill House.
As The Fall of the House of Usher opens, an unnamed narrator has been summoned by his childhood friend, Roderick Usher, who has succumbed to a mysterious illness and longs for companionship. Upon first glance of the gloomy family mansion, the narrator is plunged into an unnerving depression, a dread...
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The West continues its precipitous decline. The ancient, magnificent, awe inspiring Christian Churches which had taken centuries to build, are burning all over Europe, and that tragedy and violence on the streets are becoming so commonplace that it barely is mentioned by the media. Even the most egregious terrorist outbreaks are passed over by politicians as something which occurs in big cities and the indigenous population should simply get used...
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At the Earth’s Core reveals an entire world 500 miles below the surface of our planet. With dinosaurs, cavemen, and perpetual noon, the eerie world of Pellucidar is the perfect setting for this adventurous science fiction novel.
David Innes is a wealthy miner who gave his friend, Perry Abner, the money to invent a powerful excavating vehicle. While the pair are carrying out a test run of the machine, they discover that it is incapable of turning...
7) Seventh son
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Book 1 of The Tales of Alvin Maker.
Young Alvin was born the seventh son of a seventh son. By his birthright, he possesses magical powers and is destined to become something great, perhaps even a Maker. Indeed, Alvin is special. But the boy remains vulnerable to dark forces who reach out to destroy him and are willing to do anything to keep him from growing up. Carefully weaving the lore and the folk-magic of the men and women who settled a continent-...
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Copper, Charli, and her six-year-old ghost friend, DJ, are so excited to stay with their Nanna and Pop at their beach house for a few weeks.
One day when Charli, DJ, Copper, and their friends decide to swim at a lake, they discover a willow tree that holds an exciting secret. When they decide to climb the tree, a round door suddenly appears. After Charli, DJ, and the others decide to investigate, they are transported to a water park that holds a...
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Ein genialer Erfinder im London des ausgehenden 19. Jahrhunderts entwickelt eine Maschine, mit der er in der Zeit reisen kann. Bei einer abendlichen Gesellschaft erzählt er Freunden und Wissenschaftskollegen von der sensationellen Erfindung. Während die sich noch wundern und ihn für geistig umnachtet erklären, setzt er sich in sein Zeitreise-Gefährt und entschwindet. Er strandet im Jahr 802.701 n. Chr., wo er nicht etwa auf eine hochtechnisierte...
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Our secret is out, and now we’re marked for death.
A lone survivor escaped the mountain battle, carrying news of our dragons’ existence to the court of Prince Oblisii.
Utrea’s dragons were supposed to have been wiped out long ago. Only these five remain—a male and four females. They’re all that’s left to carry on the species, but first we have to keep them alive.
The prince will come soon with his army, and I’m stuck on a mountaintop...
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Carivel was born female, but she has been secretly living as a boy for years in her adoptive village of Draebard. The last thing she needs is to fall for not one but two unattainable men - a dominating warrior and a reluctant wolf-shifter with a horrific past. Now the Alyrion Empire is poised to invade, and Carivel must choose whether to keep her secret or reveal it - not only to the men she loves but also to the powerful female ruler whose army could...
12) Pickman's Model
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Pickman's Model is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, written in September 1926 and first published in the October 1927 issue of Weird Tales. The story revolves around a Bostonian painter named Richard Upton Pickman who creates horrifying images. His works are brilliantly executed, but so graphic that they result in his membership in the Boston Art Club being revoked and himself shunned by his fellow artists.
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History meets Fantasy! Die Kathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris-der aufregendste Ort der Welt. Nicht nur Gotteshaus, sondern auch Heimat der Gargoyles, jener mysteriösen Wasserspeier, die dem Adel mit ihren übernatürlichen Kräften uneingeschränkte Macht garantieren. Durch einen Unfall geschieht das Unmögliche: Einer der Gargoyles verbindet sich mit Henri, einem 22-jährigen Steinmetzlehrling. Eine Todsünde, da dies nur Angehörigen des Adels zusteht....
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Wir schreiben das Jahr 1645. Im Heiligen Römischen Reich tobt seit 28 Jahren ein mörderischer Krieg und er scheint kein Ende zu nehmen.
Nach dem Tod seines Meisters Martin steht Gustav vor dem Nichts. Einzig Anike tröstet ihn über den schweren Verlust hinweg. Als sie ihn bittet, ihrem besessenen Vater zu helfen, erkennt Gustav, dass der Schlüssel dazu - Martins Codex Daemonum - für ihn keinen Sinn ergibt. Er muss erst seine Lehre abschließen,...
15) Let the Ants Try
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He had invented something disturbingly like a time machine and was on his way to the Pentagon with the plans when the bombs fell. And that was the end of that, along with his family and the entire city of Detroit and every other major city in the nation. But he was still alive 3 years later and scrabbling in the dirt to grow enough food to live. Food that hopefully didn't turn around and try to bite him due to the all too frequent mutations. One day...
16) Cool Air
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With this tale of horror set in 1923 New York City, H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) touches on two subjects that, judging from the proliferation of films and novels spotlighting these peculiar topics, have continually aroused our human imagination: cryonics and zombies.
18) Hop-Frog
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First published in a 1849 edition of The Flag of Our Union, Hop-Frog is a revenge tale akin to The Cask of Amontillado. Told from the perspective of a crippled jester who was taken from his homeland and has been abused by the king he serves, the story focuses on the revenge Hop-Frog takes after the king strikes his fellow countrywoman and performer, the dancer Trippetta.
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First published in a 1846 edition of Godey's Lady's Book, The Cask of Amontillado is widely considered to be one of the most perfect short stories ever written. Told by the unreliable narrator Montresor-a man who sought vengeance against his acquaintance for an insult that the reader is not privy to-the story details how Montresor accomplished his revenge.
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What's the first thing you do after you wake up one morning and find yourself trapped inside what you believe is your favorite video game?
If you said try and find a way back home, you'd be completely wrong. Especially if you're anything like my friends and me. Instead, you use your game knowledge to finish a few easy quests, get yourself some money for room and board, and then hope a way back home just conveniently falls into your lap.
That is of...
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