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222) Bonereapers
No fortress can protect against human corruption, not even the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
Hewn out of a frozen mountain six hundred miles from the North Pole, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault was designed to safeguard the earth's precious collection of diverse plant seeds from rising sea levels, hurtling asteroids, nuclear holocaust, and every other conceivable disaster. But no fortress, however remote or carefully constructed, can protect against
...An all-new Stormlight Archive novella, "Edgedancer," is the crown jewel of Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection, the first audiobook of short fiction by #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson.
The collection will include nine works in all. The first eight are:
"The Hope of Elantris" (Elantris)
"The Eleventh Metal" (Mistborn)
"The Emperor's Soul" (Elantris)
"Allomancer Jak and the Pits of
"As engagingly readable as any novel." —Los Angeles Times Book Review
In...
Beloved Christian author C. S. Lewis wrote that George MacDonald "baptized" his imagination. Lewis went on to say that he never wrote a book that was not influenced by MacDonald. Others too were profoundly moved by MacDonald. The discerning reader will find his mark in the works of G. K. Chesterton and J. R. R. Tolkien, among others. Renowned scholar Rolland Hein explores the symbols, motifs, and themes running through MacDonald's stories, and
...227) Serpent's Storm
She was Tara on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. . . Now she’s the author of Ace’s hottest new series— killer novels featuring Calliope Reaper-Jones, who doesn’t want to be daddy’s little girl anymore.
Calliope just wants to make it big in the Big Apple like any other working girl. But Callie is also Death's Daughter, no matter how much she tries to stay out of the family business. And now her...
229) A Good Fall: Stories
National Book Award-winner Ha Jin brings us a collection of stories that delve into the experiences of Chinese immigrants in America. All of Ha Jin's characters struggle in situations that stir their conflicting desires to remain attached to their native land and traditions while also exploring their newfound social and economic freedoms.
A lonely composer takes comfort in the songs of his girlfriend's parakeet; a group of young
...I Don't Have Enough Faith To Be An Atheist argues that Christianity requires the least faith of all worldviews because it is the most reasonable. The authors lay out the evidence for truth, God, and the Bible in logical order and in a readable, non-technical, engaging style. A valuable aid to those interested in examining the reasonableness of the Christian faith, Geisler and Turek provide a firm challenge to the the prior beliefs of doubters
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