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81) The Magic Meadow
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In the dark of a grim hospital ward, five children escape to another world They call themselves the incurables. They are five children doomed to spend their lives in Belleview's Ward Nine, unable to walk, care for themselves, or even take a trip outside. Their days are gloomy, but they have one another, and at night they play the game. Whispering about places that could never be, they build worlds so vivid that they almost seem real. And then one...
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In the hidden heart of Elmsworth, young Anna discovers an ancient clock unlike any other. As its golden thread sends her hurtling back in time, a silver one reveals a future in ruins. Guided by the enigmatic Ms. Tiller and haunted by cryptic warnings, Anna and her friend Liam are caught in a race against time itself. As they untangle the weave of destiny, Anna learns that choices are more than mere chances-they're responsibilities. Dive into a world...
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Musaicum Books presents to you this unique SF collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.
Contents:
H. G. Wells:
The Time Machine
Ayn Rand:
Anthem
Mark Twain:
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
H. Beam Piper:
Flight from Tomorrow
Philip K. Dick:
The Skull
The Variable Man
Fritz Leiber:
The Big Time
Andre Norton:
Key Out of Time
The Time Traders
The Defiant Agents
Lester...
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When the ruthless aliens attack the outer reaches of the Federation, Humankind is forced to retreat haphazardly from dozens of conquered systems. The only chance to delay the advance of the enemy is to create hundreds of fake colonies. If that doesn't work, the Fleet will be forced to face the ma'lahn in a series of open battles, which can lead to its annihilation. Politicians, however, do not care about the consequences. Their goal is to preserve...
86) The Institute
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Time ticks slowly, the plan in motion.Evil causes all commotion.Thundering rails and blistering sound,Beats of a heart that's booming and loud. Eight days to find them no matter the cost.Before all fall to darkness and the secret lost.
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Michael Young is a graduate student at Cambridge who is completing his dissertation on the early life of Adolf Hitler. Leo Zuckermann is an aging German physicist haunted by the Holocaust. Together, they idealistically embark on an experiment to change the course of history. And with their success is launched a brave new world that is in some ways better than ours-but in most ways even worse.
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The war for a million Earths spreads to an alternate eighteenth century in the second book of the epic science fiction series the Timeline Wars John Barnes has reinvented alternate-history science fiction in his ingenious saga of the battle to save the multiverse from enslavement by an alien enemy who can transcend time and reality. In the second volume of his remarkable trilogy, the war moves to a new battlefield: a different colonial America still...
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Un joven aparece atrapado dentro de una burbuja espaciotemporal. Tendrá que averiguar cómo escapar, en el camino se encontrará con otras personas, cada una de ellas con una cualidad especial que les ayudará a regresar a casa. Kira es una joven doctora, que dirige un grupo de supervivientes en un mundo posapocalíptico. Juntos lucharán por sobrevivir y resolver el misterio que ha convertido el mundo en una bola de hielo.
91) The Pull
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A supernatural force pulls Casey, a homeless alcoholic, to an abandoned Connecticut mill… There, he unearths strange shards with occult symbols that devour his soul. Can he find a way to stop the endless cycle of horror and possession, freeing himself from-The PullIn the rising floodwaters of ancient Sumer, Hili finds a possessed urn and touches its glowing violet glyphs. Bound to its evil, the young merchant woman travels through time, desperately...
92) Relics of Dawn
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BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER • "Mind-blowing is an understatement!"-I♥Sci-Fi Online
"Fans of Interstellar, Stargate, and Arthur C. Clarke will love this thought-provoking science fiction saga written for our changing world."-NJ BOOK REVIEW
From Amazon Top 100 author A.W. Davidson comes the time-twisting tale of two scientists on a mission to reverse climate change - and unravel a mystery spanning eons.
In 2296, an unstoppable mass extinction is underway....
93) The Prophecy
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She wished for love, family, and a place to call home. She never imagined finding it in 15th century Scotland.
Gwendolyn Reynolds's career path is secure...so why does she feel so restless? Haunted by recurring dreams, she breaks away on a soul-searching trip to coastal Scotland. But when a storm forces her off the road, she plunges into icy waters, only to resurface in the arms of a handsome highlander.
Scotland, 1426. Fierce and feared, Laird Greylen...
94) El Zarco
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La prosa nitida de Altamirano; las descripciones llenas de encanto y de verdad que nos transportan a las feroces comarcas del sur; la pintura, el retrato, dire mejor, de los guerrilleros y bandidos dela epoca en que se desarrollan los sucesos por el narrados, todo hace de El Zarco un libro ameno e instructivo. Instructivo, si; porque si se descarta la fabula de los amores del plateado con la desventurada joven de Yautepec, un historiador puede utilizar...
95) The Price
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Can an age-old bargain survive hundreds of years to reunite two lost souls?
In her desperation to undo the tragedy that stole everything from her, Maggie Sinclair becomes entangled in an enchantment and thrust into 15th-century Scotland. Torn from everything she knows, her mission becomes survival.
Losing his wife and unborn child all but crushed the spirit of the once-proud Highland warrior, Callum O'Roarke. But when the sisters of Brackish Abbey...
96) The Pledge
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Sent forward in time, this fifteenth-century Highland warrior finds himself face to face with his destiny-a fiery modern-day lass, whose reaction is far from what he expected.
Celeste Lowell is no stranger to loss. Two years after her best friend mysteriously disappeared and even longer since the tragic deaths of her parents and brother, Celeste still misses them all. Clinging to a cryptic message from a centuries-old crone-that her best friend is...
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A crown meant for a princess. A medieval castle. And a one-way ticket to an unforgettable romance.
A life-changing diagnosis sends Avery Stuart on a last-chance Christmas road trip. The cheery bed-and-breakfast offers a festive way to spend the holidays alone. But when she finds her name listed on an ancient family tree next to an English baron, her trip suddenly takes a startling turn-no fairy godmother included. She might have gotten the Cinderella...
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Your worst enemy is sometimes yourself.
Evaran and the gang travel to the NGC 4696 galaxy in the Centarus cluster, a part of the Hydra-Centarus supercluster, to deal with a summons. The world they arrive at is under a dimensional invasion by brood-like creatures. However, there is something of high value to the gang there, and they drop in to investigate.
What they find will lead them to Keloton, city-ship and home of the Hoxscarus. One problem is...
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Sometimes time travel is just the miracle you need. Unless it sends you to the last place you want to go.
Abigail Martin needs a miracle. After a crushing family secret stole her job, her apartment, and her future, she escapes her ruined life and risks a return to her hometown. Hints from a trusted friend that a mysterious bed and breakfast could grant her deepest desires lead her to rent a room. But when her former crush-a man she's spent months...
100) Kiss of Pride
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"Her books are always fresh, romantic, inventive, and hilarious."
-New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs
Trust the always original, wonderfully fun Sandra Hill to do the wildly unexpected! With Kiss of Pride, the New York Times bestselling author-best known for her steamy and hilarious romance novels featuring lusty Viking heroes and heroines-turns the paranormal romance genre upside-down…with the first in a seductive new series that...
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