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1461) Warped on a Moon Trek
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TOMORROW IS YESTERDAY AND NEXT WEEK MAY NEVER COME... Sylvia Stryker is the Moon Unit Corporation's employee of the month. Impressive, since her side gig solving intergalactic mysteries takes up most of her time. But she is put to a new test after her mentor, Neptune, flies through a wormhole to meet with a reclusive scientist about the faulty chip powering their lunar module. The contact has been hiding from accusations of murder on another planet....
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On its surface, this speculative fiction short story (7,800 words) deals with one man's obsessive quest for knowledge and the devastating price he must pay for the knowledge he ultimately acquires. Beneath the surface, this story is about deep friendships complicated by unrequited love, split loyalties, the interplay of id, ego and superego, and existentialist lessons learned too late in life.
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Was ist wirklich dran an den Gefahren durch Elektrosmog, Gentechnik und Radioaktivität? Sind die Risiken durch Feinstaub und Stickoxide in unseren Städten tatsächlich so groß, wie oft behauptet wird? Gibt es Gründe zu glauben, dass Funkmasten und Hochspannungsleitungen unsere Gesundheit gefährden? Und ist „Öko…" automatisch immer gut? Dieses Buch geht solchen Fragen mit einer soliden wissenschaftlichen Arbeitsweise nach. Es hilft Ihnen...
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No need for a ploy, boy. Just set yourself free. On the heels of a crazy, dangerous scheme that he barely got away with, Chuck Ramsey presses his luck and keeps trying. But on Ganymede, in the heart of Sol's wine country, in the territory of a small but ruthless local criminal syndicate, his luck runs out. Chuck sends off quick comms to the rest of the family to get them back to the ship on the double. Two problems: Becky doesn't believe he's really...
1465) Die publizistische Gesellschaft: Journalismus und Medien im Zeitalter des Plattformkapitalismus
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In diesem essential wird der radikale Wandel der Medien und des Journalismus durch den Aufstieg der Plattformen beschrieben. Es wird gezeigt, wie neue Akteure mit neuen Herangehensweisen auf die Bühne treten. Denn durch die aufgezeigten Veränderungen kann jeder Mensch ohne besonderen Sachverstand weltweit publizieren. Dies verändert grundlegend die Produktionsweisen und Geschäftsmodelle der Medien und des Journalismus selbst, denn jeder...
1466) Shermy
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After a lifetime of manipulation… And the loss of home, family, and security… Can a left-over boy and a broken girl find a happily ever after? No one ever asked Shermy if he wanted to live his life as part of a secret organization carrying out a dangerous, and ultimately futile, experiment. In fact, he didn't even know that was his life, until the night he lost everything. Well, not everything. His neighbor Patty had also survived the events at...
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This Complete Apocalyptic Novel Series (Books 1-7) begins when ragtag survivors of an alien invasion try to save humanity from the Book of Revelation's seven seals. Tag along with the gang as they fight their way through the apocalypse while facing zombies, aliens, and a few strange creatures.Suspenseful and optimistic, this apocalyptic series follows ordinary people as they try to carry out the impossible task of saving humankind.
1468) Gods of Smoke and Stars
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My name is Eve Redding. You may have heard of me. Since curing the Sickness, my team and I were in high demand. That's why we were in a remote, smoke-filled desert attending a tournament-style Trial to honor the local goddess. Then, some idiot thief with an agenda beyond simple treasure decided to steal the Oracle's third gift, a puzzle band that would grant prophetic visions when solved. They gave it to the local goddess as an offering. Now, to get...
1469) Serpent Mound
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To save my ex, I'll have to return to the place we began. But I fear my new love might not be willing to stick around when I do. Nia Rivers spent her immortal life-what she can remember of it-uncovering and recording the horrors of the past to prevent the genocide of humans. Now, she'll have to unearth her own beginning to prevent someone else's end. Zane may have ended their relationship, but Nia's not willing to let him die, even if her fledgling...
1470) The Brigands
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Some family reunions have arguments. This one has a demon war.And in the middle of its destruction, Ashe must help his daughter.She exists as a living ghost. Her body is broken. Inert.To make her whole, he needs to carve through a dark empire to take back the cure from its leader. Her mother. Ashe's ex.The odds are against him. The bloody empress has united the east with demonic armies of super-tech and sorcery. The tattered west possesses only...
1471) Retro Version
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Simpler times don't always mean simpler troubles. With captain Carl Ramsey presumed dead, the Mobius crew heads off to a retrovert colony, among the history-loving residents and old-Earth lifestyle. With limited scanning tech and access to the omni, the crew believes no one will recognize the not-actually-dead Carl--until the galaxy's sharpest investigators show up. But not even a utopian middle-twentieth century colony can suppress Carl's natural...
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The galaxy isn't ready for Mort and Chuck. A traveling con man poses as a vintage comedian, touring the galaxy with his wife and kids in tow. When he picks up a hitchhiking wizard desperate to flee Earth, they become a hilarious mixed family. Crime, comedy, and magical mayhem are in store. Mission 1: Know When to RunA prominent wizard makes a deadly mistake and runs out his welcome on Earth. A shady comedian with a family and his own starship decides...
1473) Rescue
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Buried secrets, espionage, and a fight for freedom come together in this thrilling sequel in The Alliance Chronicles.Tru Shepherd never expected her decision to expose the American Republic's leaders would lead to her imprisonment in a top-secret prison. Now Tru must rely on her courage and strength to stay alive while facing torture and degradation.Zared Aoki is determined to save the girl he loves, but he must choose between liberating Tru and finding...
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Elisha Grey, scholar in numerous subjects & consulting detective in Atlantis during its Second Era, together with his flatmate Kiara Ptolmai -- daughter of Menos Ptolmai, Atlantean Ambassador to Chungkuo, investigate three crimes. In "The Bones in the Cornerstone" a building renovation to which Kiara Ptolmai and Kamay Pellay have been assigned by their professor in sacred geometry, Magnus Wren, contains the remains of a mother and daughter who may...
1475) The Assassin
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Kumi Ito has her mission, as does Carmichael Snow, but are their objectives compatible?Kumi Ito is a woman with a problem. Since assuming the role of head of the Commerce Department, she's found discrepancies…the kind that could cause anarchy if the truth got out.When Carmichael Snow, the commander of the Emancipation, comes across intelligence that someone has placed a hit on Kumi, he has to save her. His plan? Hide her and find the assassin.As...
1476) Moon of Odysseus
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One man's crash is another man's treasure. "Blackjack, this is Scarecrow. I finally found it. We're going to be rich." Carl Ramsey gets a comm from an old squadron mate with a lead on the salvage of a lifetime: an ARGO battleship. The ENV Odysseus doesn't just represent more money than the Mobius crew has ever seen, it could provide answers on what became of the last ship Carl ever served aboard during his time in the navy. But experimental battleships...
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Lafier is now the captain of a state-of-the-art raid ship, and her brother, Duhier (who is still wrestling with his inferiority complex) has finally enlisted in the Star Forces. Meanwhile, the galactic war is reaching a turning point, as the Hania Federation asks to join the Abh Empire. Will the Empress accept their offer? And might Hania have ulterior motives?
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A copy of the top-secret memo below recently came into our hands, and we thought we should bring it to your attention!
"Dear National Security Elite:
In an ideal world, the public would simply accept whatever their leaders-you, in other words-told them. They would comply with restrictions and mandates, not as a matter of mere obedience, but as a matter of unquestionable patriotic duty.
But we don't live in an ideal world.
And with the fate of...
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TO RESURRECT AN EMPIRE...The ambitious First Lord of the resurrected Star League launches a campaign to rebuild the ancient Capellan Confederation. With his sights set on expanding his borders through the reclamation of the St. Ives Compact, he is brought into direct conflict with his own family. Supported by the ferocious Hustang Warriors, the threat poses a danger to all who would oppose the First Lord's rule. With military units divided in their...
1480) Bleak Horizons
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Gleaming utopias, friendly alien species, allied confederationsThese idealistic dreams can easily fall into a horrible reality-nightmare fueled visions of the future to come.From the loneliness of space, to the horror of first contact gone awry, to planetary colonies facing annihilation; Bleak Horizons offers fifteen stories about what horrors lie waiting for those who look to the future.ContentsAdrift by Kandrel4/13/2060 by Franklin LeoHardwire by...
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