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(0)Daniel Polansky
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"When a woman with perfect memory sets out to solve a riddle, the threads she tugs on could bring a whole city crashing down. The God-King who made her is at risk, and his other servants will do anything to stop her. To become the God-King's Amanuensis, Manet had to master all seven perfections, developing her body and mind to the peak of human performance. She remembers everything that has happened to her, in absolute clarity, a gift that will surely...
2) The builders
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A missing eye. A broken wing. A stolen country. The last job didn't end well. Years go by, and scars fade, but memories only fester. For the animals of the Captain's company, survival has meant keeping a low profile, building a new life, and trying to forget the war they lost. But now the Captain's whiskers are twitching at the idea of evening the score.
3) War spies
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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A collection of short biographical sketches describes the background stories and pivotal achievements of six of history's most famous war spies, including Sir Francis Walsingham, Belle Boyd, Kim Philby, Virginia Hall, and Allen Dulles.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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It takes more than one person to bring about War. This book will follow the lives of six key players during one of the most controversial wars in history.
Profiles is so much more than just your typical biography. This book in our six-in-one, full-color bio series will focus on the five W's of the Vietnam War--who, what, where, when, and why. Kids will learn all of the biographical information they need to know (background, family, education, accomplishments,...
5) Baby Teeth
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In Daniel Polansky's latest short story "Baby Teeth," a forlorn teenager's monotonous life is interrupted, when a stranger draws him into the hunt for a vampiric serial killer. He will learn that, while monsters are much more real than he thought, there is no such thing as heroes.
6) meat+drink
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Baltimore isn't safe. Not even for the predatory meat that stalks its nights. Searching for victims who won't be missed, meat doesn't feel regret or pain-only thirst. But, the meat remembers something more...doesn't it? Is there more to eternal life than finding another drink?
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M is a magician of modest wit, dim ability, and few scruples, who would prefer to spend his easy immortality drinking artisanal beer and making eyes at smiling women. Alas, in the infinite nexus of the universe that is New York City, equilibrium is no easy thing to maintain. Canal pirates, drug-induced divinities, pocket steam-punk universes, hipster zombies, ex-girlfriends, and the devil are all taken in easy stride-but when the city's uneasy dual...
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Once he was a hero of the Great War, and then a member of the dreaded Black House. Now he is the criminal linchpin of Low Town. His name is Warden. He thought he had left the war behind him, but a summons from up above brings the past sharply, uncomfortably, back into focus. General Montgomery's daughter is missing somewhere in Low Town, searching for clues about her brother's murder. The General wants her found, before the stinking streets can lay...
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Angry Robot
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"Tomorrow, the funk descends on Manhattan, a noxious cloud which separates the island from the rest of the world and mutates the population. Some generations on, the surviving population exists amid the rubble of modernity, wearing our cast-off clothing, worshipping celebrities as dim gods and using emojis in place or written language. The Island exists in a state of uneasy peace, with each neighborhood an independent fiefdom, protecting itself with...