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Skyworld volume 1
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In a world where humanity lives in the sky to escape a deadly mist below, Cass's only goal is survival. That is, until she finds a job on the airship Daedalus as a diver. Now she explores ruined cities, looking for treasure and people?s lost heirlooms until a young man hires her to find the impossible: a way to eradicate the Mist. Theodore Winchester is a member of one of the Five Families that rule the skies. Following in his father's footsteps,...
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Book of dust volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 20
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When Malcolm finds a secret message inquiring about a dangerous substance called Dust, he finds himself embroiled in a tale of intrigue featuring enforcement agents from the Magisterium, a woman with an evil monkey daemon, and a baby named Lyra.
3) Mortal Coils
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Mortal Coils Aldous Huxley - Mortal Coils is a collection of five short fictional pieces written by Aldous Huxley in 1921.
As a Hollywood screenwriter Huxley used much of his earnings to bring Jewish and left-wing writer and artist refugees from Hitler's Germany to the US. He worked for many of the major studios including MGM and Disney.
In 1953, Huxley and Maria applied for United States citizenship. When Huxley refused to bear arms for the U.S....
4) Goliath
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Leviathan trilogy volume 3
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IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
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Alek and Deryn encounter obstacles on the last leg of their round-the-world quest to end World War I, reclaim Alek's throne as prince of Austria, and finally fall in love.
5) Lord Jim
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Lord Jim, by Joseph Conrad, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
• New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary...
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'The War in the Air' is a science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells, first published in 1908. As with many of Wells' works, it contains prophetic ideas about the future, in this case the profuse use of aircraft on the battlefield and the imminent world war. An entertaining and thought-provoking tale, 'The War in the Air' is not to be missed by lovers of classic science fiction. Contents include: 'The Dream', 'The Wear And Tear Of Episcopacy', 'Insomnia',...
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Ehrich Weisz chronicles volume 1
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When young Ehrich Weisz - the future illusionist, Harry Houdini - follows his brother, Dash, through a strange portal, he is thrust into an alternate New York where the immigrants aren't just different ethnicities but different species. He finds work in this strange steampunk world as a Demon Hunter, tracking down dangerous otherworldly visitors that threaten the city's safety, while hiding his own foreign origins. A curious medallion, his only clue...
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Ehrich Weisz chronicles volume 2
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Ehrich Weisz, Demon Hunter was introduced to steampunk fans in Demon Gate. Now, he is continuing his increasingly desperate quest to rescue his brother in an alternate universe in the sequel, Infinity Coil.
Now a fugitive from Demon Watch, young Ehrich Weisz hides in the underbelly of an alternate New York where immigrants from other dimensions mingle among Americans. Amid growing racial tensions, Ehrich searches for Kifo, the man who stole his brother's...
10) Malum
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A dark, forgotten demon is freed to stride the city streets once more, taking lives as it burns through one body after another. Josephine Chattoway, recently sold into marriage by an absent father, is escorted by her bohemian Aunt Sylvia to meet her erstwhile suitor. Along the way, she discovers the visions which have made her doubt her sanity for so long are real. They are also the key to unlocking powerful ancient protectors which will stand between...
11) Showdown
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It's not a gold mine!Abigail has finally discovered the secret of the mine and the reason Mr. Huntington is desperate to get to the bottom of it. She is torn between doing what her heart wants her to do, and what she knows is the right thing to do.This is the epic conclusion of this steampunk trilogy. Answers await those who dare.
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No one is infallible, but some people cannot afford to be wrong, not when lives are at stake. In this dark fantasy/Steampunk short story from the world of Eva Thorne, visit The Fortress, where a line in the sand has been drawn to keep the living safe from the god of death. Meet the man who guards that line.
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Gunpowder magic, steam-power, adventure, and intrigue...Carrtog, landless third son of Tsingallik and warrior trained in the use of powder magic, intends to make his way as a mercenary for hire. On his travels north, he and his personal guardsman stumble upon the royal christening of an expansion to Cragmor's burgeoning railway -- in this case a gift from the King as a sign of goodwill to the conquered north of old. When the gathered populace prove...
14) The Flux Engine
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John Porter didn't expect his experiment to go horribly awry and send every Tommy in town on a rampage.
The steam-powered metal men tore down half of Sprocketville before they were stopped. After that debacle, John expected a visit from the sheriff ... not a robber who stole his heirloom crystal-a mysterious gift from his long-lost mother-and then shot him in the chest for good measure.
Left for dead, John is revived, and then deputized, by...
15) Dybbuk's Asylum
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Knowledge is Survival.
More than a motto, it is the principle that compels the Knowledge Reclamators to venture forth into the dangerous wilds of the post-Luddite Tyranny world, braving mutated Altered and cunning death traps, in search of precious information crèches.
Beguiled by the promise of a singular reward and treasures for the taking, Caern Bloodson and his team embark on a perilous mission to retrieve a unique artifact with a sordid history....
16) Steampunk Jungle
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Patton, a college aged genius plans to rob a train of gold. He enlists the aid of Geronimo, a widowed ex-con, Skittles, a good natured circus acrobat, and Royce, a cigar chomping biker. After the robbery takes place, the gold is divided into three lots and hidden on three different vehicles...causing confusion and betrayal by all involved in this steampunk adventure.
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H. G. Wells is a Victorian-era James Bond who must defend England and the world against time travelers, alien incursions and interdimensional threats (if he can learn quickly on the job, and survive the human foes he encounters, that is!)
During his missions, Wells will team up with Anton Chekhov to foil an assassination plot against Prince Nicholas Romanov of Russia, oversee the construction of the giant antenna designed to detect alien invasion...
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En un mágico San Francisco de 1899, el nuevo milenio se acerca rápidamente. Por supuesto, nuevos inventos ocurren cada día, algunos maravillosos, otros mundanos mientras las calles producen un nuevo asesinato cada noche.
Con este telón de fondo desaparece una joven de la alta sociedad, Helena Brandywine, se encargará, junto con su criado de confianza, de descubrir lo que ha pasado.
¿La mujer se enfrentó a las bandas del Barrio Chino?...
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Her Majesty's Witch, a member of the secret society of the Grigori, and married to Emmet, a former angel with the capability to transform into a golem, Bayla's life is complex, to say the least.
As if her life was not complicated enough, Bayla's beloved husband is plagued with becoming a golem without notice while unconscious. A trip to visit Herr Doctor Sigmund Freud becomes necessary to get to the root of Emmet's spontaneous golemness.
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20) The Ghost Engine
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She thought she could change the world...When Lady Elizabeth Ada Lovelace, a beautiful, arrogant suffragette, purchased the 19th-century Algorithmic Engine in order to become the world's first programmer, she planned to break the shackles of inequality for Victorian women. Until her world became that of the machine...Instead she learns the true meaning of equality when she ends up trapped, brought down to the level of the machine. Inside the double-crossing...
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