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Savages of Gor [Gor Series Book 17] [MultiFormat]
by John Norman
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Refusing to bargain with the evil Kur, who have taken possession of Port Kar, Tarl Cabot travels into the deepest, least known parts of Gor and face the most barbaric of Goreans to save Half-Ear, a rebellious Kur who is useful to the Priest Kings. SAVAGES OF GOR is an amazing adventure in which Tarl Cabot must survive all kinds of tribulations so that the Kurii, a monster alien race that is preparing to invade Gor from space, do not get the Priest Kings' valuable captive. Coinciding with the 40t... more info>> (Published: 1982)
Words: 130258 - Reading Time: 372-521 min.
Category: Erotica/Erotic Fantasy/Fantasy
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Stealing Heaven: The Love Story of Heloise and Abelard [MultiFormat]
by Marion Meade
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In twelfth-century France, two of Europe's greatest minds met and fell in love. It was a love forbidden by the world around them and eventually they were torn apart from each other. But, the spark of it remained smoldering inside the lovers until their death and beyond. Heloise and her tutor, Peter Abelard, share a devotion passionate in its depth and beautiful in its thoughtfulness. They marry, and Heloise bears a son whom she names Astrolabe. However, all of this must be done in secret, for A... more info>> (Published: 1979)
Words: 156973 - Reading Time: 448-627 min.
Category: Historical Fiction/Romance
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Survival in the Ashes [Ashes: 12] [MultiFormat]
by William W. Johnstone
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Hell On Three Sides. Ben Raines and his freedom-fighting guerrillas are camped along the banks of what was once the Mississippi River, plotting strategy and readying weapons. A massive pack of heavily armed troops looms on the horizon, marching straight for the Rebels. They are the insidious mercenaries of Kenny Par and Lan Viller, and by midday only the Mississippi separates Raines from the ten thousand blood-hungry warriors all sworn to turn the Rebels' dream into a hellish nightmare. Just as ... more info>> (Published: 1990)
Words: 84429 - Reading Time: 241-337 min.
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Swift Thoughts [MultiFormat]
by George Zebrowski
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This collection of stories showcases the work of George Zebrowski, one of science fiction's masters and a writer Hugo and Nebula Award winner Robert J. Sawyer has called "one of the most philosophically astute writers in science fiction." Like the writers Olaf Stapledon, Arthur C. Clarke, and Stanislaw Lem, Zebrowski explores the "big questions"--the expansion of human horizons, and the growth of power over our lives and the world in which we live. In the title story, scientists push the bounda... more info>> (Published: 2002)
Words: 114437 - Reading Time: 326-457 min.
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The Coming of Wisdom [Seventh Sword #2] [MultiFormat]
by Dave Duncan
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Wallie Smith is staring death in the face; only a miracle can save him. And then one does! The Goddess appears to preserve his soul, but she does much more than that. She promises to bestow upon him a new and powerful body, and, more important, to endow him with the fabled Sapphire Sword of Chioxin. But nothing in this world or any other comes without a price. The Goddess demands that for her services Wallie become her champion. It will be an honor to serve such a presence, to have the chance to... more info>> (Published: 2005)
Words: 118093 - Reading Time: 337-472 min.
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The Dark Light Years [MultiFormat]
by Brian W. Aldiss
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What would intelligent life-forms on another planet look like? Would they walk upright? Would they wear clothes? Or would they be hulking creatures on six legs that wallow in their own excrement? Upon first contact with the Utod -- intelligent, pacifist beings who feel no pain -- mankind instantly views these aliens as animals because of their unhygienic customs. This leads to the slaughter, capture and dissection of the Utod. But when one explorer recognizes the intelligence behind their habit... more info>> (Published: 1964)
Words: 46944 - Reading Time: 134-187 min.
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The Destiny of the Sword [Seventh Sword #3] [MultiFormat]
by Dave Duncan
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Wally Smith, having died on Earth, finds himself reincarnated as a swordsman in another world and entrusted by the presiding goddess with a mission that has no appeal for him at all. Can he bring together all the swordsmen to finally defeat the Sorcerors and their terrible technology? Wally isn't quite convinced he should, but Goddesses can be very persuasive... This is the third and final exciting book, after "The Reluctant Swordsman" and "The Coming of Wisdom," in The Seventh Sword Trilogy. (Published: 2005)
Words: 120111 - Reading Time: 343-480 min.
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The Flesh Eaters [MultiFormat]
by L.A. Morse
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Cannibalistic cave dwellers. Huge, terrifying clans roaming the moors, seeking out human flesh to rend and consume. It sounds like the horrors of prehistoric savages, but it falls well within recorded history of civilized men. The first half of the fifteenth century saw savagery and fear that erased the line between man and beast. Just eight miles east of the modern city of Edinburgh, Sawney Bean and his murderous family prowled the Scottish coasts, robbing travelers and consuming their victims... more info>> (Published: 1979)
Words: 55153 - Reading Time: 157-220 min.
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The Girl With the Persian Shawl [MultiFormat]
by Elizabeth Mansfield
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An Arrogant Spinster, a Dashing Rake, and an Unsigned Painting The Girl With Persian Shawl was a strangely bewitching masterpiece that had hung in the Rendell household for generations. Kate Rendell graciously let the dashing Lord Ainsworth view the work, and was outraged when he dared to insinuate that the painting came into the family by nefarious means. She was unfazed that Lord Ainsworth left her estate believing she was little more than an arrogant spinster. But everything changed when she... more info>> (Published: 2002)
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The Monster War: A Tale of the King's Blades [MultiFormat]
by Dave Duncan
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Originally issued as a YA trilogy, "The King's Daggers" (including volumes Sir Stalwart, The Crooked House and Silvercloak), The Monster War works equally well as a single novel. The story fills a gap in the first Blades novel, The Gilded Chain, when King Ambrose sought to shut down the evil sorcery of the "Elementaries" and the sorcerers fought back by trying to kill him. The same great characters are all here: Ambrose himself, Grand Master, and Blades Durendal, Bandit, and Snake. Appearing for... more info>> (Published: 1999)
Words: 145057 - Reading Time: 414-580 min.
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The Prince of Berlin [MultiFormat]
by Dan Sherman
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"The best spy novel Dan Sherman has ever written." -- New York Daily News Harry Rose, last of the great American spymasters, has stepped to the helm of the Berlin station in the wake of the Second World War. From deep within a pulverized Germany, he launches his own renegade operation to avert World War III. But there are some within his camp who claim that Harry has finally gone too far, playing the game of nations from the bottom of the deck. Here is an inside story of the nuclear arms race-... more info>> (Published: 1983)
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The Stricken Field [A Handful of Men #3] [MultiFormat]
by Dave Duncan
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Paranoid but almighty, the sorcerer Xinixo had seized control of the Impire. But ruling the imps and most of the world was not enough. He would never feel safe until he was universally loved, so he would smash everything and then rebuild the whole world in his own insane image. Who could resist him? King Rap of Krasnegar and Shandie, the rightful Imperor, were still at large and determined to resist the evil, however slender their chances. Their one, faint hope was to enlist the help of the rema... more info>> (Published: 2005)
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Time Slave [MultiFormat]
by John Norman
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Dr. Brenda Hamilton--a Ph.D. mathematician from Cal Tech--is beautiful, though she does not know her true beauty. She is a woman, though she does not know her true womanhood. Deep within herself she is sensual, though her senses have been dulled by this modern world. Hamilton has come to Africa to work under the brilliant Danish scientist Herjellsen, a man who speaks of reaching the stars. But what does the ancient stone axe lying on his lab table have to do with space travel? Soon, it becomes... more info>> (Published: 1975)
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To The Vanishing Point [MultiFormat]
by Alan Dean Foster
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The Sonderberg family doesn't know it yet, but this isn't going to be any ordinary road trip. After they pick up an unassuming hitchhiker, a quiet drive down Interstate 40 becomes a trip into an alternate reality. It turns out the family has just given a ride to an alien who has the fate of the universe resting on her shoulders. Now the Sonderberg family must fight evil alongside their new alien friend in a desperate attempt to save the world they love. (Published: 1988)
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Trapped in the Ashes [Ashes: 10] [MultiFormat]
by William W. Johnstone
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Trapped in the smoking rubble of what was once New York City, Ben Raines and his ragged band of followers are up against their biggest challenge. The terrorist Khasmin is marching north to join the cannibalistic Night People and the forces of Sister Velora, with the final annihilation of Ben's hold-out army as their goal. Defeat seems a certainty. But Ben Raines has made crucial decisions in the face of overwhelming odds before. Now, he must gather what forces he has to strike one hard, crushing... more info>> (Published: 1989)
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Tribesmen of Gor [Gor Series Book 10] [MultiFormat]
by John Norman
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In this tenth volume of John Norman's Gor series, Tarl Cabot must prove his final loyalty to the harsh and caste-bound planet known as counter-earth. "Surrender Gor," reads a message sent from the Others, a mysterious people from the worlds of steel. Either the proud rulers of Gor submit or be destroyed. Now Tarl Cabot is leaving the decadent city of Port Kar to wander in the wilds of Gor, taking up the sword to defend his rulers and enemies, the Priest-kings. For he knows that the fate of his h... more info>> (Published: 1976)
Words: 164746 - Reading Time: 470-658 min.
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Wildcatter [MultiFormat]
by Dave Duncan
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As long as there is money to be made, there will be Wildcatters. Throughout human history wildcatters, the first great explorers and prospectors to lay claim to newly discovered lands, have marched to the beat of a different drummer--motivated by a deep yearning to be the first to walk on uncharted land and benefit from treasures yet to be discovered. In the future, wildcatters in space will travel to exoplanets, located in The Big Nothing, to search for new chemicals which, when transformed i... more info>> (Published: 2012)
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'Nids [MultiFormat]
by Ray Garton
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Medical research? Genetic experiments? No one knows exactly what goes on inside the sprawling BioGenTech building on the edge of town. But after an enormous explosion at the facility, people in town start turning up dead...and in pieces. Something is loose in Hope Valley. Something big...and fast...and hungry. It has a lot of legs, a nasty disposition and a big appetite. This is one spider you can't step on. (Published: 2006)
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A Conversation with Fear [MultiFormat]
by Mermer Blakeslee
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"We all pack different ideas and feelings into the word fear: fear of the unknown, fear of failure, of losing control, of aging, of falling down, fear of the body reacting and fear of the body not reacting, even the fear of saying the word fear. This book does not attempt to define fear or explain why a frightened person experiences certain physiological responses. It doesn't separate students into categories or classify symptoms. What this book does attempt is to offer you both audacity and co... more info>> (Published: 2010)
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A Cry For Self-Help [MultiFormat]
by Jaqueline Girdner
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Kate Jasper, Marin County, California's own, organically grown, amateur sleuth returns in this eighth mystery in the series. ("A cultural anthropologist of the laughing gas variety."--Don Herron, SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN.) In A CRY FOR SELF-HELP, Kate Jasper and her sweetie take the plunge and join a Wedding Ritual Class, hoping to find inspiration for their own possible nuptials. On a field trip to observe a scuba-diving marriage ceremony, Sam Skyler, the man who has become a living legend as... more info>> (Published: 1997)
Words: 78152 - Reading Time: 223-312 min.
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A Different Light [MultiFormat]
by Elizabeth A. Lynn
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In the future, cancer has been eliminated on Earth. Despite his diagnosis, celebrated artist Jimson Alleca can live peacefully for another twenty years if he stays on the planet to receive his medication. But, Jimson doesn't want peace; he wants love. Even though it will shorten his lifespan to one single year more, Jimson leaves space-normal to enter "the Hype," a shimmering space outside of space. He goes in search of his former lover, the starcaptain Russell O'Neill. What he finds is enough a... more info>> (Published: 1978)
Words: 52026 - Reading Time: 148-208 min.
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A Gathering of Stars [MultiFormat]
by Donald Moffitt
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The ambitious Sultan of Alpha Centauri can only claim the illustrious title of Caliph if he makes a ritual pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca. This journey completed, he will rule the entire population of the greater Islamic universe. But human knowledge has not yet been able to overcome the significant challenges presented by interplanetary travel. However, the Sultan resourcefully enlists the help of Abdul Hamid-Jones, a clever fugitive with a price on his head and the law on his heels. Thro... more info>> (Published: 1989)
Words: 104000 - Reading Time: 297-416 min.
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A Gentleman at Heart [MultiFormat]
by Barbara Pierce
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Barbara Pierce introduced the impetuous Bedegrayne family in A Lady's Mischief, a novel Gaelen Foley called "delightful, vivid, and exciting." Now this spectacular new author introduces the next Bedegrayne sibling, who discovers that a woman's touch can tame even the fiercest man? Wynne Bedegrayne seems destined to become a spinster. Her beauty and charm mean nothing when her intelligence frightens off every suitor-and her charitable work with the Benevolent Sisterhood leads her into scrapes no ... more info>> (Published: 2004)
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A Gentleman's Bargain [MultiFormat]
by Patricia Waddell
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Longing for a new life, Claire Aldrich arrives in a San Francisco of gaslights and grand opportunities expecting to stay with her brother. But her sibling has vanished in the huge city, and now Claire is desperate. Where can she possibly find a job suitable for a girl with a pretty face, genteel upbringing, and no skills? Then wealthy banker Garrett Monroe, a man handsome enough to be every woman's dream, proposes something scandalous--a pretend engagement! To convince his dying grandmother that... more info>> (Published: 2004)
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A Gross Carriage of Justice [MultiFormat]
by Robert Fish
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Another installment into the Murder League, this time ex-detectives Carruthers, Simpson, and Briggs fall prey to inept kidnappers Clarence Alexander and Harold Nishbagel. Of course, the situation is quickly overturned and the captives bring the kidnappers to their knees. It's time for a new brand of justice as these three older Britons take the law into their own hands. (Published: 1979)
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