![]() ![]() Freedom, religion and self-determination are anachronisms. ![]() ![]() ![]() Every citizen is implanted with a device to monitor their location, health and emotions. The Magistratus controls interstellar travel, access to technology, even procreation. In return for its protection, citizens must concede their rights absolutely. Humanity’s survivors are now dispersed among distant colonies, thousands of light years from the barren, frozen rock that was once their home.Īt a time when power means everything, the ultimate power, the imperium, rests with the Consulate Magistratus. Yet only together can they hope to save humanity from utter annihilation.ĪMAZON US | AMAZON UK | Add to Goodreads Shelf **********Ĭenturies have passed since life ended on the blue planet. Rell, a woman raised in a cult, will stop at nothing to keep him away from what she holds sacred. Torsten Vikker, a soldier who’d rather read than fight, is on a mission to recover an artifact rumored to have the power to defeat the dragzhi. Instead they caught the attention of the dragzhi, an aggressive alien species, and found themselves in the midst of a war they were doomed to lose. They built a new society while they waited for rescue. Two hundred years ago, an interplanetary expedition crashed on a deserted planet. A soldier wakes, possibly the last survivor of a brutal attack by machines intent on destroying humanity, but all is not as it seems in this thrilling futuristic tale with a twist that will make you want to read it all over again.ĪMAZON US | AMAZON UK | Add to Goodreads Shelf ![]()
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![]() ![]() There are lots of hilariously cute foodimals with funny names, such as Cheespider, Tacodile, Watermelophant, Shrimpanzees and more. Those foodimal designs are great, whimsical and creative. The creature designs are for the foodimals, the complex food-based organisms (or the mutant food-inspired creatures as I would call them) created by the Food Replicator. The extra characters are Chester V, Barb, Thinkquanauts, Sentinels of Safety and the other Live Corp employees. The book covers the characters and creature designs, and the production designs for the environment and props.Īs most of the characters are featured in the earlier art book, the emphasis here is the commentary on how they have changed since we last saw them. ![]() On the back of that cover is a 3-page colour script, essentially the storyboard from start to the ending. The front cover is actually a gatefold that when opened up shows a beautiful landscape painting of the Swallow Falls with the wonderful food creatures. ![]() This is a very well done companion art book to the movie Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2. This art book for Cloudy's sequel is just as good as the first art book. ![]() ![]() Pure Land Buddhism in Tibet?: From Sukhāvatī to the Field of Great Bliss by: Kapstein, Matthew T. Pure Land Buddhism in India by: Fujita, Kōtatsu 1928- Published: (1996) ![]() Published: (2022)ĭemythologizing pure land Buddhism: Yasuda Rijin and the Shin Buddhist tradition by: Watt, Paul Brooks 1946- Published: (2016) On Esoteric Pure Land Buddhism by: Proffitt, Aaron P. Pure Land Buddhism by: Kumar, Ashwani Published: (2012)Īpologetic Strategies in Late Imperial Chinese Pure Land Buddhism by: Jones, Charles Brewer 1957- Published: (2001) Pure land Buddhism: historical development and contemporary manifestation by: Tanaka, Kenneth Kazuo 1935- Published: (2004) Transitions in the Practice and Defense of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism by: Jones, Charles Brewer 1957- Published: (2003) ![]() Where is the Pure Land?: Controversy in Chinese Buddhism on the Nature of Pure Land by: Tanaka, Kenneth K (Kenneth Ken'ichi) Published: (1987)ĭevelopment of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism 1 by: Mochizuki, Shinkō Published: (1983) ![]() The pure land in the history of Chinese Buddhism by: Jones, Charles B. Seeking the Pure Land (in the Classroom) by: Marchman, Kendall Published: (2019)Ĭhinese Pure Land Buddhism: understanding a tradition of practice by: Jones, Charles Brewer 1957- Published: (2020) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And also to vindicate his mother, by seeing the mission through to its treacherous end. Now it's Devin's mission to destroy a covert network poised to deliver a fatal blow to the future of the United States. What he uncovers, clue by clue, is a conspiracy more widespread and insidious than anyone could have imagined. 2022-2023 RELEASES CLICK HERE TO ORDER DEEP SLEEP, COMING DAWN OR WIDE AWAKE CLICK HERE TO ORDER VINDICTA (BLACK FLAGGED BOOK 6) CLICK BANNERS BELOW TO LEARN MORE ABOUT EACH SERIES Stopping the most dangerous conspiracy to ever threaten America means believing the unthinkable. With the help of longtime friend and former Marine helicopter pilot Marnie Young and a loyal team of covert operatives Helen summoned just before her death, Devin is propelled into a high-stakes chase across the country. Others, including Devin, believe she was chasing delusions. Helen Gray, a paranoid and disgraced former CIA officer, believed she was on the verge of preventing a national catastrophe-a mission worth dying for. Stopping the most dangerous conspiracy to ever threaten America means believing the unthinkable in an explosive novel by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Steven Konkoly.Ĭountersurveillance expert Devin Gray is unwittingly thrown headfirst into dangerous new territory after the death of his mother. ![]() ![]() ![]() His debut album peaked at number two in the UK. 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Khan launched himself as a record producer under the moniker "Naughty Boy" and runs his own production company called Naughty Boy Recordings. In 2012, Khan signed a three–year publishing deal with Sony ATV, as well as a recording contract to release one album under Virgin EMI Records. Shahid Khan ( Urdu: شاهد خان born 1 January 1981), better known by his stage name Naughty Boy, is a British DJ, record producer, songwriter and musician. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With a cast of lovable characters and a relatable story, this book is sure to put a smile on your face. ![]() She’s thrilled when she’s accepted into a prestigious art school, but soon realizes that fitting in isn’t as easy as she thought. In this charming coming-of-age story, April Hale is a quirky teenager who dreams of making it big as an artist. 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Unless she and her former friends return to the land in rural Maine, the terrible thing they did as teenagers-their last-ditch attempt to save Home-will be revealed.įrom vastly different lives, the five return to confront their blackmailer and reckon with the horror that split them apart. Her carefully walled life is torn open by threatening letters. Two decades later, Saskia is shuttered in her Connecticut estate, estranged from the others. But most of all she was taken with Abraham, Home's charismatic leader, the North Star to Saskia and the four other teens who lived there, her best and only friends. She was entranced by the tang of sourdough starter the midnight call of the loons the triumph of foraging wild mushrooms from the forest floor. Saskia was a damaged, lonely teenager when she arrived at the lakeside commune called Home. ![]() ![]() The descendants are not aware of the ancient antecedents revealed to the reader by the all-knowing writer as the story progresses through the Davidic kingdom, Hellenistic times, Roman times, etc. The book follows the story of the Family of Ur from a Stone Age family whose wife begins to believe that there is a supernatural force, which slowly leads us to the beginnings of monotheism. Archaeologists digging at the tell at Makor uncover artifacts from each layer, which then serve as the basis for a chapter exploring the lives of the people involved with that artifact. A parallel frame story set in Israel in the 1960s supports the historical timeline. Unlike most Michener novels, this book is not in strict chronological order. Prosaically, the name comes from a freshwater well just north of Makor, but symbolically it stands for much more, historically and spiritually. The Source uses, for its central device, a fictional tell (mound/hill) in northern Israel called "Makor" ( Hebrew: "source"). It is a survey of the history of the Jewish people and the land of Israel from pre-monotheistic days to the birth of the modern State of Israel. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Source is a historical novel by James A. ![]() ![]() ![]() But if his ragtag crew succeeds, they will make not only history. PIRATE LATITUDES, by Michael Crichton (Harper 312 pages 27.99) 5: 6: 9: HALF BROKE HORSES, by Jeannette Walls (Scribner 288 pages 26) 9: 11: 10: TOO MUCH MONEY, by Dominick Dunne (Crown 275. Hunter's crew of buccaneers must battle not only the Spanish fleet but other deadly perils - raging hurricanes, cannibal tribes, even sea monsters. Pirate Latitudes: A Novel by Michael Crichton 3.6 (1155) Paperback (Reissue) 16.99 Paperback 16.99 eBook 8.99 Audiobook 0.00 Large Print 27.99 Audio CD 19. The target is Matanceros, guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla, and considered impregnable with its gun emplacements and sheer cliffs. Yet that is exactly what renowned privateer Captain Charles Hunter plans to do, with the connivance of Charles II's ruling governor, Sir James Almont. Its capital, Port Royal, a cuthroat town of taverns, grog shops and bawdy houses - the last place imaginable from which to launch an unthinkable attack on a nearby Spanish stronghold. Jamaica, in 1665 a lone outpost of British power amid Spanish waters in the sunbaked Caribbean. An irresistible tale of swashbuckling pirates in the New World from master storyteller Michael Crichton - now in paperback ![]() ![]() ![]() Why does Jules/Chauncey hate Patch so much? Is his anger justified?. ![]() ![]() How is Patch’s relationship with Nora different from the relationship that got him expelled from Heaven? Why was he so resistant to becoming a guardian angel? Where do you think Patch and Nora’s relationship will go?.Why does Elliot help Jules/Chauncey? Why does Vee defend the two Kinghorn boys? Are they equally responsible for what happens?.What draws Nora to Patch? How much of it is physical? How much of it is destiny? Should she have tried to fight the attraction?.How does Nora feel when she and Patch are first paired up in biology class? Would their paths have crossed otherwise? How different-or similar-are Patch and Nora below the surface?.But how much does she really want to know about what may turn out to be the ultimate bad boy? ![]() a dark past that both frightens and intrigues Nora. So why is Nora Grey, who excels at keeping her life danger-free, so drawn to him? Why is it that when she looks into his black eyes her body stops listening to her brain? Patch has secrets. Danger oozes out of every gorgeous pore of Patch Cipriano’s well-toned body. ![]() |