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From bestselling author and international sensation Paulo Coelho, a novel set in a small village about a young, poor barmaid whose wager with the devil leads to a spiritual transformation.
A stranger arrives at the remote village of Viscos, carrying with him a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars. He comes searching for the answer to a question that torments him: Are human beings, in essence, good or evil?
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Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
See how the Lords of the Underworld saga began with the first four sizzling stories by New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter. They dared to open Pandora's Box, and now must carry an eternal curse. The saga begins in a remote fortress in Budapest, where six immortal warriors, each more dangerously seductive than the last, are bound by an ancient curse none has been able to break. Journey through this dark and sensual world, where the line...
4) The branch
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Publisher
WordFire Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Original, irreverent, and thought-provoking--for fans of Chrisopher Moore. It is 2047. The true Messiah has come in the form of a grifter, a scoundrel--who has no idea that he fulfills all four Biblical signs that foretold him. Jeremiah the B, the last possible descendant of the line of David, finds himself in an epic struggle with an underworld boss distinctly similar to a certain Prince of Darkness. As they reveal their low-life selves, you'll wonder...
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Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"William C. Olsen, Walter E. A. van Beek, and the contributors to this volume seek to understand how Africans have confronted evil around them. Grouped around notions of evil as a cognitive or experiential problem, evil as malevolent process, and evil as an inversion of justice, these essays investigate what can be accepted and what must be condemned in order to evaluate being and morality in African cultural and social contexts. These studies of...
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Publisher
HQN Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter's sizzling Lords of the Underworld series continues with three stories featuring dangerously seductive immortal warriors and the women who change them forever. Journey through this dark and sensual world, where the line between good and evil blurs and true love is put to the ultimate test. Bundle includes: The Darkest Prison, The Darkest Whisper, The Darkest Passion and The Darkest Lie . BONUS: The...
7) Swan Song
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Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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McCammon's epic bestselling novel about a girl psychic struggling to survive in the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust Something flashes in nine-year-old Swan's brain, telling her that trouble is coming. Maybe it's her mother, fed up with her current boyfriend and ready to abandon their dismal trailer park and seek a new home. But something far worse is on the horizon. Death falls from the sky-nuclear bombs which annihilate American civilization. Though...
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Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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"Two short novels featuring the vampiric gunslinger who seeks vengeance and justice across the Old West, from the New York Times -- bestselling master of horror. He was once a husband, father, lawyer, and Civil War soldier. Now he is a vampire struggling to hold onto his last thread of humanity -- and to destroy the one who made him. In I Travel by Night , Trevor Lawson handles matters from his lair at the Hotel Sanctuaire in New Orleans. When a prominent...
9) The monster
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Series
Troubletwisters volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Jaide and Jack Shield learn that they're troubletwisters, with powers they must use to stop the Evil from taking over our world. Before, they'd defeated the Evil through luck and intuition. Now though, Jaide and Jack will have to learn how to use their powers, and how to keep on their toes when evil forces return.
The spectacular new middle-grade fantasy series from bestselling authors Garth Nix and Sean Williams.Since moving to the town of Portland,...
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Series
Dark days novel volume 5th
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"A must-read addition to the urban fantasy genre, filled both with action and satisfying characters." -Kim Harrison "Jocelynn Drake will have you coming back for more." -Jeaniene Frost Vampire enforcer Mira must thwart the malevolent schemes of an ancient coven in the fifth action-packed Dark Days novel from New York Times bestselling author Jocelynn Drake. Wait for Dusk is gripping, stellar urban fantasy in the vein of Kim Harrison and Vicki Pettersson,...
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Publisher
Abrams / Vearsa Limited
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"What is it about evil that we find so compelling? From our obsession with serial killers to violence in pop culture, we seem inescapably drawn to the stories of monstrous acts and the aberrant people who commit them. But evil, Dr. Julia Shaw argues, is all relative, rooted in our unique cultures. What one may consider normal, like sex before marriage, eating meat, or being a banker, others find abhorrent. And if evil is only in the eye of the beholder,...
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Publisher
Lexham Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
How does the Christian response to the problem of evil contrast with that of other worldviews? Most attempts at answering the problem of evil either present a straightforward account of the truth claims of Christianity or defend a minimalist concept of God. This book is different. Inside, you'll examine four worldviews' responses to the problem of evil. Then, you'll hear the author's argument that Christian theism makes better sense of the phenomenon...
13) The Fire's Stone
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Publisher
JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
It was a long fall from Clan Heir to common thief, but Aaron never wanted any part of his father's brutal outlander reign. In fact, besides coin purses and jewels, there's very little in all of Cisali that interests Aaron, until he stumbles--quite literally--into a prince's bedchamber ... Prince Davish of Ischia is a skilled swordsman both on the field and beneath the sheets, at least when he isn't outrageously drunk. But the wine helps him forget...
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Series
Sovereign Stone trilogy volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
From acclaimed New York Times bestselling fantasists Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman comes the spellbinding conclusion to the epic adventure of wonder, courage, magic, and ambition that is the breathtaking world of the Sovereign Stone. Over two hundred years have passed since the mystical Sovereign Stone was shattered and the world of Loerem faced its most dangerous test ever -- the rise of the dark lord Dagnarus. But now Dagnarus has stirred from...
Author
Series
Sovereign Stone trilogy volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Second in line for succession to the throne, Prince Dagnarus will have his crown ... and his queen -- though his heart's prize is a married elfin beauty. Let his hated half-brother Prince Helmos and the Dominion Lords dare to oppose him. For Dagnarus's most loyal servant has ventured into the terrible darkness, where lies the most potent talisman in the realm. And once it is in the dark prince's hand, no power will deter his Destiny.
17) Dragon Mountain
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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"From the authors behind the critically acclaimed Sam Wu books, a thrilling new fantasy series about friendship, courage, adventure, and dragon magic. When 12-year-old Billy Chan finds out his parents are sending him to a language and culture camp in the middle-of-nowhere China, he can't imagine anything worse. He's not expecting to become friends with fellow campers Dylan O'Donnell, Charlotte Bell, and Liu Ling-Fei. And he's definitely not planning...
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In Sin City, a little girl suffers from a strange and terrible malady. If she dies, the Light will die along with her. Warrior, avenger, Joanna Archer has survived countless otherworldly terrors-and has found her rightful place among the agents battling the all-pervasive evil of Shadow ... even as she struggles against the darkness within herself. A war is raging for Las Vegas-a city without a heart-one that catapults Joanna into a new world hidden...
19) Rage and Ruin
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Series
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English
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Dangerous secrets and forbidden desires lead to shocking consequences ... Don't miss book two of the fantastical Harbinger trilogy from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout. "Jennifer L. Armentrout's intoxicating new fantasy is her best yet!" -- New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter on Storm and Fury Half-angel Trinity and her bonded gargoyle protector, Zayne, have been working with demons to stop the apocalypse while...
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Series
Blood ties volume 4
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
I have reached my breaking point. And now I will not, cannot be stopped. With the Soul Eater on the verge of god status, it's time for me to take a final stand, even if it means losing everything I love. Even if it means losing my life. I've got plenty of power on my side, and some I didn't know I could count on in the first place. But it's nothing compared to the army of the undead the Soul Eater is building up. And time is running out. They say...
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