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1) My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me!
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After being summoned to another world, Yogiri and Tomochika were abandoned by their classmates as bait to distract a rampaging dragon. Thanks to Yogiri's ability to cause instant death with a single thought, the two of them survived and made the arduous journey to reunite with their classmates in the capital city. Although they overcame tremendous danger along the way, rejoining the other students is still only the beginning. From the intricate schemes...
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Random House Digital
Pub. Date
2024
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English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When a notorious thief is out for priceless treasure (gems! cats! general decorum!)—who're you gonna call? An elite team of crime-fighting underdogs, that's who! The Misfits are on the case in this hilarious illustrated series from Newbery Honoree Lisa Yee and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat!“For any kid who’s felt like a misfit, this crackling adventure packs a wallop!” —Lincoln Peirce, creator of Big Nate...
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Global conflicts & local injustices are combined to create a plausible disaster scenario involving two men from opposing religious backgrounds who have unknowingly fought against each other for their respective beliefs.Their colourful lives are recounted through flashbacks from a bestial corrective cell in Iran, where they slowly begin to trust each other, and to accept there may be some external force manipulating the outcome of many bizarre assignments.Joe...
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2024
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English
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"Steal-your-breath adventure." —Marissa Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Lunar ChroniclesPerfect for fans of Fable and House of Salt and Sorrows, this spectacular YA fantasy adventure debut is like nothing else, featuring a unique twist on Treasure Island, a magnetic second chance romance, and a thrilling heist where the reward is great—but the risks are even greater.In the slowly sinking city of Coconino, Arizona, the days...
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The beautiful silver bride reached her hand out for the last time - After a fateful reunion with Miharu, Rio decides to entrust her, Aki, and Masato to the spirit folk village in order to ensure their safety. With Latifa's and the other villagers' assistance, Miharu's group rapidly adapts to life in the village. As their bustling days continue, Rio decides to head to Beltrum for the first time in four years to meet Celia, his former professor from...
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The stories in Survive are full of suffering: From the savagery of the Donner Party snowbound in the Sierra Nevada mountains during the winter of 1846, to the extreme hunger and brutal cold endured by Ernest Shackleton’s support team in Antarctica in 1915.Such suffering may be hard to listen to, but it engages us, offering glimpses of something essential. When the most basic needs become paramount, some people can achieve a kind of clarity. This...
7) Param Dharam
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Hindi
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Savitri falls in love with Vijay and they marry. She has a baby but is told its a still-born. After some years she finds out it was a lie. Will she just sit back watching her son's destroy each other?
8) War Trap
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Français
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During the Second World War, following an ambush carried out in a fort by German troops, Eugène, an allied soldier, finds himself trapped underground. Now fighting for his survival, his destiny will play out alongside that of another survivor and both must find a way extricate themselves from certain death, unaware of the terrible battle that awaits them on the outside.
9) Basanti
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Hindi
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Follow Basanti, a working-class teenage girl whose father is brutally murdered in front of her for his stance in a political election. After witnessing her father's assassination, she takes a solemn oath to rebel against all oppressors and goes after the corrupt administration that took her father's life.
Basanti is a brave working class teenage girl whose father Shankar is respected in the village for his honesty. Bhavani Shankar wants to force...
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Roman Keane has been in the saddle for the last four months, exploring America from his Road King. He was looking forward to getting home when a couple of old friends asked him for a favor. Would he help them deliver a collection of vintage motorcycles? No problem, he said. He didn't even give it a second thought, until it nearly got them all killed. Now they're in deep trouble, and before it's over Roman will have to ask himself the hardest question...
11) Riot Act
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Charlie Fox book two is the second in Zoe Sharp's highly acclaimed Charlotte 'Charlie' Fox crime thriller series. "I am a violent man, Miss Fox," Garton-Jones said, without bravado or inflection. "I can and will do whatever is necessary to control this estate. Remember that." A self-defense expert with a motorbike and an attitude, Charlie Fox doesn't need to go looking for trouble. It generally finds her. House-sitting for a friend seems like an easy...
12) Pickett's Charge
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English
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A comedy, a tragedy. Threadgill Pickett, veteran of the Civil War, breaks out from an Alabama old folks home and starts a quest northward to kill the last living Union Soldier-this to avenge his twin brother, who was needlessly killed by Union soldiers, outside of any conflict. On his journey, Threadgill encounters two brothers building a time machine, a trio of Ku Kluxers, a man collecting raccoons that turn out to be rabid, a wannabe country singer,...
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Cantonese
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Along a one-kilometer road in the heart of the Palestinian city of Hebron lies H2 - a neighborhood with a Jewish settlement closely guarded and highly surveilled by the Israeli military. At the end of this stretch of road lies the Cave of the Patriarchs, a holy place for both Jewish and Muslim faiths. This is where both the Hebron Massacre of 1929 took place- effectively birthing the Jewish settlement movement - and where the policy of ethnic separation...
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English
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Former SEAL Chris Paladin leaves SEAL Team Six to become a pastor, but CIA spook Hannah Andrade pulls him back into Special Operations Group, the ultra-secret unit that SEAL Team Six operators and others served under to eliminate bin Laden. Chris and Hannah are joined by Delta Force's Sonny Cohen to stop a new terrorist threat from launching a deadly cyber-terror against the United States.
15) Gair
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Hindi
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When the adopted son is chosen to take over the family business, his bitter uncle and brother try their best to make him lose face.
16) Hameshaa
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Hindi
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Two friends fall in love with the same woman in two different lifetimes.
17) Dil Hai Betaab
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Hindi
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A young woman is torn between two men who love her: one is a man she loves deeply, while the other is the son of a wealthy tycoon, who has grown infatuated with her. As she struggles to make a decision, she must confront the societal expectations and clas
18) Lal Baadshah
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Hindi
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Having lived in the slums without his biological parents, Lal chooses to be just and caring, but his kind nature will take him on a dangerous journey.
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English
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Intrigue, espionage, engaging characters, a clever backdrop and an intelligent conclusion, what more could you ask for in a thriller. This one singes and tingles with heaping doses of adrenalin. In Expedition Indigo, the tension, suspense and action come across in an incredibly real and personal way. Heroine, Riley Cooper, is a great addition to the literary world of explorers. Genuine, innocent in some ways, and brave, a welcome change from a world...
20) Mercury Man
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Thai
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From the Ong Bak stunt team comes the first ever muay-thai superhero. When Sharn, an ordinary firefighter, is stabbed with an ancient amulet he's transformed into a bone crushing vigilante saving the world one terrorist plot at a time.
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