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Interesting Times: The Play by Stephen Briggs, Terry Pratchett
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA new stage adaptation of one of Pratchett's best-selling novelsThe Discworld's most inept wizard has been sent from Unseen University in Ankh-Morpork to the oppressive Agatean Empire to help some well-intentioned rebels overthrow the Emperor...Categorized as:
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Cugel's Saga by Jack Vance
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsPity poor Cugel. Not for nothing is he known as the Clever, hero of a hundred mischiefs. But this time the Laughing Magician has triumphed - and Cugel is marooned, penniless, half a world from home. His return to Almery will be extended and exhausting. And Cugel has only his flamboyant resourceful cleverness to rely upon. A lesser mortal might quail, but Cugel...is Cugel... -
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Yendi by Steven Brust
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsVlad Taltos tells the story of his early days in the House Jhereg, how he found himself in a Jhereg war, and how he fell in love with the wonderful woman, Cawti, who killed him... -
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Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City by K.J. Parker
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThis is the story of Orhan, son of Siyyah Doctus Felix Praeclarissimus, and his history of the Great Siege, written down so that the deeds and sufferings of great men may never be forgotten.A siege is approaching, and the city has little time to prepare. The people have no food and no weapons, and the enemy has sworn to slaughter them all... -
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![The Anvil of the World by Kage Baker]()
The Anvil of the World by Kage Baker
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKage Baker's stories and novels of the mysterious organization that controls time travel, The Company, have made her famous in SF. So has her talent for clever dialogue, and pointed social commentary with a light touch.The Anvil of the World is her first fantasy novel, a journey across a fantastic landscape filled with bizarre creatures, human and otherwise... -
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Farmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. Tolkien
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsThis is the 50th anniversary edition of Tolkien's best-loved short fairy story, originally told to his children in the 1920s and expanded for publication in 1949. Bluff Farmer Giles lives in a land-of-fable England, full of giants and dragons... -
![The Builders by Daniel Polansky]()
The Builders by Daniel Polansky
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA missing eye.A broken wing.A stolen country.The last job didn't end well.Years go by, and scars fade, but memories only fester. For the animals of the Captain's company, survival has meant keeping a low profile, building a new life, and trying to forget the war they lost. But now the Captain's whiskers are twitching at the idea of evening the score... -
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Sir Apropos of Nothing by Peter David
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThey were dark and stormy knights...and when they had their way with a helpless tavern wench one terrible evening, they had no idea that the result of that twilight brutality was going to come after them years later looking to settle the score...The result's unlikely name is Apropos: A rogue, a rascal, a scoundrel, a cheat...and those are his good points... -
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The Gospel of Loki by Joanne M. Harris
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThe novel is a brilliant first-person narrative of the rise and fall of the Norse gods - retold from the point of view of the world's ultimate trickster, Loki. It tells the story of Loki's recruitment from the underworld of Chaos, his many exploits on behalf of his one-eyed master, Odin, through to his eventual betrayal of the gods and the fall of Asgard itself... -
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Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 20 by Hiromu Arakawa
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsBetrayal and double-crossing are the order of the day. Greed, Pride and Envy prove to be formidable enemies, but one homunculus seems to be having pangs of--could it be?--conscience. Ominous news spreads quickly about a mysterious portal... -
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Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 21 by Hiromu Arakawa
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsA diabolical trap is set for President Bradley... If he is assassinated, a power vacuum will open that Mustang and his allies will be more than happy to fill. Then, while Ed is reunited with someone from his past, Al is separated from his body - his proxy armor body! Now who is filling his heavy metal shoes.. -
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Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 6 by Hiromu Arakawa
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsThe origin of the Elric Brothers! Once, Edward and Alphonse Elric were willing to do anything to become alchemists. But when they tried to use their newfound skills to resurrect their dead mother, they broke a taboo and encountered something more terrifying than death itself. Now, hardened by years of military training, Edward and Alphonse have returned to the woman who first taught them alchemy. -
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Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 13 by Hiromu Arakawa
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsIn the midst of a heated battle, Ed and Prince Lin of Xing are swallowed whole by the homunculus Gluttony... -
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Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 15 by Hiromu Arakawa
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe horrors of the Ishbalan campaign occurred years before Ed became a state alchemist, and has serious repercussions, which set the tone for the complicated dealings of present-day state politics. Lieutenant Hawkeye reluctantly tells Ed all the dread details of the role Colonel Mustang and the other state alchemists played in this tragic event... -
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Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 5 by Hiromu Arakawa
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsEd, Alphonse and their mechanic Winry go south in search of Izumi Curtis, the master alchemist who taught the brothers how to use alchemy. But in the boomtown of Rush Valley, an encounter with a pickpocket turns them down a different path in search of an auto-mail blacksmith whose handiwork is the best that Winry has ever seen... -
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Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 7 by Hiromu Arakawa
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsWhere did Alphonse Elric go during the few short minutes he was wiped from existence, body and soul? From a secret lair in the city of Dublith, a group of outcasts kidnaps Alphonse to find the alchemical secrets of his creation! It's up to Ed (and a certain housewife) to go into the Devil's Nest and rescue his brother. But the criminals of the Devil's Nest aren't exactly human either... -
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Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 14 by Hiromu Arakawa
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsBreaking the laws of nature is a serious crime!In an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric lost his arm and his leg, and his brother Alphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor. Equipped with mechanical “auto-mail” limbs, Edward becomes a state alchemist, seeking the one thing that can restore his and his brother’s bodies...the legendary Philosopher’s Stone... -
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Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 12 by Hiromu Arakawa
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThe hunters become the hunted when the Elric brothers and Prince Lin set a trap for the homunculus with the insatiable appetite - Gluttony! On another front, state politics are shaken up when a horrifying truth about Fuhrer President King Bradley is revealed - and Colonel Roy Mustang is right there to capitalize on the situation... -
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Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 11 by Hiromu Arakawa
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsEd returns to Resembool and meets his father Hohenheim for the first time in many years. Although his father is happy to see him, Ed harbors intense feelings of resentment for being all but abandoned many years ago. However, anger gives way to intrigue as Ed and Al discover an important fact about the human transmutation ritual they attempted years before... -
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Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 19 by Hiromu Arakawa
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsEd's clever plan to take out an enemy leaves him severely injured... Can he cheat death? One of our friends discovers the ironic secret behind Scar's brother's transmutation notes. And Major General Armstrong meets with evil homunculus President Bradley. Whose side is she on again.. -
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Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 18 by Hiromu Arakawa
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsAutomail engineer Winry is captured and held hostage to force Edward to do her captor's bidding. Hawkeye discovers the disturbing truth about President Bradley's son. Our heroes have fortuitous and not-so-fortuitous reunions with old friends and enemies. And multiple intrigues and double-crosses ensue as some plot to save the world while others scheme to destroy it... -
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Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 17 by Hiromu Arakawa
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsA homunculus manages to breach impenetrable Fort Briggs, and the Elric brothers discover a terrible alchemical secret that penetrates every corner of the world as they know it! Meanwhile, Major Kimblee and a ruthless General Raven make Major General Olivier Mira Armstrong an offer she can't refuse.. -
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Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 16 by Hiromu Arakawa
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe brothers pursue fugitive May Chang to solve the mystery of why their alchemical powers were rendered inert while she and Scar continue to be able to wield them. Meanwhile, Scar enlists some unlikely help to delve into the secrets of his brother's alchemical knowledge. And the newest, most horrifying homunculus makes an appearance.. -
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Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 3 by Hiromu Arakawa
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsAccompanied by their bodyguard, Alex Louis Armstrong, our heroes seek out their closest childhood friend, mechanic Winry Rockbell, to fix their battered "auto-mail" bodyparts. Soon their quest for the Philosopher's Stone takes them to the great central library, where the Stone's formula may be hidden.. -
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Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 4 by Hiromu Arakawa
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsTrapped and injured in a secret alchemical laboratory, Edward Elric is at the mercy of his enemies, Lust and Envy. But they don't want him dead...they have other plans for him. As the laboratory goes up in flames, the brothers find themselves back at square one, with only an inkling of the massive scale of the Philosopher's Stone conspiracy... -
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Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 2 by Hiromu Arakawa
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric lost his arm and his leg, and his brother Alphonse became nothing but a soul in a suit of armor. Equipped with mechanical "auto-mail" limbs, Edward becomes a state alchemist, seeking the one thing that can restore his brother and himself... the legendary Philosopher's Stone.There are many types of alchemy in the world...
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