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The New Order: An Unofficial Minecraft-Fan Adventure by Sean Fay Wolfe
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn unofficial Minecraft-fan adventure series inspired by the bestselling game!Fans of the bestselling video game Minecraft, middle grade readers, and action-adventure story enthusiasts of all ages experience an exciting journey that will take them far beyond the world they know.President Stan has led his people through an epic battle and brought peace to the Republic of Elementia...Categorized as:
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Lieutenant Hornblower by C.S. Forester
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsIn this gripping tale of turmoil and triumph on the high seas, Horatio Hornblower emerges from his apprenticeship as midshipman to face new responsibilities thrust upon him by the fortunes of war between Napoleon and Spain...Categorized as:
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The Time Hunters and the Spear of Fate by Carl Ashmore
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings'The Time Hunters and the Spear of Fate’ is the third book in the bestselling Time Hunters saga.It’s Christmas time and Becky and Joe Mellor have returned to Bowen Hall to attend the annual GITT Christmas Party – ‘The Enchantment Beneath the Sea Dance.’ However, when the party comes to a sudden, terrifying end, they are pitched into a quest for the all-powerful Spear of Fate...Categorized as:
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The Medusa Plot: Cahills vs. Vespers Book 1: Sneak Peek (The 39 Clues) by Gordon Korman
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsScholastic US: 557 Broadway • New York, NY 10012 Scholastic Canada: 604 King Street West • Toronto, ON M5V 1E1 Scholastic New Zealand Limited: Private Bag .. -
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The Mad Scientists' Club by Bertrand R. Brinley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 15 ratings"The following three stories have appeared earlier in Boys' Life: 'The Unidentified Flying Man of Mammoth Falls,' 'The Strange Sea Monster of Strawberry Lake,' and 'Night... -
Works Of Jules Verne: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, Around the World in 80 Days, From the Earth to the Moon, Round the Moon, and selected short stories by Jules Verne
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWorks Of Jules Verne. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork...Categorized as:
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সাবাস প্রোফেসর শঙ্কু by Satyajit Ray
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsপ্রফেসর শঙ্কু সিরিজের তৃতীয় এই বইটিতে রয়েছে ৫টি গল্প -১. আশ্চর্য প্রাণী (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৭১ সনের শারদীয় সংখ্যায়)২.স্বপ্নদ্বীপ (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৭১ সনের মে-জুন সংখ্যায়)২.মরু রহস্য (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৭২ সনের মে-জুন সংখ্যায়)৪. কর্ভাস (প্রথম প্রকাশিত হয় সন্দেশ পত্রিকার ১৯৭২ সনের শারদীয় সংখ্যায়)৫... -
The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club by Bertrand R. Brinley
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA secret cavern becomes the perfect spot to restore a midget submarine, bank robbers must be apprehended, a flying sorcerer looms over Mammoth Falls and that's just the beginning of five more mad, mad MAD adventures!! This is book three in the Mad Scientists' Club series... -
Hard to Be a God by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe novel follows Anton, an undercover operative from the future planet Earth, in his mission on an alien planet, that is populated by human beings, whose society has not advanced beyond the Middle Ages...Categorized as:
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The Fateful Lightning by Jeff Shaara
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Jeff Shaara delivers a riveting new novel about the final chapter of the Civil War in The Fateful Lightning, completing the series that began with A Blaze of Glory and continued in A Chain of Thunder and The Smoke at Dawn... -
Doctor Who: The Giggle (Target Collection) by James Goss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBased on a script by Russell T Davies, this thrilling third adventure for Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary features David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble...Categorized as:
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The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis, an utterly addictive new novel that will transport you from New York City’s most glamorous party to the labyrinth streets of Cairo and back. Egypt, 1936: When anthropology student Charlotte Cross is offered a coveted spot on an archaeological dig in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, she leaps at the opportunity...Categorized as:
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Glitch by Laura Martin
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the critically acclaimed author of Float comes a new whirlwind adventure about a pair of kids who must break all the rules of time travel, perfect for fans of Gordon Korman and John David Anderson.Regan Fitz and Elliot Mason have been enemies since they started training to become Glitchers—people who travel through time to preserve important historical events...Categorized as:
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সায়েন্স ফিকশান সমগ্র ১ by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsবাংলাদেশ ও বাংলা ভাষার কিংবদন্তী বৈজ্ঞানিক কল্পকাহিনী লেখক মুহম্মদ জাফর ইকবাল- এর প্রথম ৮ টি প্রকাশিত গ্রন্থের সমগ্র।*কপোট্রনিক সুখদুঃখ*মহাকাশে মহাত্রাস*ক্রুগো*টাইট্রন একটি গ্রহের নাম*বিজ্ঞানী সফদর আলীর মহা মহা আবিষ্কার*ওমিক্রনিক রূপান্তর*টুকুনজিল*যারা... -
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The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsAfter hijacking a balloon from a Confederate camp, a band of five northern prisoners escapes the American Civil War. Seven thousand miles later, they drop from the clouds onto an uncharted volcanic island in the Pacific. Through teamwork, scientific knowledge, engineering, and perseverance, they endeavour to build a colony from scratch. But this island of abundant resources has its secrets... -
Doctor Who: Nothing O'Clock by Neil Gaiman
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThousands of years ago, Time Lords built a Prison for the Kin. They made it utterly impregnable and unreachable. As long as Time Lords existed, the Kin would be trapped forever and the universe would be safe. They had planned for everything… everything, that is, other than the Time War and the fall of Gallifrey...Categorized as:
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When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsMiranda is an ordinary sixth grader, until she starts receiving mysterious messages from somebody who knows all about her, including things that have not even happened yet. Each message brings her closer to believing that only she can prevent a tragic death. Until the final note makes her think she’s too late...Categorized as:
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The Time Machine/The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe Time Machine and The Invisible Man, by H. G. Wells, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras...Categorized as:
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The Sackett Brand by Louis L'Amour
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsForty gunslingers from the Lazy A have got Tell Sackett cornered under the Mogollon Rim. They're fixing to hang him if they can capture him alive, fill him extra full of lead if they can't. But the Sacketts don't cotton to that kind of treatment. Hunt one Sackett and you hunt 'em all. So they're riding in from all over—mountain Sacketts, outlaws, cattlemen, bankers and the rest...Categorized as:
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The Doll by Cora Taylor
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhile Meg is recovering from rheumatic fever her grandmother gives her the old-fashioned family doll named Jessie, and when Meg falls asleep holding Jessie, she wakes up to discover that she has gone back in time and is now Morag, a girl traveling the Canadian prairies by covered wagon...Categorized as:
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Relive by K.J. Nelson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when you fall in love with the girl you murdered in your first life?An electrifying debut novel from KJ Nelson. It will leave you breathless and reading way past your bedtime!★★★★★There is a secret order called The Journeyers. They are a group of people that live their lives over and over. For the most part, they keep to themselves and enjoy their special kind of immortality...Categorized as:
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The Big Kerplop!: The Original Adventure of the Mad Scientists' Club by Bertrand R. Brinley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe whine of jet engines thunders from above as the giant Air Force bomber makes its approach to Westport Field. Suddenly, the citizens of Mammoth Falls are startled to see the bomb bay doors open and an object drop down, down, directly into Strawberry lake... -
The Untethered by S.W. Southwick
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat Roble wants to create is illegal...if not impossible.And everyone seems determined to stop him from trying. But when a few unrepentant ladies join his fight to live free, the Las Vegas desert is going to light up like the 4th of July. ----------------------- "If you want a cross-breed between an Ayn Rand novel and a techno-thriller, this is the best you'll read...Categorized as:
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To Tame a Land by Louis L'Amour, Луис Л'Амур
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsRye Tyler was twelve when his father was killed in an Indian raid. Taken in by a mysterious stranger with a taste for books and an instinct for survival, Rye is schooled in the hard lessons of life in the West. But after killing a man, he is forced to leave his new home. He rides lonely mountain passes and works on dusty cattle drives until he finds a job breaking horses...Categorized as:
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The Mysterious Island: Illustrated Edition of Jules Verne's Series Books (Wishletter Classic) by Jules Verne
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsThis rigorously crafted ebook "The Mysterious Island: Illustrated Edition of Jules Verne's Series Books (Wishletter Classic) " is formatted for your Kindle with a practical and detailed table of contents. ‘The Mysterious Island' - one of the most famous in the world literature novels written by the famous French writer Jules Verne... -
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind by Steven Spielberg
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsClose Encounter of the First Kind: Sighting of a UFOClose Encounter of the Second Kind: Physical evidenceClose Encounter of the Third Kind: ContactEarth's greatest adventure had begun. The world was being readied for...Close Encounters of the Third Kind. It meant the beginning of the most dramatic event in the history of the world...Categorized as:
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Jacks Are Wild by Monique Martin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the world of the popular Out of Time series comes the first book in the time travel adventure series, Saving Time, starring Jack Wells!Former OSS officer Jack Wells’s first solo assignment for the Council for Temporal Studies sounds deceptively simple—stop a murder before it happens...Categorized as:
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Maid of Baikal by Preston Fleming
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat if a Siberian Joan of Arc had rescued the White Armies at a critical point of the Russian Civil War in 1919? MAID OF BAIKAL offers an alternative outcome to that war through the intervention of Zhanna Dorokhina, a young woman from the shores of Siberia’s Lake Baikal... -
Astounding Science Fiction, February 1943 by John W. Campbell Jr., A.E. van Vogt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsContents:The Silver Lining / essay by The Editor (i.e. John W. Campbell Jr.)The Weapon Makers, Part 1 of 3 (Weapon Shops of Isher #) / A.E. van Vogt; interior artwork by Frank Kramer In Times to Come / essay by unknownFlight into Darkness / Webb Marlowe (i.e. J. Francis McComas); interior artwork by Frank KramerMimsy Were the Borogoves / Lewis Padgett (i.e. Henry Kuttner and C.L... -
Colter's Journey by William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE GREATEST WESTERN WRITERS OF THE 21ST CENTURY In this thrilling epic of the American West, bestselling authors William W. Johnstone and J.A. Johnstone capture the human side of the frontier experience in all its glory, grit, and grandeur—through the eyes of one remarkable teenage boy .. -
The Blonde Hurricane by Jenő Rejtő
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA combination of thriller and love story, The Blonde Hurricane centers around the race to find a priceless family jewel concealed in a statuette of Buddha that an international band of crooks are after -- and so is Miss Evelyn Weston, the Blonde Hurricane, and without her knowledge, Eddy Rancing, who is in love with her, plus a host of others... -
The Mysterious Island. Part 2 - The Abandoned: "We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones." by Jules Verne
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJules Gabriel Verne was born on February 8th, 1828 on Île Feydeau, a small artificial island on the Loire River in Nantes. His father wanted his son to take over the family law practice. Jules started along this course and despite graduating with a licence en droit in January 1851 was soon diverted by the lure of literature and by his own ambitious talents in this direction... -
Can I Get There By Candlelight? by Jean Slaughter Doty, Ted Lewin
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Come on, Candy," says Gail, leading her horse, Candlight. "Let's go exploring."Gail's parents have just rented a carriage house, about all that's left of an old country estate. The big house was torn down long ago, and woods have sprung up where the lawns and gardens grew. Beyond the woods, fields stretch for miles—perfect for riding...Categorized as:
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Time at the Top by Edward Ormondroyd
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's strange enough when Susan Shaw disappears without a trace on a wintry March afternoon. It's stranger still when her uninformative note is found in the hallway of her apartment building, along with a black cat that no one has seen before...Categorized as:
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The Best of Connie Willis: Award-Winning Stories by Connie Willis
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis new collection of stories from the multi-award-winning author of Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog contains:A Letter from the ClearysAt the RialtoDeath on the NileThe Soul Selects Her own SocietyFire WatchInside JobEven the QueenThe Winds of Marble ArchAll Seated on the GroundLast of the WinnebagosTen stories - which have all won the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award or both - are...Categorized as:
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Redeemed by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJonah’s new twin must time travel and face off against his siblings’ worst enemy in order to save the future—and his family—in the eighth and final book of the New York Times bestselling The Missing series, which Kirkus Reviews calls “plenty of fun and great for history teachers as well...Categorized as:
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Behind Enemy Lines by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFix the past. Save the future.Dak, Sera, and Riq involve themselves in one of the most bizarre spy missions in history . . . and the outcome of World War II hangs in the balance...Categorized as:
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Revealed by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter a mysterious cameo from Charles Lindbergh, it’s up to Jonah to save his town in the seventh book of the New York Times bestselling The Missing series, which Kirkus Reviews calls “plenty of fun and great for history teachers as well.It’s morning as usual at the Skidmore household—until Charles Lindbergh, the famous historical pilot, appears in their living room...Categorized as:
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Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMany people are not aware of a startling recommendation that was made by our current Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI. He was sharply critical of the call for a "New World Order" made by President George H. W. Bush... -
Day of the Predator by Alex Scarrow
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLiam O’Connor should have died at sea in 1912.Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010.Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026.But all three have been given a second chance—to work for an agency that no-one knows exists. Its purpose—to prevent time travel destroying history . . -
In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant by Jules Verne
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsALL that could be discovered, however, on these pieces of paper was a few words here and there, the remainder of the lines being almost completely obliterated by the action of the water...Categorized as:
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The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAlternative cover edition for ISBN13: 0590431307 Far from home.Jon has lost his memory. He can't remember who he is or where he came from. He only knows he fell through the forgotten door to the strange planet, Earth, and he is in great danger. Injured from his fall, he has to find someone who will help him... -
The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares, Jorge Luis Borges
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsJorge Luis Borges declared The Invention of Morel a masterpiece of plotting, comparable to The Turn of The Screw and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Set on a mysterious island, Bioy’s novella is a story of suspense and exploration, as well as a wonderfully unlikely romance, in which every detail is at once crystal clear and deeply mysterious...Categorized as:
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A Persistent Echo by Brian Kaufman
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Kaufman is a fantastic writer with a distinctive poetic touch... It will be the rare reader who will not be moved by this soulful, poignant novel." –Kirkus Reviews"It's a powerfully rendered novel that holds the rare ability to traverse genres to attract a wider audience of reader than the 'historical fiction' label portends." –Midwest Book Review1897...Categorized as:
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I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe mind of Ray Bradbury is a wonder-filled carnival of delight and terror that stretches from the verdant Irish countryside to the coldest reaches of outer space. Yet all his work is united by one common thread: a vivid and profound understanding of the vast set of emotions that bring strength and mythic resonance to our frail species...Categorized as:
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The Tar-Aiym Krang by Alan Dean Foster, Tim White
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThere is a prequel called For Love of Mother-Not.Moth was a beautiful planet, the only one with wings -- two great golden clouds suspended in space around it.Here was a wide-open world for any venture a man might scheme... -
The Trap Door by Lisa McMann
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe multi-platform adventure through time continues! Dak, Sera, and Riq return to the United States and walk immediately into a deadly trap. The year is 1850, and the nation is divided over the issue of slavery. In these dark days, the Underground Railroad provides a light of hope, helping runaway slaves escape to freedom. But the SQ has taken control of the Underground Railroad from within...Categorized as:
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Tesla's Attic by Neal Shusterman, Eric Elfman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter their home burns down, fourteen-year-old Nick, his younger brother, and their father move into a ramshackle Victorian house they've inherited. When Nick opens the door to his attic room, he's hit in the head by a toaster. That's just the beginning of his weird experiences with the old junk stored up there... -
Curse of the Ancients by Matt de la Peña
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom the publishers of Spirit Animals and The 39 Clues and the mind of James Dashner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maze Runner. Action, humor, and real history collide in the Infinity Ring series! Sera has a secret. She's seen the future, and it is a terrifying place... -
Frozen in Time by Ali Sparkes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRachel and Ben are resigning themselves to a long, wet summer stuck at their uncle's house in the English countryside, until they discover the underground vault at the bottom of the garden, and the amazing secret inside - two children from the 1950s who they awaken from a sleep that's lasted for decades...Categorized as:
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