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After escaping from the underwater prison Impel Down, Monkey D. Luffy sets out to rescue his brother Ace from being executed by the World Government. Arriving at Marineford with only three hours to spare, Luffy finds himself shut out by the large gates surrounding the base. As the destructive pirate Whitebeard and his crew declare war on the marines, the soldiers prepare to defend their prisoner and carry out his sentence no matter what.
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When Kyuta, a young orphan living on the streets of Shibuya, stumbles into a fantastic world of beasts, he's taken in by Kumatetsu, a gruff, rough-around-the-edges warrior beast who's been searching for the perfect apprentice. Despite their constant bickering, Kyuta and Kumatetsu begin training together and slowly form a bond as surrogate father and son. But the unlikely pair will be put to the ultimate test; a final showdown.
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Just before spending her sixteenth summer on Cape Cod, Sarah's boyfriend breaks up with her and, as a scientist whose focus is on winning a scholarship through her study of a comet, she designs an experiment to become more like her older sister to see if she, too, can be popular.
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The novel your book club must discuss!
Meghann Foye was interviewed on The TODAY Show and The View regarding her new book Meternity.
"A fresh, contemporary take on love and work, marriage and motherhood, Meternity is guaranteed to surprise and delight!" —Emily Giffin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed and First Comes Love
Like everyone in New...
Meghann Foye was interviewed on The TODAY Show and The View regarding her new book Meternity.
"A fresh, contemporary take on love and work, marriage and motherhood, Meternity is guaranteed to surprise and delight!" —Emily Giffin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed and First Comes Love
Like everyone in New...
6) Insidious
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True evil is rarely obvious. It is quiet, patient.
Insidious.
Awaiting the perfect moment to strike.
Joy Malone finally knows who she is, where she comes from and how to live in two worlds at once. And now she can introduce her family and friends to her mysterious boyfriend, Indelible Ink. But when Ink's twin sister, Invisible Inq, calls in a favor, Joy must accept a dangerous mission to find a forgotten door between worlds—a door...
Insidious.
Awaiting the perfect moment to strike.
Joy Malone finally knows who she is, where she comes from and how to live in two worlds at once. And now she can introduce her family and friends to her mysterious boyfriend, Indelible Ink. But when Ink's twin sister, Invisible Inq, calls in a favor, Joy must accept a dangerous mission to find a forgotten door between worlds—a door...
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When Jesse's family moves to Roanoke, Virginia, in the summer of 1972, she's 12 years old and already mindful of the schism between innocence and femininity, the gap between childhood and the adult world. Her father, a former pastor, cycles through spiritual disciplines as quickly as he cycles through jobs. Her mother is dissatisfied, glumly fetishizing the Kennedys. In the midst of it all, Jesse finds space to set up her room with her secret treasures:...
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Sagara Sousuke isn't your typical high school student.
He reads military enthusiast magazines; he responds to questions with "affirmative;" he brings grenades to school in his bag. Though everyone at school takes him for a hopeless military geek, Chidori Kaname thinks there might be something more to him. When their plane is hijacked in the middle of a field trip, Kaname's instincts will prove correct: Sousuke is an elite, mech-piloting mercenary......
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On orders from Mithril, Sousuke has been forced to abandon Kaname to focus on learning the secrets of the Arbalest and the lambda driver.
Meanwhile, Kaname-left to the care of a remote and anonymous intelligence agent-feels the threat from a mysterious pursuer drawing ever closer. Their challenges will lead them both to the tension-racked streets of Hong Kong, a city even more divided than the burgeoning couple's destinies. A series of climactic showdowns...
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Two months after Sunan, Sousuke and Kaname are in a holding pattern.
He'll fire his rifle off the school roof. She'll yell at him to stop. Lather, rinse, repeat.
That all changes one day when Sousuke's commanding officer Teletha "Tessa" Testarossa shows up at his apartment, trying to hide a key to a terrorist superweapon of unprecedented power. Tessa is brilliant, pretty, and the same age as Sousuke, and her presence might put a serious crimp on his...
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With the defeat of Gauron, Sousuke's life has entered a comfortable rhythm.
He's adjusting to school-the occasional car bomb false alarm notwithstanding-and balancing his newly-found normalcy with the needs of his mercenary life. He's even started to turn his thoughts toward the future-a future that might involve Kaname. But that future will soon face a threat, not from North Korean soldiers, Italian mobsters, or Russian Spetsnaz... but from the hierarchy...
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In "Evil Eye," we meet Mariana, the young fourth wife of a prominent intellectual. When her husband's brazen first wife visits one night, Mariana learns a terrible secret that could be a harbinger of doom for her marriage and very soul. In "So Near, Anytime, Always," shy teenager Lizbeth meets Desmond, a charming boy who offers this introverted girl the first sparks of young romance. Yet just as their relationship begins to blossom, Lizbeth realizes...
19) One Piece - Season 1: Kitetsu III and Yubashiri! Zoro's New Swords and the Woman Sergeant Major!
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Luffy has a run-in with Captain Smoker, and his failure to keep a low profile helps Buggy draw a bead on him. Elsewhere, Zoro takes a chance that his skill can overcome a dangerous curse.