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Books of the elements volume 1
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English
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The great city of Carce (a fantasy world based on Europe during the later Roman Empire) and all life on Earth will be destroyed unless two young men, Corylus and Varus, and two women, Hedia and Alphena, pursue the answer to the mysterious and threatening happenings that prefigure this disaster.
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Corylus, a soldier, emerges as one of the most compelling heroic figures in contemporary fantasy. Battling magicians, spirits, gods, and forces from supernatural realities, Corylus and his companions from the family of the nobleman Saxa-especially Saxa's impressive wife Hedia, and his friend (and Saxa's son) Varus-must face constant deadly and soul-destroying dangers, climaxing in a final battle not between good and evil but in defense of logic and...
4) New Pompeii
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In the race to control renewable power, an energy giant stumbles on a controversial technology: the ability to transport matter from the deep past. Their biggest secret is New Pompeii, a replica city filled with Romans, pulled through time just before the volcanic eruption. Nick Houghton doesn't know why he's been chosen to be the company's historical advisor. He's just excited to be there. Until he starts to wonder what happened to his predecessor....
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Polish
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"Czym różni się prawdziwa miłość od pozornego uczucia? Jaką siłę ma taka miłość? Krystian i Marzena są idealną parą, młodzi, piękni, bogaci. Na ich szczęściu cieniem kładą się jednak tragiczne wydarzenia, które o włos nie pozbawiają młodego mężczyzny życia. W najczarniejszej chwili życia przekonuje się, kto go naprawdę kocha, a kto… próbuje pozbawić życia! Czy szczere uczucie oddanej kobiety pozwoli przezwyciężyć...
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"For fifteen years, the Romans of New Pompeii have kept the outside world at bay with the threat of using the Novus Particles device to alter time. Yet Decimus Horatius Pullus--once Nick Houghton--knows the real reason the Romans don't use the device for their own ends: they can't make it work without grisly consequences. This fragile peace is threatened when an outsider promises to help the Romans use the technology. And there are those beyond Pompeii's...
7) Love Line
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Polish
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"„Gdy spotkasz kogoś, w kim mógłbyś się zakochać, wiesz o tym od razu” Matthew Hansen - przystojny młody psycholog - doradza kobietom, jak zbudować satysfakcjonujący je związek i nie pozwolić sobą manipulować. Jest twórcą popularnej internetowej audycji LOVE Line, a jego charyzma i celne rady przyciągają miliony słuchaczek. Zrządzeniem losu spotyka Bethany McCallum, będącą w trakcie rozwodu dziennikarkę luksusowego magazynu...
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Books of the elements volume 3
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English
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"Governor Saxa, of the great city of Carce, a fantasy analog of ancient Rome, is rusticating at his villa. When Saxa's son Varus accompanies Corylus on a visit to the household of his father, Crispus, a retired military commander, Saxa graciously joins the party with his young wife Hedia, daughter Alphena, and a large entourage of his servants, making it a major social triumph for Crispus. But on the way to the event, something goes amiss. Varus,...
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Medicus investigation volume 8.5
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"It's AD 123 and the sun is shining on southern Gaul. Ex-military medic Ruso and his British wife Tilla are back after a long absence - but it's not the reunion anyone had hoped for. Ruso's brother has left him in charge of a farm he has no idea how to manage, a chronic debt problem and a gaggle of accident-prone small children. Meanwhile his sister Flora has run away to rescue her boyfriend, who's accused of murdering a wealthy guest at a party....