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When a particle research lab is suddenly cut off from the rest of the world, journalism student Chase Adkins and the others trapped inside must band together to survive and try to find a way out. But as more inexplicable things start happening around the lab, will the growing tension turn them against each other? Why doesn't anyone remember the time between 12:26 and 1am?
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Aldous Huxley's dystopian classic about a perfectly engineered society, and his book of essays reflecting on it almost three decades later, in one volume.
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Brave New World: Half a millennium from now, no matter what class of human you are bred to be-from the intellectual Alphas to the Epsilons who provide manual labor-you are a part of the efficient, well-oiled whole, nourished, secure, and blissfully serene thanks to...
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The distinguished historian "does a remarkable job" with this lively and comprehensive textbook-now in a new, expanded edition (Daniel P. Kotzin, Teaching History).
The Brave New World covers the span of early American history, from 30,000 years before Europeans ever landed on North American shores to creation of the new nation. With its exploration of the places and peoples of early America, this volume brings together the most recent scholarship...
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Life is tough. It gets a whole lot tougher when death isn't the end...It started as some weird stories on the news. Then came the reports of rioting. Units of the National Guard and Reservists across the Eastern Seaboard of the United States activated to help restore law and order in the effected areas. The situation quickly crumbled into anarchy as the dead apparently did not want to stay that way...Senior Airman Amy Frays and Private Adam Lacey...
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The way the world is changing so rapidly inspired the author to sort the wheat from the chaff. In a series of illustrated articles, Hamthesketch takes a wide perspective on global trends and tears away the surface trivia.
This intriguing booklet faces up to attitudes and actions which negate advantages that techno-science has achieved. It reveals with plain logic that civilization cannot expand indefinitely within the confined size of our planet.
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Stem-cell research. Cloning. Genetic engineering. Today, discoveries in biotechnology are occurring so rapidly that we can barely begin to address one ethical debate before another looms overhead. This brave new world we've entered is a daunting one as well, with disturbing implications for the sanctity of life and for human nature itself. How should we respond as Christians?
Drawing on an abundance of cutting-edge information and life experience,...
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A Captain. A Hungry Crew. A Brave New World.New worlds are glorious or deadly.Captain Jonic travels the stars. He wants to pay his crew. He takes a dangerous job.A lot more depends on Jonic than he ever realises.If you enjoy suspenseful, action-packed scifi short stories. You'll love this one!BUY NOW!Also available in Agents of The Emperor Science Fiction Collection Volume 7.
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The definitive account of how a small Ozarks company upended the world of business and what that change means.
Wal-Mart, the world's largest company, roared out of the rural South to change the way business is done. Deploying computer-age technology, Reagan-era politics, and Protestant evangelism, Sam Walton's firm became a byword for cheap goods and low-paid workers, famed for the ruthless efficiency of its global network of stores and factories....
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Brave New World tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Aldous Huxley's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Brave New World includes: Historical contextChapter-by-chapter overviewsProfiles of the main charactersThemes and symbolsImportant...
12) The Great Revelation: Biblical Strategies Against CBDCs and How to Prosper in the Brave New World
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The global banking cartel is hard at work engineering a new form of money that will serve as the backbone of the most sophisticated system of financial surveillance and control the world has ever seen. The banking cartel has planned this financial surveillance system (CBDCs) to be fully implemented by 2025 across all countries in the world. It is very important to realise that we have less than two years before witnessing what John the Apostle prophesised...
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Many Christians may find today's world to be spiritually hostile. In a social climate that begs spirituality to take a backseat to cultural demands there is a need for a new discipleship model. It is no secret that modern disciples will have to search for new methods of discipleship. Rather than a book intended for use as a guide for discipleship, Brave New Discipleship lays out the biblical principles that must be followed, no matter what book or...
15) Heroes reborn
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
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[2016]
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Experience the epic thirteen-episode event series, Heroes Reborn, from Tim Kring, the creator of the global phenomenon Heroes. Kring creates a wildly imaginative and thrilling new volume in the Heroes universe featuring a host of new characters with startling powers. After a massive terrorist attack in Odessa, Texas, evolved humans are blamed for the tragic event, forcing them into hiding or on the run from those seeking retribution.
16) My Best Friend
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2023.
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When changing times force tween girl Kristen to leave the city for the countryside, she struggles to deal with school friends and a handsome young ranch hand. But Kristen finds comfort in a new friend: a horse! By chatting telepathically with her faithful bronco Stanford, Kristen gains the confidence she needs to face the brave new world of adolescence. Starring Patrick Muldoon and Catherine Bach, MY BEST FRIEND shows that true pals come in all shapes...
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Michael Young is a graduate student at Cambridge who is completing his dissertation on the early life of Adolf Hitler. Leo Zuckermann is an aging German physicist haunted by the Holocaust. Together, they idealistically embark on an experiment to change the course of history. And with their success is launched a brave new world that is in some ways better than ours-but in most ways even worse.
18) Crystal Phoenix
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In the brave new world of angels and procurers, rent-a-death prostitutes will let you sexually abuse them and even hack them to pieces for a fee. In anticipation of your own death, be sure to keep up payments on your life crystal. After you die, you can enjoy life to the hilt in a very attractive new body with your memories intact. Young body, old memories. Violent death is the ultimate repeatable pleasure.
19) The Fang
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Dracula never died in Europe. His remains lie deep in the belly of Erebus, a ship ready to depart an English port. No one can explain the disappearance of sailors as they arrive in New York, a brave new world governed by anonymity. Soon word of the Vampire legend spreads and reaches England, where the fellowship of hunters gets to hear of it. And the hunt resumes.
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One of the most renowned and prolific writers of the twentieth century, Aldous Huxley produced not only dystopian fiction like Brave New World and philosophical memoirs like The Doors of Perception, but also insightful travel writing. Here, he discusses his visits to Italy, France, and other European destinations; reflects on cultural landmarks; and ruminates on the benefits and challenges of travel itself, offering a fascinating glimpse into the...
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