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Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero as he attempts to uncover the truth about the mysterious Amyr, the Chandrian, and the death of his parents. Along the way, Kvothe is put on trial by the legendary Adem mercenaries, forced to reclaim the honor of the Edema Ruh, and travels into the Fae realm where he meets Felurian, the faerie woman no man can resist.
2) Grunt life
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Task Force Ombra volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Benjamin Carter Mason died last night. Maybe he threw himself off a bridge into Los Angeles Harbor, or maybe he burned to death in a house fire in San Pedro; it doesn't really matter. Today, Mason's starting a new life. He's back in boot camp, training for the only war left that matters. For years, their spies have been coming to Earth, learning our weaknesses. Our governments knew, but they did nothing--the prospect was too awful, the costs too high--and...
4) Angel eyes
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Three different individuals--American agent Teri Nunn, out to infiltrate the Medellin drug cartel; Irina Ponomareva, searching for a secret Soviet organization; and an ex-cosmonaut transformed by a space accident--become players in a deadly international game.
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Flat Stanley volume 3
Pub. Date
2003.
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English
Description
When the residents of a far-distant planet send a message to Earth asking for someone to meet with them, the President of the United States asks Stanley Lambchop, an all-American boy, to be his ambassador.
12) Psychomech
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Series
Psychomech trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2001.
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English
Description
Richard Garrison, a Corporal in the British Military Police, loses his sight while trying to save the wife and child of millionaire industrialist Thomas Schroeder from a terrorist bomb. While Garrison is recovering from his injuries, Schroeder makes him an offer the young man cannot refuse-refuge at Schroeder's luxurious mountain retreat and rehabilitation from the best doctors who can treat Garrison's blindness and if not cure him at least teach...
13) Chosen ones
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2020.
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Fifteen years ago, five ordinary teenagers were singled out by a prophecy to take down an impossibly powerful entity wreaking havoc across North America. He was known as the Dark One, and his weapon of choice--catastrophic events known as Drains--leveled cities and claimed thousands of lives. Chosen Ones, as the teens were known, gave everything they had to defeat him. On the tenth anniversary of the Dark One's defeat, something unthinkable happens:...
14) Pacific Rim
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[2013]
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English
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Description
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes: a washed-up former pilot and an untested trainee, who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.
15) Horse heroes
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Magic tree house fact trackers volume 27
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
Description
Presents a nonfiction companion book to "Stallion by Starlight," discussing the history of domesticating horses and explaining why Alexander the Great's horse was so famous.
19) My hero
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Would-be romance writer Bailey York was a woman who'd already failed twice at love. As far as she was concerned, men were wonderful to read, and to write, about, but that was as close as she wanted to get. Which was probably why she had such difficulty creating a hero. She needed a real-life model, she finally decided. And she found one. Parker Davidson was everything a hero should be. Compellingly attractive. Forceful and determined, yet capable...
20) SuperHero ABC
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[2006]
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English
Description
Humorous SuperHeroes such as Goo Girl and The Volcano represent the letters of the alphabet from A to Z.
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