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Beasts
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Author : Joyce Carol Oates
ISBN (No Dashes) : 0786708964
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Description : "A cunning fusion of gothic romance and psychological horror story, and one of [Oates's] best recent books." -Kirkus Reviews
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This book added on : 21-Dec-2002 by ickgirl
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Carpe Jugulum: A Novel of Discworld
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Author : Terry Pratchett
ISBN (No Dashes) : 0061020397
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Description : Terry Pratchett blends humour, horror, and harridans to create a story where the vampires want to be normal, the priests are allergic to evil, and the witches just want to have fun.
This volume (of the 20 some books he has written, all of which I would heartily reccomend) takes place in the Ramtop Mountains around the birth of the princess whos middle name is 'note spelling' and winds up with a nice cup of tea on a drawbridge.
Terry Pratchett plays with words, ideas, and especially stereotypes to show the deeper truth and untruth in day to day life.
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This book added on : 22-Jan-2003 by callei
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Catch-22
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Author : Joseph L. Heller
ISBN (No Dashes) : 0684833395
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Description : There was a time when reading Joseph Heller's classic satire on the murderous insanity of war was nothing less than a rite of passage. Echoes of Yossarian, the wise-ass bombardier who was too smart to die but not smart enough to find a way out of his predicament, could be heard throughout the counterculture. As a result, it's impossible not to consider Catch-22 to be something of a period piece. But 40 years on, the novel's undiminished strength is its looking-glass logic. Again and again, Heller's characters demonstrate that what is commonly held to be good, is bad; what is sensible, is nonsense.
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This book added on : 08-Oct-2002 by Abbadon
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Diamond Throne
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Author : David Eddings, Leigh Eddings
ISBN (No Dashes) : 0345367693
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Description : The Diamond Throne is basically about a group of knights trying to save someone who had been poisoned. The victim happens to be the queen of Elenia, in a mass political plot to put her bastard cousin on the throne. As the Queen's Champion Sparhawk and his companions search for a cure, international church politics and a magic spell that kills the participant in order to sustain the Queen lend urgency to the quest. While this does follow a more traditional fantasy line of knights, wizards, and whatnot, the feel of the book and the relationships between the people make the world believable. Each character has been specifically brought to light to portray them as people, and few characters are represented as completely good or completely evil. The basic storyline is easy to follow and makes a quick read, the intricacies of each character make it interesting. The first book in the Elenium trilogy, it is about opening this world and seeing what is going on before the main story completely unfolds.
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This book added on : 18-Mar-2004 by Cashmere
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Fingerprints of the Gods
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Author : Graham Hancock
ISBN (No Dashes) : 0517887290
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Description : The bestselling author of The Sign and the Seal reveals the true origins of civilization. Connecting puzzling clues scattered throughout the world, Hancock discovers compelling evidence of a technologically and culturally advanced civilization that was destroyed and obliterated from human memory.
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This book added on : 08-Oct-2002 by Abbadon
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Frabato the Magician
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Author : Franz Bardon
ISBN (No Dashes) : 1885928157
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Description : though probably glamourized, confabulated, and at times a little egotistical this is the autobiography of the talented occultist Franz Bardon written as fction. it tells of his struggles with an evil lodge in 1930s Germany and his subsequent capture by the nazis.
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This book added on : 27-Mar-2003 by IamSquid
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