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1) Bloodname
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A DANGEROUS DECEPTION...
Truebirth: Born in the laboratory, these genetically engineered soldiers train to be the ultimate warriors. They are the elite pilots of the Clan's fearsome BattleMech war machines.
Freebirth: Born of the natural union of parents, these too are soldiers, but pale imitations of their Truebirth superiors. Despised for their imperfections, they fight where and when their Clan commands.
Aidan has failed his Trial of Position,...
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"Parker's deft evocation of a lost era in Western American history-the life of the mining boom town-and her complex characterization make Leaden Skies an absorbing read."-Stephanie Barron, national bestselling author
It is summer 1880, and Inez Stannert, one of the partners in the Silver Queen Saloon in Leadville, Colorado, travels with her photographer friend Susan to the fashionable summer retreat of Manitou for a reunion with her son, now a toddler...
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Phoenix volume 10
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日本語
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After the death of Emperor Tenchi, the political situation starts to change significantly. Inugami, who was saved by Marimo, has recovered from his wounds. With resentment against repeated orders for labor and contributions imposed on the villagers, Inugami again heads to Otsu, but is arrested for violent behavior towards a minister.
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Phoenix volume 3
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In search of the Phoenix, Yamatai troops surge into the volcano. Among them is a master of archery who confronts Sarutahiko, but their fight ends in a draw. Sarutahiko asks Yumihiko to give up the Phoenix to Nagi if he succeeds to capture it. Yumihiko finally shoots down the Phoenix while the volcano is shooting out the fire. But Himiko dies before she can sip the life-blood of the Phoenix.
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Phoenix volume 1
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日本語
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A boy named Nagi lives in at the foot of the mountain where the Phoenix resides. His sister, Hinaku, is saved by Guzuri, a medicine man, falls in love with him. At the night on their wedding, the village is suddenly attacked by troops of Yamatai led by Sarutahiko. The truth is then discovered: Guzuri has double-crossed them.
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Phoenix volume 4
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With the help of a woman named Uzume, Nagi and Sarutahiko escape from the horse-riding tribe, which aims to destroy Yamatai. Back in the Yamatai Kingdom, they battle against the horse-riding tribe together with Yumihiko but they are outnumbered.
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Phoenix volume 6
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While Lamp doggedly follow Leona, Leona and Chihiro subconsciously reach the explosion site in the research facility where Leona gradually retrieves his memory in the past. He recalls his father, who died in hopelessness, his revolts against such his father and a research on the vital energy in the Phoenix's feather conducted by Dr. Saruta.
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Phoenix volume 8
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Defeated General Harima is forced to wear a wolf skin over his head, which cannot be taken off. He heads to a country called Wah together with Obaba who has helped him and an injured General Saruta, where they save a girl named Marimo, a daughter of a canine tribe worshiped as a native god. While resting in a village that Saruta has known, they are assaulted by attackers.
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Phoenix volume 5
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In the 25th century, Leona involved in explosion at the laboratory on the moon, is restored to life with artificial brain planted in. He, however, has lost his memory due to the effect of the operation. Furthermore, people become to be reflected as debris on his eyes.
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Phoenix volume 13
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Masato is all alone left in the world and is tormented by overwhelming loneliness. A long, long time passes, and a new life is born from Masato himself. At last, he reunites with Tamami.
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Phoenix volume 9
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Harima who has changed his name to Inugami-no-Sukune, becomes the leader of Inugami village where village folks enjoy prosperity. It seems like the peaceful life in the village lasts forever. However, pressures from the Imperial Court to exclude native gods to extend Buddhism rapidly increases. Just then, a holy seat enshrining a native god is hardly destroyed by a minister's followers.
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Phoenix volume 12
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After escaping from an underground city called Yamato, Masato and Tamami make it to Dr. Saruta, an authority on artificial beings. A full-scale war between underground cities breaks out, resulting in the extermination of the human race.
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Phoenix volume 11
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A battle between the army of Prince Otomo and that of Prince Oama, Hirafu, and Inugami breaks out. Prince Otomo attacks Inugami with paranormal powers utilizing Buddhism while Marimo and her canine tribe members, together with other native gods, support Inugami. The Phoenix, however, refuses to stand by Inugami.
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Phoenix volume 2
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Frightened by coming of old age, Himiko, the Queen of Yamatai, desperately wants the life-blood of the Phoenix. Sarutahiko who won the war brings Nagi with him. He trains Nagi as a hunter for the Phoenix. Nagi, however, is planing to attack Himiko instead, while Sarutahiko is accused of such Nagi's act. Nagi rescues Sarutahiko from the Hornet's Cave and heads for his homeland.
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Phoenix volume 7
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Sakon-no-suke, a woman who has been brought up as a male, sets off to kill Yaobikuni who tries to save her diabolic father. After killing Yaobikuni at a temple, Sakon-no-suke cannot return home, and finds out Yaobikuni is herself in the future - trapped in the circle of time.
16) Carnosaur Crimes
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"[T]he snowballing pace will keep the reader turning the pages until the unexpected finish."-Publishers Weekly
When paleoartist Ansel Phoenix finds a burnt body hanging from the mouth of her life-sized Allosaurus replica outside the Big Toe Natural History Museum, she starts digging. An Indian poacher has been cutting out fossil carnosaur tracks along the Redwater River, and the Bureau of Land Management is threatening to close the museum and move...
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Mars A Phoenix Oddyssey volume 1
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Like its namesake, the Phoenix Mission rises from the ashes of so many previously unsuccessful attempts to explore the Red Planet. But for NASA, the passion for Mars that started with the Mariner and Viking programs of the sixties can't be snuffed out that easily. The Phoenix's mission is to study the history of water and potential habitability in the Martian arctic's ice-rich soil.
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Mars A Phoenix Oddyssey volume 2
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In August 2007, scientists behind the Phoenix mission successfully launched a lander on a nine-month voyage to Mars. The Phoenix was the first spacecraft to probe the Martian arctic, landing near 70 degrees north latitude and uncovered clues in the icy soil of the Martian arctic about the history of near-surface ice and its potential for habitability.
19) Phantom Death
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Inspector Leroux had witnessed the execution of the Phantom of the Opera. Justice had been served. So he thinks, until letters in a feminine hand arrive, hinting at the curious coincidence of a masked composer, Erik Costanzi, thriving in an Italian opera house and married to the former Parisian Diva, Meg Giry. Driven by outrage and a desire for revenge, the inspector tracks the Phantom to his new home. But there is another ghost from Erik's past,...
20) Phantom Madness
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On sabbatical in Rome, Dr. Richmond meets the volatile genius of the opera, Erik Costanzi. The chance to study the connections between madness and genius seem to converge in the exaggerated stories of Costanzi's eccentric life. When an accident strikes one of his children, Erik's emotional and violent reaction confirms the doubts that Dr. Richmond has planted in Meg's mind about her husband's sanity. Although she agrees to permit Dr. Richmond to treat...
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