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ONE MAN - ONE PLANET - ONE CHANCE 2557 Humans have been banished
from Earth. Forced to live in huge space colonies close to the
moon. Earth has become Heaven. The course of mankind has been set
towards colonising the universe. The Pax Humana is in full effect.
Giant corporations overseen by The Powers control every human
necessity from birth until death, those that fail to adhere to the
system are summarily executed. Genesis is the new
beginning...Xavier Miro is a space rigger, graffiti artist and
dissident. A series of dreams leads to an adventure where he will
meet Moon Dudes, Shamanic Space Pirates, Galactic Ravers, Zugbots
and fall foul of the sinister Shadows. And where he will not only
find out the answers to why mankind was expelled from Earth, but
why he is the one person that can save humanity.
What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population
manifested superpowers called Quirks at age four? Heroes and
villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would
mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study?
The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one
of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless? Middle school student
Izuku Midoriya wants to be a hero more than anything, but he hasn't
got an ounce of power in him. With no chance of ever getting into
the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, his life is
looking more and more like a dead end. Then an encounter with All
Might, the greatest hero of them all, gives him a chance to change
his destiny...
Humanity’s greatest heroes battle the gods for the survival of the human race! Once every millennium, the gods assemble to decide if humanity is worthy of its continued existence or if it should be destroyed! When the verdict is destruction, the final battle between the gods and mortal heroes will decide the survival or extinction of the human race—a battle known as Ragnarok! Hades may be the King of Helheim and one of the gods’ most powerful champions, but his opponent in round seven, Qin Shi Huang, proves to be much more formidable than anyone expected! However, the human champion’s sublime fighting techniques take a surprising toll on him, and victory is not guaranteed. What happened in Qin Shi Huang’s past that made him prefer to fight blindfolded?
Dark humor and quirky horror unite in this tale of clashing heroes and monsters from the creator of Tokyo Ghoul and Tokyo Ghoul: re! Best friends Tokio and Azuma do everything together, even if most of the time it feels like Tokio is just stumbling along in Azuma’s cooler, more talented footsteps. But when they’re attacked one night by a superhuman mutant called a choujin, Tokio finally has a chance to shine—by turning into a choujin himself! Tokio’s recent side quest to rescue Palma Shishinegura turns out to have been worth the effort when she’s able to help them with a little problem—Yamato Mori needs to interrogate the drug dealer who’s been pushing Zola’s opium in Old Market, but he was hacked to pieces right in front of them! What’s a little death when a Zombie Maker owes you a favor?
Title: The Crown of Life.Publisher: British Library, Historical
Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the
United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries
holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats:
books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps,
stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14
million books, along with substantial additional collections of
manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The
FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the
British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides
readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and
19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of
audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader
looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the
main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy,
and works of satire. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++ British Library Gissing, George; 1899.
360 p.; 8 . 012622.f.54.
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It is 1942, and struggling up the hill to the new military
hospital, Heron's Park, Kent, postman Higgins has no idea that the
sender of one of the seven letters of application he is delivering
will turn out to be a murderer in a year's time. When Higgins is
brought in following injuries from a bombing raid in 1943, his
inexplicable death from asphyxiation at the operating table casts
four nurses and three doctors under suspicion, and a second death
in quick succession invites the presence of the irascible - yet
uncommonly shrewd - Inspector Cockrill to the scene. As the
prospect of driving back across Kent amid falling bombs detains the
inspector for the night, a tense and claustrophobic investigation
begins to determine who committed the foul deeds, and how it was
possible to kill with no evidence left behind.
A woman granted a superpower discovers it's more trouble than it's
worth. A neighbourhood forum becomes the setting for a bizarre
ghost story. A children's entertainer wrestles with problems that
are nothing to joke about. A harassed dad attempts to meet the
challenge of the primary school cake competition. By turns tender
and satirical, witty and bizarre, the stories in this debut
collection cast a fresh eye on first-world problems. Funny and
humane, they zoom in on the absurdities and poignancies in work,
family, love and loss in our frenetic modern lives.
Ghosts are converging on the cursed Mount Tonglu for a massive battle royale, the sole survivor of which may become a Ghost King, a being of unimaginable power. Xie Lian is sent to secretly infiltrate and try to prevent this--by destroying any ghosts strong enough to stand a chance.
His heavenly powers are weakened near the cursed mountain, but he has one trump card on his side--Hua Cheng, who has survived Mount Tonglu before. As they struggle against murderous ghosts and the mountain's strange defenses, Hua Cheng's knowledge of the area may prove invaluable.
But can they even begin to unravel the cursed peak's secrets?
Knowing beforehand, events past and present without having any
prior knowledge can, at times be a disadvantage in some respects
and a blessing to be able to see beyond the five physical senses in
some others. Not forgetting future events which haven't manifested
into the material world can also be predicted by a good
medium/clairvoyant - some people have the gift of knowing -
intuition and an awareness appears to be a built-in mechanism. Some
say it is passed on from a previous life, providing you believe in
reincarnation, a third of the world's population believe in this
phenomenon - mostly in the Middle- and Far-eastern countries. In
some instances you don't have to be with a person to know about
their past, present and future events. This doesn't alter my
physical condition. I still have heart failure, renal failure and
Parkinson's Disease. I appear to be ticking over on medication.
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