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PC Technician Street Smarts: A Real World Guide to CompTIA A+ Skills
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McTs Microsoft Sharepoint 2010 Configuration Study Guide: Exam 70-667
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MCTS: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Configuration Study Guide: Exam 70-630
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Time's Abyss
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SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide: The Definitive Guide
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The Haunting of the Ginger's Regret: 224-Verse
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Ice
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CompTIA A+ Complete Lab Manual: exam 220-801, exam 220-802
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CompTIA A+ Complete Lab Manual
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The Fallen Shall Rise: 224-Verse
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Art is a Russian immigrant living in Canada, a web designer, socially awkward nerd, and serious drone hobbyist. However, once he encounters an alien force field by chance, his life goes spectacularly wrong. Suddenly an unknown agency is trying to kil ...more | |
"Centuries before this story was written, a battle between fire and ice was waged. Humankind endured a world of fire after the fire Goddess Surtur, defeated the frost giant Ymir and for a long time the earth had no ice, for Antarctica lay at the botto"
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The story is short but not fast. The author makes great use of poetic symbolism to share his protagonist's madness with the reader. The vast majority of the book is his introspection and observations on macabre experiences in self-discovery that woul ...more | |
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this is a tale of a civilisations' forgotten history and their progress to understanding what was lost from their knowledge. Follow Jep in his quest to unravel the truth as he endures scrutiny from the ministry. m" Read more of this review » |
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Although the intended audience for this book is "young adults," I think it's a good read for everyone. While the theme of "What if Nazi Germany had won World War Two" has been extensively mined, Ryan Graudin breathes new life into it. Yael is a young ...more | |
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I remember reading this decades ago and liking it, but that's all I could recall. In a conversation with someone recently, I thought of the book again and decided it was time to re-read it. I like character driven stories, but this short story collec ...more | |
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I read this novel hoping for pulse-pounding adventure at every turn. I love a good mystery and archeological treasure hunting. Unfortunately, while there were exciting moments and one heck of a twist ending, there are also huge sections of absolutely ...more | |
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Interesting concept but it didn't deliver. The plot was fairly predictable and the conflict was stereotypically "good vs. evil" with no nuances.. I found it hard to take the story seriously, even though it seemed to be the intent. ...more | |
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I discovered the book almost by accident and bought it after reading the author's blog. It started out as a real page turner with a compelling mystery but somewhere in the second half, it lost steam. The book was still interesting enough to finish, b ...more | |

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
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“Now the standard cure for one who is sunk is to consider those in actual destitution or physical suffering—this is an all-weather beatitude for gloom in general and fairly salutary day-time advice for everyone. But at three o’clock in the morning, a forgotten package has the same tragic importance as a death sentence, and the cure doesn’t work—and in a real dark night of the soul it is always three o’clock in the morning, day after day.”
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