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Isolator volume 3
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Minoru and his new partner infiltrate the Ruby Eye organization and find themselves in a desperate situation with no way out.
43) Distant light
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"A man lives in total solitude in an abandoned mountain village. But each night, at the same hour, a mysterious distant light appears on the far side of the valley and disturbs his isolation. What is it? Someone in another deserted village? A forgotten street lamp? An alien being? Finally the man is driven to discover its source. He finds a young boy who also lives alone, in a house in the middle of the forest. But who really is this child? The answer...
44) Book of dreams
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The Donovan legacy continues in these two classic tales of love and magic! Charmed Anastasia Donovan has sworn off romance. After a past boyfriend refused to accept Ana's gift of witchcraft, Ana decided she would move on and start fresh. So when Ana befriends her new next-door neighbor--six-year-old Jessie--she doesn't plan on falling for Jessie's protective single father, Boone Sawyer. Boone and Ana have an undeniable connection and their relationship...
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Since a deadly virus and the violence that followed wiped out his parents and most of his community, Finn has lived alone on the rugged coast with only his loyal dog Rowdy for company. He has stayed alive for two winters-hunting and fishing and trading food, and keeping out of sight of the Wilders, an armed and dangerous gang that controls the north, led by a ruthless man named Ramage. But Finn's isolation is shattered when a girl runs onto the beach....
46) 7 1/2
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A man arrives at a house on the coast to write a book. Separated from his lover and family and friends, he finds the solitude he craves in the pyrotechnic beauty of nature, just as the world he has shut out is experiencing a cataclysmic shift. The preoccupations that have galvanised him and his work fall away and he becomes lost in memory and beauty. He also begins to tell us a story... A retired porn star is made an offer he can't refuse for the...
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Español
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En Mi año de descanso y relajación, Ottessa Moshfegh hace de Manhattan el epicentro de una civilización, la del año 2000, dominada por la apatía. Como una oscura bella durmiente, la narradora de esta novela decide encerrarse durante un año en su piso de una de las zonas más exclusivas de Nueva York, asistida por una herencia ingente y por una gran cantidad de fármacos, para dedicarse a dormir y ver películas de Whoopi Goldberg y Harrison...
48) Edge of nowhere
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Seth is a teenage deckhand on his father's boat when he and his dog are washed overboard and swept to one of Alaska's small islands where they struggle for months to survive off land and sea, while his desperate father endures his own emotional journey and never gives up hope.
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Isolator volume 1
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English
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"Ever since a terrible childhood tragedy, Minoru Utsugi has wished for one thing: solitude. Years later, a bizarre encounter leaves a mysterious artifact in Minoru's body that grants his wish -- but that's far from the end of his troubles. Others have been visited and given powers like Minoru's, but their twisted desires are not so benign. When a murderous force threatens the people Minoru holds dear, will his newfound abilities be enough to stand...
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Isolator volume 2
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English
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"An alien parasite living inside of Minoru Utsugi gives him the power of Isolation--an unbreakable shield that surrounds his body. With this power, he's managed to defeat an evil Ruby Eye. Having done so, he's invited by the Accelerator--a girl named Yumiko--to join a mysterious organization whose goal is to defend humanity from the threat of the Ruby Eyes. Minoru agrees to join, with one condition: Once he has fulfilled his duty, the syndicate will...
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Polish
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"Bohaterka powieści, młoda Amerykanka, jest piękna, chuda, świetnie wykształcona i zamożna. Na pierwszy rzut oka powinna być też szczęśliwa, ale nie jest. Mamy rok 2000, początek nowego tysiąclecia, gospodarka kwitnie i wszystko mogłoby się układać idealnie, jednak tylko długi odpoczynek i odcięcie się od rzeczywistości dają bohaterce nadzieję na dalsze normalne życie. "Mój rok relaksu i odpoczynku" to opowieść o niemożliwej...
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An Accidental woman: Shocked when her best friend, Heather, is accused by the FBI of leading a double life, Poppy Blake teams up with a handsome journalist to unlock the secrets of Heather's past and ends up discovering the key to her own heart.
2nd Chance: The sensational killings that have rocked San Francisco appear to be unrelated. But when police lieutenant Lindsay Boxer and three of her female friends discover the link, they enter a deadly...
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