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81) Cinderella Man
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Set in New York in the Depression, this is the story of Jim Braddock, who takes up boxing to make money to feed his family, and eventually goes up against champ Max Baer, notorious for having killed two men in the ring.
James J. Braddock, born in New York City, was known locally for his thunderous right hand and successful amateur boxing career. After turning professional, he defeated foe after foe, and his rapid rise from obscurity earnt him the...
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Fatal Flesh
When moonlighting medical students "harvesting" skin from a corpse for temporary use accidentally take it from the wrong donor, the results are catastrophic:a New York City hospital ward is destroyed in a bloodbath, and an elderly professor, admitted for a routine skin graft, is suddenly the city's most wanted fugitive.
Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are the only ones to suspect something more ominous than a medical procedure gone...
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It's the same every year; the credits have only just starting rolling on the Doctor Who Christmas Special and someone will claim they know more about the Whoniverse than anyone else in the household. But now you can test their claim… with Doctor Who: The Ultimate Quiz Book! With 600 questions covering every aspect of the TV show including Doctors, companions, enemies, monsters, planets and much more, this enjoyable quiz is the perfect addition for...
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If you know the song, you know Brandy' s sailor loved the sea more than her. (The bastard.) Brandy, You' re a Fine Girl is historical fan fiction, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the 1972 hit song. Brandy' s story doesn' t end when the music stops - her destiny is filled with adventure!Barmaid Brandy seizes on a plan to become that good wife and escape her life of drudgery. A pregnancy would be just the thing to get...
85) 3,000 Miles
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Nirvana's Kurt Cobain could not have envisioned what his death would mean to Generation X - or that he would influence one young man from small-town Quebec to take his own life...
3,000 Miles is the story of Andre, a man entering his twenties with very little going for him. The only stabilizing influence in his life is music, but the news of Kurt Cobain's suicide finally pushes him over the edge. He leaves town and joins his friends Richard and Stephane...
86) Dreamgirls
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It was a time of miraculous change in America, as the cry for justice and equality rang out, from the Deep South to the West Coast. And in the Motor City, a new sound was about to explode that would break down the barriers between white and black. Three close friends from the Detroit streets, Effie, Deena, and Lorrell, had the electrifying talent to bring any audience leaping to its feet-and with the help of C.C.'s groundbreaking music and Curtis's...
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Raising the stakes in an already perilous situation, the elite members of a clandestine government sect have taken it upon themselves to become the arbiters of pain and violence against one of the most terrifying forces humanity has ever encountered. But there will be a heavy -- and horrifying -- final price to pay for both sides of an inhuman struggle that now threatens to spill over into an unsuspecting world....
88) Nevermore
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Twenty-two years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. In the years after, their father, John, taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America...and he taught them how to kill it. Sam and Dean have hit New York City to check out a local rocker's haunted house. But before they can figure out why a lovesick banshee in an '80s heavy-metal T-shirt...
89) Tideland
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A look at the world through the eyes of a wildly imaginative young girl in contemporary Texas.
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In these stories, readers will not find heartwarming sentimentality, but mature literary prose with surprising twists and indeterminate endings, and women of intense substance and spirit. P. J. Worrell understands girls who dream of being wives and mothers in safe cozy homes, then find out that trying hard to secure that life does not necessarily make it happen. Her work is imbued with the feminism that early literary pioneers like Margaret Laurence...
91) Sweepstakes Cop
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"Sweepstakes Cop" is based on the true story of a young boy who dreamed of finding treasure while protecting his friends from Bullies, Bigfoot & Bull Sharks. The heroic youth would grow up to become a Police Officer and end up winning a million dollars.
92) Harold and Maude
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Nineteen-year-old Harold Chasen is obsessed with death. He fakes suicides to shock his self-obsessed mother, drives a customized Jaguar hearse, and attends funerals of complete strangers. Seventy-nine-year-old Maude Chardin, on the other hand, adores life. She liberates trees from city sidewalks and transplants them to the forest, paints smiles on the faces of church statues, and "borrows" cars to remind their owners that life is fleeting-here today,...
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Mean streets? You have no idea...
The Sixth World is a dangerous place, and nowhere is that more obvious than in Seattle, the so-called Emerald City. Surrounding its neon-drenched heart is kilometer after kilometer of Sprawl, where millions of people scratch out a living among hazardous, slowly decaying neighborhoods and even more dangerous neighbors.
Sprawl Stories contains four Shadowrun novellas that explore Seattle through the eyes of the...
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Archie's Christmas Spectacular volume 1
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Have a holly, jolly Christmas in this spectacular featuring some of Archie's most merry stories!
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30 Days of Night volume 2
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The world of the undead is a vast one, with many stories remaining to be told. In Bloodsucker Tales, Steve Niles continues the saga of 30 Days of Night with the bloody and terrifying story "Dead Billy Dead," illustrated by talented newcomer Kody Chamberlain. Matt Fraction (Last of the Independents) joins in with "Juarez," introducing Lex Nova, former private detective and free-range madman, illustrated by Ben Templesmith.
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Dark Souls volume 2
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Written and drawn by some of the comic industry's brightest talents! Based in the world of the global hit video game series, Dark Souls!
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Walking Dead volume 115
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This special Artist Proof edition collects the monumental ALL OUT WAR story arc all in one volume as seen through artist CHARLIE ADLARD's raw pencils. Read the story in a whole new way, never before collected together in one single volume.
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"You're not the only one who can play with death." When a reporter gets in over her head investigating possible police corruption, the Hollow Girls step in to protect her. But they soon discover that the reason for Grace's suspicion - the sixty-sixth precinct's inordinately high mortality rate - is misleading, largely because the dead cops in question aren't staying dead. Little Sister's new talent might come in handy, if they can avoid the decomposing...
100) JLA: Earth 2
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They are the world's gravest super-villains: Ultraman, Owlman, Superwoman, Power Ring and Johnny Quick-the legendary Crime Syndicate of Amerika! Nothing has ever seriously threatened the global corruption they proudly enforce, but now a twisted mirror image of the CSA has arrived from the flip side of reality. Can anything stop this so-called 'Justice League,' or will the stable, perfect evil of the Earth 2 fall victim to the tyranny of law, righteousness...
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