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1) Revolutions
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One girl, chosen by blood. A prophecy only partially fulfilled. And a madman desperate enough to destroy everything.
There's more than meets the eye to Videus' obsession with Runa and her bloodlines. The only problem is, unraveling the mystery could unleash catastrophe on everything she holds dear.
As the prophecy starts to unfold, Runa's left with a severe handicap. Not only has she not completed the trials like she was meant to-she's rocked by...
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Readers can discover all the foul facts about Rowdy Revolutions, including which Chinese emperor was overthrown by his mum, why one revolution made ugly people very scared indeed and what Count Dracula was really like. In ebook format, these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.
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A new account of the relevance of Hegel's ideas for today's world, countering the postwar anti-Hegel "insurgency"
G.W.F. Hegel was widely seen as the greatest philosopher of his age. Ever since, his work has shaped debates about issues as varied as religion, aesthetics and metaphysics. His most lasting contribution was his vision of history and politics. In Hegel's World Revolutions, Richard Bourke returns to Hegel's original arguments,
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Neo remains unconscious in the real world, caught in a mysterious subway station that lies between the machine world and the matrix. Bane is still a conduit for Agent Smith, who continues to grow more out of control. Meanwhile, the sentinels are coming dangerously close to Zion. Trinity and Morpheus bargain with The Merovingian to free Neo. Neo, after meeting The Oracle, decides he must leave Zion and go for the machine mainframe. One final battle...
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It is important to uncover the sometimes hidden reasons that have motivated people behind revolutions. It is vital to bring light to the non-confessed causes, those that usually stay behind the scenes, from those who pursue the revolution and from those who are against it. By means of clarifying the hidden agendas and revealing the reasoning of both sides, the viewer is provided with information which allows him to judge on his own.
11) Axis revolutions
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"A compendious collection of companion stories! As the Red Skull broadcasts hate across the globe, can the Avengers and X-Men quell the madness? Or will they be swept up in it? New world disorder is the name of the game as the Skull's havoc touches every mind on the planet -- and the heroes' cure proves worse than the disease! Heroes go bad! Villains go good! And Thor goes... on a bender? Shock follows shock as Doctor Strange struggles against...
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“Powerful” (The New Yorker), “extraordinary” (The New York Times Book Review), and “brilliant” (Entertainment Weekly)—you won’t be able to put down this novel by the award-winning bestselling author of White Tears and Blue Ruin
Critics have compared him to Martin Amis, Zadie Smith, Tom Wolfe, and Don DeLillo. Granta dubbed him “one of...
Critics have compared him to Martin Amis, Zadie Smith, Tom Wolfe, and Don DeLillo. Granta dubbed him “one of...
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The American Revolution is often portrayed as a high-minded, orderly event whose capstone, the Constitution, provided the ideal framework for a democratic, prosperous nation. Alan Taylor, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, gives us a different creation story in this magisterial history of the nation's founding. Rising out of the continental rivalries of European empires and their native allies, Taylor's Revolution builds like a ground fire overspreading...
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<B>A vibrant, diverse history of Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples in the age of Romanticism</B><BR />  <BR /> Vesuvius is best known for its disastrous eruption of 79CE. But only after 1738, in the age of Enlightenment, did the excavations of Herculaneum and Pompeii reveal its full extent. In an era of groundbreaking scientific endeavour and violent revolution, Vesuvius became a focal point of strong emotions and political...
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