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"Heir to a fortune, Marguerite is destined for a life of prosperity and gentility. Then she is orphaned, and her guardian—an enigmatic and volatile man—spends her inheritance and insists she accompany him on an expedition to New France. That journey takes an unexpected turn when Marguerite, accused of betrayal, is brutally punished and abandoned on a small island. Once a child of privilege who dressed in gowns and laced pearls in her hair, Marguerite...
3. Isolate
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Grand illusion volume 1
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English
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"Industrialization. Social unrest. Underground movements. Government corruption and surveillance. Something is about to give. Steffan Dekkard is an isolate, one of the small percentage of people who are immune to the projections of empaths. As an isolate, he has been trained as a security specialist and he and his security partner Avraal Ysella, a highly trained empath are employed by Axel Obreduur, a senior Craft Minister and the de facto political...
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Faye Longchamp mystery volume 9
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English
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"Archaeologist Faye Longchamp-Mantooth has dug herself a deep hole and she can't make her way out of it. As she struggles to recover from a shattering personal loss, she sees that everyone she loves is trying to reach out to her. If only she could reach back. Instead she's out digging holes all over her home, the Florida island of Joyeuse. In their old plantation home, Joe Wolf Mantooth is surrounded by family--Faye, the wife he loves; their toddler...
5. Isolation
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Lionsgate
Pub. Date:
[2017]
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English
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3 stars
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When a young couple's Bahama vacation takes a turn for the worse after they return to their room and find it ransacked, they discover people they thought they could trust are not who they seem to be.
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Immortal Outcasts volume 3
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English
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Alpha gorilla shifter and former Immortal Operative, Bane Antonov, has spent years learning to master his beast side. But his temper is tested when two blasts from the not-so-distant past show up, claiming to want to help him find his mate. He's never believed in destiny, or that the Fates have anything great planned for him. All he knows is that his hard-earned control shatters the minute he crosses paths with Galiena-a petite succubus who makes...
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Image Comics
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2018
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English
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An evil spell has been cast on the Queen of Maar and her Captain of the Guard will do anything to reverse it. Their only hope lies on an island half a world away-a place known in myth as Isola, land of the dead. Gotham Academy creators BRENDEN FLETCHER and KARL KERSCHL reunite with series colorist MSASSYK and letterer ADITYA BIDIKAR for a breathtaking fantasy adventure two decades in the making. Recommended for fans of Studio Ghibli and the work of...
10. Isola: Volume 2
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Image Comics
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2020
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English
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In the second collection of Brenden Fletcher and Karl Kerschl's Eisner-nominated series, Queen Olwyn and Captain Rook find themselves far off course, without supplies or any hope of breaking the evil spell trapping Olwyn in the form of a magical blue tiger. The companions will face grave new threats and uncover long-held secrets in their quest to find Isola, the land of the dead, where they hope to return the Queen of Maar to human form before war...
11. Isola: Chapter 1
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Image Comics, Inc
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[2018]
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English
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An evil spell has been cast on the Queen of Maar, and her Captain of the Guard will do anything to reverse it. Their only hope lies on an island half a world away -- a place known in myth as Isola, land of the dead.
13. Isolated Islands
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Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Pub. Date:
2020
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English
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You are surrounded by miles of ocean as far as the eye can see. The hot sun beats down on you, depleting your already limited stores of energy. You have no supplies to help you survive, and you are all alone! In this alarming book, readers will visit the most isolated islands around the globe. The informative text is enriched by stunning photographs and an eye-catching design. Compelling sidebars provide additional information about each far-flung,...
14. Isolated Matters
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Xlibris US
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2014
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English
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Isolated Matters is a suspenseful thriller centered in Pacifica, California, a coastal town mere miles from the commotion of San Francisco, yet enclosed by mountain ridges and a picturesque fog that appears daily at the most opportune moments. It is a place where people go to enjoy the beauty of isolation. This is the story of one of its residents, MJ Matters, a young woman, struggling to cope with her transition from the animated life she once knew...
15. Isolation
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Bloodhound Books
Pub. Date:
2020
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English
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As a deadly epidemic sends the nation into quarantine, one family must face a killer in their home in this tense and timely mystery thriller. Seemingly out of nowhere, a vicious virus puts all of America on lockdown. In their opulent mansion, the wealthy Stone family is better off than most. But they're not without their problems. Mark, a former tech industry giant, is now an invalid close to death. His wife Brenna is unravelling more each day. And...
16. Isolation
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BookBaby
Pub. Date:
2018
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English
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In one, unexpected moment Simpson's happy life is forever shattered. Driving home from celebrating the renewal of his wedding vows, an accident places his wife's life in jeopardy. As she succumbs to her injuries, Simpson's spirit breaks and he walks away in search of his faith. Isolated at his father's cabin in Northern Minnesota, Simpson first encounters the spectral form of his wife. The connection between them opens a doorway allowing hostile creatures...
17. Isolation
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Four Tree Press
Pub. Date:
2022
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English
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Punctuated by seventeen of the artist's photographs, "Isolation" is a poetic meander through the idea of being alone. Self-referential and deeply personal, Nylander considers the implications of the resistance to, and yet need for, personal isolation as a part of the creative process.
18. Isolation
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HarperCollins
Pub. Date:
2012
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English
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Two decades before the events of Partials, the world was locked in a different battle for survival: a global war for the last remaining oil reserves on the planet. It was for the Isolation War that the American government contracted the ParaGen Corporation to manufacture the Partials-our last hope in reclaiming energy independence from China. And it was on these fields of battle that the seeds of humanity's eventual destruction were sown. Isolation...
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Birlinn Limited
Pub. Date:
2011
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English
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In this classic memoir of rural life in the Scottish Highlands, a shepherd chronicles his years in a remote glen before the introduction of electricity. In August 1956, Iain Thomson and his wife Betty, along with their two-year-old daughter and ten-day-old son, sat huddled in a small boat on Loch Monar in Ross-shire as a storm raged around them. They were bound for a tiny, remote cottage at the western end of the loch which was to be their home for...
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Princeton University Press
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1996
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English
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Eric A. Nordlinger (1939-1994) was Professor of Political Science at Brown University and an Associate at the Olin Institute for Strategic Studies at Harvard University. His works include On The Autonomy of the Democratic State and Soldiers in Politics. This iconoclastic and fundamental work, Eric Nordlinger's last, advocates a new variant of isolationism, a "national strategy" confining U.S. military actions largely to North America and to neighboring...