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"While investigating a fairly straightforward case of a shape-shifting inter-dimensional child predator, Dave, John, and Amy realized that there might actually be something weird going on. Together, they navigate a diabolically convoluted maze of illusions, lies, and their own incompetence in an attempt to uncover a terrible truth that they - like you - would be better off not knowing. Your first impulse will be to think that a story this gruesome...
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John dies at the end volume 2
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"Fan favorite David Wong takes readers to a whole new level with this blistering sequel to the cult sensation John Dies at the End, soon to be a movie starring Paul Giamatti Originally released as an online serial where it received more than 70,000 downloads, John Dies at the End has been described as a "Horrortacular", an epic of "spectacular" horror that combines the laugh out loud humor of the best R-rated comedy, with the darkest terror of H.P....
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From the author of Crying, a witty, wide-ranging cultural history of our attitudes toward work-and getting out of it.
Couch potatoes, goof-offs, freeloaders, good-for-nothings, loafers, and loungers: ever since the Industrial Revolution, when the work ethic as we know it was formed, there has been a chorus of slackers ridiculing and lampooning the pretensions of hardworking respectability. Reviled by many, heroes to others, these layabouts stretch...
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Game trilogy (Anders de la Motte) volume 2
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It's been four months since HP Pettersson was dragged into a ruthless Alternate Reality Game that nearly cost him his life. Although he now has everything he ever wished for--freedom, money, and no responsibilities--he isn't satisfied. He's plagued by insomnia and paranoia, and misses the adrenaline rush of the Game. He misses the attention. At times, he even hopes the Game Master will find him. And when HP catches the eye of a rich and powerful CEO...
7) The pilgrims
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Pendulum trilogy volume 1
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"Eric Albright is a twenty-six-year-old journalist living in London. That is to say he would be a journalist if he got off his backside. But this luckless slacker isn't all bad--he has a soft spot for his sometimes friend Stuart Casey, the homeless old drunk who mostly lives under the railway bridge near his flat. Eric is willing to let his life just drift by...until the day a small red door appears on the graffiti-covered wall of the bridge, and...
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Game trilogy (Anders de la Motte) volume 1
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After a night out partying, a slacker finds a cell phone on a train and begins receiving text messages inviting him to play a game where participants rate videos of pranks and criminal acts that eventually start merging into the real world.
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"Warning: You may have a huge, invisible spider living in your skull. THIS IS NOT A METAPHOR. You will dismiss this as ridiculous fear-mongering. Dismissing things as ridiculous fear-mongering is, in fact, the first symptom of parasitic spider infection--the creature stimulates skepticism, in order to prevent you from seeking a cure. That's just as well, since the "cure" involves learning what a chainsaw tastes like. You can't feel the spider, because...
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Game trilogy (Anders de la Motte) volume 3
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HP could never have imagined he'd become entwined in a chaotic and dangerous game of life and death when he picked up a lost cell phone on a commuter train. He thought he'd escaped. Now, his paranoia quickly grows to mania, as he is convinced that the Game Master and past characters are following him and that the police are watching him HP decides he must finish one last assignment and expose the Game Master's secrets once and for all, no matter...
11) One more year
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The continued adventures of Megg & Mogg -- a witch and her cat familiar -- now joined by Owl and Werewolf Jones.
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John dies at the end volume 3
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"It's the story "They" don't want you to read. Though, to be fair, "They" are probably right about this one. To quote the Bible, "Learning the truth can be like loosening a necktie, only to realize it was the only thing keeping your head attached." No, don't put the book back on the shelf -- it is now your duty to purchase it to prevent others from reading it. Yes, it works with e-books, too, I don't have time to explain how. While investigating a...
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"Field trip! After foiling a string of magical dangers, Glenn's made arrangements for his class to have some well-deserved R&R -- at the beach! The guys may be salivating over the thought of seeing the girls in swimsuits, but it's not all fun and games. The shadowy Researchers of Divine Wisdom are scheming behind the scenes, and it's Glenn's own students who will find themselves in danger. The strange history of new student Re=L Rayford, the youngest...
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"An old childhood friend of Sistine's shows up at the university and lays down a bombshell: he's her long-estranged fiance! Leos intends to make good on their engagement, and what's more, he wants her to quit her studies immediately and leave her dreams behind. But if there's one thing Glenn can't stand, it's somebody pushing one of his students around. Before anyone can stop him, he challenges Leos to a duel over Sistine's hand in marriage!"--provided...
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"The class field trip maybe took a small turn for the worse: an evil secret society kidnapped one of Glenn's students! After narrowly dodging his own death, Glenn's got no choice but to team up with his old war buddy Albert to take down the bad guys. It won't be easy. Sword prodigy Re=L Rayford has joined the kidnappers, and Glenn's not the sort to give up on a student--not even when they're trying to kill him. One magic teacher against a shadowy...
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