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Cemetery tour guide Pepper Martin never imagined she'd get to meet rock legend Damon Curtis, the bad boy poet who made millions of teenage girls scream. After all, he kicked the bucket years before she was born. But thanks to her newfound ability to chat up the dead, Pepper's got a front row seat perfect for swooning over the still-sexy Damon's latest lyrics. He's convinced that his former bandmate Vinnie Pallucci murdered him back in '71, and he's...
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The Faerie War is over. Did we win?This is the first installment of the serialized novel DEAD WEIGHT, set within the world of THE FAERIE WAR. In "The Tombs," a former military bard, Boy Scout wallows in grief and self-pity in post-war San Francisco. He wants nothing more than to numb his mind and escape from the memories and stories that plague him from his time serving in the U.S. Marines during the war. However, conflict is brewing once again. Forces...
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"Sacred Tombs and Burial Rituals" offers a profound exploration of the reverence ancient Egyptians held for the afterlife and the rituals surrounding death. From the construction of grand tombs to the intricate burial practices, this book delves into the spiritual beliefs that guided the funerary customs of one of history's most intriguing civilizations.
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Grand Central Publishing
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2023.
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xviii, 299 ; 23 cm
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"What's it like to be the first to enter an Egyptian burial chamber that's been sealed for thousands of years? What horrifying secret was found among the prehistoric ruins of the American Southwest? Who really was the infamous the Monster of Florence? Douglas Preston's journalistic explorations have taken him from the haunted country of Italy to the jungles of Honduras. He was granted exclusive journalistic access to the largest tomb in Egypt's Valley...
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Basic Books
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2023.
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viii, 369 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"Do you know where you should always move first in Tic Tac Toe? Understand the betting cube in backgammon? Want to know the best property in Monopoly? Did you know that the African game Mancala might have led one of its players to make an early approximation of the number pi? Or that the nigh-magical Golden Ratio can help you win at Rock Paper Scissors? Around the World in Eighty Games is a gleeful exploration of games and math, spanning centuries...
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