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At the end of the twenty-first century, Earth is under the control of a single intelligence, the apparently benign One True. Mars, meanwhile, is slowly terraforming, and the human settlers there are still free of One True's control...but they need a pressure suits to survive outside, and it will be a century or more before the planet's fit for terrestrial life.
Terpsichore Murray is growing up on Mars. She wants to quit school and become, like her...
4) Candle
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Currie Culver is about fifty-five years old, in good health, living in a comfortable retirement in the Rockies with his wife. In the wake of the Meme Wars that swept the planet two generations before, Currie, his wife, and almost everyone on Earth have in their minds a copy of One True, software that grants its hosts limited telepathy and instills a kind of general cooperation.
In his younger days, Currie hunted "comboys"-people who had unplugged...
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Joshua Ali Quare wakes in 2019 at the age of 140 in a strong youthful body with no memory of his past, to find he is at the center of a vast and deadly conspiracy. The only clues to his identity are the records he has left-messages from the man he once was...
As Quare journeys through his past, he discovers he has been a key figure in the history of a turbulent, violent century-soldier, criminal, assassin, spy. A century filled with killing plagues...
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Pirates Next Door volume 7
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A DREAM JOB: Matilda and Jim get to follow a special person who has their dream job. Matilda picks Grandpa while Jim picks a police officer. But, the jobs turn out to be different than what they expected. ILL PIRATE ALERT: The Jolley-Rogers are horrified when Matilda suggests taking sick Jim to the doctor...something that pirates do not do.
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Pirates Next Door volume 1
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THE CRASH: Matilda accidentally sets the pirate ship loose and it crashes into the school! Grandpa is furious and starts annoying the town with his cannons. CURSE OF THE COSY CORSAIRS: Jim tells everyone that his pirate family has a curse. Matilda sets out to prove that Jim is not telling the truth and to keep Mrs. Bevan from making the pirates leave.
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Pirates Next Door volume 10
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MRS. BEVAN'S SECRET: Jim uses Mrs. Bevan's secret to make her leave them in peace and she decides to leave forever. Jim then discovers that there is no point in being a pirate without an enemy! THE ATTRACTION: When the neighboring town has a new roller coaster that attracts all the tourists, Matilda has the idea of creating a Pirate attraction to get the tourists back.
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Pirates Next Door volume 6
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THE ANTI-PIRATE LAW: Mrs. Bevan makes a new rule to banish all "signs of piracy." Jim and Matilda join her pirate "reform boot camp" and pretend that she has changed them. IN THE NAME OF THE LAW: When the Pirate Code is inflicted on the Jolley-Rogers, the pirate family is left with no roof over their heads and the Winners move next door!
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Pirates Next Door volume 11
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HERO JIM: Jim runs away after he accidentally saves Mrs. Bevan and becomes the town hero. But, Matilda is known as a coward because she did nothing. Matilda must save Jim and get their reputations back to normal. THE POISONED TREASURE: Matilda becomes cursed after opening a poisoned treasure chest. She has to do everything written on Grandpa's list to reverse it, and quick!
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Pirates Next Door volume 5
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NUGGET, MERMAID HUNTER: Jim takes Nugget on a "mermaid safari" to find a mermaid and has Matilda disguise herself as one. When Nugget finds out the truth, she makes them pay! PRIVATE PIRATE PARLEY: The town is in panic when the Jolley-Rogers are mistaken to have the Pirate Black Fever because they are speaking gibberish.
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Pirates Next Door volume 13
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LANDLUBBER LABOR: Jim wants to spend more time with his father, but he begins to feel embarrassed by his father because he is different. What is he going to do? THE SECRET SARDINE: After finding out that sardines are forbidden, the pirates and Matilda open a secret restaurant specialized in pirate food!
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Pirates Next Door volume 2
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DEBT OF HONOR: Jim finds out his family owes a "debt of honor" to Brent's Family after his great-great-great grandfather was saved by Brent's ancestor. Matilda must help Jim get out of being bossed around by Brent. JIM AND THE VALIANT PRENTICE MARINERS: Jim sets sail with Brent, but they accidentally sail right into a storm! Will everyone come through safe and sound?
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Pirates Next Door volume 4
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BARBAROSSA'S TREASURE: Matilda, Max, and Alexia go on an adventure to find real treasure, but Jim tags along to collect the treasure himself. MUTINY IN THE CLASSROOM!: Brent is elected as class representative and makes being at school awful. Jim is ready to overthrow the dictatorship! After all, pirates only obey a good captain!
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Pirates Next Door volume 3
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BLUE BLOOD BUCCANEER: Jim discovers that he is a descendant from an expert on manners and he turns into a good-mannered boy. His good manners change when Matilda is captured. THE TIFF: After giving Grandpa a feather pen, jealous Squawk, the parrot, thinks Grandpa got another bird and leaves.
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Pirates Next Door volume 9
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PILLAGE APPROVED: The Jolley-Rogers must offer a treasure for the Pirate Communal Fund or they will not be pirates anymore! Matilda and Jim disagree on how to retrieve the treasure. CORSAIR COLLEGE: To calm Matilda, who is obsessed with her grades, Jim lets her attend his pirate college where they teach things like treasure hunting.
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Pirates Next Door volume 8
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PIRATE IN THE HEADBAND: After accidentally hypnotizing Mrs. Bevan, she begins to act like a pirate! Jim and Matilda must get her back to normal! THE BIG BAN: All the books about piracy have mysteriously disappeared from the town and, this time, it is not Mrs. Bevan's fault!
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Pirates Next Door volume 12
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CAPTAIN NUGGET: When Nugget wants to become Captain of the shack, Jim disagrees. He is the captain and she is too young! Furious, Nugget decides to build her own crew. This is war! ROASTING JACK: When Brent steals Jim's sword, Jim loses confidence in his pirate skills. Matilda has to help him find his courage again and prove to him that the sword does not make the pirate.
19) Frenemies
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Cat Johnson has been badly burned in the past and likes to keep her relationships simple and, usually, short. When her best friend, Nat, gets engaged, Cat meets Nat's future brother-in-law, Patrick Hart, and sparks fly. The only hitch is his fiancée, Anya. Angry and disillusioned, Cat spends the next six months trading barbs with Patrick.
All that changes after Nat and Aidan get hitched. During the newlywed's two week honeymoon, Cat offers to housesit,...
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Right after Mark's next-door neighbor is murdered, he gets a new neighbor-the beautiful but mysterious Sylvia, who has just arrived from London. Mark is drawn into a mutually obsessive relationship with Sylvia. She is secretive regarding her past and Mark's friends caution him that she can't be trusted. But Mark won't listen to his friends or to the priest who later claims that Sylvia is a deadly threat. Mark is enchanted by Sylvia's beauty and charm,...
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