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Imagine being able to jump over your own house! How about a meal of blood or elephant droppings? Think what it would be like to walk around with your skeleton on the outside. Such is the life of insects. In this book, you'll learn about the most numerous animals on the planet. Explore colonies where millions of insects work together to survive. Learn how insects taste through their feet and see colors that we can't. Watch how insects talk to each...
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In the city of Nis, things often aren't what they seem. Derwin is a bounty hunter gifted with the Oddity of superhuman strength and agility - perfect for hunting down fugitives and demons who roam the streets. One killed his boyfriend two years ago, and Derwin won't stop until he finds out who. Police suspect it was someone he sent to prison, but he can't shake the idea that they're missing something. Elliot is a rentboy who's been living on the streets...
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Did you ever want to know what it's like to live like an animal? Well, scientifically speaking, you are an animal, and you belong to the group mammals. Mammals are unlike all other animal groups in some very special ways, and this book will show you how. Travel from the African savannah to the Arctic Circle to find truly unique animals that live amazing lives. What traits do you share with a 165-ton (150,000-kg) whale? How does your childhood stack...
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Have you ever heard of a plant that eats animals? You don't have to find them in the movies-you'll find these plants right in these pages, along with others that grow to more than 300 feet (100 m) tall and live for thousands of years. Learn about how plants make food out of sunlight and how they protect themselves with nasty poisons and pokey spines. Discover amazing friendships between flowering plants and insects. See sneaky plants use animals to...
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Reptiles have been crawling over the Earth for hundreds of millions of years, leading today to more than 6,500 species. Meet reptiles that run, swim, climb, and even fly. Incredible blue tongues, blood-shooting eyes, and poisoned-filled hinged, fangs are just a few of the features these amazing animals possess. Discover what makes reptiles unique from different animal groups, and gather the facts about how they hunt, breed, and live. Find out how...
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From the waves crashing to shore to the frigid, murky depths, life is everywhere in the ocean. Strange, mysterious, amazing animals that can change colors, sing songs, and hunt in total darkness can be found in each of the world's seven seas. In these pages, you'll meet giant squids with eyes bigger than dinner plates, visit thick kelp forests hidden beneath the surface that are home to millions of fish and playful otters, and meet mammals who decided...
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Three weeks after solving his old boyfriend's murder, bounty hunter Derwin Bryant is trying to let go of the past and embrace his new life with Elliot Leed, a former rentboy and fellow Oddity. Elliot, meanwhile, is trying to adjust to working at Bob's Bail Bonds and having a real relationship despite his strange power of Object Reading. Hanging over the couple is the fear that Roy Yoshiro, notorious gang lord, will make good on his threats to claim...
8) Dawn
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There is a world that lives amongst us. Parallel to our existence. Waiting for us to venture into its territory. Welcome, to the Collection of Oddities.
9) Oddity
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The daughter of a murdered physician vows to protect the magical Oddity he left behind in an alternate nineteenth century where a failed Louisiana Purchase has locked a young Unified States into conflict with France"--Publisher marketing.
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