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The end is always near : apocalyptic moments, from the Bronze Age collapse to nuclear near misses / by Carlin, Dan,1965-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Do tough times create tougher people? Can humanity handle the power of its weapons without destroying itself? Will human technology or capabilities ever peak or regress? No one knows the answers to such questions, but no one asks them in a more interesting way than Dan Carlin. In The End is Always Near, Dan Carlin looks at questions and historical events that force us to consider what sounds like fantasy; that we might suffer the same fate that all previous eras did. Will our world ever become a ruin for future archaeologists to dig up and explore? The questions themselves are both philosophical and like something out of The Twilight Zone. Combining his trademark mix of storytelling, history and weirdness Dan Carlin connects the past and future in fascinating and colorful ways. At the same time the questions he asks us to consider involve the most important issue imaginable: human survival. From the collapse of the Bronze Age to the challenges of the nuclear era the issue has hung over humanity like a persistent Sword of Damocles. Inspired by his podcast, The End is Always Near challenges the way we look at the past and ourselves. In this absorbing compendium, Carlin embarks on a whole new set of stories and major cliffhangers that will keep readers enthralled. Idiosyncratic and erudite, offbeat yet profound, The End is Always Near examines issues that are rarely presented, and makes the past immediately relevant to our very turbulent present.
Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Catastrophical, The; Catastrophical, The.; Civilization; Imaginary histories.; World history; World history.;
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The elusive Lord Everhart / by Lorret, Vivienne.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Love stories.; Fallow Hall (Imaginary place); Nobility; Fallow Hall (Imaginary place); Mate selection;
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The Rovers Return : Coronation St. official companion / by Randall, Tim.; ITV Studios.;
Subjects: Coronation Street (Television program); Coronation Street (Television program); Coronation Street (Manchester, England : Imaginary place);
© 2013., Headline,
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The light between worlds / by Weymouth, Laura E.;
Six years ago, when sisters Evelyn and Philippa Hapwell cowered from air strikes in a London bomb shelter, they were swept away to a strange and beautiful kingdom called the Woodlands, where they lived for years in a forest out of myth and legend. When they returned to their lives in post-WWII England, no time had passed and nothing had changed--except themselves. Now Evelyn is desperate to return, while Philippa just wants to move on. But when Ev goes missing, Philippa must confront the depth of her sister<U+2019>s despair and the painful truths they<U+2019>ve been running from.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Historical fiction.; Sisters; Missing persons; Loss (Psychology); Imaginary places;
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Treasure Island [sound recording] / by Stevenson, Robert Louis,1850-1894.; Buck, David,1936-1989.;
Narrated by David Buck.LSC
Subjects: Sea stories.; Adventure fiction.; Treasure Island (Imaginary place); Maps; Treasure troves; Pirates; Audiobooks.;
© p2010., BBC Audiobooks America,
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The court of miracles / by Grant, Kester,1984-;
Les Misérables In the violent urban jungle of an alternate 1828 Paris, the French Revolution has failed and the city is divided between merciless royalty and nine underworld criminal guilds, known as the Court of Miracles. Eponine (Nina) Thénardier is a talented cat burglar and member of the Thieves Guild. Nina's life is midnight robberies, avoiding her father's fists, and watching over her naïve adopted sister, Cosette (Ettie). When Ettie attracts the eye of the Tiger--the ruthless lord of the Guild of Flesh--Nina is caught in a desperate race to keep the younger girl safe. Her vow takes her from the city's dark underbelly to the glittering court of Louis XVII. And it also forces Nina to make a terrible choice--protect Ettie and set off a brutal war between the guilds, or forever lose her sister to the Tiger.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Alternative histories (Fiction); Government, Resistance to; Revolutions; Sisters; Thieves; Imaginary wars and battles;
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The devilish Mr. Danvers / by Lorret, Vivienne.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Love stories.; Fallow Hall (Imaginary place); Inheritance and succession; Mate selection;
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Did everyone have an imaginary friend (or just me)? : adventures in boyhood / by Ellis, Jay,1981-author.;
"What to do when you're the perpetual new kid, only child, military brat hustling school-to-school each year and everyone's looking to you for answers? Make some shit up, of course! And a young Jay Ellis does just that, with help from every child's favorite co-conspirator -- their imaginary best friend. Born in the perfect storm of especially ferocious rain and a sugar-fueled imagination, Mikey, his imaginary best friend, steps in to figuratively hold Jay's hand through various youthful shenanigans. A testament to the importance of imagination, trusting oneself, and making space for your creativity, Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend or Just Me? is a memoir of a 90s kid who confided in his imaginary sidekick to navigate everything from parallel pop culture universes, like watching Fresh Prince alongside John Hughes movies or listening to Ja Rule and Dave Matthews, to a lifetime of birthday disappointment (being a Christmas season Capricorn will do that to you) and hoop dreams gone bad. Mikey also guides him through greater tragedies, like losing his teenage cousin in a mistaken-target drive-by and the shame and fear of being pulled over by cops almost a dozen times the year he got his driver's license. As imaginary friend morphs into adult consciousness, Ellis charts an unforgettable story of looking within yourself for guidance to some of life's biggest (and smallest) challenges, told in the roast-you-with-love voice of your closest homie"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Ellis, Jay, 1981-; Ellis, Jay, 1981-; African American actors; African American children; Imaginary companions.;
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Forever your earl / by Leigh, Eva.;
Subjects: Regency fiction.; Historical fiction.; Love stories.; Wicked Quills of London (Imaginary organization); Gossip columnistsAuthors; Nobility; Secrecy;
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The complete war of the worlds : Mars' invasion of Earth from H.G. Wells to Orson Welles / by Holmsten, Brian.; Lubertozzi, Alex.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-199).
Subjects: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.; Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946; Welles, Orson, 1915-; War of the worlds (Radio program); Science fiction, English; Imaginary wars and battles in literature.; Science fiction radio programs.;
© c2001., Sourcebooks MediaFusion,
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