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61) Enthüllung
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Netwars - Der Code. Ein Thriller in sechs Folgen über die dunkle Seite des Internets. Folge 5. -- Willkommen im Deep Web. Dem Ort, wo (fast) absolute Anonymität herrscht. Wenn man sich an die Regeln hält. -- Bei der National Cyber Crime
Unit versucht man fieberhaft herauszufinden, wer Rebecca MacDonald gefangen halt und in welche dunklen Geschäfte die Übeltäter verwickelt sind. Für Scott Mitchell ist dies im Moment nebensächlich, denn Nightshade...
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Sometimes you have to go off-planet to discover where you belong. In the tradition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comes "Welfy Q. Deederhoth: Meat Purveyor, World Savior," a heartwarming story of friendship, adventure, and luncheon meats. Orphan, product of the foster care system, Welfy is a homeless runaway struggling to survive, uncertainly navigating the streets of New York City with his only friend Harlan Mills. Soon after he finds work...
63) How to Mars
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What happens when your dream mission to Mars is a reality television nightmare? This debut science-fiction romp with heart follows the tradition of Ray Bradbury's Martian Chronicles, with a dash of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and a hint of Mythbusters.
For the six lucky scientists selected by the Destination Mars! corporation, a one-way ticket to Mars-in exchange for a lifetime of research-was an absolute no-brainer. The incredible opportunity...
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Three great novels for one low price! This bundle is a must read for fans of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, and Discworld.
The Left Hand of Dog (Starship Teapot #1)
Intergalactic kidnappers! A chatty horse! Sentient glitter gas! And a dog!
When Lem and her dog retreat from the city for a few days, they don't expect to wind up aboard the starship Teapot with adorable alien bounty hunters.
Judgement Dave...
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Get ready for a wonderfully weird and wacky trip to places in the universe you didn't know existed! If Douglas Adams had written The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for kids, it might go like this...
When 12-year-old Ilnoblet Elmer discovers his new head teacher is not quite what he thought, he uncovers a secret: the Moots, those dastardly, despicable, desecrating aliens, are back on Earth.
Then his sister disappears, and he's sure it's got something...
66) Racing Chaos
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Cassy was doomed to a lifetime of servitude on a barren planet, or so everyone told her.
Good thing she's a bad listener...
A daring escape introduces Cassy to the eclectic residents of Sector 3, including Pilot, a snarky AI with a mysterious past; Zipper Fanshee, a celebrity heartthrob; and Una, a beautiful, bookish runaway. Uniting them is their obsession with the galactically famous "Diomedes 100" endurance space race.
After a bit...
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Intergalactic travelers had their Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Evolutionists had Darwin's The Origin of Species. And now Mainers can have their very own manual for the good life in Maine. Styled around the Dangerous Book for Boys, The Wicked Good Book is a pithy, nostalgic, practical, and irreverent guide to getting the most out of living in the Pine Tree State. It includes helpful tips on everything from outsmarting blackfly attacks to living...
68) Täuschung
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Netwars - Der Code. Ein Thriller in sechs Folgen über die dunkle Seite des Internets. Folge 4. -- Willkommen im Deep Web. Dem Ort, wo alles als Waffe verwendet werden kann und der Tod nur einen Klick entfernt ist. -- Nach einer gewaltigen
Explosion im Kraftwerk Drax in Yorkshire deutet alles auf die National Cyber Crime Unit als Verursacher hin. Agent David Roche und Rebecca MacDonald von PrinceSec, die dort ermittelten, sind verschwunden. Scott...
69) Rache
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Netwars - Der Code. Ein Thriller in sechs Folgen über die dunkle Seite des Internets. Folge 6. -- Willkommen im Deep Web. Dem Ort, wo man nach dem Code lebt. Oder stirbt. -- Der Druck auf Scott Mitchell, Berater der National Cyber Crime
Unit und heimlicher Hacker, wird immer höher. Niemand soll erfahren, welche Dinge er unter dem Decknamen "Strider" getan hat. Es gelingt ihm, alle Verdachtsmomente auf einen Kollegen namens Miller zu lenken. Nightshade,...
70) The Ridiculous
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Step into 'The Ridiculous,' an intergalactic adventure that beckons to readers of all walks of life. This sci-fi comedy, reminiscent of 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' with a sprinkle of Barbie's whimsy, invites you on an extraordinary journey that defies the ordinary.
Imagine a world where the absurd is the new normal, and laughter knows no age boundaries. 'The Ridiculous' offers an immersive experience that blends humor and profound life lessons,...
71) Space opera
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"Mankind will not get to fight for its destiny. They must sing. A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and nearly ended the entire concept of intelligent space-faring life. In the aftermath, a curious tradition was invented by the remnants of civilization. Something to cheer up everyone who was left. Something to celebrate having escaped total annihilation by the skin of one's teeth, if indeed one has skin. Or teeth. Something to...
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If you've ever wondered how much real science goes into movies like “Gravity”, novels like “The Martian”, and television shows like “Doctor Who”, this is the book for you. Written by an author who is both a data scientist and a science fiction writer, this entertaining and accessible book uses popular science fiction movies, stories, and TV shows to explain the science behind popular narrative concepts like time travel, lightsabers, AI,...
73) Hell inc
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Raz Frewer just made a bet with the Devil.
He needs a cure to save his dying wife, and Lucifer has it-- a mystical lamp, but its pieces were scattered around the globe centuries earlier.
If he can find them, he'll get his cure; if he can't, the Devil gets his soul.
Now, with the help of three willing strangers (well, two of them are willing), he's got just four days to search the planet for the pieces.
The powers of the ancient lamp can change the...
74) Verrat
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Netwars - Der Code. Ein Thriller in sechs Folgen über die dunkle Seite des Internets. Folge 2. -- Willkommen im Deep Web. Dem Ort im Netz, wo es keine Gesetze gibt. Wenn man sich nicht erwischen lässt. -- Anthony Prince, Chef der
Sicherheitsfirma PrinceSec, ist bei einem Flugzeugabsturz ums Leben gekommen. Die Ermittlungen über die Umstände seines Todes führen über die kriminelle Hacker-Gruppe Black Flag zu einer Hafenbehörde in Newcastle...
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The book we didn't know we needed, hilarious and action-packed, this novel has you laughing and crying, well into the night. Read with caution.
Joe Vallen is a normal author, our world's JV, anyway. The Joe Vallen of our novel is the wealthiest author to ever live, in a world, where countries go to war for their writers, books are traded on the black market, and new releases are more important than the Super Bowl.
He's at the height of his career,...
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Planet Hy Man is in turmoil. Her leader lost on earth. Will Mex rise to the challenge or fade faster than her hair dye? Mex is heading for the Edinburgh Festival in search of lost energy. Hot on her heels is Beryl, her leader who has already dropped Mex in it once and may do again. Beryl has a planet to save and an arch rival to beat. A feat made near impossible considering her arch-rival has taken over Beryl's "operations room" along with every high-...
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Funny, inflammatory, and strangely prescient, a duck-and-cover fable. If Dr. Strangelove and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy got together and had a litter of puppies you'd get Dog Logic.
Hertell Daggett is not what he used to be: once married, once a physicist, and once shot in the head in a New Year's Eve accident, or possibly the 4th of July. The doctors got most of the bullet out, but a few specks of copper remain floating in his brain, connecting...
78) Anschlag
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Netwars - Der Code. Ein Thriller in sechs Folgen über die dunkle Seite des Internets. Folge 3. -- Willkommen im Deep Web. Dem Ort, wo man niemandem trauen darf. Nicht einmal dem besten Freund. -- Nightshade, führendes Mitglied der
kriminellen Hacker-Gruppe Black Flag, erfährt im Netz vom Tod ihres Spions in der NCCU, der National Cyber Crime Unit. Wer hat das getan? Er ist nervös - seine sorgfältig ausgefeilten Pläne sind in Gefahr. Inzwischen...
79) Sunken Spaceship
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Ex-Army paratrooper Griffin "Fin" Brooks thought he left danger behind when his battlefield injuries forced him to pursue a new career in marine biology. But one fateful night off the coast of South Africa, a ship nearly crashes into him and his loyal golden retriever, Jacques. Not just any ship. A starship. Though its alien pilot is dead, the rare extraterrestrial animal inside is not. Fin learns the creature is being smuggled across the galaxy when...
80) FKA USA: a novel
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FKA USA is the epic novel we've all been waiting for about the American end of times, with its unavoidable sense of being on the wrong end of the roller coaster ride. It is a masterwork of ambition, humor, and satire with the power to make us cry, despair, and laugh out loud all at once. It is a tour de force unlike anything else you will read this year.
It is 2085, and Truckee Wallace, a factory worker in Crunchtown 407 (formerly Little Rock, Arkansas,...