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"This X is eXcellent.
X can start a word like x-ray.
Or xylophone." Discover the letter X in this new series where each letter in the alphabet gets its own turn to shine. In each Discover the Alphabet book, kids will learn how the featured letter is used in the English language. Bright photographs and engaging text bring the alphabet to life in this first introduction for little ones.
These beginning-level informational texts are the most robust...
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Straight edge-hardcore punk's drug-free offshoot-has thrived as a subculture since the early 1980s. Its influence has reached far beyond musical genres and subcultural divides. Today it is more diverse and richly complex than ever, and in the past decade alcohol and drug use have become a much, discussed issue in radical politics, not least due to the hard work, dedication, and commitment to social and environmental justice found among straightedge...
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Set sail on the high seas with this collection of 21 unforgettable short stories featuring dashing rogues, daring rebels, and wily pirates searching for treasures of all kinds, including a forgotten journal, a heavenly sword, a young girl's lucky sock, and even the Fountain of Youth. Some pirates are familiar-complete with parrots, peg legs, and eye patches-but most are unique: a twelve-year-old computer hacker, a heroic rabbit on an unusual quest,...
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Plusieurs formes anciennes fondent le théâtre autochtone des trois Amériques. Certaines ont survécu au génocide entrepris par les puissances coloniales au cours des derniers siècles. Elles partagent les liens sacrés qui nous unissent à nos ancêtres et aux Esprits de la Terre. Le Xajoj Tun Rabinal Achi, inscrit depuis 2008 sur la liste du patrimoine culturel immatériel de l'humanité par l'UNESCO, est exceptionnel. Il est le seul vestige...
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There are over 6 million Xhosa speakers in South Africa, where the Xhosa people are the second largest cultural subgroup (after the Zulu). Xhosa is a tonal language known for its clicking sounds. This unique, two-part resource provides travelers to South Africa with the tools they need for daily interaction. The bilingual dictionary has a concise vocabulary for everyday use, and the phrasebook allows instant communication on a variety of topics. Ideal...
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XXL-XS represents the emerging discipline of ecological design by assembling a wide range of innovators with diverse interests. Geo-engineering, synthetic biology, construction site co-robotics, low-energy fabrication, up-cycling waste, minimally invasive design, living materials, and molecular self-assembly are just a few of the important advances explored in the book. At one extreme are massive public works, at the other, micro to nano-sized interventions...
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This collection of speculative short fiction is about all kinds of queer growth, from emerging and developing to flourishing and cultivating. Whether they're tender sprouts just beginning to discover themselves or deeply-rooted leaders fiercely defending those they love, the people in these stories have this in common: you can't tell them what to do. They grow as they please.
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X volume 12
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Nothing in Arcadia is what it seems. Beneath its façade of order and industry lies a corrupt brotherhood of criminals, cronies, and cops all drawing from the same tainted well. But there's a wrench in this dirty machine, a leather-clad, one-eyed, one-man wrecking crew bent on tearing down the lie of Arcadia, brick by brick. The man known as X cares about only one thing: the rule of law. Unfortunately, that law is X.
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X volume 1
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The city of Arcadia is the dark side of the American Dream. It's the land of opportunity, if you've got the money to buy it or the muscle to take it. The police are the best trained and equipped in the country, if you can afford their protection. Crime is under control, because crime is in control. For the corrupt and the ruthless, Arcadia is paradise on Earth. But a cold storm is blowing through the streets of Arcadia, a plague wind in black leather...
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Collects X-Force (1991) #66-84, -1. Zero tolerance - maximum action! As the U.S. government's mutant-hunting Prime Sentinels target the villainous Mutant Liberation Front, X-Force is caught in the middle! What is their old friend Dani Moonstar doing with the MLF? And when the Sentinels capture half the team, can the ragtag remainder pull together to rescue them? Meanwhile, an old foe with an ax to grind targets Domino, and X-Force breaks away from...
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X-Men Second Coming volume 1
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Also collects Uncanny X-Men (1963) #523-525, New Mutants (2009) #12-14, X-Men: Legacy (2008) #235-237, X-Force (2008) #26-28. What started in HOUSE OF M with the Decimation of mutantkind and erupted with the first new mutant birth in MESSIAH COMPLEX finishes here. In the epic crossover SECOND COMING, Cyclops' faith pays off when Cable returns to the present with Hope, the girl he believes to be the mutant messiah. But will she be the savior or destroyer...
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Collects Cable & Deadpool (2004) #26-27, X-Men (1991) #177-187. With the mutant race reduced to extinction levels, how do the X-Men pick up the pieces? A Sentinel arrival and a sneak attack force the weakened X-Men to re-evaluate who their friends are - and to align themselves with former enemies. For when his people need him the most, Apocalypse shall return! Cable can see the signs, but can he and Deadpool stop it from happening? Do they even want...
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In The X-Files and Philosophy, thirty-six fearless philosophers seek for the truth which is out there, in here, at least somewhere, or (as the postmodernists claim) nowhere. One big issue is whether the weird and unexplained happenings, including the existence of entities unknown to traditional science, might really exist. And if they did, what would be the proper way to behave towards them? Some of these entities seem to flout conventional laws of...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of Grant Cardone's The 10X Rule by Instaread Preview: The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure by real estate mogul Grant Cardone is a no-holds-barred exhortation for people to aim higher and work harder. By employing this discipline, people can render themselves impervious to even the most unforeseeable of obstacles. Success is available for anyone who wants to seize it. Regardless of background, intellect,...
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How do authors' voices change, when they collaborate?
A round-robin of great science fiction and fantasy stories. Five authors with each other and writing solo. Epic duels both human and divine, alien spaceships, a train full of sacrifices barreling straight toward a god's seat of power, and much, much more.
Stories from Evan Marcroft, David Gallay, J. Tynan Burke, L'Erin Ogle, and Douglas Anstruther
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• Children of a Wine-Dark...
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How SFF stories move from 'maybe' to published
What's needed to take a story from interesting to publishable? What changes during the editorial process?
Reading 5X5 x3 presents 15 case studies of stories published in Metaphorosis magazine. For each story, the anthology includes:
• Final version - the published version of the story
• Revision notes - the editor's initial feedback on the submitted version, the author's intent for the piece, and...
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The Avengers and the X-Men -- the two most popular super-hero teams in history -- go to war! And in AVX: Vs., experience the larger-than-life battles too big for any other comic to contain! Iron Man vs. Magneto! Spider-Man vs. Colossus! Captain America vs. Gambit! And more! Also collects AVX: Vs #1-6, and Infinite Comics #1, #6 and #10.
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An explosion of little architectural magazines in the 1960s and 1970s instigated a radical transformation in architectural culture, as the magazines acted as a site of innovation and debate. Clip/Stamp/Fold takes stock of seventy little magazines from this period. The book brings together a remarkable range of documents and original research which the project has produced during its continuous travels over the last four years starting with the exhibition...
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A Study Guide for Malcolm X with Alex Hailey's "The Autobiography of Malcolm X," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Literary Themes for Students .This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Literary Themes for Students for all of your research needs.
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