Mad Mandrake
And shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the earth, That living mortals, hearing them, run mad. . . The idea that mandrake would scream when uprooted, causing insanity or death to those hearing it, is only one of the strange superstitions ascribed ... [... more]
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Jonathan Kirsch
David, King of the Jews, possessed every flaw and failing of which a mortal is capable, yet men and women adored him, and God showered him with many blessings. A charismatic leader, exalted as "a man after God's own heart," he was also capable [... more]
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Robert E. Lee
The accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus. The chief gladiators were two great legal giants of the century. Like two bull elephants locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared ... [... more]
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Akira Kurosawa
Threatened by plundering cyborg bandits, an innocent village defies its inhuman enemies with the help of mortal men born to do battle and bound to die for honor: humanity's champions, the seven samurai. This thrilling manga is based on the ... [... more]
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Jerome Lawrence
The accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus. The chief gladiators were two great legal giants of the century. Like two bull elephants locked in mortal combat, they bellowed and roared ... [... more]
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Joe Grant Bell
Through the course of an eleven-year career in the gaming industry, Joe Grant Bell has written over 50 strategy guides, including Prima's official guides for Tourist Trophy, Condemned: Criminal Origins, and Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks. He lives ... [... more]
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Chuck Iglesias
When Fido leaves this mortal coil for the big farm in the sky, when Fluffy doesn't wake from her afternoon nap, when a beloved gerbil takes his last run on the exercise wheel, the grieving humans are left behind to mourn. If your pets are a ... [... more]
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When I Was Mortal
Stunted, by fermed: I ordered this book on the basis of Mr. Marias's fame as one of Spain's best modern writers; I wished to sample my countryman's fame and enjoy the vehicle of his success. At the very start of the volume the reader is informed that [... more]
CDN$16.00
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Mortal Engines
Reeve lifted story base idea?: The description of this book, which I have NOT read, seems to match a book I read in the mid-1970's. "The Inverted World" by Christopher Priest. This is an exceptional story; I recommend it very highly. It is out [... more]
CDN$21.50
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Mortals
From Amazon.com: Surely someone has already pointed out the irony of the surname Rush for a writer who can devote a long paragraph to uneven paving tiles. Mortals--the follow-up to Norman Rush's National Book Award-winning Mating--is a complex, unhurried [... more]
CDN$39.95
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Blessings of Being Mortal
great author,great teacher: wow! what a great book.she puts it perfectly together.i had her for death and dying class and she should be righting more books. TIMELY, SENSITIVE AND HELPFUL: In this time of national crisis, Margo Drummond writes a [... more]
CDN$22.50
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Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance
From Amazon.com: Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance brings the Mortal Kombat series a new 3-D fighting engine, adds tons of features and extras, and still offers up classic gameplay. This installment features a 3-D battle system that still manages to [... more]
CDN$22.99
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