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Christopher Ryan

The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Sex at Dawn explores the ways in which “progress” has perverted the way we live—how we eat, learn, feel, mate, parent, communicate, work, and die—in this “engaging, extensively documented, well-organized, and thought-provoking” (Booklist) book.Most of us have instinctive evidence the world is ending—balmy December days, face-to-face conversation replaced with heads-to-screens zomboidism, a world ...

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Christopher Ryan, Cacilda Jetha

“Sex at Dawn challenges conventional wisdom about sex in a big way. By examining the prehistoric origins of human sexual behavior the authors are able to expose the fallacies and weaknesses of standard theories proposed by most experts. This is a provocative, entertaining, and pioneering book. I learned a lot from it and recommend it highly.” — Andrew Weil, M.D.“Sex at Dawn irrefutably shows that what is obvious—that human beings, both male and female, are lustful...

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Christopher Ryan

What if Paul Farrington, a veteran fixer for a shady corporation, found himself targeted for elimination just as he was trying to finance his daughter’s Ivy League education? How far would he go to provide for his family and keep them safe? What if detectives Frank Mallory and Alberto “Gunner” Gennaro were forced to play catch up with a killer who may or may not be a demon and who leaves trails of Dantesque murders, each one occurring further south in Manhattan and deeper into his version ...

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Lindy Ryan, Christopher Brooks

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Joe Hempel

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The Darkest Night

One last Christmas dinner. That's what Greg promises himself as he sets out the feast on his mother's grave. One last festive meal to honor the legacy of abuse, addiction, and trauma that she left her children.There was a time when Greg and his brother Joey thought they would grow up to be the good guys. No way they would end up like their mother. But now Greg drinks alone at her grave, completely estranged from his own family, without even a brother to console him. Joey didn't sur...

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Ryan Burke

A new anthology of science fiction stories that explores what the future of jurisprudence might well be like, with thrilling, hilarious, and downright entertaining results.Lawyers—pardon me, attorneys—may be portrayed in fiction as the good guys (and gals), or as greedy conniving shysters. In mundane fiction, the former are represented ably by Earle Stanley Gardner's Perry Mason and by Harper Lee's Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. The less favorable view was express...

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Hideyuki Kikuchi, Yoshitaka Amano

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Full Cast, Scott McCormick, David Cui Cui, Emlyn McFarland, Terence Aselford, Drew Kopas, Michael Glenn, Jenna Sharpe, Christopher Williams, Ryan Dalusung, Matthew Pauli, Kay Elúvian

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Vampire Hunter D

"When Vampire Hunter D entered the town of Sedoc it was in search of answers to the meaning of a dying vampire's last words: ""Find Muma."" But when he meets Mia, the daughter of the local fortuneteller, he learns the mists emanating from a smoking crater on the outskirts of Sedoc have reanimated thousands of corpses, compelling them to crawl from their graves and hurl themselves into the smoking chasm. When D goes to investigate, he finds himself split in two: a second Vampire Hunter D, f...

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Charles R. Cooke, Christopher X. Ryan

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Rupert Degas

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Underground

Performed by acclaimed narrator Rupert Degas, Orphans of the Sea brings the brutal world of the Underground to life in audio.They murdered her family. Then they sold her to the highest bidder.Bought through the underground slave trade and whisked aboard a fortress-like container ship where wealthy loners wager on death matches, Sook Joo learns the rules fast: survive in the cold, crowded cells, obey the crew, and always volunteer—or face a long swi...

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Christopher Ryan

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Christopher Ryan

The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Sex at Dawn explores the ways in which “progress” has perverted the way we live—how we eat, learn, feel, mate, parent, communicate, work, and die—in this “engaging, extensively documented, well-organized, and thought-provoking” (Booklist) book.Most of us have instinctive evidence the world is ending—balmy December days, face-to-face conversation replaced with heads-to-screens zomboidism, a world ...

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Christopher Ryan

Eighty-five-year-old Helen Bryan thinks she might have found a new bird species on one of the many feeders in her yard. On the same day, her dead husband appears and tells her a riddle that brings back memories she would rather leave behind.As she tries to solve the mystery of the new bird, she must also find answers to the riddle. The two quests become deeply intertwined as she seeks help from her former ornithology professor, a mentor turned tormenter. When the professor kills th...

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K.F. Breene

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Full Cast, Karen Novack, Christopher Williams, Danny Gavigan, Damon Alums, Ryan Dalusung, Bradley Foster Smith, Danny Montooth, James J. Johnson, Donald Guzzi, Kay Elúvian, R.J. Bayley

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Leveling Up

"She must learn to fly, but can she withstand the allure of the handsome new teacher?The decision has been made. Jessie has taken the magic, and all the weird that goes with it. Including wings. There's only one problem - she can't figure out how to access them.Through a series of terrible decisions, Jessie realizes she must ask for help. Gargoyle help.But she could've never predicted who answers her call - he's an excellent flier, incredibly patient, and a good tra...

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Ben Elton, Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer

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Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan, Alexei Sayle, Ben Elton, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Full Cast

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BBC TV Soundtracks

The complete television soundtracks of all 12 episodes of the legendary BBC sitcomGround-breaking, satirical and anarchic, The Young Ones introduced alternative comedy to mainstream TV, and made household names of its writers and performers. It ran for two series on BBC Two between 1982 and 1984, winning a host of devoted fans and a BAFTA Award for its second series.A world away from the cosy suburban sitcoms that preceded it, the show centred arou...

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Jason Anspach, Nick Cole

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Christopher Ryan Grant

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Forgotten Ruin

Tolkien meets Shock and AweOrcs. Trolls. Wraith riders. Dark wizards. Together, they form an unstoppable force. Or so they thought.Dark Army...meet the US Army Rangers.When a Joint Task Force of elite Rangers are transported to a strange and fantastic future where science and evolution have incarnated the evils of myth and legend, they find themselves surrounded, pinned down, and in a desperate fight for their very survival...