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Daniel Robinson

Barnes, the supervisor of a Hot Shot wildfire suppression crew, is haunted by the season past, when many members of his dedicated, young team were killed in a Colorado forest fire that went all wrong, scorching the Hot Shots as they fled, some as they struggled into their fire shelters. He wakes each morning in the presence of their ghosts as they proceed across his bedroom or assemble at his kitchen table, their eyes asking questions that he cannot answer. As he tries to unravel the threa...

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Daniel Robinson

Greenwich, Connecticut, 1922. Newspaper man Joe Henry finds himself the primary suspect when his friend, fellow reporter Wynton Gresham, is murdered. Both were veterans of French battles during WWI-the war that was supposed to end all wars.Unanswered questions pile up in the wake of a violent night: Gresham lies dead in his home, a manuscript he had just completed has gone missing, three Frenchmen lay dead in a car accident less than a mile from Gresham's home, and a trunk full of ...

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Nick Ray, Matt Blomberg, Daniel Robinson

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Travel Guide

Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime to Cambodia.Discover popular and off the beaten track experiences from spotting dolphins on the Mekong Discovery Trail, to exploring the castaway-cool archipelago of Koh Sdach, and visiting the Sosoro Museum to learn about the history of money in Cambodia.Build a trip to remember with Lonely Planet's

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Daniel Robinson

"I've come to warn you. A cloud of darkness looms over the universe.An evil of old stirs in the shadows.The countdown to the destruction of everything has begun."Seventeen-year-old Jonathan Tomus isn't your typical teenage boy. He lives on a developing planet, on the outskirts of Union space. He lacks interest in the most basic aspects of high school life. He possesses little ambition for his future, except to ensure Laura—his only friend—...

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Daniel Robinson

'Biopiracy' refers either to the unauthorised extraction of biological resources, such as plants with medicinal properties, and associated traditional knowledge from indigenous peoples and local communities, or to the patenting of spurious 'inventions' based on such knowledge or resources without compensation. Biopiracy cases continue to emerge in the media and public eye, yet they remain the source of considerable disagreement, confusion, controversy and grief. The aim of this book is to ...

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Daniel Robinson

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Muse Books

As a young writer with neither profession nor money, William Wordsworth committed himself to a career as a poet, embracing what he believed was his destiny. But even the “giant Wordsworth,” as his friend and collaborator Samuel Taylor Coleridge called him, had his doubts. In Myself and Some Other Being, Daniel Robinson presents a young Wordsworth, as ambitious and insecure as any writer starting out, who was trying to prove to himself that he could become the great poet he desired...

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Daniel Robinson

I'VE COME TO WARN YOU. A CLOUD OF DARKNESS LOOMS OVER THE UNIVERSE. AN EVIl OF OLD STIRS IN THE SHADOWSTHE COUNTDOWN TO THE DESTRUCTION OF EVERYTHING HAS BEGUN.Seventeen-year-old Jonathan Tomus isn't your typical teenage boy. He lives on a developing planet, on the outskirts of Union Space. He lacks interest in the most basic aspects of high school life. He possesses little ambition for his future, except to ensure Laura--his only friend--and his widowed mother's continued s...

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Daniel Robinson

Seventeen-year old Jonathan Tomus isn't your typical teenage boy. He lives on a developing planet, on the outskirts of Union space. He lacks interests in the most basic aspects of high school life. He possesses little ambition for his future, except to ensure Laura--his only friend--and his widowed mother's continued survival. This is his piece in life, and he's content with it... until an encounter with a mysterious dark-haired beauty dislodges everything he has come to know.Thrus...

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Daniel Robinson

“I’ve come to warn you. A cloud of darkness looms over the universe.An evil of old stirs in the shadows.The countdown to the destruction of everything has begun.”Seventeen-year-old Jonathan Tomus isn’t your typical teenage boy. He lives on a developing planet, on the outskirts of Union space. He lacks interest in the most basic aspects of high school life. He possesses little ambition for his future, except to ensure Laura—his only friend—and his widowed mother’s co...

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Nicola Williams, Jean-Bernard Carillet, Cyrena Lee, Daphne Leprince-Ringuet, Chrissie McClatchie, Anna Richards, Daniel Robinson, Madeleine Rothery, Paul Stafford, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Mary Winston Nicklin

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Travel Guide

Dive headfirst into France and discover everything you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime.France rewards curiosity - discover world-class prehistoric cave art alongside crowd-pleasing gallery masterpieces, and dazzling coastal road trips that lead to sun-baked hilltop villages. Our on-the-ground experts have embraced the beaches in Bonifacio, roamed Chateau de Versailles, and slurped oysters in Cancale. Just think of us as your friend on the inside

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Duncan Garwood, Isabel Albiston, Oliver Berry, Stuart Butler, Fionn Davenport, Marc Di Duca, Belinda Dixon, Peter Dragicevich, Anthony Ham, Paula Hardy, Catherine Le Nevez, John Noble, Sally O'Brien, Josephine Quintero, Kevin Raub, Daniel Robinson, Brendan Sainsbury, Regis St Louis, Andy Symington, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Kerry Walker, Nicola Williams, Neil Wilson

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Road Trips Guide

Discover the freedom of the open road with Lonely Planet's Europe's Best Road Trips. This trusted travel companion features 41 amazing drives, from 2-day escapes to 2-week adventures. Traverse the rugged Scottish Highlands, plunge into the medieval scenery of the Rhine and drive Italy's Grand Tour. Get to Europe, rent a car, and hit the road!Inside Lonely Planet's Europe's Best Road Trips**:**Itine...

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Daniel Robinson

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History of Evil

The third volume of The History of Evil encompasses the early modern era from 1450–1700. This revolutionary period exhibited immense change in both secular knowledge and sacred understanding. It saw the fall of Constantinople and the rise of religious violence, the burning of witches and the drowning of Anabaptists, the ill treatment of indigenous peoples from Africa to the Americas, the reframing of formal authorities in religion, philosophy, and science, and it produced profound...