Matthew Smith
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On a cold rainy day Jack Darring, a rookie beat cop finds his dad, Rick Darring a homicide detective dead in an alleyway, hacked up by an axe. Now it's up to him to find his father's killer with the aid of his supernatural friend Stake, who has a mysterious past with Jack, but why did he come back and is it related to the death of his father?
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This book provides a foundational understanding of blockchain technology. Blockchain Technology has been hailed as the most significant innovation since the internet and some say it is about to take the world by storm. In truth, Blockchains will completely change the way that governments, financial institutions, and health and business systems across the globe process transactions and exchange information. This revolutionary new technology is in fact...
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The world of Dastross is split up into four different sections ruled by a tribe of Nepharia, they have been at war with The Darkness for centuries, but for the past two years Drogoth and The Darkness has been living in the shadows waiting for the perfect time to strike again, there's a prophecy that speaks of the Elementals of Nepharia, five Pariahs that are known to be able to take control of the Elements; Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space, together...
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Social psychiatry was a mid-twentieth-century approach to mental health that stressed the prevention of mental illness rather than its treatment. Its proponents developed environmental explanations of mental health, arguing that socioeconomic problems such as poverty, inequality, and social isolation were the underlying causes of mental illness. The influence of social psychiatry contributed to the closure of psychiatric hospitals and the emergence...
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To some, food allergies seem like fabricated cries for attention. For others, they pose a dangerous health threat. Food allergies are bound up with so many personal and ideological concerns that it is difficult to determine what is medical and what is myth. This book parses the political, economic, cultural, and genuine health factors of a phenomenon that now dominates our interactions with others and our understanding of ourselves. Surveying the...
6) Overnight
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Originally published in 1949, Matthew Smith writes with the brilliance of an Arlen and the sophistication of a Maugham in this vintage tale of high-fashioned passion that bares the souls and appetites of mid-century old money.
Nestled in rolling fields on the eastern Connecticut shore stands Cragie, the sumptuous estate of George Ridgley. Passersby admire its sprawling luxury and envy its owner his many acres with their tenant farms, luxurious...
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John Parker has been in cryogenic sleep for thirty years and when he wakes up, he is guided to an alien planet by a robotic Ai on the ship he arrived on. With no memory of how he got there, he must go down on the mysterious Alien planet to find out what exactly is going on.
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In 1934 the republic of Haiti celebrated its 130th anniversary as an independent nation. In that year, too, another sort of Haitian independence occurred, as the United States ended nearly two decades of occupation. In the first comprehensive political history of postoccupation Haiti, Matthew Smith argues that the period from 1934 until the rise of dictator Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier to the presidency in 1957 constituted modern Haiti's greatest...
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In this moving microhistory of nineteenth-century Haiti and Jamaica, Matthew J. Smith details the intimate connections that illuminate the conjoined histories of both places after slavery. The frequent movement of people between Haiti and Jamaica in the decades following emancipation in the British Caribbean brought the countries into closer contact and influenced discourse about the postemancipation future of the region. In the stories and genealogies...
11) Slamdown Town
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IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
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A birthday wish and vintage chewing gum transform eleven-year-old Ollie into wrestler Big Chew, which might win back his older brother's respect but destroy his friendship with best friend Tamiko.
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Doctor Who The Eleventh Doctor Archives volume 15
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Special arc by Eisner-nominated writer Joshua Hale Fialkov! At the onset of World War II, the Silurian's scheme of world domination has come to light - and they want Amy as their queen! Can the Doctor stop the reptilian aliens and their unwitting Nazi allies? Of course he can. He's the Doctor!
13) Ragtag Team
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It's time for a tag team as Big Chew jumps back into the ring
Ollie and Tamiko saved Slamdown Town, and wrestling is popular again! The rise in popularity draws two newbies to the ring: the Krackle Kiddos, Linton Krackle's son and daughter. They may be puny middle schoolers, but they're somehow unbeatable. Something's fishy about Linton's kids...and it's not just the prize crackle fish on display at Krackle Manor.
Soon the son and daughter of...
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Welcome to Multiworld! A fluctuating rift complex filled with every historical location possible! Be a cowboy! A Roman! A Knight! But when a crash-landing Sontaran survey vessel merges the rifts, the Doctor, Amy, and Rory each find themselves in different worlds - and in peril! And where did the Sontarans go?
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Doctor Who The Tenth Doctor Archives volume 34
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Tragic loss… Final issue! Final appearance of the Tenth Doctor! Sad farewells. A song ends. People die. What, you thought we'd end on a high note? It's called 'Final Sacrifice', guys! Multiple Eagle Award-nominated writer Tony Lee and Matthew Dow Smith close the book on the tenth Doctor...
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Doctor Who The Eleventh Doctor Archives volume 10
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Finding themselves inside an alien asylum, the Doctor, Amy and Rory discover that many of the human patients within actually house the minds of some of the Doctor's most terrifying enemies. As the Doctor tries to work out who has done this hideous body swap, the inmates riot and two characters will never be the same again.
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Doctor Who The Tenth Doctor Archives volume 33
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War! What is it good for?! The Doctor discovers the truth about Kol'Ne Wah and finds Matthew, while Emily and Hugh try to stop the world from rebooting! But what is the Advocate's terrible plan - and why are the fifth-dimensional Tef'Aree involved?
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Doctor Who The Tenth Doctor Archives volume 21
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Following the shocking end of 'Silver Scream', the Doctor now finds himself on trial for his life by the Shadow Proclamation! To survive, he has to prove his innocence… but the prosecution is Mister Finch from 'School Reunion'.
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The stunning conclusion of "When Worlds Collide"! Can the Doctor find his TARDIS in time to keep the amusement park planet from being destroyed? Or are Amy, Rory, and everyone else there doomed?! Find out from the world-class creative team of Tony Lee and Matthew Dow Smith!
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Spearated into three worlds, the Doctor battles dinosaurs on a flying carpet, Rory pull the sword in the stone to fight Wild West gunfighters, and Amy joins the French Resistance to fight the Sontarans. Only the TARDIS can join the worlds together, but where is it?