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2) The Skull
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Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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THE SKULL of the Marquis de Sade has been taken from its grave, bringing terror to those who own it. Demonologist Christopher Maitland is eager to add the piece to his occult collection.
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Best friends on social media, Allysa and Morgan share a love of three things: thriller novels, true crime, and keeping secrets from each other. As soon as Allysa asks Morgan to be her plus one at a funeral, Morgan jumps on the first available flight. Burying the dead might unearth the truth about what happened to Allysa's brother twenty years earlier. She's never believed he simply left town without saying goodbye. Once they learn he's the last known...
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In a big abandoned house on a barren hill lives a skull. A brave girl named Otilla has escaped from terrible danger and run away, and when she finds herself lost in the dark forest, the lonely house beckons. Her host, the skull, is afraid of something too, something that comes every night. Can brave Otilla save them both? Steeped in shadows and threaded with subtle wit, The Skull is as empowering as it is mysterious and foreboding.
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In a big abandoned house on a barren hill lives a skull. A brave girl named Otilla has escaped from terrible danger and run away, and when she finds herself lost in the dark forest, the lonely house beckons. Her host, the skull, is afraid of something too, something that comes every night. Can brave Otilla save them both? Steeped in shadows and threaded with subtle wit, The Skull is as empowering as it is mysterious and foreboding.
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In his cross-genre book The Hill of the Skull, Jeremy Bassetti takes us on a spellbinding pilgrimage to a holy mountain in the heart of the Bolivian Andes during the little-known Festival of the Virgin of Urkupiña. Featuring a 7,000 word hybrid memoir, 50 black-and-white photographs, an afterword by celebrated writer Pico Iyer, and a behind-the-scenes dialogue between the author and the award-winning photographer Alys Tomlinson about photography,...
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Following on from their last adventure, our six girls and Arukot have worked to ensure the wave-making machines have continued to generate unlimited clean electricity. Now, the machines could be converted to help clean the ocean floor of debris deposited by humans.
But then things start to go terribly wrong. Strange mists and rainclouds start to appear at the wavemakers, the girls start to receive flowers and wavemakers and those on them start to...
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In the stirring and profound narrative "Golgatha - The Land of the Skull," the hallowed sands of time shift, bringing forth the revered figure of Jesus to the contemporary landscape of Georgetown, Texas. This extraordinary tale weaves a poignant journey across a nation pulsating with the vibrancy and turmoil of modern life, as Jesus traverses the heartlands of America, from the historic vistas of El Paso to the bustling streets of Houston and the...
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She survived. Her world didn't. Fuala lives on a remote island filled with dangers: famine, natural disasters--and bloodthirsty monsters called duyvils that are separated from her village by a massive wall and kept in check by the powerful but unseen Island King. Her people have survived these threats by forming a close-knit society that values peace and service to one another, but Fuala's adventurous spirit and youthful rebelliousness occasionally...
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It's Scully the Cat's first day as the new garden-keeper at a spooky castle... but when everyone goes missing, is he brave enough to become a hero? Draw your sword and let's find out! Even though the castle is an eerie place, full of dark secrets, Scully is excited to start his new job and prove himself to be a great gardener. But wait a minute... what happened to all his co-workers? Were they devoured by bloodthirsty vampires? Spooked by a love-struck
...11) The Sugar Skull
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The secrets hidden within the Sugar Skull have the power to protect… or destroy. 17-year-old Ricky Luna is trapped in a home that feels more like a prison than a refuge. Each night, he dreams of escaping, of finishing school, and skipping town with the girl he loves. But each morning brings him crashing back to reality. Life seems hopeless – until a mysterious midnight visitor arrives and opens Ricky's eyes to the magic surrounding his world,...
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Scotland, 1396: Euphemia MacPhee lives alone in a witch's cave with her healing herbs and an ancient skull for company. Her reclusive life shatters the day she learns that her four-year-old son, fostered on the Isle of Barra, has mysteriously fallen ill. Euphemia sails to remote Kisimul Castle to nurse the boy and soon discovers he has been poisoned. Why would someone strike at an innocent young child? Can she trust anyone there to help her fight...
13) The Sweet Skull
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When the dead whisper, chaos follows. Gabby thought she had faced it all: raising a baby, working through grad school, and dealing with cadaver exhibits. But when a silent cadaver unexpectedly stirs, her world doesn't just shift – it shatters. Once quiet ghosts scream into the night. Buried secrets claw to the surface. And a dark and ancient force sets its sights on Gabby and those she loves. With her family in danger and her sanity hanging by a...
14) The Silver Skull
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It's been one year since Amarok offered Maybelle a job aboard his vessel, and she hasn't heard from him since. Anger, concern, and irritation towards him have plagued her, but now all she feels is worried-and bored. Her father has been on the straight and narrow, has a new job, and is taking care of Maybelle's sisters competently. And Maybelle feels adrift and unsure of what her future holds. In one last effort to reach out to Amarok, Maybelle agrees...
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To save a life, she must embrace the darkness. Mia Morales has never been ordinary. Beneath her sweet, trusting demeanor, she hides an extraordinary ability: she can manipulate liquid. As a botany student, she uses her talent to bring dead plants back to life. She plans to keep her ability a secret. But secrets have a way of getting out. A mysterious stranger appears, drawn to Mia's unique gifts. He offers her a chance to master her abilities and...
16) Skull: The Mask
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After disappearing over fifty years ago, an ancient artifact known as the Mask of Anhangá, resurfaces at an archaeological dig in the Amazon. It is brought to Sao Paulo to be exhibited at a museum, but before reaching its destination, the Mask starts to claim its victims as it possesses and forces them to carry out visceral sacrifices in gruesome fashion. With the body count increasing, it's up to Officer Beatriz Obdias to find the Mask and put an...
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Even before things can settle down to the expected calm of a bucolic countryside, another mystery drops into Frederick Bisset's lap. This time it involves a skull, its presence in an otherwise pretty and snug cottage revealing a history of madness and its macabre effects on a mother-daughter bond. The cottage's present owner, Ada Darrow, is an aging spinster, an intellectual who suffers neither fools nor supernatural shenanigans, and she willingly...
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An oversize, full color, cataloging art from the development of Skull and Bones.
Experience the journey from outcast to infamous pirate in The Art of Skull and Bones! Explore life on the Indian Ocean with this high-end coffee table book featuring never-before-seen art and discover a world filled with beauty and danger.
Dark Horse and Ubisoft invite readers to enter a perilous paradise with The Art of Skull and Bones, a bounty of concept art...
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A sunken U-boat, a desert hit squad, a family secret that might bury this veteran forever!When his grandfather is attacked during a break-in at the tribal center, Grant Casey flies home to Arizona intending to say goodbye to the old man he's hated all his life. But the old man tells Grant to take a run-sending him to discover the desecration of their family's sacred items.His grandmother's basket is missing and an immigrant is found beaten, with an...
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It's 1938 and war clouds are gathering across the globe, but intrepid ethnobotany professor Ivy Linden is preoccupied with her summer fieldwork. That is until two enigmatic strangers arrive at her office and upend her plans: she must instead search for an antimalarial plant in Malaya.Ivy reluctantly accepts the mission, unaware of what adventures – and dangers – await her. Winging her way across the Pacific aboard the Pan American Clipper, she...
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