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"Lillian and Madison were unlikely, yet inseparable friends at their boarding school. Then Lillian had to leave the school unexpectedly in the wake of a scandal, and they have barely spoken since. Years later, Lillian gets a letter from Madison pleading for her help. Madison's twin stepkids are moving in, and she wants Lillian to be their caretaker. However, there's a catch: the twins spontaneously combust when they get agitated. Lillian is convinced...
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A terrifying new plague is spreading like wildfire across the country, striking cities one by one: Boston, Detroit, Seattle. The doctors call it Draco Incendia Trychophyton. To everyone else it is Dragonscale, a highly contagious, deadly spore that marks its hosts with beautiful black and gold marks across their bodies before causing them to burst into flames. Millions are infected; blazes erupt everywhere. There is no antidote. No one is safe. Harper...
3) Spontaneous
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A darkly funny and spectacularly original exploration of friendship, goodbyes--and spontaneous combustion.
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A spellbinding American Southern Gothic thriller with a supernatural twist - a past secret has the power to destroy the future . . . When Lucy Cartaret dies, her journalist son Dan returns to her hometown, Fort Jude, Florida, in search of his real father, claiming he's here to investigate the mysterious deaths of three elderly women. Spontaneous human combustion, experts say. But why? Surely it's more than coincidence - and what links these deaths
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Charles Brockden Brown was an American novelist, historian, and editor, who has been recognized as one of the first American novelists and an early proponent of the Gothic romance genre. Brown's works are a combination of his own Romantic imagination and Enlightenment ideals, and are often characterized by elements of the sensational and violent. His work also reflects an interest in the early feminist movement, and frequently draws on Enlightenment-era...
7) Spontaneous
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When Auntie Ned spontaneously combusts, she leaves behind a pair of smoking orthopedic shoes and a house that she wills to her best friend's daughters. Amy and Gwendolyn are sisters--closer than close--who move into Ned's bungalow and inherit her legacies: a closet full of housedresses, a freezer full of meat, and the passionate flames of unrequited desire.
Amy's appetites--for meat, for sex, for getting her way--are ferocious, while Gwendolyn longs...
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Fire Force volume 1
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"The city of Tokyo is plagued by a deadly phenomenon: spontaneous human combustion! Luckily, a special team is there to quench the inferno: The Fire Force! The fire soldiers at Special Fire Cathedral 8 are about to get a unique addition. Enter Shinra, a boy who possesses the power to run at the speed of a rocket, leaving behind the famous "devil's footprints" (and destroying his shoes in the process). Can Shinra and his colleagues discover the...
10) Fire force: 03
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The city of Tokyo is in the grip of a reign of terror! Possessed by demons, people have begun to burst into flame, leading to the establishment of a special firefighting team: the Fire Force, ready to roll on a moment's notice to fight spontaneous combustion anywhere it might break out. But the team is about to get a very unique addition: Shinra, a boy who possesses the unique power to run at the speed of a rocket, leaving behind the famous devil's...
11) Fire force: 04
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"Shinra has discovered that someone is using a bug to turn people into Infernals. He's narrowed the suspects down to two, and now he must figure out which one is the real culprit. Can he find out who is friend and who is foe without first getting caught himself"--Pg.4 of cover.
13) Fire force: 05
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"Shinra has learned that his brother is not only alive, he's working for the enemy! Will Company 8's strong sense of justice turn Shinra against his own family? Learn the story of how Company 8 was formed and follow their exploits as they confront the unconventional Company 7 in their quest to find the Evangelist"--Pg.4 of cover.
16) Fire Force: 11
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Fire Force volume 11
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"After receiving a near-fatal injury from his brother Shō Shinra, Shinra's life is saved by the healing fire soldiers of Company 6. When he wakes up from his coma, who should appear before him but Leonard Burns, captain of Company 1. He's ready to tell Shinra about the fire that took his family 12 years ago, but can Shinra handle the truth?"-- Page [4] of cover.
17) Fire force: 07
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"The time has come for Company 8 to fill its roster. Now that they have a scientist in the form of the very suspicious Viktor Licht, Captain Ōbi sends Shinra, Arthur, and Iris to recruit an engineer. Vulcan is an exceptionally talented machinist, but his deep-seated hatred of Haijima Industries and the Fire Force means Shinra and company have their work cut out for them. Will they survive this recruitment endeavor?"--Page 4 of cover.
18) Fire force: 06
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"Company 8 has come to Asakusa to investigate the Evangelist, but Company 7's captain suspects them of creating artificial Infernals! The White Hoods have set a trap for Company 8, inciting riots and setting the whole town ablaze. And in the midst of the chaos, a new type of Infernal rears its ugly head..."--Page 4 of cover.
20) Fire force: 08
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Fire Force volume 8
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Shinra is reunited with a member of his family, who turns out to be working with the enemy.
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