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"Victor and Eli started out as college roommates-- brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things...

For one 14-year-old boy, life can be a challenge sometimes. With all of the usual crises that accompany being an adolescent, foster kid Billy has some additional obstacles in life. A chance encounter with a mystical wizard completely changes everything. And it's not long before this boy discovers that one phrase grants him the ability to make a transformation into a superhero. In fact, it couldn't be easier. All Billy needs to do is shout "Shazam!"...

"A deluxe hardcover edition of the most famous science-fiction novel of all time--part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman A human raised on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith has just arrived on planet Earth. Among his people for the first time, he struggles to understand the social mores and prejudices of human nature that are so alien to him, while his own "psi" powers--including...

"When a magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City, it gives the PAW Patrol pups superpowers, transforming them into the Mighty Pups! For Skye, the smallest member of the team, her new powers are a dream come true. But things take a turn for the worse when the pups' archrival Humdinger breaks out of jail and teams up with Victoria Vance, a meteor-obsessed mad scientist, to steal the superpowers and turn themselves into supervillains. With the fate...

When you're the son of the world's most legendary superheroes there's only one school for you - Sky High, an elite high school that molds today's power-gifted students into tomorrow's superheroes. The problem is that Will Stronghold has no superpowers!

"When a single mom witnesses a faith healer perform a miracle, she hires him to lay hands on her son with a eating disorder. The ritual works, and Kelly gains unexpected supernatural powers: any pain inflicted on him is instead felt by his aggressor. Having been tormented by bullies his entire life, Kelly's rage takes him on a murderous revenge spree and the horror escalates -- no one around him is safe, not even the girl he loves." --

"When a new force takes hold of the world, people from different areas of life are forced to cross paths in an alternate reality that gives women and teenage girls immense physical power that can cause pain and death." -- "Cuatro personajes que sufren las tensiones construidas a través de siglos de desequilibrio y amenaza están dispuestos a llegar lejos en su determinación por establecer un nuevo orden mundial. Cuatro chicas que descubren que...

"SamSam is conscientiously seeking his first-ever superpower but is winding up empty-handed every time. Thanks to Mega, the mysterious new student in school, he finally uncovers an 'anti-monster power!" Hopefully it's authentic, because SamSam is about to find himself face to face with a frightful 'fluff-brained monster' who goes around 'dampening kids down' to stop them from laughing!" --

"Most countries and companies are not prepared for the world Peter Zeihan says we're already living in. For decades, America's allies have depended on its might for their economic and physical security. But as a new age of American isolationism dawns, the results will surprise everyone. In Disunited Nations, geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan presents a series of counterintuitive arguments about the future of a world where trade agreements are coming...