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This is a story about two friends who've known each other for a while. At least Arthur Dent thinks so until Ford Prefect reaveals that he's actually an alien and that the world is about to end!
Not long after their conversation, a Vogon spaceship appears and announces that earth will be destroyed shortly because it is in the way of a new intergalactic highway bypass that is being built through our galaxy. Ford and Arthur manage to board the ship...
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Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect, after being thrown out of a Vogon spaceship, are quickl picked up by another ship called the "Heart of Gold", which houses the stolen Infinite Improbability Drive - a device that make the improbable happen. They arrive on the long, lost planet Magrathea to figure out what to do about their non-existent planet Earth.
Douglas Adams' wildly funny, wickedly clever sci-fi novel is collected here as a three-installment, comic...
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On the long, lost planet Magrathea, Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, and their space-traveling friends discover that the earth was really a giant organic computer that was working on finding the meaning of life. But 5 minutes before the program was done, the planet was destroyed. Ah, the irony!
Douglas Adams' wildly funny, wickedly clever sci-fi novel is collected here as a three-installment, comic ebook series. So grab your towel, stick a babel fish...
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From a quiet morning on prehistoric Earth to a war-torn cricket field to the fastest spaceship in existence - what's a temporally displaced Earthman to do?
Join Arthur Dent, Ford, Zaphod, Trillian, Slartibartfast, and yes, Marvin the Paranoid Android on their obviously hilarious journeys in the first installment of the comic ebook series, Life, the Universe and Everything. Adapted from the third novel of Douglas Adams's classic sci-fi satire series,...
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"Prehistoric castaways Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent have escaped from prehistoric Earth on a Chesterfield sofa...only to find the Universe is about to be destroyed by the obsessive people of Krikkit."
So begins the second installment of the comic ebook series, Life, the Universe and Everything. Adapted from the third novel of Douglas Adams's classic sci-fi satire series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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Arthur Dent...superhero? Is it possible? Yes!
In the final installment of the comic ebook series, Life, the Universe and Everything, you will see the mild-mannered victim Arthur Dent turn distinctly heroic; Trillian unraveling the mystery enshrouding the planet Krikkit; and Marvin the Paranoid Android taking great pleasure - no, really! - in destroying the Krikkit robots. Adapted from the third novel of Douglas Adams's classic sci-fi satire series,...
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"There is a theory which states that if anyone discovers exactly what the universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened."
Thus begins the next adventure of the intrepid occupants of the Heart of Gold: Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Trillian, and Marvin the Paranoid Android in the first...
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Ford Prefect's theories to account for the peculiar human habit of continually stating the very, very obvious: 1.) If human beings don't keep exercising their lips, their mouths will seize up; 2.) If human beings don't keep exercising their lips, their brains start working.
So stop moving your lips, get your brains in gear, and find out why Arthur Dent keeps stating the painfully obvious fact that: "We're all going to die!", in the second installment...
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When Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent materialize on the Galgafrinchim spaceship, their troubles are only beginning. They are stuck with a totally useless third of a planetary population on a ship that is following a preset collision course to no-one-knows-where.
What is the secret of the planet they land on? Why does a primitive caveman seem to know the answer to life, the universe, and everything? Find out in the final installment of the comic ebook...
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Tinker Bell is excited to spend a month on the mainland to bring about summertime—until she is captured by a human girl! Vidia and the other fairies must find a way to rescue Tink. But can they save Tink before the girl’s father reveals the world of fairies to the rest of the humans? Find out what happens in this retelling of the movie, featuring full-color scenes from the movies!
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As the power outage continues, the Brannings struggle to unite their neighborhood into a functioning community. Together they'll help each other make their homes ready for winter and stand strong against the chaos surrounding them. When two young thieves break into the Brannings' home and clean out the food in their pantry, Jeff Branning tracks them to a filthy apartment and discovers a family of children living alone, stealing to stay alive. The...
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The Awkward Age Henry James - The Awkward Age is a novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in Harper's Weekly in 1898-1899 and then as a book later in 1899.Making her debut in London society, Nanda Brookenham is being groomed for the marriage market. Thrust suddenly into the superficial circle that surrounds her mother, the innocent but independent-minded young woman even finds herself in competition with Mrs Brookenham for the affection...
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Pride and Prejudice is a story set in the English countryside outside of London during the early 19th century which centers on the life of Elizabeth Bennet, the second of five sisters who are all unmarried. When a wealthy and sociable young gentleman, Charles Bingley, rents the nearby manor of Netherfield Park the opportunity to find husbands presents itself. While attending a ball the Bennets meet Charles Bingley and his friend Fitzwilliam Darcy...
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Anne is finally off to Redmond College! While she's sad to be leaving Marilla and the twins, she's excited to finally become a full-fledged BA, and to embark on new adventures with the other Avonlea folks attending Redmond-a group that includes her friend Gilbert Blythe. At Redmond Anne meets Philippa Gordon, a frivolous but charming girl who pulls Anne into the center of the Redmond social scene. As Anne becomes the object of several boys' affection,...
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Published to great acclaim and fierce controversy in 1866, Fyodor Dostoevskys Crime and Punishment has left an indelible mark on global literature and our modern world, and is still known worldwide as the quintessential Russian novel. Readers of all backgrounds have debated its historical, cultural, and spiritual dimensions, probing the moral and ethical dilemmas that Dostoevsky so brilliantly stages throughout his narrative. Yet, at its heart, this...
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"The tragic fall of Lily Bart, a beautiful socialite who loses her footing in the savage social-climbing world of New York high society in the nineteenth century. Lily Bart has no fortune, but she possesses everything else she needs to make an excellent marriage: beauty, intelligence, a love of luxury and an elegant skill in negotiating the hidden traps and false friends of New York's high society. But time and again Lily cannot bring herself to make...
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