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Welsh History: Strange but True
This book contains hundreds of ‘strange but true’ facts and anecdotes about Welsh history.
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English History: Strange but True
This book contains hundreds of 'strange but true' facts and anecdotes about English history.
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Strange Journey
This biographical history follows the iconoclastic career of John R. Friedeberg Seeley, pre-eminent ""Pop Sociologist"" and Mental Health Activist of
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Strange Antics
When is seduction about more than just sex? In this brilliantly original history, Clement Knox explores these questions as well as the philosophy, leg
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Galloping Sausage and Other Train Curiosities
This book captures over 150 entertaining snippets, stories, and strange and unusual facts from an ample supply of railway curiosities.
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Strange Career of Jim Crow
This is a commemorative edition for C. Vann Woodward, who died in December 1999, of his classic work on the history of segregation and American race r
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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Two magicians shall appear in England. The first shall fear me; the second shall long to behold me The year is 1806. England is beleaguered by the long war with Napoleon, and centuries have passed since practical magicians faded into the nation's past. But scholars of this glorious history discover that one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell whose displays of magic send a ...
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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell - Clarke Susanna
Anotace: Two magicians shall appear in England. The first shall fear me; the second shall long to behold me The year is 1806. England is beleaguered by the long war with Napoleon, and centuries have passed since practical magicians faded into the nation`s past. But scholars of this glorious history discover that one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell whose displays of mag...
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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke
<p>Two magicians shall appear in England. The first shall fear me; the second shall long to behold me The year is 1806. England is beleaguered by the long war with Napoleon, and centuries have passed since practical magicians faded into the nation's past. But scholars of this glorious history discover that one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell whose displays of magi...
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Cabinet of Byzantine Curiosities, Strange Tales and Surprising Facts from History's Most Orthodox Empire Oxford University Press Inc
Byzantium has long been regarded by many as one big curiosity -- decadent, degenerate, superstitious, theocratic, effeminate. With its tales and trivia - ranging across religion, bureaucracy, food, theatre, medicine, xenophobia, warfare - this book will confirm some of these prejudices, but also open eyes to the life of this extraordinarily interesting civilization....
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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars
This book brings a highly eventful period of European history to life, chrinicling the battles, campaigns and skirmishes of the conflict and the polit
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Arran
This fascinating and comprehensive account of Arran's long and eventful history also includes a selection of traditional Arran songs and stories, orig
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Titanic
This title is brimming with facts about the Titanic and its passengers, the history of the Titanic, strange stories of premonitions of the disaster, c
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Disturbance in the Force
This never-before-told story gives a fascinating look at a strange moment in pop-culture history that remains an object of fascination even today.
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Frankenstein+CD: B2.2 (Liberty) - Shelley Mary
Anotace: Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist inspired by his studies, tries to create a new life from parts of dead bodies. Mary Shelley´s classic gothic horror story looks at scientific progress and questions its morality. This book also contains files on the history of monsters and on `strange science´ of the time.
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Frankenstein+CD: B2.2 (Liberty)
Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist inspired by his studies, tries to create a new life from parts of dead bodies. Mary Shelley’s classic gothic horror story looks at scientific progress and questions its morality. This book also contains files on the history of monsters and on ‘strange science’ of the time.
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The Sun is Also a Star (0552574244)
Kniha - autor Nicola Yoon, 348 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá This book is inspired by the Big History theory (to learn about one thing, you have to learn about everything). In THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR, to understand the characters and their love story, listeners must know about everything around them and everything that came before them, to know how it has...
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Avengers Infinity War Movie Masterpiece Akční figurka 1/6 Doctor
The arrival of Marvel Studios' Avengers: Infinity War has crushed the worldwide box office record, edging out all the international title holders in the cinema history. As one of the popular leading roles in this massive production of Marvel Cinematic Universe, Doctor Stephen Strange, the Master of the Mystic Arts who is a sworn guardian of the Time Stone has to protect t...
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Ascher: The Mad Silkman - Konstantina Hlaváčková
<p>Ascher - although the name and the brand are entirely unknown in the Czech Republic, in Western Europe they have been synonymous with fine textile design for more than seventy years. This book traces the story of Zika Ascher and his wife Lida, whose personal and professional lives played out against the dramatic history of the 20th century. After leaving Czechosl...
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Ascher The Mad Silkman
Ascher - although the name and the brand are entirely unknown in the Czech Republic, in Western Europe they have been synonymous with fine textile design for more than seventy years. This book traces the story of Zika Ascher and his wife Lida, whose personal and professional lives played out against the dramatic history of the 20th century. After leaving Czechoslovakia in...
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The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World - Malcolm Gaskill
<p>*SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE* *A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR* 'A bona fide historical classic' Sunday Times 'Simply one of the best history books I have ever read' BBC History In the frontier town of Springfield in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails and property vanishes. People su...
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The Ruin of All Witches: Life and Death in the New World - Gaskill Malcolm
Anotace: *SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE**A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR*`A bona fide historical classic` Sunday Times`Simply one of the best history books I have ever read` BBC HistoryIn the frontier town of Springfield in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails and property vanishes. People suffer f...
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Cambrian Ocean World
This volume, aimed at the general reader, presents life and times of the amazing animals that inhabited Earth more than 500 million years ago. The Cambrian Period was a critical time in Earth's history during this immense span of time nearly every modern group of animals appeared. Although life had been around for more than 2 million millennia, Cambrian rocks preserve the...
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Seba. Cabinet of Natural Curiosities. 40th Anniversary Edition - Irmgard Müsch
<p>Exotic plants, corals and crocodiles, birds and butterflies. Albertus Seba’s extraordinary catalog of natural specimens is not only one of the 18th century’s greatest natural history achievementsbut also one of the most prized natural history books of all time. It is a beautiful tribute to the abundance and diversity of Earth's creatures, great and small, as well...
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A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians - Parry H. G.
Anotace: `A rich, sprawling epic full of history and magic.` Alix E. Harrow, Hugo award-winning authorA sweeping tale of revolution and wonder in a world not quite like our own, A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians is a genre-defying story of magic, war, and the struggle for freedom.It is the Age of Enlightenment -- of new and magical political movements, from the ne...
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A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians - H. G. Parry
<p>'A rich, sprawling epic full of history and magic.' Alix E. Harrow, Hugo award-winning author A sweeping tale of revolution and wonder in a world not quite like our own, A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians is a genre-defying story of magic, war, and the struggle for freedom. It is the Age of Enlightenment -- of new and magical political movements, from the...
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Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia. Volume I
Anotace: 'A rare and astonishing book, a glimpse of a deeply secretive world that has taken the author a lifetime to penetrate. It reveals more graphically than any Gulag history the unreformed horror of Russia: the lack of law, the rule of violence, the brutality, anti-Semitism and xenophobia. And yet it is filled with a poignance and a sense of personal tragedy th...
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The Man Who Loved Only Numbers - Hoffman Paul
Anotace: The biography of a mathematical genius. Paul Erdos was the most prolific pure mathematician in history and, arguably, the strangest too.`A mathematical genius of the first order, Paul Erdos was totally obsessed with his subject - he thought and wrote mathematics for nineteen hours a day until he died. He travelled constantly, living out of a plastic bag and had ...
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A City of Flames - Rina Vasquez
<p>A slow-burn fantasy romance perfect for fans of Rebecca Yarros, Leigh Bardugo, Sarah J Maas with mischief, dragons and a bit of spice.</p> <p>Nara has always desired justice.Could hunting dragons bring her peace at last?When a fire dragon attacks her village, the perfect opportunity presents itself - now she can take revenge on the creatures that kill...
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Man Who Loved Only Numbers
The biography of a mathematical genius. Paul Erdos was the most prolific pure mathematician in history and, arguably, the strangest too. 'A mathematical genius of the first order, Paul Erdos was totally obsessed with his subject - he thought and wrote mathematics for nineteen hours a day until he died. He travelled constantly, living out of a plastic bag and had no intere...
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The Man Who Loved Only Numbers - Paul Hoffman
<p>The biography of a mathematical genius. Paul Erdos was the most prolific pure mathematician in history and, arguably, the strangest too.'A mathematical genius of the first order, Paul Erdos was totally obsessed with his subject - he thought and wrote mathematics for nineteen hours a day until he died. He travelled constantly, living out of a plastic bag and had n...
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Feline Philosophy : Cats and the Meaning of Life - John Gray
<p>'Why can't a human be more like a cat? That is the question threaded through this vivid patchwork of philosophy, fiction, history and memoir ... a wonderful mixture of flippancy and profundity, astringency and tenderness, wit and lament' Jane O'Grady, Daily Telegraph'When I play with my cat, how do I know she is not passing time with me rather than I with her?' M...
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A Guidebook of Babel
A Guidebook of Babel is a story-adventure game based on the butterfly effect. It was released in 2022 during the Nintendo Indie World showcase! You will go on a strange rebirth adventure on Babel. The crew would use Memory Extractor to erase your memories before launching you into the afterlife with the cloud cannon. Passengers frequently moan that it's too late to say fa...
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A Guidebook of Babel (PC)
A Guidebook of Babel is a story-adventure game based on the butterfly effect. It was released in 2022 during the Nintendo Indie World showcase!You will go on a strange rebirth adventure on Babel. The crew would use Memory Extractor to erase your memories before launching you into the afterlife with the cloud cannon. Passengers frequently moan that it's too late to sa...
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The Good Virus: The Untold Story of Phages: The Most Abundant Life Forms on Earth and What They Can Do For Us - Ireland Tom
Anotace: Winner of the Giles St Aubyn Award 2021Not all viruses are out to get us - in fact, the viruses that do us harm are vastly outnumbered by viruses that can actually save lives.At every moment, within your body and all around you, trillions of microscopic combatants are fighting an invisible war. Countless times per second, `good` viruses known as phages are infec...
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The Crow Folk - Stay Mark
Anotace: `Swept me straight back to days of losing myself in Diana Wynne Jones novels, and getting lost in truly absorbing, sometimes scary, sometimes emotive adventure with its roots in folklore and history. A story that is full of magic and delight that will thrill readers of any age`-Rowan Coleman, author of The Girl at the WindowAs Spitfires roar overhead and a dark ...
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Goulash - neuveden
Anotace: From Brian Kimberling, the acclaimed author of SNAPPER, comes a pitch perfect story of falling in and out of love in Prague. Eager to escape stifling small-town Indiana, Elliott moves to Prague, where he gets a job teaching English. It`s 1998, and the Czech Republic is moving with increasing rapidity out of the shadow of communism and into the wilds of twenty-fi...
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Miss Peregrine´s Museum of Wonders - Ransom Riggs
<p>A deluxe companion guide to the #1 bestselling Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series. Everything you need to know about the peculiar world, written by Miss Peregrine herself. Gloriously rich and utterly delightful, Miss Peregrine’s Museum of Wonders is an indispensable guide to the peculiar world, perfect for longtime fans and new readers alike. Covering eve...
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Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters - Klaas Brian
Anotace: A provocative new vision of how our world really works - and why chance determines everything.In Fluke, myth-shattering social scientist Brian Klaas deep-dives into the phenomenon of randomness, unpicking our neat and tidy storybook version of events to reveal a reality far wilder and more fascinating than we have dared to consider. The bewildering truth is that...
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Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters - Brian Klaas
<p>A provocative new vision of how our world really works - and why chance determines everything.In Fluke, myth-shattering social scientist Brian Klaas deep-dives into the phenomenon of randomness, unpicking our neat and tidy storybook version of events to reveal a reality far wilder and more fascinating than we have dared to consider. The bewildering truth is that ...
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Goulash - Brian Kimberling
<p>From Brian Kimberling, the acclaimed author of SNAPPER, comes a pitch perfect story of falling in and out of love in Prague. Eager to escape stifling small-town Indiana, Elliott moves to Prague, where he gets a job teaching English. It's 1998, and the Czech Republic is moving with increasing rapidity out of the shadow of communism and into the wilds of twenty-f...
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The Crow Folk - Mark Stay
<p>'Swept me straight back to days of losing myself in Diana Wynne Jones novels, and getting lost in truly absorbing, sometimes scary, sometimes emotive adventure with its roots in folklore and history. A story that is full of magic and delight that will thrill readers of any age'-Rowan Coleman, author of The Girl at the Window As Spitfires roar overhead and a dark...
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The Good Virus: The Untold Story of Phages: The Most Abundant Life Forms on Earth and What They Can Do For Us - Tom Ireland
<p>Winner of the Giles St Aubyn Award 2021Not all viruses are out to get us - in fact, the viruses that do us harm are vastly outnumbered by viruses that can actually save lives.At every moment, within your body and all around you, trillions of microscopic combatants are fighting an invisible war. Countless times per second, 'good' viruses known as phages are infect...
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Survivor´s Quest: Star Wars Legends
Anotace: The specter of the meancing Grand Admiral Thrawn looms over Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade as they embark on a journey to recover an important piece of Jedi history.Sometimes it seems a Jedi`s work is never done and Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker know this only too well. Despite the bond they share in the Force, after three years of marriage the Jedi Master and his ...
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Survivor´s Quest: Star Wars Legends - Timothy Zahn
<p>The specter of the meancing Grand Admiral Thrawn looms over Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade as they embark on a journey to recover an important piece of Jedi history. Sometimes it seems a Jedi's work is never done and Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker know this only too well. Despite the bond they share in the Force, after three years of marriage the Jedi Master and his...
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Miss Peregrine´s Peculiar Children - boxed set - Ransom Riggs
Anotace: Together for the first time, here is the #1 New York Times best seller Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and its two sequels, Hollow City and Library of Souls. All three are packaged in a beautifully designed slipcase. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photog...
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The Black Angels. The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis - Maria Smilios
<p>New York City, 1929. A sanatorium, a deadly disease, and a dire nurse shortage.So begins the remarkable true story of the Black nurses who helped cure tuberculosis, one of the world's deadliest plagues, told alongside the often strange chronicle of the cure's discovery.During those dark pre-antibiotic days, when tuberculosis killed 1 in 7 people, white nurses at ...
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Ghost Song
On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber—armed and combat-ready, memory clear of purpose. But something new is stirring… Strike out beneath the surface in search of answers in Ghost Song, an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns lit only by bioluminescent f...
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Ghost Song (PC)
On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber—armed and combat-ready, memory clear of purpose. But something new is stirring…Strike out beneath the surface in search of answers in Ghost Song, an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns lit only by biolumine...
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Gorgeous Gruesome Faces - Linda Cheng
<p>Squid Game meets Wilder Girls in this debut sapphic supernatural thriller set in the glittering, cut-throat world of K-pop rivalry. A disgraced idol comes face-to-face with the demons of her past when she enters a competition that turns out to be a deadly trap.After a shocking scandal that abruptly ended her teen popstar career, eighteen-year-old Sunny Lee spends...
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Hagstone - Sinéad Gleeson
<p>'Intelligent, probing' MAGGIE O'FARRELL 'Wild, singular... gripped me from the start' DOUGLAS STUART 'Passionate, wild, hugely atmospheric' DAVID NICHOLLS 'A gorgeous, mysterious read' AISLING BEA 'Wild, elemental... I adored it' LOUISE KENNEDY *A most anticipated 2024 debut in BBC, Daily Mail, Stylis...
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Power Law
From an award-winning financial historian comes the gripping, character-driven story of venture capital and the world it madeInnovations rarely come from "experts." Jeff Bezos was not a bookseller; Elon Musk was not in the auto industry. When it comes to innovation, a legendary venture capitalist told Sebastian Mallaby, the future cannot be predicted, it can only be disco...
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Decoding the Enochian Secrets
ANCIENT MYSTERIES / MAGIC "John DeSalvo's work is truly a significant contribution to our understanding of Dee and Kelley's amazing experiences." --Lon Milo DuQuette, author of "Enochian Vision Magick" "Dr. John Dee played a major role in world history. The highly influential 'Enochian' system of magic originated in his mystical experiments. Yet the centerpiece of his sys...
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Melmoth - Sarah Perry
<p>From the author of the bestselling The Essex Serpent comes a darkly inventive and deeply moving novel that speaks urgently to our times.</p> Twenty years ago Helen Franklin did something she cannot forgive herself for, and she has spent every day since barricading herself against its memory. But the sheltered life she has crafted for herself is about to cha...
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Marvel Comics Library. Avengers. Vol. 1. 1963–1965 - Stan Lee
<p>Super-hero teams had been around since the 1940s, but Thor, Ant Man, the Wasp, Hulk, and Iron Man broke new ground when they joined forces to form the Avengers in 1963. They not only fought together, they occasionally fought each other! The first 20 stories from the Avengers are collected in this Hulk-sized volume and have been meticulously photographed from the ...
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Cursed
“Cursed” is a new mystic, intriguing and fascinating classic horror adventure game developed by JetDogs Studios that is familiar to many gamers. The game has a number of specific advantages as an intriguing plot full of enigmas, mysticism and great twists, luxurious graphics, innovative puzzles etc. If you are not afraid of going deep down into the world of th...
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Cursed (PC)
“Cursed” is a new mystic, intriguing and fascinating classic horror adventure game developed by JetDogs Studios that is familiar to many gamers. The game has a number of specific advantages as an intriguing plot full of enigmas, mysticism and great twists, luxurious graphics, innovative puzzles etc. If you are not afraid of going deep down into the wor...
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The Marvel Age of Comics 1961–1978. 40th Anniversary Edition - Roy Thomas
<p>Welcome to the Marvel Age of Comics, a triumphant era of comic and pop culture innovation which redefined the super hero genre. This behind-the-scenes treasure trove of images and exclusive insights reveals the making of such household characters as the Hulk and Spider-Man as well as the legendary architects who brought them to life, from Stan “The Man” Lee to Ja...
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Citizen Sleeper
From the developer of In Other Waters, and featuring the stunning character art of Guillaume Singelin, Citizen Sleeper is a narrative RPG set on Erlin’s Eye, a ruined space station that is home to thousands of people trying to survive on the edges of an interstellar capitalist society. You are a sleeper, a digitised human consciousness in an artificial body, owned b...
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Citizen Sleeper (PC)
From the developer of In Other Waters, and featuring the stunning character art of Guillaume Singelin, Citizen Sleeper is a narrative RPG set on Erlin’s Eye, a ruined space station that is home to thousands of people trying to survive on the edges of an interstellar capitalist society.You are a sleeper, a digitised human consciousness in an artificial body, owne...
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