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Duke Classics
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English
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Venus in India: Love Adventures in Hindustan is an erotic novel about a soldier, Captain Deveraux, who has been sent to Hindustan. In the first volume he is awaiting orders when he begins an affair with another soldier's wife, who confides her own erotic adventures to him. In the second volume he is sent to the hinterlands where he becomes entangled with his commanding officer's family.
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In the final novel of Edgar Rice Burroughs's Venus series, stalwart Earthman Carson Napier and his mate, the beautiful Duare, are trying to find their way back to Korva, the country that became their home in the previous book. We follow them from mishap to mishap as they encounter a nation of fish-men, the cult of a strange goddess, a macabre museum whose living exhibits are paralyzed then mounted, and a war between navies of huge land-bound ships...
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The Venus Project calls upon the strongest and most courageous to create a prosperous world in the dismal wilderness of Venus. Those who demonstrate the skill and the passion to embark on this adventure must transform the barren planet in the midst of political and cultural unrest. When Risa and Benzi, children of Iris, one of the first people to partake in this project, find themselves in opposing forces on the battlefield, it is their love and perseverance...
6) Wildcrafters
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Fish and Wildlife agent Venus Diamond investigates the kidnaping of an Indian baby in Washington State. The probe takes her to a nature preserve and the world of wildcrafters, people illegally harvesting wild plants for the manufacture of anti-aging aids.
7) Saint Fire
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English
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Following Faces Under Water, Tanith Lee's alchemical thriller series continues with a Joan of Arc–inspired novel set in an alternate medieval Venice.
In Saint Fire, the second volume in the Secret Books of Venus series, Volpa is a strangely beautiful servant girl who glows with an inhuman inner flame. When her master, an abusive wood seller, is mysteriously incinerated, Volpa discovers her power of fire. Her gift is noticed by the Church leaders,...
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English
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The struggle between the two families for space on the Isle of the Dead, the overcrowded burial ground for generations of Venetian nobility, boils over and a fourteen-year-old girl is forced to pay the ultimate price. As the years pass on, parties complicit in her disappearance begin to suffer the consequences in a series of shocking deaths. A humble apprentice gravedigger is left to sort out the mysteries and subdue the ancient terror that threatens...
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A conclusion to the popular Secret Books of Venus quartet takes place in an alternate computer-regulated society, where an unexplained catastrophe claims several lives and points to a sinister threat that places the fate of the city in the hands of a traveler with a haunted past.
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CMX
Pub. Date
2008.
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English
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College freshman Suzuna is looking forward to making friends, joining a club and hopefully getting a boyfriend! She develops an early crush on Fukami--charismatic tennis player and friend of her neighbor, Eichi. But her other new friend--the beautiful Hinako-- has some interesting information regarding Eichi that's going to force Suzuna to take a second look at the whole situation. She's about to discover that love can come with some unexpected...
11) Face Off
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English
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Venus's mother, Gail, has discovered that Venus has been leading a secret life as a stunt girl and is very angry about it. Gail makes Venus promise that she will concentrate on her school work and forget the stunt world. But Venus can't forget it: she lives in fear of her fellow stunt artist and arch-enemy, Franco. She keeps catching glimpses of him, and is sure that he is stalking her. But why? Slowly Franco puts his plan into action, and it's far...
12) Venus In India
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When Captain Devereaux, a British Army officer, is posted to Hindustan, he leaves behind his wife and young child. This parting does not leave him lonely for long, however, and he quickly begins a sexual relationship with Lizzie Wilson, the wife of another British officer. But when Captain Devereaux meets Colonel Selwyn, his wife, and three young daughters Amy, Mabel and Fanny, he becomes entranced by the girls-Fanny in particular-and soon begins...
13) Child of Venus
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In Child of Venus, the Project-the terraforming of Venus-has been going on for centuries, and it will be many more years before the planet's surface has been rendered fully habitable and the human settlers, the Cytherians, can leave their protective domes. But there are those who are foolishly unwilling to wait. In a colony still ravaged by the after-effects of a battle between two religious cults that divided families and created civil war, Mahala...
14) Venus of Dreams
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English
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Iris Angharads, a determined, independent woman, sets herself one massive goal: to make the poison-filled atmosphere of Venus hospitable to humans. She works day and night to realize her dream, with only one person sharing her passion, Liang Chen. It seems impossible to make Venus, with its intolerable air and waterless environment, into a paradise, but Iris succeeds. And in doing so, she also creates a powerful dynasty, beginning with her first born,...
15) Venus: Issue #1
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Venus ; 1
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English
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In 2150, Earth's resources are depleted, and countries race to outer space to mine what they need from other planets. China has laid claim to Mars, so the U.S. and its allies have to make do with getting what it needs from the inhospitable world of Venus. But for a group of Americans making its way there, survival has become all too real. After their ship crash-lands on the planet, the scrappy crew is forced to do whatever it takes to navigate the...
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Venus ; 1
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English
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Science fact and science fiction collide in this new story from Rick Loverd, Program Director for The Science and Entertainment Exchange, an organization that pairs expert scientists with storytellers. In 2150, Earth's resources have been depleted and countries race to outer space to mine what they need from other planets. A group of Americans making its way to Venus crash-lands on the planet, forcing them to do whatever it takes to navigate the harsh...
17) Venus: Issue #2
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Venus ; 2
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English
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Pauline and the rest of the survivors from the Mayflower take stock of the base on Venus, but there's a saboteur in their midst who's sowing tension in the ranks.
18) Venus: Issue #3
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Venus ; 3
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English
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In the wake of a horrific tragedy, Pauline struggles to maintain order and keep the crew focused on survival.
19) Venus: Issue #4
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Venus ; 4
Language
English
Description
Final issue! With no government and no rules, how do you punish a traitor?
20) Carson of Venus
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English
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The novel, which was written two years before the outbreak of World War II, satirizes Nazi Germany by including a fascist political faction called the "Zani". There is also a character named "Muso" as a reference to Benito Mussolini. Unlike the first two Venus novels, Carson of Venus focuses on spy intrigue and war instead of wilderness adventuring. It also indicates a change of political orientation from that of the earlier books, where the villains...
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