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61) The case of the reincarnated client: from the files of Vish Puri, India's most private investigator
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"When a young woman comes forward saying she's the reincarnation of Riya Kaur, a wife and mother who vanished during the bloody 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Puri is dismissive. He's busy enough dealing with an irate matrimonial client whose daughter is complaining about her groom's thunderous snoring. Puri's indomitable Mummy-ji however is adamant the client is genuine. How else could she so accurately describe under hypnosis Riya Kaur's life and final hours?...
62) Deja new
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"The New York Times bestselling author of the Undead Novels takes on reincarnation in this unforgettable Insighter Novel about the pitfalls in past--and love--lives...You couldn't arrest for murder someone who had killed in his last life. You couldn't bring a civil suit against such people, either. They could only be legally penalized for what they did this time around--and what a dark circus the legal system had been before that legislation passed!...
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When Rio reaches his parents' hometown in the Yagumo region, he meets his paternal grandmother, Yuba, and his older cousin, Ruri. He decides to stay in the village for the time being and helps improve their way of life, but Rio soon learns the shocking truth about his parents' deaths. After leaving his parents' homeland, Rio heads to the spirit village where Latifa and the others are waiting. Along the way, he rescues three people nearly captured...
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After a poor orphan named Rio gains magical abilities and memories of a life in modern Japan, his world is turned upside down. He is suddenly accepted into the most prestigious academy in the land where most of the noble children look down on him. Eventually, he embarks on an adventure to find his ancestral lands, and he soon encounters Latifa, a werefox girl enslaved by nobles and trained to become an assassin, and she has been sent to assassinate...
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"Is me--Bob. Bob Marley." Reincarnated as homeless Fall-down man, Bob Marley sleeps in a clock tower built on the site of a lynching in Half Way Tree, Kingston. The ghosts of Marcus Garvey and King Edward VII are there too, drinking whiskey and playing solitaire. No one sees that Fall-down is Bob Marley, no one but his long-ago love, the deaf woman, Leenah, and, in the way of this otherworldly book, when Bob steps into the street each day, five years...
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"In 1844 Ireland, Liam O'Connor, a rogue and a thief, fell madly in love with a squire's daughter and unwittingly altered the future. Shy and naive Cora McLeod thought Liam was the answer to her prayers. But the angels disagreed and they've been waiting for the right moment in time to step in. Now Liam finds himself reunited with his beloved Cora in Providence Falls, North Carolina. The angels have given Liam a task. He must make sure Cora falls in...
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Mo Yan's Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out is a remarkable story. The absurd, real, comical, and tragic are combined into a fantastic read. The hero—or antihero—is...
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"In the year 4 BCE, an ambitious courtier is called upon to seduce the young emperor--but quickly discovers they are both ruled by blood, sex and intrigue. In 1740, a lonely innkeeper agrees to help a mysterious visitor procure a rare medicine, only to unleash an otherworldly terror instead. And in present-day Los Angeles, a college student meets a beautiful stranger and cannot shake the feeling they've met before. Across these seemingly unrelated...
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Rishe Irmgard Weitzner is on her seventh reincarnation. Every time she dies, she finds herself right back standing before prince she was supposed to marry as he dumps her based on false charges. Every time, she has taken the knowledge of her previous lives and made different, better lives for herself, until age twenty, when she seems always to die different deaths. On her seventh time around, Rishe is determined to make a life of leisure for herself...
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"Up against a Phrase, Touya and his party try a variety of tactics to break their foe's hard shell. But as each of their strikes is repelled without leaving so much as a scratch, it seems they've more than met their match. All looks hopeless until one of Touya's new acquaintances suddenly shows up and destroys the creature without breaking a sweat! Who is this traveler, and what sort of power does he possess . . . ?"--Back cover.
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"Banaras, Varanasi, Kashi: India's holy city on the banks of the Ganges has many names but holds one ultimate promise for Hindus. It is the place where pilgrims come for a good death, to be released from the cycle of reincarnation by purifying fire. As the dutiful manager of a death hostel in Kashi, Pramesh welcomes the dying and assists families bound for the funeral pyres that burn constantly on the ghats. The soul is gone, the body is burnt, the...
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This is the remarkable story of one endearing dog's search for his purpose over the course of several lives. More than just another charming dog story, this touches on the universal quest for an answer to life's most basic question: Why are we here? Surprised to find himself reborn as a rambunctious golden haired puppy after a tragically short life as a stray mutt, Bailey's search for his new life's meaning leads him into the loving arms of 8 year...
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"Determined to get revenge on the general who reflected his every attack, Touya prepares for battle. But before he can strike, he'll have to arrange a meeting with two of the most powerful men in the world--the emperor of the Regulus Empire and the king of Belfast! There, he tells the two rulers of his plan to retake the imperial capital, but unbeknownst to him, Lucia, the Empire's third princess, has a very important request . . ."--Back cover.
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"Rimuru's taking a break from managing his kingdom of monsters by honoring the memory of his friend Shizu. Her former pupils will perish if he can't find a way to rein in their unstable magical energy and he might just have the answer. It will involve enlisting the help of powerful elemental spirits--but he's about to find out that their fairy queen is a bit of a loose cannon..."--
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"With the help of Queen Ramiris, the children are now in stable condition and should lead normal lives, much to Rimuru's relief. But all is not well. In fact, there are forces of humankind in this fantasy world that do not look kindly upon a slime-led nation of monsters. And now, insidious threats to Rimuru and the country of Tempest may be lurking around every corner"--Back cover.
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"Rimuru's new life is going pretty well, all things considered. With a diverse population of hobgoblins, dwarves, and direwolves, his little village in the Forest of Jura is developing into a respectable, peaceful settlement-until a team of ogres attacks! Not only that, but a horde of orcs has been terrorizing the local races, and if they aren't stopped, Rimuru's home could be next. The cushiony chief himself is no slouch, of course, but he'll need...
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"Milim is now a resident of Tempest, but her presence there sets off a chain of events that begins with the entrance of a rival demon lord's servants. Rimuru, as the leader of the Jura Forest Alliance, must swiftly and delicately handle this potential threat, but it won't be easy to do while managing the behavior of an all-powerful yet child-like demon lord and leading an entire nation of monsters..."--Back cover.
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"Average, unexceptional, 37-year-old salaryman Satoru Mikami has found himself in a gooey situation. After getting killed while saving his coworkers' lives, he gets a new lease on life--just not the life he was expecting. He has been reincarnated in a fantasy world as a magic-wielding slime creature. Under his new name "Rimuru Tempest," this once-normal man will have to learn to survive in this strange, new world--and with his incredible wit, affable...