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1) Hesperia
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Set at the top of the Cajon Pass in the High Desert of Southern California, Hesperia was built on the spirit and strength of character of American frontiersmen. From the time of the first documented travelers through the area in the late 1700s and continuing into the 1900s, the region has been a place of innovation and magnificent feats, where men have traveled through to new lands for a new start, striking it rich or making that big business deal...
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Hesperia devait être une terre promise, c'est aujourd'hui un champ de bataille. Les derniers survivants de la guerre de Troie, à peine débarqués, ont vu se former face à eux une coalition militaire. Assiégés, leur flotte incendiée, ils voient planer sur eux la menace de l'anéantissement.
Leur dernier espoir réside dans l'alliance qu'Aeneas, leur prince, vient de forger avec un royaume dissident. Car pour espérer vivre un jour en paix...
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"Through the Cajon Pass" is a breathtaking work of Western fiction that captures the spirit of the American Cowboy. In this adventurous story, find out why Hesperia Jack was, known as the toughest man who ever rode a horse. Follow the trails of the American West with Jack and his horse, Granite.
Rarely has a destination been as hostile and inhospitable as the high desert of Southern California. Yet many are the brave souls who grabbed ahold of the...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:
#1 When David Sconce, with his wide, easy smile, blond, curly hair, Paul Newman-blue eyes, and broad, solid shoulders, arrived in Hesperia in 1986, he was a remarkable catch for the community. But it was a marriage that both the bride and the groom would come to regret.
#2 In October 1986, David started a small manufacturing business in Hesperia called Oscar's Ceramics....
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Lune d'Hesperia. Phoenix, policier surdoué mais amnésique, assiste au meurtre de son coéquipier. Son enquête l'entraîne sur Solar Corona, ville-planète de toutes les débauches, où il croise la piste de simaks, des transhumains conçus pour la prostitution et censés avoir été éradiqués par suite de bugs répétés. Au cœur de cet univers violent et corrompu, sa soif de justice mènera Phoenix sur les traces de ses origines....
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The Moon of Hesperia: Phoenix, a gifted but amnesiac policeman witnesses the murder of his teammate. His investigation leads him to Solar Corona, the city-planet of all debauchery, where he crosses paths with the Simaks - transhumans originally designed for prostitution, who were supposed to have been eradicated as a result of repeated bugs. However, they discovered something much more sinister in their technology.
In the heart of this violent and...
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The Moon of Hesperia: Phoenix, a gifted but amnesiac policeman witnesses the murder of his teammate. His investigation leads him to Solar Corona, the city-planet of all debauchery, where he crosses paths with the Simaks - transhumans originally designed for prostitution, who were supposed to have been eradicated as a result of repeated bugs. However, they discovered something much more sinister in their technology.
In the heart of this violent and...
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My name is Helmut Haase and I'm one half of the Fog City Detective Agency-specifically, the half that pays all the bills. My partner, Shamus O'Sheehan, mostly drinks beer and naps. I keep him around because he's my friend, but also because he's a Druid. I'm just a detective, and there are plenty of those in Wudong, the Confederacy of Hesperia. There's not another Druid for miles.
We had it pretty good until the day we met Alek Pallas. He hired us...
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John A. Crow explains it perfectly in Spain, The Root and the Flower, University of California Press, 1985:
Spain was first called Iberia, a name given to it by its Iberian inhabitants (from North Africa). The name was supposedly based on the Iberian word for river, Iber. They reached Spain around 6000 BCE. When the Greeks arrived on Spanish soil around 600 BCE. they referred to the peninsula as Hesperia, meaning "land of the setting sun." When...
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About the Book After years of struggling with alcohol addiction, Rosemarie James's husband lost his battle to suicide. A happy-go-lucky man, friend, beloved stepparent, grandparent, and spouse, he fell into a cycle in which he felt there was no escape and left his loved ones behind. Now Rosemarie is left to pick up the pieces and find ways to put herself and her life together again. Suicide of a loved one is often met with feelings of guilt, from...
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With the end of the Galactic Matriarchy, Vir'ism has risen, centered on Hesperia, the City on a Star. But one leader, Mart Kell, is out of power, while another, the Great Father, Ay'r, is quietly retired.
On a small resort planet with a rainbow of rings, Ay'r Eise'nstein-Kell, a 16-year-old boy, air skates across the sands, dreaming of escape to the famed City on a Star. When the rulers of the galaxy-wide republic and their glamorous entourages arrive...
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