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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() OL2479708W Page_number_confidence 93. Publication date 1912 Publisher E P Dutton And Company Collection universallibrary Contributor Universal Digital Library Language English. Histories Of The Kings Of Britain by Geoffrey Of Monmouth. Urn:lcp:historyofkingsof00geof:epub:af489c37-cf73-42db-95e5-c554c9613df9 Extramarc Columbia University Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier historyofkingsof00geof Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t21c61816 Invoice 1213 Isbn 9780140441703Ġ140441700 Lccn 66071589 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL20950310M Openlibrary_edition Search the history of over 804 billion web pages on the Internet. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 15:50:31 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA1158305 City Harmondsworth Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition Repr. ![]() ![]() Wells, is often popularly referred to as the "Father of Science Fiction". 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He has been dubbed the "Father of Modern Philosophy," and much of subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which continue to be studied closely. ![]() René Descartes, also known as Renatus Cartesius (Latinized form), was a highly influential French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer. ![]() ![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. They are all caught in a contest that will pit mystic might against mystic might, skill against skill, cunning against cunning, and the will to live against the desire to destroy! With new allies including three elves, Stant, Petera and Kendra, and those who cannot be identified as friend or foe, Devenshire and company find themselves in a dire race against time and distance to thwart Xavier’s plans. and all are as dark as the night that Darius lives in. 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