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"An epic, ingenious new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse, The Clockwork Dynasty weaves a riveting path through history and a race of human-like machines that have been hiding among us for untold centuries. In the rugged landscape of eastern Oregon, a young scientist named June uncovers an exquisite artifact--a three-hundred-year-old mechanical doll whose existence seems to validate her obsession with a harrowing...
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Describes the origin of the Barbie doll, a twentieth-century cultural phenomenon, explores the more than 120 careers Barbie has had over the past fifty years, discusses the influence she has had on generations of young girls, and presents personal anecdotes and memories from people. Includes photographs and an index.
4) Barbie
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To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken.
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A family of "faceless" nobles reside in a secretive mansion alongside their living dolls, who act as both servant and face. Although Kate Shadow and her living doll, Emilico, hope to be one such pair, their impending "debut" and its possible consequences have cast an ominous cloud over their blissful existence. Strange monstrous creatures roam the halls, while rumors of discarding defective dolls circulate...Fearful of losing her place at the house,...
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A collection of nobles inhabit a peculiar mansion along side their living dolls, who may only be acknowledged as a Shadow's "face" after passing their debut. Kate and Emilico are in the midst of their trial, but time is not on their side...Can Emilico navigate the labyrinth to rescue Kate from her thorny prison before the sand runs out...?
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"Occupying a mysterious mansion are a group of nobles without faces and the living dolls--an assortment of servants assigned to each Shadow. But in order to be acknowledged as a "face," a living doll and their Shadow master must first pass their debut. Kate and Emilico are in the thick of this rite of passage but currently rank in last place! Can they overcome the odds and pass this nebulous ceremony with flying colors?!"--
10) Shadows house: 1
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"In the depths of a murky mansion lives a group of enigmatic nobles known as...the Shadow family. With no visible features to speak of, these mysterious aristocrats employ living dolls to act as their "faces." Kate and Emilico are one such pair of mistress and servant, delling in their own little world and learning from each other bit by bit with every new day. But in a house of locked doors, living according to rules from no apparent source--how...