Steven Price
1) By gaslight
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"By Gaslight is a deeply atmospheric, haunting novel about the unending quest that has shaped a man's life. William Pinkerton is already famous, the son of the most notorious detective of all time, when he descends into the underworld of Victorian London in pursuit of a new lead on the fabled con Edward Shade. William's father died without ever finding Shade, but William is determined to drag the thief out of the shadows. Adam Foole is a gentleman...
8) Gravity
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Dr. Ryan Stone is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky. On a seemingly routine spacewalk, the shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left, and the only way home may be to go further...
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An insult can be bad-mannered, offensive, and infuriating, but every one of us has surely had one of those moments when we just wish we had thought of a good one. 1001 Insults, Put-Downs, and Comebacks gathers together the very sharpest of these barbs from a wide variety of sources, with some of the wickedest put-downs from the literary, political, and entertainment worlds, along with many others.
14) Suicide Squad
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Federal agent Amanda Waller recruits a group of incarcerated supervillains to fight against a threat to the U.S.
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THE World's End: A group of friends discover an alien invasion during a pub crawl in their hometown.
Hot Fuzz: London-based officer Nicholas Angel is transferred to a rural village where he teams up with PC Danny Butterman, and they investigate a series of murders deemed "accidents" by the locals.
Shaun of the Dead: Slacker Shaun decides to turn his life around and win back the girlfriend who just dumped him by taking on the hordes of flesh-eating...
17) Gravity
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Medical engineer Dr. Ryan Stone and veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky find a routine spacewalk putting their lives in danger when their space shuttle is destroyed and they are left out in space alone and tethered to nothing but each other.
18) Suicide squad
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U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined that only a secret group of despicable individuals with nothing to lose can avert a potential apocalypse. So, she has assembled the world's most dangerous super villains, given them a powerful arsenal of weapons, and sent them off on a suicide mission.
19) Attack the block
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A gang of tough inner-city kids try to defend their turf against an invasion of savage alien creatures, which turns a South London apartment complex into an extraterrestrial warzone.
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U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined that only a secret group of despicable individuals with nothing to lose can avert a potential apocalypse. So, she has assembled the world's most dangerous super villains, given them a powerful arsenal of weapons, and sent them off on a suicide mission.