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  Obernewtyn Chronicles: Book 2

  The Farseekers: The Obernewtyn Chronicles 2 (The Obernewtyn Chronicles)

  by Isobelle Carmody

  in the two years since its takeover of Obernewtyn, the secret community of Misfits has flourished. Protected by their remoteness, Elspeth Gordie and her allies have worked hard to develop their forbidden mental abilities—all in preparation for their inevitable confrontation with the totalitarian Council. And though their training is far from complete, the Misfits can no longer stay hidden when they learn of the... (more)
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  Obernewtyn Chronicles: Book 1

  Obernewtyn

  by Isobelle Carmody

  In a world struggling back from the brink of apocalypse, life is harsh. And for Elspeth Gordie, it is also dangerous. That's because Elspeth has a secret: she is a Misfit, born with mysterious mental abilities that she must keep hidden under threat of death. And her worries only multiply when she is exiled to the mountain compound known as Obernewtyn, where—for all her talents—Elspeth may finally and truly be out... (more)
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  Obernewtyn (Obernewtyn Chronicles)

  by Isobelle Carmody

  The Obernewtyn Chronicles - Book One For Elspeth Gordie freedom is-like so much else after the Great White-a memory. It was a time known as the Age of Chaos. In a final explosive flash everything was destroyed. The few who survived banded together and formed a Council for protection. But people like Elspeth-mysteriously born with powerful mental abilities-are feared by the Council and hunted down like... (more)
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  The Farseekers: The Obernewtyn Chronicles - Book Two (Obernewtyn Chronicles)

  by Isobelle Carmody

  A Children’s Book Council of Australia Honor Book In this powerful sequel to Obernewtyn , young Elspeth Gordie-possessed of extraordinary mental powers-has united with others Misfits for refuge on the remote mountain keep of Obernewtyn. Yet the threat from the totalitarian Council to their safety is ever present. Their only defense is to work hard to develop their mental powers before an inevitable... (more)
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  The Keeping Place (The Obernewtyn Chronicles)

  by Isobelle Carmody

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  Obernewtyn Chronicles: Book 3

  Ashling

  by Isobelle Carmody

  As head of Obernewtyn’s Farseeker guild, Elspeth Gordie must travel to the lowlands to seal an alliance between Obernewtyn and the rebel forces that oppose the totalitarian Council. Yet her dreams call to her with an altogether different purpose: Elspeth must destroy what remains of the weapons that brought unimaginable chaos, death, and mutation to her world. Leaving the relative safety of the mountains, Elspeth... (more)
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  Harry Potter: Book 5

  Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

  by J. K. Rowling

  I say to you all, once again--in the light of Lord Voldemort’s return, we are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided. Lord Voldemort’s gift for spreading discord and enmity is very great. We can fight it only by showing an equally strong bond of friendship and trust. So spoke Albus Dumbledore at the end of Harry Potter’s fourth year at Hogwarts. But as Harry enters his fifth... (more)
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  The Farthest Seeking: Ghatti's #2 (Ghatti's Tale)

  by Gayle Greeno

  In Gayle Greeno's highly anticipated return to her most successful and beloved series, a new generation of human Seekers and their catlike ghatti companions journey to a dangerous wilderness--while in the tunnels beneath Marchmont's Capital a deadly piece of long-forgotten technology is about to be rediscovered.... Praise for the Ghatti novels: "A brilliant fantasy series... No one will be able to resist the... (more)
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  Sunderlies Seeking: Ghatten's Gambit #1 (Ghatti's Tale)

  by Gayle Greeno

  The Sunderlies-for Doyce's and Jenret's sixteen-year-old twins, Jenneth and her brother Diccon, the very name is a summons to exotic adventure. So when Jenret proposes taking the family along on a business trip there, the twins can hardly contain their excitement. The only thing more thrilling is the newfound Bond Jenneth has made with the ghatten Pw'eek and Diccon with her sister ghatten Kwee. Yet, almost from... (more)
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  Finders Seekers (Ghatti's Tale)

  by Gayle Greeno

  Stranded on the world of Methuen for more than two hundred years, a colonizing expedition from Earth depends for their continued survival on the healing powers of the Eumedicos and the Seekers Veritas. Original.
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  Ashling (Obernewtyn Chronicles)

  by Isobelle Carmody

  Reminiscent of Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Darkover novels, Obernewtyn introduced Isobelle Carmody as a writer to watch and began a series of novels to entice and enthrall readers of all ages. The Farseekers continued the saga of Obernewtyn and its band of Misfits, children outcast from society because of their psychic abilities—and the story of their heroic leaders, Elspeth Gordie, who alone carried the fate of... (more)
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  Rediscovering Empathy: Agency, Folk Psychology, and the Human Sciences (Bradford Books)

  by Karsten R. Stueber

  In this timely and wide-ranging study, Karsten Stueber argues that empathy is epistemically central for our folk-psychological understanding of other agents—that it is something we cannot do without in order to gain understanding of other minds. Setting his argument in the context of contemporary philosophy of mind and the interdisciplinary debate about the nature of our mindreading abilities, Stueber counters... (more)