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The Forever Purge
Director: Everardo Gout
Starring: Josh Lucas, Ana de la Reguera, Will Patton, Tenoch Huerta, and more.


All the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead should never end.

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The Curator's Vampire (Dusk & Dawn 6) by Alexa Piper $4.99 Sale Price: $4.24
A mummy mystery draws in Robyn, and her vampire lover Maxim must face his own darkness and fears.
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Uma (Selkies 2) by Alice Gaines $3.999 Sale Price: $3.39
Mark Stephenson came looking for his friend Nate Adams. He's found his mate, instead.
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• The liver has at least five hundred different functions.
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• The pressure created by the carbon dioxide in a bottle of champagne is ninety pounds per square inch.
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• There is no conclusive scientific evidence that MSG causes or worsens migraine headaches.
• A 2011 census of world species found that they number close to 8.7 million, excluding bacteria. There are 5,500 mammal species on Earth.
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• The first remote control was invented in the 1920's. It was used to control a radio and had a dial like an old phone.