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1) The Odyssey
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In this fresh, authoritative version-the first English translation of The Odyssey by a woman-this stirring tale of shipwrecks, monsters, and magic comes alive in an entirely new way. Written in iambic pentameter verse and a vivid, contemporary idiom, this engrossing translation matches the number of lines in the Greek original, thus striding at Homer's sprightly pace and singing with a voice that echoes Homer's music.
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Song of ice and fire volume 1
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The kingdom of the royal Stark family faces its ultimate challenge in the onset of a generation-long winter, the poisonous plots of the rival Lannisters, the emergence of the Neverborn demons, and the arrival of barbarian hordes.
7) Eragon
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In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone that weaves his life into an intricate tapestry of destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves, and monsters.
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At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves. Cyril's son Danny and his older sister Maeve are exiled from...
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One dozen daughters volume 1
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Tor
Pub. Date
2014.
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300 pages ; 25 cm.
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"Mercedes Lackey is the New York Times bestselling author of the Valdemar series and romantic fantasies like Beauty and the Werewolf and The Fairy Godmother. JAMES MALLORY and Lackey have collaborated on six novels. Now. these New York Times and USA Today bestselling collaborators bring romance to the fore with The House of Four Winds. The rulers of tiny, impoverished Swansgaard have twelve daughters and one son. While the prince's future is assured,...
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Cinder spires volume 2
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2023.
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Standing alone against the overwhelming might of Spire Auroras Armada and its new secret weapon, Lord Albion uses the trading summit at Spire Olympia to secure alliances that will shape the outcomes of the war with the help of a privateer and the crew of the AMS Predator.
11) Fable
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Fable (Adrienne Young) volume 1
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2020.
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Seventeen-year-old Fable joins the young, motley crew of the Marigold to escape the island where her father abandoned her, but she quickly realizes life off the island is more dangerous than she imaged.
13) The northman
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SDS
Pub. Date
[2022]
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A viking prince avenges the murder of his father.
14) Sword catcher
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Chronicles of Castellane volume 1
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2023.
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"In the vibrant city-state of Castellane, the richest of nobles and the most debauched of criminals have one thing in common: the constant search for wealth, power, and the next hedonistic thrill. Kel is an orphan, stolen from the life he knew to become the Sword Catcher—the body double of a royal heir, Prince Conor Aurelian. He has been raised alongside the prince, trained in every aspect of combat and statecraft. He and Conor are as close...
15) Redemptor
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Raybearer volume 2
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"For the first time, an Empress Redemptor sits on Aritsar's throne. To appease the sinister spirits of the dead, Tarisai must now anoint a council of her own, coming into her full power as a Raybearer. She must then descend into the Underworld, a sacrifice to end all future atrocities. Tarisai is determined to survive. Or at least, that's what she tells her increasingly distant circle of friends. Months into her shaky reign as empress, child spirits...
16) Steelstriker
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Skyhunter duology volume 2
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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"With her friends scattered by combat and her mother held captive by the Premier, Talin is forced to betray her fellow Strikers and her adopted homeland. She has no choice but to become the Federation's most deadly war machine as their newest Skyhunter."--
17) Grendel
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Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1989.
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174 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic BEOWULF, tells his side of the story.
18) The hero's lot
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Staff and the sword volume 2
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"Falsely accused of terrible crimes, Errol Stone is placed under compulsion and sentenced to undertake a perilous quest. He must succeed . . . or die trying"--
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Ember in the ashes volume 1
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"Laia is a Scholar living under the iron-fisted rule of the Martial Empire. When her brother is arrested for treason, Laia goes undercover as a slave at the empire's greatest military academy in exchange for assistance from rebel Scholars who claim that they will help to save her brother from execution"--
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