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Peeling away the myth to bring David to life in Second Iron Age Israel, Brooks traces the arc of his journey from obscurity to fame, from shepherd to soldier, from hero to traitor, from beloved king to murderous despot and into his remorseful and diminished dotage.The Secret Chord provides new context for some of the best-known episodes of David's life while also focusing on others, even more remarkable and emotionally intense, that have been neglected....
4) Dragonslayer
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Pub. Date
2020.
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Ivy doesn't trust the Dragonslayer. He may be her father and the beloved ruler of Valor, but she knows he's hiding more than the treasure from the sand dragon he killed two decades ago. Leaf doesn't trust dragons. They're the reason his favorite sister, Wren, is dead, and now he'll do whatever it takes to slay even one. Wren doesn't trust anyone. She swore off humans after her village tried to sacrifice her to the dragons. She only has one friend,...
Publisher
Wgbh
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 56 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Born in 1838, Queen Lili'uokalani was a talented composer who took the throne after her brother's death in 1891. She dealt with the U.S. government revoking her position on the sugar market, was overtaken by U.S. Marines, and lost her throne.
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Series
Lost princesses trilogy volume 1
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Once upon a time . . . in a kingdom high in the Pyrenees, three young princesses were forced to flee the chaos in their land-vanishing without a trace and lost to their people . . . until the day a courageous prince can bring the princesses home. One of Scotland's most dangerous men, Robert MacKenzie is dazzled by the enchanting beauty who rides into the town he is sworn to defend. Though he is wary of the exquisite stranger, Clarice stirs emotions...
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Publisher
Ecco Press
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
387 pages ; 24 cm
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"In a tiny shack in the largest township in South Africa, Nombeko Mayeki is born. Put to work at five years old and orphaned at ten, she quickly learns that the world expects nothing more from her than to die young, be it from drugs, alcohol, or just plain despair. But Nombeko has grander plans. She learns to read and write, and at just fifteen, using her cunning and fearlessness, she makes it out of Soweto with millions of smuggled diamonds in her...
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King T'Challa returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from divisions within his own country. When two enemies conspire to destroy Wakanda, the hero known as Black Panther must join forces with C.I.A. agent Everett K. Ross and members of the Wakandan Special Forces, to prevent Wakanda from being drawn into a world war.
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court, which depicts the adventures of Hank Morgan, a nineteenth-century American who is accidentally returned to sixth-century England, is a powerful analysis of such issues as monarchy versus democracy and free will versus determinism, but it is also one of Twain's finest comic novels, still fresh and funny after more than 100 years.
11) The last duel
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel.
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Lucy Worsley gets into bed with the past monarchs to uncover the "Tales from the royal bedchamber". She reveals that the obsession with royal bedrooms, births and succession is nothing new. In fact, the rise and fall of their magnificent beds reflects the changing fortunes of the monarchy itself.
13) Aquaman
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
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Description
An action-packed adventure that reveals the origin story of half-human, half- Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime, one that will not only force him to face who he really is but to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be a king.
14) King of ashes
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Series
Firemane saga volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
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"For centuries, the five great kingdoms of Andalane have coexisted peacefully. Then, Steveren Langene, King of Ithrace, known as "Firemane" for his brilliant head of red hair, is betrayed by his counterparts, and a bitter war engulfs the world. Ithrace, the Kingdom of Flames, is destroyed by battle, ending an ancient balance of power. As a Free Lord of Osean, Daylon Dumarch owes allegiance to no king, but knows it is unwise to betray any of them....
15) The tiny king
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
©2013.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
Feeling lonely in a well-guarded, oversized castle where he eats sumptuous meals he cannot finish alone, rides on a horse that throws him, and sleeps poorly at night, a tiny king marries a big princess.
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Series
Anna and Elsa volume 8
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
120 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Description
Anna and Elsa are hosting very important guests - and what better way to impress than to show them the beautiful ice palace Elsa created high in the mountains? But their visitors get a big surprise when the ice palace is taken over by Elsa's tiny snowgies!
17) Apocalypto
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Description
De Mel Gibson, director de La Pasión de Cristo y de la película ganadora del Oscar Corazón Valiente (Mejor Director y Mejor Película en 1995), llega la emocionante historia épica Apocalypto. Esta intensa aventura de acción te transportará hasta una antigua civilización mesoamericana en la que vivirás una experiencia como ninguna otra. En el caso de la misteriosa cultura Maya, el joven "Garra de Jaguar" es capturado y llevado a la gran ciudad...
18) The last duel
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Knight Jean de Carrouges settles his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel at the order of King Charles VI.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
355 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
"A tall, yellow-haired young European traveller calling himself 'Mogor dell'Amore,' the Mughal of Love, arrives at the court of the real Grand Mughal, the Emperor Akbar, with a tale to tell that begins to obsess the whole imperial capital. The stranger claims to be the child of a lost Mughal princess, the youngest sister of Akbar's grandfather Babar: Qara Ko?z, 'Lady Black Eyes', a great beauty believed to possess powers of enchantment and sorcery,...
20) King & King
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Publisher
Tricycle Press
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
When the queen insists that the prince get married and take over as king, the search for a suitable mate does not turn out as expected.
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