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Twisted (Ana Huang) volume 2
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Stoic, broody, and arrogant, elite bodyguard Rhys Larsen has two rules: 1) Protect his clients at all costs 2) Do not become emotionally involved. Ever. He has never once been tempted to break those rules ... until her. Bridget von Ascheberg. A princess with a stubborn streak and a hidden fire that reduces his rules to ash. She's nothing he expected and everything he never knew he needed. Day by day, inch by inch, she breaks down his defenses until...
2) Gilded youth: a history of growing up in the royal family: from the Plantagenets to the Cambridges
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Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
[2023].
Physical Desc
xviii, 277 pages ; 24 cm
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"For as long as the British royal family has existed, their children have been brought up in ways that seem bizarre and eccentric to the rest of us—the royal family’s obsession with making their children tough and independent as early as possible, often by delegating their parental duties to staff, goes back centuries. Gilded Youth looks at centuries of growing up aristocratic and royal—from Edward VII smashing up his schoolroom...
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(Sam Smith).Tales of Old Natalia volume 2
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Story Warren Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
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167 pages : illustrations, map ; 18 cm.
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King Whitson Mariner leads the displaced rabbits as they weather every challenge on their quest for a new home.
4) The iron vow
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Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
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391 pages ; 24 cm.
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"The extraordinary finale to Julie Kagawa's New York Times and internationally bestselling Iron Fey series is here...and the fate of the Nevernever and all the world hangs in the balance. Join Meghan, Ash, Puck, Grimalkin, and the entire Iron Fey cast for this final epic journey into worlds where imagination knows no boundaries. After leaping through the portal to Evenfall, Meghan and her companions find themselves in a terrifying new world where...
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Sister Fidelma mysteries volume 32
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Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
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xiv, 306 pages : map ; 23 cm..
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"Ireland. AD 672. The Feast of Beltaine is approaching and the seven senior princes of the kingdom of Muman are gathering at Cashel to discuss King Colgu's policies. Just days before the council meets, Brother Conchobhar, the keeper of the sacred sword, is found murdered. Sister Fidelma and her brother Colgú fear that the killer had been trying to steal the sword that symbolises the King's authority to rule. And as rumours begin to spread of an attempt...
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Emperor of the Universe volume 3
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Starscape, a Tom Doherty Associates book
Pub. Date
2023
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188 pages ; 21 cm
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"Nicholas, Jeef, and Henrietta the gerbil face their most existential crisis yet when the universe is attacked by beings from a parallel universe intent on conquering every other parallel universe. If Nicholas fails in his mission to defend the universe, it'll mean the end of life itself...."--
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Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2022.
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403 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
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"Cuando Alfonso XI, Rey de Castilla y Leon, muere a causa de la peste negra durante el asedio a Gibraltar, el reino queda huerfano, con las fronteras amenazadas y las cosechas devastadas. Sera entonces cuando su hijo Pedro, un joven de quince anos con gran sed de poder, que ha vivido apartado y marginado de la corte, se coronara rey. Empujado por las ansias de venganza de su madre, Maria de Portugal, y amenazado por la vil mirada de su hermano bastardo,...
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On Devonshire shores volume 2
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"When the Duke and Duchess of Kent and their daughter--the future Queen Victoria--rent neighboring Woolbrook Cottage for the winter, the Summers sisters are called upon to host three of the royal family's male staff in their seaside house. But they soon realize they've invited secrets and intrigue into their home. Meanwhile, Emily Summers longs to become an author. A local publisher offers to consider her novel if she will first write a Sidmouth guidebook...
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Elemental emergence volume 1
Publisher
Red Tower Book/Entangled Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
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405 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
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"Harrow was born during a war between two of the five capricious Elemental Queens. It's a war of fury and attrition, and exacted its price in blood. In one grim night, almost all of the water Elementals--the Seers--were killed. All but Harrow. Years later, she's taken refuge in anonymity, hidden within an unusual circus run by a centuries-old Enchanter. No one can know who she really is or about the magic she wields. Now the circus has acquired a...
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2024]
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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In this graphic novel retelling of Disney Wish, Asha finds her plea to save her community answered by a cosmic force called Star, proving that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.
11) A bright heart
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Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
2023.
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334 pages ; 22 cm
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"Mingshin outsmarted three princes to help the man she loved become king. But she doesn’t see Ren’s betrayal coming, not until she’s lying in a pool of her own blood on the palace steps. As she’s dying, Mingshin makes a desperate plea to the gods to turn back time and give her a chance to make things right. Mingshin wakes up two years earlier, her prayer granted, and swears two things: Ren will never become king, and she...
12) The king is dead
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
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375 pages ; 22 cm.
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As the newly crowned first Black king of England, seventeen-year-old James faces intense media scrutiny and a blackmailer intent on disclosing his deepest secrets, including his sexuality and hidden relationship.
Heavy is the crown James has been born to wear, especially as the first Black heir to the British throne. But with his father's recent passing, and with a new boyfriend to hide, James is woefully unprepared for the sudden shine of public...
13) 5 films of faith
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Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Samson is a strong man with legendary powers who meets the beautiful Delilah and is later seduced by her into giving up the secret of his strength, tells the story of Moses' journey from prince of Egypt to prophet and leader of the Hebrew slaves; dramatization of the early life of St. Francis of Assisi; follows the story of the Biblical character David as he rises from lowly shepherd boy to the throne of Israel; a man is given the task of rescuing...
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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xii, 453 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
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Takes us into every room of Hampton Court Palace-the stage of some of the most important events in British history, such as the commissioning of King James's version of the Bible and Queen Elizabeth II's coronation ball, illustrating what was at play politically, socially and economically at the time.
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(Sam Smith)Tales of Old Natalia volume 1
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Story Warren Books
Pub. Date
2015.
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157 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
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A group of rabbits flees to a safe haven after their home is invaded. Their king tries to bring the community back together in their new land but some rabbits are hesitant to settle. Former coal miner, Fleck, chooses to be loyal to his king, vowing to protect him and his son as all the rabbits struggle to create a home for themselves.
16) La Reina Carlota
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Titania
Pub. Date
[2023]
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383 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
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"En 1761, en un soleado d�ia de septiembre, un rey y una reina se conocieron por primera vez. Se casaron en cuesti�on de horas. La princesa alemana Carlota de Mecklemburgo-Strelitz era guapa y terca, y pose�ia una inteligencia feroz; unos atributos que no eran precisamente los que la corte brit�anica buscaba para la esposa del rey Jorge III. Sin embargo, su ferocidad y su independencia eran justo lo que necesitaba, porque Jorge ten�ia secretos.,...
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Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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xiii, 222 pages ; 22 cm
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"From a visionary Mexican author, a hallucinatory, revelatory, colonial revenge story that reimagines the fall of Tenochtitlan. One morning in 1519, conquistador Hernan Cortes entered the city of Tenochtitlan - today's Mexico City. Later that day, he would meet the emperor Moctezuma in a collision of two worlds, two empires, two languages, two possible futures. Cortes was accompanied by his nine captains, his troops, and his two translators: Friar...
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Crown
Pub. Date
[2023].
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431 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
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"Think you know the kings and queens of England? Think again. In Unruly, David Mitchell explores how early England's monarchs, while acting as feared rulers firmly guiding their subjects' destinies, were in reality a bunch of lucky bastards who were mostly as silly and weird in real life as they appear today in their portraits. Taking us back to King Arthur (spoiler: he didn't exist), Mitchell tells the founding story of post-Roman England up to the...
Publisher
Blue Orange
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 game (1 Rulebook, 4 Starting Tiles (Single squares), Pieces for 4 3-D castles(1 in each color-pink, yellow, green, blue), 48 Dominos, and 8 Wooden Meeples (2 each in pink, yellow, green, blue)) : cardboard, wood, plastic, color ; in box 20 x 20 x 5 cm. + 1 instruction booklet.
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Dominoes with a Kingdom building twist! each turn, connect a new domino to your existing Kingdom, making sure at least one of its sides connects to a matching terrain Type already in play. The game mechanics for obtaining the tiles is clever: the order who of who picks first depends on which tile was previously chosen. Make sure to secure tiles with crowns- these royal treasures help to multiply the worth of your Kingdom at the end of the game! the...
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Dey Street Books, an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
2023.
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403 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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"On September 8, 2022, the world stood still as news broke of Queen Elizabeth II's passing. Her death dismantled the protective shield around the world's most famous family and saw a long-simmering crisis of confidence in the British monarchy begin to resurface. Now, with unique insight, deep access, and exclusive revelations, journalist Omid Scobie pulls back the curtain on an institution in turmoil, exposing the infighting, family deterioration,...
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