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All of Europe west of the river Rhine lies under the hand of Carthage. Ruled jointly from the south, Carthage itself, and north, Mai Dan in Britain, the empire appears to be at peace. There are three firebrands within the empire, two of whom are looking for further conquests to cement their place and perhaps their children's future within the society that has assimilated them. It is 48 BC can Hanno, a descendant of his legendary namesake, keep a leash...
Author
Series
European short stories volume no. 4
Publisher
Fjord Press
Pub. Date
1997
Physical Desc
149 p. ; 22 cm.
Author
Series
Gourmet Detective mysteries volume 8
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
262 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
On a voyage from another era, the detective encounters a thoroughly modern murder The Danube Express was once the most famous train on the continent. Linking east and west, it was the fastest route from the Alps to the Black Sea, until airplanes and automobiles made it obsolete. When a group of savvy investors revived it in the 1970s, it became an Express only in name. A five-star hotel on wheels, it is now a luxurious iconand it's celebrating its...
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Publisher
LQ
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
205 pages : color illustration ; 22 cm
Description
With his life steeped in Sami tradition, Ánte wonders what people would think when his feelings for his best friend Erik grow into something more and if he should just ignore these emotions or go after what he truly wants.
7) Millions
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
247 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
After their mother dies, two brothers find a huge amount of money which they must spend quickly before England switches to the new European currency, but they disagree on what to do with it.
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Series
Princess diaries volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
223 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
Having recently discovered she is the sole heir to the throne of a tiny European principality, fourteen-year-old Manhattan resident Mia writes in her journal about her attempts to cope with this news, as well as with more typical teenage concerns.
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Publisher
New Harvest/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
295 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
Housesitting at the ultra-modern apartment of a composer friend in a glum Eastern European city, a British copywriter accidentally spills wine on the apartment's priceless wooden floor and endures a psychologically disastrous week of perfectionist repair and maintenance.
10) The axe factor
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Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Missing her former life after moving to rural Southern Thailand, Jimm Juree catches the eye of a successful European writer against a backdrop of a serial murder case, an imminent major storm and her ex-cop grandfather's disapproval.
Author
Series
Princess diaries volume 1
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Fourteen-year-old Mia, who is trying to lead a normal life as a teenage girl in New York City, is shocked to learn that her father is the Prince of Genovia, a small European principality, and that she is a princess and the heir to the throne.
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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
260 p. ; 22 cm.
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"A novel about relationships, examined through the distinct rhythms of the city of Port of Spain. Loyalties, love, conflicting cultures, and creativity come into play as Ata, a young woman working in carnival design but curious about writing, and her European boyfriend, Pierre, negotiate the care of their friend Fraser, a closeted gay man dying from AIDS. The contradictory Trinidadian setting becomes a parallel character to Fraser's Cambridge-derived...
14) The way back
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
368 pages ; 22 cm
Description
A historical fantasy that follows Eastern European teens Yehuda and Bluma on a journey through the Far Country, the Jewish land of the dead.
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Publisher
Dorrance Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
69 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"The Native Americans' view of the world was disregarded by the culture of Western Europeans, while they were almost decimated as a people. Woodpecker: A Novel describes their perspective on the land, in hopes that it will not be lost to future generations of Americans. In this regard, Woodpecker is a novel about struggle, perseverance, and...eternity."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
393 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Princess Leonie Kolburg, aged nineteen and heir to a faded European spaceship, enters the engagement season hoping only to save her family from financial ruin, but is soon falling for her first, rejected love.
17) The beholder
Author
Series
Beholder volume 1
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
429 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
After a public humiliation, Selah sets sail across the Atlantic in order to find a life partner among the European royal houses who can help secure the future of her Potomac people, a journey that sees her interacting with figures from legend and mythology.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
263 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Struggling to move on from the events that tore her family apart, Molly embarks on a European vacation with her new boyfriend, but when her ex-boyfriend turns up on the trip her new relationship comes under threat.
19) Stolen: a novel
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
384 pages ; 22 cm
Description
As hatred and threats against the Saami reindeer herders escalate, resulting in more reindeer being tortured and killed, Elsa, a young Indigenous woman, decides to push back on the apathetic police force, making her the target of a devious hunter who wants to silence her forever.
20) Paradise
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Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
1994.
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 22 cm
Description
The adventures of a 12-year-old African boy sold into slavery by his father to pay off a debt. The setting is East Africa, a place of trade caravans, tribal warfare and the beginnings of European colonization.
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