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7) The Aeneid
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"For two thousand years, the epic tale of Aeneas's dramatic flight from Troy, his doomed love affair with Dido, his descent into the underworld, and the bloody story behind the establishment of Rome has electrified audiences around the world. In Vergil's telling, Aeneas's heroic journey not only gave Romans and Italians a thrilling origin story, it established many of the fundamental themes of Western life and literature-the role of duty and self-sacrifice,...
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 22
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When a key element of a new and powerful attack submarine goes missing and ships begin disappearing in mid-ocean, NUMA director Dirk Pitt and his team embark on an international chase to discover the truth.
10) Bye, penguin!
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Publisher
LQ, Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 x 26 cm
Description
"Did you hear that? Was that a crack in the ice? Did you see that? One penguin, set adrift! It's just the start of this unexpected romp around the world for one small penguin and all the lucky readers who follow"--
12) The pearl
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"For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of better life for his impoverished family. His dream blinds him to the greed and suspicions the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors, and even his loving wife cannot temper his obsession or stem the events leading to tragedy. Kino and his wife illustrate the fall from innocence of people who believe that wealth erases all problems"--P. [4] of cover.
14) Spy penguins
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Series
Spy penguins volume 1
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
225 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
Young penguins Jackson, also known as Secret Agent 00Zero, and his inventor-friend, Quigley, investigate who is stealing rare fish from the Rookeryville aquarium, hoping to prove themselves to the Frosty Bureau of Investigation.
17) Of mice and men
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An intimate portrait of two men who cherish the slim bond between them and the dream they share in a world marred by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness. Clinging to each other in their loneliness and alienation, George and his simple-minded friend Lenny dream, as drifters will, of a place to call their own - a couple of acres and a few pigs, chickens, and rabbits back in Hill Country where land is cheap. But after they come...
18) Unthinkable
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Series
Impossible series volume 2
Publisher
Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Fenella, the first of cursed Scarborough girls, is challenged to accomplish three tasks of destruction against her family in order to finally leave her miserable life of purgatory in the faerie realm and return to the human world"--
19) Dead ice
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Anita Blake: vampire hunter volume 24
Anita Blake vampire hunter novel volume 22
Anita Blake vampire hunter volume 24
Anita Blake vampire hunter novel volume 22
Anita Blake vampire hunter volume 24
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
566 pages ; 24 cm
Description
When her independent reputation is compromised by her engagement to master vampire Jean-Claude, Anita takes an assignment from the FBI to track down a practitioner of dark voodoo who is victimizing women.
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