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1061) Sisters of the fire
Author
Series
Blood and Gold volume Bk 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
446 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Four years have passed since the five sisters-- daughters of the ruling king-- worked together to restore their father to health and to the throne, while fracturing the bonds between themselves almost irreparably. Only Bluebell is still at home, dutifully serving as heir to her father's kingdom. Rose has been cast aside by her former husband and hides in exile with her aunt, separated forever from her beloved daughter, Rowan. Ash wanders the distant...
Author
Series
Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons volume 1
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
pages ; cm.
Language
English
Description
"After Lucy P. Simmons's parents drown, Lucy must find a way to keep her greedy aunt and uncle from taking her family's house. A mysterious woman who seems to come from the sea, as well as the house itself, come to Lucy's aid"--
1063) Three kings
Series
Wild cards volume 28
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
234 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The next anthology in George R. R. Martin's ongoing Wild Cards alternate-history series, Three Kings. In the aftermath of World War II, the Earth's population was devastated by an alien virus. Those who survived were changed forever. Some, known as jokers, were cursed with bizarre mental and physical mutations; others, granted superhuman abilities, became the lucky few known as aces. Queen Margaret, who came to the English throne after the death...
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
xxxv, 742 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
This volume is an annotated edition of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility," complete with more than 2,000 annotations that include definitions and clarifications, multiple maps, historical context, and more.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores and analyzes the historical context and significance of the iconic Cecil Stoughton's photograph taken just hours after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 of Lyndon Baines Johnson taking the presidential oath of office on Air Force One.
1066) Seraphin
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
28 pages : color illustrations ; 33 cm
Language
English
Description
"Seraphin, dreaming of gardens full of birdsongs, sunny avenues, and flowers, works as a ticket seller in a metro station underground. One day, after being scolded by the stationmaster for trying to save a butterfly that had flown into the station by accident, he learns that he has inherited an old, dilapidated house and car. Overjoyed by the possibilities, he and his friend Plume set about building the house of their dreams, and much more besides!...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
279 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The extraordinary story of the international struggle to preserve Franz Kafka's literary legacy ... begins with Kafka's last instruction to his closest friend, Max Brod: to destroy all his remaining papers upon his death. But when the moment arrived in 1924, Brod could not bring himself to burn the unpublished works of the man he considered a literary genius-- even a saint. Instead, Brod devoted his life to championing Kafka's writing, rescuing his...
1068) The daughters of Ys
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
203 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ys, city of wealth and wonder, has a history of dark secrets. Queen Malgven used magic to raise the great walls that keep Ys safe from the tumultuous sea. But after the queen's inexplicable death, her daughters drift apart. Rozenn, the heir to the throne, spends her time on the moors communing with wild animals, while Dahut, the youngest, enjoys the splendors of royal life and is eager to take part in palace intrigue. When Rozenn and Dahut's bond...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xii, 224 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The late Anthony Veasna So's debut story collection, Afterparties, was a landmark publication, and he was equally known for his comic, soulful essays. This volume gathers those essays together, along with previously unpublished fiction. Written with wit and an unflinching eye, the essays examine his youth in California, the lives of his refugee parents, his intimate friendships, loss, pop culture, and more. And in linked fiction following three...
1070) The seventh sun
Author
Series
Age of the seventh sun volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
303 pages : map, illustration ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thrust into leadership upon the death of his emperor father, young Prince Ahkin feels completely unready for his new position. Though his royal blood controls the power of the sun, he's now responsible for the lives of all the Chicome people. And despite all of Ahkin's efforts, the sun is fading-- and the end of the world may be at hand. For Mayana, the only daughter of the Chicome family whose blood controls the power of water, the old emperor's...
1071) The list
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Fresh out of law school and full of hope for the future, Renny Jacobson is stunned by his father's sudden death, and then by the terms of his will. The elder Jacobson has left the bulk of his estate to charity. For his only son, he has left nothing more than the contents of a deposit box and interest in a company no one has heard of, the Covenant List of South Carolina, Ltd. When Renny encounters lovely Jo Johnston, meets the members of 'The List,'...
Author
Series
Elusive samurai volume 4
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
In war-torn medieval Japan, a young samurai lord struggles to retake his throne, but not by fighting. Hojo Tokiyuki will reclaim his birthright by running away! In medieval Japan, eight-year-old Hojo Tokiyuki is the heir to the Kamakura shogunate. But the Hojo clan is in decline, and Tokiyuki's peaceful days of playing hide-and-seek with his teachers come to an abrupt end when his clan is betrayed from within. The lone survivor of his family, Tokiyuki...
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