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14801) A visit to Moscow
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"An American rabbi enters Soviet Russia to investigate reports of persecution among the Jewish community. Though heavily monitored once he enters the state, one day the rabbi manages to sneak away in a taxi and discovers a secret that will change his life forever"--
14802) Blood & beauty
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
"By the end of the fifteenth century, the beauty and creativity of Italy is matched by its brutality and corruption, nowhere more than in Rome and inside the Church. When Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia buys his way into the papacy as Alexander VI, he is defined not just by his wealth or his passionate love for his illegitimate children, but by his blood: He is a Spanish Pope in a city run by Italians. If the Borgias are to triumph, this charismatic, consummate...
Author
Series
I survived volume 10
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
No one in the bustling city of Pompeii worries when the ground trembles beneath their feet. The beast under the mountain Vesuvius, high above the city, wakes up angry sometimes, and always goes back to sleep. But Marcus is afraid. He knows something is terribly wrong, and his father, who trusts science more than mythical beasts, agrees. When Vesuvius explodes into a cloud of fiery ash and rocks fall from the sky like rain, will they have time to escape,...
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"Beryl Markham is a record-setting aviator caught up in a passionate love triangle with safari hunter Denys Finch Hatton and Karen Blixen, author of the classic memoir Out of Africa. Brought to Kenya from England as a child and then abandoned by her mother, Beryl is raised by both her father and the native Kipsigis tribe who share his estate. Her unconventional upbringing transforms Beryl into a bold young woman with a fierce love of all things wild...
14807) The apothecary diaries: 8
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Sly tactician Lakan's attempts at provocation lead to his own downfall when Maomao challenges him to elephant chess, only to outplay him in a game of wits! In a stupor from drinking "poison" as punishment for his loss, Lakan dreams of a long-lost past, his affair with a beautiful courtesan, and meeting her daughter for the very first time. Upon waking, he finds himself at Verdigris, where he is pressed to buy the freedom of a girl of his choosing...
14809) The tainted relic
Author
Pub. Date
℗2006, ©2005.
Language
English
Description
"July 1100 and Jerusalem has fallen to the Crusader armies. Amid the ensuing chaos a priceless holy relic is entrusted to English knight Geoffrey Mappestone. But the relic is said to be cursed, bringing death and destruction to whoever posesses it. And down the ages the relic continues to wreak its havoc."--Container.
14810) Boxers & Saints
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Collects parallel stories, inspired by visions of Chinese gods, Little Bao recruites an army to fight for China against Western opressers; Vibinia, an unwanted fourth child, finds her first true home with Christian missionaries.
14811) Issunboshi
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In a feudal Japan where creatures of myth and folklore are real, a demon sets out to reforge an ancient weapon to take over the world. The only person who can stop him is a six-inch-tall would-be samurai, who also happens to be the final and most important piece of the weapon"--Back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Shojo Beat manga edition.
Language
English
Description
When shoolgirl Takiko Okuda attempts to destroy her father's translation of The Universe of the Four Gods, she is instead sucked into the story, becoming the Priestess of Genbu in an epic journey to find the seven Celestial Warriors! Takiko now knows where to find the remaining Celestial Warriors, but, with spies around every corner and the army of Qu-Dong on her trail, she may not survive the journey. When Tomite accidentally lets slip that Takiko...
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Shojo Beat manga edition.
Language
English
Description
When schoolgirl Takiko Okuda attempts to destroy her father's translation of The Universe of the Four Gods, she is instead sucked into the story, becoming the Priestess of Genbu in an epic journey to find seven Celestial Warriors! In the midst of a heated battle, Takiko is transported back to her own world. There, all the problems she escaped through her father's book are waiting for her: her mother's funeral, her father's disapproval, and her...
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Shojo Beat manga edition.
Language
English
Description
Takiko has found three of the seven Celestial Warriors, but must find the remaining four. She and her companions travel to the Oracle Anlu, hoping to locate the other warriors, but the Oracle actually makes Tariko's task more difficult when it claims that there are still five more warriors to be found.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"What if young Arthur Conan Doyle really went to a secret school for extraordinarily gifted children called Baskerville Hall? When a mysterious man with a pipe notices young Arthur's incredible deductive skills, Arthur's offered a spot at the esteemed Baskerville Hall and a chance to lift his family out of poverty. There Arthur makes quick friends with Irene Eagle, a girl who boldly strides into any adventure, and Jimmie Moriarty, a boy whose brilliance...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Shonen Jump manga edition.
Language
English
Description
As the feared assassin of the Bakumatsu, Himura Kenshin killed in the name of the new era. As the rurouni of Meiji, he wielded a sakabato to protect those who counldn't protect themselves, all along holding true to his vow to never take another life. Now Kenshin's fight with Enishi has entered its final stage, as has his quest for atonement. Will another life be required to complete the circle? The road of redemption has been a long one for the world-weary...
14817) The apothecary diaries: 7
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Maomao succeeds in saving Jinshi from a horrific fate, proving herself indispensable to the palace once more. But while she is given the chance to explain herself, Maomao has yet to learn that the treachery of the plot she has uncovered is woven deep into the fabric of the very palace in which she serves. To truly unpick the mystery, Maomao will need her patience and her copious wits about her"--
14819) House of Five Leaves: 1
Author
Series
House of Five Leaves volume 1
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Viz signature edition.
Language
English
14820) Book Group Bag: East of Eden
Author
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks' and the Hamilton's--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. The story of two brothers, Aron is a clean-cut model student, engaged to be married, the pride of his hardworking father. Cal is a rebellious loner, sternly rejected...
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