Author: David Drake
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1429911743
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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The Fortress of Glass by David Drake is the first in the Crown of the Isles trilogy, which will conclude the epic Lord of the Isles series. A true trilogy, the action extends over the whole three-book arc. The Fortress of Glass begins the story of how the new kingdom of the Isles is finally brought into being by the group of heroes and heroines who have been central to all the books in the series. The group includes Prince Garric, heir to the throne of the Isles, his consort Liane, his sister Sharina, her herculean sweetheart Cashel, his sister Ilna, with her adopted child Merota and piratical Chalcus. On giant triremes filled with soldiers and diplomats, they journey to the small kingdoms of the Isles to confirm the succession of Garric and to subdue, if necessary, any local rulers too fond of their own kingship to pledge fealty to Garric. All this is being done in a time when the powers of magic in the Isles have flooded to a thousand-year peak, and even local magicians can perform powerful spells normally beyond their control. Fantastic forces from all angles try to keep them apart and unable to continue the reunification of the Isles. So separately and together, they must fight their way back to the same time and place to combat the mysterious and supernatural menace of The Green Woman in her Fortress of Glass. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author: Crown Shepherd
Publisher: Beaver's Pond Press
ISBN: 9781643438818
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Black Boy, Black Boy, what do you see? I see a bright future ahead of me! A melodic mantra with a powerful message: Black boys can be a doctor, a judge, the president . . . anything they want to be! Each page depicts a boy looking into the future, seeing his grown-up self, and admiring the greatness reflected back at him. This book is created to teach Black boys there are no barriers -- if you can dream it, you can be it! This book is for Black boys so they see themselves as the heroes of the story. This book is for Black boys so the repetitive patterns help them learn to read. This book is for Black boys so it will become a subconscious mantra -- the things you say to kids become what they think. And Black boys can be anything!
Author: Lindsey R. Loucks
Publisher: Evershade Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 612
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This box set includes all five books in the Sever the Crown series from USA Today bestselling author Lindsey R. Loucks and award-winning author Mysti Parker. Prepare to get lost in a vampire reverse harem romance series that will leave you breathless and begging for more! ◆ Start with Book One: Emergence Together, they'll sever the crown - or maybe the head that wears it. Wren has a dark obsession—to find her mother's murderers before they find her. Every new singing gig brings her closer to crossing their names from her list. When a detective shows up with a new lead, she jumps at the chance with fangs bared. But to get the information they need, they'll have to bust someone out of jail. Sure. No problem. Ashe has just been framed for high crimes against the Southern Vampire Clan—but he's not exactly innocent either. While waiting for his fate, a five-pointed star tattoo appears on his wrist, similar to the tattoo of a stunning platinum-haired vampire. The sudden attraction between them is undeniable. Better yet, she's just offered to free him. Sounds like a great deal. So what's the catch? Turns out, as their enemies close in, the catch could very well be their lives. ◆ Book Two: Defiance - Everyone knows it's not a true vampire cult party until someone gets staked. ◆ Book Three: Obsession - Wren's world has caught fire. But she'll be damned if she lets it burn. ◆ Book Four: Relentless - Wren's fourth mate just might be the death of her...that is if the world doesn't end first. ◆ Book Five: Ascension - 3...2...1...It's a race against time in an epic war for the throne. Queen versus queen. DOWNLOAD NOW AND JOIN THE REVOLUTION! If you love authors like Elena Lawson, Joely Sue Burkhart, Ava Mason, Caroline Peckham, Meg Xuemei X, C.M. Stunich, Domino Savage, and K.F. Breene, you will obsess over this series!
Author: C. R. Stewart
Publisher: Britfield
ISBN: 9781732961210
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Tom has spent most of his life locked behind the cruel walls of Weatherly Orphanage, but whenhe learns that his parents might still be alive, Tom knows he must do what he can to find them.He can't leave Weatherly without his best friend Sarah, so armed with a single clue to his past,the word Britfield, the two make a darling escape by commandeering a hot air balloon. Nowthey're on the run from a famous Scotland Yard detective and what looks like half the policeofficers in England. Tom and Sarah's journey takes them from Oxford University to WindsorCastle, through London, and finally to Canterbury. Along the way, they discover that Tom maybe the true heir to the British throne, but even with the help of two brilliant professors, it lookslike Tom and Sarah will be captured and sent back to the orphanage before they have a chanceto solve Tom's Royal mystery.
Author: James Rollins
Publisher: William Morrow
ISBN: 9780062843234
Category : FICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 441
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"Off the coast of Brazil, a team of scientists discovers a horror like no other, an island where all life has been eradicated, consumed, and possessed by a species beyond imagination. Before they can report their discovery, a mysterious agency attacks the group, killing them all, save one: an entomologist, an expert on venomous creatures, Professor Ken Matsui from Cornell University. Strangest of all, this inexplicable threat traces back to a terrifying secret buried a century ago beneath the National Mall: a cache of bones preserved in amber..."--
Author: Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022680223X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Following conflicting desires for an Aztec crown, this book explores the possibilities of repatriation. In The Contested Crown, Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll meditates on the case of a spectacular feather headdress believed to have belonged to Montezuma, emperor of the Aztecs. This crown has long been the center of political and cultural power struggles, and it is one of the most contested museum claims between Europe and the Americas. Taken to Europe during the conquest of Mexico, it was placed at Ambras Castle, the Habsburg residence of the author’s ancestors, and is now in Vienna’s Welt Museum. Mexico has long requested to have it back, but the Welt Museum uses science to insist it is too fragile to travel. Both the biography of a cultural object and a history of collecting and colonizing, this book offers an artist’s perspective on the creative potentials of repatriation. Carroll compares Holocaust and colonial ethical claims, and she considers relationships between indigenous people, international law and the museums that amass global treasures, the significance of copies, and how conservation science shapes collections. Illustrated with diagrams and rare archival material, this book brings together global history, European history, and material culture around this fascinating object and the debates about repatriation.
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Languages : en
Pages : 1084
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Author: Charles Ffrench Blake-Forster
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Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 894
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Author: Heinrich Wilhelm Dove
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Category : Atmospheric circulation
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Author: Patrick Devaney
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781088002780
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 382
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Set in 1982, High Crimes Against the Crown chronicles the saga of Conor Caldemeyer. A former cop who left a small-town police force after a roadblock assignment gone awry. Conor heads to Ireland with his best friend, Alec, for a little R&R. There he meets Billi, a raven-haired Irish woman who reminds him of a love long gone but never forgotten. Paying more attention to his heart than his head, Conor gets involved with a wing of the Irish Resistance Movement. It all seems a bit of a lark until his idyllic "trip of a lifetime" devolves into a nightmare of violence and intrigue destined to change his world forever. Fleeing the wrath of Her Majesty's Armed Forces, Conor hides on the Camino de Santiago, the legendary pilgrimage of St. James. He encounters interesting characters, romance, and danger. Patrick DeVaney, the author of "Two Million Steps" brings you his first novel entitled High Crimes Against the Crown; a fast-paced story mixing humor, adventure, and romance.
