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A Song of Ice and Fire volume 5
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance. In the east, Daenerys, last scion of House Targaryen, her dragons grown to terrifying maturity, rules as queen of a city built on dust and death, beset by enemies. Now that her whereabouts are known many are seeking Daenerys and her dragons. Among them the dwarf, Tyrion Lannister, who has escaped King?s Landing with a price on his head, wrongfully condemned to death for the murder of his nephew,...
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Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Few works of literature are as universally beloved as Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland. Now, in this spellbinding historical novel, we meet the young girl whose bright spirit sent her on an unforgettable trip down the rabbit hole-and the grown woman whose story is no less enthralling. But oh my dear, I am tired of being Alice in Wonderland. Does it sound ungrateful? Alice Liddell Hargreaves?s life has been a richly woven tapestry: As a young woman,...
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Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Childrens
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Celaena Sardothien is Adarlan?s most feared assassin. As part of the Assassins' Guild, her allegiance is to her master, Arobynn Hamel, yet Celaena listens to no one and trusts only her fellow killer-for-hire, Sam. In these action-packed prequel novellas - together in one edition for the first time - Celaena embarks on five daring missions. They take her from remote islands to hostile deserts, where she fights to liberate slaves and seeks to avenge...
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Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
The Battle for Tomorrow Begins Today! When S.H.I.E.L.D discovers HYDRA agents are preparing another measure for world domination, Nick Fury calls on Captain America to put an end to their evil plans! But even with the help of friends, Cap may not be able to stop TTHHEE TOMOORROW ARMY! Spidey's "Friendly" Battle in the City! Peter Parker is always juggling school, friends, and being a Super Hero. So, when fellow student, Flash Thompson, starts bullying...
Author
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Everything seems fine until the evil Super Villain Ultron decides to strike, forcing Falcon to recruit some familiar faces! Will he be able to lead the new Avengers to victory? IT'S FIGHT OR FLIGHT! Star-Lord's shape-shifting struggle! Star-Lord is having a blast on Planet Knowhere-that is, until he gets a visit from Captain Marvel. She is on a mission searching for a shape-shifter who could destroy entire planets, including Earth! Can Star-Lord save...
Author
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
The sacred Mound is being attacked by an evil cult, and Wakandans are growing angry with their new king, T'Challa, aka the Super Hero BLACK PANTHER. So it's bad timing when Black Panther is called away by the AVENGERS. There is strong evidence that Black Panther has stolen a highly classified weapon! With help from some familiar faces in S.H.I.E.L.D. and some new ones like the DORA MILAJE, Black Panther will battle the greatest threats Wakanda has...
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Series
Genesis of Shannara volume 2
Language
English
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50 years from now, our world looks very different. Governments have fallen. Thousands live in fortified strongholds; others roam the landscape as either predator or prey. Standing against the forces that have tipped the balance from good to evil are very few heroes, men and women imbued with magic and sworn to a high destiny.
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Series
Outlaws of Time volume 3
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
From the bestselling author of 100 Cupboards comes the spellbinding finale of the Outlaws of Time series, perfect for fans of Armand Baltazar?s Timeless: Diego and the Rangers of the Vastlantic or Soman Chainani?s School of Good and Evil series. Alex always thought his life was boring at best. But when he learns that his favorite time-traveling heroes Sam and Glory are his real parents, Alex realizes he never needed to dream of an elsewhere. Just...
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Publisher
Canelo Adventure
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Abras, as they are known, can harness these illegal powers, but for con-artist Amanda Coleman - whose father was a powerful and abusive practitioner - magic is anathema. When her criminal crew decide to hire an Abra to help with their heists, they don?t expect to raise a demon, or to quickly lose control of it. Now Coleman and her crew must travel across Siberia to a remote stone circle in order to kill this murderous creature, who has destroyed everything...
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Series
Shadows of the Apt volume 7
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
The epic fantasy series of war and empire by Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky continues. The Wasp Empire is closing in on an ancient city - but Empress Seda has her eyes on a far greater prize within its walls.
92) The sea watch
Author
Series
Shadows of the Apt volume 6
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
The epic fantasy series of war and empire by Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky continues. A hidden threat falls over Collegium, as Stenwold Maker prepares for another attack by the Wasp Empire.
93) The scarab path
Author
Series
Shadows of the Apt volume 5
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
The epic fantasy series of war and empire by Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky continues. The Wasp Empire's conquest over Collegium has halted - for now. But only her former spymaster knows the truth about her sinister powers.
94) Salute the dark
Author
Series
Shadows of the Apt volume 4
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Salute the Dark is the fourth book in the critically acclaimed epic fantasy series Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award. As spymaster Stenworld makes a stand in his home city, others must chose where their loyalties lie. All must face the end of days . . . Uctebri?s long search for the Shadow Box is finally over. Now the vampiric sorcerer can begin his dark ritual. The Wasp-kinden?s Emperor believes this will...
Author
Series
Shadows of the Apt volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Blood of the Mantis is the third novel in Adrian Tchaikovsky's richly imagined Shadows of the Apt series, following Dragonfly Falling. Stenwold must rally his allies for battle against the Empire, even as it seeks a dangerous artifact of enormous power. A dread ritual casts a deadly shadow . . . Achaeos the seer has finally tracked down the stolen Shadow Box. But he has only days before this magical artefact will be lost to him forever. Meanwhile,...
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Publisher
Puffin
Language
English
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This is a funny story which tells the tale of George and his Grandma. When he can't stand her bad habits any longer, he decides to cure her nastiness for good. He concocts a very special medicine which is as nasty as she is - with explosive results.
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Language
English
Description
It is twenty years since the events of La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One unfolded and saw the baby Lyra Belacqua begin her life-changing journey. It is almost ten years since readers left Lyra and the love of her young life, Will Parry, on a park bench in Oxford's Botanic Gardens at the end of the ground-breaking, bestselling His Dark Materials sequence. Now, in The Secret Commonwealth, we meet Lyra Silvertongue. And she is no longer a...
98) Black ships
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Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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Description
When nine black ships appear as foretold in her dreams, captained by an exiled Trojan prince, Gull must make her choice. She must decide between her sacred calling and the most perilous adventure - joining her mother's people in their desperate flight from slavery.
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Series
The Ascendance volume 1
Publisher
HarperVoyager
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Far in the future, human beings have seeded themselves amongst the stars. Since decoding the language of the universe 8,000 years ago, they have reached the very edges of their known galaxy and built a near-utopia across thousands of worlds, united and ruled by a powerful organization known as the Ascendance. The peaceful stability of their society relies solely on their use of this Deep Language of the cosmos. But this knowledge is a valuable secret,...
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