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Crown
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English
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"A rollicking history of England’s kings and queens from Arthur to Elizabeth I, a tale of power, glory, and excessive beheadings by award-winning British actor and comedian David Mitchell “Clever, amusing, gloriously bizarre and razor sharp. Mitchell [is] a funny man and a skilled historian.”٬٢٠١٥؛The Times Think you know the kings and queens of England? Think again. In Unruly, David Mitchell explores how early England’s monarchs,...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"A prophecy of death. A weapon of hope. A sacrifice of love. Arwen Valondale is sailing for the mysterious Kingdom of Citrine after the battle of Siren's Bay. Reeling from shocking revelations and her newfound powers, Arwen directs all of her pain and rage toward the man who betrayed her: King Kane Ravenwood. Kane's presence is unavoidable as he travels with Arwen and her friends to seek the Blade of the Sun, a legendary weapon inextricably tied to...
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English
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"From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout comes book three in her beloved Flesh and Fire series… The only thing that can save the realms now is the one thing more powerful than the Fates. After a startling betrayal ends with both Sera and the dangerously seductive ruler of the Shadowlands she has fallen madly in love with being held captive by the false King of the Gods, there is only one thing that can free Nyktos and...
4) The familiar
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to better the family's social position. What begins as simple amusement for the bored nobility takes a perilous turn when...
5) Gilded youth: a history of growing up in the royal family: from the Plantagenets to the Cambridges
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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
''A colorful, fascinating look at growing up in the royal family over the centuries, from the Plantagenets and Tudors to the Windsors and Cambridges. For as long as the British royal family has existed, their children have been brought up in ways that seem bizarre and eccentric to the rest of us-the royal family's obsession with making their children tough and independent as early as possible, often by delegating their parental duties to staff, goes...
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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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"The dramatic story of the new king’s evolution over the past year from Prince of Wales to King Charles III, from one of the most acclaimed royal biographers writing today. No British monarch has had a tougher act to follow. Now, after seventy years of waiting and preparation, King Charles III is not just the head of the most famous family in the world. He is the custodian of a thousand-year-old institution which must redefine its place in the...
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Architecturally breathtaking and rich in splendid art and décor, Hampton Court Palace has been the stage of some of the most important events in British history, such as the commissioning of King James’s version of the Bible, the staging of many of Shakespeare’s plays, and Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation ball. Accessible, engaging, and unputdownable, The Palace takes us into every room in the castle, revealing the ups and downs of royal history...
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Tordotcom, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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In "The Element of Fire," scientific magic and fairy magic collide headlong in the threatened kingdom of Ile-Rien, where the Captain of the Queen's Guard fights a perilous battle standing between opposing forces seeking to topple the kingdom's weak king;and in "The Death of the Necromancer," bent on avenging the execution of his godfather by a duplicitous count, master criminal Nicholas is diverted by a series of eerie events that forces him to confront...
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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2024]
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English
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"The runaway international bestseller - part sweeping historical epic, part legal thriller - following the trial that shaped the life of the young Julius Caesar and gave root to an immortal legacy. Every legend has a beginning. Rome, 77 B.C. Senator Dolabella, known for using violence against anyone who opposes him, is going on trial for corruption and has already hired the best lawyers and even bought the jury. No man dares accept the role of prosecutor...
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Empire of the wolf volume 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"The Empire of the Wolf is on its knees, but there's life in the great beast yet. To save it, Sir Konrad Vonvalt and Helena must look beyond its borders for allies - to the wolfmen of the southern plains, and the pagan clans in the north. But old grievances run deep, and both factions would benefit from the fall of Sova. Even these allies might not be enough. Their enemy, the zealot Bartholomew Claver, wields infernal powers bestowed on him by a mysterious...
12) Sons of darkness
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Publisher
Head of Zeus
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Bled dry by violent confrontations with the Magadhan Empire, the Mathuran Republic simmers on the brink of oblivion. Senator Krishna and his third wife Satyabhama have put their plans in motion, both within and beyond the Republic's blood-soaked borders,to protect it from total annihilation. But they are soon to discover that neither gold nor alliances last forever - and that they are not the only players on the board. Mati, Pirate-Princess of Kalinga,...
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Long price quartet volume 1-2
Publisher
Orb
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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A Shadow in Summer: The poet-sorcerer Heshai and the captive spirit, Seedless, find themselves caught on the edge of disaster as they struggle to save the city-state of Saraykeht from destruction and war.
A Betrayal in Winter: Otah Machi was exiled from his family as a boy, but with his father, the reigning Khai, on his deathbed and his brother assassinated, Otah knows he must return home to takehis place as leader of the city-state.
"In this omnibus...
14) Lady Hotspur
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Queens of Innis Lear volume 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Strike fast, love hard, live forever. This is the motto of the Lady Knights--sworn to fealty under a struggling kingdom, promised to defend the prospective heir, Banna Mora. But when a fearsome rebellion overthrows the throne, Mora is faced with an agonizing choice: give up everything she's been raised to love, and allow a king-killer to be rewarded--or retake the throne, and take up arms against the newest heir, Hal Bolingbrooke, Mora's own childhood...
15) The price of war: the second half of the Long Price quartet : An Autumn war and The price of Spring
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Series
Long price quartet volume 3-4
Publisher
Orb
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Otah Machi, caught between ancient wonders and a modern empire, has survived more than most men endure in two lifetimes. In Price of War, an omnibus collection of An Autumn War and The Price of Spring, magic and treacherous politics bring a bitter harvest of violence and tragedy to the world he must defend. But when all is darkest and the world seems utterly lost, there is yet hope for the salvation of a future yet undiscovered. All depends on Otah,...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The Final Season revolves around more court machinations, complicated relationships, and coup attempts. Catherine is still in charge, meeting with peasants and nobles to get input on her quest to modernize Russia. She's working on bonding with Peter and their young son Paul. Meanwhile, the sidelined Peter tries his hand at "First Husband" duties like hunting and inventing new cuisines but soon finds himself bored with his lack of power. This 4-disc...
17) Royal scandal
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Series
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Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"The second book in the Royal Blood series about an American girl who threatens the royal family by exposing their darkest scandals - even as they get more sinister. American girl turned monarchy nightmare, Evan Bright, has gotten used to the press about her but the media attention has only seemed to get worse. From desperate clickbait articles about her and the President's son to Royal Record headlines pitting her against Princess Maisie, it seems...
18) The mysteries
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Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In a fable for grown-ups by cartoonist Bill Watterson, a long-ago kingdom is afflicted with unexplainable calamities. Hoping to end the torment, the king dispatches his knights to discover the source of the mysterious events. Years later, a single battered knight returns"--
"From Bill Watterson, bestselling creator of the beloved comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, and John Kascht, one of America’s most renowned caricaturists, comes a mysterious and...
19) Realm of wonders
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Series
Queen's council volume 3
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Jasmine thought that she had earned her happily ever after when she and Aladdin defeated Jafar. Then her beloved father dies and, overnight, all her plans for the future change. Instead of her wedding, she's now planning a funeral and a coronation--her coronation, to become the first woman to rule Agrabah. But before the sultan's crown is placed on her head, her claim to the throne is called into question. Jasmine has always been headstrong, but...
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Publisher
W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"What would it take for one young Black man not only to rise above statistics but also become a Navy SEAL, actor, entrepreneur, writer, and successful husband and father? In Transformed, Remi Adeleke takes you back to stories from his childhood, from living as Nigerian royalty to losing his father early in life and being stripped financially of everything by the Nigerian government. Following his father’s death, he and his mother and brother...
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