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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st Touchstone hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
337 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Enlisted by beautiful opera star Leigh Llewell to investigate her brother Oliver's mysterious death, SAS operative Ben Hope finds himself caught up in a centuries-old puzzle. The official line states that Oliver died while investigating Mozart's death, but the facts don't add up.
Publisher
Barbour Books, an imprint of Barbour Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
443 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Connected to nature and carefree of heart, seven historical women would prefer to travel through life without shoes, especially if giving away their only pair would comfort someone else in need. Will these women of faith change their ways under society's pressures and the lure of romance? Walk alongside these women who make sacrifices for others that leave themselves in need. Will each woman be loved or scorned for her eccentric ways?" -- Page [4]...
45) The wicker man
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
[Theatrical version] ; widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a young girl mysteriously disappears, Police Sergeant Howie travels to a remote Scottish island to investigate. But this pastoral community, led by the strange Lord Summerisle, is not what it seems as the devout Christian detective soon uncovers a secret society of wanton lust and pagan blasphemy. Can Howie now stop the cult's ultimate sacrifice before he himself comes face-to-face with the horror of the Wicker Man?
47) A consuming fire
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
940L
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Born to be a sacrificial Weatherell girl like her mother, Anya Astraea instead sets out in search of vengeance against the mountain deity who claimed the life of her twin sister.
Author
Publisher
Razorbill
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
406 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the magical kingdom of Orkena, a teenaged girl is chosen to be the human sacrifice in a deadly game between three heirs who will do anything for the crown.
Zahru has long dreamed of leaving the kingdom of Orkena and having the kinds of adventures she's only ever heard about in stories. But as a lowly Whisperer, her power to commune with animals means that her place is serving in the royal stables until the day her magic runs dry. All that changes...
51) Lifeling
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First American edition.
Lexile measure
490L
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Lonny Quicke and his younger brother finally leave their hidden forest home and venture into the nearby town of Farstoke, where Lonny discovers that, at first glance, the people of Farstoke are not cruel and selfish, but as he debates revealing his secret ability, he wonders whether his new friends are really as kind as they seem.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xiv, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This "layered, nuanced, and focused study" of Civil War era writings reveals a popular sense of patriotism and hope in the midst of loss (Journal of American History).
The American Civil War is often seen as the first modern war, not least because of the immense suffering it inflicted. Yet unlike later conflicts, it did not produce an outpouring of disillusionment or cynicism in public or private discourse. In fact, most people portrayed the war...
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
207 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"An unexpected tragedy at a community pool. A family's unrelenting expectation of victory. The desire to gain or lose control; to make time speed up or stop; to be frighteningly, undeniably good at something. Each of the eight teenage girl boxers in this blistering debut novel has her own reasons for the sacrifices she has made to come to Reno, Nevada, to compete to be named the best in the country."-- Front cover flap
56) Untethered sky
Author
Publisher
Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
152 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"From World Fantasy Award-winning author Fonda Lee comes Untethered Sky, an epic fantasy fable about the pursuit of obsession at all costs. Ester's family was torn apart when a manticore killed her mother and baby brother, leaving her with nothing but her father's painful silence and a single, overwhelming need to kill the monsters that took her family. Ester's path leads her to the King's Royal Mews, where the giant rocs of legend are flown to hunt...
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 169 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Join explorers, scholars, adventurers and archaeologists as they search for long-buried clues and missing pieces to the puzzle of history. Unravel the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphics; uncover clues to Stonehenge; shed new light on the mythical Minoan civilization. Follow the celebrated Silk Road; discover why the ancient city of Catal Hoyuk was so prosperous; reconstruct the city of Petra's underground water system. Venture into the Andes to seek...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Wyatt Westlock has one plan for the farmhouse she's just inherited - to burn it to the ground. But during her final walkthrough of her childhood home, she makes a shocking discovery in the basement - Peter, the boy she once considered her best friend, strung up in chains and left for dead. Unbeknownst to Wyatt, Peter has suffered hundreds of ritualistic deaths on her family's property. Semi-immortal, Peter never remains dead for long, but he can't...