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Conspirator
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Helen Rappaport |
The father of Communist Russia, Vladimir Ilych Lenin now seems to have emerged fully formed in the turbulent wake of World War I and the Russian Revolution. But Lenin's character was in fact forged m… |
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The war of the ember
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Kathryn Lasky |
The strange, maniacal blue owl known as the Striga has been rousted from the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. Nyra, leader of the vicious Pure Ones, is either dead or laying low in some distant land,leaving the … |
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The Gap of Time: William Shakespeare' The Winter's Tale Retold: A Novel (Hogarth Shakespeare)
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Jeanette Winterson |
A modern retelling of Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" moves from London after the 2008 financial crisis to the storm-ravaged American city of New Bohemia, in a story of the destructive effect of je… |
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Followed by frost
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Charlie N. Holmberg |
"Seventeen-year-old Smitha's wealth, status, and beauty make her the envy of her town-- until she rejects a strange man's marriage proposal and disastrous consequences follow. Smitha becomes cursed, … |
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Long black curl
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Alex Bledsoe |
"In all the time the Tufa have existed, only two have ever been exiled: Bo-Kate Wisby and her lover, Jefferson Powell. They were cast out, stripped of their ability to make music, and cursed to never… |
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Primavera con una esquina rota
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Mario Benedetti |
The celebrated Uruguayan writer relays the personal pain and extensive social damage brought on by authoritarian repression and exile. Through a novel voicing the profound disruptions to human relati… |
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The house of the dead
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Daniel Beer |
"The House of the Dead is a history of Siberia with a focus on the last four tsars (1801-1917). Daniel Beer explores the massive penal colony that became an incubator for the radicalism of revolution… |
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The pleasures of passion
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Sabrina Jeffries |
Forced to marry another man after Niall was exiled, the now widowed Brilliana wants nothing to do with the reckless rogue who she believes abandoned her to a dreary, loveless life. So having to rely … |
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Royal exile
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Fiona McIntosh |
To escape the doom that threatens the rulers of Penraven, the inexperienced, untried Crown Prince Leonel is secretly sent away from his home, accompanied by only a single warrior, in order to protect… |
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The return
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Dany Laferriere |
After his father dies, Haitian-born Dany leaves Montreal in order to return his father's body to Baraderes, the village in Haiti where he was born. |
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Disappearance of Émile Zola
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Michael Rosen |
xvi, 302 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 23 cm |
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Abiyoyo
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Pete Seeger |
Banished from the town for making mischief, a little boy and his father are welcomed back when they find a way to make the dreaded giant Abiyoyo disappear. |
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The Mirror Prince
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Violette Malan |
Max Ravenhill was perfectly happy with his life as a history professor until he met Cassandra. Told that he was more than a thousand years old and had known Cassandra and her fellow Wardens all that … |
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