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Empire volume 2
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English
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Captain Cole becomes increasingly concerned about new U.S. President Averell Torrent's tough-handed foreign policy stance, a perspective that causes him to be targeted and prompts his investigation into the president's role in an assassination plot.
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"A fantasy about three kingdoms on the brink of war and the destiny of one princess"--Provided by publisher.
In the three kingdoms of Mytica, magic has long been forgotten. And while hard-won peace has reigned for centuries, a deadly unrest now simmers below the surface. As the rulers of each kingdom grapple for power, the lives of their subjects are brutally transformed ... and four key players, royals and rebels alike, find their fates forever...
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When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.
5) Iron gold
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A decade ago, Darrow was the hero of the revolution he believed would break the chains of the Society, and abolish the color-coded caste system. But the Rising has shattered everything, and brought endless war. New foes emerge to threaten what has been earned, and throughout the worlds other destinies entwine with Darrow's to change his fate forever. A young Red girl flees tragedy in her refugee camp, and achieves for herself a new life she could...
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These hollow vows volume 2
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English
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After Abriella's sister was sold to the fae, she thought life couldn't get any worse. But when she suddenly finds herself caught in a web of lies of her own making, loving two princes and trusting neither, things are not quite as clear as she once thought. As civil war wages in the Court of Darkness, Brie finds herself unable to choose a side. How can she know where she stands when she doesn't even know herself anymore? In this darkly romantic thrill...
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2012.
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English
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Going into exile after barely escaping a war waged by his cousin and brother, Temur, the grandson and heir of the Great Khan, teams up against an enemy cult with former princess Samarkar, who after a series of bitter betrayals has pursued a life of magical study.
9) Kinslayer
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Lotus war volume 2
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The Shima Imperium is threatened by an imminent civil war, while an enraged Yukiku struggles to keep her ability to hear the thoughts of beasts from overwhelming her and the secretive Guildsman Kin struggles with dreams of an undesirable future.
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Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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After a decade of civil war, an unnamed country is at peace. To join the state's divided halves, the government orders the construction of a new highway. Two men are sent to finish the highway. As the road lengthens, a greater and more terrible conflict approaches.
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"The first installment in a debut trilogy, THE HALF-DROWNED KING tells the compelling story of the political intrigues, battles, and struggles for power that led to the rise of King Harald the Fair-Haired, first king of Norway, seen through the eyes of the young man who became his most trusted warrior and advisor. Conjuring a bloodthirsty, superstitious, and thrilling ancient world (9th century), this debut novel is for fans of Game of Thrones, the...
13) Girl in blue
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Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2001.
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English
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To escape an abusive father and an arranged marriage, fourteen-year-old Sarah, dressed as a boy, leaves her Michigan home to enlist in the Union Army, and becomes a soldier on the battlefields as well as a spy working in the house of Confederate sympathizer Rose O'Neal Greenhow in Washington, D.C.
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Song of ice and fire volume 1
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
The kingdom of the royal Stark family faces its ultimate challenge in the onset of a generation-long winter, the poisonous plots of the rival Lannisters, the emergence of the Neverborn demons, and the arrival of barbarian hordes.
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Solaris
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Cadenza is the City of Words, a city run by poets, its skyline dominated by the steepled towers of its libraries ... Carlo Mazzoni, a young wordsmith, arrives at the city gates intent on making his name as the bells ring out with the news of the death of the city's poet-leader. Instead, he finds himself embroiled with the intrigues of a city in turmoil ... A war that threatens not only to destroy Cadenza but remove it from history altogether"--
16) Son of a gun
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Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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Brother and sister eight-year-old Lucky and ten-year-old Nopi are kidnapped from school and forced to become child soldiers in Liberia's civil war. Even after they escape they wonder if the war will ever really be over for them.
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Worldbreaker saga volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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"On the eve of a recurring catastrophic event known to extinguish nations and reshape continents, a troubled orphan evades death and slavery to uncover her own bloody past--while a world goes to war with itself. In the frozen kingdom of Saiduan, invaders from another realm are decimating whole cities, leaving behind nothing but ash and ruin. At the heart of this war lie the pacifistic Dhai people, once enslaved by the Saiduan and now courted by their...
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Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"In the spring of 1864 in Washington County, Arkansas, thirteen-year-old Travis Ford watches his world unravel while his strong-willed mother tries to keep her family out of harm's way. Set against the Battle of Poison Spring where Confederate soldiers massacred black Union soldiers"--
19) Empire
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Empire volume 1
Language
English
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In a near future world, the American Empire is shattering into a civil war between the Right and the Left, devastating the country, while the peaceful majority uses all of its wits and technological ingenuity to hold the people and government together.
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Half-drowned king volume 3
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Ragnvald knows that Harald's success will eventually mean his own doom. His beloved sister, Svanhild, is now one of Harald's many wives. When an old enemy of Ragnvald's kidnaps his niece, Freydis, his sister follows the daughter she has neglected to Iceland, where an old love awaits. Ragnvald's sons, Einar, Ivar, and Rolli, are no longer children. Harald's heirs are pursuing their own ambitions. But Norway may no longer be large enough for so many...
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