Orem Library

This program chronicles the emergence of the powerful Roman Enpire from a chaotic period of violent coups, assassination, overarching ambition, civil war and clashes between the classes as well as the sexes.

Examines the rise and fall of Egypt's New Kingdom, 1560 B.C. to 1080 B.C.

As queen of the island kingdom of Calanthe, Lia will do anything to keep her people free, and her secrets safe. Guided by a magic ring of her father's, Lia plays the political game with the cronies the emperor sends to her island. Conri, former Crown Prince of Oriel, has an army to overthrow the emperor, but he needs the fabled Abiding Ring that Lia holds to succeed.

"Sal, a once talented mage, thrives in a wasteland scarred by generations of magical warfare. Here, caught between two powerful empires, is where rogue magicians go to disappear, disgraced soldiers go to make their fortunes, fanatic machinists impose their perverted order, and zealous witch hunters cleanse the impure wherever they can find them. But Sal was betrayed by those she trusted most and is now in captivity, stripped of her magic and awaiting...

"Tells the spectacular story of the great sweep of Islamic power and faith during its first 1,000 years, from the birth of the Prophet Muhammed to the peak of the Ottoman Empire under the reign of Seleyman the Magnificent. Historical re-enactments and a remarkable exposition of Islamic art, artifacts and architecture are combined with interviews of scholars from around the world to recount the rise and importance of early Islamic civilization." --container....

With their bed the only place they find common ground, Conn and Lia, forming an uneasy alliance in their marriage of convenience, must risk everything to save their kingdom from Emperor Anure's growing threat while dealing with their developing feelings for one another.

Here are only a few of the wonderful, strange, and mysterious elements in this breathtaking visit to the Kingdoms and Empires: A very proper girl named Lillian Velvet, living a very lonely life with a nasty Grandmother. A jar of coins, each with the power to take Lillian on a journey to a different time and place...and also to grant a single wish. A small boy in a barn about to be crushed to death by a load of hay. A family, each member in mortal...

"The search for the map - and the secret behind its cryptic code - intensifies in a quest across time, space, and multiple realities"--Page 4 of cover.

Snarky seventeen-year-old Josslyn Drake gets infected by a dangerous piece of forbidden magic and teams up with wanted criminal Jericho Nox to remove the spell corrupting her soul. Josslyn Drake knows only three things about magic: it is rare, illegal, and always deadly. Then she is caught up in a robbery gone wrong at the Queen's Gala and infected by a dangerous piece of magic-- one that allows her to step into the memories of an infamously evil...

When Kit Livingstone learns that Britain's "ley lines" are not legends but pathways to other worlds, he's determined to find a map tattooed on a piece of skin in order to travel to the dangerous realms. But are the intricate codes more than they seem--can they really begin a quest to regain paradise?