In the fortress of King Eldred the Moody, Dane the Defiant receives honors and a magical rune sword that belonged to his father, but he also finds treachery that sends him and his friends on a...
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Author: Jennewein, Jim., Parker, Tom S.Summary:Genre: Juvenile fiction, Fantasy fiction
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Author: Jennewein, Jim., Parker, Tom S.Summary:
In an ancient and mystical time, fourteen-year-old Dane joins forces with his rival, Jarl the Fair, to retrieve the Shield of Odin and Astrid, the girl they love, from the tyrant Thidrick,...
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Author: Cheripko, Jan.Summary:
Relates how one delegate to the Second Continental Congress battled bad weather and physical disabilities to arrive in Philadelphia in 1776, in time for the historic vote that led to independence...
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Author: Jurmain, SuzanneSummary:
Describes how their different political views caused friends Thomas Jefferson and John Adams to become rivals, until they learned to set aside their differences for the sake of their friendship....
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Author: Lynch, JimSummary:
In 1962, Roger Morgan became the golden boy behind the Seattle World's Fair. Nearly 40 years later, he's a shoo-in for mayor. But when an ambitious journalist begins digging into his past, sordid...
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Word-for-word unabridged recording of the Letters of Paul, narrated in contemporary language for easy understanding.
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Word-for-word unabridged recording of the Letters of Paul, narrated in contemporary language for easy understanding.
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Author: Palahniuk, ChuckSummary:
Investigating Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, journalist Carl Streator finds the same anthology of poems and rhymes at each child's bedside. The book is always opened to a specific African chant--a...
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Author: Smiley, JaneSummary:
New Jersey realtor Joe Stratford is 40 years old, divorced, and ready for a fresh start. Enter Marcus Burns, a former IRS agent who believes the old rules are meant to be broken. Marcus is...
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Author: Peck, DaleSummary:
Sent to stay with their uncle in a ship-like home called Drift House, twelve-year-old Susan and her two younger stepbrothers embark on an unexpected adventure involving duplicitous mermaids,...
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Author: Shors, JohnSummary:
During World War II, the hospital ship Benevolence is providing relief to victims in the South Pacific when she is torpedoed and sunk. Among the survivors are a troubled nurse named Annie and the...
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Author: Specter, MichaelSummary:
Specter fervently argues that people are turning away from new technologies and engaging in a kind of magical thinking that is hindering scientific progress.
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Featuring authors Jim Butcher, Simon R. Green, Kat Richardson and Thomas E. Sniegoski, "Mean streets" offers four novellas of paranormal suspense. Running the gamut from demons and werewolves to...
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Author: Rovira, AlexSummary:
As childhood friends enjoy a chance meeting after 50 years, one of them tells the old story that led to his success. The enchanting parable that follows combines a dash of fairy-tale lore with a...
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Author: Shea, Pegi DeitzSummary:
Presents the life and accomplishments of the American lexicographer, who wrote the first American dictionary, published the first daily newspaper, created the first American insurance company, and...