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Series
Dragon kingdom of Wrenly volume 10
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The Legion of Lava has stirred worry and fear among the regions of Wrenly, and now Ruskin and his dragon friends must wage a war on two fronts: one on the battlefield and one for the very soul of the kingdom.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"'This is how we carried out of Africa the poor broken body of Bwana Daudi, the Doctor, David Livingstone, so that he could be borne across the sea and buried in his own land.' So begins Petina Gappah's powerful novel of exploration and adventure in nineteenth-century Africa--the captivating story of the loyal men and women who carried explorer and missionary Dr. Livingstone's body, his papers and maps, fifteen hundred miles across the continent of...
Series
Pub. Date
[2006], c2004
Language
English
Description
During the Middle Ages, most of Europe's inhabitants were illiterate and lived in the shadow of the wealthy; knowledge of peasant culture is therefore limited. This program addresses the historical lack of firsthand written materials, viewing serfs and servants through the eyewitness accounts of a fictitious traveler. Although a peasant farmer's daily existence was indeed oppressive, defined by taxation and compulsory military service to the ruling...
Author
Series
Shongairi series volume 1
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A master sergeant prowling the back country of the Balkans and a firearms instructor and former Marine find themselves at the center of a growing network of resistance against an invading force of alien, carnivorous Shongari intent on annihilating the human race.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Taken from a group home at age 12 and trained in a black-box government program aimed at creating assassins, Evan Smoak escaped and dedicates his life to helping the truly desperate. A plan to mop up the remaining orphans has Orphan A gunning for him.
Series
Language
English
Description
Henry IV succeeded his father as a young child, and after a childhood troubled by conflicting ambitions of lay and ecclesiastical magnates, he led a life worthy of a Shakespearean tragedy. Continually battling with the Pope, excommunicated, deserted by his wife, and betrayed by his closest supporters-including his son Henry V, who deposed him in 1106-Henry IV struggled to keep his empire together. However, the usurper Henry V proved to be the last...
Series
Pub. Date
[2012], c1990
Language
English
Description
The Salian dynasty came to power with the election of Conrad of Swabia after the Saxon dynasty died out in 1024. This program charts the career of the first of the Salian line, Emperor of the Romans and King of the Germans. A formidable ruler, Conrad II obtained suzerainty over the kingdom of Burgundy and reasserted German power in Italy. He also ordered the construction of the architectural centerpiece of his empire: the imperial cathedral in Speyer....
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Svalbard can be a lonely place. Most of its residents have sacrificed the closeness of friends and family to live in this arctic paradise so visitors are a big deal. Christine's sister, Catherine gets to grips with Arctic life when she visits from northern England. Mary Ann's son, Vidda, who lives 1700kms away comes to her rescue as he's the only person she trusts in her kitchen. Pastor Leif's nephew, Leif Jone, an international opera singer, comes...
11) That's Cool
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Is it true that if an earthworm is cut in two, it will become two earthworms?
Series
Language
Français
Description
In this French language program, Franklin shares secrets and accidentally reveals that Skunk doesn't know how to swim. Skunk later learns that Franklin has a rash on his foot. Franklin fears that Skunk will tell his secret in front of everyone at the swimming party.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The Earth, now a starfaring civilization, is desperate for allies in a universe teeming with hostile aliens and predators, and a group of determined individuals make a discovery that could bring down the Hegemony that dominates the galaxy once and for all.
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