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Author
Series
Jimm Juree mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
374 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jimm Juree was a crime reporter for the Chiang Mai Daily Mail with a somewhat eccentric family -- a mother who might be drifting mentally; a grandfather -- a retired cop -- who rarely talks; a younger brother obsessed with body-building, and a transgendered, former beauty pageant queen, former older brother. When Jimm is forced to follow her family to a rural village on the coast of Southern Thailand, she's convinced her career -- maybe her life --...
Series
Cadfael collection volume disc 6
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ellis Peters' story of the twelfth century monk who turns to his knowledge of medicine and nature to clear the name of a much-loved novice and discover the truth behind the death of a young woman found frozen at the bottom of a brook.
43) Dissolution
Author
Series
Matthew Shardlake novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
It is the winter of 1537 and England is divided into those faithful to the Catholic Church and those loyal to the King and the newly established Church of England. Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's feared vicar-general, crusades against the old Church with savage new laws, rigged trials, and a vast network of informers. Queen Anne Boleyn has been beheaded and monasteries are being dissolved -- their treasures pillaged and their lands eyed greedily by...
44) La luz invisible
Author
Publisher
B
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
542 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
Language
Español
Description
"Mientras trabaja en una iglesia antigua en Donostia, la restauradora de arte, Marta Arbide encuentra un manuscrito oculto tras un falso muro durante siglos. Se trata del diario de Jean de la Croix, un monje medieval a quien, mil años atrás, le fue encomendada una misión: llevar una misteriosa reliquia hasta un escondite seguro y huir de los sicarios que, por orden del papa Inocencio III, le perseguían para arrebatársela. Intrigada por el contenido...
Series
Cadfael chronicles volume 7
Publisher
Acorn Media Pub
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Suspected of robbing the town goldsmith, a young juggler seeks refuge at the abbey where Brother Cadfael is given the job of keeping an eye on him while the authorities investigate. But things become more complicated when the goldsmith's neighbor is found floating dead in the river.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
913 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It is 997 CE, the end of the Dark Ages. England is facing attacks from the Welsh in the west and the Vikings in the east ... In these turbulent times, three characters find their lives intertwined: A young boatbuilder's life is turned upside down when the only home he's ever known is raided by Vikings, forcing him and his family to move and start their lives anew in a small hamlet where he does not fit in. A Norman noblewoman marries for love, following...
47) Everlasting
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Spanning two thousand years, The Everlasting follows four characters whose struggles resonate across the centuries: an early Christian child martyr; a medieval monk on crypt duty in a church; a Medici princess of Moorish descent; and a contemporary field biologist conducting an illicit affair. Outsiders to a city layered and dense with history, this quartet separated by time grapple with the physicality of bodies, the necessity for sacrifice, and...
Author
Publisher
Center Street/Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Equal parts memoir and road map to living a less stressful and more vibrant life, bestselling author Jesse Itzler offers an illuminating, entertaining, and unexpected trip for anyone looking to feel calmer and more controlled in our crazy, hectic world. Entrepreneur, endurance athlete, and father of four Jesse Itzler only knows one speed: Full Blast. But when he felt like the world around him was getting too hectic, he didn't take a vacation or get...
Author
Series
Pillars of the Earth volume 1
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
2007, 2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 65
Physical Desc
973 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A story of passion and idealism, which describes a group of men and women in the Middle Ages whose destinies are fatefully linked with the building of a cathedral. In a country torn by civil war, two generations struggle to rise above their primitive circumstances and create something beautiful.
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