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"When Shek Yeung sees a Portuguese sailor slay her husband, a feared pirate, she knows she must act swiftly or die. Instead of mourning, Shek Yeung launches a new plan: immediately marrying her husband's second-in-command, and agreeing to bear him a son and heir, in order to retain power over her half of the fleet. But as Shek Yeung vies for control over the army she knows she was born to lead, larger threats loom. The Chinese Emperor has charged...
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Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
360 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 2011, just after Nour loses her father to cancer, her mother moves Nour and her sisters from New York City back to Syria to be closer to their family. In order to keep her father’s spirit as she adjusts to her new home, Nour tells herself their favorite story — the tale of Rawiya, a twelfth-century girl who disguised herself as a boy in order to apprentice herself to a famous mapmaker. But the Syria Nour’s parents knew is changing,...
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Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
597 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the middle of the twenty-second century, over three million people live in underground cities below the moon’s surface. One city-state, the Society of Cousins, is a matriarchy, where men are supported in any career choice, but no right to vote — and tensions are beginning to flare as outside political intrigues increase. After participating in a rebellion that caused his mother’s death, Erno has been exiled from the Society of Cousins. Now,...
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
93 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A Berenstain Bears hardcover storybook from Stan and Jan Berenstain which celebrates the bond shared between a father and his children! This 96-page hardcover Berenstain Bears storybook, created by Stan and Jan Berenstain, includes three classic stories about Papa Bear and his curious cubs! Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will love the hilarious stories in this hardcover collection: • The Berenstain Bears Blaze a Trail: Bumbling Papa Bear...
45) Poor things
Publisher
20th Century Studios
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 142 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Under Baxter's protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn, a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices...
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Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xvi, 317 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the 1880s in Glasgow, Scotland, medical student Archibald McCandless finds himself enchanted with the intriguing creature known as Bella Baxter. Supposedly the product of the fiendish scientist Godwin Baxter, Bella was resurrected for the sole purpose of fulfilling the whims of her benefactor. As his desire turns to obsession, Archibald's motives to free Bella are revealed to be as selfish as Godwin's, who claims her body and soul. But Bella has...
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