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Author
Series
Werewolf Council ; 2
Publisher
EPIC Escape, an imprint of EPIC Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A grisly murder rocks the town of Stumpvale. Nate learns that he is a part of a historic pact between werewolves and those who watch over them. Meanwhile, Riley finds a unique way to recover from the accident that nearly killed her"--Publisher provided.
Author
Publisher
NLA Digital LLC
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the waning days of the last dynasty, in a quiet, beautiful corner of imperial Peking, a young girl's blissful ignorance is shattered when she learns that she is the illegitimate daughter of an English adventurer and a Chinese courtesan. What future is there for such a girl? But a mysterious figure steps forward and offers to instruct her in the highest forms of martial arts—a path to a life of strength and independence.
Half a world
...5) Scandal
Author
Language
English
Description
With her reputation tarnished by a youthful indiscretion, Emily Faringdon is resigned to a life of spinsterhood, until she embarks on an unusual correspondence and finds herself falling in love. Sensitive, intelligent, and high-minded, her pen pal seems to be the man of her dreams. But Simon Traherne, Earl of Blade, is not what he seems. Driven by dark, smoldering passions and a tragic secret buried within, Blade has all of London cowering at his...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the Oasis. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines -- puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. But when Wade stumbles upon the first...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Worlds
Pub. Date
20230718
Language
English
Description
"A new group of former Jedi decide to serve the Empire under Darth Vader, including Iskar, who survived the destruction of her old Order to claim a new destiny in the Force and hopes to uncover her hidden past, which the Jedi refused to share with her."--
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Hidden beneath Catherine Blade's uncommon beauty is a daring that matches any man's. Although this has taken her far in the world, she still doesn't have the one thing she craves: the freedom to live life as she chooses. Finally given the chance to earn her independence, who should be standing in her way but the only man she's ever loved, the only person to ever betray her. Despite the scars Catherine left him, Captain Leighton Atwood has never...
Author
Series
Jack Widow ; 11
Publisher
Black Lion Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A snowy night. A lonely country road. The Black Hills of South Dakota. Jack Widow takes a wrong turn that leads him to witness the aftermath of a heinous crime ahead in the mist. The only trace he sees of the criminals is a pair of taillights. A simple crime turns Widow into a local sheriff's one and only suspect, but like all Jack Widow's life--nothing is as it seems.Trying to prove his innocence against the doubts of local cops and the FBI; Widow's...
Author
Series
Chosen coven ; 2
Publisher
D.L. Blade
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Mercy's life changed forever when she discovered that not only is she a witch, but that she was born to rid the world of vampires once and for all. After a year of intense training to hone her powers, she and her coven are pulled into a murder case in her hometown of East Greenwich. The coven, with the help of a friend with direct ties to the investigation, discovers that a vampire attack claimed the victim's life. Mercy suspects the killer belongs...
Author
Series
Griffin legends ; 1
Publisher
Mark Howard
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A crusade is called to aid the Kingdom of Azgald in the distant Nordslands, and the young idealistic knight, Godfrey, does not hesitate to volunteer. Yet Godfrey soon learns that the greatest threat to the expedition's success is not the savage clans under High Warlord Alvir and the Great Witch of the North, Nera, or the orcs and cyclopes that fight beside the clans but the rivalries between the crusaders themselves. Can Godfrey interpret the vision...
Author
Publisher
Weinstein Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Seventeen years after the legendary fighter Mubai dies protecting the world-conquering sword The Green Destiny, four great warriors are called together to guard the formidable weapon once more. The forces surrounding the sword irrevocably altered the life of Shulien, Mubai's lover, but seventeen years later she is still honor-bound to defend the blade from the power-hungry warlord Hades Dai. The young fighters Wei-fang and Snow Vase, switched at...
Author
Series
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Two queens, two concubines, six princes. Innumerable hidden agendas. Yala, lady-in-waiting to the princess of a vanquished kingdom, must navigate their captors' treacherous imperial court. The Emperor's palace - full of ambitious royals, sly gossip, and unforeseen perils - is perhaps the most dangerous place in Zhaon. A hostage for her conquered people's good behavior, the lady Komor Yala has only her wits and her hidden maiden's blade to protect...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
1775. Newly released from the notorious asylum known as Bedlam, Lady Lydia Farrell finds herself in an equally terrifying position--as a murder suspect--when she stumbles upon the mutilated body of Sir Montagu Malthus in his study at Boughton Hall. Meanwhile Dr. Thomas Silkstone has been injured in a duel with a man who may or may not have committed the grisly deed of which Lydia is accused. Despite his injury, Thomas hopes to clear his beloved's...
15) Science is magic
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Provides step-by-step instructions for experiments that reveal the scientific secrets behind illusions and magic tricks.
16) Dark love
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
Twenty-two tales of love and gore. In Stephen King's Lunch at the Gotham Cafe, a man with a butcher's knife mistakes a couple for the owners of a dog which keeps the neighborhood awake, while Douglas Winter's Loop is on a fan's obsession with a porno star.
17) Dragon's child
Author
Series
Publisher
Atria Paperback
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"From the author of The Merlin Prophecy, a trilogy that Kirkus Reviews proclaimed, will "appeal to those who thrill to Game of Thrones," the first installment in the action-packed trilogy of battles, romance, and bravery during the Dark Ages is the tale of the boy destined to become King Arthur. The future of Britain is at stake. In the turbulent times of the Dark Ages, the despotic Uther Pendragon, High King of Celtic Britain, is nearing death, and...
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Explores the extraordinary hidden world of insects where a leaf weighs more than a car and a blade of grass soars like a skyscraper. The Borneo rainforest brings the beautiful and dangerous universe of its tiny stars up close and personal. Cutting-edge technology magnifies the bugs up to 250,000 times their normal size.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Sharpen your samurai blades and join these crime-fighters in their thrilling, fruit-filled adventures. You know the game--now it's time to learn the whole story presented in an action-packed graphic novel. From humble beginnings rise four Fruit Ninjas, ready to rediscover the long-lost art of Juice Jitsu. Their mission: to unlock hidden powers through the slicing of fruit and to protect their neighbors from everyday villains they weren't even aware...
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
"Be an eyewitness to the conflict that divided our nation and changed the very fabric of society. This collection of harrowing and compelling footage traces the evolution of this conflict from a regional military engagement to an ever-expanding war that ultimately spanned three U.S. Presidents. From strategic political move to the immediacy of jungle warfare and the weapons with which the war was waged, Vietnam: America's Conflict captures the sweep...