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Series
Gargoyle queen volume 3
Language
English
Description
"Time is running out for crown princess Gemma Ripley. Despite being a cunning spy and a powerful mind magier, Gemma hasn't been able to track down the most dangerous enemy her kingdom of Andvari has ever seen. Adding to her worries is the Sword and Shield tournament. With gladiators flocking to the capital city of Glanzen, Gemma can't tell who is friend--or foe. Determined to protect Andvari at any cost, Gemma hatches a bold plan, but things aren't...
4) Gladiators
Author
Series
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[1968]
Physical Desc
128 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Describes the lives of gladiators in the Roman Empire. The readers' choices reveal the historical details of gladiators rebelling with Spartacus, training at a gladiator school in Pompeii, and trying to earn their freedom"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Crown of shards volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lady Everleigh's lack of magical ability relegates her to the shadows of the royal court of Bellona, a kingdom steeped in gladiator tradition. Seventeenth in line for the throne, Evie is nothing more than a ceremonial fixture, overlooked and mostly forgotten. When her cousin Vasilia, the crown princess, assassinates her mother the queen and takes the throne by force, Evie is also attacked, along with the rest of the royal family. Forced into hiding...
7) Gladiators
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about gladiators. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Profiles Roman Gladiators, including their everyday life, training, fighting methods, and societal role, as well as their decline and role in popular culture"--Provided by publisher.
9) The valiant
Author
Series
Valiant volume 1
Language
English
Description
The daughter of a proud Celtic king is captured and sold to a training school for women gladiators under the patronage of Julius Caesar, circumstances that put her survival in the hands of an enemy who was responsible for her sister's death.
10) Gladiators
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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Series
Language
English
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Description
It was not his war. On the wrong planet, at the right time, for the best reasons, Hadrian Marlowe started down a path that could only end in fire. The galaxy remembers him as a hero: the man who burned every last alien Cielcin from the sky. They remember him as a monster: the devil who destroyed a sun, casually annihilating four billion human lives against orders. But Hadrian was not a hero. He was not a monster. He was not even a soldier. Fleeing...
12) Gladiator
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the history of gladiators, including types of armor, use of animals, amphitheaters, and how the practice fit into Roman society for almost 700 years.
13) Gladiators
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A simple introduction to the Roman warriors known as gladiators, including their history, lifestyle, weapons, and how they remain a part of today's culture through sports such as wrestling"--Provided by publisher.
14) Valhalla rising
Language
English
Formats
Description
Scotland, 1000 AD. A world torn between the brutality of the past and the civility of the future. A mute Scandinavian savage known only as "One Eye" is kept as a animal and only bought out of his cage by his owner to fight for money. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are begin the long journey home. En route, One Eye and Are team up with a band of Viking Christian warriors, who have set their sets on conquering...
15) Crush the king
Author
Series
Crown of shards volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Queen Everleigh Blair of Bellona has survived the mass murder of the royal family, become a fearsome warrior trained by an elite gladiator troupe, and unleashed her ability to destroy magic. After surviving yet another assassination attempt orchestrated by the conniving king of Morta, Evie has had enough. It's time to turn the tables and take the fight to her enemies. There is no better opportunity to strike than during the Regalia Games, a time...
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Gladiators were mostly slaves and ex-soldiers, but some actually volunteered to fight for ancient Rome's entertainment. Gladiators went to special schools to acquire the skills needed to best opponents and survive to fight another day. This absorbing book gives detailed descriptions of weapons, armor, rules of the arena, and different-- often gruesome-- gladiatorial events. Roman history comes alive in photographs of the Colosseum and ancient artifacts,...
17) Invictus
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Farway Gaius McCarthy is the son of a time traveler from 2354 AD and a gladiator living in ancient Rome. His very existence defies the laws of nature. All he's ever wanted was to explore history for himself, but after failing his entrance exam into the government program, Far will have to settle for a position on the black market: captaining a time-traveling crew to steal valuables from the past. During a routine heist on the sinking Titanic, Far...
18) Mistress of Rome
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Series
Language
English
Description
Beautiful and musical Judaean slave Thea attempts to survive and prosper in first century Rome despite a spiteful mistress, a broken love affair with a gladiator, and, most dangerous of all, an interested Emperor.
19) The games
Author
Language
English
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Description
"This stunning first novel from Nebula Award and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award finalist Ted Kosmatka is a riveting tale of science cut loose from ethics. Set in an amoral future where genetically engineered monstrosities fight each other to the death in an Olympic event, The Games envisions a harrowing world that may arrive sooner than you think. Silas Williams is the brilliant geneticist in charge of preparing the U.S. entry into the Olympic Gladiator...
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