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For nearly one thousand years, the Core Empire has held together thousands of star systems and billions of citizens. But a coup attempt has broken the empire into pieces. For Cadet Hugh Cascade, this is but a history lesson, but one truth has never been shared with him: Hugh Cascade is an heir to the throne-perhaps the last-and the traitors will do anything to eliminate him. Before they can, Hugh must make the decision of a lifetime: To take the Test...
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Wingfeather saga volume 3
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English
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Bearded warriors. Tasty fruits. And the deadly secret of Chimney Hill. Things are about to go from bad to wolf in the howlingly entertaining third book of the Wingfeather Saga. Janner, Tink, and Leeli Igiby, the Lost Jewels of Anniera, are hiding from Gnag the Nameless in the Green Hollows, one of the few places in the land of Aerwiar not overrun by the Fangs of Dang. But there's a big problem. Janner's little brother -- heir to the throne of Anniera...
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Barrier lands volume 1
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English
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"The Unwilling is the story of Judah, a foundling born with a special gift and raised inside Highfall castle along with Gavin, the son and heir to Lord Elban's vast empire. Judah and Gavin share an unnatural bond that is both the key to her survival - and possibly her undoing. As Gavin is groomed for his future role, Judah comes to realize that she has no real position within the kingdom, in fact, no hope at all of ever traveling beyond its castle...
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Barrier lands volume 2
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English
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Judah the Foundling chose freedom over betrayal when she leaped from the top of the castle tower. Now she finds herself wandering an unknown forest, far from everything and everyone she loves. For the first time in her life, she's beyond the great Wall that surrounds Highfall castle; for the first time, she's alone. Away from the Seneschal, the power behind the throne; away from Nate Clare, the House Magus who was her teacher, friend, betrayer. Away...
7) Star eater
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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All martyrdoms are difficult. Elfreda Raughn will avoid pregnancy if it kills her, and one way or another, it will kill her. Though she's able to stomach her gruesome day-to-day duties, the reality of preserving the Sisterhood of Aytrium's magical bloodline horrifies her. She wants out, whatever the cost. So when a shadowy cabal approaches Elfreda with an offer of escape, she leaps at the opportunity. As their spy, she gains access to the highest...
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2023
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English
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"Michael Sullivan is a talented lyricist and a decent guitarist, but since he was kicked out of his band (and his apartment), he's not sure he'll ever get a record deal. Living with his loser uncle in a beat-up trailer and working a dead-end job, Michael has little reason to hope for a better future. Until the invitation for a swanky New Year's Eve party shows up in the mailbox. It's for his uncle, with whom he shares his name, but his uncle is going...
9) The prince of paradise: the true story of a hotel heir, his seductive wife, and a ruthless murder
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"Ben Novack, Jr. was born into a life of luxury and opulence. Heir to the legendary Fontainebleau hotel, he spent his childhood surrounded by some of the world's biggest stars, including Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, Elvis Presley, and Ann-Margret, who performed regularly at the Fontainebleau's La Ronde Room. He sat by while his parents entertained presidents and movie stars, as they reigned over Miami Beach in the '50's and '60's, and when the...
10) Jess's promise
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Mills & Boon
Pub. Date
2011.
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Large print edition.
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287 pages (large print) ; 22 cm.
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English
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Cesario di Silvestri isn't just fast with women, he's supersonic. After mere minutes spent in his charismatic presence, many of Europe's most glamorous women tumble into his bed ... with the excepton of one - shy veterinarian Jessica Martin, who refuses to become his weekend plaything. But when Jess's feckless relatives steal from Halston Hall, Cesario's country retreat, he has all the ammunition he needs! For now he'll enjoy her creamy-skinned beauty,...
11) The bone orchard
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2022.
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English
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Sara A. Mueller's Bone Orchard is a fascinating whodunit set in a lush, gothic world of secrets and magic—where a dying emperor charges his favorite concubine with solving his own murder, and preventing the culprit, which undoubtedly is one of his three terrible sons, from taking control of an empire.
Charm is a witch, and she is alone. The last of a line of conquered necromantic workers, now confined within the yard of regrown
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English
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A Taiwanese-American family faces the realities and indignities of living in Silicon Valley in Wang?s astute debut. Stanley Huang is dying of pancreatic cancer, and his reassurances about his millions are falling on increasingly suspicious ears. His first wife, Linda, received nearly nothing in her divorce and is determined that her children have more. His far younger second wife, Mary Zhu, becomes frustrated with caring for him. Meanwhile, Stanley...
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This woven kingdom volume 2
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English
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"The heir to the human throne, Kamran falls in love with Alizeh, heir to the Jinn throne, who fulfills a long-foretold prophecy as being destined to free her people, a discovery that causes Kamran to question everything he's been taught about the Jinn and their future in his kingdom"--
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Original UK edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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During her duties as a lady's companion, Emily meets her employer's nephew, Lord James Walderhurst. Accepting his marriage proposal, Emily finds solace in the company of Walderhurst's nephew and his glamorous wife, after Lord James leaves to rejoin his regiment. Emily, alone with the Osborns, increasingly comes under their control. She begins to fear for her life.
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Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"When twentysomething A., the European relative of the Wells family, inherits a beautiful yet eerie estate set deep in the woods of Point Bless, Virginia, it comes as a surprise to everyone--including A. himself. After all, he never knew he had a 'second cousin, twice removed' in America, much less that his eccentric relative had recently committed suicide by jumping out of the third floor bedroom window--at the same age and in the same way as his...
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Roaring twenties volume 3
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English
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During the Roaring Twenties, two women find they've been victims of treachery and deceit which led to an imprisonment for a crime that never happened.
17) Scavenger hunt
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Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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To inherit a fortune, various addressees of a will must compete in a wild scavenger hunt to collect selected items that cannot simply be bought.
18) The impersonator
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Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
1st ed.
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358 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
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Fourteen year old Jessie Carr, sole heiress to her family's vast fortune, disappeared without a trace. Years later, her uncle Oliver Beckett thinks he's found her when he sees a young actress in a vaudeville playhouse who is a dead ringer for his missing niece. But when Oliver confronts the girl, he discovers he's mistaken. Orphaned young, Leah has been acting since she was a toddler. So Oliver convinces Leah to impersonate Jessie, claim the fortune,...
19) Let's kill uncle
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Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
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1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
After inheriting a fortune, a twelve-year-old orphan finds himself trapped on an island with his uncle who intends to kill him.
20) The diminished
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A rare few are "singleborn" in each generation--and therefore given the divine right to rule. Bo Trousillion is one of these few, but has never felt equal to the grand future before him. In this world, when one twin dies, the other usually follows, unable to face the world. Those who survive are considered diminished, doomed to succumb to violent grief. Such is the expected fate of Vi Abernathy, whose twin sister died in infancy. Raised by the anchorites...
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