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82) The keep
Author
Series
Adversary cycle volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Something is murdering my men." Thus reads the message received from a Nazi commander stationed in a small castle high in the remote Transylvanian Alps. Invisible and silent, the enemy selects one victim per night, leaving the bloodless and mutilated corpses behind to terrify its future victims. When an elite SS extermination squad is dispatched to solve the problem, the men find something that's both powerful and terrifying. Panicked, the Nazis...
83) Cool castles
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Provides instructions for using bricks from off-the-shelf LEGO products to create medieval scenes.
Author
Series
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A look at the history of castles and how they were built; the people who lived in them; their involvement in local government, law enforcement, and war; and how their usage changed after the Middle Ages.
85) Do your worst
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Riley Rhodes finally has the chance to turn her family's knack for the supernatural into a legitimate business when she's hired to break the curse on an infamous Scottish castle. Used to working alone in her alienating occupation, she's pleasantly surprised to meet a handsome stranger upon arrival-until he tries to get her fired. Fresh off a scandal, Clark Edgeware can't allow a self-proclaimed "curse breaker" to threaten his last chance for professional...
86) The castle story
Author
Publisher
Crowell
Pub. Date
[1979]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It feels like a fairy tale when Alberta 'Bert' Monte receives a letter addressed to 'Countess Alberta Montebianco' at her Hudson Valley, New York, home that claims she's inherited a noble title, money, and a castle in Italy. But her ancestry has a dark side, and Bert soon learns that her family history is particularly complicated. As Bert begins to unravel the Montebianco secrets, she begins to realize her true inheritance lies not in a legacy of...
88) Life in a castle
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, map ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes different kinds of castles, their purposes, how they were built, and what it was like to live in a castle, looking particularly at the roles played by women and children.
89) Creepy castles
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Pub
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, map ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the eleven creepy castles in this book, meet the spirit of a queen who carries her head as she wanders, a deadly prince who kills his enemies by piercing them with sharp poles, and other nefarious characters and situations.
95) Built to last
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
272 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Reveals the how and why behind some of the most fascinating and enduring structures humankind has ever created.
97) Leap of faith
Author
Language
English
Description
In her fifty-second bestselling novel, Danielle Steel weaves a compelling story of the power of lies, the misuse of trust — and of one woman's triumph over a devastating betrayal.
Marie-Ange Hawkins has the kind of childhood that most people dream of. Freedom, love, security in a beautiful old French château. But when Marie-Ange is just eleven, a tragic accident marks the end of her idyllic life. Orphaned and alone, she is sent to America,...
Marie-Ange Hawkins has the kind of childhood that most people dream of. Freedom, love, security in a beautiful old French château. But when Marie-Ange is just eleven, a tragic accident marks the end of her idyllic life. Orphaned and alone, she is sent to America,...
98) Across the pond
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Formats
Description
Moving to a Scottish castle allows seventh-grader Callie to escape friendship problems in San Diego, but finding new friends, even in the birding club an old journal inspires her to join, proves challenging.
99) Lie by moonlight
Author
Series
Vanza volume 4
Language
English
Description
While investigating a suspicious death, private inquiry agent Ambrose Wells finds himself on the grounds of Aldwick Castle—and in the midst of utter chaos. The ramshackle castle is in flames—and a beautiful woman and four young girls are taking flight on horseback. It turns out that the strong-minded Miss Concordia Glade and her four bright students are on the run from a notorious London crime lord who’ll stop at nothing to destroy...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
xix, 548 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
In this volume, which includes over 350 illustrations, John Goodall brings to life the history of the English castle over six centuries. In it he explores the varied architecture of these buildings and describes their changing role in warfare, politics, domestic living, and governance. --from publisher description
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