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King Arthur series (Howard Pyle) volume 1
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A retelling of the adventures and exploits of King Arthur and his knights at the court of Camelot and elsewhere in the land of the Britons.
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Hitchhiker series volume 5
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Volume five in the trilogy of five. Arthur Dent hasn't had a day as bad as this since the Earth blew up. Depressed and alone, Arthur finally settles on the small planet Lamuella and becomes a Sandwich Maker. Looking forward to a quiet life, his plans are thrown awry by the unexpected arrival of his daughter. There's nothing worse than a frustrated teenager with a copy of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in her hands. Shen she runs away Arthur...
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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is the fourth installment in Douglas Adams' bestselling cult classic, the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 'trilogy'. This edition includes exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and an introduction by Neil Gaiman. There is a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. It's not an easy thing to do, and Arthur Dent thinks he's the only human who's...
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Relates the story of two early-twentieth-century cousins who believed they saw real fairies, created photographs using paper cutouts when they were teased by adult family members, and inadvertently drew the attention of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a fellow believer.
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No matter how far Arthur Blessing runs, he can't elude destiny. As the reincarnation of legendary King Arthur, he is the rightful protector of the most powerful relics in the world–the Holy Grail and the sword Excalibur. And he is bound to use those tools to keep war and chaos at bay – ushering in a new era of justice, peace, and freedom. Helping Arthur complete his mission are the wizard Merlin, his bodyguard Hal-known centuries before as Sir...
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The definitive memoir of Arthur Miller-the famous playwright of The Crucible, All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, A View from the Bridge, and other plays-Timebends reveals Miller's incredible trajectory as a man and a writer. Born in 1915, Miller grew up in Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s, developed leftist political convictions during the Great Depression, achieved moral victory against McCarthyism in the 1950s, and became president of PEN International...
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Warlord chronicles volume 2
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At the end of The Winter King Arthur fought the battle that forces unity on the warring British kingdoms and now he sets out to face the real enemy - the English (it is one of the great ironies of the Arthur stories that he should have become an English hero when, if he existed at all, he was a great war-leader who opposed the invading Sais). First, though, Merlin leads a perilous expedition into the mysterious west to retrieve a cauldron, one of...
12) The winter king
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Warlord chronicles volume 1
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It takes a remarkable writer to make an old story as fresh and compelling as the first time we heard it. With The Winter King, the first volume of his magnificent Warlord Chronicles, Bernard Cornwell finally turns to the story he was born to write: the mythic saga of King Arthur. The tale begins in Dark Age Britain, a land where Arthur has been banished and Merlin has disappeared, where a child-king sits unprotected on the throne, where religion vies...
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Once and future king volume 1
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Wart, as Arthur is called, becomes a wiser, more thoughtful person and a worthy king as a result of Merlin's lessons.
14) Other worlds
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Harry Houdini, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, psychoanalyst Nandor Fodor, and a mystery writer put their minds to solving a pair of mysteries involving families beset by poltergeist pranks and bewitched by inexplicable horrors.
15) The forever king
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An international bestseller written by New York Times bestselling authors Molly Cochran and Warren Murphy. When ten-year-old Arthur Blessing finds a strange antique cup, he has no idea it's the most sought after object in history. Nor does he realize the discovery of the Holy Grail will take him on a journey that defies the rules of space and time. As the cup's fate-appointed guardian, Arthur is charged with protecting it from dark magic and a madman...
16) Excalibur
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The young King Arthur asks for and receives the noble sword Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake and promises to be deserving of it through acts of valor.
18) Parsifal's page
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Squire's Tale series volume 4
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In medieval England, eleven-year-old Piers' dream comes true when he becomes page to Parsifal, a peasant whose quest for knighthood reveals important secrets about both of their families.
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1893 is a tough year in Montana, and any job is a good job. When Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer sign on as ranch hands at the secretive Bar-VR cattle spread, they're not expecting much more than hard work, bad pay, and a comfortable campfire around which they can enjoy their favorite pastime: scouring Harper's Weekly for stories about the famous Sherlock Holmes.When another ranch hand turns up in an outhouse with a bullet in his brain, Old Red sees...
20) The dragon's boy
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Young Arthur meets a dragon and comes to accept him as a friend and mentor.