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Pub. Date
2022
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English
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"1629: A newly orphaned young girl named Mayken is bound for the Dutch East Indies on the Batavia, one of the greatest ships of the Dutch Golden Age. Curious and mischievous, Mayken spends the long journey going on misadventures above and below the deck, searching for a mythical monster. But the true monsters might be closer than she thinks. 1989: A lonely boy named Gil is sent to live off the coast of Western Australia among the seasonal fishing...
4) Sinner
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Series
Wayfarer redemption volume 4
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English
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Overseeing a precarious peace between the three races of Tencendor, Caelum SunSoar, the son of the Starman Axis, struggles with the death of his Icarri sister at the hands of his hated brother Drago, who has been rendered mortal as punishment for his alliance with the monster Gorgrael.
5) Crusader
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Series
Wayfarer redemption volume 6
Language
English
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A conclusion to the series that includes Enchanter and Pilgrim finds the three races of battle-torn Tencendor huddling in a magical place created to shield them from the wrath of the TimeKeeper Demons, whose efforts to defeat DragonStar are being aided by a cruel betrayal.
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English
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Fabienne is dead. Her childhood best friend, Agnès, receives the news in America, far from the French countryside where the two girls were raised--the place that Fabienne helped Agnès escape ten years ago. Now, Agnès is free to tell her story. As children in a war-ravaged, backwater town, they'd built a private world, invisible to everyone but themselves--until Fabienne hatched the plan that would change everything, launching Agnès on an epic...
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English
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It all starts with a fall from a ladder, in a firehouse in New York City. The firehouse has been converted into a unique Manhattan home and studio where renowned photographer Madison Allen works and lives after raising three children on her own. But the accident, which happens while Maddie is sorting through long-forgotten personal mementos and photos, results in more than a broken ankle. It changes her life. Spurred by old memories, the forced pause...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Daphne Bell believes the universe has a plan in store for her. Ever since she was young, whenever she met a new guy, Daphne would find a slip of paper with exactly how long they'd spend together--4 months, two weeks, one night. That's how she met her ex-boyfriend and current best friend, Hugo, the only person in Daphne's life who knows of her secret. Followed by a string of men and countless dates, Daphne resigned herself to the fact that she was...
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Series
Dragon heart legacy volume 1
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English
Description
When Breen Kelly was a girl, her father would tell her stories of magical places. Now she's an anxious twentysomething mired in student debt and working a job she hates. But one day she stumbles upon a shocking discovery: her mother has been hiding an investment account in her name. It has been funded by her long-lost father--and it's worth nearly four million dollars. This newfound fortune would be life-changing for anyone. But little does Breen...
10) The lucky one
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English
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Is there really such thing as a lucky charm? The hero of Nicholas Sparks's new novel believes he's found one in the form of a photograph of a smiling woman he's never met, but who he comes to believe holds the key to his destiny. The chain of events that leads to him possessing the photograph and finding the woman pictured in it is the stuff of love stories.
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English
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In Los Angeles, Jennifer Narody is having a series of disturbing dreams involving eerie images of a lady in blue. She doesn't know that this same spirit appeared to leaders of the Jumano Native American tribe in New Mexico 362 years earlier, linked to a Spanish nun who had the power to be in two places simultaneously. Meanwhile, journalist Carlos Albert stumbles upon a nearly forgotten seventeenth-century convent in Spain founded by this same legendary...
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Series
Diary of a wimpy kid volume 8
Language
English
Description
Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story? It is perfect for readers of 8+ and also reluctant readers. You can also discover Greg...
13) Pilgrim
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Series
Wayfarer redemption volume 5
Language
English
Description
The Star Gate is destroyed, and the Star Dance is dead. Icarii Enchanters, gods, and humans alike are helpless as the TimeKeeper Demons lay waste to Tencendor. There must be hope left, but no one knows where to find it.
Author
Series
Wayfarer redemption volume 1
Pub. Date
2001, c1995
Language
English
Description
Foa thoudand years the Archarites have lived prosperous lives, protected by vast and insurmountable mountains and the powerful Seneschal, guardians of the mysterious Way of the Plow and intermediaries with the great god Artor.
Author
Series
Wayfarer redemption) volume 2
Publisher
Tor Fantasy
Pub. Date
2002, c1996
Language
English
Description
In this stunning sequel to "The Wayfarer Redemption, " Axis has fulfilled the first part of the prophecy by becoming the StarMan. Now he must reunite the three races inhabiting his world. It is his destiny to lead an army against his evil half-brother, to be caught between the two women he loves, and to be thwarted by the vicious Goragel, an insane monster that destroys all Axis works to preserve.