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82) The runner
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Pub. Date
[2000]
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American lawyer and former police detective Judge Devlin is in Europe sifting through evidence of Nazi war atrocities. He hopes to find evidence to convict the man responsible for his brother's death. When Judge learns that the man has escaped from an American POW camp, he sets off in a desperate race for vengance
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"Paris, 1938. As the shadow of war darkens Europe, democratic forces on the Continent struggle against fascism and communism, while in Spain the war has already begun. Alan Furst, whom Vince Flynn has called ́the most talented espionage novelist of our generation,́ now gives us a taut, suspenseful, romantic, and richly rendered novel of spies and secret operatives in Paris and New York, in Warsaw and Odessa, on the...
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Pub. Date
2003, c2002
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A radical reappraisal of the impact of Constantine's adoption of Christianity in 368 AD on the later Roman world, and on Western civilization. Adopting those aspects of the religion that suited his purposes, Constantine turned Rome on a course from the relatively open, tolerant and pluralistic civilization of the Hellenistic world, towards a culture that was based on the rule of fixed authority. Only a thousand years later, with the Renaissance and...
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2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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"This unique dinosaur title will take readers to the continent of Europe to discover some rock formations that held important dinosaur discoveries. Readers will learn about each dinosaur, from when it lived to what it ate, and other cool facts! Complete with great photographs and page explaining the different dino groups!"--Amazon.com
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Dreaming Anastasia trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2012
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Praise for Haunted:
"Spooky, sassy, sinister, and sexy!"—Cynthia Leitich Smith, New York Times bestselling author
Is it possible to change the past?
Anastasia
No one ever knew what happened to her except her half–brother, Viktor—and he'll do anything to keep it that way.
Anne
She just wants a normal boyfriend, a normal family–no visions
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2020.
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"From cranes to castles, medieval innovators helped develop and improve some important construction technology we use today. The Middle Ages were crucial for the development of technologies such as the chimney, central heating, the flying buttress, and more! Discover how we still build like we're in medieval times with interesting historical facts, scientific details, and illuminating photos"--
93) The world book
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2021.
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Continent by continent, learn about every country that exists today with a map, flag, statistics, key facts, and a little bit of history.
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Earthsong trilogy volume 1
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Volume One of "The Earthsong Trilogy" evokes the moment in pre-history when marauding nomads brought horses, male gods, and war to a goddess-worshipping Europe that had known peace for thousands of years. Against this perilous backdrop, a passionate, dangerous love develops between Marrah, a gifted priestess, and Stavan, one of the invading warriors.
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2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.7 - AR Pts: 8
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"“The Rights of Man.” What does that mean? In 1789 that question rippled all around the world. Do all men have rights—not just nobles and kings? What then of enslaved people, women, the original inhabitants of the Americas? In the new United States a bill of rights was passed, while in France the nation tumbled toward revolution. In the Caribbean preachers brought word of equality, while in the South Pacific sailors mutinied. New knowledge was...
97) Dark Triumph
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His fair assassin volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 20
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"Sybella's duty as Death's assassin in 15th-century France forces her return home to the personal hell that she had finally escaped. Love and romance, history and magic, vengeance and salvation converge in this sequel to Grave Mercy"--
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and rose to become one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into Empress of Russia by sheer determination. Possessing...
100) Pope Joan
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Born in 9th-century Frankland, Joan demonstrates her brilliance early but must hide her learning from her missionary father, who considers the education of women sacrilegious and dangerous. Tutored first by her older brother and then a Greek scholar, Joan eventually secures a place at the schola in Dorstadt. To protect herself after a Viking raid, Joan dons her dead brother's clothing and assumes a man's identity. Suddenly the intelligence that once...