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Sword and verse volume 1
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English
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When Raisa, a slave since being kidnapped as a child, is chosen to become a tutor and learn a secret language, she is torn between her feelings for Prince Mati and her desire to help free her people.
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Sword and verse volume 2
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English
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After the downfall of the monarchy, the former princess Soraya must work with her former enemies and confront her own prejudices to rebuild a city plagued by civil unrest.
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English
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Commands to kill, to commit ethnic cleansing, to institutionalize segregation, to hate and fear other races and religions-all are in the Bible, and all occur with a far greater frequency than in the Qur'an. But fanaticism is no more hard-wired in Christianity than it is in Islam. In Laying Down the Sword, "one of America's best scholars of religion" (The Economist) explores how religions grow past their bloody origins, and delivers a fearless examination...
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English
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A novel in prose and verse by the author of the National Book Award-longlisted Blood Water Paint follows the experiences of a teen who finds courage in the story of a 15th-century avenger when her sister's rapist is set free without prison time.
"Em Morales's sister was raped after a frat party. A jury found the attacker guilty on all counts - remarkable verdict that Em felt more than a little proud of, since her passionate social-media advocacy...
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A Ballantine book volume U7061
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English
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The lost classic masterpiece of magical realms, admired by Tolkien and the great prototype for The Lord of the Rings and modern fantasy fiction. On the far side of darkness lies a world where two mighty forces are making ready for a war of kingdom against kingdom, warrior against witch, and honour against treachery. It is a world that beckons Edward Lessingham and is totally at odds with his Edwardian background. Torn by greater passions than mere...
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Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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"The poems in Scriptorium are primarily concerned with questions of religious authority. The medieval scriptorium, the central image of the collection, stands for that authority but also for its subversion; it is both a place where religious ideas are codified in writing and a place where an individual scribe might, with a sly movement of the pen, express unorthodox religious thoughts and experiences. In addition to exploring the ways language is...
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HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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In 'Love Wins,' Rob Bell confronted the troubling questions that many people of faith were afraid to ask about heaven, hell, fate, and faith. Using the same inquisitive approach, he now turns to our most sacred book, providing insights and answers that make clear why the Bible is so revered and what makes it truly inspiring and essential to our lives. Rob takes us deep into actual passages to reveal the humanity behind the Scriptures. You cannot get...
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
1957
Language
English
Description
Presents the classical epic, glorifying the heroism of Charlemagne in the 778 battle between the Franks and the Moors.
The Song of Roland, as Dorothy Sayers remarks in the introduction to this fine translation, is 'the earliest, the most famous, and the greatest of those Old French epics which are called Songs of Deeds'. Writing around the end of the eleventh century, and recalling an actual disaster in 778, the anonymous poet describes in detail...
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39 clues volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
Français
Description
Troisième tome d'une série de romans d'aventures pour lesquelles l'éditeur a fait intervenir différents auteurs autour d'un thème commun, 39 mystérieuses clés, pour tisser des intrigues haletantes et épineuses se déroulant tout autour du monde. Pour obtenir leur part d'héritage remise par le notaire McIntyre, quatre branches de la grande famille Cahill (Janus, Tomas, Ekaterina, Lucian) se disputent la découverte de ces 39 indices devant...
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Marvel WorldWide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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One of Asgard's greatest champions fights her way to true warrior's glory! When her gleaming homeland comes under attack, the sword-wielding Sif leads the battle charge - but her no-holds-barred zeal may be the very thing that brings its walls crashing down! Are the Nine Realms ready for Sif ... the Berserker?! When Sif finds herself on an unsuspecting Earth, with no patience for peace, she starts putting out fires with gasoline! Just ask the Superior...
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