Williams, Tad
Summary: The kingdoms of Osten Ard have been at peace for decades, but now, the threat of a new war grows to nightmarish proportions. Simon and Miriamele, royal husband and wife, face danger from every side. Their allies in Hernystir have made a pact with the dreadful Queen of the Norns to allow her armies to cross into mortal lands. The ancient, powerful nation of Nabban is on the verge of bloody civil...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books, Inc. 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WILCapote, Truman
Summary: The protagonists of these nine short stories learn to accept the harsh loneliness of life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1993
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAPGrass, Gunter
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace & Company 1993
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRAMaas, Sarah J.
Summary: After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2012
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Maas, Sarah J.
Summary: In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king's champion. Her name is Celaena Sardothien. The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Summary: Journeying to the small kingdoms of the Isles, Prince Garric and his companions find themselves separated in space and time by unusually strong magical forces and the supernatural Green Woman from the Fortress of Glass.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DRAGrass, Gunter
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRAMaas, Sarah J.
Summary: After she has served a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, Crown Prince Dorian offers eighteen-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien her freedom on the condition that she act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2013
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Summary: Each clear acetate page features a single element in the leaf pile, though some are not leaves at all! As readers turn the pages, the leaf pile is deconstructed piece by piece on the right side, and reconstructed on the left. Younger readers will enjoy the seek-and-find aspect of the hidden objects, while older readers might experiment by adding their own images between the pages. A key at the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phaidon Press Limited 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: BRDAgliardi, Allegra
Summary: From the soft green grass to the glistening sapphire, to the juicy yellow pear and the fallen crimson leaves, this captivating and inventive book guides children through the different shades of every color. Sweet, lyrical text and engaging illustrations--along with lots of fun die-cuts--add to the magic of the book. Children learn that through simple observation they can see colors that are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tate Publishing 2018
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Summary: At the annual Victorian Home and Garden Tour, Lighthouse Cove, California's premier contractor, Shannon Hammer, realizes that the competition is about to turn deadly ... Shannon is in high demand among rival homeowners, who will do anything to win Best in Show. One-upmanship and even espionage break out among neighbors, construction crews, decorators, and landscapers. Thanks to several new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CARWendelboe, C. M.
Summary: FBI agent Manny Tanno is taking some much needed R and R at the site of the Battle of Little Big Horn. But when a death on the reservation cuts his vacation short, he learns that the secrets of the past have a way of stirring up trouble in the present.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berekley Prime Crime 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WENMaas, Sarah J
Summary: "Years in the making, Sarah J. Maas's #1 New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series draws to an epic, unforgettable conclusion. Aelin Galathynius's journey from slave to king's assassin to the queen of a once-great kingdom reaches its heart-rending finale as war erupts across her world. . . Aelin has risked everything to save her people-but at a tremendous cost. Locked within an iron...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2018
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2011
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Summary: A prequel to Throne of Glass, this collection of five novellas offers listeners a deeper look into the history of this cunning assassin and her enthralling, and deadly world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Brilliance Audio 2015
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Summary: Violinist Maddie elopes with Lane Moritomo, the ambitious son of Japanese immigrants, but after Pearl Harbor is bombed, Lane is seen as the enemy and she must sacrifice her Juilliard ambitions when he is interned at a war relocation camp.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCMChilds, Laura.
Summary: Theodesia discovers the body of her ex-boyfriend while catering an event at the Charleston Aquarium and begins an investigation despite the belief of emergency responders that his death was an accident.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHISkrutskie, Emily
Summary: "A young pilot risks everything to save his best friend--the man he trusts most and might even love--only to learn that his friend is secretly the heir to a brutal galactic empire. Ettian's life was shattered when the merciless Umber Empire invaded his world. He's spent seven years putting himself back together under its rule, joining an Umber military academy and becoming the best pilot in his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SKRChakraborty, S. A.
Summary: "A brilliantly imagined historical fantasy in which a young con artist in eighteenth century Cairo discovers she's the last descendant of a powerful family of djinn healers. With the help of an outcast immortal warrior and a rebellious prince, she must claim her magical birthright in order to prevent a war that threatens to destroy the entire djinn kingdom. Perfect for fans of The Grace of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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Summary: In these five prequel novellas to "Throne of Glass," feared assassin Celaena embarks on daring missions that take her from remote islands to hostile deserts, where she fights to liberate slaves and avenge tyranny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2014
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Ken McLaughlin has a new horse, Crown Jewel, with whom he hopes to win enough money to help his father raise money for Goose Bar Ranch's financial crisis. Crown Jewel's heart is not in the race, since she is more captivated by the stallion Thunderhead.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY GREMohamed, Premee
Summary: "Alefret, the founder of Varkal's pacifist resistance, was bombed and maimed by his own government, locked up in a secret prison and tortured by a 'visionary' scientist. But now they're offering him a chance of freedom. Ordered to infiltrate one of Med'ariz's flying cities, obeying the bloodthirsty zealot Qhudur, he must find fellow anti-war activists in the enemy's population and provoke them...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: Steeple Hill 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PALRaybourn, Deanna.
Summary: Daughter of a scandalous mother, Delilah is already notorious even among Paris society. Her latest scandal is big enough to make even her oft-married mother blanch, and as a result Delilah is exiled to Kenya and her favorite stepfather's savanna manor house until the gossip subsides. The house is a sun-bleached skeleton of a faded dream in a decadent world full of expats. Then she meets Ryder...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013