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(Fictitious character) Peabody, Amelia Antonius, Marcus 83?-30 B.C Fiction Egypt Egypt Fiction Egypt History 332-30 B.C Fiction Egyptologists Fiction Historical fiction Peabody, Amelia (Fictitious character) Fiction Queen of Egypt Cleopatra -30 B.C Fiction Queen of Egypt Cleopatra d. 30 B.C FictionPeters, Elizabeth
Summary: The Emersons learn of a mysterious death that has been attributed to a curse, a situation that enables Amelia Peabody and her family to enter the banned Valley of the Kings in order to return a stolen statue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2005
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PETCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS PETNeubauer, Erica Ruth
Summary: "Well-heeled travelers from around the world flock to the Mena House Hotel--an exotic gem in the heart of Cairo where cocktails flow, adventure dispels the aftershocks of World War I, and deadly dangers wait in the shadows . . . Egypt, 1926. Fiercely independent American Jane Wunderly has made up her mind: she won't be swept off her feet on a trip abroad. Despite her Aunt Millie's best efforts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC NEUEl Rashidi, Yasmine
Summary: "A young Egyptian woman chronicles her personal and political coming of age in this debut novel. Cairo, 1984. A blisteringly hot summer. A young girl in a sprawling family house. Her days pass quietly: listening to a mother's phone conversations, looking at the Nile from a bedroom window, watching the three state-sanctioned TV stations with the volume off, daydreaming about other lives....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tim Duggan Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ELRHolleman, Emily
Summary: Reimagines the beginnings of Cleopatra's epic saga through the eyes of her younger sister. Reading-group guide available.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOLNeubauer, Erica Ruth
Summary: "Egypt, 1926. Fiercely independent American Jane Wunderly has made up her mind: she won't be swept off her feet on a trip abroad. Despite her Aunt Millie's best efforts at meddling with her love life, the young widow would rather gaze at the Great Pyramids of Giza than into the eyes of a dashing stranger. Yet Jane's plans to remain cool and indifferent become ancient history in the company of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Neubauer 2022Peters, Elizabeth
Summary: At last the Great War is over. Amelia, her distinguished Egyptologist husband Emerson and their extended family are preparing for another season of excavation in Egypt. To everyone's great joy their son Ramses and his wife Nefret have become parents. Amelia, enjoying her role of fond (yet firm) grandmother, hopes that for once, this will be a quiet year with Ramses no longer undertaking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PETGraham, Jo
Summary: Set in Ancient Egypt, "Hand of Isis" is the story of Charmian, a handmaiden to Cleopatra and devotee of Isis, and her two sisters. It is a novel of lovers who transcend death, of gods who meddle in mortal affairs, and of women who guide empires.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orbit 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRAHolleman, Emily
Summary: Sharing the throne of Egypt with her eleven-year-old brother Ptolemy, Cleopatra is caught in a power struggle and forced to flee during a rebel uprising, while her sister Arsinoe, who follows Cleopatra into exile, is forced to chose between betraying her family or her country.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOLIbañez, Isabel
Summary: Set in 1884, nineteen-year-old Inez travels to Egypt after the sudden death of her parents to uncover the truth about their deaths, and as she attempts to unravel the mysteries her parents sought, she becomes a pawn in a larger game that threatens to kill her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC IBACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC IBALively, Penelope
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LIVMcCullough, Colleen
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCCStabenow, Dana
Summary: Alexandria, 47 BC. Cleopatra shares the throne with her brother Ptolemy under the auspices of Julius Caesar, by whom Cleopatra is heavily pregnant. A shipment of new coins meant to reset the shaky Egyptian economy has been stolen and the Queen's Eye has been murdered, so Queen Cleopatra turns to childhood friend Tetisheri to find the missing shipment and bring the murderer to justice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Head of Zeus 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Stabenow 2018Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M STAStabenow, Dana
Summary: Cleopatra- seventh of her name, avatar of the goddess Isis, ruler of the Kingdom of Egypt- is surrounded by riches untold. It is a comfortable life. But not all are invited to share in the wealth of Alexandria, Egypt's first city. For the peasants and farmers, their lives lie in the hands of the gods and the harvest. Unless, that is, they can find other, less savory, methods to feed their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Head of Zeus Ltd. 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STACopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STASaylor, Steven
Summary: "In 88 B.C. it seems as if all the world is at war. From Rome to Greece and to Egypt itself, most of civilization is on the verge of war. The young Gordianus--a born-and-raised Roman citizen--is living in Alexandria, making ends meet by plying his trade of solving puzzles and finding things out for pay. He whiles away his time with his slave Bethesda, waiting for the world to regain its sanity....
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Publisher / Publication Date: St Martins Pr 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SAYGeorge, Margaret
Summary: The author brings life and authenticity to the tale of the Egyptian queen who, after a lifetime of passion and power, chooses to end her existence rather than suffer humiliation at the hands of her Roman conquerors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1997
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Summary: Engineer Avery Escher and his wife Jean live in Egypt as he works on rescuing the temple of Abu Simbel from the waters of the Aswan Dam, but after observing the displacement of Egyptians settlers and losing a child, their marrage seems to fall apart.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MICIbañez, Isabel
Summary: Bolivian-Argentinian Inez Olivera belongs to the glittering upper society of nineteenth century Buenos Aires, and like the rest of the world, the town is steeped in old world magic thats been largely left behind or forgotten. Inez has everything a girl might want, except for the one thing she yearns the most: her globetrotting parents--who frequently leave her behind.When she receives word of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: Chava, daughter of the royal tutor, grows up with Urbi, a princess in Alexandria's royal palace. When Urbi becomes Queen Cleopatra, Chava finds herself imprisoned and sold into slavery. Cast off and alone in Rome, Chava must choose between love and honor, between her own desires and God's will for her life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION HUNLukas, Michael David
Summary: "Joseph, a literature student at Berkeley, is the son of a Jewish mother and a Muslim father. One day, a mysterious package arrives on his doorstep, pulling him into a mesmerizing adventure to uncover the tangled history that binds the two sides of his family"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LUKPeters, Elizabeth.
Summary: Recounts the adventures of Amelia Peabody and the Emerson family in 1907 and 1908, following their banishment from the Valley of the Kings, during which Ramses finds his plans interrupted by a plea for help from Prince Tarek from the Lost Oasis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PETThomas, Rosie
Summary: Octogenarian Iris Black bonds with her teenage granddaughter, Ruby, who has run away from a difficult relationship with her mother in England to seek refuge in Cairo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Thomas 2016Blauner, Peter
Summary: ""On rare occasions I read a book that reminds me of why I fell in love with storytelling in the first place. This is such a book." -Stephen King Peter Blauner's epic Picture in the Sand is a sweeping intergenerational saga told through a grandfather's passionate letters to his grandson, passing on the story of his political rebellion in 1950s Egypt in order to save his grandson's life in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BLACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BLADietrich, William
Summary: Expatriate Ethan Gage, in the Holy Land to save his former lover Astiza and to search for the revered legendary Book of Thoth, is in danger again as Napoleon's army marches towards Jerusalem.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DIECopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC DIEGeagley, Brad
Summary: A mystery inspired by ancient transcripts documenting the "Harem Conspiracy of Ramses III" finds investigations clerk Semerket exploring clues to the murder of a Theban princess and discovering a threat on the life of Pharaoh Ramses III.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2005