Rivers, Francine
Summary: Atretes, German warrior. Revered gladiator. He won his freedom through his fierceness ... but his life is changed forever when he learns his son is alive. Atretes vows to find his son and return to Germania. Only one thing stands in his way: Rizpah, the young widow who adopted his abandoned baby. But Atretes is undaunted. One woman should be no trouble at all. It doesn't take him long to find...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House 1995
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction RivBurgan, Michael.
Summary: "Describes the lives of gladiators in the Roman Empire. The readers' choices reveal the historical details of gladiators rebelling with Spartacus, training at a gladiator school in Pompeii, and trying to earn their freedom"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.0937 BURTerp, Gail
Summary: "Step back in time, and discover the lives gladiators led through labeled graphics, fun facts, and age-appropriate text that separates fact from fiction while keeping readers interested and engaged"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.8 TERDillard, Sheri.
Summary: Introduces readers to Roman gladiators, including their history and famous battles, uniforms and weapons, and training and tactics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Childs World 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J932 CHISummary: The House of Batiatus has towered above the city of Capua for many years. Explore its deadly history before the arrival of Spartacus, and the death he carried with him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SPAEstep, Jennifer
Summary: Lady Everleigh's lack of magical ability relegates her to the shadows of the royal court of Bellona, a kingdom steeped in gladiator tradition. Seventeenth in line for the throne, Evie is nothing more than a ceremonial fixture, overlooked and mostly forgotten. When her cousin Vasilia, the crown princess, assassinates her mother the queen and takes the throne by force, Evie is also attacked,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ESTMalam, John
Summary: A light-hearted introduction to the life and training of a Roman gladiator.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Franklin Watts 2000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Set You Wouldn't 796.8 Malam 20000Summary: The tale of the gladiator slave Spartacus, who led a slave uprising against the Roman Republic departing from Capua.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SPAAdjei-Brenyah, Nana Kwame
Summary: "The explosive, hotly-anticipated debut novel from the New York Times-bestselling author of Friday Black, about two top women gladiators fighting for their freedom within a depraved private prison system not so far-removed from America's own. Loretta Thurwar and Hamara "Hurricane Staxxx" Stacker are the stars of Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2023
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Summary: The daughter of a proud Celtic king is captured and sold to a training school for women gladiators under the patronage of Julius Caesar, circumstances that put her survival in the hands of an enemy who was responsible for her sister's death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: RazorBill, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The tale of the gladiator slave Spartacus, who led a slave uprising against the Roman Republic departing from Capua.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment 2014
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV SPASummary: One Eye is a chained prisoner forced to fight to the death for the entertainment of his captors. When One Eye escapes, he stumbles upon a group of warriors headed to the Crusades. But fate has something else in store, as the men drift into the New World, where savages stalk them one by one in increasingly violent ways. Is One Eye an avenging angel or just the guiltiest of them all?
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Publisher / Publication Date: IFC Films 2010
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA VALLoh-Hagan, Virginia
Summary: "In Battle Royale: Lethal Warriors, we have a matchup of historic magnitude. We took the deadliest warriors from two different time periods and matched them in a battle of weaponry, strength, and grit. Who will come out victorious, Amazons or gladiators?You'll have to read to find out. This series utilizes considerate text written at a higher maturity level with a lower reading level to engage...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing 2019
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Rec LohHagenWatkins, Richard Ross.
Summary: Describes the history of gladiators, including types of armor, use of animals, amphitheaters, and how the practice fit into Roman society for almost 700 years.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.8 WATGong, Chloe
Summary: "Every year, thousands in the kingdom of Talin will flock to its capital twin cities, San-Er, where the palace hosts a set of games. For those confident enough in their ability to jump between bodies, competitors across San-Er fight to the death to win unimaginable riches. Princess Calla Tuoleimi lurks in hiding. Five years ago, a massacre killed her parents and left the palace of Er...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Saga Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GONLivingston, Lesley
Summary: When Fallon and her fellow gladiatrices are thrust into a vicious conflict with a rival gladiator academy, the only thing that might save them is a tribe of long-forgotten mythic Amazon warriors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LIVBaker, Alan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.8 BAKKane, Ben.
Summary: In 48 B.C., having survived a disastrous campaign in Pythia as part of the Forgotten Legion and spent years fighting their way back to Rome, Romulus and Tarquinius have finally made it as far as Alexandria. On arrival, though, they find themselves in the midst of the Roman Civil War, are press-ganged into Caesar’s thinning legions and greatly outnumbered and fighting for their lives against the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KANLivingston, Lesley
Summary: When Caesar is murdered, Fallon and her fellow gladiatrices lose their protector and, realizing that Cleopatra is now in grave danger, travel to Alexandria, Egypt, for her safety and theirs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Razorbill 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LIVSimonson, Walter.
Summary: The second graphic novel based on the world's most popular massively multiplayer videogame tells the saga of the Missing King of Stormwind. Upon learning he is in fact the lost ruler of Stormwind, Lo'Gosh returns to reclaim his throne with his comradesin-arms Valeera, and Broll. But all is not as it seems in the eastern kingdom, especially if one informed dwarf has anything to say about it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: WildStorm Productions 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Combining compelling narrative with state-of-the-art computer graphics and high-quality drama reconstruction, this production throws new light on the way gladiators really fought and trained and reveals that many of them were the superstars of their age.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2004
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV COLDurham, David Anthony
Summary: "A historical novel of one of the most storied uprisings of classic times by an emerging master of the genre. From the author of Pride of Carthage, the superb fictional rendering of Hannibal's epic military campaigns against Carthage's archenemy Rome, comes the perfect follow-up: an equally superb novel of the legendary gladiator Spartacus and the vast slave revolt he led that came ever so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DURKane, Ben.
Summary: Returning to his village after escaping the Roman army, Spartacus is betrayed by his jealous king and forced into life as a gladiator before executing a daring overthrow and assuming leadership over an army of escaped slaves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martins Press 2012