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MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"Sherlock Holmes takes to the stage for the sake of a beleaguered actress Sherlock Holmes can tell the woman pacing outside of 221B Baker Street is an actress. She mutters to herself and practices gestures in preparation for her meeting with the world-famous detective. It's a matter of life, death, and theater. Flora Adler has come on behalf of her father--the American impresario Florenz Adler, who turned Times Square into a circus, staged Wagner...
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English
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The definitive account of General Douglas MacArthur's rise during World War II, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals.
World War II changed the course of history. Douglas MacArthur changed the course of World War II. MACARTHUR AT WAR will go deeper into this transformative period of his life than previous biographies, drilling into the military strategy that Walter R. Borneman is so skilled at conveying, and exploring how personality and...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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In the days of King Arthur there stood a mighty oak tree within the walls of a castle. Peace reigned in the castle until the fearsome night when Lionel, longlost brother of Lord Weldon, returned to cause trouble and unhappiness. It was then that Shan, the son of Lord Weldon, took on the duties of a knight and hid the sword in the hollow of the giant oak. The days that followed were filled with adventures that tried the courage of the young boy. Shan...
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The History Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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A controversial book offering new evidence that Arthuir mac Aedain was the real King Arthur Arthur led the Britons to the brink of victory but was cut down by treachery and betrayal. Arthurian legends have since been corrupted, leading to popular but false assumptions about the king and the belief that his grave could never be found. Drawing on a vast range of sources and new translations of early British and Gaelic poetry, this book explodes these...
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Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
1987.
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English
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The legend of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table dominates the mythology of Britain, but could this story prove more fact than fiction? Recent archaeological findings have lead Geoffrey Ashe to believe there is more truth to Arthurian legend than previously accepted. The Quest for Arthur's Britain examines the historical foundation of the Arthurian tradition, and presents the remarkable results of excavations to date at Cadbury (reputed site...
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English
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As the creator of Sherlock Holmes, "the world's most famous man who never was," Arthur Conan Doyle remains one of our favorite writers; his work is read with affection-and sometimes obsession-the world over. Doctor, writer, spiritualist: his life was no less fascinating than his fiction.
Conan Doyle grew up in relative poverty in Edinburgh, with the mental illness of his artistically gifted but alcoholic father casting a shadow over his early life....
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The History Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Exploring the man behind Waterloo and the legacy that defined himThe Battle of Waterloo is a defining moment in European history that has been immortalized in literature and art for generations. This is the first book to trace how perceptions and commemorations of it have changed over two centuries. It also delves into the legacy of the man behind the victory. Depictions of Wellington, the victor of Waterloo, have varied over the years. Though in...
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DAW Books collectors volume no. 1489
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English
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Gwenhwyfar acts as a son to her father and follows the path of a warrior, until the Ladies of the Well call her to become Arthur's third wife, where she will face new temptations and treachery.
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Otherworld chronicles volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The exhilarating final book in the Otherworld Chronicles trilogy, which School Library Journal called "a surefire hit with the legions of Rick Riordan fans." Artie Kingfisher, his sister, Kay, and the New Knights of the Round Table have finally reached the legendary isle of Avalon. But before Artie can take his place as King Arthur reborn, he must recover nothing less than the mythical Holy Grail. And as the greatest battle of his life looms, Artie...
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Otherworld chronicles volume 2
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
The thrilling, action-packed sequel to The Invisible Tower, which School Library Journal called "a surefire hit with the legions of Rick Riordan fans." Spending the summer fighting dragons, rescuing wizards, and leaping through portals into the Otherworld was just the start of Artie Kingfisher's quest to claim his throne as King Arthur reborn. Now, Artie and his sister, Kay, must gather a team of knights to recover the legendary Seven Swords-or face...
72) Strange Powers
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Publisher
Diversion Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Three case studies in the paranormal shed light on the limits of human potential. During his research for his major study The Occult, Colin Wilson became fascinated by three people whom he interviewed extensively. Strange Powers compiles and analyzes the compelling stories of Robert Leftwich, a retired sales manager in Sussex with proven powers as a dowser who also is able to take journeys out of his physical body; Mrs. Eunice Beattie, a hospital...
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MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"A killer hunts the members of an old Oxford club--and Sherlock Holmes's brother is the next target Six months after the bloody return of Jack the Ripper, Sherlock Holmes is starved for entertainment. When a friend of Dr. Watson's suggests a shooting trip in Scotland, Holmes leaps at the invitation. But after nearly a week of dreary Scottish weather, and hardly any shooting at all, Holmes is worse off than before. Watson fears the holiday has been...
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Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Investigating a crooked tabloid magnate, Sherlock Holmes is drawn across the continent Dr. Watson has never been much of an angler, and he is perplexed when Sherlock Holmes invites him on a Scottish fishing expedition. "Come if convenient," reads the telegram. "If not, come anyway." A few years after his near-death experience at the hands of Moriarty, the great detective is restless. If any man needs a vacation, it is Sherlock Holmes. But Watson...
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Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"London's greatest detective suspects the city's most infamous killer of a gruesome new murder Croxley Mews is a typical London street: narrow, winding, and dark. Sherlock Holmes has never trod its cobblestones--until the day a woman is found lying dead on them. It is a murder gruesome enough to shock even the battle-hardened Dr. Watson, who has never before seen a woman disemboweled. It looks unmistakably like the handiwork of that notorious murderer...
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Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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"These are the firsthand accounts of sisters Helen and Barbara Shores growing up with their father, Arthur Shores, a prominent Civil Rights attorney, during the 60s in the Jim Crow south Birmingham district -- a frequent target of the Ku Klux Klan. Between 1948 and 1963, some 50 unsolved Klan bombings happened in Smithfield where the Shores family lived, earning their neighborhood the nickname "Dynamite Hill." Due to his work, Shores' daughter, Barbara,...
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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"The first-ever biography of Art Concello, one of the world's greatest trapeze artists and circus businessmen, this book goes beyond the showmanship displayed in the ring to reveal the inner workings of the circus that could both thrill a crowd and make incredible money"--
78) Sword At Sunset
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Series
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Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
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This brilliant Arthurian epic cuts through the mists of pagan, early Christian, and medieval splendors that have gathered about the subject and tells the authentic story of the man who may well have been the real King Arthur, Artos the Bear, the mighty warrior-king who saved the last lights of Western civilization when the barbarian darkness descended in the fifth century. Presenting early Britain as it was after the departure of the Romans, no Round...
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University of Illinois Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the relationship between American playwright Arthur Miller and Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe with a focus on their five-year marriage, discussing why the couple married and how their relationship was destroyed.
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Publisher
Fordham University Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"A philosopher of religion examines contemporary conceptions of God through close readings of three modern Jewish thinkers. For centuries, the traditional God of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam has been under pressure to conform to the scientific worldview, giving rise to a "liberal" conception of God compatible with a naturalism. For many, this liberal "new" God is the only credible God. But is it a useful God? Does belief in so malleable a deity...
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