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Carve the mark volume 2
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The lives of Cyra Noavek and Akos Kereseth were spoken by the oracles at their births. The fates are inescapable. Akos is in love with Cyra in spite of his fate. He knows he will die in service to Cyra's family. When Cyra's father, Lazmet Noavek-- a soulless tyrant, thought to be dead-- reclaims the Shotet throne, he ignites a barbaric war. Cyra and Akos are desperate to stop him at any cost-- and in the process they discover an unexpected fate.
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Temeraire volume 8
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Shipwrecked and cast ashore in Japan with no memory of Temeraire or his own experiences as an English aviator, Capt. William Laurence finds himself tangled in deadly political intrigues that threaten not only his own life but England's already precarious position in the Far East.
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2015.
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"By early 1945, the destruction of the German Nazi State seems certain. The Allied forces, led by American generals George S. Patton and Dwight D. Eisenhower, are gaining control of Europe, leaving German leaders scrambling. Facing defeat, Adolf Hitler flees to a secret bunker with his new wife, Eva Braun, and his beloved dog, Blondi. It is there that all three would meet their end, thus ending the Third Reich and one of the darkest chapters of history....
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THERE: In an unnamed Middle Eastern country, fifteen-year-old Laila has always lived like royalty. Her father is a dictator of sorts, though she knows him as King—just as his father was, and just as her little brother Bastien will be one day. Then everything changes: Laila's father is killed in a coup.
HERE: As war surges, Laila flees to a life of exile in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Overnight she becomes a nobody. Even as she adjusts...
HERE: As war surges, Laila flees to a life of exile in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Overnight she becomes a nobody. Even as she adjusts...
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Impressed by the work of the puppetmaster and his apprentice, Tavia's ruler, The Margrave, has ordered dozens of life-size marionette soldiers to be sent to Wolfspire Hall. When the puppetmaster is unable to fill the order for a hundred soldiers by the deadline, he is imprisoned in the Wolfspire Keep. Then the Margrave's son orders Pirouette, the puppetmaster's daughter, to create an assassin-- and demands she bring it to life. Racing against the...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
112 pages ; 22 cm
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"From dystopian visionary and bestselling phenomenon Veronica Roth comes a razor-sharp reimagining of Antigone. In Arch-Conspirator, Roth reaches back to the root of legend and delivers a world of tomorrow both timeless and unexpected. "A gut punch of a story. Roth takes everything fragile about love, everything powerful about certain doom, and blooms with it. You'll be holding your breath until the very last word"--Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling...
9) Duck soup
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (69 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After being appointed the dictator of Freedonia, Rufus T. Firefly proceeds to bring the mythical nation to a halt by showing up late and insulting everyone at his inauguration. Hoping to oust the unfit new leader, two spies are sent from the neighboring Sylvania. Soon enough, war is declared between the two nations with outrageous results. Including Groucho's famous mirror scene and final battle scene, it remains as entertaining and relevant today...
10) Total recall
Pub. Date
©1990
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Quaid is a construction worker in the year 2084 who is haunted by dreams of Mars. Against the wishes of his wife, "Quaid goes to Rekall, a company that implants artificial memories, so he can "remember" visiting the red planet that is now being settled by human inhabitants. However, Quaid is actually an amnesiac secret agent from Mars-or is he?"--Container.
11) Dear dictator
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
When political turmoil forces a British-Caribbean dictator to flee his island nation, he seeks refuge with his pen pal, a rebellious teenage girl in suburban America, and teaches her how to start a revolution and overthrow the "mean girls" and popular kids who rule her high school.
12) The in-laws
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Pub. Date
[2016]
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1 videodisc (103 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)
Description
A mild-mannered dentist becomes involved with his daughter's father-in-law's bizarre life with the CIA, which may or may not even be true.
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