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Author
Publisher
Brain Lag
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"France, 13th century. Near the shores of the Mediterranean lives Vara Svobodo¿¿v with her father, a prominent merchant, his barbarian wife, and her scientist father. Though the shadowy gazes of Great Gods and the greedy hands of local lord Petru Dominus hang over them, Vara lives a comfortable life. That all changes when she learns that she is da resu, destined to life after death and servitude of her unearthly powers to he who slays her. Rumours...
Author
Series
Nightingale and the falcon volume 1
Publisher
Angry Robot
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"1260, Persia: Due to the efforts of the great Genghis Khan, the Mongol Empire covers a vast portion of the known world. In the shadow of his grandfather, Hulagu Khan, ruler of the Ilkhanate, is determined to create a single empire that covers the entire world. His method? Violence. His youngest son, Temujin Khan, struggles to find his place in his father's bloody rule. After another failure, Temujin is given one last chance to prove himself to Hulagu,...
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Series
Publisher
Red Chair Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In this updated retelling of Brother Grimm's 'Jorinda and Joringel' a shape-changing witch protects her privacy at all costs. When the engaged couple Jorinda and Jacob stumble into the witch's part of the forest, she takes them captive. The hateful witch changes Jorinda into a singing bird. Will her fiancé save her or will the witch keep her singing bird caged forever?"--
5) The women
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English
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"'Women can be heroes, too.' When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances Frankie McGrath hears these unexpected words, it is a revelation. Raised on idyllic Coronado Island and sheltered by her conservative parents, she has always prided herself on doing the right thing, being a good girl. But in 1965 the world is changing, and she suddenly imagines a different choice for her life. When her brother ships out to serve in Vietnam, she impulsively joins...
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Language
English
Description
"January 1918. Laura Iven was a field nurse until she was wounded and discharged from the medical corps, leaving behind a brother still fighting in Flanders. Now home in Halifax, Canada, Laura receives word of Freddie's death, but something doesn't make sense. Determined to uncover the truth, Laura returns to Belgium as a volunteer at a private hospital. November 1917. Freddie Iven finds himself trapped in an overturned pillbox with an enemy soldier....
Series
Untold legends volume 2
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"The second book in the Untold Legends series, this is an anthology of short stories that feature mermaids"--
Publisher
NBM
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The next volume in the prize-winning and greatly acclaimed complete adaptations of Wildes tales presents The Devoted Friend on what constitutes real friendship, and The Nightingale and the Rose a stirring story of sacrifice to love with a cruel twist.
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Language
English
Formats
Description
Swan maiden Hilde sacrifices her magical wings to seek freedom in the human world, but when her pact with an upstart baron takes her the court of Ludwig II, she struggles to fit in, and only Jewish artist Franz, who has the power to paint souls, can help her escape her newfound prison.
Publisher
Dynamite
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Out of options and up against the wall, Eddie and Trudy come up with a drastic plan to finish Eric Nightingale once and for all. But Red Team's track record is not good when it comes to the ultimate sanctionand the Nightingale family proves to still have teeth. Our heroes discover the terrible true cost of stepping outside the law, in the final episode of Double Tap, Center Mass.
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English
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"In present-day Greece, deep in an ancient forest, lives a family: Irini, a musician, who teaches children to read and play music; her husband, Tasso, who paints pictures of the forest, his greatest muse; and Chara, their young daughter, whose name means joy. On the fateful day that will forever alter the trajectory of their lives, flames chase fleeing birds across the sky. The wildfire that will consume their home, and their lives as they know it,...
Author
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1930s, this powerful novel about love, betrayal, and sacrifice is perfect for fans of The Alice Network, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, and The Nightingale. Berlin, 1933. Leah and Magda have been inseparable for as long as they can remember, and one beautiful summer's day in their courtyard, they vow nothing will ever come between their friendship. But Leah could never have predicted the darkness looming just around the corner… As Hitler...
Publisher
Scout Comics
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Set in an alternate reality where the social order of white and black is reversed, when it comes to social standing and class, the Cottons are at the top of the food chain, part of the One Percent, and are seemingly untouchable. However, that all changes when Zion, their police officer son, who decided to not follow in the footsteps of his father and matriculate towards running the family business, is involved in the shooting of a minority white woman....
Author
Publisher
Hachette UK - Bookouture
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Auschwitz, 1942. 'When this is all over, you will be able to tell the world what they did to us.' The Nazis have already ended so many stories way too soon, but can a person truly die if their story lives on? I have to survive. The world needs to know what's happening here...
Stumbling through the terrifying wrought iron gates of Auschwitz, Jewish author Etty Weil longs for her apartment overlooking
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Publisher
Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Paris, 1940. The City of Light has fallen under German occupation. Among patriotic Parisians, the pursuit of art, culture, and jazz has become a bold act of defiance. So has forbidden love for talented and spirited Jewish teenager Annette Zelman, a student at the Beaux-Arts, and dashing young Catholic poet Jean Jausion. Despite their devout families' vehement opposition, the young couple finds acceptance at the famed Caf©♭ de Flore, whose habitues...
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Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Isle of Iona, 1927: Cast away on a remote island, Jane's latest assignment depends on concealing her identity and blending in at an occult gathering. Not even her fiancé, Redvers, can be too close as she uncovers the truth about Robert Nightingale, enigmatic leader of the Order of the Golden Dawn -- a group made up of supernatural ceremonies, influential people, and an undefinable darkness. When a woman tries to escape to the mainland only to be...
Author
Publisher
Happy Fox Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Although night has fallen, the mood in the forest is anything but sleepy! Stroll in the forest at night and hear crickets chirping, nightingales singing, and frogs croaking. As you do, you will discover how animals find their way in the dark and why being up after sunset suits them. This exciting board book also contains tons of hidden chambers for your to explore!"--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Bellevue Literary Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Sweeping yet intimate, Flight of the Wild Swan tells the story of Florence Nightingale, a brilliant, trailblazing woman whose humanity has been obscured beneath the iconic weight of legend. From her adolescence, Nightingale was determined to fulfill her life's calling to serve the sick and suffering. Overcoming Victorian hierarchies, familial expectation, patriarchal resistance, and her own illness, she used her hard-won celebrity as a battlefield...
Publisher
Dynamite
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
With Trudy's life hanging in the balance, Eddie's behavior grows increasingly dangerous- until a new angle on the Eric Nightingale case sends him into uncharted waters. Meanwhile, another threat to Red Team emerges- this one from within, and entirely unforeseen.
Publisher
Rebel Girls, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"All Rebel, all the time. The Rebel Girls handbook is the ultimate ticket to trivia, activities, and more about 300+ extraordinary women featured across the bestselling Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series. Malala Yousafzai fights for girls' education around the world. . . and there's an asteroid named after her. Florence Nightingale was a nurse who saved lives during the Crimean War. . . and she had a pet owl named Athena. Maria Isabel Urrutia...
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