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1) Fire & Blood
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Centuries before the events of 'A Game of Thrones', House Targaryen, the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria, took up residence on Dragonstone. Their tale begins with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart. With all the fire and fury fans have come...
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English
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An epic novel of the violence and depravity that attended America's westward expansion, Blood Meridian brilliantly subverts the conventions of the Western novel and the mythology of the "wild west." Based on historical events that took place on the Texas-Mexico border in the 1850s, it traces the fortunes of the Kid, a fourteen-year-old Tennesseean who stumbles into the nightmarish world where Indians are being murdered and the market for their scalps...
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English
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Hailed as one of the year's top five novels by Time, and selected as one of the best books of the year by nearly all major newspapers, national bestseller Peace Like a River captured the hearts of a nation in need of comfort. "A rich mixture of adventure, tragedy, and healing," Peace Like a River is "a collage of legends from sources sacred and profane -- from the Old Testament to the Old West, from the Gospels to police dramas" (Ron Charles, The...
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Song of ice and fire volume 4
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English
Description
The uneasy peace that exists following the death of Robb Stark is threatened by new plots, intrigues, and alliances that once again will plunge the Seven Kingdoms back into all-out war for control of the Iron Throne.
5) True grit
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English
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Pursuing a murderer who has escaped into Indian Territory, U.S. Marshal Rooster J. Cogburn teams up with a bounty-hunting Texas Ranger and Mattie Ross, a cantankerous young lady who is bent on revenge.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"The day of her wedding, 17 year old Ada's life looks good; she loves her husband, and she loves working as an apprentice to her mother, a respected midwife. But after a year of marriage and no pregnancy, in a town where barren women are routinely hanged as witches, her survival depends on leaving behind everything she knows. She joins up with the notorious Hole in the Wall Gang, a band of outlaws led by a preacher-turned-robber known to all as the...
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Series
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
The world has fallen into war. Ciri, the child of prophecy, has vanished. Hunted by friends and foes alike, she has taken on the guise of a petty bandit and lives free for the first time in her life. But the net around her is closing. Geralt, the Witcher, has assembled a group of allies determined to rescue her. Both sides of the war have sent brutal mercenaries to hunt her down. Her crimes have made her famous. There is only one place left to run....
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Dance of thieves volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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A reformed thief and the young leader of an outlaw dynasty lock wits in a battle that may cost them their lives--and their hearts.
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Magic misfits volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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"Six young magicians and illusionists team up to save their small town from a crooked carnival owner and his goons"--
10) Judgment Road
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Torpedo ink volume 1
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English
Description
"As the enforcer of the Torpedo Ink motorcycle club, Reaper lives for riding and fighting. He's a stone-cold killer who turns his wrath on those who deserve it. Feelings are a weakness he can't afford--until a gorgeous bartender gets under his skin ... Near Sea Haven, Anya's touch is everything Reaper doesn't want--and it brands him to the bone. But when her secrets catch up to her, Reaper will have to choose between Anya and his club--his heart and...
11) Nightchaser
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English
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Captain Tess Bailey and her crew of Robin Hood-like thieves are desperate and on the run. Pursued by a vicious military general who wants them dead or alive, Tess has to decide if she can trust Shade Ganavan, a tall, dark and arrogant stranger with ambiguous motivations. What Tess and Shade don't know about each other might get them killed ... unless they can set aside their differences and learn to trust each other-while ignoring their off-the-charts...
12) The witch's boy
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English
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When a Bandit King comes to take the magic that Ned's mother, a witch, is meant to protect, the stuttering, weak boy villagers think should have drowned rather than his twin summons the strength to protect his family and community, while in the woods, the bandit's daughter puzzles over a mystery that ties her to Ned.
13) Texas outlaw
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Rory Yates volume 2
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English
Description
"Texas Ranger Rory Yates is not keen for hero status. But it's unavoidable once his girlfriend, country singer Willow Dawes, writes a song about his bravery. Rory escapes his newfound fame when he's sent to the remote West Texas town of Rio Lobo, a municipality with two stoplights. And now, according to the Chief of Police, it has one too many Texas Rangers. Rio Lobo Detective Ariana Delgado is the one who requested Rory, and the only person who believes...
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"The next gritty, gun-slinging entry in the New York Times-bestselling series, featuring itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. Territorial Marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are back in Appaloosa, where their work enforcing the law has been exceptionally quiet. All that is about to change. An ominous storm rolls in, and along with it a band of night riders with a devious scheme, who show up at the Rio Blanco camp, where a three-hundred-foot...
16) El paso: a novel
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English
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After Pancho Villa, a feared outlaw and revolutionary, kidnaps a railroad tycoon known as the Colonel's grandchildren, he and his adopted son head to El Paso in hopes of finding men brave enough to hunt the criminal down.
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Doctor Proctor's fart powder volume 4
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First Aladdin hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"When a Russian billionaire robs the Norwegian Gold Reserve and melts the last remaining gold bar into the Premier Soccer League trophy, it's up to Doctor Proctor, Nilly and Lisa to recapture it"--
18) Mighty Mo
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Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
At the Golden Dodo Zoo, Mo the raccoon is bored, bored, bored. There must be something amazing he can do! It certainly isn't making ice-creams or blowing up balloons... But when Big Ron the robber starts causing trouble, it's up to mighty Mo to save the day!
19) Spellhacker
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English
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Diz and her friends are in the business of stealing magic, or maz, but when their plan for one more heist blows up in their faces, they find themselves trying to unravel a conspiracy at the very center of the spellplague.
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Caitlin Strong novels volume 1
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English
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A deadly shooting along the Mexican border causes Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong to question her calling. A shattering discovery five years later reopens old wounds, and uncovers a terrifying plot that reaches into every home and threatens the very core of the country. Her quest for redemption takes her from Washington to Bahrain to the wastelands of Mexico.
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