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1) Don Quixote
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Series
Language
English
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Don Quixote chronicles the famous picaresque adventures of the noble knight-errant Don Quixote de La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they travel through sixteenth-century Spain. This Modern Library edition presents the acclaimed Samuel Putnam translation of the epic tale, complete with notes, variant readings, and an Introduction by the translator." Don Quixote is practically unthinkable as a living being," said novelist Milan Kundera....
3) Taliesin
Author
Series
Pendragon cycle volume 1
Language
English
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A magnificent epic set against the backcloth of Roman Britain and Celtic legend. Atlantis is lost. From the holocaust emerge three crippled ships bearing Charis, Lady of the Lake, to the cloud-bound isle of Ynys Prydein. Her love for the druid prince Taliesin, singer at the dawn of the age, bridges and unites two worlds. This is a story of a lost continent, a vision that sings in the heart, and a love that spawns the miracle of Merlin, Arthur, and...
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Featuring stories by a bestselling, cross-genre assortment of some of the most exciting writers working today, an anthology of gender-bent, queered, race-bent, and inclusive retellings from the vast lore surrounding King Arthur, Camelot, and the Knights of the Round Table. The stories are so iconic that just a name, a word, conjures romance and betrayal, chivalry and magic. These are legends so embedded in our culture that they feel real; that as...
Author
Publisher
Ace
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The Lady of Shalott reclaims her story in this bold feminist reimagining of the Arthurian myth from the New York Times bestselling author of Ash Princess. Everyone knows the legend. Of Arthur, destined to be a king. Of the beautiful Guinevere, who will betray him with his most loyal knight, Lancelot. Of the bitter sorceress, Morgana, who will turn against them all. But Elaine alone carries the burden of knowing what is to come--for Elaine of Shalott...
9) The cleaving
Author
Publisher
Angry Robot
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Cleaving is an Arthurian retelling that follows the tangled stories of four women: Nimue, Ygraine, Morgana, and Guinevere, as they fight to control their own destinies amid the wars and rivalries that will determine the destiny of Britain."--
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English
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"A razor-sharp debut novel about an ambitious young opera singer caught between devotion to her craft and an all-consuming affair with an older man"--
Anna doesn't fit in. Not with her wealthy classmates at the selective London Conservatory where she unexpectedly wins a place after university, not with the family she left behind, and definitely not with Max, a man she meets in the bar where she sings for cash. He's everything she's not--rich, tailored...
12) The Green Knight
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The Green Knight is a chivalric romance that was written anonymously and first published in the late 14th century as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"--
13) Georgetown
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Ulrich Mott is an eccentric and versatile social climber with grandiose plans to affect United States foreign policy. He is encouraged and egged on in his attempts by his strategically chosen wife, the well-connected journalist Elsa Brecht. Mott has a knack for making himself indispensable and impossible to ignore, with an impeccable sense for when to flatter and how to deftly use political jargon to his advantage. The only one seemingly immune to...
Author
Series
Avalon series volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 73
Language
English
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"Here is the magical legend of King Arthur, vividly retold through the eyes and lives of the women who wielded power from behind the throne. A spellbinding novel, an extraordinary literary achievement, THE MISTS OF AVALON will stay with you for a long time to come ..."--Publisher website (May 2007).
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this retelling which features stained glass illustrations, young Arthur proves himself to be the rightful heir to the throne by being the only one able to pull the sword from the steel anvil.
18) The comedian
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A look at the life of an aging insult comic named Jack Burke.
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