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Temeraire volume 5
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IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 19
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From the New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education comes the fifth volume of the Temeraire series, as Will Laurence and Temeraire struggle to reunite and face the Napoleonic army on London's doorstep.
“A story about friendship that transcends not only time and class, but species.”—NPR
For Britain, conditions are grim: Napoleon’s resurgent forces have breached the Channel and successfully...
“A story about friendship that transcends not only time and class, but species.”—NPR
For Britain, conditions are grim: Napoleon’s resurgent forces have breached the Channel and successfully...
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A thrilling new historical romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Wedding
When Arabella Barstowe is kidnapped, she believes her life and virtue are forfeit-until she's rescued by the notorious rogue Captain Rose. Bella never expects to see him again. But years later she learns the wicked truth behind her abduction, and she seeks out the only man who can help her take revenge.
What she doesn't know is that Captain Rose is...
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Kensington chronicles volume 2
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English
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Victoria "Smokey" Simmons dreams of the time when she can trade her life as the captain of the "Aramis" for a home and a family.
5) Persuasion
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1120L
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English
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Austen's last novel is the crowning achievement of her matchless career. Her heroine, Anne Elliot, a woman of integrity, breeding and great depth of emotion, stands in stark contrast to the brutality and hypocrisy of Regency England. Includes a new Introduction by Margaret Drabble, famed novelist and editor of The Oxford Companion to the English Language.
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Temeraire volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 23
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1140L
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Captain Will Laurence and his noble dragon Temeraire battle against Bonaparte's invading forces. When China discovers that their rare gift, meant for Napoleon, is now in the hands of the British forces, they demand the return of the dragon.
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The Riverhaven years volume 2
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English
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Rachel Brenneman, a young Amish widow, faces many challenges that test her faith, including secrets, treachery, persecution, and her love for the forbidden "outsider," Jeremiah Gant, an Irish-American riverboat captain.
10) The Sea Wolf
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Jack London's 1904 novel "The Sea Wolf" is the story of Humphrey van Weyden, an effete gentleman, who finds himself shipwrecked when the San Francisco ferry his is aboard collides with another ship in the fog. Adrift in the bay, Humphrey is rescued by Wolf Larsen, the brutish captain of a seal-hunting schooner, the "Ghost". However, his relief in being saved is short-lived, for he is soon put to work, essentially enslaved as a cabin boy forced to...
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Oregon files volume 7
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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In December 7, 1941, five brothers exploring a shaft on an island off the coast of Washington State make an extraordinary discovery, but a tragic accident suspends further investigation. In the present, Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon team, chasing the remanants of a crashed satellite in the Argentine jungle, stumble upon a shocking revelation. His efforts to untangle the mystery lead first to that island, and then much farther back, to an ancient Chinese...
12) Fire strike
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Oregon files volume 17
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English
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"When Cabrillo is hired to extract an undercover operative in Kenya, he finds himself on the trail of a deadly international plot. A Saudi Prince seeks to unleash a deadly assault on U.S. forces, sparking a new war in the Middle East and ultimately destroying Israel. Cabrillo's crew have met their most fearsome adversaries yet: a force of bio-hacked soldiers endowed with extreme strength and stamina and an unquenchable appetite for violence. The Oregon...
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Daring dukes volume 1
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English
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"Born to an Indian maharaja and a British noblewoman, Princess Sarani Rao has it all: beauty, riches, and a crown. But when Sarani's father is murdered, her only hope is the next ship out--captained by the boy she once loved ... and spurned. Captain Rhystan Huntley, the reluctant Duke of Embry, is loath to give up his life at sea. But duty is calling him home, and this is his final voyage. Leave it to fate that the one woman he's ever loved must escape...
14) Shadow tyrants
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Oregon files volume 13
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English
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Nearly two thousand years ago, an Eastern emperor charged a small group with safeguarding a body of knowledge and secrets powerful enough to change the history of mankind. They went down in legend as the Nine Unknown Men. Now two rival factions of the descendants are fighting a mighty battle. Both sides think they are saving the world, but one of them is willing to use horrifying means to accomplish its goals. It is up to Cabrillo and his team of...
15) Rachel's secret
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The Riverhaven years volume 1
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English
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Jeremiah Gant, a wounded Irish American riverboat captain, creates a stir when he bursts into the rural Amish setting of Riverhaven, but as he seeks out a safe place to recuperate, neither he nor Rachel Brenneman, a young widow, are prepared for a forbidden love that threatens to endanger a way of life for an entire community.
16) Reefs and shoals
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 18
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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Captain Alan Lewrie of the Royal Navy is ordered to head to Cuba and Spanish Florida to search for French and Spanish privateers who have been preying on British merchantmen and discover if the privateers have been getting aid from the Americans..
17) Threads of faith
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Fabric of time volume 2
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Realms
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©2012
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English
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Julianna is running for her life, and she hides in a crate on London's dock, only to be loaded onto a ship bound for America. During the voyage she falls in love with Capt. Daniel Sundberg when he treats her as a person and protects her from his crew, but his plans for the future do not include marrying a stowaway on his ship -- Provided by the publisher.
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Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 17
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2011.
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English
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After reluctantly saving the last French citizens left on rebellious Haiti, Lewrie finds himself invited back to London to receive honors from the King and soon finds himself back at sea testing a newfangled weapon called a "torpedo" and defending England from an invasion by Napoleon.
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Bastion Club volume Prequel
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English
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"Bored by society's rules and strictures, Kathryn 'Kit' Cramer yearns for adventure -- and she finds it on Britain's rugged eastern coast, dressed as a boy at the head of a rag-tag band of smugglers. But there is another who rules the night: the notorious Captain Jack, the ruthless leader of a rival gang who will allow no trespassers . . .and who stops Kit's breath with his handsome, etched features and powerful physique. In no time, Captain Jack...
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