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1) The maid
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The girl who led an army, the peasant who crowned a king, the maid who became a legend. It is the fifteenth century, and the tumultuous Hundred Years' War rages on. France is under siege, English soldiers tear through the countryside destroying all who cross their path, and Charles VII, the uncrowned king, has neither the strength nor the will to rally his army. And in the quiet of her parents' garden in Domrm̌y, a peasant girl sees a spangle of...
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Jayiah starts life out as a normal young girl growing up in a single-family home. She is the middle child of three kids and is quite content with life until her mother meets a special guy. That's when things changed forever. At the age of ten she has to learn to grow up quickly while helping with her younger sister. After the honeymoon stage was over Reggie exposed her family to a world of drugs and prostitution. In one year, things had taken a turn...
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Summary: In Medellin, Colombia, during the time of Pablo Escobar, 15-year old Joe Cardenas is, forced to deal with the sudden suicide of his best friend, Alex Cuevas. An early morning call in December of 1981, sets Joe off on a quest to understand what led Alex to take his life.
The truth Joe discovers threatens the lives of everyone he knows, as he faces Cartel-connected enemies determined to hide powerful secrets. Armed with nothing but his ingenuity...
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A story about a lady who went through so much abuse in her life. She was a casualty and had to be strong and solid for herself and her children, and she survived it. She will go on with her life in this book of Survivor Queen.
This is about a Survivor who went through so much in my life. I was pulled in every direction by a man that said he loved me! The only thing that helped me cope with the situation was God and my children. I am a Certified Nursing...
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Moshoeu never thought he was special in any way, and His grades from junior primary to secondary were great. He had a reputation for being troublesome, which was more psychological, not physical. He was always in search of new challenges, and that got him in trouble. His schooling was free from undergraduate to postgraduate due to his good performance. At work, he worked hard to impress, but no recognition was forthcoming, until job-hopping became...
6) Vivencias
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Fue en una reunión de ex alumnos cuando el Hijo del Juez me dice "leí tu publicación en Facebook, dedícate a escribir". Fue en un paseo de curso de nuestros hijos cuando una oxigenada me dice: "¡me encanta leerte!". Fue en el centro de Reñaca cuando de la otra vereda me gritan: "¡abrígate!, no te vaya a dar frío en los pies". En esos momentos entendí que quizás yo podría escribir un libro. Un par de inviernos después, ya tenía más de...
7) Kitsaphrenia
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What would you do if you had a pet with talent? Well, since I am a writer I decided to put out a book about her. I will be mean and not tell you what she did that was different. You will have to read the book. It will be easy though, because there are, a lot of nice pictures, some of them, like the cover, I have painted. Have fun.
Carole always had artistic talent, but her early days were, spent in the musical theatre. She had roles in 'Funny Girl'...
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A few fragments of Alen's life, based on real stories, will take you on a journey of life. You never know what destiny has in store for you. While reading this short story you'll travel through time with Alen, live important moments from his life, and meet the end, which, unfortunately, is today's reality.
Where does this road of reality take us? Are we going the right way?
9) Emma
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Tu aimes les témoignages? Tu adoreras ce livre! C'est un roman basé sur une histoire vraie.
- Mais pourquoi tu te donnes autant de mal? me répond mon amie.
J'ai une hésitation. C'est vrai, pourquoi? Qu'est-ce que tout ce travail me donne? Je chasse aussitt ce doute. Je n'arrive même pas à concevoir l'idée de ne pas étudier à fond, de ne pas connaître tous les sujets sur le bout de mes doigts, de ne pas les maîtriser à la perfection....
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Suecia, principios del siglo XX. La joven Berta sueña con ser artista. Sin embargo, su futuro parece estar ya escrito al crecer en una pequeña granja del país. Su padre espera que se dedique a las labores del hogar y su madre, quien la comprende y apoya, está enferma de tuberculosis. ¿Tendrá Berta la valentía suficiente para volar libre y perseguir su sueño?
El pájaro que llevo dentro vuela adonde quiere es una bella y emocionante novela...
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This “rewarding historical novel” recounts the dramatic story of Catherine of Aragon, the first of Henry VIII’s six wives (Booklist).
England anxiously awaits Prince Arthur’s betrothed—the Spanish princess who will be its future queen. But when Arthur dies not long after the wedding, Catherine of Aragon’s fate becomes uncertain. Will the king and Catherine’s parents...
England anxiously awaits Prince Arthur’s betrothed—the Spanish princess who will be its future queen. But when Arthur dies not long after the wedding, Catherine of Aragon’s fate becomes uncertain. Will the king and Catherine’s parents...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 8
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A “gripping historical drama” that tells the story of young Elizabeth Tudor’s journey to the throne—and her fierce rivalry with her half sister (School Library Journal).
Imprisonment. Betrayal. Lost love. Murder. What more must a princess endure?
Elizabeth Tudor’s teenage and young adult years during the turbulent reigns of Edward and then Mary Tudor are hardly...
Imprisonment. Betrayal. Lost love. Murder. What more must a princess endure?
Elizabeth Tudor’s teenage and young adult years during the turbulent reigns of Edward and then Mary Tudor are hardly...
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A complicated and much-hated Tudor queen tells her side of the story in this engaging novel of Anne Boleyn.
Anne Boleyn was born without great beauty, wealth, or title, but she has blossomed into a captivating young woman—and she knows it. Determined to rise to the top, she uses her wiles to win the heart of England’s most powerful man, King Henry VIII. Not satisfied with the king’s heart, however, she persuades...
Anne Boleyn was born without great beauty, wealth, or title, but she has blossomed into a captivating young woman—and she knows it. Determined to rise to the top, she uses her wiles to win the heart of England’s most powerful man, King Henry VIII. Not satisfied with the king’s heart, however, she persuades...
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Young Catherine de' Medici is the sole heiress to the entire fortune of the wealthy Medici family. But her life is far from luxurious. After a childhood spent locked away behind the walls of a convent, she joins the household of the pope, where at last she can be united with her true love. But, all too soon, that love is replaced with an engagement to a boy who is cold and aloof. It soon becomes clear that Catherine will need all the cunning she can...
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"El Hombre que Nació Ayer"Adéntrate en la fascinante historia de un hombre que se proclama como el Buda Maitreya. En este relato revelador, este personaje extraordinario desafía las nociones tradicionales sobre la vida, la felicidad y la espiritualidad.A través de las páginas de este libro, descubre los pensamientos transformadores de este individuo único. Desde cuestionar la relación entre el dinero y el miedo hasta desafiar las estructuras...
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Caravaggio was on a defiant mission to change the art world. Before him, there were pastel-colored idealized visions, polite paintings for a polite society. After him, there were slews of imitators, trying to grasp his brilliant slashes of light and dark, his people who looked more like your neighbor than a model of perfection. Bold with his brush, the young rebel was equally brash in his life, picking fights and getting arrested for things as silly...
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Nach der Schulzeit in Berlin studiert Gustav Behrendt erst in Freiburg, später in München gerät er in die Kreise der Künstler-Boheme der Jahrhundertwende. Immer scheint Gustav abseits zu stehen, im Zustand des Beobachtens zu verharren: zuerst in den Freundschaften als Junge, dann im Verhältnis zu den Frauen.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
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Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne. The Brontë siblings find escape from their constrained lives via their rich imaginations. The glittering world of Verdopolis and the romantic and melancholy world of Gondal literally come to life under their pens, offering the sort of romance and intrigue missing from their isolated parsonage home. But at what price? As Branwell begins to slip into madness and the sisters feel their real lives slipping away,...
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Sara tiene una vida difícil: la pérdida de su madre le obligó a mudarse a Tokio donde, por ser diferente, es marginada por sus compañeros. Sola, se refugia en sus libros de fantasía sin pensar que pronto protagonizará su propia aventura atrapada en un Japón desconocido.
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To save her family, one girl will sacrifice her very identity. Living in poverty in the shadow of the Forbidden City, Daiyu never imagined that the life of the emperor would impact her own. But a chance meeting with a girl who looks exactly like her changes everything. Daiyu's family is offered enough money to support them for life if she only agrees to take the stranger's place at the emperor's selection for new consorts. In order to pull off the...
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