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1) Cat's cradle
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Dr. Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding 'fathers' of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to the world. For he's the inventor of 'ice-nine', a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker's three eccentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean, to madness. Felix Hoenikker's Death Wish comes true when his last, fatal gift to humankind brings about the end, that for all of us,...
2) Gauntlgrym
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Forgotten realms. Neverwinter volume 1
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English
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Drizzt joins Bruenor on his quest for the fabled dwarven kingdom of Gauntlgrym, but before they even get close, another drow and dwarf pair -- Jarlaxle and Athrogate -- stumbles across it first -- and set into motion a catastrophe that could spell disaster for the unsuspecting people of the city of Neverwinter.
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2011.
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English
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With a singing voice that can shake an auditorium, Judy should be the star of Darcy Academy, the local performing arts high school. So why is a girl this promising hiding out in a seedy motel room on the edge of town? A scathingly funny and moving book about dreams and reality, at once light on its feet and profound.
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For anyone who loves the historical novels of Sara Gruen, Geraldine Brooks, and E.L. Doctorow, a barnstorming tale of an irrepressible, brawling, bawdy era and the remarkable woman who had the courage to match the unique spirit of America's Gilded Age. She was only two feet, eight inches tall, but more than a century later, her legend reaches out to us. As a child, Mercy Lavinia "Vinnie" Warren Bump was encouraged to live a life hidden away from the...
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Escaping the sack of Rome in 1527, with their stomachs churning on the jewels they have swallowed, the courtesan Fiammetta and her dwarf companion, Bucino, head for Venice. Yet as their fortunes rise, this perfect partnership comes under threat, from the searing passion of a lover who wants more than his allotted nights to the attentions of an admiring Turk in search of human novelties for his sultan's court. But Fiammetta and Bucino's greatest challenge...
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Noble dead volume 7
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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Wynn Hygeorht has returned to the Guild of Sagecraft, bearing texts supposedly penned by vampires from the time of the Forgotten History and the Great War. Suspicious of the Guild, Wynn embarks on a quest to uncover the secrets of the texts.
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Series
Forgotten realms. Transitions volume 2
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
347 pages ; 25 cm.
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English
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The Arcane Brotherhood has long held the city of Luskan in their power, but when corruption eats away at their ranks, Captain Deudermont comes to the rescue of a city that has become a safe haven for the Sword Coast's most dangerous pirates. But rescuing a city from itself may not be as easy as Deudermont thinks, and when Drizzt can't talk him out of it, he'll be forced to help.
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Smaug certainly looked fast asleep, almost dead and dark, with scarcely a snore more than a whiff of unseen steam, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out on to the floor when he caught a sudden thin and piercing ray of red from under the drooping lid of Smaug's left eye. He was only pretending to sleep! He was watching the tunnel entrance! Whisked away from his comfortable, unambitious life in his hobbit-hole...
9) Going bovine
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In an attempt to find a cure after being diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob's (aka mad cow) disease, Cameron Smith, a disaffected sixteen-year-old boy, sets off on a road trip with a death-obsessed video gaming dwarf he meets in the hospital.
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The Lord of the Rings volume 0
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English
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A one-volume edition of the trilogy which tells of the quest undertaken by the hobbit Frodo and his companions to journey across Middle-earth and cast the evil One Ring, into the Cracks of Doom. Includes fifty specially commissioned paintings by Alan Lee.
"In this one volume the three parts of The Lord of the rings, The Fellowship of the ring, The two towers, and The Return of the Ring [King], are enhanced by the work of a dedicated artist whose...
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Legends of the First Empire volume 2
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2017.
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English
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The gods have been proven mortal and new heroes will arise as the battle continues in the sequel to Age of Myth—from the author of the Riyria Revelations and Riyria Chronicles series.
In Age of Myth, fantasy master Michael J. Sullivan launched readers on an epic journey of magic and adventure, heroism and betrayal, love and loss. Now the thrilling saga continues as the human uprising is threatened by powerful enemies...
In Age of Myth, fantasy master Michael J. Sullivan launched readers on an epic journey of magic and adventure, heroism and betrayal, love and loss. Now the thrilling saga continues as the human uprising is threatened by powerful enemies...
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From the acclaimed author of Floating in My Mother's Palm and Children and Fire, a stunning story about ordinary people living in extraordinary times—"epic, daring, magnificent, the product of a defining and mesmerizing vision" (Los Angeles Times).
Trudi Montag is a Zwerg—a dwarf—short, undesirable, different, the voice of anyone who has ever tried to fit in. Eventually she learns that being...
Trudi Montag is a Zwerg—a dwarf—short, undesirable, different, the voice of anyone who has ever tried to fit in. Eventually she learns that being...
14) The orc king
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Series
Forgotten realms. Transitions volume 1
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 24 cm.
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English
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15) Albrek's tomb
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Adventurers wanted volume 3
Pub. Date
[2012]
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x, 494 pages ; 22 cm.
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English
Description
Newly-named wizard Alexander Taylor joins a familiar company of adventurers on a new quest to discover the fate of the legendary dwarf Albrek, find his mythical tomb, and locate the lost talisman that could be the key needed to save the entire dwarf realm.
16) Rise of the king
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Forgotten realms. Companions codex volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 25 cm.
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English
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Follows dwarf king Bruenor Battlehammer and his violent feud with the orc kingdom of Many Arrows, as they seek to take advantage of the Sundering chaos.
18) The little giant
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2004.
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29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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When a little giant meets a big dwarf, they realize they are more alike than they seem.
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Bound and the broken volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
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527 pages : maps ; 21 cm.
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English
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Born in fire. Tempered in blood. Epheria is a land divided by war and mistrust. The High Lords of the south squabble and fight, only kept in check by the Dragonguard, traitors of a time long past, who serve the empire of the North.vIn the remote villages of southern Epheria, still reeling from the tragic loss of his brother, Calen Bryer prepares for The Proving--a test of courage and skill that not all survive. But when three strangers arrive in the...
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Noble dead volume 8
Pub. Date
[2011]
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453 pages : map ; 18 cm.
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English
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Wynn is determined to recover the ancient texts she brought back from the castle in the Farlands. She must journey to the mountain stronghold of the dwarves in search of the "Stonewalkers".
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