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Glorious Exploits : A Novel
Lennon, FerdiaHenry Holt and Co. 2024An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history. On the island of Sicily amid the Peloponnesian War, the Syracusans have figured out w...
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Medea
Quin, EilishAtria Books 2024Discover the full story of the sorceress Medea, one of the most reviled and maligned women of Greek antiquity, in this propulsive and evocative debut in the tradition of Circe, Ele...
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The Whispering Muse : The most spellbinding gothic novel of the year, packed with passion and suspense
Purcell, LauraBloomsbury Publishing (UK) 2023 UnabridgedThe perfect gothic, dark tale to curl up with this winter _______________ 'Laura Purcell, a skilful purveyor of gothic tales, has created another darkly twisting narrative in The...
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Stone Blind
Haynes, NataliePan Macmillan 2022 UnabridgedLonglisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023 This audio edition is read by the author, Natalie Haynes. In Stone Blind, the instant Sunday Times bestseller, Natalie Haynes brin...
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As the Shadow Rises
Pool, Katy RoseMacmillan Audio 2020 UnabridgedSix of Crows meets Graceling with a dash of Winter is Coming in Katy Rose Pool's second installment of the action-packed and swoon-worthy Age of Darkness series—As the Shadow Rises...
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Lost in Thought : The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
Hitz, ZenaPrinceton University Press 2020An invitation to readers from every walk of life to rediscover the impractical splendors of a life of learning In an overloaded, superficial, technological world, in which almost e...
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There Will Come a Darkness
Pool, Katy RoseMacmillan Audio 2019 UnabridgedLeigh Bardugo's Six of Crows meets Kristin Cashore's Graceling, with a dash of Winter is Coming, in this showstopping debut YA fantasy! "A can't miss debut from an exciting new ta...
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Selfie : How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It's Doing to Us
Storr, WillABRAMS, Inc. 2019"An intriguing odyssey" though the history of the self and the rise of narcissism (The New York Times). Self-absorption, perfectionism, personal branding—it wasn't always like this...
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The Road to Sparta : Running in the Footsteps of the Original Ultramarathon Man
Karnazes, DeanAtlantic Books 2017In 490 BCE Pheidippides ran for 36 hours straight from Athens to Sparta to seek help in defending Athens from a Persian invasion. He was hailed as a hero and his run stands endurin...
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Greece: A Short History of a Long Story, 7,000 BCE to the Present
Thomas, Carol G.John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 2015 1. utgåvaGreece: A Short History of a Long Story presents a comprehensive overview of the history of Greece by exploring the continuity of Greek culture from its Neolithic origins to the mo...
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Soldier of the Mist : Latro Series, Book 1
Wolfe, GeneTor Publishing Group 1986The first volume of Gene Wolfe's powerful story of Latro, a Roman mercenary who received a head injury that deprived him of his short-term memory. In return it gave him the ability...