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Trylogia husycka ; 2
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Forced to come out of hiding, Reynevan, while on a dangerous secret mission for the Hussite leaders, uses this opportunity to avenge the death of his brother and discover the whereabouts of his beloved."--
Author
Series
Trylogia husycka ; 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Reinmar of Bielawa, sometimes known as Reynevan, is a healer, a magician, and according to some, a charlatan. When a thoughtless indiscretion forces him to flee his home, he finds himself pursued not only by brothers bent on vengeance but by the Holy Inquisition. In a time when tensions between Hussite and Catholic countries are threatening to turn into war and mystical forces are gathering in the shadows, Reynevan's journey will lead him to the...
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English
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Yes, but what is Perdido Street Station about? To oversimplify: the eccentric scientist Isaac Dan der Grimnebulin is hired to restore the power of flight to a cruelly de-winged birdman. Isaac's secret lover is Lin, an artist of the khepri, a humano-insectoid race; theirs is a forbidden relationship. Lin is hired (rather against her will) by a mysterious crime boss to capture his horrifying likeness in the unique khepri art form. Isaac's quest for...
5) Refuge
Author
Publisher
Stillwater River Publications
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A national election broken by once unthinkable laws and political violence. Tens of millions of fearful Americans demanded safety and security. The new far right president obliged, using the crisis as a pretext to declare a national emergency and pass sweeping laws that targeted political opponents and dissenters as domestic terrorists. The United States of American falls into one party autocracy." --
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Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
San Francisco lawyer Willa Jansson becomes involved with spies, smugglers, and a jailed poet as she searches Havana for her missing mother. The mother failed to return from a goodwill visit to Cuba, which she made with a group of women.
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Marj Charlier's The Rebel Nun is based on the true story of Clotild, the daughter of a sixth-century king and his concubine, who leads a rebellion of nuns against the rising misogyny and patriarchy of the medieval church. At that time, women are afforded few choices in life: prostitution, motherhood, or the cloister. Only the latter offers them any kind of independence. By the end of the sixth century, even this is eroding as the church begins to...
Author
Publisher
Arcade Pub
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
When the love of her life goes off to war and never returns, Vera pines away for her lost fella and refuses to consider anyone else for over thirty years. However, when a young researcher comes to her village and finds out about her and falls in love with her, can he convince Vera that his love is true?
13) Light perpetual
Author
Series
Trylogia husycka ; 3
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In fifteenth-century war-riddled Bohemia, Reynevan, on the run from both human and mystical enemies, must set aside his history as a peaceful healer and idealist and play the brutal role of Hussite spy to survive as the world around him is forever changed."--
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Language
English
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Description
Driven by the desire to do good in the world, Hamou Badi, marked by djinns, becomes an officer of the law in Casablanca under the French Protectorate and is caught in the crossfire as the fight for Moroccan independence erupts, forcing him to choose between all he knows and all he loves.
15) The glass box
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Riley Diaz was born to fight back. When she's incarcerated under the authority of a shadowy new defense act, Riley is sent to one of a growing number of American Renewal Centers (ARCs)-institutions modeled after psychiatric facilities-for mandatory reeducation. Forced therapy, involuntary medication, solitary confinement, restricted rations, and more are all in the ARC program's bag of dirty tricks designed to break down dissidents. Give in, and...
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Publisher
Umbriel
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
1970, Ciudad de México. Maite trabaja como secretaria, pero solo vive para una cosa: la siguiente entrega de «Romance secreto». Las protestas estudiantiles y la inestabilidad política asedian la ciudad, pero ella se evade de todo gracias a esas maravillosas historias de pasión y riesgo. La vecina de la puerta de al lado, una atractiva estudiante de arte llamada Leonora, parece llevar una vida repleta de intriga y romance, algo que Maite envidia....
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