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"Sylah dreams of days growing up in the resistance, being told she would spark a revolution that would free the Empire from the red-blooded ruling classes' tyranny. That spark was extinguished the day she watched her family murdered before her eyes. Anoor has been told she's nothing, no one, a disappointment by the only person who matters: her mother, the most powerful ruler in the Empire. But dust always rises in a storm. Hassa moves through the...
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Mistborn novels volume 1
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Tor
Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
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Experiencing an epiphany within the most daunting prison of the monstrous Lord Ruler, half-Skaa Kelsier finds himself taking on the powers of a Mistborn, and teams up with ragged orphan Vin in a desperate plot to save their world.
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"It is November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found dead near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic. The official state newspaper reports their death as accidental. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of Gen. Rafael Leonidas Trujillo's dictatorship. It doesn't have to. Everybody knows of Las...
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DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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After the ambush to the Novantae resistance, the survivors scatter across the galaxy. Then Ariadne receives a message: the Oracle has gone rogue. The AI wants One's daughter back and will do anything to get her. The seven devils realize they must get to the heart of the Empire and destroy the Oracle, no matter the sacrifice.
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2023.
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"Jovita didn't want to cook and clean like her sisters, and she especially didn't want to wear the skirts her abuela gave her. She wanted to race her brothers and climb the tallest mesquite trees in Rancho Palos Blancos, ride horses, and wear pants! Whenher father and brothers joined the Cristeros War to fight for the right to practice religion, she wanted to help. She wasn't allowed to fight, but that didn't stop her from observing how her father...
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Counterpoint Press
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2020.
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English
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"Fleeing the ravages of wartime Vienna, Pepa and her family find safe harbor in the small town of El Castillo, on the banks of the San Juan River in Nicaragua. There her parents seek to eradicate Yellow Fever while Pepa falls under the spell of the jungle and the town's eccentric inhabitants. But Pepa's life - including her relationship with local boy Guillermo - comes to a halt when her family abruptly moves to New York, leaving the young girl disoriented...
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Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Annie MacPherson's world was torn apart when her family's castle was ravaged during the war. Determined to aid her countrymen, she braves the battlefield and finds gravely wounded Lieutenant Craig MacLean. Soon her heart belongs to the fierce warrior. Annie MacPherson's world was torn apart when her family's castle was ravaged during the war. Determined to aid her countrymen, she braves the battlefield and finds gravely wounded Lieutenant Craig MacLean....
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En el 25 de noviembre de 1960, tres hermanas son encontradas asesinadas después de visitar a sus maridos, los líderes rebeldes, como sospechados y encarcelados. Las hermanas llegaron a ser mártires, conocido como "Las Mariposas." Ellos tuvieron a una cuarta hermana que vive, y Alvarez dice el cuento de las hermanas, encuadrado por la hermana sobreviviente.
On November 25, 1960, three sisters are found assassinated after visiting their husbands,...
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Fantagraphics Books, Inc
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2023.
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English
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"In 1971, the FBI put Angela Davis on their 10 Most Wanted List because they alleged that she orchestrated a politically motivated Marin County courtroom gunfight. She went to prison despite her protestations of innocence. Soon the entire world would know her story and demand her freedom. In 1972, she was found not guilty by an all-white jury. Ms Davis is the story of her dedication to the fight for justice"--
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