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83) The it girls
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From New York Times bestselling author Karen Harper comes a novel based on the lives of two amazing sisters . . .
One sailed the Titanic and started a fashion empire . . .
The other overtook Hollywood and scandalized the world . . .
Together, they were unstoppable.
They rose from genteel poverty, two beautiful sisters, ambitious, witty, seductive. Elinor and Lucy Sutherland are at once each other's fiercest supporters and most vicious critics.
Lucy...
Pub. Date
1996
Description
An illustrated survey of the Renaissance, the period of European history ranging from the fourteenth through the seventeenth century which marked the emergence of the modern world from the dark ages, discussing over 100 topics, divided among the eight major themes of intellectual, political, religious, economic, social, technological, artistic, and architectural life.
87) The everlasting
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Pub. Date
2020
Description
Spanning two thousand years, The Everlasting follows four characters whose struggles resonate across the centuries: an early Christian child martyr; a medieval monk on crypt duty in a church; a Medici princess of Moorish descent; and a contemporary field biologist conducting an illicit affair. Outsiders to a city dense with history, this quartet separated by time grapples with the physicality of bodies, the necessity for sacrifice, and the power of...
88) The Poison Bed
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Pub. Date
2019
Description
A spellbinding thriller set in the Jacobean Court of 1615 surrounding a famed couple imprisoned on suspicion of murder-but was it Lord Robert or Lady Frances who committed the crime? A marriage. A murder. One of them did it. Which of them will die for it? In the autumn of 1615, scandal rocks the Jacobean court, when a celebrated couple, Robert and Frances Carr, are imprisoned on suspicion of murder. Frances is young, captivating, and from a notorious...
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My big fat zombie goldfish volume 6
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Description
In the first of two stories, zombie goldfish Frankie is good at saving the day, but the medieval day reenactment joust may be too much, and in the second story, Tom's evil brother clones a Jurassic carp, putting the school in danger.