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24101) The bloody Red Baron
Author
Series
Anno Dracula ; 2
Publisher
Carroll & Graf Publishers
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
British and German vampires battle each other as fighter pilots in World War I. Subsequently, a way is found to shape-shift the pilots so they become human planes. The hero is a British pilot who becomes a vampire. By the author of Anno-Dracula.
24102) The devil's weapons
Author
Series
Men at war ; 8
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Dick Canidy and the agents of the OSS scour war-torn Poland looking for a rocket scientist who holds the secrets to the Nazis' most dangerous weapon in this entry in W.E.B. Griffin's New York Times bestselling Men at War series."--
24103) Fear on the phantom special
Author
Publisher
Allison & Busby Limited
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Halloween 1861. A special train with two carriages steams across the Lake District at night on its way to a place notorious for its record of supernatural incidents. Most of those on board have been fortified by alcohol so the mood is boisterous. Lighting inside the carriages is poor and without warning, the lamp goes out in the last compartment of the second carriage, plunging it into darkness. When the special reaches the end of its journey, the...
Publisher
Singing Spring Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"A Light in Winter: Debt-ridden Connor Grayson inherits his uncle's title and ruined estate. But in order to receive his uncle's money, the new Viscount Roxbury must marry an ancient crone--a fate he considers ... until he meets her companion."--
"The Lord of Misrule: Everyone expects the Earl of Morrell to propose to Alice Caruthers during the Christmas holidays. Finally! But when the earl's best friend arrives as the lucky First Foot on New Year's...
24106) Ellie's redemption
Author
Series
Publisher
Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The comforting aroma of fresh baked-and-buttered bread. The hearty spice of cinnamon-oatmeal bars and hot coffee. In 1912 Ohio, The Amish Charm Bakery is the sweet sustaining center of a faith-abiding town built on peace, forgiveness-and ever-surprising love ... Ellie Graber couldn't be happier working at Amish Charm-and making good on a precious chance to reunite with her Amish community. Grief over her mother's death made her rebel and try the...
Author
Publisher
Arctis
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"John Little knew poaching deer would be a risk, but under heel of their Norman lords, the Saxon peasants are starving. When the Sheriff of Nottingham's men destroy John's village for his crime, he flees into the tangle of Sherwood Forest with the only other survivor, a young girl named Marian. But dangers lurk there, too: the outlaw Robin Hood soon takes them prisoner. Robin is all dazzling bravado, dashing looks, and clever tricks--but John discovers...
24108) The Paris notebook
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"January 1939: When Katja Heinz secures a job as a typist at Doctor Viktor's clinic, she doesn't expect to be copying top secret medical records from a notebook. At the end of the first world war, Doctor Viktor treated soldiers for psychological disorders. One of the patients was none other than Adolf Hitler. . . The notes in his possession declare Hitler unfit for office - a secret that could destroy the Führer's reputation, and change the course...
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji are headed for a showdown at Guanyin Temple, where their path converges with Jin Guangyao and Nie Mingjue's reassembled fierce corpse. With decades-long schemes finally unveiled, and terrible secrets unearthed, the events of this rain-battered night will decide not just the future of the entire cultivation world...but also that of a love story two lifetimes in the making"--
Author
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
"On November 8, 1519, Hernan Cortes set foot for the first time on the Mexican island city of Tenochtitlan in the company of 450 Europeans and approximately 6,000 Tlaxcalteca, Cholulteca, Huexotzinca, and Totonac soldiers . . . This novel takes us to the other side of the story, placing the conquistadors on a distant plane, and helping us to understand through the eyes of Moctezuma, Cuitlahuac, and Cuauhtemoc that which they themselves didn't know...
24113) Warriors in the crossfire
Author
Publisher
Front Street
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Joseph helps his family to survive when the natives of Saipan are caught in the crossfire between the Japanese soldiers and the American troops at the end of World War II.
24114) Tortuga en el paraiśo
Author
Publisher
Vintage Espanõl
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
In 1935, when her mother gets a job housekeeping for a woman who does not like children, eleven-year-old Turtle is sent to stay with relatives she has never met in far away Key West, Florida.
24115) Death beside the seaside
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"July 1910. Lady Hardcastle and her tireless sidekick Flo have finally embarked on a long-overdue seaside break. But just as they're wavering between ice creams and donkey rides, their fellow guests start to go missing--and the duo find themselves with a hysterical hotel manager and a case to solve. The first to disappear is Dr Goddard, a scientist doing something terribly top-secret for the government. Gone too are his strongbox and its mysterious...
24117) Far out!
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In 1964 in Totter, Texas, Magnolia Jean Crook--an aspiring detective and a firm believer in UFOs--is desperate to protect her grandmother Mimi against accusations of theft, especially when Mimi's recent memory lapses may signal something serious.
24118) El prodigio
Author
Publisher
Ediciones B
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
"Irlanda, 1840. Anna O'Donnell, una niña de once años, lleva, supuestamente, cuatro meses sin comer. Todos la creen una santa, y recibe visitas a diario. Elizabeth Lib Wright, una joven enfermera, es contratada para vigilarla y otorgar credibilidad al prodigio. Convencida de que se trata de un engaño, Lib se econtrará con que la respuesta no es sencilla ni la que esperaba. La autora de "La habitación" vuelve a ofrecernos una novela brillante,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"It is 1894, and the news of a Transylvanian nobleman's death at the hands of a certain Professor Van Helsing is the talk of London. Unsatisfied at the acquittal of the professor, Mycroft Holmes asks Sherlock to investigate what truly led to the deaths of Lucy Westenra and the mysterious aristocrat. The newspapers are full of inconsistencies and wild supernatural theories, and as Holmes digs deeper, he suspects that those hailed as heroes are not...
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