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THREE YOUNG WOMEN. THREE DARK DESTINIES.ONE CHANCE TO CHANGE EVERYTHING.
BRIDE OF DREAMS In order to escape her mother's war-torn legacy, Diya must marry. Nevertheless, she is pulled between her own desire to explore the lands beyond her home and her duty to end decades of hostility through an arranged marriage. But when her wedding day brings a curse upon her betrothed, Diya must rescue his soul from the gods-or risk the destruction of their villages.
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In 1519, Pedro, a Franciscan priest, sets sail from Cuba with Hernan Cortes' brutal expedition to South America. Though filled with passion for adventure and converting native peoples to Catholicism, Pedro is unprepared for the shocking barbarity he is about to encounter.
Accompanying Pedro is his friend Aguilar, who spent eight nightmarish years enslaved by natives after being shipwrecked. As the journey to Mexico City grows increasingly treacherous...
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[2006]
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First edition.
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Once upon a time, philosophy was a dangerous business-and for no one more so than for Baruch Spinoza, the seventeenth-century philosopher vilified by theologians and political authorities everywhere as "the atheist Jew." As his inflammatory manuscripts circulated underground, Spinoza lived a humble existence in The Hague, grinding optical lenses to make ends meet. Meanwhile, in the glittering salons of Paris, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was climbing...
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An ordinary woman, a mystic stone, and a truth that will change their lives . . . Caitlin Reed is a simple woman living a simple life until Ewen MacLean crashes into her world, and an old family enemy resurfaces to accuse her of harboring a magic stone. Now, plunged into a world of time-travel and magic, she and Ewen have ten days to locate the Tempus Stone. Or people die. Ten days to discover the real danger may not be the villain holding them hostage,...
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2018.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, himself a refugee, brings together a host of prominent refugee writers from around the world to explore and illuminate their experiences. Poignant and insightful, this collection of essays reveals moments of uncertainty, resilience int he face of trauma, and a reimagining of identity. The Displaced is a powerful look at what it means to be forced to leave home and find a place of refuge. -- Adapted...
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