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Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Munich, 1956. Bernie Gunther has a new name, a chip on his shoulder, and a dead-end career when an old friend arrives to repay a debt and encourages 'Christof Ganz' to take a job as a claims adjuster ... Bernie begins to investigate a claim by Siegfried Witzel, a brutish former Wehrmacht soldier who served in Greece during the war. Witzel's claimed losses ... may be the stolen spoils of Greek Jews deported to Auschwitz. But when Bernie tries to confront...
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Last apprentice volume 6
Pub. Date
2010, ©2009.
Language
English
Description
As the Spook's apprentice, Tom Ward must protect the country from the creatures of the dark. But now a dangerous ancient witch, Ordeen is about to rise. If Tom joins the army Tom's mother has mustered to confront Ordeen, the Spook will abandon him as his apprentice. What sacrifices will be made for the battle against the dark?
44) Death ex machina
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Athenian mysteries volume 5
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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"It's the time of the Great Dionysia, the largest arts festival of the ancient world, held each year in honor of Dionysos, the god of wine. But there's a problem: A ghost is haunting Athens's grand theater. Nicolaos and his clever partner in sleuthing (and now in matrimony), the priestess Diotima, are hired to rid the theater of the ghost so that the festival can begin. With the help of Theokritos, the High Priest of Dionysos, they exorcise the ghost...
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"Farlingaye Hall is a beautiful hotel in Suffolk on the east coast of England. Unfortunately, it is also the site of the brutal murder of Frank Parris, a retired advertising executive. Stefan Codrescu, a Romanian maintenance man, is arrested after police find blood spatter on his clothes and bed linen. He is found guilty and spends eight years in prison. It appears an open and shut case, but there is more than meets the eye. Alan Conway, the late...
46) Lion's legacy
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Series
Tennessee Russo books volume 1
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Seventeen-year-old Tennessee Russo joins his estranged father in his search for ancient rings belonging to the Sacred Band of Thebes. Seventeen-year-old Tennessee Russo's life is imploding. His boyfriend has been cheating on him, and all his friends know about it. Worse, they expect him to just accept his ex's new relationship and make nice. So when his father, a famous archaeologist and reality show celebrity whom he hasn't seen in two years, shows...
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"Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis never told a lie. When the Nazi's invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading towards 'new homes' where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy goes to the station platform every day and reassures...
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Adventure series (Enid Blyton) volume 6
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
All the children are aboard for a quiet cruise among the Greek islands. But when Jack's pet parrot breaks a birthday present, all the children are plunged into an exciting quest to find the lost treasure of the "Andra" with some ruthless villains hot on their trail.
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Series
Magic tree house volume 16
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Español
Description
Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to retrieve a lost story in ancient Greece, where they witness the original Olympic games and are surprised to find what girls of the time were not allowed to do.
52) Vacation wars
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
Description
Tessa is thrilled to be spending the weeks before her twin sister's wedding on the Greek island of Santorini. Then her sister decides it's time for Tessa to find some love herself: they made a deal back in high school, after all! Trying to avoid her sister's matchmaking attempts, Tessa finds an ally in her childhood crush, Myles, who works at the resort and is dealing with some family conflict of his own. Together they navigate their way through their...
53) Olympus at war
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Series
Pegasus series (Kate O'Hearn) volume 2
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Moving to Jupiter's palace on Mount Olympus with her friends after being recognized as the Flame, Emily resolves to save her father from the CRU prison and sneaks away only to become entangled in a new invasion by the Nirads.
54) Ithaca
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Songs of Penelope volume 1
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"Seventeen years ago, King Odysseus sailed to war with Troy, taking with him every man of fighting age from the island of Ithaca. None of them has returned, and the women of Ithaca have been left behind to run the kingdom. Penelope was barely into womanhood when she wed Odysseus. While he lived, her position was secure. But now, years on, speculation is mounting that her husband is dead, and suitors are beginning to knock at her door. No one man is...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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The Right Path: "On a dream vacation in Greece, Morgan James is enjoying the beautiful island paradise of sun, surf, and sand. That dream becomes a nightmare when she emerges from the ocean after a midnight, moonlit swim to find herself face-to-face with a man wielding a knife. Warning her to say nothing to no one about his presence, he vanishes. Morgan sees him the very next day, visiting the home of her hosts. Greek tycoon Nicholas Gregoras appears...
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Songs of Penelope volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
On the isle of Ithaca, queen Penelope maintains a delicate balance of power. Many years ago, her husband Odysseus sailed to war with Troy and never came home. In his absence, Penelope uses all her cunning to keep the peace-a peace that is shattered by the return of Orestes, King of Mycenae, and his sister Elektra. Orestes' hands are stained with his mother's blood. Not so long ago, the son of Agamemnon took Queen Clytemnestra's life on Ithaca's sands....
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Geronimo Stilton (Graphic novels) volume 10
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Geronimo and his friends travel back in time to the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 to keep the pirate cats from ruining the Games.
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Goddess girls graphic novel volume 4
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Everyone sees Artemis, goddess of the hunt, as the bravest goddess girl at Mount Olympus Academy. What her classmates and best friends don't realize is that sometimes she isn't as courageous as she seems. And, when Orion--a foreign exchange student from Earth--enters the picture, she is even more nervous than usual! Can Artemis prove to her friends, and herself, that she can live up to her name?"--
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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The King and the Queen of the Fairies are quarreling - and everyone around them must pay the price! The Duke of Athens and his bride-to-be, a company of hapless amateur actors, two pairs of star-crossed lovers... no one is safe from the wicked eye and cunning spells of the King's impish servant, Puck. Not even the Queen herself! Manga Classics brings you an easy-to-read version of A Midsummer Night's Dream with FULLY ADAPTED MODERN ENGLISH text of...
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