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WolfeAx: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMagnus de Wolfe, who takes after his Viking forefathers, has his story told in a unique and powerful way. The story of a love nearly lost… but for an angel. Paternal grandson of England's greatest knight, son of the man known as Nighthawk, and grandson on his mother's side of a Norse king, Magnus de Wolfe has the blood of elite and royal warriors flowing through his veins... -
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BattleWolfe: A Medieval Romance by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA super-star knight with a de Wolfe pedigree… and the Scottish rose who saves his life.In the turbulent lands of the English/Scottish border, their love wasn't meant to last.... but no one loves as strongly as a de Wolfe... -
![The Dark Conqueror by Kathryn Le Veque]()
The Dark Conqueror by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTitan Medieval Houses go head to head in this sweeping and poignant Medieval Romance!When the House of de Lohr (Rise of the Defender) and the House of de Velt (The Dark Lord) come together through their children, anything can happen—and anything does!Cassian de Velt came to foster with Christopher de Lohr at a young age... -
![Highlander The Cursed Lord by Donna Fletcher]()
Highlander The Cursed Lord by Donna Fletcher
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe time has come for a curse that has plagued three clans for 20 years to meet its fate at the hands of three women who hold the key to its destruction... -
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![The Gift of Black Isle by Keira Montclair]()
The Gift of Black Isle by Keira Montclair
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTruth can be the most difficult gift to acceptRiley Cameron has watched her beloved cousins and finally her sister all find their Happily Ever Afters with the men of Clan Matheson. Now all the Matheson brothers are taken, and Riley stands alone. She's beginning to think she might never find someone to love... -
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Abducted Brides by Kathryn Le Veque
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a knight’s lady is taken, the beast in him comes alive. Welcome to the ABDUCTED BRIDES collection, FIVE FULL-LENGTH Medieval Romance novels with over a thousand pages of Medieval greatness, all by USA Today Bestselling author Kathryn Le Veque. In days of old, men were ruthless and women were fiery... -
![Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera: A Reader's Guide by Thomas Fahy]()
Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera: A Reader's Guide by Thomas Fahy
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis is part of a new series of guides to contemporary novels. The aim of the series is to give readers accessible and informative introductions to some of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential novels of recent years from The Remains of the Day to White Teeth... -
![Bonesetter by Laurence E. Dahners]()
Bonesetter by Laurence E. Dahners
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlternate cover edition for ASIN: B003ODI7Z0This is a "coming of age" story about a boy who learns to "set bones" in caveman times... -
![The Summoning God by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear]()
The Summoning God by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStep back into the year A.D. 1263...and the secret lair of a killer. He walks the ruins of a dying civilization, stalking the weak, the chosen, stalking them into terror.When War Chief Browser stumbles into a subterranean ceremonial chamber filled with headless bodies, he know it is just the beginning. The darkness that has haunted him for most of his life has returned...Categorized as:
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![People of the Masks by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear]()
People of the Masks by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAs the prophets have foretold, a child of power has been born unto the Turtle People of the Iroquois Nation. The Elders call him False Face Child, for he is the son of a powerful spirit. A living talisman, the child has inhuman eyes--black mirrors, ageless and deep--and all fear him.All but Jumping Badger, the most powerful war leader of the Bear People... -
![Cave of the Wind by Avery Kloss]()
Cave of the Wind by Avery Kloss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTorn between two men, Peta fears Greggor’s wrath, begging Ronan to flee to a safe place. With Peta pregnant again, they seek shelter with a clan over the mountain, until tragedy strikes. Alone and terrified, Peta encounters a group of people who claim to know her, the women there similar in appearance...Categorized as:
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![Chamber of Bears by Avery Kloss]()
Chamber of Bears by Avery Kloss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUnited with Ronan and Enwan, Peta is surrounded by the beauty that is the green valley, the trio happily preparing for the arrival of a baby. While she forages, three hunters kidnap Peta, intending on handing her over to their leader, a man by the name of Greggor. Upset by this prospect—Greggor being responsible for so much heartache—Peta secures her freedom, intending on returning to Ronan...Categorized as:
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![War in the Wilderness by Adam Lofthouse]()
War in the Wilderness by Adam Lofthouse
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGermania, winter, AD 168. Balomar, King of the Marcomanni and leader of the united army of the tribes, broods and drinks his way through the long winter as his alliance falls apart. He won great fame when he destroyed the Fourteenth legion and brought his army to Italian soil. Rome will not let his victory go unanswered; new legions have been formed, and their spear tips point north... -
![Provoked by the Highland Brute by Ava McArthur]()
Provoked by the Highland Brute by Ava McArthur
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Scottish Medieval Historical Romance No one has ever tamed this man. Because no one has ever dared to love him… Marrying for the sake of her family has always been the plan for Kirsten. She'd entertained the idea of freedom once or twice in the past, but she knew that ultimately, her future was non-negotiable. Indeed after her father's sudden death, her betrothal is quickly arranged as expected... -
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![Marching With Caesar: Conquest of Gaul by R.W. Peake]()
Marching With Caesar: Conquest of Gaul by R.W. Peake
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTitus Pullus joined the 10th Legion in 61 BC as a young boy looking for adventure with his childhood friend. Forty-two years later, Titus looks back on the beginning of his career when he was a Legionary, Marching With Caesar, as the greatest Roman of all conducted one of the most notable military campaigns of all time, the Conquest of Gaul...Categorized as:
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![Neander (Neander, #1) by Harald Johnson]()
Neander (Neander, #1) by Harald Johnson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"My God. These people really ARE Neanderthals!"At an archeological dig in Gibraltar, a boat explosion shatters the hopes of science journalist Tom Cook. His pregnant fiancée was on the boat and is missing.During the search, things go from bad to worse when Tom plunges through a time portal and into the strange and dangerous era of the Neanderthals... -
![Greek Lyric Poetry by M.L. West]()
Greek Lyric Poetry by M.L. West
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Greek lyric, elegiac and iambic poets of the two centuries from 650 to 450 BCE - Archilochus and Alcman, Sappho and Mimnermus, Anacreon, Simonides, and the rest - produced some of the finest poetry of antiquity, perfect in form, spontaneous in expression, reflecting all the joys and anxieties of their personal lives and of the societies in which they lived...Categorized as:
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![Little Grunt and the Big Egg by Tomie dePaola]()
Little Grunt and the Big Egg by Tomie dePaola
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA boy brings home a big egg that hatches into a dinosaur...Categorized as:
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![Almost Adam by Petru Popescu]()
Almost Adam by Petru Popescu
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a remote region of Kenya, American anthropologist Ken Lauder is about to make a discovery that will challenge everything we've ever believed about the missing link and the ascent of humankind; a boy who should not exist..a race that defies logic..inhabiting a secret world that cannot be...A wolrd Ken Lauder may never escape...alive. A vivid reimagining of primordal man...Categorized as:
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![The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us by Stephen Brusatte]()
The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us by Stephen Brusatte
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA sweeping and revelatory new history of mammals, illuminating the lost story of the extraordinary family tree that led to us Though humans claim to rule the Earth, we are the inheritors of a dynasty that has reigned over the planet for nearly 66 million years, through fiery cataclysm and ice ages: the mammals...Categorized as:
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![The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066 by Marc Morris]()
The Anglo-Saxons A History of the Beginnings of England: 400–1066 by Marc Morris
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA sweeping and original history of the Anglo-Saxons by national bestselling author Marc Morris.Sixteen hundred years ago Britain left the Roman Empire and swiftly fell into ruin. Grand cities and luxurious villas were deserted and left to crumble, and civil society collapsed into chaos...Categorized as:
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![Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth by David Burnie]()
Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth by David Burnie
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith an extensive catalog at its heart, Prehistoric Life profiles hundreds of fascinating species in incredible detail. The story starts in earnest 3.8 billion years ago, with the earliest-known form of life on Earth, a bacteria that still exists today, and journeys through action-packed millennia, charting the appearance of new life forms as well as devastating extinction events...Categorized as:
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![The Lost River: On The Trail of the Sarasvati by Michel Danino]()
The Lost River: On The Trail of the Sarasvati by Michel Danino
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Lost River explores the geography, history, and mythology, of the Sarasvati river, drawing from various sources like folklore, the Vedas, archaeology, local practices, history, geology, and meteorology. The book explains that the river, its very existence, and its course have been discussed and speculated over for years... -
![Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times by Elizabeth Wayland Barber]()
Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times by Elizabeth Wayland Barber
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNew discoveries about the textile arts reveal women's unexpectedly influential role in ancient societies.Twenty thousand years ago, women were making and wearing the first clothing created from spun fibers. In fact, right up to the Industrial Revolution the fiber arts were an enormous economic force, belonging primarily to women...Categorized as:
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![The Other Side of History : Daily Life in the Ancient World by Robert Garland]()
The Other Side of History : Daily Life in the Ancient World by Robert Garland
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLook beyond the abstract dates and figures, kings and queens, and battles and wars that make up so many historical accounts. Over the course of 48 richly detailed lectures, Professor Garland covers the breadth and depth of human history from the perspective of the so-called ordinary people, from its earliest beginnings through the Middle Ages...Categorized as:
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![A History of the World in 100 Objects 6 Copy Counter Display by Neil MacGregor]()
A History of the World in 100 Objects 6 Copy Counter Display by Neil MacGregor
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe blockbuster "New York Times" bestseller and the companion volume to the wildly popular radio series Neil MacGregor has blazed an unusual path to international renown. As director of the British Museum, he organized an exhibit that aimed to tell the history of humanity through the stories of one hundred objects made, used, venerated, or discarded by man...Categorized as:
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![Tutankhamun and the Tomb that Changed the World by Bob Brier]()
Tutankhamun and the Tomb that Changed the World by Bob Brier
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA major new look at the treasures and mysteries of Tutankhamun's tomb on the centenary of its discovery.It is often thought that the story of Tutankhamun ended when the thousands of items discovered by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon were transported to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and put on display. But there is far more to Tutankhamun's story...Categorized as:
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![Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline by Paul M.M. Cooper]()
Fall of Civilizations: Stories of Greatness and Decline by Paul M.M. Cooper
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLandmark world history from the creator of the Top Ten podcast Fall of Civilizations.Based on the podcast with over 100 million downloads, Fall of Civilizations brilliantly explores how a range of ancient societies rose to power and sophistication, and how they tipped over into collapse... -
![The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber, David Wengrow]()
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber, David Wengrow
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions about social evolution—from the development of agriculture and cities to the origins of the state, democracy, and inequality—and revealing new possibilities for human emancipation...Categorized as:
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![500 Nations: An Illustrated History of North American Indians by Alvin M. Josephy Jr.]()
500 Nations: An Illustrated History of North American Indians by Alvin M. Josephy Jr.
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA book that grew from an eight-hour TV series, this is the epic and unforgettable story of the history, lore, legends, and legacy of North American Indians...
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