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1) Prelude
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World-renowned conductor David Somers never wanted the investment firm he inherited from his domineering grandfather. He only wanted to be a composer. But no matter how he struggles, David can't translate the music in his head into notes on paper. When a guest violinist at the Chicago Symphony falls ill, David meets Alex Bishop, a last-minute substitute. Alex's fame and outrageous tattoos fail to move David. Then Alex puts bow to string, and David...
2) Prelude
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Facing down the insanity of the Chaoticum, Captain Ganse leads a handpicked team of Aether Guards on patrol.Long trained and battled hardened, this band of heroes must forsake magic and hunt the vile Spawn with deadly determination, simple brutal weapons and obscure advice buried in an ancient book.What starts as another routine sweep soon becomes a battle for survival as they are challenged by horrors powerful beyond record. Now, not even skill,...
3) Prelude
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A HOPE, LONG EXTINGUISHED, RESURRECTED IN THE NOTES OF A WITCH'S SONG
Wren Nocturne, a long-dead witch, wakes up cold, alone, but very much alive on the floor of a haunted asylum, in a present where witches are naught but ash in the wind.
Bloodbound by her summoners, Wren rises, beholden to their dying wish for vengeance. But Wren's past returns to haunt her as she crosses paths with her ex-lover, Kaito Miyazaki - the technomancer who betrayed her....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 21
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It is the year 12,020 G.E. and Emperor Cleon I sits uneasily on the Imperial throne of Trantor. Here in the great multidomed capital of the Galactic Empire, forty billion people have created a civilization of unimaginable technological and cultural complexity. Yet Cleon knows there are those who would see him fall--those whom he would destroy if only he could read the future. Hari Seldon has come to Trantor to deliver his paper on psychohistory, his...
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"Ghost story, love story, and mystery in equal measure, Helene Dunbar's Prelude for Lost Souls is filled with unforgettable characters who reveal the many ways a life can be haunted. Perfect for fans of The Raven Boys."—Lisa Maxwell, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Magician series
From acclaimed author Helene Dunbar comes a spellbinding young adult book about a small town filled with spiritualists
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An authoritative study of World War I's often-overlooked Romanian front. In contrast to the trench-war deadlock on the Western Front, combat in Romania and Transylvania in 1916 foreshadowed the lightning warfare of World War II. When Romania joined the Allies and invaded Transylvania without warning, the Germans responded by unleashing a campaign of bold, rapid infantry movements, with cavalry providing cover or pursuing the crushed foe. Hitting where...
14) Prelude to War
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With the destruction of the Earth ship Colossus the 3rd interstellar war is about to begin. The Cabal plan to reveal their political intentions to the Galaxy, but before they can, they have to eliminate their enemies first. Athena and her whole family are in their sights along with anyone that stands in the way of progress and control. Who will survive the onslaught and who will die? Only time will tell.
Join Athena, Wilson and the CATTs as they...
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Lady Justine is willing to trade her good name, her reputation and her place in London's gossip-hungry ton to secure her father's release from prison. But when the notorious Duke of Bradford counters her offer with a proposal of marriage, the stakes grow higher still. For while the smoldering lord is famous for his conquests, the man is oblivious to both her devotion and her charms. And Justine is soon afraid she has wagered all for naught....
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Perfect Pages Literary Management, Inc
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2017
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When a glamorous young couple, who appear to have everything going for them, are found dead in their house on his fiancée's street, Scottish barrister Rex Graves feels compelled to get involved in the case. Helen is less enthusiastic. He had promised to dedicate the weekend to planning their wedding, not solving a juicy double murder.
By the bestselling author of Christmas Is Murder.
*Starred Review*: "The first installment
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Dive deeper into the world of the Dreambetween...Preludes & Elegies is the essential companion volume for readers of the historical fantasy series, The Dreambetween Symphony. Within these pages are new tales of the Dreambetween and reference material for the series, including...La Chanson du Sang. A nineteenth century orphan lives in perpetual fear of his family's legacy of madness.
Reunion (Kiss Me). A family reunion of dreamers in the 1980's inspires...
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An arranged marriage, an abusive family, a dream of freedom in America just out of reach....
After Meg Westmoreland's father mysteriously dies, when she's a small child, her life quickly spirals out of control. Her mother is mean and manipulative; her uncle abusive in a way Meg won't even speak of. Getting away from them becomes an obsession. When she discovers she's been promised to a wealthy American, she'll do whatever she must to flee the only...
20) Prelude: A Novel
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Seventeen-year-old Kim is a student at one of Britain's most extraordinary institutions, Eton College-crammed with over a thousand boys and not a girl in sight. His head is full of the Falklands War and a possible army career-until the day he hears his new piano teacher, India, a beautiful but pained young woman, playing a prelude from Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier.
Kim's life will never be the same again. An intensely passionate affair develops...
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