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Author
Series
Bright Empires volume 2
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Kit Livingstone is on the run, hunted by the Burley Men, as he tries to piece together a map that reveals the hidden dimensions of the multiverse. Kit, however, is not the only one traveling through time and space to influence the future of the future.
23) Burr: A Novel
Author
Series
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
For readers who can’t get enough of the hit Broadway musical Hamilton,Gore Vidal’s stunning novel about Aaron Burr, the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel—and who served as a successful, if often feared, statesman of our fledgling nation.
Here is an extraordinary portrait of one of the most complicated—and misunderstood—figures among the Founding Fathers. In 1804, while serving...
Here is an extraordinary portrait of one of the most complicated—and misunderstood—figures among the Founding Fathers. In 1804, while serving...
24) Hollywood
Author
Series
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hollywood marks the fifth episode in Gore Vidal's "Narratives of Empire," his celebrated series of six historical novels that form his extended biography of the United States.
It is 1917, and President Woodrow Wilson is about to lead the country into the Great War in Europe. In California, a new industry is born that will irreversibly transform America. Caroline Sanford, the alluring heroine...
It is 1917, and President Woodrow Wilson is about to lead the country into the Great War in Europe. In California, a new industry is born that will irreversibly transform America. Caroline Sanford, the alluring heroine...
25) Lincoln: A Novel
Author
Series
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lincoln is the cornerstone of Gore Vidal's fictional American chronicle, which includes Burr, 1876, Washington, D.C., Empire, and Hollywood. It opens early on a frozen winter morning in 1861, when President-elect Abraham Lincoln slips into Washington, flanked by two bodyguards. The future president is in disguise, for there is talk of a plot to murder him. During the next four years there will be numerous plots to murder this man who has sworn to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Golden Age is the concluding volume in Gore Vidal's celebrated and bestselling Narratives of Empire series-a unique pageant of the national experience from the United States' entry into World War Two to the end of the Korean War.
The historical novel is once again in vogue, and Gore Vidal stands as its undisputed American master. In his six previous narratives of the American empire-Burr, Lincoln, 1876, Empire, Hollywood, and Washington,...
The historical novel is once again in vogue, and Gore Vidal stands as its undisputed American master. In his six previous narratives of the American empire-Burr, Lincoln, 1876, Empire, Hollywood, and Washington,...
Author
Series
Broken empire volume 2
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
After finding ancient, magical artifacts hidden in a chamber beneath the castle, King Jorg plots to use them against the twenty thousand members of the enemy's approaching army.
28) Prince of thorns
Author
Series
Broken empire volume 1
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2012, ©2011
Language
English
Description
After witnessing the murder of his mother and brother and leading a band of bloodthirsty thugs, Prince Honorous Jorg Ancrath returns to his father's castle and his birthright, but faces treachery and dark magic once he arrives.
29) The spirit well
Author
Series
Bright Empires volume 3
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
The search for the map{u2014}and the secret behind its cryptic code{u2014}intensifies in a quest across time, space, and multiple realities.
Author
Series
Broken empire volume 3
Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
King Jorg Ancrath is twenty now -- and king of Seven Nations. His goal -- revenge against his father -- has not yet been realized, and the demons that haunt him have only grown stronger. Yet no matter how tortured his path, he intends to take the next step in his upward climb. For there is only one power worth wielding .... Absolute Power. Jorg would be emperor. It is a position not to be gained by the sword but rather by vote. And never in living...
32) The shadow lamp
Author
Series
Bright Empires volume 4
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Kit, Mina, Gianni, Cass, Haven, and Giles have gathered in Minas 16th century coffee house and are united in their determination to find a path back to the Spirit Well. Yet, with their shadow lamps destroyed and key pieces of the map still missing, the journey will be far more difficult than they imagine. And when one of their own disappears with Sir Henrys cryptic Green Book, they no longer know who to trust.
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney, Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Zare Leonis thinks he will become a model soldier for the Empire until he uncovers the Empire's destructive plans for his home planet of Lothal and his sister goes missing.
Author
Series
Bright Empires volume 5
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"What do you do when you're faced with The End of Everything? The evidence is compelling; not only is The End of Everything approaching, it's approaching rapidly. Desperation sends the Questors to the four corners of the universe in search of answers...." -- Provided by publisher.
35) Undercity
Author
Series
Saga of the Skolian Empire volume 15
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"BOOK ONE IN A BRAND NEW SERIES by Nebula and Hugo Award Winner Catherine Asaro set in the world of her Skolian Empire universe. In the galaxy-spanning future, Major Bhaajan is a tough female P.I. who works the dangerous streets of Undercity. Major Bhaajan, a former military officer with Imperial Space Command, is now a hard-bitten P.I. with a load of baggage to deal with, and clients with woes sometimes personal, sometimes galaxy-shattering, and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stephen R. Lawhead's acclaimed Bright Empires series—now available in one volume!
The Skin Map
It is the ultimate quest for the ultimate treasure. Chasing a map tattooed on human skin. Across an omniverse of intersecting realities. To unravel the future of the future.
The Bone House
Kit Livingstone met his great-grandfather Cosimo in a rainy alley in London where he
...Author
Series
Crimson Empire (Alex Marshall) volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Twenty years ago, feared general Cobalt Zosia led her five villainous captains and mercenary army into battle, wrestling monsters and toppling an empire. When there were no more titles to win and no more worlds to conquer, she retired and gave up her legend to history. Now the peace she carved for herself has been shattered by the unprovoked slaughter of her village. Seeking bloody vengeance, Zosia heads for battle once more, but to find justice...
38) Imperial justice
Author
Series
Servants of the Empire volume 3
Publisher
Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Posing as a model student at Lothal's Imperial Academy, rebel spy Zare Leonis faces down Captain Roddance, his merciless commander, while secretly battling criminals in the shadiest parts of Capital City.
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney/Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Using all of his skills to pass as a model cadet at Lothal's Imperial Academy, rebel spy Zare Leonis works diligently to uncover the truth about his missing sister and work against the Empire.
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Lucasfilm Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Having tracked his missing sister to the Arkanis Imperial Academy, Zare wins acceptance into a secret society within the school in order to find her, but winds up uncovering a terrifying plot as well.
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