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"The beloved daughter of Jewish captives in Babylon, Keren is sold into Daniel's household to help her family survive. She becomes Daniel's most trusted scribe, while taking lessons and swordsmanship training alongside Daniel's sons and their best friend, Jared. But after a tragic accident changes the course of her life, Keren finds herself in a foreign country, charged with a mysterious task: teaching a shepherd boy how to become a lord. When she...
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Bloodsounder's arc volume 1
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Arkamondos, a young scribe, is hired to chronicle the mysterious mission of a group of Syldoon warriors, the most brutal and frightening warriors in the empire.
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Harvest series volume 1
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"The prophet Nehemiah's cousin has been catapulted into the center of the Persian court--working long hours, rubbing elbows with royalty, and becoming the queen's favorite scribe. Not bad, for a woman living in a man's world. But a devastating past has left Sarah believing that God doesn't love her and her achievements are the measure of her worth--a measure she can never quite live up to. Darius Pasargadae is accustomed to having his way. A wealthy...
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"Lana Baker is Aldgate's finest scribe, with a sharp pen and an even sharper wit. Gregarious, charming, and ever so eager to please, she agrees to deliver a message for another lovely scribe in exchange for kisses and ends up getting sent to Low Parliament by a temperamental fairy as a result. As Lana transcribes the endless circular arguments of Parliament, the debates grow tenser and more desperate. Due to long-standing tradition, a hung vote will...
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"Paris, 1393. Scribe Christine de Pizan dreads going to the palace to work, where people believe the mad king can be cured with magic. But a certain spell book leaves murdered bodies in its wake. Then Hugues de Precy is murdered and his wife, Alix, is blamed. Can Christine prove Alix's innocence and save her from being burned at the stake?"--
8) The scribe
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Irin chronicles volume 01
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"Hidden at the crossroads of the world, an ancient race battles to protect humanity, even as it dies from within. Ava Matheson came to Istanbul looking for answers, but others came looking for her. A reckless warrior guards her steps, but will Malachi's own past blind him to the truth of who Ava might be? While ancient forces gather around them, both Ava and Malachi search for answers. Whispering voices. Deadly touch. Their passion should be impossible......
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Tarakan chronicles volume 1
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More than a hundred years have passed since the Catastrophe brought humanity to the brink of extinction. Those who survived are changed. The Wildeners have reverted to the old ways -- but with new Gods -- while others place their faith in the technology that once powered their lost civilisation. In the mysterious City of Towers, the centre of the destroyed Tarakan empire, a lowly scribe of the Guild of Historians is charged with a dangerous assignment:...
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"Haunted by her sister's mysterious disappearance, Lucy Wilson arrives in Rowan County, Kentucky, in the spring of 1911 to work for Cora Wilson Stewart, superintendent of education. When Cora sends Lucy into the hills to act as scribe for the mountain people, she is repelled by the primitive conditions and intellectual poverty she encounters. Few adults can read and write. Born in those hills, Cora knows the plague of illiteracy. So does Brother Wyatt,...
11) Curse of shadows
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2022.
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Curse of Shadows reveals a world of unique magic, breathtaking action, and unforgettable love. "Amassia teeters on the brink of the next Great Dying. The second sun has returned as our Bone Throwers foresaw--casting the nine realms into war. My name is Ash, and I fell in the battle for Baiseen. But I'm awake now, slowly putting the pieces back together. My Heir has lost his throne. My sailor is gone. And there is an emptiness inside me I can't explain....
12) Rebel
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The brides of Alba volume 3
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2012.
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English
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Defying the queen's orders, Kella O'Toole sets off for Pictish territory with her foster brother Alyn, a disillusioned priest who questions his calling, on a perilous adventure that threatens their lives and the future of Albion.
13) The illuminator
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A glowing first novel that brings us "historical fiction in the grand epic manner, beautifully felt and written"
It is England, in the fourteenth century -- a time of plague, political unrest and the earliest stirrings of the Reformation. The printing press had yet to be invented, and books were rare and costly, painstakingly lettered by hand and illuminated with exquisite paintings. Finn is a master illuminator who works not only for the Church...
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"Appointed by a dream-plagued young pharaoh to the unwanted position of Great Royal Scribe, peasant boy Ptah-hotep finds himself surrounded by envious rivals; while the beautiful Nefertiti participates in a shocking scheme to bear children to an impotent king; and zealous monotheist Akhnaten plots to suppress the worship of all other gods in the Black Land."--From NoveList.
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IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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In Ireland in the Middle Ages, young Brother Cuthbert, known for making mistakes and giving up easily, is chosen through a miscommunication to serve as scribe for an illuminated manuscript of the Nativity story, through which the Abbot hopes to make the monastery famous.
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Marcus Didius Falco mysteries volume 16
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In the wealthy town of Ostia, our hero Falco appears to be enjoying a relaxing holiday. But when his girlfriend, Helena, arrives carrying a batch of old copies of theDaily Gazette-- with the intention of catching up on the latest scandal -- Falco is forced to admit to Petronius his real reasons for being there -- 'Infamia', the pen name of the scribe who writes the gossip column for theDaily Gazette, has gone missing. His fellow scribes have employed...
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2005.
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IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 2
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960L
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In ancient Egypt, Nakht records his experiences as his family moves from small town Esna to the big, exciting city of Memphis, where he studies to be a scribe like his father and helps discover who has been robbing graves. Includes nonfiction information about Egyptian culture.
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Ancient Egyptian mysteries volume 06
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2008.
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When three of Egypt's leading scribes die from poisoning during the signing of a peace treaty between Egypt and Libya, Amerotke, Chief Judge of the Halls of Two Truths, is assigned to investigate the crimes, in a mystery set in ancient Egypt.
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