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The Blood Prince

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Until two years ago, Rainbow was ruled by dragumens. Now, there's a human Empress on the throne, and she rules with an iron fist. Breaking promises after promises, she controls the people with lies, taxes, and murder. Everywhere in the land, rebellion is brewing.Gangav, the fallen dragumen prince who wants nothing more than revenge, rallies humans and dragumens to his cause. Sasha, his best friend ... Read more

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Until two years ago, Rainbow was ruled by dragumens. Now, there's a human Empress on the throne, and she rules with an iron fist. Breaking promises after promises, she controls the people with lies, taxes, and murder. Everywhere in the land, rebellion is brewing.Gangav, the fallen dragumen prince who wants nothing more than revenge, rallies humans and dragumens to his cause. Sasha, his best friend
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Skin Deep

by Marie Blanchet ...

The small town of St. Adalbert Sur Mer is hiding a dark secret.Three times during the summer, the lifeless body of a Selkie was dumped into the river. Naked, and with a missing pelt.Louison is sent by her clan to investigate these murders and catch the killer, but her mission derails when she meets two charming strangers whom everyone in town seems to be falling in love with - including herself. ... Read more

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The small town of St. Adalbert Sur Mer is hiding a dark secret.Three times during the summer, the lifeless body of a Selkie was dumped into the river. Naked, and with a missing pelt.Louison is sent by her clan to investigate these murders and catch the killer, but her mission derails when she meets two charming strangers whom everyone in town seems to be falling in love with - including herself.
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State and Society in the Palaiologan Era

(13th–15th Centuries)

Edited by Marie-Hélène Blanchet, Raúl Estangüi Gómez ...

Series series Routledge Research in Byzantine Studies
Often described as a period of decline and decadence, the history of the Byzantine Empire under the emperors of the Palaiologan dynasty (1261–1453) has undergone a considerable historiographical revival that has allowed this deeply negative image to be nuanced.State and Society in the Palaiologan Era brings together articles by some of the best specialists in the field and addresses various ... Read more

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Often described as a period of decline and decadence, the history of the Byzantine Empire under the emperors of the Palaiologan dynasty (1261–1453) has undergone a considerable historiographical revival that has allowed this deeply negative image to be nuanced.State and Society in the Palaiologan Era brings together articles by some of the best specialists in the field and addresses various
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The Bands of Mourning

A Mistborn Novel

by Brandon Sanderson ...

Series Book 6 - The Mistborn Saga
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action.Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers ... Read more

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action.Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers
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The Cult of the Saints

Its Rise and Function in Latin Christianity, Enlarged Edition

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A new edition of the "brilliantly original and highly sophisticated" study of saint worship after the fall of the Roman Empire ( Library Journal).In this groundbreaking work, Peter Brown explores how the worship of saints and their corporeal remains became central to religious life in Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. During this period, earthly remnants served as a heavenly ... Read more

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A new edition of the "brilliantly original and highly sophisticated" study of saint worship after the fall of the Roman Empire ( Library Journal).In this groundbreaking work, Peter Brown explores how the worship of saints and their corporeal remains became central to religious life in Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. During this period, earthly remnants served as a heavenly
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428 AD

An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire

by Giusto Traina, Averil Cameron ...

This is a sweeping tour of the Mediterranean world from the Atlantic to Persia during the last half-century of the Roman Empire. By focusing on a single year not overshadowed by an epochal event, 428 AD provides a truly fresh look at a civilization in the midst of enormous change--as Christianity takes hold in rural areas across the empire, as western Roman provinces fall away from those in the ... Read more

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This is a sweeping tour of the Mediterranean world from the Atlantic to Persia during the last half-century of the Roman Empire. By focusing on a single year not overshadowed by an epochal event, 428 AD provides a truly fresh look at a civilization in the midst of enormous change--as Christianity takes hold in rural areas across the empire, as western Roman provinces fall away from those in the
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Through the Eye of a Needle

Wealth, the Fall of Rome, and the Making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD

by Peter Brown ...

Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Yet by the fall of Rome, the church was becoming rich beyond measure. Through the Eye of a Needle is a sweeping intellectual and social history of the vexing problem of wealth in Christianity in the waning days of the Roman Empire, written by the world's foremost scholar ... Read more

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Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Yet by the fall of Rome, the church was becoming rich beyond measure. Through the Eye of a Needle is a sweeping intellectual and social history of the vexing problem of wealth in Christianity in the waning days of the Roman Empire, written by the world's foremost scholar
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The Outskirter's Secret

The Steerswoman, #2

by Rosemary Kirstein ...

Series Book 2 - The Steerswoman
The Guidestars: two shining lights that hang above, motionless in the night sky. The common folk know them well, and use them to count the hours and mark the seasons. But when the steerswoman Rowan discovers a number of broken blue jewels of clearly magical origin, her investigations lead to startling discoveries: there are other, unknown Guidestars -- and something has caused one of those to fall ... Read more

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The Guidestars: two shining lights that hang above, motionless in the night sky. The common folk know them well, and use them to count the hours and mark the seasons. But when the steerswoman Rowan discovers a number of broken blue jewels of clearly magical origin, her investigations lead to startling discoveries: there are other, unknown Guidestars -- and something has caused one of those to fall
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The Ransom of the Soul

Afterlife and Wealth in Early Western Christianity

by Peter Brown ...

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearA Tablet Book of the YearMarking a departure in our understanding of Christian views of the afterlife from 250 to 650 CE, The Ransom of the Soul explores a revolutionary shift in thinking about the fate of the soul that occurred around the time of Rome’s fall. Peter Brown describes how this shift transformed the Church’s institutional relationship to ... Read more

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A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearA Tablet Book of the YearMarking a departure in our understanding of Christian views of the afterlife from 250 to 650 CE, The Ransom of the Soul explores a revolutionary shift in thinking about the fate of the soul that occurred around the time of Rome’s fall. Peter Brown describes how this shift transformed the Church’s institutional relationship to
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The Jesuits

A History

by Markus Friedrich ...

Translated by John Noël Dillon ...

The most comprehensive and up-to-date exploration of one of the most important religious orders in the modern worldSince its founding by Ignatius of Loyola in 1540, the Society of Jesus—more commonly known as the Jesuits—has played a critical role in the events of modern history. From the Counter-Reformation to the ascent of Francis I as the first Jesuit pope, The Jesuits presents an intimate look ... Read more

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The most comprehensive and up-to-date exploration of one of the most important religious orders in the modern worldSince its founding by Ignatius of Loyola in 1540, the Society of Jesus—more commonly known as the Jesuits—has played a critical role in the events of modern history. From the Counter-Reformation to the ascent of Francis I as the first Jesuit pope, The Jesuits presents an intimate look
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Magic User: Reborn in Another World as a Max Level Wizard (Light Novel) Vol. 2

by Mikawa Souhei ...

Series Book 2 - Magic User: Reborn in Another World as a Max Level Wizard (Light Novel)
Geo Margilus is adjusting pretty well to his new life as lord of a castle in a fantasy world--or so he thinks until negotiations with the dwarves go awry, landing him in hot water. To make matters worse, someone's spreading rumors of him being secretly in league with the daemons! And is that yet another damsel in distress for him to rescue?! The adventure never stops in the second volume of this ... Read more

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Geo Margilus is adjusting pretty well to his new life as lord of a castle in a fantasy world--or so he thinks until negotiations with the dwarves go awry, landing him in hot water. To make matters worse, someone's spreading rumors of him being secretly in league with the daemons! And is that yet another damsel in distress for him to rescue?! The adventure never stops in the second volume of this
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Unrivalled Influence

Women and Empire in Byzantium

by Judith Herrin ...

Unrivalled Influence explores the exceptional roles that women played in the vibrant cultural and political life of medieval Byzantium. Written by one of the world's foremost historians of the Byzantine millennium, this landmark book evokes the complex and exotic world of Byzantium's women, from empresses and saints to uneducated rural widows. Drawing on a diverse range of sources, Judith Herrin ... Read more

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