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Author
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man's world, Elizabeth I was to be famed as England's most successful ruler. This biography, by concentrating on the formative early years--from her birth in 1533 to her accession in 1558--shows how her experiences of danger and adventure formed her remarkable character and shaped her opinions and beliefs. In growing up, Elizabeth experienced every vicissitude of fortune and every...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
"Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually the crime-fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon summons the Dynamic Duo on the Batphone with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the jet-powered Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty utility-belts)...
Pub. Date
2014
Description
As intelligence officers Carrie and Saul search for the truth behind the bombing of CIA headquarters, lines are blurred between friend and foe and no one can be trusted. While hiding a stunning secret of her own, Carrie helps recruit Brody for a dangerous mission that could offer him a chance at redemption. But when the plan unravels and Brody is targeted deep inside Iran, he must put his life in Carrie's hands.
Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
In Season 2, Lyra follows Lord Asriel into the mysterious abandoned city Cittàgazze while Mrs. Coulter continues to search for her.
"Season 2 picks up within hours of the first season's tumultuous climax, as a distraught Lyra ... follows Lord Asriel ... into the mysterious city Cittàgazze. There, she meets a boy and learns that their fates are tied to them reuniting him with his father. Their path is thwarted by a war between the nefarious Magisterium...
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
From the Publisher: Here is the first anthology to present a full range of multilingual poetries from Latin America, covering over 500 years of a poetic tradition as varied, robust, and vividly imaginative as any in the world. Editors Cecilia Vicuna and Ernesto Livon-Grosman present a fresh and expansive selection of Latin American poetry, from the indigenous responses to the European conquest, through early feminist poetry of the 19th century,...