Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts

June 4, 2015

The Fox

The Fox by Arlene Radasky
Published:  2009
Author: Arlene Radasky
Pages: 418
Overview:
The Romans’ path of destruction jeopardizes a Caledonian clan unless they are able to strike a bargain with the Gods, which ultimately means a human sacrifice. Jahna is a member of this first century tribe. She has the power to merge minds, which she chooses to do with a twenty-first century woman, Aine MacRae and her contemporary, a young man Lovern, to whom she was hand-fasted in her time and of whom she shared a child, in order to save her people. In the name of the gods, Lovern was killed. Druids place his body in the sacred Black Lake, but through a visit from his ghost, Jahna sends their child away thus securing their bloodline. 

In the midst of madness, Jahna lives just long enough to reveal to Aine, her grief. Two thousand years later, in the year 2005, Aine is hoping to reestablish her career as an archaeologist and assists in the excavation in the Highlands of Scotland of a first century Caledonian chieftain’s tomb with fellow archaeologist, Marc Hunt. As the fates align, Jahna, guides Aine to one bronze bowl, then another, and when she is led by a ghost, Aine uncovers a two thousand year old man encased in a bog. As the circle goes unbroken, a heart’s chains are loosened and it is understood that Aine and Marc are able to rediscover their past love.
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June 3, 2015

Arcadia Snips and the Steamwork Consortium

Arcadia Snips and the Steamwork Consortium
Published:  2009
Author: Robert Rodgers
Pages: 288
Overview:
In an era of bygone anachronisms and steam-powered ambulatory engines, a sharp-witted street-thief with a heart of semi-precious metal finds herself locked in a battle of wits against a secret plot to bring the city she loves to its knees. Arcadia will need to enlist the help of a reformed mad scientist, a stern suffragette, and a persnickety pigeon to unravel the mysterious past of the Steamwork Consortium - and stop the cabal of sinister mathematicians who would use that past to destroy all of Aberwick. 

Arcadia Snips and the Steamwork Consortium is both a cautionary tale against reckless mathematics and an accurate historical account all rolled up into one. In fact, the story is so accurate that you might consider it more of a history lecture than an illustrated novel.
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The Earth Goddess

The Earth Goddess by Richard Herley
Published:  1984
Author: Richard Herley
Pages: 
Overview:
3000 BC. The cult of the Earth Goddess is controlled by a sinister priesthood. The island country has been annexed and its lord murdered. His consort has fled, carrying his heir, Paoul. Ignorant of his parentage, Paoul is orphaned and sold into the Red Order. His teachers predict a great destiny for him. Only later, beyond the point of no return, do his doubts begin...

The Pagans Trilogy includes 3 books: The Stone Arrow, The Flint Lord, and The Earth Goddess.

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The Flint Lord

The Flint Lord by Richard Herley
Published:  1981
Author: Richard Herley
Pages: 
Overview:
This novel of intrigue, violence and betrayal in the land of our Stone Age forefathers is a magnificent successor to the author's The Stone Arrow. Here, spurring the Flint Lord's drive for conquest, is his passion for his beautiful, decadent sister, a drive and a passion which lead inexorably to catastrophic consequences.

The Pagans Trilogy includes 3 books: The Stone Arrow, The Flint Lord, and The Earth Goddess.

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The Stone Arrow

The Stone Arrow by Richard Herley
Published:  1978
Author: Richard Herley
Pages: 
Overview:
Stone Age England. The ancient, nomadic way of life is coming to an end; the agricultural revolution has begun. When the farmers of Burh attack the sleeping nomad tribe, Tagart is the only survivor. Twenty-five and heir to the chief, his sole inheritance now is his tribal honour – and it demands revenge. His ally is the forest itself: that, and his own ingenuity, courage and hunting skill.

The Pagans Trilogy includes 3 books: The Stone Arrow, The Flint Lord, and The Earth Goddess.
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May 12, 2015

Esperanza Rising

Esperanza Rising By Pam Muñoz Ryan
Published:  2002
Author: Pam Muñoz Ryan
Pages: 288
Overview:

A reissue of Pam Munoz Ryan's bestselling backlist with a distinctive new author treatment.

Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico--she'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home, and servants. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California during the Great Depression, and to settle in a camp for Mexican farm workers. 

Esperanza isn't ready for the hard labor, financial struggles, or lack of acceptance she now faces. When their new life is threatened, Esperanza must find a way to rise above her difficult circumstances--Mama's life, and her own, depend on it. 




April 30, 2015

Inferno

 Inferno by Dan Brown
Published: 
Author: Dan Brown
Series: Robert Langdon
Pages: 
Overview:

In his international blockbusters The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown masterfully fused history, art, codes, and symbols. In this riveting new thriller, Brown returns to his element and has crafted his highest-stakes novel to date.

In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history’s most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces . . . Dante’s Inferno.

Against this backdrop, Langdon battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle that pulls him into a landscape of classic art, secret passageways, and futuristic science. Drawing from Dante’s dark epic poem, Langdon races to find answers and decide whom to trust . . . before the world is irrevocably altered.


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The Lost Symbol

 The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Published: 2009
Author: Dan Brown
Series: Robert Langdon
Pages: 509
Overview:

Famed Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon answers an unexpected summons to appear at the U.S. Capitol Building. His planned lecture is interrupted when a disturbing object—artfully encoded with five symbols—is discovered in the building. Langdon recognizes in the find an ancient invitation into a lost world of esoteric, potentially dangerous wisdom. When his mentor Peter Solomon—a longstanding Mason and beloved philanthropist—is kidnapped, Langdon realizes that the only way to save Solomon is to accept the mystical invitation and plunge headlong into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and one inconceivable truth . . . all under the watchful eye of Dan Brown's most terrifying villain to date. Set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., The Lost Symbol is an intelligent, lightning-paced story with surprises at every turn--Brown's most exciting novel yet.


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The Da Vinci Code

 The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Published: 2003
Author: Dan Brown
Series: Robert Langdon
Pages: 490
Overview:

An ingenious code hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci. A desperate race through the cathedrals and castles of Europe. An astonishing truth concealed for centuries . . . unveiled at last.

While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night. The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum, his body covered in baffling symbols. As Langdon and gifted French cryptologist Sophie Neveu sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to discover a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci—clues visible for all to see and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.

Even more startling, the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion—a secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci—and he guarded a breathtaking historical secret. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle—while avoiding the faceless adversary who shadows their every move—the explosive, ancient truth will be lost forever. 


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Angels & Demons

Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
Published: 2000
Author: Dan Brown
Series: Robert Langdon
Pages: 713
Overview:

When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol—seared into the chest of a murdered physicist—he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati ... the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth. The Illuminati has now surfaced to carry out the final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy—the Catholic Church. 

Langdon’s worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the holy conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces they have hidden an unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. With the countdown under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the Vatican in a desperate bid for survival. 

Embarking on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome toward the long-forgotten Illuminati lair ... a clandestine location that contains the only hope for Vatican salvation. 


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April 16, 2015

The Maiden Hunter

The Maiden Hunter by J.M Bingham
Published: 2015
Author: J.M Bingham
Pages: 128
Overview: 

On a warm summer night in 1912, Henry Patrovski sees a mysterious girl walking through the fair grounds of Coney Island. Unable to get the girl out of his mind, When Henry meets the mysterious woman, he quickly finds out, it might be a mistake. 

Under a ancient curse that can only be broken by her true love, Henry must decide to go after the girl of his dreams or to settle for someone else.


April 15, 2015

Whirl of the Wheel


Whirl of the Wheel
Published: 2009
Author: Catherine Condie

Pages: 107


Overview: 

Three children whirl back in time through an enchanted potter’s wheel into the reality of evacuation in 1940s Britain . . . 

Whirl of the Wheel pulls feisty Connie, her brother Charlie-Mouse, and school pest Malcolm into dangers on the homefront and towards a military secret that will save their home from demolition. 

The children hit trouble when Malcolm fails to return to the present day. 

Short read story. Sequel in progress.


April 13, 2015

The Ugly Duchess

The Ugly Duchess By Eloisa James
Published: 2012
Author: Eloisa James
Pages: 339
Overview: 
How can she dare to imagine he loves her . . . when all London calls her The Ugly Duchess?

Theodora Saxby is the last woman anyone expects the gorgeous James Ryburn, heir to the Duchy of Ashbrook, to marry. But after a romantic proposal before the prince himself, even practical Theo finds herself convinced of her soon-to-be duke's passion. 

Still, the tabloids give the marriage six months. 

Theo would have given it a lifetime . . . until she discovers that James desired not her heart, and certainly not her countenance, but her dowry. 

Society was shocked by their wedding . . . and is scandalized by their separation. Now James faces the battle of his life, convincing Theo that he loves the duckling who blossomed into the swan. 

And Theo will quickly find that, for a man with the soul of a pirate, All's Fair in Love—and War.

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April 12, 2015

A Kiss At Midnight

A Kiss At Midnight By Eloisa James
Published: 2010 
Author: Eloisa James 
Pages: 370
Overview:
Miss Kate Daltry doesn't believe in fairy tales... or happily ever after. 

Forced by her stepmother to attend a ball, Kate meets a prince… and decides he’s anything but charming. A clash of wits and wills ensues, but they both know their irresistible attraction will lead nowhere. For Gabriel is promised to another woman—a princess whose hand in marriage will fulfill his ruthless ambitions. 

Gabriel likes his fiancé, which is a welcome turn of events, but he doesn’t love her. Obviously, he should be wooing his bride-to-be, not the witty, impoverished beauty who refuses to fawn over him. 

Godmothers and glass slippers notwithstanding, this is one fairy tale in which destiny conspires to destroy any chance that Kate and Gabriel might have a happily ever after. 

Unless a prince throws away everything that makes him noble… ELO-rita-2011 

Unless a dowry of an unruly heart trumps a fortune… 

Unless one kiss at the stroke of midnight changes everything.

April 11, 2015

When Beauty Tamed The Beast

When Beauty Tamed The Beast
Published: 2011
Author: Eloisa James
Pages: 372
Nominations:
   ♛ Goodreads Choice Awards Best Romance

Overview:
Miss Linnet Berry Thrynne is a Beauty . . . Naturally, she's betrothed to a Beast. 

Piers Yelverton, Earl of Marchant, lives in a castle in Wales where, it is rumored, his bad temper flays everyone he crosses. And rumor also has it that a wound has left the earl immune to the charms of any woman. 

Linnet is not just any woman. She is more than merely lovely: her wit and charm brought a prince to his knees. She estimates the earl will fall madly in love—in just two weeks. Yet Linnet has no idea of the danger posed to her own heart by a man who may never love her in return. 

If she decides to be very wicked indeed . . . what price will she pay for taming his wild heart?