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The Heretic Queen
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The Heretic QueenThe Heretic Queen

In ancient Egypt, a forgotten princess must overcome her family’s past and remake history.
The winds of change are blowing through Thebes. A devastating palace fire has killed the Eighteenth Dynasty’s royal family—all with the exception of Nefertari, the niece of the reviled former queen, Nefertiti. The girl’s deceased family has been branded as heretical, and no one in Egypt will speak their names. A relic of a previous reign, Nefertari is pushed aside, an unimportant princess left to run wild in the palace.  . 
 
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Tags: family, Nefertari, princess, Egypt, palace, Heretic, Queen
The Swiss Family Robinson
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The Swiss Family RobinsonThe Swiss Family Robinson

The Swiss Family Robinson has delighted generations of readers with its exciting tale of a family which, though shipwrecked, displays “the right stuff” and builds a charming colony that later, they do not want to leave. Cut off from the comforts and companionship of other humans, they use a familiarity with natural history and biology to find the resources and build the tools to construct a canoe, weave cloth, irrigate a garden, and turn an immense hollow tree into a lofty house with a spiral staircase. They domesticate buffaloes, wild asses, and monkeys. T

 

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Tags: Robinson, Swiss, Family, hollow, immense, canoe, weave
Gideon's Sword
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Gideon's SwordGideon's Sword

In this exciting and page-turning thriller we are introduced to Gideon Crew, star of the brand new Preston and Child series.
At the tender age of twelve, Gideon Crew witnessed the brutal murder of his father, a scientist wrongly framed by the US government, and shot down by police during a hostage crisis.
More than twenty years later, Gideon finally gets his revenge and fulfills the promise that he made to his mother on her death bed to clear their family name.
He brings down the man who destroyed his father. But then a mysterious witness steps forward to confront Gideon on his crime - and to offer him the chance of a lifetime...
 
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Tags: Gideon, father, clear, family, death, Sword
A Rossetti Family Chronology
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A Rosetti Family ChronologyA Rosetti Family Chronology

Based on a rich range of primary sources and manuscripts, A Rossetti Family Chronology breaks exciting new ground. Focusing on Christina and Dante Gabriel, the Chronology demonstrates the interconnectedness of their friendships and creativity, giving information about literary composition and artistic output, publication and exhibition, reviews, finances, relationships, health, reading habits and gallery attendance, and detailing literary and artistic influences. 
 
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Tags: Chronology, artistic, literary, Family, publication, Rossetti
The Queen of Water
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The Queen of WaterThe Queen of Water

In a desperately poor Andean village in Ecuador, 7-year-old Virginia is sold off by her indgena (Indian) parents as a servant to an academic, mestizo family. In her new home, the wife beats her, the husband gropes her, and she is insulted as a longa tonta (stupid Indian). Still, she teaches herself to read and write and begins to perform science experiments in secret. Then, when she is 12, she finally gets a chance to return to her parents: But does she want to? And do they want her? Virginia does travel back to her indgena family, but there is not the expected sweet reunion.
 
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Tags: indgena, family, Indian, parents, Virginia, Queen