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The kingdoms / by Pulley, Natasha,author.;
Joe Tournier has a bad case of amnesia. His first memory is of stepping off a train in the nineteenth-century French colony of England. The only clue Joe has about his identity is a century-old postcard of a Scottish lighthouse that arrives in London the same month he does. Written in illegal English--instead of French--the postcard is signed only with the letter "M," but Joe is certain whoever wrote it knows him far better than he currently knows himself, and he's determined to find the writer. The search for M, though, will drive Joe from French-ruled London to rebel-owned Scotland and finally onto the battle ships of a lost empire's Royal Navy. In the process, Joe will remake history, and himself.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Alternative histories (Fiction); Time-travel fiction.; Historical fiction.; Time travel; Amnesia;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The midnight ride [sound recording] / by Mezrich, Ben,1969-author.; Carthew, Corey,narrator.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Corey Carthew.From the New York Times best-selling author of Bitcoin Billionaires, a commercial thriller that connects the Gardner Museum heist with a tantalizing alternate history of New England's founding fathers and introduces a woman with a dark past who's stumbled upon the most fascinating secret in American history.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Thrillers (Fiction); Cardsharping; College teachers; Ex-convicts; Murder; Women graduate students;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The last magician / by Maxwell, Lisa,1979-;
In an alternate version of present-day Manhattan, magic is dying, and Esta, a Mageus with a talent for manipulating time, travels back to 1901 to stop the destruction of a book that can possibly restore magic, but in Old New York, Esta must navigate gangs, secret societies, and her feelings for another magician in order to save the future of magic.Ages 14 up.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Magic; Magicians; Time travel; Thieves;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Majesty / by McGee, Katharine.;
Power is intoxicating. Like first love, it can leave you breathless. As America adjusts to the idea of a queen on the throne, Beatrice grapples with everything she lost when she gained the ultimate crown. Samantha is busy living up to her party princess persona and maybe adding a party prince by her side. Nina is trying to avoid the palace and Prince Jefferson at all costs.LSC
Subjects: Love stories.; Alternative histories (Fiction); Courts and courtiers; Kings and rulers; Princes; Princesses; Interpersonal relations in adolescence;
© [2020], Random House,
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When we had wings / by Lawhon, Ariel,author.; McMorris, Kristina,author.; Meissner, Susan,1961-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Based on real history and alternating between three perspectives, When We Had Wings tells an amazingly moving story of heroic service, perseverance in the darkest of days, and the hope of the human spirit"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Novels.; Nurses; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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The midnight ride / by Mezrich, Ben,1969-author.;
'The Midnight Ride' is a commercial thriller that connects the Gardner Museum heist with a tantalizing alternate history of New England's founding fathers, and introduces a woman with a dark past who's stumbled upon the most fascinating secret in American history. From the author of 'Bitcoin Billionaires', 'The Accidental Billionaires' (adapted by Aaron Sorkin into the David Fincher film 'The Social Network') and 'Bringing Down the House' (adapted into the #1 box office hit film '21').
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Cardsharping; College teachers; Ex-convicts; Murder; Women graduate students;
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The court of miracles / by Grant, Kester,1984-;
Les Misérables In the violent urban jungle of an alternate 1828 Paris, the French Revolution has failed and the city is divided between merciless royalty and nine underworld criminal guilds, known as the Court of Miracles. Eponine (Nina) Thénardier is a talented cat burglar and member of the Thieves Guild. Nina's life is midnight robberies, avoiding her father's fists, and watching over her naïve adopted sister, Cosette (Ettie). When Ettie attracts the eye of the Tiger--the ruthless lord of the Guild of Flesh--Nina is caught in a desperate race to keep the younger girl safe. Her vow takes her from the city's dark underbelly to the glittering court of Louis XVII. And it also forces Nina to make a terrible choice--protect Ettie and set off a brutal war between the guilds, or forever lose her sister to the Tiger.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Alternative histories (Fiction); Government, Resistance to; Revolutions; Sisters; Thieves; Imaginary wars and battles;
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A history of what comes next / by Neuvel, Sylvain,1973-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and discography."Always run, never fight. Preserve the knowledge. Survive at all cost. Take them to the stars. Over 99 identical generations, Mia's family has shaped human history to push them to the stars, making brutal, wrenching choices and sacrificing countless lives. Her turn comes at the dawn of the age of rocketry. Her mission: to lure Wernher Von Braun away from the Nazi party and into the American rocket program, and secure the future of the space race. But Mia's family is not the only group pushing the levers of history: an even more ruthless enemy lurks behind the scenes. A darkly satirical first contact thriller, as seen through the eyes of the women who make progress possible and the men who are determined to stop them."--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Alternative histories (Fiction); Space race; Women in aeronautics; Extraterrestrial beings; Human-alien encounters; Rockets (Aeronautics);
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The peacekeeper : a novel / by Blanchard, B. L.,author.;
"North America was never colonized. The United States and Canada don't exist. The Great Lakes are surrounded by an independent Ojibwe nation. And in the village of Baawitigong, a Peacekeeper confronts his devastating past. Twenty years ago to the day, Chibenashi's mother was murdered and his father confessed. Ever since, caring for his still-traumatized younger sister has been Chibenashi's privilege and penance. Now, on the same night of the Manoomin harvest, another woman is slain. His mother's best friend. This leads to a seemingly impossible connection that takes Chibenashi far from the only world he's ever known. The major city of Shikaakwa is home to the victim's cruelly estranged family--and to two people Chibenashi never wanted to see again: his imprisoned father and the lover who broke his heart. As the questions mount, the answers will change his and his sister's lives forever. Because Chibenashi is about to discover that everything about their lives has been a lie."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Alternative histories (Fiction); Novels.; Brothers and sisters; Dysfunctional families; Families; Man-woman relationships; Murder; Secrecy; Ojibwe;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The future / by Leroux, Catherine,1979-author.; Ouriou, Susan,translator.; translation of:Leroux, Catherine,1979-Avenir.English.;
"In an alternate history of Detroit, the Motor City, was never surrendered to the US. Its residents deal with pollution, poverty, and the legacy of racism--and strange and magical things are happening: children rule over their own kingdom in the trees and burned houses regenerate themselves. When Gloria arrives looking for answers and her missing granddaughters, at first she finds only a hungry mouse in the derelict home where her daughter was murdered. But the neighbours take pity on her and she turns to their resilience and impressive gardens for sustenance. When a strange intuition sends Gloria into the woods of Parc Rouge, where the city's orphaned and abandoned children are rumored to have created their own society, she can't imagine the strength she will find. A richly imagined story of community and a plea for persistence in the face of our uncertain future, The Future is a lyrical testament to the power we hold to protect the people and places we love--together."--
Subjects: Alternative histories (Fiction); Dystopian fiction.; Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Children; Daughters; Dystopias; Grandmothers; Grief; Missing children; Older women; Orphans; Resilience (Personality trait); Urban violence;
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