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1565 The Great Siege of Malta "Defenders Unite"
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Faith
Fighting
Military
Grandmaster de la Valette, has a mammoth task ahead of him. Under his leadership the Knights of St John, together with the people of Malta, make preparations for the imminent invasion that lies ahead. On an island only 17 miles long by 9 miles wide, with just 8,500 men, he must hold off the Mighty Ottoman Empire’s 40,000 strong force, long enough for reinforcements to arrive from Sicily.
Shakespeare's Othello
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Mature
Murder
Psychological
Theatre
A decorated general. A secret marriage. A whisper that destroys everything.
Othello is a man who has conquered every battlefield, rising from an outsider to the most respected commander in Venice. He has the love of the beautiful Desdemona and the loyalty of his troops—or so he thinks.
Enter Iago: a master of manipulation with a grudge and a silver tongue. In this haunting visual...
The Sunset Over Rome
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Leading Ladies
LGBTQ+
Magic
One nosy kid usually can't collapse an empire 200 years ahead of schedule. However, one girl's curiosity about ancient glyphs of power someone of her class has no business knowing might do the trick. Maybe this could be for the better.
Dust Ship Glory
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Family
Western
Elaine M. Will’s adaptation of Andreas Schroeder’s novel Dustship Glory tells the story of Damanus ‘Tom’ Sukanen, a Finnish immigrant farmer who came to Canada during the economic Depression of the 1930s. Haunted by his past and devastated by the economic slump and drought conditions that laid waste to the Canadian prairies in the 1930s, Sukanen responded by building a full-sized ship in...
Nowhere USA
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Antihero
Fighting
Military
Modern
Political
Psychological
NOWHERE USA is set in post-9/11 Afghanistan where Private First Class David White counts the days until he is released from active duty and sent home. Surrounded by soldiers with no regard for human life and an onslaught of IED attacks, David finds himself more and more isolated. When informed that his crew will not be sent home but instead stationed for an additional six months or more, David...
Marx: A Tale of Neglect
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Family
Faith
Military
Political
Onrie must embark on the difficult task of unraveling his grandfather's dark past before his story is lost forever. MARX is the epic and inspiring story of a Russian Jewish man, born during the rise of the Soviet Union, thrust into war against Nazi Germany and persecuted by his own government. A man who miraculously survived events that claimed the lives of millions.
From Hell's Heart: An Illustrated Celebration of Herman Melville
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Monsters
Psychological
Supernatural
No American author has provoked the imaginations of readers more than Herman Melville. To mark the occasion of the bicentennial of his birth, fifty-seven world renowned artists have come together with gorgeous, brand new illustrations for Moby Dick, Bartleby, The Confidence Man, Pierre, Typee, Billy Budd, White Jacket and much more. A short passage of text will accompany each illustration.
King Shaka: Zulu Legend
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Friendship
Military
Murder
Political
Superhero
Now king of the southern chiefdoms, Shaka seeks to uplift his people, consolidate alliances, and expand the reach of his power, but challenges both external and internal threaten his rule. A rogue military unit exacts revenge on its enemies. Land-hungry Europeans ingratiate themselves with Shaka while plotting their own path to power. And closer to home, Shaka’s own brothers conspire in secret.
The Abadoned
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Murder
Organized Crime
Science
Superhero
Supernatural
The Golden Age of Comic Books... Looking back at those years, we find that while there were no limits to what publishers could print, there were a lot of limits on what they would print, what the public would accept and ultimately what they wouldn't. Everybody wanted a piece of the comics pie, and thus the world was introduced to thousands of characters that were quickly forgotten for one reason...
Between the Billboards & the Authoring of Architecture
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Modern
Collecting Pomery's acclaimed self-published series Between the Billboards for the first time, readers will be able to experience the story of existential protagonist James Ebner in a complete edition, as Pomery always envisaged.Collecting Pomery's acclaimed self-published series Between the Billboards for the first time, readers will be able to experience the story of existential protagonist...
The Cold Fire
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Antihero
Faith
Fighting
Military
Political
Psychological
A Norman crusader joins a company of knights tasked with pursuing heretics across the frozen Alps as they flee the Albigensian Crusade south of France in the 13th century.
The Way to Wealth: Benjamin Franklin on Matters of Money and Lessons on Livelihood
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Political
What is the way to wealth? And... how do you get there? Benjamin Franklin has a few ideas. He did write the book after all.
There are quite literally thousands of tomes that purport to point the way, but it was Ben Franklin who collected the golden rules he peppered throughout his wildly popular Poor Richard's Almanac and produced a perennial best-seller in 1758, The Way to Wealth, or Poor...
