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1) The eight
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English
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The riveting #1 international bestselling novel about the quest across centuries by two intrepid women in different eras to reunite the pieces of a powerful, ancient chess set A fabulous, bejeweled chess set that belonged to Charlemagne has been buried in a Pyrenees abbey for a thousand years. As the bloody French Revolution rages in Paris, the nuns dig it up and scatter its pieces across the globe because, when united, the set contains a secret...
2) The fire
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Pub. Date
2008
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English
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Katherine Neville’s groundbreaking novel, The Eight, dazzled audiences more than twenty years ago and set the literary stage for the epic thriller. A quest for a mystical chess service that once belonged to Charlemagne, it spans two centuries and three continents, and intertwines historic and modern plots, archaeological treasure hunts, esoteric riddles, and puzzles encrypted with clues from the ancient past. Now the electrifying global adventure...
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English
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EPISODE 1 OF 5
Two kids.. one fateful choice.
Quinn and Liam are brother and sister. As the older brother, Liam wants to protect his sister from the evil that lurks in their world. Quinn on the other hand, sees her brother as a meddling boy who gets in the way while tormenting him with her secret ability to move things out of her way.
That is until Liam takes her to a forbidden place that she's not meant to see.
In this first episode of The Way...
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Snow Lion
Pub. Date
2016-
Language
English
Description
"From the legendary cofounder of Tibet's nineteenth-century nonsectarian movement, an encyclopedic survey of the practice of Chod, or severance, a tantric ritual based on the crucial Mahayana sutras to sever clinging to an ego and thereby achieve realization. The Treasury of Precious Instructions by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Taye, one of Tibet's greatest Buddhist masters, is a shining jewel of Tibetan literature, presenting essential teachings from the...
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Major eights volume 1
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Keyboardist Jasmine, age eight, tries to convince her bandmates, Maggie, Becca, and Scarlet, to prove themselves in a Battle of the Bands competition, despite their poor equipment.
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Major eights volume 3
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Unless Maggie and her partner can do well on their science fair project, she will not be allowed to perform with the Major Eights at the banquet. Includes directions for making goo.
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Major eights volume 6
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The Major Eights enter a competition at Center Stage CafǼ¿but Scarlet is distracted, both by a mean new singer in a rival band and by an unsigned valentine.