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Legends of the First Empire volume 4
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English
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Each culture has its own myths and legends, but only one is shared, and it is feared by all.
With Age of Myth, Age of Swords, and New York Times Bestseller Age of War, fantasy master Michael J. Sullivan riveted readers with a tale of unlikely heroes locked in a desperate battle to save mankind. After years of warfare, humanity has gained the upper hand and has pushed the Fhrey to the edge of their homeland, but no farther. Now comes
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"Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life...But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep...They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that...he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum"--P. [4] of cover.
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HarperCollins
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1st ed.
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English
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Maybe the Moon, Armistead Maupin's first novel since ending his bestselling Tales of the City series, is the audaciously original chronicle of Cadence Roth -- Hollywood actress, singer, iconoclast and former Guiness Book record holder as the world's shortest woman. All of 31 inches tall, Cady is a true survivor in a town where -- as she says -- "you can die of encouragement." Her early starring role as a lovable elf in an immensely popular American...
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Forgotten realms. Transitions volume 2
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Wizards of the Coast
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English
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The Arcane Brotherhood has long held the city of Luskan in their power, but when corruption eats away at their ranks, Captain Deudermont comes to the rescue of a city that has become a safe haven for the Sword Coast's most dangerous pirates. But rescuing a city from itself may not be as easy as Deudermont thinks, and when Drizzt can't talk him out of it, he'll be forced to help.
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Legends of the First Empire volume 2
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English
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"Age of Swords continues the epic story of the war between humankind and the elves--and of ordinary people becoming legendary heroes. It introduces a set of new characters: the dwarves, whose magical weaponcraft could decide the war. It's up to our heroes to win over the dwarves to the side of humankind...or else lose the war forever"--
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Mongo mysteries volume 14
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Simon & Schuster
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English
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Circus-performer-turned-PI Mongo takes on "the CIA, neo-Nazis, and Haitian voodoo terrorists" in a grand finale that is "even more fun than usual" (Booklist). With a genius IQ, a past career as a circus acrobat, and a black belt in karate, criminology professor Dr. Robert Frederickson-better known as "Mongo the Magnificent"-has a decidedly unusual background for a private investigator. He also just so happens to be a dwarf. Investigating illegal CIA...
10) Neverwinter
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Forgotten realms. Neverwinter volume 2
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Wizards of the Coast
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English
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Free for the first time in almost one hundred years, Drizzt feels not only relief, but guilt, and this makes him vulnerable to the wiles of the elf Dahlia, his newest companion.
11) Rise of the King
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Forgotten realms. Companions codex volume 2
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Wizards of the Coast
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English
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Follows dwarf king Bruenor Battlehammer and his violent feud with the orc kingdom of Many Arrows, as they seek to take advantage of the Sundering chaos.
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Nhà Xuất Bản Văn Học
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Vietnamese
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Phần Thứ Nhất - Tập đại thành Tiểu thuyết kỳ ảo của J.R.R. Tolkien Kỷ Đệ Nhất, các Valar kết liễu Morgoth. Kỷ Đệ Nhị, Tiên và Người đánh bại Sauron. Và nay, giữa Kỷ Đệ Tam tưởng đã hòa bình, báu vật của Sauron lại ngóc đầu trong lòng núi. Và thêm một anh chàng Hobbit bỗng thấy mình từ biệt tổ ấm yên bình, dấn vào cuộc phiêu lưu mỗi bước lại...
13) Little nothing
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Blue Rider Press
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English
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In an unnamed country at the beginning of the last century, a child called Pavla is born to peasant parents. Her arrival, fervently anticipated and conceived in part by gypsy tonics and archaic prescriptions, stuns her parents and brings outrage and scorn from her community. Pavla has been born a dwarf, beautiful in face, but as the years pass, she grows no farther than the edge of her crib. When her parents turn to the treatments of a local charlatan,...
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