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Moby-Dick: or, The Whale
Moby-Dick is a classic novel published in 1851 by American author Herman Melville. Originally misunderstood by contemporary audiences and critics, Moby-Dick is now often referred to as The Great American Novel and is considered one of the treasures...
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- 1851
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- Oct 18, 1851
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- 21278
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris, "Our Lady of Paris") is a novel by Victor Hugo published in 1831. The title refers to the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, which the story is centered around.
Hugo began to write Hunchback in...
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- Jan 14, 1831
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Nibelungenlied
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Satyricon
Satyricon (or Satyrica) is a Latin work of fiction in a mixture of prose and poetry. It is believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius, though the manuscript tradition identifies the author as a certain Titus Petronius. As with the...
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Shame
Shame is Salman Rushdie's third novel, published in 1983. On the face of it, Shame is a novel about Pakistan and about the people who ruled Pakistan. One of the main aims of the novel is to portray the lives of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and General...
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- 1983
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- Oct 12, 1983
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- 4043
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
The Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo) was a 1632 Italian language book by Galileo Galilei comparing the Copernican system with the traditional Ptolemaic system. It was translated to Latin...
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- 1632
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The Awakening
The Awakening is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899 (see 1899 in literature). Set in New Orleans and the Southern Louisiana coast at the end of the nineteenth century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle to reconcile...
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Finn and Hengest
Finn and Hengest is a study by J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Alan Bliss and published posthumously in book form in 1982.
Finn and Hengest are two Anglo-Saxon heroes appearing in the Old English epic poem Beowulf and in the fragment of "The Fight at...
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A Distant Mirror
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century, published in 1978, is a work by American historian Barbara Tuchman, focusing on life in 14th century Europe.
To provide a central figure in her sweeping narrative, Tuchman chose the French nobleman...
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- 1978
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1821) is an autobiographical account written by Thomas De Quincey, about his laudanum (opium and alcohol) addiction and its effect on his life. The Confessions was "the first major work De Quincey published and...
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Republic
The Republic (original title in Ancient Greek: Πολιτεία/"PoliteÃa", meaning "city-state governance") is a Socratic dialogue by Plato, written c. 380 B.C.E.. It is one of the most influential works of philosophy and political theory, and Plato's best...
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The Thirteenth Tribe
The Thirteenth Tribe (1976) is a book by Arthur Koestler. It advances the controversial thesis that North/East European Jews and their descendants, or Ashkenazim, are not descended from the Israelites of antiquity, but from a group of Khazars, a...
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Men of Iron
Men of Iron is an 1891 novel by the American author Howard Pyle, who also illustrated it. It is juvenile coming of age work in which the author has the reader experience the medieval entry into knighthood through the eyes of a young squire, Myles...
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The Door in the Wall
The Door in the Wall is a 1949 novel by Marguerite de Angeli that received the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1950.
The story, illustrated by the author, is set in medieval England, as the plague is sweeping across...
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- 1949
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Catherine, Called Birdy
Catherine, Called Birdy is the first children's novel written by Karen Cushman. It was published in 1994, and won the Newbery Honor in 1995.
This book lasts from September 1290 to September of 1291. In Medieval England in 1290, Catherine, the...
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- 1994
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The Seeing Stone
The Seeing Stone is a novel written by Kevin Crossley-Holland and published in hardcover in August 2000, along with an audio tape version. This was followed by a paperback version in June 2001 and an audio CD in July 2003. The paperback version was...
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- Aug 2000
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- Aug 2000
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- 735221
In the Hand of the Goddess
In the Hand of the Goddess is a fantasy novel by Tamora Pierce, the second in a series of four books, The Song of the Lioness. It details the squire- and knighthood of Alanna of Trebond, who has hidden her real sex in order to become a knight....
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- 1984
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- 1984
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- 8586
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man is a fantasy novel by Tamora Pierce, the third in a series of four books, The Song of the Lioness. It details the knighthood of Alanna of Trebond as she lives in the Bazhir desert after her becoming a knight.
Now a...
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- 1986
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- 1986
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- 8587
Lioness Rampant
Lioness Rampant is a fantasy novel by Tamora Pierce, the fourth and last in a series of books, The Song of the Lioness. It details the return of Sir Alanna of Trebond with the Dominion Jewel and the final battle between her and her archenemy.
Alanna...
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- 1988
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- 1988
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- 8588
The Face of Battle
The Face of Battle, (ISBN 0-670-30432-8) is a 1976 non-fiction book on military history by the English military historian John Keegan, published by Viking Press. It deals with the structure of warfare in three time periods—medieval Europe, the...
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- 1976
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The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes is a French-language historical essay by Lebanese author Amin Maalouf. It is a narrative retelling of primary sources drawn from various Arab chronicles that seeks to provide an Arab perspective on the Crusades.
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- 1984
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The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady
The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady is a book written by Gerald Morris. Its prequel is The Squire's Tale, also written by Gerald Morris.
This book tells the tale of Gawain and Terence's journey to the fabled Green Chapel, the home of the Green...
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- 1999
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- Apr 1997
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- 691709
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The Twelve Tasks of Flavia Gemina
The Twelve Tasks of Flavia Gemina is a children's historical novel by Caroline Lawrence, published on June 19, 2003. The sixth book of the Roman Mysteries series, it is set in Ostia in December A.D. 79, during the Saturnalia. Its central themes are...
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- Jun 19, 2003
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The Land of the Silver Apples
The Land of the Silver Apples is a fantasy novel by Nancy Farmer, published in 2007. It is a sequel to The Sea of Trolls, and a sequel, The Islands of the Blessed, was published in 2009.
In this novel, we find Jack back in his village, at the start...
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- Aug 21, 2007
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- Aug 21, 2007
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- 646041
The Seer and the Sword
The Seer and the Sword is the first novel in the Seer and the Sword series, by Victoria Hanley.
Princess Torina is the only child of King Kareed and Queen Dreea. She is the Great Seer, having been given the Great Seer's crystal ball by Marla through...
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- 2000
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- Dec 2000
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- 169241
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Bella at Midnight
Bella at Midnight is a fantasy novel by Diane Stanley. The story is based on the fairy tale Cinderella.
Maud's sister Catherine has just married Sir Edward of Burning Wood when he forbids her to see her family again. Three years later, Maud receives...
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- Mar 28, 2006
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- Mar 28, 2006
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- 181070
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Early thunder
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Los templarios
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The Templars
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Pagan in exile
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Cato
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A knight of the White Cross
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Otto of the Silver Hand
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From Eve to Dawn
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The Western heritage
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The Age of Faith
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Matilda Bone
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Sketches of English Character
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The Crusades Iron Men And Saints
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The Battle of Maldon
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The Racing Tribe
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The Tso Chuan
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Selected Poems of Du Fu
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