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Anna Zarides arrives in Constantinople in 1273 to prove the innocence of her twin brother, Justinian. He has been exiled for conspiring to kill Bessarion, a nobleman. Disguising herself as a eunuch named Anastasius, Anna moves about freely, using her skills as a physician to maneuver close to the key players involved in her brother's fate. Anna crosses paths with Zoe Chrysaphes, a devious noblewoman with her own hidden agenda, and Giuliano Dandolo,...
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2019.
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In the year 1601, Queen Elizabeth of England is dying without an heir. Will King James VI of Scotland be her successor? Geoffrey Belloc must devise a test to see if King James is truly a Protestant as he claims or if he is secretly a Catholic. Belloc enlists the help of Mahmoud Ezzedine, a Muslim physician left behind by the last diplomatic visit from the Ottoman Empire, as his undercover agent.
27) Built to last
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2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 3
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Reveals the how and why behind some of the most fascinating and enduring structures humankind has ever created.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14
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A retelling of the legend of Achilles follows Patroclus and Achilles, the golden son of King Peleus, as they lay siege to Troy after Helen of Sparta is kidnapped--a cause that tests their friendship and forces them to make the ultimate sacrifice.
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 4
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Illustrations and text combine to examine the lives, achievements, and struggles of the Byzantines; covering a period that begins with the establishment of the capital city of Constantinople in A.D. 330, and continuing through its fall to the Turks in 1453.
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From Michael Korda, author of the New York Times bestselling Eisenhower biography Ike and the captivating Battle of Britain book With Wings Like Eagles, comes the critically-acclaimed definitive biography of T. E. Lawrence—the legendary British soldier, strategist, scholar, and adventurer whose exploits as "Lawrence of Arabia" created a legacy of mythic proportions in his own lifetime. Many know T.E. Lawrence from David Lean's Oscar-winning...
33) Turkeys together
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
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A pointer dog puppyu helps a mothe turkey figure out how to protect her eggs from being stolen.
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Pub. Date
2012
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From the New York Times–bestselling author of the Alexandria Quartet: “A superlative piece of . . . writing . . . rooted in the Mediterranean scene” (Time). In 1953, as the British Empire relaxes its grip upon the world, the island of Cyprus bucks for independence. Some cry for union with Athens, others for an arrangement that would split the island down the middle, giving half...
36) Focus on Turkey
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c2008
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Explores the history, people, and culture of Turkey.
37) Snow
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Following years of lonely political exile in Western Europe, Ka, a middle-aged poet, returns to Istanbul to attend his mother's funeral. Only partly recognizing this place of his cultured, middle-class youth, he is even more disoriented by news of strange events in the wider country: a wave of suicides among girls forbidden to wear their head scarves at school. An apparent thaw of his writer's curiosity - a frozen sea these many years - leads him...
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Inspector Ikmen mysteries volume 1
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When a brutal murder takes place in Istanbul's run-down Jewish quarter, eccentric inspector Çetin Ikmen is assigned to the case by the Turkish police and pursues a labyrinthine plot throughout the area's back alleys.
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2016.
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"Acclaimed travel writer Rick Antonson sets his adventurous compass on Mount Ararat, exploring the region's long history, religious mysteries, and complex politics. Mount Ararat is the most fabled mountain in the world. For millennia this massif in eastern Turkey has been rumored as the resting place of Noah's Ark following the Great Flood. But it also plays a significant role in the longstanding conflict between Turkey and Armenia. Author Rick Antonson...
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