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For much of the last thirteen years, Turkey rode a wave of political, social, and economic success. When the AK Party came to power in 2002, it pursued a progressive and democratic agenda, which resulted in the advancement of democratic and human rights and widespread economic growth. Two landslide election victories reaffirmed the AK Party's successes, and Turkey was, held up to the world as an example of the peaceful co-existence between, Islam...
3) The ambition
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A corrupt judge in a mob murder case. A disillusioned pastor, hungry for power. A cynical reporter, sniffing for a scandal. A gambling addict whose secret tape threatens the lives of everyone who hears it.New York Times bestselling author, Lee Strobel, weaves these edgy characters into an intricate thriller set in a gleaming, suburban megachurch, a big-city newspaper struggling for survival, and the shadowy corridors of political intrigue. The unexpected...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 9
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Ged was the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, but once he was called Sparrowhawk, a reckless youth, hungry for power and knowledge, who tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.
5) Anonymous
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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2012
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Set in the political snake-pit of Elizabethan England, this program speculates on an issue that has for centuries intrigued academics and brilliant minds...who was the author of the plays credited to William Shakespeare? This program poses one possible answer, focusing on a time when clock-and-dagger political intrigue, illicit romances in the Royal Court, and the schemes of greedy nobles hungry for power were exposed in the most unlikely of places:...
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"The first major book on Vikings by a Scandinavian author to be published in English, The Wolf Age reframes the struggle for a North Sea empire and puts readers in the mindset of Vikings, providing new insight into their goals, values, and what they chose to live and die for. Tore Skeie (Norway's Most Important Young Historian) takes readers on a thrilling journey through the bloody shared history of England and Scandinavia, and on across early medieval...
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After Nina senses a push from Spirit, she relocates her coven to Nova, Colorado, a small, snowy mountain town just outside Denver. But when Leo-her most powerful and dangerously gifted witch-decides to stray from the coven's goal for motives of his own, the coven begins to unravel. Soon they find themselves in greater peril than they ever imagined possible, hunted by murderous witches hungry for power and revenge, and with Death breathing down the...
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Marie-Madeleine de Brinvilliers is an ambitious, cunning woman hungry for power in 17th century France - and she'll do whatever it takes to satisfy her greed. The wife of a respected royal, Marie's ambitions turn a wealthy royalty upside down. Follow Marie's downward spiral from pious bride to sinister mistress of seduction and corruption in this opulent historical drama.
9) Raptors V 2
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Europe Comics
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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Who are these predators that seem to be infiltrating every aspect of human society? Inspector Lenore wants to take them on, but will she be up to the task? Perhaps not... Unless she allies herself with their worst enemies, back from the beginning of time, hungry for power and for blood...
10) Fight For Honor
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Who dares challenge JT? A man hungry for power and control. When his quest to dominate the world threatens our freedom and our rights, are we not to fight? When his quest, to establish a new era, to impose new rules, rules, which everyone, either obeys or perishes threatens our way of life and our freedom, are we not to fight? Where many have been, murdered, who dares challenge this man? When they can't even protect themselves. Can one woman fight...
11) What We Become
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Two years ago, teenagers Mal and Laura destroyed a corporate empire intent on controlling human thinking through technology. For a while, life was good. But now a new force has arisen: the Old Man. He's hungry for power and he knows who holds the key to getting it: Mal. Mal needs his beloved Laura's help to defeat the Old Man, but is he willing to risk her life in another battle to save humanity? What We Become combines mind-bending thrills with the...
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Mages of Mystralia ties into the highly anticipated video game from Borealys Games and is written by Eisner-award nominee Brian Clevinger, with art by Carey Pietsch, and based on a story by Forgotten Realms® creator Ed Greenwood! When a deadly plague spreads through the kingdom of Mystralia and kills the reigning monarchs, an inexperienced young mage ascends the throne. Desperate for knowledge of the highest forms of magic and hungry for power, he...
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In this war, only the biggest survive... It's 2032 and the world is locked in global combat. Deep in the GVD, a secret camp has been developing a size-altering weapon that will change everything. They train soldiers to be utterly ruthless. Soldiers who can grow – and eat the opposition for breakfast.When Agent Starcen infiltrates the camp to uncover their terrible plans, he starts a chain of events that will reshape the war. Nothing could prepare...
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Everybody's looking for something.
Captain Rose Madigan of the airship The Merry Widow is looking for a paying job for her all-female crew. Gabriella Upstairs, her newest recruit, is looking for a reason to be glad she's on board. And Madam Ruby of the Red House Bordello is looking for the secret laboratory of a missing mad scientist--and is willing to hire the airship. When they find the lab and its single occupant, Atom Loquacious, danger and...
15) Apprentice
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As Europe braces for the onslaught of the Black Death, Phale Fe goes to Italy in search of the demon that murdered his friends and burned down his school. Meanwhile, the parallel world of the New Realm closes its borders and institutes quarantine in an effort to protect its citizens from the pathogen. Yet, with an Emperor slowly sliding into dangerous obsessions, a Secretary hungry for power, and vengeful forces gathering within as well as without,...
16) A Sacred Storm
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Wanderer chronicles volume 2
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Bound by honor. Haunted by loss. 8th Century Sweden: Erlan Aurvandil, a Viking outlander, has pledged his sword to Sviggar Ivarsson, King of the SveÄrs, and sworn enemy of the Danish king Harald Wartooth. But Wartooth, hungry for power, is stirring violence in the borderlands. As the fires of this ancient feud are reignited Erlan is bound by honor and oath to stand with King Sviggar. But, unbeknownst to the old King his daughter, Princess Lilla,...
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Hell's not so scary when you've been there twice already...It's been three years since she lost her sister, Abby, to the Division, and Hettie Alabama has gone rogue. Roaming the West with an outlaw posse, robbing banks and stealing magic, she's broken every rule she once believed in. Nothing matters anymore but finding Abby.
Meanwhile, the world is on fire. Hungry for power, the Division leaches magic from the vulnerable, with dire consequences that...
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Medallion Media Group
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2008
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In a western Ukraine wine cellar in 1985, Chernobyl engineer Mihaly Horvath discloses the unnecessary risks associated with the power plant to his brother, Kiev Militia detective Lazlo. Spawned by a desire to protect his family, Lazlo investigatesirritating his superiors, drawing the attention of a CIA operative, raising the hackles of an old KGB major, and ultimately discovering his brother’s secret affair with a Chernobyl technician,...
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Dark Horse
Pub. Date
2019
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English
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Mages of Mystralia ties into the highly anticipated video game from Borealys Games and is written by Eisner-award nominee Brian Clevinger, with art by Carey Pietsch, and based on a story by Forgotten Realms (R) creator Ed Greenwood!
When a deadly plague spreads through the kingdom of Mystralia and kills the reigning monarchs, an inexperienced young mage ascends the throne. Desperate for knowledge of the highest forms of magic and hungry for power,...
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A prince on the run ...
A girl with a terrible secret ...
A sorceress hungry for power ...
An unforgettable journey.
Sixteen-year-old Shahin's father is dead. Now he must flee the wrath of his wicked aunt and leave behind everything he knows. But he can't do it alone.
His guide is Amrita, a beautiful girl who hides a terrible secret. With her help, they elude the palace guards and navigate the treacherous mountain pass out of Persia. As they near...