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1) Richard II
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Bantam Dell
Pub. Date
2006
Description
King Richard II banishes Henry Bolingbroke, seizes noble land, and uses the money to fund wars. Henry returns to England to reclaim his land, gathers an army of those opposed to Richard, and deposes him. Now as Henry IV, Henry imprisons Richard, and Richard is murdered in prison.
2) Richard III
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Richard of Gloucester crosses and double-crosses friends and foes alike in a no-holds-barred effort to solidify control of the throne once occupied by his brother, Edward IV. His antics prove fruitful until one final battle with Henry, Earl of Richmond.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
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Branded as traitors by the king's authorities, Crispin and his guardian, Bear, flee to coastal towns in fourteenth-century England, where they perform a musical juggling act and bond as a family after befriending a disfigured girl.
4) Sent
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
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Jonah, Katherine, Chip, and Alex suddenly find themselves in 1483 at the Tower of London, where they discover that Chip and Alex are Prince Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury, imprisoned by their uncle, King Richard III, but trying to repair history without knowing what is supposed to happen proves challenging.
5) Lionheart
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G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Richard, the second surviving son of Henry Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine, inherits the throne from his brother, before embarking on the Third Crusade, a conflict that is complicated by the schemes of his usurping brother, John.
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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I snapped the switch, but there was nobody there. Then I saw something in the far corner which made me drop my cigar and fall into a cold sweat.' When Richard Hannay is warned of an assassination plot that has the potential to take Britain into a war, and then a few days later discovers the murdered body of the American that warned him in his flat, he becomes a prime...
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Richard Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. Here he recounts in his inimitable voice his experience trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and Bohr and ideas on gambling with Nick the Greek; cracking the uncrackable safes guarding the most deeply held nuclear secrets; accompanying a ballet on his bongo drums; painting a naked female toreador. In short, here is Feynman's life in all its eccentric?a...
10) Come back to me
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Waters of time volume 1
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"Scientist Marian Creighton was skeptical of her father's lifelong research of ancient holy water--until she ingests some of it and finds herself transported back to the Middle Ages. With the help of an emotionally wounded nobleman, can she make her way back home? Or will she be trapped in the past forever?"-- Provided by publisher.
Marian Creighton's father is on a quest for the ultimate cure, one that could heal any disease, in a desire to save...
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Series
Great illustrated classics volume E224-35
Publisher
Baronet Books
Pub. Date
1994
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A retelling of the adventures of the Saxon knight Ivanhoe in 1194, the year of Richard the Lion-Hearted's return from the Third Crusade.
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Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"Brilliantly researched, authoritatively crafted by a prize-winning biographer, and lively on the page, this is the Nixon we've been waiting for. Richard Nixon opens with young Navy lieutenant "Nick" Nixon returning from the Pacific and setting his cap at Congress, an idealistic dreamer seeking to build a better world. Yet amid the turns of that now legendary 1946 campaign, Nixon's finer attributes quickly gave way to unapologetic ruthlessness. It...
13) The Iceman
Publisher
Millenium
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Inspired by actual events, The Iceman follows notorious contract killer Richard Kuklinski from his early days in the mob until his arrest for the murder of more than one hundred men. Appearing to be living the American dream as a devoted husband and father, in reality Kuklinski was a ruthless killer-for-hire. When finally arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor his daughters had any clue about his real profession.
14) Blaze of silver
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 12
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Using principles of their shared Muslim faith to persuade him, an agent of the Old Man of the Mountain convinces Kamil to lead Will and Ellie into a trap, but Kamil repents and seeks a way to save his friends and redeem himself.
16) Richard Nixon
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Publisher
ABDO
Pub. Date
©2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines the childhood, political career, and other activities of the thirty-seventh president of the United States.
17) Vice
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
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The story of Dick Cheney, the forty-sixth vice president of the United States, and how he quietly became the most powerful man in the world.
18) The telling pool
Author
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
Description
Relying on true courage and true love, as well as some surprising connections to the Arthurian legends, a young Welsh teenager named Rhodri embarks on a quest to remove an ancient curse from Great Britain during the reign of Richard the Lionheart.
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Pub. Date
2014.
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"At Vertigo 42, a bar high above London's financial district, Richard Jury meets Tom Williamson - a friend of a friend who is convinced his wife, Tess, was murdered 17 years ago. Tess's death was ruled accidental - a fall caused by vertigo - but Jury agrees to re-examine the case. A young girl's fatal fall at a children's party 22 years ago at Tom and Tess's home may be connected. After an elegantly dressed woman falls from a tower near a pub that...
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