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KILLING THE RISING SUN by Bill O’Reilly,Martin Dugard

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Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan by Bill O’Reilly,Martin Dugard, No. 1 bestselling book of New York Times Best Sellers. The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the final years of World War II. For more New York Times Best Seller of Hardcover Political Books best sellers, click here

Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan

 by: Bill O’Reilly,  Martin Dugard
No. 1 Best Seller on Saturday, January 7, 2017.
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The powerful and riveting new book in the multimillion-selling Killing series by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard

Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. Killing the Rising Sun takes readers to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled Philippines, where General Douglas MacArthur has made a triumphant return and is plotting a full-scale invasion of Japan.

Across the globe in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer and his team of scientists are preparing to test the deadliest weapon known to mankind. In Washington, DC, FDR dies in office and Harry Truman ascends to the presidency, only to face the most important political decision in history: whether to use that weapon. And in Tokyo, Emperor Hirohito, who is considered a deity by his subjects, refuses to surrender, despite a massive and mounting death toll. Told in the same page-turning style of Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy, Killing Jesus, Killing Patton, and Killing Reagan, this epic saga details the final moments of World War II like never before.

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1. Zabic Pattona

 by: Martin Dugard Bill O\’Reilly
Release date: Dec 25, 2019
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2. Zabic Jezusa Opowiesc historyczna

 by: Martin Dugard Bill O’Reilly
Release date: Dec 25, 2019
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Zabic Jezusa. Opowiesc historycznaPolish language book. Ksiazka w polskiej wersji jezykowej.

3. Zabic Lincolna

 by: Martin Dugard Bill O\’Reilly
Release date: Dec 25, 2019
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Zabic LincolnaPolish language book. Ksiazka w polskiej wersji jezykowej.

4. Zabic Pattona

 by: Martin Dugard Bill O\’Reilly
Release date: Dec 25, 2019
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Zabic PattonaWielotygodniowy numer 1 na liscie bestsellerow „

5. Zabic Jezusa Opowiesc historyczna

 by: Martin Dugard Bill O’Reilly
Release date: Dec 25, 2019
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Zabic Jezusa. Opowiesc historycznaPolish language book. Ksiazka w polskiej wersji jezykowej.

6. Zabic Lincolna

 by: Martin Dugard Bill O\’Reilly
Release date: Dec 25, 2019
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Zabic LincolnaPolish language book. Ksiazka w polskiej wersji jezykowej.

Last updated on Thursday, March 30, 2017

KINDRED by Octavia E. Butler,Damian Duffy,John Jennings

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Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler,Damian Duffy,John Jennings, No. 1 bestselling book of New York Times Best Sellers. A woman travels through time — from the 1970s to the pre-Civil War era — in this adaptation of Butler’s 1979 novel. For more New York Times Best Seller of Hardcover Graphic Novels best sellers, click here

Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

 by: Octavia E. Butler,  Damian Duffy,  John Jennings
No. 1 Best Seller on Friday, January 20, 2017.
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Octavia E. Butler’s bestselling literary science-fiction masterpiece, Kindred, now in graphic novel format.
 
More than 35 years after its release, Kindred continues to draw in new readers with its deep exploration of the violence and loss of humanity caused by slavery in the United States, and its complex and lasting impact on the present day. Adapted by celebrated academics and comics artists Damian Duffy and John Jennings, this graphic novel powerfully renders Butler’s mysterious and moving story, which spans racial and gender divides in the antebellum South through the 20th century. 
 
Butler’s most celebrated, critically acclaimed work tells the story of Dana, a young black woman who is suddenly and inexplicably transported from her home in 1970s California to the pre–Civil War South. As she time-travels between worlds, one in which she is a free woman and one where she is part of her own complicated familial history on a southern plantation, she becomes frighteningly entangled in the lives of Rufus, a conflicted white slaveholder and one of Dana’s own ancestors, and the many people who are enslaved by him.
 
Held up as an essential work in feminist, science-fiction, and fantasy genres, and a cornerstone of the Afrofuturism movement, there are over 500,000 copies of Kindred in print. The intersectionality of race, history, and the treatment of women addressed within the original work remain critical topics in contemporary dialogue, both in the classroom and in the public sphere.
 
Frightening, compelling, and richly imagined, Kindred offers an unflinching look at our complicated social history, transformed by the graphic novel format into a visually stunning work for a new generation of readers.


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GHOSTS by Various,Phil Jimenez

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Love is Love by Various,Phil Jimenez, No. 1 bestselling book of New York Times Best Sellers. Two sisters discover that their quiet coastal town is haunted by ghosts, but are they something to fear, or embrace? For more New York Times Best Seller of Paperback Graphic Novels best sellers, click here

Love is Love

 by: Various,  Phil Jimenez
No. 1 Best Seller on Friday, January 13, 2017.
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The comic book industry comes together to honor those killed in Orlando this year. From IDW Publishing, with assistance from DC Entertainment, this oversize comic contains moving and heartfelt material from some of the greatest talents in comics – – mourning the victims, supporting the survivors, celebrating the LGBTQ community, and examining love in today’s world.

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1. Love is Love

 by: Various,  Phil Jimenez
Release date: Jan 10, 2017
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The comic book industry comes together to honor those killed in Orlando this year. From IDW Publishing, with assistance from DC Entertainment, this oversize comic contains moving and heartfelt material from some of the greatest talents in comics – – mourning the victims, supporting the survivors, celebrating the LGBTQ community, and examining love in today’s world.

2. Legion of Super-Heroes: When Evil Calls

 by: Paul Levitz,  Phil Jimenez,  Various
Release date: Apr 17, 2012
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Fan favorite writer Paul Levitz continues to expand the 31st Century DC Universe he made so famous with this compilation of all-new tales from LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES and ADVENTURE COMICS. In LEGION, the heroes uncover a Durlan assassination plot, while ADVENTURE follows a new group of Legionnaires, as they learn the ropes at the Legion Academy.

3. Wonder Woman #600

 by: Various Authors,  J. Michael Straczynski,  Geoff Johns,  Gail Simone,  Scott,  George Pérez,  Phil Jimenez,  Joe Madureira
Release date: Jun 30, 2010
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Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI, GEOFF JOHNS, GAIL SIMONE & others
# Art by GEORGE PÉREZ, PHIL JIMENEZ, JOE MADUREIRA & others Cover by GEORGE PÉREZ
1:25 “DC 75th Anniversary” variant cover by ADAM HUGHES
# 1:75 “DC 75th Anniversary” variant black and white cover by ADAM HUGHES
You’re invited to the gala celebration featuring WONDER WOMAN talent from the past and present to commemorate this landmark issue! Renumbered to reflect Wonder Woman’s starring role in 600 issues, this book features the industry’s top talent – including Geoff Johns, Phil Jimenez, George Pérez, Gail Simone, Joe Madureira and more! Plus, readers won’t want to miss a chance to check out the exciting, all-new direction for the Wonder Woman universe as new ongoing writer J. Michael Straczynski (SUPERMAN, BRAVE AND THE BOLD, Amazing Spider-Man) provides a story of his own!

4. Hellblazer (Collections) (16 Book Series)

 by: JAMIE DELANO,  JOHN RIDGWAY,  David Lloyd,  GARTH ENNIS,  WILLIAM SIMPSON,  VARIOUS,  STEVE DILLON,  Paul Jenkins,  Eddie Campbell,  Paul Jenkins,  Garth Ennis,  WARREN ELLIS,  JASON AARON,  Brian Azzarello,  JOHN RIDGWAY,  WILLIAM SIMPSON,  VARIOUS,  STEVE DILLON,  Alfredo Alcala,  Tom Mandrake,  Dave McKean,  Kent Williams,  STEVE DILLON,  Sean Phillips,  Sean Phillips,  Charlie Adlard,  Warren Pleece,  John Higgins,  PHIL JIMENEZ,  SEAN MURPHY
Release date: Mar 30, 2017
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An apathetic, somewhat amoral occultist, John Constantine always manages to come out on top through a combo of luck, trickery and genuine magical skill. In this seminal Vertigo series, uncover a horror story wrapped in a mystery starring a hero who’s at his best and worst, all at the same time…

5. Amazing Spider-Man (1999-2013) (Collections) (37 Book Series)

 by: J. Michael Straczynski,  Various,  Dan Slott,  Marc Guggenheim,  Bob Gale,  Zeb Wells,  Joe Kelly,  Roger Stern,  Mark Waid,  Fred Van Lente,  Phil Jimenez,  Brian Reed,  J.M. DeMatteis,  Joe Quesada,  Tom Peyer,  Greg Weisman,  Christos Gage,  Mark Waid,  Christopher Yost,  Brian Clevinger,  Rob Williams,  Ty Templeton,  David Morrell,  Clay Chapman,  Jen Van Meter,  Joe Casey,  Kevin Grievioux,  Various,  Phil Jimenez,  Joe Quesada
Release date: Mar 30, 2017
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Looking for the one superhero comic you just have to read? You’ve found it! Amazing Spider-Man is the cornerstone of the Marvel Universe. This is where you’ll find all the big-time action, major storylines and iconic Spider-Man magic you’d come to expect from the Wall-Crawler.

6. Swamp Thing (1982-1996) (Collections) (9 Book Series)

 by: Grant Morrison,  Mark Millar,  Mark Millar,  Various,  ALAN MOORE,  STEPHEN BISSETTE,  JOHN TOTLEBEN,  STEPHEN BISSETTE,  STAN WOCH,  ALAN MOORE,  RICK VEITCH,  JOHN TOTLEBEN,  STEPHEN BISSETTE,  JOHN TOTLEBEN,  STEPHEN BISSETTE,  STAN WOCH,  Phil Hester,  Chris Weston,  Jill Thompson,  Phil Jimenez,  Curt Swan,  Kim DeMulder,  John Totleben,  STEVE BISSETTE,  Rick Veitch
Release date: Mar 30, 2017
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Before WATCHMEN, Alan Moore made his debut in the U.S. comic book industry with the revitalization of the horror comic book THE SWAMP THING. His deconstruction of the classic monster stretched the creative boundaries of the medium and became one of the most spectacular series in comic book history.

7. Love is Love

 by: Various,  Phil Jimenez
Release date: Jan 10, 2017
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The comic book industry comes together to honor those killed in Orlando this year. From IDW Publishing, with assistance from DC Entertainment, this oversize comic contains moving and heartfelt material from some of the greatest talents in comics – – mourning the victims, supporting the survivors, celebrating the LGBTQ community, and examining love in today’s world.

8. Legion of Super-Heroes: When Evil Calls

 by: Paul Levitz,  Phil Jimenez,  Various
Release date: Apr 17, 2012
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Fan favorite writer Paul Levitz continues to expand the 31st Century DC Universe he made so famous with this compilation of all-new tales from LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES and ADVENTURE COMICS. In LEGION, the heroes uncover a Durlan assassination plot, while ADVENTURE follows a new group of Legionnaires, as they learn the ropes at the Legion Academy.

9. Wonder Woman #600

 by: Various Authors,  J. Michael Straczynski,  Geoff Johns,  Gail Simone,  Scott,  George Pérez,  Phil Jimenez,  Joe Madureira
Release date: Jun 30, 2010
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Written by J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI, GEOFF JOHNS, GAIL SIMONE & others
# Art by GEORGE PÉREZ, PHIL JIMENEZ, JOE MADUREIRA & others Cover by GEORGE PÉREZ
1:25 “DC 75th Anniversary” variant cover by ADAM HUGHES
# 1:75 “DC 75th Anniversary” variant black and white cover by ADAM HUGHES
You’re invited to the gala celebration featuring WONDER WOMAN talent from the past and present to commemorate this landmark issue! Renumbered to reflect Wonder Woman’s starring role in 600 issues, this book features the industry’s top talent – including Geoff Johns, Phil Jimenez, George Pérez, Gail Simone, Joe Madureira and more! Plus, readers won’t want to miss a chance to check out the exciting, all-new direction for the Wonder Woman universe as new ongoing writer J. Michael Straczynski (SUPERMAN, BRAVE AND THE BOLD, Amazing Spider-Man) provides a story of his own!

10. Hellblazer (Collections) (16 Book Series)

 by: JAMIE DELANO,  JOHN RIDGWAY,  David Lloyd,  GARTH ENNIS,  WILLIAM SIMPSON,  VARIOUS,  STEVE DILLON,  Paul Jenkins,  Eddie Campbell,  Paul Jenkins,  Garth Ennis,  WARREN ELLIS,  JASON AARON,  Brian Azzarello,  JOHN RIDGWAY,  WILLIAM SIMPSON,  VARIOUS,  STEVE DILLON,  Alfredo Alcala,  Tom Mandrake,  Dave McKean,  Kent Williams,  STEVE DILLON,  Sean Phillips,  Sean Phillips,  Charlie Adlard,  Warren Pleece,  John Higgins,  PHIL JIMENEZ,  SEAN MURPHY
Release date: Mar 30, 2017
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An apathetic, somewhat amoral occultist, John Constantine always manages to come out on top through a combo of luck, trickery and genuine magical skill. In this seminal Vertigo series, uncover a horror story wrapped in a mystery starring a hero who’s at his best and worst, all at the same time…

11. Amazing Spider-Man (1999-2013) (Collections) (37 Book Series)

 by: J. Michael Straczynski,  Various,  Dan Slott,  Marc Guggenheim,  Bob Gale,  Zeb Wells,  Joe Kelly,  Roger Stern,  Mark Waid,  Fred Van Lente,  Phil Jimenez,  Brian Reed,  J.M. DeMatteis,  Joe Quesada,  Tom Peyer,  Greg Weisman,  Christos Gage,  Mark Waid,  Christopher Yost,  Brian Clevinger,  Rob Williams,  Ty Templeton,  David Morrell,  Clay Chapman,  Jen Van Meter,  Joe Casey,  Kevin Grievioux,  Various,  Phil Jimenez,  Joe Quesada
Release date: Mar 30, 2017
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Looking for the one superhero comic you just have to read? You’ve found it! Amazing Spider-Man is the cornerstone of the Marvel Universe. This is where you’ll find all the big-time action, major storylines and iconic Spider-Man magic you’d come to expect from the Wall-Crawler.

12. Swamp Thing (1982-1996) (Collections) (9 Book Series)

 by: Grant Morrison,  Mark Millar,  Mark Millar,  Various,  ALAN MOORE,  STEPHEN BISSETTE,  JOHN TOTLEBEN,  STEPHEN BISSETTE,  STAN WOCH,  ALAN MOORE,  RICK VEITCH,  JOHN TOTLEBEN,  STEPHEN BISSETTE,  JOHN TOTLEBEN,  STEPHEN BISSETTE,  STAN WOCH,  Phil Hester,  Chris Weston,  Jill Thompson,  Phil Jimenez,  Curt Swan,  Kim DeMulder,  John Totleben,  STEVE BISSETTE,  Rick Veitch
Release date: Mar 30, 2017
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Before WATCHMEN, Alan Moore made his debut in the U.S. comic book industry with the revitalization of the horror comic book THE SWAMP THING. His deconstruction of the classic monster stretched the creative boundaries of the medium and became one of the most spectacular series in comic book history.

Last updated on Thursday, March 30, 2017

FULL PACKAGE by Lauren Blakely

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Full Package by Lauren Blakely, No. 1 bestselling book of New York Times Best Sellers. A man shares a cramped apartment with his friend’s fetching sister. For more New York Times Best Seller of E-Book Fiction best sellers, click here

Full Package

 by: Lauren Blakely
No. 1 Best Seller on Friday, January 20, 2017.
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The #1 New York Times Bestseller! A hot and hilarious new romance from the author of smash hits MISTER O and BIG ROCK…

I’ve been told I have quite a gift.

Hey, I don’t just mean in my pants. I’ve got a big brain too, and a huge heart of gold. And I like to use all my gifts to the fullest, the package included. Life is smooth sailing….

Until I find myself stuck between a rock and a sexy roommate, which makes for one very hard…place.

Because scoring an apartment in this city is harder than finding true love. So even if I have to shack up with my buddy’s smoking hot and incredibly amazing little sister, a man’s got to do what a man’s got to do.

I can resist Josie. I’m disciplined, I’m focused, and I keep my hands to myself, even in the mere five-hundred square feet we share. Until the one night she insists on sliding under the covers with me. It’ll help her sleep after what happened that day, she says.

Spoiler–neither one of us sleeps.

Did I mention she’s also one of my best friends? That she’s brilliant, beautiful and a total firecracker? Guess that makes her the full package too.

What’s a man stuck in a hard place to do?

FULL PACKAGE is a standalone friends-to-lovers rom-com!

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1. The Hot One

 by: Lauren Blakely
Release date: Feb 27, 2017
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A sexy new standalone romance from #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Lauren Blakely…

Ever notice that sometimes a guy will do something really stupid, like let the love of his life slip through his fingers? Yeah. I’m that guy. But the moment I run into the woman I once loved madly, I’ve got one goal and one goal only–a second chance. The plan? Go big or go home.
Fine, at first glance, stripping naked at my ex-girlfriend’s place of work might not seem like the brightest way to win her heart again. But trust me on this count–she always liked me best without any clothes on. And you’ve got to play to your strengths when you’re fighting an uphill battle. As a lawyer, I know how to fight, and I’m prepared to fight hard for her. Because sometimes you need a second chance at first love.

He’s the one who got away . . . 
The nerve of Tyler Nichols to reappear like that at my job, showing off his rock-hard body that drove me wild far too many nights. That man with his knowing grin and mischievous eyes is nothing but a cocky jerk to saunter back into my life. Except, what if he’s not . . .? I’ve tried like hell to forget him, but maybe I’m cursed to remember the guy I fell madly in love with eight years ago. Lord knows I’m not over him, so what’s the harm in giving him a week to prove he’s changed in the ways that matter? 

After all, how do you resist the hot one . . .?

2. Full Package

 by: Lauren Blakely
Release date: Jan 09, 2017
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From the New York Times Bestselling author of MISTER O and BIG ROCK, comes a hot & hilarious new standalone romantic comedy…

I’ve been told I have quite a gift.

Hey, I don’t just mean in my pants. I’ve got a big brain too, and a huge heart of gold. And I like to use all my gifts to the fullest, the package included. Life is smooth sailing….

Until I find myself stuck between a rock and a sexy roommate, which makes for one very hard…place.

Because scoring an apartment in this city is harder than finding true love. So even if I have to shack up with my buddy’s smoking hot and incredibly amazing little sister, a man’s got to do what a man’s got to do.

I can resist Josie. I’m disciplined, I’m focused, and I keep my hands to myself, even in the mere five-hundred square feet we share. Until the one night she insists on sliding under the covers with me. It’ll help her sleep after what happened that day, she says.

Spoiler–neither one of us sleeps. 

Did I mention she’s also one of my best friends? That she’s brilliant, beautiful and a total firecracker? Guess that makes her the full package too.

What’s a man stuck in a hard place to do?

3. Joy Ride

 by: Lauren Blakely
Release date: May 01, 2017
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From the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of FULL PACKAGE and BIG ROCK, comes a hot & hilarious new standalone romantic comedy…

Let’s be honest, ladies. A good man is a lot like the perfect car. You want a hot body, an engine that purrs, and superior performance under the hood…for the best joy ride of your life.

I’m at your service. Ready to go all night long.

But then a wildly sexy brunette appears in my life and throws a wrench in all my plans. She’s fiery, she’s talented, she’s gorgeous, and I’d really like to know what makes her engine hum.

Henley also happens to be my biggest rival, and now we’re forced to work together every day on the most important custom car build of my career. The trouble is I can’t quite figure out if she wants to kick me in the lug nuts or beg me to give her a good, hard fuel injection. Until one night that question is answered on the hood of a sports car when she calls out my name three times. And we can’t seem to put on the brakes.


If sleeping with the enemy is a bad idea, how much more dangerous would it be to fall in love with her?

4. Well Hung

 by: Lauren Blakely
Release date: Sep 12, 2016
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From New York Times Bestselling Author Lauren Blakely comes a HOT new standalone romance…

Here’s what you need to know about me — I’m well-off, well-hung and quick with a joke. Women like a guy who makes them laugh. Even better if he’s loyal and hard-working. That’s me.

Enter Natalie. Hot, sexy, smart, and my new assistant. Which makes her totally off limits…

Hey, I’m a good guy. Really. I do my best to stay far away from the kind of temptation she brings to work. Until one night in Vegas…

Yeah, you’ve heard this one before. Bad news on the business front, drowning our sorrows in a few too many Harvey Wallbangers, and then I’m banging her. In my hotel room. In her hotel room. Behind the Titanic slot machine at the Flamingo (don’t ask). And before I can make her say “Oh God right there YES!” one more time, we’re both saying yes–the big yes–at a roadside chapel in front of a guy in press-on sideburns and a shiny gold leisure suit. 

We’ll just untie the knot in the morning, right?

The trouble is . . . I don’t know how to keep my hands off my soon-to-be ex-wife.

*WELL HUNG is a sexy standalone romantic comedy!*

5. Big Rock

 by: Lauren Blakely
Release date: Jan 06, 2016
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It’s not just the motion of the ocean, ladies. It’s definitely the SIZE of the boat too.

And I’ve got both firing on all cylinders. In fact, I have ALL the right assets. Looks, brains, my own money, and a big c*&k.

You might think I’m an a*&hole. I sound like one, don’t I? I’m hot as sin, rich as heaven, smart as hell and hung like a horse.

Guess what? You haven’t heard my story before. Sure, I might be a playboy, like the NY gossip rags call me. But I’m the playboy who’s actually a great guy. Which makes me one of a kind.

The only trouble is, my dad needs me to cool it for a bit. With conservative investors in town wanting to buy his flagship Fifth Avenue jewelry store, he needs me not only to zip it up, but to look the part of the committed guy. Fine. I can do this for Dad. After all, I’ve got him to thank for the family jewels. So I ask my best friend and business partner to be my fiancée for the next week. Charlotte’s up for it. She has her own reasons for saying yes to wearing this big rock.

And pretty soon all this playing pretend in public leads to no pretending whatsoever in the bedroom, because she just can’t fake the kind of toe-curling, window-shattering orgasmic cries she makes as I take her to new heights between the sheets.

But I can’t seem to fake that I might be feeling something real for her.

What the hell have I gotten myself into with this… big rock?

6. The Sexy One

 by: Lauren Blakely
Release date: Oct 17, 2016
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From the NYT Bestselling author of MISTER O, comes a sexy new standalone romance…
Let me count the ways why falling into forbidden love is not my wisest move…
1. She works with me every single day.
Did I mention she’s gorgeous, sweet, kind and smart?
2. She works in my home.
Playing with my five-year-old daughter. Teaching my little girl. Cooking for my princess. Which means…
3. She’s the nanny.
And that makes her completely off-limits…But it doesn’t stop me from wanting her. All of her.

***

The other nannies in this city don’t call him the Sexy One for nothing. My boss, the amazingly wonderful single father to the girl I take care of every day is ridiculously hot, like movie star levels with those arms, and those eyes, and that body. Not to mention, the way he dotes on his little girl melts me all over. But what really makes my knees weak are the times when his gaze lingers on me. In secret. When no one else is around. 

I can’t risk my job for a chance at something more…can I? But I don’t know how to resist him much longer either…

With all the heat, heart and humor readers have come to expect, this newest standalone will make you laugh, swoon and feel like you’re falling in love!

7. The Wild One

 by: Lauren Blakely
Release date: Jul 10, 2017
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A sexy new standalone romance from #1 New York Times Bestselling author Lauren Blakely!

There are four words every guy wants to hear on the first date — “your place or mine?”

When my hot-as-sin co-worker makes me a no-strings-attached offer that involves her place, my place, or any place, I can’t refuse. My job is like a coach and my goal is to help my fellow man figure out how to score a woman. My latest assignment for the good of mankind? Create a fail-safe, 100% battle-tested, proven list of what to do or say to get a woman to fall into your bed — I mean, fall for you. So when Nicole says she’s game to work through my list in a hands-on way, I take her up on her deal even with her one BIG condition.

There’s no way I’ll want more from one woman than any position, any where, any night? Except . . . what if I do?
****
There are three little words most guys don’t want to hear on the first date.

Not those. I mean these…“knock me up.”

This single gal has had enough of the games, the BS and the endless chase. I know what I want most, and it’s not true love. It’s a bun in the oven, and I’m not afraid to hit up my sex-on-a-stick co-worker to do the job. Ryder is gorgeous, witty and wild — and he’s also a notorious commitment-phobe. That makes him the perfect candidate to make a deposit in the bank of me.

I won’t fall for him, he won’t fall for me, and there’s no way baby will make three. Right?

Note: Be prepared to swoon and fan yourself from the heat! This full-length standalone contains lots of hot baby-making s-e-x, happy tears, naughty jokes and a hot, swoon-worthy hero you will fall madly in love with.

8. Mister O

 by: Lauren Blakely
Release date: May 02, 2016
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Just call me Mister O. Because YOUR pleasure is my super power. 
Making a woman feel ‘oh-god-that’s-good’ is the name of the game, and if a man can’t get the job done, he should get the hell out of the bedroom. I’m talking toe-curling, mind-blowing, sheet-grabbing ecstasy. Like I provide every time.

I suppose that makes me a superhero of pleasure, and my mission is to always deliver.

But then I’m thrown for a loop when a certain woman asks me to teach her everything about how to win a man. The only problem? She’s my best friend’s sister, but she’s far too tempting to resist–especially when I learn that sweet, sexy Harper has a dirty mind too and wants to put it to good use. What could possibly go wrong as I give the woman I’ve secretly wanted some no-strings-attached lessons in seduction?

No one will know, even if we send a few dirty sexts. Okay, a few hundred. Or if the zipper on her dress gets stuck. Not on that! Or if she gives me those f*&k-me-eyes on the train in front of her whole family.

The trouble is the more nights I spend with her in bed, the more days I want to spend with her out of bed. And for the first time ever, I’m not only thinking about how to make a woman cry out in pleasure –I’m thinking about how to keep her in my arms for a long time to come.

Looks like the real Adventures of Mister Orgasm have only just begun….

**MISTER O is a standalone romantic comedy and it follows supporting characters first introduced in BIG ROCK**

9. Trophy Husband

 by: Lauren Blakely
Release date: May 01, 2013
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Sometimes you can’t help falling in love, even when you try to do the opposite…Successful fashion blogger McKenna Bell has spent far too long protecting herself after the way her ex-fiancé left her at the altar for a college chick he met the night of his bachelor party. Loving again, trusting again, well, that’s just not in the cards. Especially now that her ex is back in town with his new woman, demanding custody of McKenna’s favorite creature in the whole world–her dog. No effing way. McKenna’s had enough of him, and she decides to even the score by finding her own hot young thing — a Trophy Husband. Sure, she’s only twenty-seven, but doesn’t that make it even more fun — and infuriating to her ex — to pursue a younger man? When she declares her intentions on her daily blog, her quest quickly skyrockets in popularity, and that’s when Chris enters the picture, and he’s got all the assets. He’s handsome, successful, and turns her inside out with a kiss to end all kisses, the kind that makes you feel like a shooting star. But loving again could mean losing again, and it’s so much easier to focus on getting even, isn’t it? Unless, you just can’t help falling in love. Which means McKenna will have to come face to face with what she really wants in life — protecting her heart from hurt, or letting go of her fears of a new beginning

10. Caught Up In Us

 by: Lauren Blakely
Release date: Apr 01, 2013
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A second chance at first love… Five years ago, Kat Harper fell into a dizzying summer romance with her brother’s best friend Bryan. It was a mad, crazy love full of kisses all through the night — but he broke her heart and she had to move on. Five years later, Kat is finishing her graduate degree and building her business as a jewelry designer, when Bryan, head of his own successful company, walks back into her life. Bryan has been assigned to Kat as her new business mentor and the rules are clear. No hanky panky permitted. Kat can handle that because she’s totally over him… right? Except, he still makes her laugh, and he remembers all the things she likes. Not to mention that he’s even more handsome now than he was then. Then there’s the spark between them — the simply undeniable chemistry, and the tender ways he shows he still cares for her. Can they resist each other the second time around or will first love trump all?

11. The Hot One

 by: Lauren Blakely
Release date: Feb 27, 2017
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A sexy new standalone romance from #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Lauren Blakely…

Ever notice that sometimes a guy will do something really stupid, like let the love of his life slip through his fingers? Yeah. I’m that guy. But the moment I run into the woman I once loved madly, I’ve got one goal and one goal only–a second chance. The plan? Go big or go home.
Fine, at first glance, stripping naked at my ex-girlfriend’s place of work might not seem like the brightest way to win her heart again. But trust me on this count–she always liked me best without any clothes on. And you’ve got to play to your strengths when you’re fighting an uphill battle. As a lawyer, I know how to fight, and I’m prepared to fight hard for her. Because sometimes you need a second chance at first love.

He’s the one who got away . . . 
The nerve of Tyler Nichols to reappear like that at my job, showing off his rock-hard body that drove me wild far too many nights. That man with his knowing grin and mischievous eyes is nothing but a cocky jerk to saunter back into my life. Except, what if he’s not . . .? I’ve tried like hell to forget him, but maybe I’m cursed to remember the guy I fell madly in love with eight years ago. Lord knows I’m not over him, so what’s the harm in giving him a week to prove he’s changed in the ways that matter? 

After all, how do you resist the hot one . . .?

12. Full Package

 by: Lauren Blakely
Release date: Jan 09, 2017
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From the New York Times Bestselling author of MISTER O and BIG ROCK, comes a hot & hilarious new standalone romantic comedy…

I’ve been told I have quite a gift.

Hey, I don’t just mean in my pants. I’ve got a big brain too, and a huge heart of gold. And I like to use all my gifts to the fullest, the package included. Life is smooth sailing….

Until I find myself stuck between a rock and a sexy roommate, which makes for one very hard…place.

Because scoring an apartment in this city is harder than finding true love. So even if I have to shack up with my buddy’s smoking hot and incredibly amazing little sister, a man’s got to do what a man’s got to do.

I can resist Josie. I’m disciplined, I’m focused, and I keep my hands to myself, even in the mere five-hundred square feet we share. Until the one night she insists on sliding under the covers with me. It’ll help her sleep after what happened that day, she says.

Spoiler–neither one of us sleeps. 

Did I mention she’s also one of my best friends? That she’s brilliant, beautiful and a total firecracker? Guess that makes her the full package too.

What’s a man stuck in a hard place to do?

13. Joy Ride

 by: Lauren Blakely
Release date: May 01, 2017
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From the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of FULL PACKAGE and BIG ROCK, comes a hot & hilarious new standalone romantic comedy…

Let’s be honest, ladies. A good man is a lot like the perfect car. You want a hot body, an engine that purrs, and superior performance under the hood…for the best joy ride of your life.

I’m at your service. Ready to go all night long.

But then a wildly sexy brunette appears in my life and throws a wrench in all my plans. She’s fiery, she’s talented, she’s gorgeous, and I’d really like to know what makes her engine hum.

Henley also happens to be my biggest rival, and now we’re forced to work together every day on the most important custom car build of my career. The trouble is I can’t quite figure out if she wants to kick me in the lug nuts or beg me to give her a good, hard fuel injection. Until one night that question is answered on the hood of a sports car when she calls out my name three times. And we can’t seem to put on the brakes.


If sleeping with the enemy is a bad idea, how much more dangerous would it be to fall in love with her?

14. Well Hung

 by: Lauren Blakely
Release date: Sep 12, 2016
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From New York Times Bestselling Author Lauren Blakely comes a HOT new standalone romance…

Here’s what you need to know about me — I’m well-off, well-hung and quick with a joke. Women like a guy who makes them laugh. Even better if he’s loyal and hard-working. That’s me.

Enter Natalie. Hot, sexy, smart, and my new assistant. Which makes her totally off limits…

Hey, I’m a good guy. Really. I do my best to stay far away from the kind of temptation she brings to work. Until one night in Vegas…

Yeah, you’ve heard this one before. Bad news on the business front, drowning our sorrows in a few too many Harvey Wallbangers, and then I’m banging her. In my hotel room. In her hotel room. Behind the Titanic slot machine at the Flamingo (don’t ask). And before I can make her say “Oh God right there YES!” one more time, we’re both saying yes–the big yes–at a roadside chapel in front of a guy in press-on sideburns and a shiny gold leisure suit. 

We’ll just untie the knot in the morning, right?

The trouble is . . . I don’t know how to keep my hands off my soon-to-be ex-wife.

*WELL HUNG is a sexy standalone romantic comedy!*

15. Big Rock

 by: Lauren Blakely
Release date: Jan 06, 2016
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It’s not just the motion of the ocean, ladies. It’s definitely the SIZE of the boat too.

And I’ve got both firing on all cylinders. In fact, I have ALL the right assets. Looks, brains, my own money, and a big c*&k.

You might think I’m an a*&hole. I sound like one, don’t I? I’m hot as sin, rich as heaven, smart as hell and hung like a horse.

Guess what? You haven’t heard my story before. Sure, I might be a playboy, like the NY gossip rags call me. But I’m the playboy who’s actually a great guy. Which makes me one of a kind.

The only trouble is, my dad needs me to cool it for a bit. With conservative investors in town wanting to buy his flagship Fifth Avenue jewelry store, he needs me not only to zip it up, but to look the part of the committed guy. Fine. I can do this for Dad. After all, I’ve got him to thank for the family jewels. So I ask my best friend and business partner to be my fiancée for the next week. Charlotte’s up for it. She has her own reasons for saying yes to wearing this big rock.

And pretty soon all this playing pretend in public leads to no pretending whatsoever in the bedroom, because she just can’t fake the kind of toe-curling, window-shattering orgasmic cries she makes as I take her to new heights between the sheets.

But I can’t seem to fake that I might be feeling something real for her.

What the hell have I gotten myself into with this… big rock?

Last updated on Thursday, March 30, 2017

HIDDEN FIGURES by Margot Lee Shetterly

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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly, No. 1 bestselling book of New York Times Best Sellers. The black women mathematicians who worked at then-segregated NASA. The basis of the movie. For more New York Times Best Seller of E-Book Nonfiction best sellers, click here

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1. Hidden Figures Young Readers’ Edition

 by: Margot Lee Shetterly
Release date: Nov 29, 2016
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New York Times bestselling author Margot Lee Shetterly’s book is now available in a new edition perfect for young readers. This is the amazing true story of four African-American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments in our space program. Now a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner.

Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. This book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African-American women who lived through the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the movement for gender equality, and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the country.

2. Talentos ocultos: La genialidad no tiene color. La fuerza no tiene género. El valor no tiene límite. (Spanish Edition)

 by: Margot Lee Shetterly
Release date: Jan 24, 2017
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La fenomenal historia de mujeres matemáticas afroamericanas de la NASA en la vanguardia del movimiento feminista y de derechos civiles, cuyos cálculos impulsaron uno de los mayores logros espaciales de Estados Unidos. Pronto será una gran película protagonizada por Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, y Kevin Costner. Antes de que John Glenn girara en órbita alrededor de la Tierra, o Neil Armstrong caminara en la luna, un grupo de mujeres profesionales en el área de las matemáticas conocidas como «computadoras humanas» usaron lápices, reglas de cálculo, máquinas de sumar para escribir las ecuaciones base para el lanzamiento de cohetes y astronautas al espacio. Entre ellas se encuentran un grupo de mujeres afroamericanas excepcionalmente talentosas, algunas de las mentes más brillantes de su generación. Originalmente relegadas a enseñar matemáticas en escuelas públicas segregadas del sur, fueron llamadas a servir durante la escasez laboral de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, cuando la industria aeronáutica de Estados Unidos se encontraba en extrema necesidad de alguien con conocimientos. Repentinamente, estas profesionales tenían acceso a un empleo digno de sus habilidades y respondieron al llamado del Tío Sam, se mudaron a Hampton, Virginia, y al fascinante mundo del Laboratorio Aeronáutico Langley Memorial. A pesar de que las leyes Jim Crow de Virginia les obligaba a estar separadas de sus homólogos blancos, el grupo de mujeres afroamericanas «Computadoras del oeste» ayudó a Estados Unidos a alcanzar una de las metas más deseadas: una victoria decisiva sobre la Unión Soviética durante la Guerra Fría, y el dominio completo de los cielos. Iniciando en la Segunda Guerra Mundial y hasta la Guerra Fría, el Movimiento de los derechos civiles y la carrera espacial, Figuras ocultas entrelaza las historias de Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson y Christine Darden, cuatro mujeres afroamericanas que participaron en algunos de los mayores éxitos de la NASA. Es la crónica de sus carreras a lo largo de casi tres décadas en las que enfrentaron desafíos, alianzas y utilizaron su intelecto para cambiar sus vidas y el futuro de su país.

3. Hidden Figures : The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race (English, Paperback, Margot Lee Shetterly)

 by: Margot Lee Shetterly)
Release date: Dec 25, 2019
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Soon to be a motion picture. The #1 New York Times Bestseller. Set amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America’s space program. Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as ‘Human Computers’, calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts, these ‘coloured computers’ used pencil and paper to write the equations that would launch rockets and astronauts, into space. Moving from World War II through NASA’s golden age, touching on the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War and the women’s rights movement, ‘Hidden Figures’ interweaves a rich history of mankind’s greatest adventure with the intimate stories of five courageous women whose work forever changed the world.

4. [Hidden Figures Audiobook MP3 by Margot Lee Shetterly]{Hidden Figures Audiobook}

 by: Margot Lee Shetterly,  Robin Miles
Release date: Dec 25, 2019
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The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA at the leading edge of the feminist and civil rights movement, whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space-a powerful, revelatory contribution that is as essential to our understanding of race, discrimination, and achievement in modern America as Between the World and Me and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner. Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation. Originally relegated to teaching math in the South’s segregated public schools, they were called into service during the labor shortages of World War II, when America’s aeronautics industry was in dire need of anyone who had the right stuff. Suddenly, these overlooked math whizzes had a shot at jobs worthy of their skills, and they answered Uncle Sam’s call, moving to Hampton, Virginia and the fascinating, high-energy world of the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory.

5. Ukryte dzialania

 by: Margot Lee Shetterly
Release date: Dec 25, 2019
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Ukryte dzialaniaPolish language book. Ksiazka w polskiej wersji jezykowej.

6. Hidden Figures – Unerkannte Heldinnen: Afroamerikanische Mathematikerinnen in der NASA

 by: Margot Lee Shetterly,  Sandra Schwittau,  Harper Collins bei Lübbe Audio
Release date: Jan 19, 2017
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1943 stellt das Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory der NACA,die später zur NASA wird, erstmalig afroamerikanische Frauen ein. “Menschliche Rechner” – unter ihnen Dorothy Vaughan, die 1953 Vorgesetzte der brillanten afroamerikanischen Mathematikerin Katherine Johnson wird. Trotz Diskriminierung und Vorurteilen, treiben sie die Forschungen der NASA voran und Katherine Johnsons Berechnungen werden maßgeblich für den Erfolg der Apollo-Missionen. Dies ist ihre Geschichte.

7. Hidden Figures Teaching Guide: Teaching Guide and Sample Chapter

 by: Margot Lee Shetterly
Release date: Apr 18, 2017
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The #1 New York Times bestseller

The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner.

Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.

Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation. Originally relegated to teaching math in the South’s segregated public schools, they were called into service during the labor shortages of World War II, when America’s aeronautics industry was in dire need of anyone who had the right stuff. Suddenly, these overlooked math whizzes had a shot at jobs worthy of their skills, and they answered Uncle Sam’s call, moving to Hampton, Virginia and the fascinating, high-energy world of the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory.

Even as Virginia’s Jim Crow laws required them to be segregated from their white counterparts, the women of Langley’s all-black “West Computing” group helped America achieve one of the things it desired most: a decisive victory over the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and complete domination of the heavens.

Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement and the Space Race, Hidden Figures follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA’s greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their country’s future.

 

8. Hidden Figures Young Readers’ Edition

 by: Margot Lee Shetterly
Release date: Nov 29, 2016
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New York Times bestselling author Margot Lee Shetterly’s book is now available in a new edition perfect for young readers. This is the amazing true story of four African-American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments in our space program. Now a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner.

Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. This book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African-American women who lived through the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the movement for gender equality, and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the country.

9. Talentos ocultos: La genialidad no tiene color. La fuerza no tiene género. El valor no tiene límite. (Spanish Edition)

 by: Margot Lee Shetterly
Release date: Jan 24, 2017
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La fenomenal historia de mujeres matemáticas afroamericanas de la NASA en la vanguardia del movimiento feminista y de derechos civiles, cuyos cálculos impulsaron uno de los mayores logros espaciales de Estados Unidos. Pronto será una gran película protagonizada por Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, y Kevin Costner. Antes de que John Glenn girara en órbita alrededor de la Tierra, o Neil Armstrong caminara en la luna, un grupo de mujeres profesionales en el área de las matemáticas conocidas como «computadoras humanas» usaron lápices, reglas de cálculo, máquinas de sumar para escribir las ecuaciones base para el lanzamiento de cohetes y astronautas al espacio. Entre ellas se encuentran un grupo de mujeres afroamericanas excepcionalmente talentosas, algunas de las mentes más brillantes de su generación. Originalmente relegadas a enseñar matemáticas en escuelas públicas segregadas del sur, fueron llamadas a servir durante la escasez laboral de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, cuando la industria aeronáutica de Estados Unidos se encontraba en extrema necesidad de alguien con conocimientos. Repentinamente, estas profesionales tenían acceso a un empleo digno de sus habilidades y respondieron al llamado del Tío Sam, se mudaron a Hampton, Virginia, y al fascinante mundo del Laboratorio Aeronáutico Langley Memorial. A pesar de que las leyes Jim Crow de Virginia les obligaba a estar separadas de sus homólogos blancos, el grupo de mujeres afroamericanas «Computadoras del oeste» ayudó a Estados Unidos a alcanzar una de las metas más deseadas: una victoria decisiva sobre la Unión Soviética durante la Guerra Fría, y el dominio completo de los cielos. Iniciando en la Segunda Guerra Mundial y hasta la Guerra Fría, el Movimiento de los derechos civiles y la carrera espacial, Figuras ocultas entrelaza las historias de Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson y Christine Darden, cuatro mujeres afroamericanas que participaron en algunos de los mayores éxitos de la NASA. Es la crónica de sus carreras a lo largo de casi tres décadas en las que enfrentaron desafíos, alianzas y utilizaron su intelecto para cambiar sus vidas y el futuro de su país.

10. Hidden Figures : The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race (English, Paperback, Margot Lee Shetterly)

 by: Margot Lee Shetterly)
Release date: Dec 25, 2019
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Soon to be a motion picture. The #1 New York Times Bestseller. Set amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America’s space program. Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as ‘Human Computers’, calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts, these ‘coloured computers’ used pencil and paper to write the equations that would launch rockets and astronauts, into space. Moving from World War II through NASA’s golden age, touching on the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War and the women’s rights movement, ‘Hidden Figures’ interweaves a rich history of mankind’s greatest adventure with the intimate stories of five courageous women whose work forever changed the world.

11. [Hidden Figures Audiobook MP3 by Margot Lee Shetterly]{Hidden Figures Audiobook}

 by: Margot Lee Shetterly,  Robin Miles
Release date: Dec 25, 2019
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The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA at the leading edge of the feminist and civil rights movement, whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space-a powerful, revelatory contribution that is as essential to our understanding of race, discrimination, and achievement in modern America as Between the World and Me and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner. Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation. Originally relegated to teaching math in the South’s segregated public schools, they were called into service during the labor shortages of World War II, when America’s aeronautics industry was in dire need of anyone who had the right stuff. Suddenly, these overlooked math whizzes had a shot at jobs worthy of their skills, and they answered Uncle Sam’s call, moving to Hampton, Virginia and the fascinating, high-energy world of the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory.

12. Ukryte dzialania

 by: Margot Lee Shetterly
Release date: Dec 25, 2019
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Ukryte dzialaniaPolish language book. Ksiazka w polskiej wersji jezykowej.

13. Hidden Figures – Unerkannte Heldinnen: Afroamerikanische Mathematikerinnen in der NASA

 by: Margot Lee Shetterly,  Sandra Schwittau,  Harper Collins bei Lübbe Audio
Release date: Jan 19, 2017
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1943 stellt das Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory der NACA,die später zur NASA wird, erstmalig afroamerikanische Frauen ein. “Menschliche Rechner” – unter ihnen Dorothy Vaughan, die 1953 Vorgesetzte der brillanten afroamerikanischen Mathematikerin Katherine Johnson wird. Trotz Diskriminierung und Vorurteilen, treiben sie die Forschungen der NASA voran und Katherine Johnsons Berechnungen werden maßgeblich für den Erfolg der Apollo-Missionen. Dies ist ihre Geschichte.

14. Hidden Figures Teaching Guide: Teaching Guide and Sample Chapter

 by: Margot Lee Shetterly
Release date: Apr 18, 2017
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The #1 New York Times bestseller

The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s greatest achievements in space. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kirsten Dunst, and Kevin Costner.

Before John Glenn orbited the earth, or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils, slide rules and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.

Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation. Originally relegated to teaching math in the South’s segregated public schools, they were called into service during the labor shortages of World War II, when America’s aeronautics industry was in dire need of anyone who had the right stuff. Suddenly, these overlooked math whizzes had a shot at jobs worthy of their skills, and they answered Uncle Sam’s call, moving to Hampton, Virginia and the fascinating, high-energy world of the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory.

Even as Virginia’s Jim Crow laws required them to be segregated from their white counterparts, the women of Langley’s all-black “West Computing” group helped America achieve one of the things it desired most: a decisive victory over the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and complete domination of the heavens.

Starting in World War II and moving through to the Cold War, the Civil Rights Movement and the Space Race, Hidden Figures follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA’s greatest successes. It chronicles their careers over nearly three decades they faced challenges, forged alliances and used their intellect to change their own lives, and their country’s future.

 

Last updated on Thursday, March 30, 2017

LEGO NINJAGO CHARACTER ENCYCLOPEDIA by DK Publishing

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LEGO Ninjago: Character Encyclopedia by DK Publishing, No. 1 bestselling book of New York Times Best Sellers. Information about minifigures, vehicles and weapons. For more New York Times Best Seller of Children’s Chapter Books best sellers, click here

LEGO Ninjago: Character Encyclopedia

 by: DK Publishing
Release date: Oct 29, 2012
No. 1 Best Seller on November 18, 2012.
Number of Pages: 176
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Contains an EXCLUSIVE minifigure for you to put together!

Sensei Wu’s ninjas may work together, but they are actually all very different and unique. Little ninjas everywhere can now learn everything there is to know about their favorite Masters of Spinjitzu in DK’s LEGO® Ninjago: Character Encyclopedia.

Each beautifully illustrated spread features tons of fun facts on the different characters, variants of each minifigure, and the various vehicles, weapons, and locations that make up the LEGO Ninjago world. Additional pages will be included featuring special events from the new animated series on Cartoon Network, making this book the perfect addition to every LEGO lover’s collection!

LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Brick configuration and the Minifigure are trademarks of the LEGO Group. © 2012 The LEGO Group. Produced by DK Publishing under license from the LEGO Group.

More books by DK Publishing

1. Ultimate Sticker Book: Frozen (Ultimate Sticker Books)

 by: DK Publishing
Release date: Oct 01, 2013
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Featuring more than 60 colorful and reusable stickers, this sticker book allows fans of the hit Disney movie Frozen to play and learn more about their favorite characters including Elsa, Anna, and Olaf.

Follow fun-loving Princess Anna as she embarks on an adventure to find her sister Queen Elsa in Ultimate Sticker Book: Disney Frozen. Meet her friends Olaf the snowman and Kristoff the ice harvester as they journey across the kingdom of Arendelle.

Ultimate Sticker Book: Disney Frozen features all the memorable characters, key locations, and iconic moments from the movie. With beautiful bright stickers and lively and informative captions, this ultimate sticker book is a must-have companion to Disney’s Frozen.

Taking subjects that kids love, from dinosaurs to baby animals to transportation, DK’s Ultimate Sticker Book series is packed with activities that are simple enough for children to do independently, but engaging enough to keep their interest. The series format helps develop dexterity, making these books products parents can trust, and ones that kids will want to keep picking up to learn more about their favorite subjects.

© 2017 Disney

2. Baby Touch and Feel: Colors and Shapes (Baby Touch & Feel)

 by: DK Publishing
Release date: Jan 19, 2009
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Practice colors and shapes in this top-selling padded board book that encourages tiny fingers to explore through tactile learning and develop fine motor skills while building an early language foundation.

Filled with real-life photography featuring touch-and-feel textures that babies can stroke, tickle, and pat, Baby Touch and Feel: Colors and Shapes is the perfect size for small hands. Its padded cover can withstand biting and throwing while its thick sturdy board pages won’t tear. With simple text and clear images, your baby will begin learning color and shape recognition.

About the series: Baby Touch and Feel books are the perfect series for the very youngest readers. These small, padded books excite babies and toddlers with their foil and touch-and-feel covers. Each book in this affordable series contains twelve vibrant interior pages with bold, engaging images. Containing large word labels, each page has foil or glitter to behold or a tantalizing texture to touch. These safe novelty textures immediately intrigue babies and are perfect for little fingers to feel. The Baby Touch and Feel series encourages sensory development, language skills, and early reading skills while teaching colors, shapes, patterns, and opposites.

3. Baby Faces

 by: DK Publishing
Release date: Oct 14, 1998
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Perfect for early childhood development, happy babies, laughing babies, silly babies and crying babies are found on the pages of this padded board book.

Look at all the sweet baby faces showing that they are happy, sad, sleepy, and more. Your baby can make the same expressions to help recognize common expressions. This durable little book is sure to pique baby’s interest.

With bright colorful photos and simple word labels that capture the expressions and moods of babies throughout their busy days, Baby Faces will mesmerize little ones when they see other children just like them.

4. Ultimate Sticker Book: Passover (Ultimate Sticker Books)

 by: DK Publishing
Release date: Feb 16, 2004
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Covering all aspects of the Jewish festival of Passover, from the story of the exodus from Egypt to Passover preparations in the modern home, the Ultimate Passover Sticker Book is the perfect way to celebrate the history and traditions of Passover.

5. Ultimate Sticker Book: Diggers and Dumpers (Ultimate Sticker Books)

 by: DK Publishing
Release date: Feb 21, 2005
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Learn all about diggers and dumpers with this sticker book that includes 60 reusable stickers, and tons of amazing photographs, cool facts, and fun activities.

With Ultimate Sticker Book: Diggers & Dumpers, kids can build their very own collection of powerful machines, from bulldozers to cement trucks and more. It’s the perfect activity book sure to keep little construction workers satisfied as they work through its pages.

Taking subjects that kids love, from dinosaurs to baby animals to transportation, DK’s Ultimate Sticker Book series is packed with activities that are simple enough for children to do independently, but engaging enough to keep their interest. The series format helps develop dexterity, making these books products parents can trust, and ones that kids will want to keep picking up to learn more about their favorite subjects.

6. Touch and Feel: Dinosaur (Touch & Feel)

 by: DK Publishing
Release date: May 21, 2012
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Touch the bumpy scales, smooth horns, and sticky tongues of dinosaurs in this classic DK board book filled with clear photography, simple text, and fun textures for young readers to explore.

Touch and Feel: Dinosaur is a beloved family favorite that keeps young readers engaged with pages that encourage exploration and help develop fine motor skills while building an early language foundation.

Practice object recognition and dinosaur sounds, and help your baby learn what a dinosaur may have felt like when they roamed the Earth on tactile board pages that are perfect for small hands.

With appealing touch-and-feel elements on every spread, DK’s Touch and Feel series is a favorite for both parents and children, in a larger format than DK’s Baby Touch and Feel books. Babies and toddlers will be drawn to the shiny jacket, while the bright, bold interior pages help them develop object recognition, and the descriptive text builds their language skills.

7. Picturepedia

 by: DK Publishing
Release date: Oct 06, 2015
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Ten thousand stunning photographs and illustrations catalog the wonders of history, space, the natural world, and more in this ultimate resource for kids ages 9–12. Bringing together an amazing array of images to explain every topic under the sun—and beyond—this book has a mini-encyclopedia on every page.

Picturepedia contains chapters on science and technology, nature, geography, culture, sports and hobbies, history, insects, musical instruments, spacecraft, world maps, famous discoveries, prehistoric life, and more. Every double-page spread contains a wealth of information on a given topic, with galleries, lists, sequences, facts, timelines, and much more, while every topic is illustrated with up to 100 photos, graphics, and illustrations.

Perfect for gift giving, or adding to any home or school library, Picturepedia is a stimulating quick-reference that kids will come back to time and time again.

8. Tabbed Board Books: My First Colors: Let’s Learn Them All! (Tab Board Books)

 by: DK Publishing
Release date: Dec 20, 2010
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Help toddlers discover what their favorite color is and what colors are in the exciting world around them in this tabbed picture book that leads children to 13 fun activity spreads.

Filled with clear photography and simple text, Tabbed Board Books: My First Colors covers the colors of the rainbow, what color teddy bears are, what color rubber ducks are, and more. Look around the kitchen and name the colors of milk, carrots, and bananas.

Perfect for learning all the colors and durable enough for toddlers to handle, Tabbed Board Books: My First Colors promotes early reading, listening, and writing skills.

The toddler-tough tabbed pages of the books in this series are filled with little ones’ favorite topics waiting to be discovered. Thirteen inviting picture tabs lead children to fun-filled, activity-themed spreads, and each page offers a wealth of speaking and listening opportunities that promote early reading and writing skills.

9. Baby Touch and Feel: Happy Birthday (Baby Touch & Feel)

 by: DK Publishing
Release date: Sep 16, 2013
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Get ready to go to a birthday party with this padded board book that encourages tiny fingers to explore through tactile learning and develop fine motor skills while building an early language foundation.

Filled with real-life photography featuring touch and feel textures that babies can stroke, tickle, and pat, Baby Touch and Feel: Happy Birthday is the perfect size for small hands. Its padded cover can withstand biting and throwing while its thick sturdy board pages won’t tear. With simple text and clear images, your baby will begin learning color and shape recognition.

Look at all the presents, see all the balloons, and check out the delicious birthday cake in Baby Touch and Feel: Happy Birthday.

About the series: Baby Touch and Feel books are the perfect series for the very youngest readers. These small, padded books excite babies and toddlers with their foil and touch-and-feel covers. Each book in this affordable series contains twelve vibrant interior pages with bold, engaging images. Containing large word labels, each page has foil or glitter to behold or a tantalizing texture to touch. These safe novelty textures immediately intrigue babies and are perfect for little fingers to feel. The Baby Touch and Feel series encourages sensory development, language skills, and early reading skills while teaching colors, shapes, patterns, and opposites.

10. Baby Touch and Feel: Bunny (Baby Touch & Feel)

 by: DK Publishing
Release date: Dec 19, 2011
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Every basket needs a bunny! Share this soft and fuzzy book featuring everyone’s favorite Easter animal.

Babies will explore different textures and expand their senses as they discover the tactile elements of Baby Touch and Feel: Bunny. In this padded board book, babies will be introduced to the soft fur of adorable bunnies. Baby Touch and Feel: Bunny promotes sensory development and early language skills, and is the perfect size for small hands to hold.

With simple images that are clearly labeled, and an amazing range of novelty textures, Baby Touch and Feel books capture the attention of the very youngest children and create an experience they’ll want to repeat again and again.

Series description: Baby Touch and Feel books are the perfect series for the very youngest readers. These small, padded books excite babies and toddlers with their foil and touch-and-feel covers. Each book in this affordable series contains twelve vibrant interior pages with bold, engaging images and large word labels, and each page has foil or glitter to behold or a texture to touch. These safe novelty textures immediately intrigue babies and are perfect for little fingers to feel. The Baby Touch and Feel series encourages sensory development, language skills, and early reading skills while teaching colors, shapes, patterns, opposites, and more.

11. Ultimate Sticker Book: Frozen (Ultimate Sticker Books)

 by: DK Publishing
Release date: Oct 01, 2013
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Featuring more than 60 colorful and reusable stickers, this sticker book allows fans of the hit Disney movie Frozen to play and learn more about their favorite characters including Elsa, Anna, and Olaf.

Follow fun-loving Princess Anna as she embarks on an adventure to find her sister Queen Elsa in Ultimate Sticker Book: Disney Frozen. Meet her friends Olaf the snowman and Kristoff the ice harvester as they journey across the kingdom of Arendelle.

Ultimate Sticker Book: Disney Frozen features all the memorable characters, key locations, and iconic moments from the movie. With beautiful bright stickers and lively and informative captions, this ultimate sticker book is a must-have companion to Disney’s Frozen.

Taking subjects that kids love, from dinosaurs to baby animals to transportation, DK’s Ultimate Sticker Book series is packed with activities that are simple enough for children to do independently, but engaging enough to keep their interest. The series format helps develop dexterity, making these books products parents can trust, and ones that kids will want to keep picking up to learn more about their favorite subjects.

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12. Baby Touch and Feel: Colors and Shapes (Baby Touch & Feel)

 by: DK Publishing
Release date: Jan 19, 2009
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Practice colors and shapes in this top-selling padded board book that encourages tiny fingers to explore through tactile learning and develop fine motor skills while building an early language foundation.

Filled with real-life photography featuring touch-and-feel textures that babies can stroke, tickle, and pat, Baby Touch and Feel: Colors and Shapes is the perfect size for small hands. Its padded cover can withstand biting and throwing while its thick sturdy board pages won’t tear. With simple text and clear images, your baby will begin learning color and shape recognition.

About the series: Baby Touch and Feel books are the perfect series for the very youngest readers. These small, padded books excite babies and toddlers with their foil and touch-and-feel covers. Each book in this affordable series contains twelve vibrant interior pages with bold, engaging images. Containing large word labels, each page has foil or glitter to behold or a tantalizing texture to touch. These safe novelty textures immediately intrigue babies and are perfect for little fingers to feel. The Baby Touch and Feel series encourages sensory development, language skills, and early reading skills while teaching colors, shapes, patterns, and opposites.

13. Baby Faces

 by: DK Publishing
Release date: Oct 14, 1998
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Perfect for early childhood development, happy babies, laughing babies, silly babies and crying babies are found on the pages of this padded board book.

Look at all the sweet baby faces showing that they are happy, sad, sleepy, and more. Your baby can make the same expressions to help recognize common expressions. This durable little book is sure to pique baby’s interest.

With bright colorful photos and simple word labels that capture the expressions and moods of babies throughout their busy days, Baby Faces will mesmerize little ones when they see other children just like them.

14. Ultimate Sticker Book: Passover (Ultimate Sticker Books)

 by: DK Publishing
Release date: Feb 16, 2004
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Covering all aspects of the Jewish festival of Passover, from the story of the exodus from Egypt to Passover preparations in the modern home, the Ultimate Passover Sticker Book is the perfect way to celebrate the history and traditions of Passover.

15. Ultimate Sticker Book: Diggers and Dumpers (Ultimate Sticker Books)

 by: DK Publishing
Release date: Feb 21, 2005
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Learn all about diggers and dumpers with this sticker book that includes 60 reusable stickers, and tons of amazing photographs, cool facts, and fun activities.

With Ultimate Sticker Book: Diggers & Dumpers, kids can build their very own collection of powerful machines, from bulldozers to cement trucks and more. It’s the perfect activity book sure to keep little construction workers satisfied as they work through its pages.

Taking subjects that kids love, from dinosaurs to baby animals to transportation, DK’s Ultimate Sticker Book series is packed with activities that are simple enough for children to do independently, but engaging enough to keep their interest. The series format helps develop dexterity, making these books products parents can trust, and ones that kids will want to keep picking up to learn more about their favorite subjects.

Last updated on Thursday, March 30, 2017

THE ISLE OF THE LOST by Rick Riordan

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Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 2 The Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan, No. 1 bestselling book of New York Times Best Sellers. Children of famous villains band together to retrieve the Dragon’s Eye; a Descendants novel. For more New York Times Best Seller of Children’s Middle Grade best sellers, click here

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 2 The Hammer of Thor

 by: Rick Riordan
No. 1 Best Seller on October 18, 2016.
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Thor’s hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon–the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn’t just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can’t retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal worlds will be defenseless against an onslaught of giants. Ragnarok will begin. The Nine Worlds will burn. Unfortunately, the only person who can broker a deal for the hammer’s return is the gods’ worst enemy, Loki–and the price he wants is very high.

More books by Rick Riordan

1. The Trials of Apollo Book Two The Dark Prophecy

 by: Rick Riordan
Release date: May 02, 2017
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Zeus has punished his son Apollo–god of the sun, music, archery, poetry, and more–by casting him down to earth in the form of a gawky, acne-covered sixteen-year-old mortal named Lester. The only way Apollo can reclaim his rightful place on Mount Olympus is by restoring several Oracles that have gone dark. What is affecting the Oracles, and how can Apollo/Lester do anything about them without his powers?
After experiencing a series of dangerous–and frankly, humiliating–trials at Camp Half-Blood, Lester must now leave the relative safety of the demigod training ground and embark on a hair-raising journey across North America. Somewhere in the American Midwest, he and his companions must find the most dangerous Oracle from ancient times: a haunted cave that may hold answers for Apollo in his quest to become a god again–if it doesn’t kill him or drive him insane first. Standing in Apollo’s way is the second member of the evil Triumvirate, a Roman emperor whose love of bloodshed and spectacle makes even Nero look tame. To survive the encounter, Apollo will need the help of son of Hephaestus Leo Valdez, the now-mortal sorceress Calypso, the bronze dragon Festus, and other unexpected allies–some familiar, some new–from the world of demigods. Come along for what promises to be a harrowing, hilarious, and haiku-filled ride. . . .

2. Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (new covers w/poster) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians)

 by: Rick Riordan,  John Rocco
Release date: Jun 03, 2014
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All five books in the blockbuster Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, in paperback, have been collected in a boxed set fit for demigods. Now with glorious new cover art and packaged with a special poster, this value-priced set includes the best-selling The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan’s Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth, and The Last Olympian. Whether it is for readers who are experiencing Percy’s thrilling adventures with Greek gods and monsters for the first time, or for fans who want to devour the saga again, this gift will be prized by young and old.

3. The Heroes of Olympus Paperback Boxed Set

 by: Rick Riordan,  John Rocco
Release date: Oct 04, 2016
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All five books in the Heroes of Olympus series — in a paperback boxed set of heroic proportions. From The Lost Hero to the long awaited Blood of Olympus, this collection will thrill loyal readers and be a go-to gift for new fans of the bestselling series. With five books in one package, no one will miss a minute of the excitement. Includes a stunning poster of the Greek and Roman demigods.

4. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 2 The Hammer of Thor

 by: Rick Riordan
Release date: Oct 04, 2016
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Thor’s hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon–the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn’t just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can’t retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal worlds will be defenseless against an onslaught of giants. Ragnarok will begin. The Nine Worlds will burn. Unfortunately, the only person who can broker a deal for the hammer’s return is the gods’ worst enemy, Loki–and the price he wants is very high.

5. The Trials of Apollo, Book 1: The Hidden Oracle

 by: Rick Riordan
Release date: May 03, 2016
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How do you punish an immortal?

By making him human.

After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disoriented, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus’s favor.

But Apollo has many enemies-gods, monsters, and mortals who would love to see the former Olympian permanently destroyed. Apollo needs help, and he can think of only one place to go . . . an enclave of modern demigods known as Camp Half-Blood.

6. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 3 The Ship of the Dead

 by: Rick Riordan
Release date: Oct 03, 2017
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Magnus Chase, a once-homeless teen, is a resident of the Hotel Valhalla and one of Odin’s chosen warriors. As the son of Frey, the god of summer, fertility, and health, Magnus isn’t naturally inclined to fighting. But he has strong and steadfast friends, including Hearthstone the elf, Blitzen the dwarf, and Samirah the Valkyrie, and together they have achieved brave deeds, such as defeating Fenris Wolf and battling giants for Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir. Now Magnus and his crew must sail to the farthest borders of Jotunheim and Niflheim in pursuit of Asgard’s greatest threat. Will they succeed in their perilous journey, or is Ragnarok lurking on the horizon?

7. The Kane Chronicles: The Complete Series

 by: Rick Riordan,  John Rocco
Release date: Oct 01, 2013
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A collection fit for the (Egyptian) gods! All three paperback books in the blockbuster Kane Chronicles trilogy-The Red Pyramid, The Throne of Fire, and The Serpent’s Shadow-are together at last in a beautiful package. This boxed set is sure to be treasured by readers of all ages, whether they’re experiencing Sadie and Carter’s amazing adventures for the first time or are faithful fans eager to devour the saga all over again.

8. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)

 by: Rick Riordan
Release date: Mar 21, 2006
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One: Lightning Thief, The

9. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 1: The Sword of Summer

 by: Rick Riordan
Release date: Oct 06, 2015
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Magnus Chase has always been a troubled kid. Since his mother’s mysterious death, he’s lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, keeping one step ahead of the police and the truant officers.

One day, he’s tracked down by an uncle he barely knows-a man his mother claimed was dangerous. Uncle Randolph tells him an impossible secret: Magnus is the son of a Norse god.

The Viking myths are true. The gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Trolls, giants and worse monsters are stirring for doomsday. To prevent Ragnarok, Magnus must search the Nine Worlds for a weapon that has been lost for thousands of years.

When an attack by fire giants forces him to choose between his own safety and the lives of hundreds of innocents, Magnus makes a fatal decision.

Sometimes, the only way to start a new life is to die . . .

10. Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes

 by: Rick Riordan,  John Rocco
Release date: Feb 21, 2017
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Who cut off Medusa’s head? Who was raised by a she-bear? Who tamed Pegasus? It takes a demigod to know, and Percy Jackson can fill you in on the all the daring deeds of Perseus, Atalanta, Bellerophon, and the rest of the major Greek heroes. Told in the funny, irreverent style readers have come to expect from Percy,
(I’ve had some bad experiences in my time, but the heroes I’m going to tell you about were the original old school hard luck cases. They boldly screwed up where no one had screwed up before. . .) and enhanced with vibrant artwork by Caldecott Honoree John Rocco, this story collection will become the new must-have classic for Rick Riordan’s legions of devoted fans–and for anyone who needs a hero.

So get your flaming spear. Put on your lion skin cape. Polish your shield and make sure you’ve got arrows in your quiver. We’re going back about four thousand years to decapitate monsters, save some kingdoms, shoot a few gods in the butt, raid the Underworld, and steal loot from evil people.

Then, for dessert, we’ll die painful tragic deaths.

Ready? Sweet. Let’s do this.

11. The Trials of Apollo Book Two The Dark Prophecy

 by: Rick Riordan
Release date: May 02, 2017
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Zeus has punished his son Apollo–god of the sun, music, archery, poetry, and more–by casting him down to earth in the form of a gawky, acne-covered sixteen-year-old mortal named Lester. The only way Apollo can reclaim his rightful place on Mount Olympus is by restoring several Oracles that have gone dark. What is affecting the Oracles, and how can Apollo/Lester do anything about them without his powers?
After experiencing a series of dangerous–and frankly, humiliating–trials at Camp Half-Blood, Lester must now leave the relative safety of the demigod training ground and embark on a hair-raising journey across North America. Somewhere in the American Midwest, he and his companions must find the most dangerous Oracle from ancient times: a haunted cave that may hold answers for Apollo in his quest to become a god again–if it doesn’t kill him or drive him insane first. Standing in Apollo’s way is the second member of the evil Triumvirate, a Roman emperor whose love of bloodshed and spectacle makes even Nero look tame. To survive the encounter, Apollo will need the help of son of Hephaestus Leo Valdez, the now-mortal sorceress Calypso, the bronze dragon Festus, and other unexpected allies–some familiar, some new–from the world of demigods. Come along for what promises to be a harrowing, hilarious, and haiku-filled ride. . . .

12. Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (new covers w/poster) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians)

 by: Rick Riordan,  John Rocco
Release date: Jun 03, 2014
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All five books in the blockbuster Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, in paperback, have been collected in a boxed set fit for demigods. Now with glorious new cover art and packaged with a special poster, this value-priced set includes the best-selling The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan’s Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth, and The Last Olympian. Whether it is for readers who are experiencing Percy’s thrilling adventures with Greek gods and monsters for the first time, or for fans who want to devour the saga again, this gift will be prized by young and old.

13. The Heroes of Olympus Paperback Boxed Set

 by: Rick Riordan,  John Rocco
Release date: Oct 04, 2016
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All five books in the Heroes of Olympus series — in a paperback boxed set of heroic proportions. From The Lost Hero to the long awaited Blood of Olympus, this collection will thrill loyal readers and be a go-to gift for new fans of the bestselling series. With five books in one package, no one will miss a minute of the excitement. Includes a stunning poster of the Greek and Roman demigods.

14. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 2 The Hammer of Thor

 by: Rick Riordan
Release date: Oct 04, 2016
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Thor’s hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon–the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn’t just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can’t retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal worlds will be defenseless against an onslaught of giants. Ragnarok will begin. The Nine Worlds will burn. Unfortunately, the only person who can broker a deal for the hammer’s return is the gods’ worst enemy, Loki–and the price he wants is very high.

15. The Trials of Apollo, Book 1: The Hidden Oracle

 by: Rick Riordan
Release date: May 03, 2016
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How do you punish an immortal?

By making him human.

After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disoriented, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus’s favor.

But Apollo has many enemies-gods, monsters, and mortals who would love to see the former Olympian permanently destroyed. Apollo needs help, and he can think of only one place to go . . . an enclave of modern demigods known as Camp Half-Blood.

Last updated on Thursday, March 30, 2017

MIGHTY, MIGHTY CONSTRUCTION SITE by Sherri Duskey Rinker,Tom Lichtenheld

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Mighty, Mighty Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker,Tom Lichtenheld, No. 1 bestselling book of New York Times Best Sellers. The vehicles make a building rise. For more New York Times Best Seller of Children’s Picture Books best sellers, click here

Mighty, Mighty Construction Site

 by: Sherri Duskey Rinker,  Tom Lichtenheld
No. 1 Best Seller on Friday, February 24, 2017.
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At last—here from the team behind the beloved international bestseller comes a companion to Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site. All of our favorite trucks are back on the construction site—this time with a focus on team-building, friendship, and working together to make a big task seem small! Down in the big construction site, the crew faces their biggest job yet, and will need the help of new construction friends to get it done. Working as a team, there’s nothing they can’t do! The millions of fans of Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site are in for a mighty good time!

More books by Sherri Duskey Rinker,Tom Lichtenheld

1. Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site

 by: Sherri Duskey Rinker,  Tom Lichtenheld
Release date: May 04, 2011
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The #1 New York Times bestseller

As the sun sets behind the big construction site, all the hardworking trucks get ready to say goodnight. One by one, Crane Truck, Cement Mixer, Dump Truck, Bulldozer, and Excavator finish their work and lie down to rest—so they’ll be ready for another day of rough and tough construction play! With irresistible artwork by best-selling illustrator Tom Lichtenheld and sweet, rhyming text, this book will have truck lovers of all ages begging for more.

And don’t forget! Crunch, vroom, beep, yawn and snore along with Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site SOUND BOOK. Available now.

2. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site and Steam Train, Dream Train Board Books Boxed Set

 by: Sherri Duskey Rinker,  Tom Lichtenheld
Release date: Sep 15, 2015
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Two New York Times Best Sellers finally available as board books!
Even the roughest, toughest readers will want to turn off their engines and snuggle up with these sweet and soothing stories. Gentle rhyming text and vibrant art make these books surefire bedtime favorites for train- and construction-crazy kids everywhere.

3. Steam Train, Dream Train

 by: Sherri Duskey Rinker,  Tom Lichtenheld
Release date: Apr 16, 2013
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The team behind the #1 New York Times bestseller Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site returns with another fabulous book for bedtime! The dream train pulls into the station, and one by one the train cars are loaded: polar bears pack the reefer car with ice cream, elephants fill the tanker cars with paints, tortoises stock the auto rack with race cars, bouncy kangaroos stuff the hopper car with balls. Sweet and silly dreams are guaranteed for any budding train enthusiasts!

4. Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site Sound Book

 by: Sherri Duskey Rinker,  Tom Lichtenheld
Release date: Aug 19, 2014
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The #1 New York Times bestselling team behind Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site returns with the sounds of a construction site as it powers down and says goodnight! Lightly abridged and revised from the original text, this playful board book includes a sound bar with 5 sounds—crunch, vroom, beep, yawn, snore—that bring interactive fun to the setting of the hit picture book.

5. Steam Train, Dream Train Colors

 by: Sherri Duskey Rinker,  Tom Lichtenheld
Release date: Mar 01, 2016
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All aboard for a rainbow of train cars and their lively animal crew! Vivid colors and cozy rhyming text inspired by the bestselling Steam Train, Dream Train will make learning colors a rich experience for the smallest readers.

6. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site Matching Game

 by: Sherri Duskey Rinker,  Tom Lichtenheld
Release date: Jul 25, 2012
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Dump Truck, Bulldozer, Cement Truck, Excavator, Crane Truck, and much more! This classic matching game includes 72 cards with all the features of a busy construction site as its vehicles work, get washed up, and go to sleep after a hard day. Children will delight in the energetic illustrations as they develop memory, concentration, and matching skills.

7. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site Book and Plush Gift Set

 by: Sherri Duskey Rinker,  Tom Lichtenheld
Release date: Aug 02, 2016
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The New York Times bestselling bedtime book (four years-and-counting!) is now available in mini format with a cute plush!

Snuggle up with a plush Excavator and this portable mini edition of the international bestseller.
As the sun sets behind the big construction site, all the hardworking trucks get ready to say goodnight. One by one, Crane Truck, Cement Mixer, Dump Truck, Bulldozer, and Excavator finish their work and lie down to rest—so they’ll be ready for another day of rough and tough construction play! With irresistible artwork by bestselling illustrator Tom Lichtenheld and sweet, rhyming text, this book will have truck lovers of all ages begging for more.

This adorable plush + book gift set will be a bedtime favorite for construction-crazy kids everywhere. Love the story and need even more excitement? You and your little reader can CRUNCH, VROOM, BEEP, YAWN and SNORE along with Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site SOUND BOOK—also available!

8. Steam Train, Dream Train Sound Book

 by: Sherri Duskey Rinker,  Tom Lichtenheld
Release date: Aug 04, 2015
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The New York Times bestselling team behind Steam Train, Dream Train returns with the sounds of a train headed off to dreamland! Lightly abridged and revised from the original text, this playful board book includes a sound bar with 5 sounds—whistle, chugga, hiss, giggle, yawn—that bring interactive fun to the setting of the hit picture book.

9. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site Lacing Cards

 by: Sherri Duskey Rinker,  Tom Lichtenheld
Release date: Aug 15, 2012
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Lace these 10 shaped cards with 10 colorful laces to connect Dump Truck to his load of rubble, Cement Truck to his cement, and Bulldozer to his pile of dirt! These entertaining construction cards promote hand-eye coordination and motor skills, while giving kids tons of construction fun.

10. Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site

 by: Sherri Duskey Rinker,  Tom Lichtenheld
Release date: May 04, 2011
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The #1 New York Times bestseller

As the sun sets behind the big construction site, all the hardworking trucks get ready to say goodnight. One by one, Crane Truck, Cement Mixer, Dump Truck, Bulldozer, and Excavator finish their work and lie down to rest—so they’ll be ready for another day of rough and tough construction play! With irresistible artwork by best-selling illustrator Tom Lichtenheld and sweet, rhyming text, this book will have truck lovers of all ages begging for more.

And don’t forget! Crunch, vroom, beep, yawn and snore along with Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site SOUND BOOK. Available now.

11. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site and Steam Train, Dream Train Board Books Boxed Set

 by: Sherri Duskey Rinker,  Tom Lichtenheld
Release date: Sep 15, 2015
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Two New York Times Best Sellers finally available as board books!
Even the roughest, toughest readers will want to turn off their engines and snuggle up with these sweet and soothing stories. Gentle rhyming text and vibrant art make these books surefire bedtime favorites for train- and construction-crazy kids everywhere.

12. Steam Train, Dream Train

 by: Sherri Duskey Rinker,  Tom Lichtenheld
Release date: Apr 16, 2013
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The team behind the #1 New York Times bestseller Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site returns with another fabulous book for bedtime! The dream train pulls into the station, and one by one the train cars are loaded: polar bears pack the reefer car with ice cream, elephants fill the tanker cars with paints, tortoises stock the auto rack with race cars, bouncy kangaroos stuff the hopper car with balls. Sweet and silly dreams are guaranteed for any budding train enthusiasts!

13. Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site Sound Book

 by: Sherri Duskey Rinker,  Tom Lichtenheld
Release date: Aug 19, 2014
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The #1 New York Times bestselling team behind Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site returns with the sounds of a construction site as it powers down and says goodnight! Lightly abridged and revised from the original text, this playful board book includes a sound bar with 5 sounds—crunch, vroom, beep, yawn, snore—that bring interactive fun to the setting of the hit picture book.

14. Steam Train, Dream Train Colors

 by: Sherri Duskey Rinker,  Tom Lichtenheld
Release date: Mar 01, 2016
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All aboard for a rainbow of train cars and their lively animal crew! Vivid colors and cozy rhyming text inspired by the bestselling Steam Train, Dream Train will make learning colors a rich experience for the smallest readers.

15. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site Matching Game

 by: Sherri Duskey Rinker,  Tom Lichtenheld
Release date: Jul 25, 2012
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Dump Truck, Bulldozer, Cement Truck, Excavator, Crane Truck, and much more! This classic matching game includes 72 cards with all the features of a busy construction site as its vehicles work, get washed up, and go to sleep after a hard day. Children will delight in the energetic illustrations as they develop memory, concentration, and matching skills.

Last updated on Thursday, March 30, 2017

HARRY POTTER by Victoria Aveyard

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King’s Cage (Red Queen) by Victoria Aveyard, No. 1 bestselling book of New York Times Best Sellers. A wizard hones his conjuring skills in the service of fighting evil. For more New York Times Best Seller of Children’s Series best sellers, click here

King’s Cage (Red Queen)

 by: Victoria Aveyard
No. 1 Best Seller on Friday, February 17, 2017.
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In this breathless third installment to Victoria Aveyard’s bestselling Red Queen series, allegiances are tested on every side. And when the Lightning Girl’s spark is gone, who will light the way for the rebellion?

Mare Barrow is a prisoner, powerless without her lightning, tormented by her lethal mistakes. She lives at the mercy of a boy she once loved, a boy made of lies and betrayal. Now a king, Maven Calore continues weaving his dead mother’s web in an attempt to maintain control over his country—and his prisoner.

As Mare bears the weight of Silent Stone in the palace, her once-ragtag band of newbloods and Reds continue organizing, training, and expanding. They prepare for war, no longer able to linger in the shadows. And Cal, the exiled prince with his own claim on Mare’s heart, will stop at nothing to bring her back.

When blood turns on blood, and ability on ability, there may be no one left to put out the fire—leaving Norta as Mare knows it to burn all the way down.

More books by Victoria Aveyard

1. King’s Cage (Red Queen)

 by: Victoria Aveyard
Release date: Feb 07, 2017
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In this breathless third installment to Victoria Aveyard’s bestselling Red Queen series, allegiances are tested on every side. And when the Lightning Girl’s spark is gone, who will light the way for the rebellion?

Mare Barrow is a prisoner, powerless without her lightning, tormented by her lethal mistakes. She lives at the mercy of a boy she once loved, a boy made of lies and betrayal. Now a king, Maven Calore continues weaving his dead mother’s web in an attempt to maintain control over his country—and his prisoner.

As Mare bears the weight of Silent Stone in the palace, her once-ragtag band of newbloods and Reds continue organizing, training, and expanding. They prepare for war, no longer able to linger in the shadows. And Cal, the exiled prince with his own claim on Mare’s heart, will stop at nothing to bring her back.

When blood turns on blood, and ability on ability, there may be no one left to put out the fire—leaving Norta as Mare knows it to burn all the way down.

2. Glass Sword (Red Queen)

 by: Victoria Aveyard
Release date: Feb 09, 2016
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The electrifying next installment in the Red Queen series escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world they’ve always known—and pits Mare against the darkness that has grown in her soul.

Mare Barrow’s blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince—the friend—who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind.

Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors. But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat.Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?

3. Red Queen

 by: Victoria Aveyard
Release date: Jun 07, 2016
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Victoria Aveyard’s internationally beloved #1 New York Times bestseller is now in paperback!

Mare Barrow’s world is divided by blood—those with common, Red blood serve the Silver-blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. There, before the king, princes, and all the nobles, she discovers she has an ability of her own.

To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess, and betroths her to one of his own sons. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks everything and uses her new position to help the Scarlet Guard—a growing Red rebellion—even as her heart tugs her in an impossible direction. One wrong move can lead to her death, but in the dangerous game she plays the only certainty is betrayal.

This sweeping story of palace intrigue, class hierarchy, and deception will keep readers hurtling along, desperate to find out Mare’s fate. Her honesty and determination, quick wit, and no-holds-barred attitude will surely make readers fall in love with her.

4. Cruel Crown (Red Queen Novella)

 by: Victoria Aveyard
Release date: Jan 05, 2016
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Two women on either side of the Silver-Red divide tell the stories no one else knows.

Discover the truth of Norta’s bloody past in these two revealing prequels to #1 New York Times bestseller Red Queen.

Also includes an exclusive excerpt of the hotly anticipated second book in the Red Queen series! Glass Sword transports readers to the world of Silver tyranny, a Red dawn rising, and one girl’s resolve to break down the system that will hold her back no longer.

Queen Song
Queen Coriane, first wife of King Tiberias, keeps a secret diary—how else can she ensure that no one at the palace will use her thoughts against her? Coriane recounts her heady courtship with the crown prince, the birth of a new prince, Cal, and the potentially deadly challenges that lay ahead for her in royal life.

Steel Scars
Captain Farley exchanges coded transmissions with the resistance as she travels the land recruiting black market traders, smugglers, and extremists for her first attempt at an attack on the capital. She was raised to be strong, but planting the seeds of rebellion in Norta is a tougher job than expected—until she stumbles upon a connection that may prove to be the key to the entire operation: Mare Barrow.

5. Red Queen 2-Book Hardcover Box Set: Red Queen and Glass Sword

 by: Victoria Aveyard
Release date: Oct 25, 2016
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Power is a dangerous game.

This beautiful box set includes the first two books in Victoria Aveyard’s #1 New York Times bestselling Red Queen series, Red Queen and Glass Sword.

Mare Barrow, a lowly Red in a world of red-blooded laborers and silver-blooded elites, thought she knew what her future held. But when she learns that her red blood has been disguising a secret ability, one usually reserved only for Silvers, her life is turned upside down. How will the Silver ruling class keep her secret hidden from the increasingly restless Red population and their Scarlet Guard revolutionaries? And how will Mare use her sudden power to change the caste system, the kingdom, and the world—forever?

Corrupt courts, unnatural abilities, and forbidden romance spark a revolution in the first two electrifying installments of Victoria Aveyard’s blockbuster Red Queen series.

6. Red Queen: The Official Coloring Book

 by: Victoria Aveyard
Release date: Dec 20, 2016
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The world of Red Queen comes to life in this stunningly illustrated coloring book companion to the #1 New York Times bestselling series by Victoria Aveyard. With both original black-and-white line drawings and beautiful hand-lettered quotes, this coloring book brings to life the high-stakes moments in Mare’s journey, which continues to thrill and captivate readers. Relive every adventure, from Mare’s first night as the little lightning girl to the royal betrayal that changed everything—and get ready to rise, Red as the Dawn.

7. La reina roja (Spanish Edition)

 by: Victoria Aveyard
Release date: Apr 01, 2016
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Set in an imaginary kingdom, this novel presents a society divided by blood color—commoners have red blood, while those with silver blood form an elite class with supernatural abilities. Mare, a member of the red-blooded class, is one day noticed by the king for her special powers and absorbed into the life of the court. However, what they don’t know is that she’s an agent for the Scarlet Guard, who is in the midst of preparing a rebellion.

8. La espada de cristal (Spanish Edition)

 by: Victoria Aveyard
Release date: Apr 01, 2017
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The second installment of the thrilling Red Queen trilogy escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world they’ve always known. Mare Barrow’s blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind. Pursued by Maven, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors. Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat. Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion?

9. Corona cruel (La reina roja) (Spanish Edition)

 by: Victoria Aveyard
Release date: Sep 01, 2017
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Discover the truth of Norta’s bloody past in these two revealing prequels to #1 New York Times bestseller Red Queen. “Queen Song” is an episode in the life of Queen Coriane as she records a secret diary about her heady courtship with the crown prince, the birth of a new prince, Cal, and the potentially deadly challenges that lay ahead for her in royal life. “Steel Scars” follows Farley, commander of the Secret Guard, exchange coded transmissions with the resistance as she travels the land recruiting black market traders, smugglers, and extremists for her first attempt at an attack on the capital. She was raised to be strong, but planting the seeds of rebellion in Norta is a tougher job than expected—until she stumbles upon a connection that may prove to be the key to the entire operation: Mare Barrow.

10. Red Queen 01

 by: Aveyard Victoria
Release date: Dec 25, 2019
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552pages. 18x11x3cm. Poche.

11. King’s Cage (Red Queen)

 by: Victoria Aveyard
Release date: Feb 07, 2017
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In this breathless third installment to Victoria Aveyard’s bestselling Red Queen series, allegiances are tested on every side. And when the Lightning Girl’s spark is gone, who will light the way for the rebellion?

Mare Barrow is a prisoner, powerless without her lightning, tormented by her lethal mistakes. She lives at the mercy of a boy she once loved, a boy made of lies and betrayal. Now a king, Maven Calore continues weaving his dead mother’s web in an attempt to maintain control over his country—and his prisoner.

As Mare bears the weight of Silent Stone in the palace, her once-ragtag band of newbloods and Reds continue organizing, training, and expanding. They prepare for war, no longer able to linger in the shadows. And Cal, the exiled prince with his own claim on Mare’s heart, will stop at nothing to bring her back.

When blood turns on blood, and ability on ability, there may be no one left to put out the fire—leaving Norta as Mare knows it to burn all the way down.

12. Glass Sword (Red Queen)

 by: Victoria Aveyard
Release date: Feb 09, 2016
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The electrifying next installment in the Red Queen series escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world they’ve always known—and pits Mare against the darkness that has grown in her soul.

Mare Barrow’s blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince—the friend—who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind.

Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors. But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat.Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?

13. Red Queen

 by: Victoria Aveyard
Release date: Jun 07, 2016
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Victoria Aveyard’s internationally beloved #1 New York Times bestseller is now in paperback!

Mare Barrow’s world is divided by blood—those with common, Red blood serve the Silver-blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. There, before the king, princes, and all the nobles, she discovers she has an ability of her own.

To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess, and betroths her to one of his own sons. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks everything and uses her new position to help the Scarlet Guard—a growing Red rebellion—even as her heart tugs her in an impossible direction. One wrong move can lead to her death, but in the dangerous game she plays the only certainty is betrayal.

This sweeping story of palace intrigue, class hierarchy, and deception will keep readers hurtling along, desperate to find out Mare’s fate. Her honesty and determination, quick wit, and no-holds-barred attitude will surely make readers fall in love with her.

14. Cruel Crown (Red Queen Novella)

 by: Victoria Aveyard
Release date: Jan 05, 2016
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Two women on either side of the Silver-Red divide tell the stories no one else knows.

Discover the truth of Norta’s bloody past in these two revealing prequels to #1 New York Times bestseller Red Queen.

Also includes an exclusive excerpt of the hotly anticipated second book in the Red Queen series! Glass Sword transports readers to the world of Silver tyranny, a Red dawn rising, and one girl’s resolve to break down the system that will hold her back no longer.

Queen Song
Queen Coriane, first wife of King Tiberias, keeps a secret diary—how else can she ensure that no one at the palace will use her thoughts against her? Coriane recounts her heady courtship with the crown prince, the birth of a new prince, Cal, and the potentially deadly challenges that lay ahead for her in royal life.

Steel Scars
Captain Farley exchanges coded transmissions with the resistance as she travels the land recruiting black market traders, smugglers, and extremists for her first attempt at an attack on the capital. She was raised to be strong, but planting the seeds of rebellion in Norta is a tougher job than expected—until she stumbles upon a connection that may prove to be the key to the entire operation: Mare Barrow.

15. Red Queen 2-Book Hardcover Box Set: Red Queen and Glass Sword

 by: Victoria Aveyard
Release date: Oct 25, 2016
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Power is a dangerous game.

This beautiful box set includes the first two books in Victoria Aveyard’s #1 New York Times bestselling Red Queen series, Red Queen and Glass Sword.

Mare Barrow, a lowly Red in a world of red-blooded laborers and silver-blooded elites, thought she knew what her future held. But when she learns that her red blood has been disguising a secret ability, one usually reserved only for Silvers, her life is turned upside down. How will the Silver ruling class keep her secret hidden from the increasingly restless Red population and their Scarlet Guard revolutionaries? And how will Mare use her sudden power to change the caste system, the kingdom, and the world—forever?

Corrupt courts, unnatural abilities, and forbidden romance spark a revolution in the first two electrifying installments of Victoria Aveyard’s blockbuster Red Queen series.

Last updated on Thursday, March 30, 2017

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LEGENDARY EDITION, VOL. 2 by Akira Himekawa

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The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 2: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages by Akira Himekawa, No. 1 bestselling book of New York Times Best Sellers. The adaptation of several story arcs from Nintendo’s Zelda video game series continues. In this volume, the Oracle of Seasons. For more New York Times Best Seller of Manga best sellers, click here

The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition, Vol. 2: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages

 by: Akira Himekawa
No. 1 Best Seller on Friday, January 20, 2017.
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A young boy named Link must defeat evil at every turn on his long, perilous quest to find the Triforce and deliver it to Princess Zelda!

The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition contains two volumes of the beloved The Legend of Zelda manga series, presented in a deluxe format featuring new covers and color art pieces by Akira Himekawa. The battle for Hyrule and the Sacred Realm has begun! A young boy named Link must defeat evil on his long, perilous quest to find the spiritual stones that hold the key to the Triforce, and deliver them to Zelda, princess of the land of Hyrule.

Link’s adventures across Hyrule introduce him to two powerful allies—the Oracle of Seasons and the Oracle of Ages—and pit him against a pair of negarious villains—General Onox and the Sorceress of Shadows. To win the day he must quest from winter to summer and beyond the veil of time itself.

More books by Akira Himekawa

1. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Vol. 1

 by: Akira Himekawa
Release date: Mar 14, 2017
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Link must defeat evil at every turn in his perilous quest to help Princess Zelda!

Once upon a time, wizards tried to conquer the Sacred Realm of Hyrule. The Spirits of Light sealed the wizards’ power within the Shadow Crystal and banished them to the Twilight Realm beyond the Mirror of Twilight. Now, an evil menace is trying to find Midna, Princess of the Twilight Realm, and the fragments of the Shadow Crystal to gain the power to rule over both the Twilight Realm and the World of Light.

Link once trained in swordsmanship, hoping to protect the world of Hyrule. After a fateful meeting, he sought out the anonymity and peace of life in a small village. But danger and adventure always find heroes to set things right, and when the dark minions of the King of Shadows threaten his new home, Link answers the call!

2. The Legend of Zelda Box Set

 by: Akira Himekawa
Release date: Oct 25, 2011
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The manga adapation of the legendary video game series, now available in English for the first time! Become part of the Legend –The Legend of Zelda!

Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for all ages.

In the mystical land of Hyrule, three spiritual stones hold the key to the Triforce, and whoever holds them will control the world. A boy named Link sets out on a quest to deliver the Emerald, the spiritual stone of the forest, to Zelda, Princess of the land of Hyrule. The journey will be long and perilous, and Link will need all his skill and courage to defeat evil. The battle for Hyrule and the Sacred Realm has begun!

Contains all 10 volumes of The Legend of Zelda manga series and a collectible poster

3. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask / A Link to the Past -Legendary Edition- (The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition)

 by: Akira Himekawa
Release date: Mar 14, 2017
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Link must defeat evil at every turn in his perilous quest to help Princess Zelda!

The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition contains two volumes of the beloved The Legend of Zelda manga series, presented in a deluxe format featuring new covers and color art pieces by Akira Himekawa.

The battle for Hyrule and the Sacred Realm has begun! A young boy named Link must defeat evil on his long, perilous quest to find the spiritual stones that hold the key to the Triforce, and deliver them to Zelda, princess of the land of Hyrule. 

It’s not easy being a hero in the realm of Hyrule, but Link discovers that sometimes it’s even tougher on those around him. He’ll need the power of the Triforce to save his friends and family from threats posed by the mysterious Skull Kid and the treacherous Agahnim.

4. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time -Legendary Edition- (The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition)

 by: Akira Himekawa
Release date: Nov 01, 2016
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A young boy named Link must defeat evil at every turn on his long, perilous quest to find the Triforce and deliver it to Princess Zelda!

The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition contains two volumes of the beloved The Legend of Zelda manga series, presented in a deluxe format featuring new covers and color art pieces by Akira Himekawa. The battle for Hyrule and the Sacred Realm has begun! A young boy named Link must defeat evil on his long, perilous quest to find the spiritual stones that hold the key to the Triforce, and deliver them to Zelda, princess of the land of Hyrule.

Young Link embarks on a perilous quest to find three spiritual stones that hold the key to the Triforce, the wielder of which will rule the world! Link’s plan is to deliver the stones to the Princess of the mystical land of Hyrule, Zelda. But obstacles abound and his long journey has only just begun!

5. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Vol. 2

 by: Akira Himekawa
Release date: Aug 08, 2017
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Link must defeat evil at every turn in his perilous quest to help Princess Zelda!

Once upon a time, wizards tried to conquer the Sacred Realm of Hyrule. The Spirits of Light sealed the wizards’ power within the Shadow Crystal and banished them to the Twilight Realm beyond the Mirror of Twilight. Now, an evil menace is trying to find Midna, Princess of the Twilight Realm, and the fragments of the Shadow Crystal to gain the power to rule over both the Twilight Realm and the World of Light.

6. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap / Phantom Hourglass -Legendary Edition- (The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition)

 by: Akira Himekawa
Release date: May 09, 2017
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Link must defeat evil at every turn in his perilous quest to help Princess Zelda!

The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition contains two volumes of the beloved The Legend of Zelda manga series, presented in a deluxe format featuring new covers and color art pieces by Akira Himekawa.

The battle for Hyrule and the Sacred Realm has begun! A young boy named Link must defeat evil on his long, perilous quest to find the spiritual stones that hold the key to the Triforce, and deliver them to Zelda, princess of the land of Hyrule. 

As a hero and a knight of the realm, it is Link’s duty to serve Princess Zelda and protect the land of Hyrule. Dangers come in all forms both on land and at sea. Join Link on quests to overcome the threat of the Minish Cap and unlock the secrets of the Phantom Hourglass.

7. The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords -Legendary Edition- (The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition)

 by: Akira Himekawa
Release date: Jul 11, 2017
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Link must defeat evil at every turn in his perilous quest to help Princess Zelda!

The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition contains two volumes of the beloved The Legend of Zelda manga series, presented in a deluxe format featuring new covers and color art pieces by Akira Himekawa.

The battle for Hyrule and the Sacred Realm has begun! A young boy named Link must defeat evil on his long, perilous quest to find the spiritual stones that hold the key to the Triforce, and deliver them to Zelda, princess of the land of Hyrule. 

Link finds himself broken into four different versions of himself—Green, Red, Blue and Violet Link—and pitted against a fifth, the malevolent Shadow Link, who has kidnapped Princess Zelda. The Links must find the Four Sword, the only thing that can combine them so that they are strong enough to stop Shadow Link and save the princess—and the world!

8. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Vol. 1

 by: Akira Himekawa,  Akira Himekawa
Release date: Oct 07, 2008
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The Legend of Zelda is a high-fantasy adventure based on the wildly successful and long-running video game series by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto.

The Legend of Zelda is a high-fantasy adventure based on the wildly successful and long-running video game series by game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. In February 2000, Shogakukan began publication of manga artist Akira Himekawa’s adaptation of nine of the most well known Nintendo games in the series. Each story follows the adventures of Link, the hero of the video game series, as he battles the forces of evil to save the Sacred Realm.

9. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Vol. 2

 by: Akira Himekawa,  Akira Himekawa
Release date: Dec 02, 2008
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After completing his training Link begins his journey to find the remaining Sages. Meanwhile, Ganondorf continues looking for Princess Zelda and plotting to capture Link with the aid of the witches known as Twinrova. At the urging of the mysterious Sheik, Link enters the Haunted Wasteland to find Zelda. The journey will be dangerous, but Link is determined to overcome Twinrova’s traps and survive to face Ganondorf in an epic final battle!

10. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Vol. 1

 by: Akira Himekawa
Release date: Mar 14, 2017
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Link must defeat evil at every turn in his perilous quest to help Princess Zelda!

Once upon a time, wizards tried to conquer the Sacred Realm of Hyrule. The Spirits of Light sealed the wizards’ power within the Shadow Crystal and banished them to the Twilight Realm beyond the Mirror of Twilight. Now, an evil menace is trying to find Midna, Princess of the Twilight Realm, and the fragments of the Shadow Crystal to gain the power to rule over both the Twilight Realm and the World of Light.

Link once trained in swordsmanship, hoping to protect the world of Hyrule. After a fateful meeting, he sought out the anonymity and peace of life in a small village. But danger and adventure always find heroes to set things right, and when the dark minions of the King of Shadows threaten his new home, Link answers the call!

11. The Legend of Zelda Box Set

 by: Akira Himekawa
Release date: Oct 25, 2011
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The manga adapation of the legendary video game series, now available in English for the first time! Become part of the Legend –The Legend of Zelda!

Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for all ages.

In the mystical land of Hyrule, three spiritual stones hold the key to the Triforce, and whoever holds them will control the world. A boy named Link sets out on a quest to deliver the Emerald, the spiritual stone of the forest, to Zelda, Princess of the land of Hyrule. The journey will be long and perilous, and Link will need all his skill and courage to defeat evil. The battle for Hyrule and the Sacred Realm has begun!

Contains all 10 volumes of The Legend of Zelda manga series and a collectible poster

12. The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask / A Link to the Past -Legendary Edition- (The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition)

 by: Akira Himekawa
Release date: Mar 14, 2017
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Link must defeat evil at every turn in his perilous quest to help Princess Zelda!

The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition contains two volumes of the beloved The Legend of Zelda manga series, presented in a deluxe format featuring new covers and color art pieces by Akira Himekawa.

The battle for Hyrule and the Sacred Realm has begun! A young boy named Link must defeat evil on his long, perilous quest to find the spiritual stones that hold the key to the Triforce, and deliver them to Zelda, princess of the land of Hyrule. 

It’s not easy being a hero in the realm of Hyrule, but Link discovers that sometimes it’s even tougher on those around him. He’ll need the power of the Triforce to save his friends and family from threats posed by the mysterious Skull Kid and the treacherous Agahnim.

13. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time -Legendary Edition- (The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition)

 by: Akira Himekawa
Release date: Nov 01, 2016
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A young boy named Link must defeat evil at every turn on his long, perilous quest to find the Triforce and deliver it to Princess Zelda!

The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition contains two volumes of the beloved The Legend of Zelda manga series, presented in a deluxe format featuring new covers and color art pieces by Akira Himekawa. The battle for Hyrule and the Sacred Realm has begun! A young boy named Link must defeat evil on his long, perilous quest to find the spiritual stones that hold the key to the Triforce, and deliver them to Zelda, princess of the land of Hyrule.

Young Link embarks on a perilous quest to find three spiritual stones that hold the key to the Triforce, the wielder of which will rule the world! Link’s plan is to deliver the stones to the Princess of the mystical land of Hyrule, Zelda. But obstacles abound and his long journey has only just begun!

14. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Vol. 2

 by: Akira Himekawa
Release date: Aug 08, 2017
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Link must defeat evil at every turn in his perilous quest to help Princess Zelda!

Once upon a time, wizards tried to conquer the Sacred Realm of Hyrule. The Spirits of Light sealed the wizards’ power within the Shadow Crystal and banished them to the Twilight Realm beyond the Mirror of Twilight. Now, an evil menace is trying to find Midna, Princess of the Twilight Realm, and the fragments of the Shadow Crystal to gain the power to rule over both the Twilight Realm and the World of Light.

15. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap / Phantom Hourglass -Legendary Edition- (The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition)

 by: Akira Himekawa
Release date: May 09, 2017
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Link must defeat evil at every turn in his perilous quest to help Princess Zelda!

The Legend of Zelda: Legendary Edition contains two volumes of the beloved The Legend of Zelda manga series, presented in a deluxe format featuring new covers and color art pieces by Akira Himekawa.

The battle for Hyrule and the Sacred Realm has begun! A young boy named Link must defeat evil on his long, perilous quest to find the spiritual stones that hold the key to the Triforce, and deliver them to Zelda, princess of the land of Hyrule. 

As a hero and a knight of the realm, it is Link’s duty to serve Princess Zelda and protect the land of Hyrule. Dangers come in all forms both on land and at sea. Join Link on quests to overcome the threat of the Minish Cap and unlock the secrets of the Phantom Hourglass.

Last updated on Thursday, March 30, 2017