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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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From award-winning author G. Willow Wilson, The Bird King is an epic journey set during the reign of the last sultan in the Iberian peninsula at the height of the Spanish Inquisition. G. Willow Wilson's debut novel Alif the Unseen was an NPR and Washington Post Best Book of the Year, and it established her as a vital American Muslim literary voice. Now she delivers The Bird King , a stunning new novel that tells the story of Fatima, a concubine in...
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Series
Mirror realm cycle volume 1
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English
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"Toba Peres can speak, but not shout; sleep, but not dream. She can write with both hands at once, in different languages, but she keeps her talents hidden at her grandparents' behest. Naftaly Cresques sees things that aren't real, and dreams things that are. Always the family disappointment, Naftaly would still risk his life to honor his father's last wishes. After the Queen demands every Jew convert or face banishment, Toba and Naftaly are among...
4) Sidi
Author
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
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"«El arte del mando era tratar con la naturaleza humana, y él había dedicado su vida a aprenderlo. Colgó la espada del arzón, palmeó el cuello cálido del animal y echó un vistazo alrededor: sonidos metálicos, resollar de monturas, conversaciones en voz baja. Aquellos hombres olían a estiércol de caballo, cuero, aceite de armas, sudor y humo de leña. Rudos en las formas, extraordinariamente complejos en instintos e intuiciones, eran guerreros...
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Publisher
Pegasus Books
Language
English
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Moving to the culturally rich city of Granada in the aftermath of a personal trauma, Kate discovers a scrap of paper hidden in an ancient garden wall containing a fifteenth-century message that changes her life forever.
Fleeing a personal trauma, Kate Fordham goes to the city of Granada, the ancient capital of the Moors in Spain, scraping by with an unfulfilling job in a busy bar. One day she finds a scrap of paper hidden in the glorious gardens...
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