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1) Castles
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English
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This children's history book has everything you need to know about medieval castles, including knights, jousting, sieges, drawbridges, and forts. Learn about castle design, from the earliest motte and bailey styles to stone fortresses and beautiful castles in Japan and India.
2) Castles
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Beginning with their introduction in the eleventh century, and ending with their widespread abandonment in the seventeenth, Marc Morris explores many of the country's most famous castles, as well as some spectacular lesser-known examples.
At times this is an epic tale, driven by characters like William the Conqueror, King John and Edward I, full of sieges and conquest on an awesome scale. But it is also by turns an intimate story of less eminent...
3) Castles
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How far would you go to build a castle in the sky? Haunted by the sins of others, twenty-year-old Maggie teeters on the edge of either revelation or madness. Once a frightened child seeking refuge from desert storms, she now embraces them with open arms, desperately searching for solace in the chaos. As schizophrenia clouds her mind with delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized behavior, society deems her actions "unacceptable." Trapped in a world...
4) Castles
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Discover Series Books for Babies,Toddlers Every princess needs a castle and every knight needs a fortress to defend. In this Discover Series book, young children can learn the proper terminology for castles and explore the crisp and clear photographs with simple titles. Used as a jumpstart for interaction, Discover Series Picture Books are a great way to introduce new images, words and ideas to kids. The Discover Series Books feature a large photo...
5) Castles
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Joselyn has had a rough life. Rough doesn't even describe what she went through as a kid. Every day is a bad memory, and she is trying hard to live a normal life. And then she meets Sheppard, a successful young guy with a past of his own. He sees her for the beautiful woman she is and this scares her. With so many secrets just trying to get out she has to choose between hiding her past or having a future.
6) Castles
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Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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Via graphic novel format, examines three historic attacks on medieval castles.
10) Castles
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Series
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Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Passion and danger abound in this classic historical romance from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Garwood.
Orphaned and besieged, Princess Alesandra knows that only a hasty marriage to an Englishman can protect her from the turmoil in her own land. The bold, raven-haired beauty instantly captivates London society, much to the amusement of her makeshift guardian, Colin, younger brother of the Marquess of Cainewood.
But...
Orphaned and besieged, Princess Alesandra knows that only a hasty marriage to an Englishman can protect her from the turmoil in her own land. The bold, raven-haired beauty instantly captivates London society, much to the amusement of her makeshift guardian, Colin, younger brother of the Marquess of Cainewood.
But...
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Castles in their bones volume 1
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English
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Sixteen-year-old triplets Princesses Sophronia, Daphne, and Beatriz, each with her own secret skill and wish, begin arranged marriages to princes of neighboring nations to fulfill their mother's intention to reign over the continent.
Empress Margaraux has had plans for her daughters since the day they were born. Princesses Sophronia, Daphne, and Beatriz will be queens. And now, age sixteen, they each must leave their homeland and marry their princes....
14) Clan Castles
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Themes: Friendship, Gaming, Teamwork, Bravery, Fantasy, Adventure, Fiction, Tween, Emergent Reader, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. After playing for months, Jake and Kyle have finally reached the end of Clan Castles-Level 99. King Nojra will be their...
15) Castles
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English
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Describes the origins, main features, and destruction of medieval castles, and discusses the way of life of the people who lived in them, knighthood, and sieges.
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Tale of Two Castles volume 1
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English
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Twelve-year-old Elodie journeys to Two Castles in hopes of studying acting but instead becomes apprentice to a dragon, who teaches her to be observant and use reasoning, thus helping her to uncover who is poisoning the king.
18) Feather castles
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Sanguinet saga volume 1
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English
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The author of five superbly entertaining Regency novels, Patricia Veryan has been proclaimed "a worthy successor to Georgette Heyer at her very best" (The Chattanooga Times). Now, in her sixth novel, Feather Castles, Patricia Veryan gives us another sparkling Regency full of drama and romance as she unfolds the spellbinding adventures and apparently star-crossed love of the soon-to-be-married Miss Rachel Strand and a man whose name she does not even...
19) Creaky castles
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English
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The stories behind several so-called haunted castles.
20) Samurai Castles
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English
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Samurai Castles features hundreds of stunning color photographs and little-known details about the most important and well-preserved Samurai castles in Japan, including their history, design and military features. Japan's ancient castles provide profound insights into the country's compelling military history. Discover the secrets of Japan's feudal past by exploring the most famous castles of the Samurai era. The enormous stone walls, multi-level...
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