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"World Without End takes place in the same town of Kingsbridge, two centuries after the townspeople finished building the exquisite Gothic cathedral that was at the heart of The Pillars of the Earth. The cathedral and the priory are again at the center of a web of love and hate, greed and pride, ambition and revenge, but this sequel stands on its own. This time the men and women of an extraordinary cast of characters find themselves at a crossroads...
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Random House Children's Books
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[2021]
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"The Black Death of the fourteenth century wouldn’t have been as deadly if people had just shut their windows! RIGHT? WRONG! Despite what people thought at the time, a closed window won’t do anything against bubonic plague. The truth is, the plague wasn’t caused by breathing in “bad air”. It was transmitted by infected fleas biting (and, in the process, throwing up into) people. No joke."--Back cover.
3) Cat's cradle
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From the Publisher: Cat's Cradle is Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist; a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer; and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny.
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"A history of England from the Norman Conquest through the twentieth century, told through the stories of ordinary women"--
A history of England from the Norman Conquest through the twentieth century, told through the stories of ordinary women. Most histories have been written by men, about men, relegating women—with the exception of a few queens—to the shadows of time. Now, bestselling author Philippa Gregory reveals the importance of ordinary...