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Two strangers unite to save an innocent child—and perhaps the world—in this romantic thriller by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of No Way Out.
When Manhattan editor Dani Arnold she impulsively comes to the aid of a lost child, she finds herself plunged into a mystery more dangerous than anything she's ever read—or anything on the city streets—with an enigmatic stranger who threatens
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Howard Logo
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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After a controversial American priest is elected pope, archaeologist Jack Cane and an Israeli agent must find a mysterious Dead Sea Scroll which references two messiahs, a prophecy which is causing a political and religious crisis and placing their lives in danger.
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Daniel Knox novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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"Fact collides with fiction in Will Adams's second adventure featuring archaeologist Daniel Knox"--Provided by publisher.
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Random House
Pub. Date
[1998]
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English
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"Although almost everyone has heard of the Dead Sea Scrolls, few people can explain what they say or why they are significant. In The Mystery and Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls, Hershel Shanks, the distinguished editor of Biblical Archaeology Review, gives a vivid account of their religious and historical context and their dissemination, meaning, and implications." "Of the eight hundred manuscripts that were eventually found, fewer than a dozen were...
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HarperSanFrancisco
Pub. Date
c2002
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English
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Drawing together all the evidence, this timely book explores: The discovery and dating of the Dead Sea Scrolls; their relationship to the Hebrew Bible, Apocrypha, and New Testament; their messianic and apocalyptic messages; the identity, nature, and theology of the Qumran community; the nonbiblical scrolls; and controversies surrounding the scrolls. This comprehensive, guide provides an introduction to all aspects of the scrolls, including their teachings,...
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Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 49
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Scholastic
Pub. Date
©2012
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English
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When Wild Willie showed up at my door and invited me to travel with him to Japan, I jumped at the chance. We were in search of an ancient, legendary samurai scroll that holds the secret to a long-lost fighting technique. The scroll had fallen into the wrong hands, and it was up to me and Wild Willie to track it down and save the day. But first, we would have to fight a group of talented ninjas. Holey cheese -- this would be one adventure I would never...
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Zion legacy volume 4
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English
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After days of brutal fighting against Arab forces, Moshe Sachar, the courageous leader of the Israelis, escapes to a tunnel under the Old City and discovers sacred scrolls that tell the history of his faith and people. Opening a scroll, Moshe becomes immersed in the extraordinary story from the first century A.D. of Miryam, a beautiful yet troubled young widow, and Marcus, her Roman suitor.
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Shadow of the fox volume 1
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English
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One thousand years ago, the great Kami Dragon was summoned to grant a single terrible wish--and the land of Iwagoto was plunged into an age of darkness and chaos. Now, for whoever holds the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers, a new wish will be granted. A new age is about to dawn. Raised by monks in the isolated Silent Winds temple, Yumeko has trained all her life to hide her yokai nature. Half kitsune, half human, her skill with illusion is matched only...
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Scholastic Press
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2023.
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English
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Twelve-year-old Astrid Xu stumbles upon an ancient Chinese scroll that she hopes is the key to curing her mother's depression, but when it transports her and her younger sister Marilla to a realm where Chinese legends are real, they suddenly find themselves caught in a war between good and evil.
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Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"The epic fantasy that's taking the world by storm--a bewitching story about a revenge killing, a mysterious scroll box that has survived centuries of fires, and the book that changed everything Taryn Cornick believes that the past--her sister's violent death, and her own ill-conceived revenge--is behind her, and she can get on with her life. She has written a successful book about the dangers that threaten libraries... but not all of the attention...
14) The oracle
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Fargo adventures volume 11
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"In 533 A.D., the last Vandal ruler in North Africa consults an oracle on how to defeat the invading Byzantine army. The oracle tells the king that a high priestess cast a curse upon the Vandal Kingdom after a sacred scroll was stolen. In order to lift the curse, the scroll must be returned to its rightful home. But the kingdom falls before the scroll is found, leaving its location a great mystery until a current day archaeological dig, funded by...
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Distributed by Starz Home Entertainment
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[2006]
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English
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A professor of folklore opens a forbidden scroll, releasing and possessing the Japanese demons of Thunder and Lightning. But when the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense dispatches a team of agents to investigate, a cursed samurai sward sends Hellboy to a supernatural dimension of ghosts, monsters and feudal mayhem. Pyrokinetic Liz Sherman and fishboy Abe Sapien battles one very angry dragon. A lost and cranky Hellboy must find his way home.
16) The beginning
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Secret of the Hidden Scrolls volume 1
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English
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A scroll Great-Uncle Solomon, an archaeologist, found near the Dead Sea send Peter, nine, and Mary, ten, to the first moment of Creation and to the Garden of Eden.
17) The final scroll
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Secret of the hidden scrolls volume 9
Publisher
WorthyKids
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Peter, Mary, and Hank travel back to Jerusalem during the height of Jesus' popularity where they discover the religious leaders have hatched a plan that causes one of Jesus' disciples to betray him, and now with time running out, Peter and Mary must solve the secret of the scroll before they get stuck in the past forever.
18) Race to the ark
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Secret of the Hidden Scrolls volume 2
Publisher
WorthyKids/ideals
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Peter, Mary, and their faithful dog Hank travel back to the time of Noah. With only seven days to solve the riddle of the scroll and escape the impending flood, Peter, Mary, and Hank must race to help Noah and his family finish the ark"--
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