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  Generation Dead

  by Daniel Waters

  All over the country, a strange phenomenon is occurring. Some teenagers who die aren't staying dead. But when they come back to life, they are no longer the same. Feared and misunderstood, they're doing their best to blend into a society that doesn't want them.The administration at Oakvale High attempts to be more welcoming of the "differently biotic," but the students don't want to take classes or eat... (more)
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  Makers

  by Cory Doctorow

  From the New York Times bestselling author of Little Brother , a major novel of the booms, busts, and further booms in store for America Perry and Lester invent things—seashell robots that make toast, Boogie Woogie Elmo dolls that drive cars. They also invent entirely new economic systems, like the “New Work,” a New Deal for the technological era. Barefoot bankers cross the nation, microinvesting in high-tech... (more)
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  Heart-Shaped Box

  by Joe Hill

  Judas Coyne is a collector of the macabre: a cookbook for cannibals . . . a used hangman's noose . . . a snuff film. An aging death-metal rock god, his taste for the unnatural is as widely known to his legions of fans as the notorious excesses of his youth. But nothing he possesses is as unlikely or as dreadful as his latest discovery, an item for sale on the Internet, a thing so terribly strange, Jude can't help... (more)
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  Justinian's Flea

  Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe

  by William Rosen

  A richly told story of the collision between nature’s smallest organism and history’s mightiest empire The Emperor Justinian reunified Rome’s fractured empire by defeating the Goths and Vandals who had separated Italy, Spain, and North Africa from imperial rule. In his capital at Constantinople he built the world’s most beautiful building, married its most powerful empress, and wrote its most... (more)
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  Gothic Charm School

  An Essential Guide for Goths and Those Who Love Them

  by Jillian Venters

  An essential, fully illustrated guidebook to day-to-day Goth living There's more to being a Goth than throwing on some black velvet, dyeing your hair, and calling it a day (or a night). How do you dress with morbid flair when going to a job interview? Is there such a thing as growing too old to be a Goth? How do you explain to your grandma that it's not just a phase? Jillian Venters, a.k.a. "the Lady of... (more)
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  Blood Coven Vampires: Book 5

  Night School

  by Mari Mancusi

  After their parents' shocking revelation about their fae heritage and an attack on their lives, the McDonald twins are forced to hide out deep in the Swiss Alps at Riverdale Academy, a secret vampire slayer training facility. And with no way to contact their vampire boyfriends for rescue, they're going to have to play nice with the locals. But when Sunny starts acting strange, Rayne realizes that there's more... (more)
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  The Goths (The Peoples of Europe)

  by P. J. Heather

  The volume is divided into three parts, corresponding to the three main phases in Gothic history: their early history down to the fourth century, the revolution in Gothic society set in motion by the arrival of the Huns, and the history of the Gothic successor states to the western Roman Empire. At its heart lies a new vision of Gothic identity, and of the social caste by whom it was defined and transmitted.
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  How the Barbarian Invasions Shaped the Modern World

  The Vikings, Vandals, Huns, Mongols, Goths, and Tartars who Razed the Old World and Formed the New

  by Thomas J. Craughwell

  Veteran author Thomas J. Craughwell reveals the fascinating tales of how the barbarian rampages across Europe, North Africa, and Asia—killing, plundering, and destroying whole kingdoms and empires—actually created the modern nations of England, France, Russia, and China. Moscow, Dublin, and Delhi are international centers of government, commerce, and culture because of the barbarians. The book’s 19 chapters are... (more)
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  The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Book 3

  Tenth Grade Bleeds

  by Heather Brewer

  It's another sucky year at Bathory High for Vladimir Tod. The evil vampire D’Ablo is hunting for the ritual that could steal Vlad's powers. His best friend Henry doesn't want to be his drudge anymore. And as if all that weren't enough, it's getting harder for Vlad to resist feeding on the people around him. When months go by with no word from Uncle Otis and D'Ablo shows up demanding Vlad's father's journal, Vlad... (more)
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  Millennium Trilogy: Book 2

  The Girl Who Played with Fire

  by Stieg Larsson

  The Girl Who Played with Fire (Swedish: Flickan som lekte med elden) is the second novel in the best-selling "Millennium series" by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson. It was published posthumously in Swedish in 2006 and in English in January 2009.The book features many of the characters that appeared in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
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  Barbarians!

  by Steven Kroll

  The ancient Romans used the word barbarian to describe people who were coarse, rude, or even just foreign. Over time the word has also come to connote bloodthirsty cruelty. But were the Goths, the Huns, the Vikings, and the Mongols as barbaric as we’ve been led to believe? In dynamic, detailed spreads that young readers will pore over, bestselling author Steven Kroll and illustrator Robert Byrd explore how these... (more)
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  Siggy and Amber

  by Doug MacLeod

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  Adrianople AD 378: The Goths crush Rome's legions (Campaign)

  by Simon MacDowall

  ’Never, except in the battle of Cannae, had there been so destructive a slaughter recorded in our annals.’ Thus the Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus recorded the battle of Adrianople, which spelled the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire. Such a crushing Roman defeat by Gothic cavalry proved to the Empire, as well as to the Goths themselves, that the migratory barbarians were a force to be reckoned with.... (more)
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  Germanic Warrior AD 236-568 (Warrior)

  by Simon MacDowall

  The 3rd to the 6th centuries saw the collapse of the classical Mediterranean civilisation and the emergence of new states in western Europe based on the Germanic warrior society. This book focuses particularly on the men who made up the retinues of the Germanic warlords who carved kingdoms out of the carcass of the West Roman Empire. Although sources are scarce, Simon MacDowall constructs a convincing picture,... (more)
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  The Barbarian Invasions: History of the Art of Wars (History of the Art of War, Volume II)

  by Hans Delbruck

  Hans Delbrück’s four-volume History of the Art of War is recognized throughout the world as the definitive work on the subject. Appearing in an English-language paperback edition for the first time, volume 1 analyzes in vivid detail the military tactics and strategies used by the great warriors of antiquity. Delbrück disputes some points in classical history and separates fact from legend in his objective... (more)
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  Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy: Book 1

  Homeland

  by R. A. Salvatore

  The first in a series of premiere hardcover editions of Salvatore's classic dark elf tales. This stunning new release of the classic R.A. Salvatore novel recounts the origins of Salvatore's signature dark elf character Drizzt Do'Urden and is the first-ever release of this Forgotten Realms novel title in hardcover. This title kicks off The Legend of Drizzt series, which will showcase the classic dark elf novels... (more)
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  The Fall of the Roman Empire

  A New History of Rome and the Barbarians

  by P. J. Heather

  The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors Rome called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling an Empire that had dominated their lives for so long. A leading authority on the late Roman Empire and on the barbarians, Heather relates the... (more)
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  Hera Series

  Beacon at Alexandria

  by Gillian Bradshaw

  Two entries in Soho's Hera series of historical fiction ``by and about women'' set, respectively, in 12th century France and Republican Rome. Copyright 1994 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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  The Enemies of Rome: From Hannibal to Attila the Hun

  by Philip Matyszak

  A groundbreaking assessment of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, told from the point of view of the peoples vanquished by Rome. Until recently, it was assumed that Rome carried the torch of civilization into the barbarian darkness, bringing law, architecture, and literature to conquered peoples. The alternative view now suggests that many of Rome's enemies—the Celts, Hebrews, and Phoenicians, for... (more)
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  The Gargoyles of Blackthorne

  by Fran Orenstein

  Tyler Trent and Zack Vander return in another adventure from THE BOOK OF MYSTERIES,this time battling the terrifying GARGOYLES OF BLACKTHORNE. Good King Elveron's golden scepter has the power to keep the country of Gothica safe and thriving, but it has been stolen by his evil stepmother, the former queen. She has cast a spell on the Gargoyles that sit atop Blackthorne Castle, home of the King's half-brother, Lord... (more)