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The Last Light of the Sun

• UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 40 mins)
• By Guy Gavriel Kay
• Narrated By Holter Graham
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From the multiple award-winning author of Tigana, A Song for Arbonne, and the three-book Fionavar Tapestry that "can only be compared to Tolkien's masterpiece" (Star-Phoenix), this powerful, moving saga evokes the Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, and Norse cultures of a thousand years ago.

Artemis Fowl: Artemis Fowl, Book 1

• UNABRIDGED (5 hrs and 58 mins)
• By Eoin Colfer
• Narrated By Nathaniel Parker
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Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a millionaire, a genuis, and, above all, a criminal mastermind. But even Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These aren't the fairies of bedtime stories, they're dangerous! Full of unexpected twists and turns, Artemis Fowl is a riveting, magical adventure.

Inheritance: The Inheritance Cycle, Book 4

• UNABRIDGED (31 hrs and 22 mins)
• By Christopher Paolini
• Narrated By Gerard Doyle
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Not so very long ago, Eragon - Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider - was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders. months of training and battle have brought victories and hope, but they have also brought heartbreaking loss. And still, the real battle lies ahead: they must confront Galbatorix. When they do, they will have to be strong enough to defeat him. And if they cannot, no one can.

The Heretic Queen: A Novel

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 35 mins)
• By Michelle Moran
• Narrated By Cassandra Campbell
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Nefertari catches the eye of the Crown Prince, and despite her family's history, they fall in love and wish to marry. Yet all of Egypt opposes this union between the rising star of a new dynasty and the fading star of an old, heretical one.

While political adversity sets the country on edge, Nefertari becomes the wife of Ramesses the Great. Destined to be the most powerful Pharaoh in Egypt, he is also the man who must confront the most famous exodus in history.

The Last Wife of Henry VIII

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 13 mins)
• By Carolly Erickson
• Narrated By Terry Donnelly
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From the luxuries of court to the last gory years of the outsize King Henry, when heads rolled and England trembled, Catherine bestrode her destiny and survived to marry her true love. She was the least known of Henry VIII's six wives, but the cleverest of them all.

The Last Queen: A Novel of Juana La Loca

• UNABRIDGED (13 hrs and 25 mins)
• By C. W. Gortner
• Narrated By Marguerite Gavin

One of history's most enigmatic women tells the haunting, passionate story of her tumultuous life. Juana of Castile is just thirteen when she witnesses the fall of Moorish Granada and the uniting of the fractured kingdoms of Spain under her warrior parents, Isabel and Fernando. Intelligent, beautiful, and proud of her heritage, Juana rebels when she is chosen as a bride for the Hapsburg heir.

Nefertiti

• UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 59 mins)
• By Michelle Moran
• Narrated By Cassandra Campbell
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Nefertiti and her younger sister, Mutnodjmet, have been raised in a powerful family that has provided wives to the rulers of Egypt for centuries. Ambitious, charismatic, and beautiful, Nefertiti is destined to marry Amunhotep, an unstable young pharaoh. It is hoped by all that her strong personality will temper the young Amunhotep's heretical desires.

Cleopatra's Daughter: A Novel

• UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 56 mins)
• By Michelle Moran
• Narrated By Wanda McCaddon
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The marriage of Marc Antony and Cleopatra is one of the greatest love stories of all time, a tale of unbridled passion with earth-shaking political consequences. Feared and hunted by the powers in Rome, the lovers choose to die by their own hands as the triumphant armies of Antony's vengeful rival, Octavian, sweep into Egypt. Their three orphaned children are taken in chains to Rome; only two---the 10-year-old twins Selene and Alexander---survive the journey.

Ptolemy's Gate: The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 3

• UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 37 mins)
• By Jonathan Stroud
• Narrated By Simon Jones

Three years after the events of The Golem's Eye, the young magician Nathaniel is an established member of the British Government. But he faces unprecedented problems: foreign wars are going badly and Britain's enemies are mounting attacks close to London.

Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor

• UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 37 mins)
• By Anthony Everitt
• Narrated By John Curless

Caesar Augustus has been called history's greatest emperor. It was said he found Rome made of clay and left it made of marble. With a senator for a father and Julius Caesar for a great-uncle, he ascended the ranks of Roman society with breathtaking speed. His courage in battle is still questioned yet his political savvy was second to none. He had a lifelong rival in Mark Antony and a 51-year companion in his wife, Livia. And his influence extended perhaps further than that of any ruler who has ever lived.