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Author
Series
Cotton Malone novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
"Too bad former secret agent Cotton Malone knows how to unearth the lost contents of the Library of Alexandria; now his bookstore has been ransacked and his son kidnapped."--Source other than the Library of Congress.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the largest and most famous library in the ancient world, discussing its construction in Alexandria, Egypt, its vast collections, rivalry with the Pergamum Library, famous scholars, and destruction by fire.
3) Ink and bone
Author
Series
Great Library volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
HL 750L
Language
English
Description
"Ruthless and supremely powerful, the Great Library is now a presence in every major city, governing the flow of knowledge to the masses. Alchemy allows the Library to deliver the content of the greatest works of history instantly, but the personal ownership of books is expressly forbidden ... When his friend inadvertently commits heresy by creating a device that could change the world, Jess discovers that those who control the Great Library believe...
Author
Series
Great Library volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
HL 740L
Language
English
Description
"In Ink and Bone, New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine introduced a world where knowledge is power, and power corrupts absolutely. Now she continues the story of those who dare to defy the Great Library--and rewrite history ... With an iron fist, the Great Library controls the knowledge of the world, ruthlessly stamping out all rebellion and in the name of the greater good forbidding the personal ownership of books. Jess Brightwell has survived...
Author
Series
Great Library volume 3
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
HL 740L
Language
English
Description
"The unforgettable characters from Ink and Bone and Paper and Fire unite to save the Great Library of Alexandria from itself in this electrifying adventure in the New York Times bestselling series. Hoarding all the knowledge of the world, the Great Library jealousy guards its secrets. But now a group of rebels poses a dangerous threat to its tyranny ... Jess Brightwell and his band of exiles have fled London, only to find themselves imprisoned in...
Author
Publisher
Jove Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Librarian Abigail Merchant stumbles upon the journals of an eccentric scholar, leading her on a quest to find the Great Library of Alexandria and recover a priceless artifact with the help of an ex-legionnaire with a checkered past.
Author
Series
Great Library volume 4
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
HL 750L
Language
English
Description
"To save the Great Library, the unforgettable characters from Ink and Bone, Paper and Fire, and Ash and Quill put themselves in danger in the next thrilling adventure in the New York Times bestselling series. The opening moves of a deadly game have begun. Jess Brightwell has put himself in direct peril, with only his wits and skill to aid him in a game of cat and mouse with the Archivist Magister of the Great Library. With the world catching fire,...
9) Alexandria
Author
Series
Publisher
BBC Audiobooks America
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
For Marcus Didius Falco, agent to the Emperor Vespasian, Alexandria holds fascination and a hint of fear. While his wife, Helena Justina, wants to see the Lighthouse and the Pyramids, Falco has a mission at the Great Library that soon turns out to involve much more than stock-taking its innumerable scrolls. A mysterious death in the library brings him into conflict with the darker side of academic life.
Author
Series
Accidental adventure volume 4
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
"T.V. obsessed twins Oliver and Celia Navel reluctantly go on their final adventure--this time to the North Pole in search of the long-lost Library of Alexandria"--
Author
Series
Supplements to Vetus Testamentum volume 82
Publisher
Brill
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
13) Sword and Pen
Author
Series
Great Library volume 5
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
The corrupt leadership of the Great Library has fallen. But with the Archivist plotting his return to power, and the Library under siege from outside empires and kingdoms, its future is uncertain. Jess Brightwell and his friends must come together as never before, to forge a new future for the Great Library . . . or see everything it stood for crumble.