Fiction

The Captive (Unabridged)

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The Captive is the first volume of the Seven Serpents Trilogy. Julian Escobar, a young Jesuit seminarian who travels to the New World, is the only human survivor when a hurricane sinks a ship laden with gold. He struggles ashore, where he meets a Mayan girl. She teaches him about Kukulcan, the Feathered Serpent, a fair-skinned Mayan god, who sailed away centuries before.

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The Captive (Unabridged)

The Feathered Serpent (Unabridged)

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A young Spanish seminarian, whom the Mayas believe is their powerful god, Kukulcán, witnesses the coming of Cortés and the capture of the magnificent Aztec city, Tenochtitlan.

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The Feathered Serpent (Unabridged)

The Dark Canoe (Unabridged)

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A 16-year-old boy sails from 19th-century Nantucket to a remote California bay with his two older brothers and finds himself in mysterious circumstances involving the death of one brother and the strange obsession of the other.

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970L
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02:53
The Dark Canoe (Unabridged)

The Amethyst Ring (Unabridged)

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Spanish seminarian Julián Escobar, known to the Mayas as Lord Kukulcán and worshipped as a god, witnesses the fall of the Mayan and Incan civilizations with the coming of Cortés and Pizarro.

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980L
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08:01
The Amethyst Ring (Unabridged)

Needle and Thread: Main Street, Book 2 (Unabridged)

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It's autumn in Camden Falls, and Flora and Ruby are just starting to settle into the town. Flora is worried about spending the first Thanksgiving without their parents. Ruby is worried about getting a part in her school musical. And their new friends, Olivia and Nikki, are facing problems of their own.

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820L
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04:57
Needle and Thread: Main Street, Book 2 (Unabridged)

Best Friends: Main Street, Book 4 (Unabridged)

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Spring has arrived in Camden Falls, and with it have come many joys and challenges. As Flora and Ruby near the first anniversary of their arrival in town, Flora prepares for a visit from her old best friend, Annika.

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04:42
Best Friends: Main Street, Book 4 (Unabridged)

On Christmas Eve (Unabridged)

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Tess McAlister truly believes in magic and is convinced that this is the year she will finally meet Santa Claus. Tess has many Christmas wishes, but her most fervent is not for herself, but for a friend. Her faith in the season results in a Christmas Eve so wondrous, so sparkling, that listeners won't be able to help but feel transformed.

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850L
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02:14
On Christmas Eve (Unabridged)

The Doll People (Unabridged) (Unabridged Fiction)

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The 100-year-old Doll family, beautifully crafted china dolls passed down through four generations of girls in one American family, meet their new neighbors, the Funcrafts, a doll family made completely of plastic and delivered straight from the factory shelves.

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570L
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03:51
The Doll People (Unabridged) (Unabridged  Fiction)

The Runaway Dolls (Unabridged)

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Best friends Annabelle Doll and Tiffany Funcraft have stumbled upon an unexpected visitor, a new doll named Tilly May. She arrived in a mysterious package, but she looks so familiar. Could she be Annabelle's long-lost baby sister? It'll take a runaway adventure to find out for sure. Are the dolls ready for life on the road?

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730L
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04:57
The Runaway Dolls (Unabridged)

Sidewalk Story (Unabridged)

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When her best friend's family is evicted from their apartment, a nine-year-old black girl decides to do something about the situation.

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510L
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01:11
Sidewalk Story (Unabridged)

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