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Playing with Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant, #2)
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avg rating 4.29 — 35,741 ratings — published 2008
Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)
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avg rating 4.18 — 74,292 ratings — published 2007
The Skull King (Skull #1)
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avg rating 4.19 — 10,298 ratings — published 2019
The Skull (Unknown Binding)
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avg rating 4.14 — 17,456 ratings — published 2023
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
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avg rating 3.97 — 389,636 ratings — published 2000
The Skull Ruler (Skull #3)
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avg rating 4.36 — 7,730 ratings — published 2019
The Skull Crusher (Skull #2)
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avg rating 4.28 — 8,099 ratings — published 2019
Death Bringer (Skulduggery Pleasant, #6)
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avg rating 4.47 — 21,323 ratings — published 2011
Mortal Coil (Skulduggery Pleasant, #5)
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avg rating 4.45 — 24,050 ratings — published 2010
The Faceless Ones (Skulduggery Pleasant, #3)
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avg rating 4.40 — 31,879 ratings — published 2008
Dark Days (Skulduggery Pleasant, #4)
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avg rating 4.41 — 26,194 ratings — published 2010
Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)
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avg rating 3.58 — 1,922 ratings — published 2020
Sisters of the Lost Nation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 10,679 ratings — published 2023
League of Liars (The League of Liars, #1)
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avg rating 3.59 — 2,596 ratings — published 2022
Ramón and Julieta (Love & Tacos, #1)
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avg rating 3.45 — 4,560 ratings — published 2022
Goth Girl, Queen of the Universe (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 487 ratings — published 2022
Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)
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avg rating 4.06 — 501 ratings — published 2022
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1)
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avg rating 4.01 — 233,333 ratings — published 2023
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (Hart and Mercy, #1)
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avg rating 4.04 — 51,677 ratings — published 2022
Arsenic and Adobo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #1)
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avg rating 3.53 — 80,839 ratings — published 2021
A Case of Grave Danger (The Violet Veil Mysteries, #1)
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avg rating 3.96 — 627 ratings — published 2021
A Daughter of Fair Verona (Daughter of Montague, #1)
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avg rating 3.75 — 8,781 ratings — published 2024
A Tale of Plagues and Perfumes (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 246 ratings — published
Roohi and Nate Are Not on the Same Page (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 79 ratings — published
Nancy Spector, Monster Detective: The Case of the Missing Spot (Nancy Spector, Monster Detective, #1)
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avg rating 3.64 — 126 ratings — published 2024
The Chocolate Cat Caper (A Chocoholic Mystery, #1)
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avg rating 3.74 — 4,432 ratings — published 2002
The Girl Who Married a Skull: and Other African Stories (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 891 ratings — published 2014
Who Done It? (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.24 — 1,209 ratings — published 2013
The Bone Witch (The Bone Witch, #1)
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avg rating 3.67 — 52,609 ratings — published 2017
When I Was Death (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.62 — 1,327 ratings — published 2026
She Drinks the Light (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.56 — 226 ratings — published 2026
Resurrection Militia (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.17 — 6 ratings — published
Tea & Alchemy (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.84 — 14,455 ratings — published 2026
Tastes Like Candy (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.59 — 5,175 ratings — published 2020
The Maze of Bones (The 39 Clues, #1)
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avg rating 3.87 — 89,259 ratings — published 2008
The Firelight Apprentice: A Graphic Novel (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 1,487 ratings — published 2024
Ruinous Creatures (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.36 — 721 ratings — published 2026
Death Meets Cute (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.57 — 1,903 ratings — published 2026
Bone of My Bone (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.79 — 2,406 ratings — published 2026
The Bone Queen (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.33 — 825 ratings — published 2026
Weavingshaw (Weavingshaw, #1)
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avg rating 4.11 — 10,095 ratings — published 2026
Sugar and Skulls (Rebel Skulls MC #1)
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avg rating 4.10 — 8,003 ratings — published 2020
Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition Rulebook (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 72 ratings — published 1998
The Weigher of Souls & The Earth Dwellers (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.60 — 5 ratings — published
The Music of the Violin (Unknown Binding)
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avg rating 3.94 — 33 ratings — published 1993
Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 4,287 ratings — published 1964
Umění počítačových her (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 12 ratings — published
The New Media Reader (Mit Press)
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avg rating 4.01 — 191 ratings — published 2003
“When you hold a skull in your hands, can you tell if it's Christian or Muslim?”
― The Island of Missing Trees
― The Island of Missing Trees
“What is this animal?”
“A horse.”
The chief smiled slightly, and then shouted something to his men in Sioux. They laughed heartily.
“The white eye should stay out of the sun,” said the chief.
Marsh couldn’t help but become a little defensive.
“Wait. You’ve seen a horse’s bones, haven’t you?”
The chief nodded.
“Look at it closely.”
Marsh held the tiny skull up alongside the head of Red Cloud’s mount, comparing the two. The chief reached down and took the skull gingerly, and peered at it intently, turning it in his enormous but surprisingly dexterous hands.
“A small horse?”
“Precisely,” said Marsh, indicated the size with his hands. “Very small.”
The other Sioux laughed, but Red Cloud was fascinated.
“Where are these small horses? Show me one.”
“I’m sorry, I can’t. They are all dead. They died many, many years ago. Many snows. We search for their bones.”
“Why?”
“To . . . to honor them. To learn from them.”
“They speak to you?”
Marsh smiled. “Oh yes.”
“What do they say?”
“They tell us of their world. A world that has long since vanished.”
The chief looked down at the skull, then at Marsh. He shouted again to his men, in Sioux, and they lowered their rifles. He dismounted and turned to face Marsh.
“I am Red Cloud.”
“My name is Professor Marsh.”
“Marsh.” Red Cloud tested the name out loud, and then nodded in approval. “I will hear what these small horses have to teach.”
―
“A horse.”
The chief smiled slightly, and then shouted something to his men in Sioux. They laughed heartily.
“The white eye should stay out of the sun,” said the chief.
Marsh couldn’t help but become a little defensive.
“Wait. You’ve seen a horse’s bones, haven’t you?”
The chief nodded.
“Look at it closely.”
Marsh held the tiny skull up alongside the head of Red Cloud’s mount, comparing the two. The chief reached down and took the skull gingerly, and peered at it intently, turning it in his enormous but surprisingly dexterous hands.
“A small horse?”
“Precisely,” said Marsh, indicated the size with his hands. “Very small.”
The other Sioux laughed, but Red Cloud was fascinated.
“Where are these small horses? Show me one.”
“I’m sorry, I can’t. They are all dead. They died many, many years ago. Many snows. We search for their bones.”
“Why?”
“To . . . to honor them. To learn from them.”
“They speak to you?”
Marsh smiled. “Oh yes.”
“What do they say?”
“They tell us of their world. A world that has long since vanished.”
The chief looked down at the skull, then at Marsh. He shouted again to his men, in Sioux, and they lowered their rifles. He dismounted and turned to face Marsh.
“I am Red Cloud.”
“My name is Professor Marsh.”
“Marsh.” Red Cloud tested the name out loud, and then nodded in approval. “I will hear what these small horses have to teach.”
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