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AMPL Dark Academia
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Scary Halloween
Books About Libraries/Librarians (Adult)
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Scary Halloween
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A young woman finds old papers which begin to reveal an ancient and evil plot concerning Vlad the Impaler and the legend of Dracula, which may still be continuing.
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Almost an entire century after the world's cinematic introduction to Dracula placed audiences under his haunting spell, the studio that pioneered the genre reawakens one of legend's most captivating figures in an action-adventure that heralds a pulse-pounding rebirth of the age of monsters. The original story of the man who became Dracula.
5) Tsalmoth
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Vlad Taltos novels volume 16
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"First comes love. Then comes marriage... Vlad Taltos is in love. With a former assassin who may just be better than he is at the Game. Women like this don't come along every day and no way is he passing up a sure bet. So a wedding is being planned. Along with a shady deal gone wrong and a dead man who owes Vlad money. Setting up the first and trying to deal with the second is bad enough. And then bigger powers decide that Vlad is the perfect patsy...
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Vlad: The Last Confession is a novel about the real man behind the Bram Stoker myth. It tells of the Prince, the warrior, the lover, the torturer, the survivor and, ultimately, the hero.
Dracula. A name of horror, depravity and the darkest sensuality. Yet the real Dracula was just as alluring, just as terrifying, his tale not one of a monster but of a man...and a contradiction.
His tale is told by those who knew him
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What if Dracula were brought back to life to fight the Nazis? Ravaged by the Nazi Secret Service during World War II, Romanian resistance forces turn to one of their leaders, Professor Van Helsing, for any way out. To fight these monstrous forces, Van Helsing raises a legendary monster from centuries of slumber--Prince Dracula himself. Once he was the ruler of Transylvania. Prince Vlad Dracul, is, above all else, a patriot. He proves more than willing...
9) Vlad
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"Vlad" is Vlad the Impaler, of course, whose mythic cruelty was an inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula. In this sly sequel, Vlad really is undead: dispossessed after centuries of mayhem by Eastern European wars and rampant blood shortages. More than a postmodern riff on "the vampire craze," Vlad is also an anatomy of the Mexican bourgeoisie, as well as our culture's ways of dealing with death. For-as in Dracula-Vlad has need of both a lawyer and...
10) The lady rogue
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1937. Theodora has read every book in her father's library, has an impressive knowledge of the world's most sought-after relics, and has all the ambition in the world. What she doesn't have is her father's permission to join him in his treasure hunts. His protégé Huck Gallagher, gets to go instead. When Huck returns from an expedition without her father, the two set out to rescue him. Armed with her father's travel journal, they must find a legendary...
11) Dracula's castle
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In this book, early fluent readers will marvel at the beauty of Bran Castle, while learning about its location, many rooms, many uses, and history, including how it came to be known as Dracula's Castle.
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"Vlad III, the 15th century ruler of what is now southern Romania, had a terrifying nickname--the Impaler. It originated with the grisly way he dealt with his enemies: He demanded that their not-yet-dead bodies be impaled on stakes. Vlad's reputation for brutality only grew and later became entwined with the legend of the vampire Dracula. This in-depth account presents the true story of Vlad the Impaler and his fight against the Ottoman Empire, a...
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"Vampires are the subject of some of our favorite spooky stories to tell and movies to watch. The myth of vampires--and other creatures like them--has existed for hundreds of years, but perhaps the most famous one of all got his start a little more recently. In this book, young readers will learn all about Dracula, the famous subject of the 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, as well as the real-life prince from the 1400s named Vlad III on whom...
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"Transylvania is known for its role in Bram Stoker's Dracula as the home of the most famous vampire in popular culture. This book introduces readers to the legend of Dracula as well as the place he is said to have inhabited. Full-color photographs and historical images complement and correlate with the main text to aid reading comprehension. Spooky facts and social studies content pair well together in this volume to engage reluctant readers and curious...
18) Tiassa
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Vlad Taltos novels volume 13
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Years after his successes as an assassin and a mobster enabled his influential acceptance by the Dragonlords, Empire, and Jenoine, Vlad Taltos endeavors to acqiure a God-made artifact that will help him execute a lucrative con.
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Young Vlad Dracula, the ousted Prince of Romania, vows to avenge his father's death and regain his kingdom. He gains the fear and respect of the land as Vlad the Impaler as he brutally impales the bodies of his enemies for display to the public. This is the story behind the legend of Dracula.
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Biography of a fascianting figure in world history - new-style Renaissance mercenaries' leader, Machiavellian patriot, tactician of war and terror and a sadist. He was born the second son of Vlad II, Dracul (better known as "Dracul") and was named Vlad Tepes, Dracula.
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