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1. Red Joan
Publisher:
Shout Factory
Pub. Date:
[2019]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
Joan Stanley is a widow living out a quiet retirement in the suburbs when, shockingly, the British Secret Service places her under arrest. The charge: providing classified scientific information, including details on the building of the atomic bomb, to the Soviet government for decades. As she is interrogated, Joan relives the dramatic events that shaped her life and beliefs: her student days at Cambridge, where she excelled at physics while challenging...
2. Red Joan
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Language:
English
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"Inspired by the true story of Melita Norwood, a woman unmasked in 1999, at age 87, as the KGB's longest-serving British spy, Red Joan centers on the deeply conflicted life of a brilliant young physicist during the Second World War...Risking both career and conscience, leaking information to the Soviets, but struggling to maintain her own semblance of morality, Joan is caught at a crossroads in which all paths lead to the same end-game: the deployment...
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Publisher:
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date:
[2013]
Lexile measure:
AD: Adult Directed 740L
Language:
English
Description:
Once upon a time, in pencil school, a brave little red pencil sets out to write an exciting story with nouns and adverbs and everything--but first she has to face the ravenous pencil sharpener, the Wolf 3000.
7. Red Sneakers
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Publisher:
Christian Faith Publishing, Inc
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
This simple and adorable book is all about giving thanks for everyday blessings. Follow a young girl as she wakes up each day and dons her favorite red sneakers. As she goes out into the world, she discovers that there is always something to be thankful for. This sweet little book, set in rhyme, teaches the days of the week and reminds children to pause and give thanks daily for all the little blessings they receive. Other works by this author include...
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Publisher:
Histria Books
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
Filled with the lyrical beauty of a now-vanished world, this magnificent novel unfolds during the last great ice age, amid the mist-shrouded mountains of the Pyrenees in prehistoric France. When tainted spring water fatally poisons the women of the tribe of the Horse, the clan's young men set forth to kidnap new women from the matriarchal tribe of the Red Deer-a quest that must succeed or their people will die out. Golden-haired Mar, the leader of...
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Publisher:
Franklin Publishers
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
In "The Phantom Wore Red Pajamas," Lottie Carter and her husband Arthur move from Connecticut to a luxurious home in the Live Oaks Active Senior Community in South Carolina. Their retirement dreams turn into a mystery when they discover the home's previous owner, a renowned conductor known as the Maestro, was murdered. With the help of Lottie's lifelong best friend, Minnie, and the Maestro's ghost, the trio set out to uncover the killer. As they navigate...
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Publisher:
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date:
2014
Lexile measure:
740L
Language:
English
Description:
Red Riding Hood might have a terrible sense of direction, but her grimmtastic friends are always there to help! Once upon a time, in faraway G Riding Hood is thrilled to try out for the school play. Acting is her dream, and she's great at it--too bad she has stage fright! After a grimmiserable audition, Red decides to focus on helping her friends Cinda, Snow, and Rapunzel save Grimm Academy from the E.V.I.L. Society. But when Red gets lost in Neverwood...
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Pub. Date:
2010
Language:
English
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Drawing on interviews with Warren Beatty's colleagues and intimates, as well as the star himself, the author offers a tell-all biography of the Hollywood legend responsible for such classics as "Bonnie and Clyde, " "Heaven Can Wait," and "Reds."
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Sister Joan Mystery volume 4
Language:
English
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The fourth audiobook a dramatic new mystery series set in a Cornish convent. Perfect for fans of Black Narcissus, Daphne Du Maurier and Margaret Frazer Sixteen-year-old Valerie vanishes from home in the small hours clad only in her robe and slippers. Three days later, Sister Joan finds her body abandoned in the convent's little Moor Schoolhouse. The dead girl is dressed in wedding white. A garland of leaves encircles her head and a thin red line runs...
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Red Cross Orphans volume 1
Language:
English
Description:
"Orphan Kitty Pattison is young, naïve and ready to do her bit for the war effort when she volunteers with the Red Cross and pledges to help those most in need. It's one of the most nerve-wracking moments of her life, but then she meets fellow volunteers Joan Norfolk and Trixie Dunn, and a bond of friendship is forged in the fire of life on the wards during the Blitz. Days are spent nursing injured soldiers back to life and nights are spent anticipating...
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Sister Joan Mystery volume 6
Language:
English
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The sixth book in the Sister Joan murder mystery series. Two newcomers are visiting the convent in the hope of joining the nuns. But soon after their arrival, there's a mysterious late-night intruder. Who left the single red rose on the chapel steps? And are they connected to the new-age travellers camping on the moor? When one of the women is found bludgeoned to death, Sister Joan knows that their isolated convent is no longer safe. Teaming up with...
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Orca footprints volume 32
Publisher:
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date:
2024
Lexile measure:
1130L
Language:
English
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When highways and habitats intersect. Part of the nonfiction Orca Footprints series for middle-grade readers, this book explores the science of road ecology and what happens when highways, wildlife and habitats intersect. Illustrated with photographs throughout. What happens when the needs of people and nature collide? More than 13 million miles of roads crisscross landscapes in 222 countries. Roads offer many human benefits, but they also create...
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Language:
English
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The Red True Story Book by Andrew Lang is a large collection of short stories derived from truth and history. Varying in topics, lengths, and cultural origins, The Red True Story Book depicts the stories of real people who endure curious happenings of history. Wilson's Last Fight follows the events leading to the death of a soldier, Major Wilson, in a 19th century battle against English settlers in South Africa and a Zulu tribe. In The Life and Death...
20. A Red Sister
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Publisher:
Mint Editions
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Description:
Lady Joan grew up in a modest household in a poor community. When she and her childhood friend, Elliot, fell in love as they grew older, Joan promised to wait for him, planning on marrying when Elliot rose to a higher position in society. However, as the wait grew longer, Joan became impatient. When the son of a wealthy coal owner began to express interest in her, Joan hardly hesitated to marry rich and leave her hometown. Now, years later, Lady Joan...