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Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
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Now a major film from Academy Award-winning director Clint Eastwood-starring Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, and Paul Walter Hauser! This collection of captivating profiles from Vanity Fair writer Marie Brenner spans her award-winning career and features larger-than-life figures such as Donald Trump, Roy Cohn, Malala Yousafzai, and Richard Jewell-the security guard whose dramatic heroism at the bombing of the 1996 Olympics made...
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Publisher:
Abrams Press, an imprint of Abrams
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
Description:
"The masterful true-crime account of the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing that captured the world's attention, and the heroic security guard-turned-suspect at the heart of it all. On July 27, 1996, a hapless former cop turned hypervigilant security guard named Richard Jewell spotted a suspicious bag in Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park, the town square of the 1996 Summer Games. Inside was a bomb, the largest of its kind in FBI and ATF history....
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Publisher:
Xlibris UK
Pub. Date:
2011
Language:
English
Description:
Set in the east of Africa, In the Serengeti National Park, lies a small town, Seronera. This place is home to the Serengeti Wildlife research centre, and the Wardens and local natives have set aside cultural differences, as life in Africa eventually unites its inhabitants. The story of the Abantu Jewel, known only by a few, is told to a group of young school-going teenagers, Dale, Themba and Jane, and as with all curious teenagers, they decide to...
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Publisher:
Richard Slone
Pub. Date:
2025
Language:
English
Description:
In the shadow-drenched city of Arcanea, where magic pulses through cobblestones and secrets fester in every alley, Elridar Moonwhisperhalf-elf detective and arcane tricksternavigates a world teetering between wonder and ruin. When Lila, a desperate shopkeeper, hires him to recover a stolen family amulet, El expects a quick job. But the theft unravels a deeper conspiracyan artifact cloaking a ciphered scroll that could unlock forbidden power or unleash...
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Publisher:
Findaway Voices
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Description:
Something evil lurks beneath the palace. A phantasm from a darker past makes its presence known to Khae Wys, Queen of the Elves. Braving the perils of a haunted tower, the queen seeks the counsel of the mysterious Fae, for only they can predict what is to come. A future that doesn't bode well for her only living child. In a desperate attempt to save the heir to the Willow Throne, Princess Ouderling is exiled to the only place capable of protecting...
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Publisher:
Wooden Books
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Description:
Does the Earth have a living energy system? How do you find a spring using a dowsing rod? What is the ancient Chinese art of Feng Shui? Why are dragons associated with ley lines? Were sacred sites once placed on a global grid? Was a sophisticated geomancy practiced long ago? Written by six expert authors and illustrated with rare engravings, woodcuts, original drawings and diagrams, Geomancy is the ultimate guide to earth mysteries, exploring the...
Publisher:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date:
[2008]
Language:
English
Description:
"Think of three men... an obsessed Jewish businessman (William Fox), a visionary German artist (F.W. Murnau), and an idealistic American Catholic (Frank Borzage). For a few short years their fates were intertwinded and together these three men, the mogul, the artist, and the romantic would change the face of cinema."
11. Diva
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Language:
English
Average Rating:
3.7 stars
Description:
"New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair between the most celebrated opera singer of all time and one of the richest men in the world. In the glittering and ruthlessly competitive world of opera, Maria Callas was known simply as la divina: the divine one. With her glorious voice, instinctive flair for the dramatic and striking beauty, she was the toast of the grandest opera houses in the world....
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Series:
Quirke volume 4
Language:
English
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On a sweltering summer afternoon, newspaper tycoon Richard Jewell is discovered with his head blown off by a shotgun blast. But is it suicide or murder? For help with the investigation, Detective Inspector Hackett calls in his old friend Quirke, who has unusual access to Dublin's elite.
13. Ivanhoe
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Series:
Waverley volume 5
Language:
English
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One of Sir Walter Scott's most popular and influential works, "Ivanhoe" is the story of one of the last remaining Saxon noble families. At the beginning of the novel we find its titular character, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who has been disinherited by his father for his allegiance to the Norman king, Richard the Lionheart, and for falling in love with the Lady Rowena, returning from the Third Crusade. Wilfred's father, Cedric, had planned to marry Lady...
14. My pet goldfish
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Publisher:
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Description:
"In his big tank in the kitchen, Richard the goldfish quickly bonds with--and even learns to recognize--his human companion, who tells him all about his day after school. A visiting friend, Sandy, shares some cool fish facts: Did you know that goldfish nap with their eyes open--because they don't have eyelids? Or that they can let you know they're hungry by swimming up and blowing bubbles? Sandy has a backyard pond filled with goldfish of all shapes...
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Series:
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
Description:
Popular author Lawrence Block creates the wild and wonderful world of Bernie Rhodenbarr: fine, upstanding citizen by day, and crafty burglar by night. In this hilarious whodunit, Bernie does a favor for his dentist, only to discover mixing his personal and professional lives can be hazardous to his well-being. As Bernie squirms in the dental chair, Dr. Sheldrake presents a business proposition. He wants Bernie to rob his estranged wife's apartment...
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Publisher:
Macmillan Audio
Language:
English
Description:
One of The Chicago Tribune's Best Reads of 2011
One of Dublin's most powerful men meets a violent end— and an acknowledged master of crime fiction delivers his most gripping novel yet
On a sweltering summer afternoon, newspaper tycoon Richard Jewell—known to his many enemies as Diamond Dick—is discovered with his head blown off by a shotgun blast. But is it suicide or murder? For help with the investigation,
17. Timon of Athens
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Language:
English
Description:
Presents William Shakespeare's play in which Timon, plagued with financial difficulties and with no one to help him, takes up residence in a cave where he finds buried treasure. Includes detailed notes on facing pages, historical background, and scholarly essay.
Author:
Series:
Sons of sin volume 2
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
Description:
IT TAKES A LADY Brilliant scholar Genevieve Barrett's secret identity as the author of her father's articles is her greatest deception-until her father's handsome new student arrives on their doorstep. Genevieve recognizes him as the masked intruder who earlier tried to steal a priceless gem from their home. Keeping the seductive stranger's identity hidden is a risk, but she's got secrets of her own to keep. TO CATCH A THIEF Sir Richard Harmsworth...
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Series:
Tattooist of Auschwitz volume 1
Lexile measure:
HL: High-Low 760L
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Description:
"In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages, he is put to work as a Tätowierer (the German word for tattooist), tasked with permanently marking his fellow prisoners. Imprisoned for more than two and a half years, Lale witnesses horrific atrocities and barbarism--but also incredible acts of bravery and compassion....
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Publisher:
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Lexile measure:
760L
Language:
English
Description:
"The Tower of London holds almost a thousand years' worth of secrets! The Tower of London draws more than 2 million visitors a year! Almost 1,000 years old and first built by William the Conqueror in 1066, the tower has been a fortress, a palace, a zoo, and an exhibit site for the amazing Crown Jewels. But the tower's reputation as a prison is probably what accounts for its popularity! Two young princes in the time of King Richard III were never again...