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"At the top of the stairs there are four secrets hidden. Blond, beautiful, innocent, and struggling to stay alive... They were a perfect family, golden and carefree - until a heartbreaking tragedy shattered their happiness. Now, for the sake of an inheritance that will ensure their future, the children must be hidden away out of sight, as if they never existed. Kept on the top floor of their grandmother's vast mansion, their loving mother assures...
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Acorn Media
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[2007]
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English
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A devout Catholic priest freelances as a private investigator in rural England during the 1920s. When it comes to amateur detective work, don't let this priest's absent-minded air and penchant for an occasionsl tipple fool you. His kindly eyes pick up clues that professionals usually miss, and his keen understanding of human nature lets him search men's souls for motives.
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The loons are back again on Golden Pond and so are Norman Thayer, a retired professor, and Ethel who have had a summer cottage there since early in their marriage. This summer their daughter Chelsea -- whom they haven't seen for years -- feels she must be there for Norman's birthday. She and her fiance are on their way to Europe the next day but will be back in a couple of weeks to pick up the fiance's son. When she returns Chelsea is married and...
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2018
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"Today, California is leading the way on addressing climate change, low-wage work, immigrant integration, overincarceration, and more. As white residents became a minority and job loss drove economic uncertainty, California had its own Trump moment twenty-five years ago but has become increasingly blue over each of the last seven presidential elections. How did the Golden State manage to emerge from its unsavory past to become a bellwether for the...
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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English
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5 stars
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In 1929, an impoverished fishing village father sells his nine-year-old daughter, Chiyo, to a geisha house in Kyoto's Gion district and she becomes subjected to cruel treatment from the owners and the head geisha Hatsumomo. As she grows older, her stunning beauty attracts the vindictive jealousy of Hatsumomo. She is rescued by and taken under the wing of Hatsumomo's bitter rival, Mameha. Under Mameha's mentorship, Chiyo becomes the geisha named Sayuri,...
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Otbebookpublishing
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2025
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English
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Amazing Stories Volume 160 is a great collection of action short stories from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here are five short stories by different authors: "Wings Of The Phoenix", by John Bernard Daley, "Toffee Turns The Trick", by Henry Farrell, "Note For A Time Capsule", by Edward Wellen, "Blessed Are The Meek", and "A Pound Of Prevention", both by G. C. Edmondson.
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Schiffer Publishing
Pub. Date:
2024
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English
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A beautifully illustrated survey of model rockets from the golden age of space flight and the model rocketry hobby, 1960 to 1980. "Space, the final frontier!" These words, first broadcast in 1966, caught the mood of the nation. The period between 1960 and 1980 was the golden age of space flight, and the height of space mania in popular culture. The space age produced countless space-related toys and collectibles; especially interactive were flying...
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Smithsonian Books
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[2018]
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English
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Bats: An Illustrated Guide to All Species explores bats and their fundamental role in our ecosystems through lavish full-color photographs and lively narrative. From the Giant Golden Crowned Flying Fox, a megabat with a wingspan of more than five feet, to the aptly named Bumblebee Bat, the world's smallest mammal, the number and diversity of bat species have proven to be both rich and underestimated. Nocturnal, fast-flying, and secretive, bats are...
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Lorraine Miller
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2010
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English
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Excerpted from Lorraine Miller's sensational memoir, The Tapestry of Grace, "Angel Teachers from the Animal Kingdom" are Lorraine's amazing stories which illustrate how animal spirits and guides, both four-legged and winged, impact our soul's growth in meaningful ways. Containing Astrological insights by Philip Comi, this book is a must read for anyone who has experienced animal blessings Lorraine Miller, CCHt, born in New York, has made Arizona her...
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2019
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"The American Museum of Natural History is one of New York City's most beloved institutions, and one of the largest, most celebrated museums in the world. Since 1869, generations of New Yorkers and tourists of all ages have been educated and entertained here. Located across from Central Park, the sprawling structure, spanning four city blocks, is a fascinating conglomeration of many buildings of diverse architectural styles built over a period of...
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University of South Carolina Press
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2012
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English
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A leading sociologist's brilliant and revelatory argument that the future of politics, work, immigration, and more may be found in California Once upon a time, any mention of California triggered unpleasant reminders of Ronald Reagan and right-wing tax revolts, ballot propositions targeting undocumented immigrants, and racist policing that sparked two of the nation's most devastating riots. In fact, California confronted many of the challenges the...
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Whittles Publishing
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2016
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English
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Simon Hall's second book is set in the mid-1970s during the closing years of the golden age of British shipping, when cargo carriage at sea saw radical change and the romance of being at sea in old-style cargo ships came to an end. Hall's account is of five years during which he worked as a junior officer in the Far East and South Pacific. This is no ordinary memoir; the prose is vividly expressed, often shocking, sometimes elegiac as evidenced by...
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Miss Clara Vale Mysteries volume 2
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Bonnier Books UK
Pub. Date:
2023
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English
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A twisty plot and plenty of red herrings. I was hooked from page one!... 5/5 Stars!' Reader review 5 stars Someone is killing fairy godmothers in C Can Miss Clara Vale crack the case before the clock strikes twelve? 1929, December: Snow is falling, and Miss Clara Vale is wrapped up against the cold as she braves the icy streets of Newcastle in her latest investigation. When a young actress from the touring pantomime of Cinderella arrives at her door,...
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Tantor Media, Inc
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2020
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English
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The golden key to understanding the last seventy-five years of American political development, the eminent labor relations scholar Michael Goldfield argues, lies in the contests between labor and capital in the American South during the 1930s and 1940s. Labor agitation and unionization efforts in the South in the New Deal era were extensive and bitterly fought, and ranged across all of the major industries of the region. In The Southern Key, Goldfield...
18. Kiss of a Dragon
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Fallen Immortals volume 1
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Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date:
2017
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English
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Lucian: I am a Dragon Prince of the House of Smoke . . . and I am dying. Five hundred years is truly enough for a man like me. A monster. Yet a ten-thousand-year treaty will die with me, if I don't spawn a dragonling to take my place. My two brothers are no use in this task. It falls to me, the eldest by a hair's breadth, and yet, I cannot face the horror of another sealing. Another death. Another woman's blood on my hands. Arabella: I was saved from...
19. The Arsh
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Ben Seara
Pub. Date:
2025
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English
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When Archie warned the people of the kingdom of the danger coming to them, they mocked him and claimed that he was a devil who wanted to expel them from heaven and put him in prison. But his words soon came true when the hybrid winged black lion Radden back attacked the kingdom with hordes of ghouls that ate everything in their path. A year before this incident, Archie left his small village heading to the second Himyarite kingdom. But during his...
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Golden Springs Publishing
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2015
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English
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Over half century ago the society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children complained to Mayor Van Wyck, of New York, that Joe Keaton, a vaudeville actor, was brutally mistreating his five-year old son. At each afternoon and evening performance the child, billed as "The Human Mop", was slammed on the floor, hurled into the wings, and sometimes banged into bass drums. Unable to find a bruise or scratch on the lad, Mayor Van Wyck refused to ban the...