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1. The last note of warning

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Author:
Schellman, Katharine
Series:
Nightingale mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
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3 stars
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"Prohibition is a dangerous time to be a working-class woman in New York City, but Vivian Kelly has finally found some measure of stability and freedom. By day, she's a respectable shop assistant, delivering luxurious dresses to the city's wealthy and elite. At night, she joins the madcap revelry of New York's underworld, serving illegal drinks and dancing into the morning at a secretive, back-alley speakeasy known as the Nightingale. She's found,...

2. The Last Note

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Author:
Duchemin, Teddy
Publisher:
Teddy Duchemin
Pub. Date:
2024
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English
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In a city plunged into tyranny, a melody becomes the ultimate weapon of resistance...Under the implacable yoke of Viktor, the ruthless leader of a regime that crushes all freedom, Amara, a talented musician, never wanted to become a heroine. Armed only with her violin, she has no choice but to stand up against oppression, using the only force she knows: music.Her notes echo through the dark streets of a city in revolt, confusing Viktor's soldiers...

3. Last Notes: And Other Stories

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Author:
Dobozy, Tamas
Publisher:
Arcade
Pub. Date:
2011
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English
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In the tradition of Aleksandar Hemon's The Question of Bruno and David Bezmozgis's Natasha, a stunning debut collection of short fiction that nails with deadpan irony the dislocations of exile and the disconnects of daily life..

4. When the Last Note Sounds

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Author:
Muir-Lewis, Elizabeth
Publisher:
Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date:
2022
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English
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These are the recollections of the life and work of a great singer. They explore the true accounts of great happenings following the Second World War when a Renaissance of British music took place, giving birth to several great composers, producers and conductors and a school of singers that led the way to rival the Europeans. Richard Lewis was among the main architects of that Renaissance. His wife Elizabeth was with him for many years, and her reminiscences...

5. Biddington: Last Notes

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Author:
Mcgregor, David
Publisher:
Navona
Pub. Date:
2022
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English
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6. The Valley of Fear

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Author:
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Series:
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes volume 7
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English
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Step into the captivating world of "The Valley of Fear," a thrilling masterpiece by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that takes Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on an unforgettable journey into the heart of mystery and intrigue. Published in 1915, this novel is a riveting addition to the iconic detective series, offering a perfect blend of suspense, deduction, and rich storytelling. Picture yourself immersed in the atmospheric landscapes of the American coalfields...

7. The last house on the street

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Author:
Chamberlain, Diane, 1950-
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English
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"From bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes an irresistible new novel that perfectly interweaves history, mystery, and social justice. When Kayla Carter's husband dies in an accident while building their dream house, she knows she has to stay strong for their four-year-old daughter. But the trophy home in Shadow Ridge Estates, a new development in sleepy Round Hill, North Carolina, will always hold tragic memories. When she is confronted by an...

8. The picture of Dorian Gray and other stories

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Author:
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
Series:
Penguin popular classics
Vintage classics
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Lexile measure:
970L
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4 stars
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The novel tells of a young man named Dorian Gray, the subject of a painting by artist Basil Hallward, who is greatly impressed by Dorian's physical beauty and becomes strongly infatuated with him, believing that his beauty is responsible for a new mode in his art. Talking in Basil's garden, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, a friend of Basil's, and becomes enthralled by Lord Henry's world view. Espousing a new kind of hedonism, Lord Henry suggests that...

9. Macbeth

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Author:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
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Plays
Pelican Shakespeare
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'The Scottish Play' is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy, but its characters are some of the most memorable in his oeuvre: the misguided Macbeth, the ruthless Lady Macbeth and the otherworldly Weird Sisters are recognisable as classic Shakespearean roles. Saturated with blood and despair, the tragedy of Macbeth is a concentrated study of guilt and ambition inflamed by the supernatural."

10. War and peace

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Author:
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910
Series:
Oxford world's classics
Barnes and Noble classics
Easy Classics Epic Collection
Lexile measure:
1130L
Language:
English
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Hailed as one of the greatest novels of all time and a classic of world literature, War and Peace unfolds in the early nineteenth century during the turbulent years of the Napoleonic invasion of Russia. Tolstoy's epic ranges from stirring depictions of historical events to intimate portraits of family life, moving between public spectacles and private lives to offer a tale of both panoramic scope and closely observed detail. From the breathless excitement...

11. Jane Eyre

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Author:
Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855
Series:
Oxford world's classics
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Lexile measure:
840L
Language:
English
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This is a story of a woman of passion and intelligence who refuses to be satisfied with her "place" in society, and asserts her identity and aspirations with defiance and dignity. In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess and soon finds herself in love with her employer who has a terrible secret.

12. Trouble don't last

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Author:
Pearsall, Shelley
Lexile measure:
720L
Language:
English
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Samuel, an eleven-year-old Kentucky slave, and Harrison, the elderly slave who helped raise him, attempt to escape to Canada via the Underground Railroad. Eleven-year-old Samuel was born as Master Hackler's slave, and working the Kentucky farm is the only life he's ever known, until one dark night in 1859, that is. With no warning, cranky old Harrison, a fellow slave, pulls Samuel from his bed and, together, they run. The journey north seems much...

13. The prince

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Author:
Machiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Series:
Unabridged classics
Harvard classics volume 36
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1450L
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English
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With a mix of both respectable and immoral advice, The Prince is a frank analysis on political power. Separated into four sections, The Prince is both a guide to obtain power and an explanation on the aspects that affect it. The first section discusses the types of principalities. According to Machiavelli, there are four different types-hereditary, mixed, new and ecclesiastical. While defining each type, Machiavelli also discusses the implications...

14. Standing dead

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Author:
Mizushima, Margaret
Series:
Timber Creek K-9 mysteries volume 8
Timber Creek K-9 Mystery volume 8
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English
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"Deputy Mattie Cobb and her sister, Julia, travel to Mexico to visit their mother, but when they arrive, they discover that she and her husband have vanished without a trace. Back in Timber Creek, Mattie finds a chilling note on her front door telling her to look for "him" among the standing dead up in the high country. The sheriff's department springs into action and sends a team to the mountains, where Mattie's K-9 partner, Robo, makes a grisly...

15. The Head of Kay's

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Wodehouse, P. G.
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When we get licked tomorrow by half-a-dozen wickets, said Jimmy Silver, lilting his chair until the back touched the wall, "don't say I didn't warn you. If you fellows take down what I say from time to time in note-books, as you ought to do, you'll remember that I offered to give anyone odds that Kay's would out us in the final. I always said that a really hot man like Fenn was more good to a side than half-a-dozen ordinary men....

16. Kidnapped

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Author:
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
Series:
Timeless Classics
Rainbow classics
David Balfour volume 1
Classic collection
Lexile measure:
990L
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3 stars
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In 1751 in Scotland, cheated out of his inheritance by a greedy uncle who has him kidnapped and put on a ship to the Carolinas, seventeen-year-old David Balfour escapes to the Highlands with the help of the Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart and there encounters further danger and intrigue as he attempts to clear his name and regain his property.

17. Field notes from a catastrophe: man, nature, and climate change

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Kolbert, Elizabeth
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New Yorker writer Kolbert tackles the controversial subject of global warming. Americans have been warned since the late 1970s that the buildup of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere threatens to melt the polar ice sheets and irreversibly change our climate. With little done since then to alter this dangerous course, now is the moment to salvage our future. By the end of the century, the world will likely be hotter than it's been in the last two million...

18. Cracking the Nazi code: the untold story of Agent A12 and the solving of the Holocaust code

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Author:
Bell, Jason (Professor of philosophy)
Publisher:
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
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"The thrilling true story of Canada's greatest spy, Agent A12. In public life, Nova Scotian Dr. Winthrop Bell was a wealthy businessman and Harvard philosophy professor. As MI6 Secret Agent A12, he dodged gunfire and shook pursuers to break open the emerging Nazi conspiracy in electrifying 1919 Berlin. Under cover as a Reuters reporter, he interviewed royalty, military informants, and intellectuals like Albert Einstein and Edith Stein. He followed...

19. Kill crazy

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Author:
Johnstone, William W.
Series:
MacCallister the eagles legacy volume 4
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English
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After outlaw Johnny Taylor and his gang rob a bank, Duff MacCallister manages to take Johnny's brother into custody, a situation that causes Johnny to seek revenge by randomly killing innocent townsfolk and kidnapping a woman.

20. Murder freshly baked

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Author:
Chapman, Vannetta
Series:
Amish village mystery volume 3
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English
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In the Amish artisan village of Middlebury, Indiana, poetic notes warning of poisoned baked goods begin appearing and village manager Amber decides to help the police find the culprit before he can strike.
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