 | Half-Blood Blues: A Novel
Release Date: February 28, 2012Winner of the Scotiabank Giller PrizeMan Booker Prize Finalist 2011Shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award for FictionBerlin, 1939. The Hot Time Swingers, a popular jazz band, has been forbidden to play by the Nazis. Their young trumpet-player Hieronymus Falk, declared a musical genius by none other than Louis Armstrong, is arrested in a Paris café. He is never heard from again. He was twenty years old, a German citizen. And he was black. Berlin, 1952. Falk is a jazz legend. Hot Time Swingers band members Sid Griffiths and Chip Jones, b...
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 | The Mountains Bow Down (A Raleigh Harmon Novel)
Publication Date: March 1, 2011| Series: A Raleigh Harmon Novel # DISCS: 11LENGTH:013:31:32Even Alaska can't give Raleigh Harmon a vacation from her job as an FBI forensic geologist. ...
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 | Exorcist: The Beginning
Publication Date: December 1, 2003In the aftermath of World War II, Father Lancaster Merrin finds himself in the remote Turkana region of Kenya. Haunted by memories of the war, he has taken a sabbatical from the priesthood and journeyed far from his native Holland. He has come to lead the archaeological excavation of a mysterious Bzyantine church, buried in pristine condition as if on the day it was built. Directly beneath the church Merrin finds a much more ancient crypt - and finds himself face-to-face with unspeakable Evil. Madness descends on the nearby villagers and on the British soldi...
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 | Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story
Release Date: July 8, 1992A wonderful new store has opened in the little town of Castle Rock, Maine. Whatever your heart's secret desire, it's for sale. And even though every item has a nerve-shattering price, the owner is always ready to make bargains... ...
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 | Sharpe's Rifles (Richard Sharpe's Adventure Series #1)
Release Date: February 1, 2001Bernard Cornwell's action-packed series that captures the gritty texture of Napoleonic warfare--now beautifully repackaged It's 1809, and Napoleon's army is sweeping across Spain. Lieutenant Richard Sharpe is newly in command of the demoralized, distrustful men of the 95th Rifles. He must lead them to safety--and the only way of escape is a treacherous trek through the enemy-infested mountains of Spain....
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 | Fatal Diagnosis
Release Date: September 5, 2000ELECTIVE SURGERY. SELECTIVE DEATH.A cosmetic surgery patient complains of an inexplicable rash. . . . A pacemaker interferes with hospital equipment. . . . A man is fished out of San Francisco Bay, his body disfigured by sharks. Or by a human with a very sharp knife . . .On Ward Eight of Ellis Hospital, nurse Adele Monsarrat uncovers a link between two cases of disfigured corpses--and she is certain that the same rogue doctor "operated" on both. But Adele would never guess that the crimes she is investigating reach halfway around the world--or that sh...
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 | The Jekyll Island Club
Publication Date: April 2000Imagine the horror of a virus that infects and kills only newborns. CDC researcher, Dr. Jamie Carpenter, watches in alarm as her prediction of a pandemic starts to materialize. As the death toll rises, she begins a race against time to identify the virus and find a cure for the mysterious disease. Exhausting every investigative tool available at the CDC, Jamie reluctantly concludes that the spread of the virus was no accident. A simultaneous investigation leads FBI agent Alex Tanner to the same conclusion. He convinces Jamie to join him in an undercover operation ...
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 | Imminent Darkness: A Novel
Publication Date: January 20, 2010"The scent of candy on the wind reveals a family's darkest sin."Life has been anything but sweet for Russell Holmes. In fact, his presence has proved to be downright deadly to his wife and child-so he leaves them. He moves to Homestead, Florida, and after two years in the small town, Russell starts to believe that he did the right thing, but bad things are starting to happen again. Now, he must track a killer with supernatural ties before his family gets caught in the crossfire and the only way to guarantee their safety is to embrace a dark talent that is bo...
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 | Humorous Monologues
Publication Date: August 2001Fifty-two humorous monologues with general suggestions for presenting them. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
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 | Voyage to the Sonorous Land, or The Art of Asking and The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other
Publication Date: August 28, 1996In these two plays, here translated into English for the first time, the renowned Austrian writer Peter Handke inquires into the boundaries and life-affirming qualities of language. At a time when language no longer seems to serve the purposes of a genuine human community, Handke asks, is such a community possible?In Voyage to the Sonorous Land, or The Art of Asking, a cockeyed optimist and a spoilsport lead a group of characters to the hinterland of their imaginations, where they search not for the right answers but for the right questions. The Hour We Knew ...
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| Propertius: Love and War : Individual and State Under Augustus
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 | The Cambridge Companion to Montaigne (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)
Publication Date: June 6, 2005| ISBN-10: 052152556X | ISBN-13: 978-0521525565Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) is known for his innovative method of philosophical inquiry which mixes the anecdotal and the personal with serious critiques of human knowledge, politics and the law. His rejection of fanaticism and cruelty and his admiration for the civilizations of the New World mark him as a predecessor of modern notions of tolerance and acceptance of otherness. An international team of contributors explores the range of his philosophy and also examines the social and intellectual contexts in ...
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 | Immortal Surrender (The Curse of the Templars)
Release Date: September 25, 2012| Series: The Curse of the Templars Farran de Clare, loyal member of the cursed Knights Templar, wants nothing to do with predestined mates. Even the Almighty won't turn him into a fool again - he'd rather sacrifice his soul. Yet in the scientist Noelle Keane, a devout atheist, Farran meets the seraph designed for him. Ordered by the archangel Gabriel to protect Noelle, the possessor of a sacred relic that could give Azazel incredible power, Farran swears to do his duty - but in name only. Fighting an attraction that grows with each day, he's determined that h...
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 | Stone Heart's Woman
Publication Date: January 26, 2012Heading out west to Nebraska becomes a nightmare when Aiden Conner's fiance deserts her. Having a knife held to her throat by a blond-haired Cheyenne warrior only adds to her terror. All she wants is to return home to her family in St. Louis, but a blizzard traps her and her wounded captor in a cabin in the wilderness. After the betrayal of his mother's people, Stone Heart has sworn to never again speak the language of his white father. He vows to see that the surviving Northern Cheyenne, the Beautiful People, are allowed to return to their home. But the red...
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 | A Question of Belief
Release Date: April 5, 2011"Brunetti is a marvel: smart, cultured, and dedicated to his work." --The Washington Post Commissario Guido Brunetti longs to escape the crowds of tourists and oppressive heat of Venice in August. But before he can join his family on holiday in the mountains, a folder containing court records lands on his desk. An old friend suspects a sinister motive behind a local court's notorious inefficiency. Meanwhile, Brunetti's colleague, Inspector Lorenzo Vianello, is concerned about his aunt's sudden- and expensive-interest in astrology and enlists the commissario's help....
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| Tibetan Folk Tales
Publication Date: October 2001A collection of folk tales from one of the last ancient civilizations to be explored by the West. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
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| Thor's Wedding Day (Magic Carpet Books)
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 | Shaquille O' Neal (Stars of Sport)
Publication Date: January 30, 2003| Age Level: 8 and up...
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 | The Oregon Duck: The Pride of Autzen Stadium
Publication Date: January 10, 2012Autzen Stadium has the loudest fans in the nation, and the beloved Oregon Duck is a big reason why opponents leave its confines with their ears ringing! Follow the Duck on a game day in Eugene as he rallies Oregon fans to cheer the Ducks on to another victory. From pushups to motorcycles, it's gonna be a wild ride! Go Ducks! ...
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 | Cooking the Irish Way (Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks)
Publication Date: August 1996| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up...
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