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Adams, Harriet Stratemeyer Characters Nancy Drew Drew, Nancy (Fictitious character) Girls Books and reading United States Gods, Greek Fiction Keene, Carolyn Characters Nancy Drew Murder Investigation Fiction Stratemeyer Syndicate. Teenage girls in literature Warner Bros. Cartoons History Young adult fiction Publishing United StatesConnolly, John
Summary: When a young woman disappears from the streets of New York City, ties of friendship and blood inevitably draw ingenious, tortured detective Charlie Parker into the search. Soon he discovers links to a church of bones in Eastern Europe, a 1944 slaughter at a French monastery, and to the myth of an object known as the Black Angel -- considered by evil men to be beyond pricel
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2005
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ConnoConnolly, John
Summary: "In Amsterdam, four bodies, violently butchered, are discovered in a canal house, the remains of friends and confidantes of the assassin known only as Louis. The men responsible for the murders are Serbian war criminals. They believe they can escape retribution by retreating to their homeland. They are wrong. For Louis has come to Europe to hunt them down: five killers to be found and punished...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC CONLassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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Summary: Kathryn Ardleigh tries to adapt to high-society life with her newly lorded husband, Charles, and she discovers a new friend in Jennie Churchill, who is embroiled in a scandal involving claims that Jack the Ripper is the father of her son, the future leader Winston Churchill.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2000
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Summary: "One evening in 1888, Robert Anderson, the head of Scotland Yard's Criminal Investigation Department (CID), appears at Barker's office with an offer. A series of murders in the Whitechapel area of London are turning the city upside down, with tremendous pressure being brought to bear on Scotland Yard and the government itself. Barker is to be named temporary envoy to the Royal Family with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THOBurroughs, Edgar Rice
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BURPaige, Robin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PAIHarkup, Kathryn
Summary: "The adventures of James Bond have thrilled readers since Ian Fleming's novel Casino Royale was published in 1953, and when the movie of Dr No was released in 1962, Bond quickly became the world's favourite secret agent. Science and technology have always been central to the plots that make up the world of Bond, and in Superspy Science Kathryn Harkup explores the full range of 007's exploits...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Sigma 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 HARMiloszewski, Zygmunt
Summary: It is spring 2009, and prosecutor Teodor Szacki is no longer working in Warsaw--he has said goodbye to his family and to his career in the capital and moved to Sandomierz, a picturesque town full of churches and museums. Hoping to start a "brave new life," Szacki instead finds himself investigating a strange murder case in surroundings both alien and unfriendly. The victim is found brutally...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bitter Lemon 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MILPaige, Robin.
Summary: At the request of King Edward, Lord Charles Sheridan and his American wife, Kate, become embroiled in a sensitive mystery surrounding the murder of a servant at historic Glamis Castle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PAIHouts, Michelle
Summary: "When you look at a bird, do you see feathers and a beak? Or do you see circles and triangles? Artist Charley Harper spent his life reducing subjects to their simplest forms, their basic lines and shapes. This resulted in what he called minimal realism and the style that would become easily recognized as Charley Harper's. Art fans and nature lovers around the world fell in love with Harper's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ohio University Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HARPER, CHARLEY HOUCaplen, Robert A.
Contents: Introducing James Bond: Ian Fleming and his feminine mystique -- Justifying James Bond: Taking 007 and Ian Fleming seriously -- The James Bond novels: women in print -- Before the Bond girl: women on film -- Introducing an archetype: Dr. No and From Russia with love -- A mystique of femininity: marriage, conformity, and a new voice -- Reinforcing an archetype: Goldfinger and Thunderball --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.914 CAPFaye, Lyndsay
Summary: Internationally bestselling author Lyndsay Faye was introduced to the Sherlock Holmes mysteries when she was ten years old and her dad suggested she read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short story "The Adventure of the Speckled Band." She immediately became enamored with tales of Holmes and his esteemed biographer Dr. John Watson, and later, began spinning these quintessential characters into her own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Mysterious Press 2017
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Summary: "Watch out on your next walk through the forest, because you just might encounter a real rapscallion in the form of a tiny bird! In this hilarious tale, Chickadee recounts how he went from a normal bird 'childhood' to a daring life of crime. One cold, snowy morning, shivering and hungry, he discovers a vault of gold -- and steals from it! His natural colouring resembling a mask helps him blend...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SILKorte, Steven
Summary: "In the 1930s, Warner Brothers studios introduced the world to the Looney Tunes. A witty rabbit named Bugs, a stuttering pig named Porky, and an erratic duck named Daffy are just some of the characters that have left audiences hysterically laughing for almost a century. The animated short films, starring some of the most iconic cartoon characters in history, went on to have a second, long life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2020
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Summary: "A publisher in New York asked me to write down what I know about the Greek gods, and I was like, Can we do this anonymously? Because I don't need the Olympians mad at me again. But if it helps you to know your Greek gods, and survive an encounter with them if they ever show up in your face, then I guess writing all this down will be my good deed for the week. So begins Percy Jackson's Greek...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney-Hyperion 2014
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC RIOHarris, Charlaine.
Summary: A collection of every short story featuring Sookie Stackhouse, the telepathic waitress heroine of the best-selling Southern Vampire novels.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ace Books 2009
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Row 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.8 EYLBenson, Raymond
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BENMcKay, Sinclair.
Summary: The unlikely story of how Eon Productions-the owners of the Bond franchise-has kept James Bond at the top of the charts for forty-five years when originally only three or four films were planned. Through twenty-one films featuring three M's, two Q's, and six Bonds-from Sean Connery's career-transforming turn in 1962's Dr. No to Daniel Craig's debut in the 2006 blockbuster Casino Royale-the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.43 MCKAsimov, Isaac
Summary: The Foundation, established after the Old Empire gives way to barbarism, fights against a mutant strain called the Mule and tries to get rid of the Second Foundation after learning it will inherit a future Empire.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Everymans Library 2010
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ASIRehak, Melanie.
Summary: In 1930 a plucky girl detective stepped out of her shiny blue roadster, dressed in a smart tweed suit. Eighty million books later, Nancy Drew has survived the Depression, World War II, and the sixties, and emerged as beloved by girls today as by their grandmothers. Rehak tells the behind-the-scenes history of Nancy and her groundbreaking creators. Both Nancy and her "author," Carolyn Keene,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2005
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Summary: "Nancy [Drew] was brought to life by two remarkable women: ... Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, and author Mildred Wirt Benson, a convention-flouting journalist."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 920 REHCoggeshall, Robert Walden
Summary: Given by the John Person Chapter, Colonial Dames of the 17th Century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reprint Co. 1988