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dailyBooks
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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The Book Thief: by Markus Zusak | Conversation Starters
Limited Time Offer: $3.99 ($4.99)
A Brief Look Inside:
EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER
than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,
and the characters and its world still live on.
Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to
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Martin Alcott, an out of work IT Engineer, can't shake his recurring nightmares of skyscrapers and cathedrals. This morning's dream was different, though: he's now certain he's being watched. Halfway up London's newest high-rise, Martin arrives promptly for his first job interview in weeks, only to find the office empty in more ways than one.
Meanwhile, The Duchess, a powerful and enigmatic woman, sits at her desk high in her tower mansion. A panicked...
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English
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What if you lost the last physical thing that reminds you of a lost beloved child through theft, and it happens to be found upon the body of the now dead thief, and it is now in the hands of the police would you if you had access to would you take it back? Is stealing back your own stolen thing, really theft or is it? This is the situation where this coroner, Blake, finds himself in.
On a lonely quiet misty night after midnight in Melbourne, anything...
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An Albuquerque pottery dealer looking for artifacts finds murder and intrigue in this "smartly funny" series (Anne Hillerman, author of Spider Woman's Daughter). A dealer in ancient Native American pottery, Hubert Schuze has spent years searching the public lands of New Mexico for artwork that would otherwise remain buried. According to the US government, he's a thief, but Hubie knows the real crime would be to allow age-old traditions to die. He...
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English
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With Christmas just around the corner and the discovery of the Renaissance diamond still fresh in their minds, Robert, Annie, Anton and Ellie discover that things around Darvil Manor have been mysteriously disappearing.
After tracing the culprit to a travelling circus, which set up nearby Devil's Leap, the children investigate, but is there more to the story than initially appears? And what do the mischievous clowns, Hubble and Bubble, have to do...
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A dealer in ancient Native American pottery, Hubert Schuze has spent years searching the public lands of New Mexico for artwork that would otherwise remain buried. According to the US government, he's a thief, but Hubie knows the real crime would be to allow age-old traditions to die. He honors prehistoric craftspeople by resurrecting their handiwork, and nothing-not even foul play-will stop him in these three installments of the Lefty Award–winning...
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Book 3 in the laugh-out-loud detective series - printed with fun coloured sprayed edges!
Stolen bicycles? Days before the new skate park opens? This needs investigating.
This looks like a case for Mina Mistry.
Summer is here, school is out and there's ... nothing to do?! Since grown-ups invaded the skating rink, there's nowhere for Mina's friends to hang out. Luckily, a high-stakes competition is about to mark the opening of a new skate park.
As...
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English
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On the 8th August 1963 a gang of 15 men stopped a mail train in Buckinghamshire and proceeded to steal sacks of money worth £2.6 million. It was the biggest heist ever carried out in the UK and frontpage news around the world. The mastermind behind this most audacious crime of the twentieth century was Bruce Reynolds.
Perhaps the last of the 'gentlemen villains'; Reynolds epitomised that particular breed of sharply dressed, post-war criminals who...
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Publisher
HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: After recovering from the dog attack she survived as an apprentice, Brightheart is once again a warrior of ThunderClan. But moons of battle and betrayal have left her with lingering suspicions about where her Clanmates’ loyalties lie. So when freshkill starts going missing from camp, she fears the worst. Alongside her mate Cloudtail, Brightheart decides to investigate without alerting the other warriors. But as she struggles...
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Kindom trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Jun Ironway-hacker, con artist, and occasional thief-has gotten her hands on a piece of contraband that could set her up for life: proof that implicates the powerful Nightfoot family in a planet-wide genocide seventy-five years ago. The Nightfoots control the precious sevite that fuels interplanetary travel through three star systems. And someone is sure to pay handsomely for anything that could break their hold. Of course, anything valuable is also...
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Pigeon private detectives volume 2
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When a thief steals the prized painting from the Museum of Food Art in the middle of the night, the Pigeon Private Detectives take on the case and break down clues, while still taking time to indulge in a sweet treat from Mama Pigeon.
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Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Gracie Miller is a small-town girl who has landed her dream job in New York City. As jewelry designer for one of the most prestigious jewelers in the world, she completed a particularly stunning piece, a custom setting for a large pink diamond. But when her billionaire client Mrs. Katsaros comes to repair a minor issue with the setting, Gracie is horrified to realize it is not the ring she created. Someone has forged her design, and the priceless...
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Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"David Grann meets Susan Orlean in this page-turning true story of an underground operation into the mysterious world of alligator poaching and its larger than life Floridian characters To catch a Florida Man, you have to become one, and that's what Officer Jeff Babauta did. As his ponytailed, whiskey-soaked alter ego, he established Sunshine Alligator Farm. His goal? Infiltrate the shady world of illegal poachers in the Florida Everglades in order...
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Pokemon adventures. Original series volume 3
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Red is improving rapidly as a Pokemon trainer-- and so is his competition. But now Red must team up with his biggest rival Blue and thief Green to defeat a common enemy!
Author
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Geronimo has to clean his family's reputation in this newest case! What in gouda is happening to New Mouse City? Thea Stilton is missing and someone has been burglarizing the most popular shops! Are the two connected? Geronimo, the famouse editor-in-chief of The Rodent s Gazette, is on the case. But Sally Ratmousen, the owner of the Daily Rat newspaper, thinks Thea is the thief! Can Geronimo and his family find Thea and clear her name?
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Dragon Masters volume 3
Publisher
Molino
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
Drake and the rest of the Dragon Masters are back for another adventure! With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. In this third book in the series, someone is trying to steal the Dragon Stone. Drake soon discovers that the thief is his friend and fellow Dragon Master, Bo! Could the dark wizard somehow be behind this? The Dragon Masters...
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Johnny Boo volume 11
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Johnny Boo and Squiggle team up with old friends in a jaw-dropping new adventure--to solve a very silly mystery! The Eisner-Award-winning Johnny Boo series just keeps getting wilder and funnier! This time, a secret thief has stolen Johnny Boo's ice cream. Armed with his mighty magnifying glass, Johnny Boo will find all the clues and capture the vicious villain. The main suspect is a purple mountain whose peak looks suspiciously like it might be covered...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Rival archaeologists must team up on a secret Aztec expedition, or it could leave their careers-and hearts-in ruins. Archaeologist Dr. Socorro "Corrie" Mejía has a bone to pick. Literally. It's been Corrie's life goal to lead an expedition deep into the Mexican jungle in search of the long-lost remains of her ancestor, Chimalli, an ancient warrior of the Aztec empire. But when she is invited to join an all-expenses-paid dig to do just that, Corrie...
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