Grover Gardner
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Fictional memoir of Dr. Max Aue, a former Nazi officer who survived the war and has reinvented himself, many years later, as a middle-class entrepreneur and family man in northern France. Max is an intellectual steeped in philosophy, literature, and classical music. He is also a cold-blooded assassin and the consummate bureaucrat. Through the eyes of this cultivated yet monstrous man, we experience the horrors of the Second World War and the Nazi...
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"Inspector Montalbano investigates two puzzling cases: Within days of each other two women whose only link is being bank employees are kidnapped, drugged, and then released unharmed hours later. However a third wakes is found naked with thirty shallow knife wounds. In an arson case, a shop is burned down and its owner has vanished into thin air"--
23) Dodsworth
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English
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Meet Sam Dodsworth, an amiable fifty-year-old millionaire and “American Captain of Industry, believing in the Republican Party, high tariffs, and, so long as they did not annoy him personally, in Prohibition and the Episcopal Church.” Dodsworth runs an auto manufacturing firm, but his beautiful wife Fran, obsessed with the notion that she is growing old, persuades him to sell his interest in the company and take her to Europe. He agrees for the...
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The definitive account of Nazi Germany.
When the Third Reich fell, it fell swiftly. The Nazis had little time to destroy their memos, their letters, or their diaries. William L. Shirer's sweeping account of the Third Reich uses these unique sources, combined with his experience living in Germany as an international correspondent throughout the war.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich earned Shirer a National Book Award and continues to be recognized...
27) The age of doubt
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One night, Inspector Montalbano dreams of a stormy sea, which he knows represents unease and loss of control. The next day, a boat is found in the port of Vigata, and within it, the body of a disfigured corpse.
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Lew Archer novels volume 4
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Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
2́010
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English
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When something just doesn't add up with his new client, a woman who claims her jewelry was stolen by her former maid, Lew Archer reluctantly accepts the case. But when he finds the maid dead in a sleazy motel room, Archer quickly realizes there is more to the case than petty pilfering. Now, he must navigate a slew of seedy characters to find a missing shipping heir.
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Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
p2007
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English
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The scandal over modern music has not died-- while paintings by Picasso and Pollock sell for millions of dollars, works from Stravinsky's Rite of Spring onward still send ripples of unease through audiences. Yet the influence of modern music can be felt everywhere. Avant-garde sounds populate the soundtracks of Hollywood thrillers. Minimalist music has had a huge effect on rock, pop, and dance music from the Velvet Underground onward. Music critic...
32) New Tricks
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Andy Carpenter novels volume 7
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English
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In this "taut thriller full of whiplash plot twists and wisecracking dialogue," a lawyer will do whatever it takes to make sure an adorable Bernese puppy — whose owner was brutally murdered — doesn't fall into the wrong hands (Entertainment Weekly).
Few can rival Andy's affection for dogs. However, the playful new friend he just inherited is valued by several people, many of whom are willing to resort to violence to get what they...
Few can rival Andy's affection for dogs. However, the playful new friend he just inherited is valued by several people, many of whom are willing to resort to violence to get what they...
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Blackstone Audio, Inc
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[2016]
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English
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From the author of the New York Times bestselling Inspector Montalbano mystery series comes twenty-one short stories spanning the beloved detective's career.Inspector Montalbano has charmed readers in nineteen popular novels. In Montalbano's First Case, and Other Stories, Andrea Camilleri has selected twenty-one short stories, written with his trademark wit and humor, that follow Italy's famous detective through highlight cases of his career. From...
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Blackstone Audio, Inc
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[2014]
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English
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Pandemic drought, skyrocketing oil prices, dwindling energy supplies and wars of water scarcity threaten the planet. Only four people can prevent global chaos. Gary Morgan--a brilliant, renegade scientist is pilloried by the scientific community for his belief in a space elevator: a pillar to the sky, which he believes will make space flight fast, simple and affordable. Eva Morgan--a brilliant and beautiful scientist of Ukranian descent, she has had...
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Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
℗2013
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English
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Lyndon B. Johnson's path to the White House began as an impoverished youth in Texas. Listen to the story of the near superhuman ambition, energy and determination as he begins his path as a child of the Depression to his first win as a Congressman. From his crushing defeat for Senate, to his reaching of his goal for power at age 31.
37) Cars 2
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Blackstone Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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Lightning McQueen is back in action and ready to prove he is the world's fastest car. Along with best friend Mater, Lightning sets off on a global adventure of a lifetime. The fast-paced, enlightening junior novel retells the entire story of the Disney/Pixar movie.
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Blackstone Audio, Inc
Pub. Date
p2012
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English
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In "Man riding west", Jim Gary, saddled with a gunslinger's reputation after killing a bandit, finds himself on the run and finally in a confrontation with an old friend and a gun battle to the death. In "The Black Rock coffin makers," Cattleman Jim Garlin is facing the fight of his life, and he's not about to back down. That's what happens when he finds himself mistaken for another man--a man who has some very dangerous enemies. In "Showdown on the...