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81) Vector
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The Amazon rain forest spawns a new terror that will bring the world to its knees in this new Joe Rush bio-thriller.... Joe Rush is at an Amazon gold rush to study new forms of malaria when his best friend and partner, Eddie Nakamura, disappears. Learning that many of the sick miners have also vanished, Rush begins a search for Eddie that takes him into the heart of darkness--where he must battle for his life, and where he discovers a secret that...
Author
Publisher
Viking Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
Dearie and Cole are inseparable, unlikeable, and (in bad luck for them) totally unbelievable. From the day they met, Dearie and Cole have been two against the world. But whenever something bad happens at Stone Grove High School, they get blamed. Why? They're beautiful, flirtatious, dangerously clever queen bees, and they're always ready to call out their fellow students. But they've never faced a bigger threat than surviving senior year, when Mr....
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Zoe Saldivar is more than just single--she's alone. She recently broke up with her long-time boyfriend, she works from home and her best friend Jen is so obsessed with her baby that she has practically abandoned their friendship. The day Zoe traps herself in her attic, she realizes that it's up to her to stop living in isolation. Her seemingly empty life takes a turn for the complicated--her first new friend is Jen's widowed mom, Pam. The only...
Author
Publisher
BookSurge.com
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Through the eyes of a frontline officer, these tales are raucous, fun, and heartbreaking in equal measure. Loosely autobiographical, The Powder Blue Negligee: Adventures of a Probation Officer by Kurt Niemann is a stunning debut that imparts a few unforgettable memories of a career spent in service. Beginning as a rookie on probation detail in the late 1960s and becoming a member of a multi-agency unit, then finally as the designer and coordinator...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Most of us have done something “bad” or immoral in our lives, although we wouldn’t consider ourselves evil. But where exactly is that line? What does it take for us to label a person evil? By considering four models of evil (the Evildoer, Dispositional, Affect, and Moral Monster models) you’ll begin to develop your own views of when an individual is, and is not, evil.
87) The viper
Author
Series
Dave Gurney novels volume 8
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Tennis bad boy Zeko Slade is serving twenty years for the grisly murder of small-time criminal Lenny Lerman. The facts of the case-and Slade's checkered past-seem indisputable. What begins as a cursory review of the case as a favor to Dave Gurney's wife's friend soon spirals into something much more complicated. When Gurney's involvement threatens to expose a viper's nest of corruption, he finds himself framed for murder and pursued by a sensational...
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Language
English
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Description
"Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As compulsively readable as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody. Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion as he guides us through the human body--how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortunately)...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Norbert Zelenka has always lived life on the sidelines. It's how at seventy-three years old he finds himself broke and alone except for the company of a Chihuahua. But when Carlotta's Club--three strong-willed seniors with a flair for drama and plenty of time on their hands--decide to make Norbert their latest project, he reluctantly agrees to their scheme. With their help, he establishes himself as the town's fortune-teller, and he soon finds his...
90) Clam wake
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Innkeeper and irrepressible sleuth Judith McMonigle Flynn and cousin Renie face off against a cold-blooded killer in a beach community in this delightfully charming Bed-and-Breakfast mystery from USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Mary Daheim.With the holidays gone and Hillside Manor almost empty, Innkeeper Judith McMonigle Flynn has a bad case of the blues. A housesitting stint at her aunt and uncle's retirement home on Whoopee Island...
Publisher
Distributed in the USA by Provident Distribution
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
"In this powerful visual journal, Kirk Cameron takes viewers on a personal, inspiring, and hope-filled journey to better understand the biggest doubt-raising question of our faith: 'Where is God in the midst of tragedy and suffering?' Going back to the beginning--literally--Kirk investigates the origins of good and evil and how they impact our lives . . . and our eternities." --container
Following a record-breaking live one-night theatrical event...
93) The Messenger
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In his first leading role, Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone (Harrelson) to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front. ..When he finds himself drawn to Olivia...
Author
Language
English
Description
Andrew Peardew collects things dropped or left behind by others and writing stories about them. He does this as a tribute to the fiancée who died the day he lost one of her keepsakes. When a dying Andrew bequeaths his estate to his assistant, Laura, she begins to bond with new neighbors while attempting to reunite the objects with their owners.
Collecting things dropped or left behind by others and writing stories about them as a tribute to the...
95) Cat knit
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Cat and Yarn are the best of friends. They have so much fun playing together, the two are inseparable. Until the day Girl takes Yarn away. When Yarn Returns, he is completely changed, no longer Cat's bright and rolly friend. Cat is mad! Soon, Cat begins to miss his best friend, and he just might realize that a little change isn't so bad after all.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie are hit with troubling news when their son Simon is in a serious car accident, but after his recovery leaves home to start college. Meanwhile, Ruthie discovers the trials of having a boyfriend, all while helping Annie care for the twins. Lucy and her husband celebrate their first year anniversary. Eric and Annie become grandparents for the first time.
Author
Publisher
Bello
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"No one in Heppleburn has a bad word to say about Alice Parry ... But here she is, murdered in her own backyard on a bitter St. David's Eve. And when detective Stephen Ramsay starts asking questions in the village, a more ambiguous picture begins to emerge. Yes, old Mrs. Parry was loved by everyone, but sometimes her kindness had caused trouble. Yes, her two nephews were devoted to her, but they didn't really want her interfering in their rather...
99) First comes love
Author
Language
English
Description
"In this dazzling new novel, Emily Giffin, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed, Where We Belong, and The One & Only introduces a pair of sisters who find themselves at a crossroads. Growing up, Josie and Meredith Garland shared a loving, if sometimes contentious relationship. Josie was impulsive, spirited, and outgoing; Meredith hardworking, thoughtful, and reserved. When tragedy strikes their family, their different responses...
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
1961.
Language
Italiano
Description
In Naples, a mysterious voice foretells that "the last judgment will begin at 6 p.m". First of all, it is seen as hype, then as the hour approaches, panic sweeps across the town. Everyone reacts in their own individual way but once the threat is apparently past, normal life resumes. For good or bad, it is as if nothing has happened.
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