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Trent's Last Case (1913) is a detective novel by E.C. Bentley. Adapted three times for the cinema-including a 1952 feature film starring Michael Wilding, Orson Welles, and Margaret Lockwood-Trent's Last Case, which was titled The Woman in Black in the U.S., earned the acclaim of such writers as Dorothy L. Sayers, and was followed by a sequel and a collection of short stories involving its main character.
When Sigsbee Manderson, a prominent American...
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In this action-adventure tale geared for younger audiences, a community of newly arrived immigrants bands together to endure the hardships of life in the Red River area of Canada. Several teenagers among the group form particularly close bonds, which come in handy when some of the families decide to move on and form a new settlement.
4) Fell Murder
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Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder
A classic Golden Age mystery from acclaimed author E.C.R. Lorac
'...this crime is conditioned by the place. To understand the one you've got to study the other.'
The Garths had farmed their fertile acres for generations, and fine land it was with the towering hills of the Lake Country on the far horizon. Here hot-tempered Robert Garth, still hale and hearty at eighty-two, ruled Garthmere...
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Trouble is brewing ...
After Beacon Academy fell, Coco, Fox, Velvet, and Yatsuhashi made a vow: No one else is getting left behind. It's been more than a year since Team CFVY saw their school destroyed by the creatures of Grimm, their friends felled in battle or scattered across the world of Remnant. Since then, they've been settling into life at Shade Academy in Vacuo, fighting hard to finish their training so they can find their friends and save...
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He said the dreaded words, "I give you two years to live," and my heart froze in time.
I have four young kids. To not see them grow up, start their careers, get married... those thoughts seemed unfathomable. "I'm only in my 30s. You can fix this. Can't you?" I'd made so many plans. “No. I'm sorry, Elisa. We can’t. “My breath evaded me, like I already needed the ventilator-the damn life support. I wouldn't die in a car crash or some freak accident....
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Fans of Rooster Teeth's hit animated series RWBY will want to pore over every page of this gorgeously illustrated collection of twelve short fairy tales. In addition to classic tales from the show, such as "The Story of the Seasons" and "The Tale of the Two Brothers," readers can immerse themselves in eight never-before-told stories from RWBY's show writers. Vibrant artwork throughout completes the collection, offering new insights into the strange,...
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A mysterious disappearance is at the center of Bats in the Belfry. Shortly after waving away a telephone request from a persistent caller named Debrette, Bruce Attleton leaves his home in Regent's Park for Paris. He never arrives, but his suitcase turns up in a sculptor's studio slated for renovation. After Attleton's friend Neil Rockingham takes his concerns to DCI Macdonald, Macdonald soon discovers a corpse secreted in the studio. Unfortunately,...
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Mystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder
"Never make trouble in the village" is an unspoken law, but it's a binding law. You may know about your neighbor's sins and shortcomings, but you must never name them aloud. It'd make trouble, and small societies want to avoid trouble."
When Dr Raymond Ferens moves to a practice at Milham in the Moor in North Devon, he and his wife are enchanted with the beautiful hilltop village lying so close...
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Who inspired Johannes Brahms in his art of writing music? In this book, Jacquelyn E. C. Sholes provides a fresh look at the ways in which Brahms employed musical references to works of earlier composers in his own instrumental music. By analyzing newly identified allusions alongside previously known musical references in works such as the B-Major Piano Trio, the D-Major Serenade, the First Piano Concerto, and the Fourth Symphony, among others, Sholes...
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The Second World War is drawing to a close. Nicholas Vaughan, released from the army after an accident, takes refuge in Devon renting a thatched cottage in the beautiful countryside at Mallory Fitzjohn. Vaughan sets to work farming the land, rearing geese and renovating the cottage. Hard work and rural peace seem to make this a happy bachelor life. On a nearby farm lives the bored, flirtatious June St Cyres, an exile from London while her husband...
12) Hearing Voices
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Marie Jenner just wants out.Marie's life has taken a bad turn. Marie's shrink, Dr. Parkerson-who most definitely does not believe in ghosts-has committed her to a mental institution, deeming her a danger to herself and others.As Marie desperately tries to talk her way out of the institution, ghosts start showing up in her room. Most just want to chat, but some of them believe that one of the hospital staff is killing patients. They want Marie to investigate,...
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If you have ever heard the term "Christ-Consciousness," or "Crystalline Frequency," and have wondered just exactly what these terms mean, then you've come to the right place. In essence, these terms mean basically the same thing.
I woke up, literally WOKE UP to WHO I AM over the Holiday Season 2018-2019. It was like all the years of the spiritual mastery work I have been doing for decades all of sudden became CRYSTAL CLEAR-literally.
And now, I'm...
14) Seeing the Light
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All Marie wants is a normal life. She isn't going to get it. Marie Jenner has never had much luck. Her job sucks. Her apartment - the one with the unbreakable lease - has a ghost. And worst of all, her mother won't let up about her joining the "family business." Since that business is moving the spirits of the dead on to the next plane of existence and doesn't pay at all, Marie's not interested. She wants a normal job - a normal life. That's not too...
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Marie Jenner just wants things to stay the same
Life is finally starting to look up for Marie. Her brand-new business-moving on ghosts for actual money-is taking off. Her relationship with James Lavall is rock solid. All she has to do is find the last two poltergeists from the ball diamond and move them on to the next plane of existence and, as far as she's concerned, everything will be perfect.
The problem is, life has a way of kicking Marie in...
16) Storm Damage
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Mindy May Millner is the new Storm Queen. Along with her singing partner, Tiger Lilly, they push their new Storm Band to major successes, just as outside forces seek to destroy their relationship. With the Red Queen gone, Mindy May struggles to keep the Storm Band together. It doesn't work. There was only one Red Storm and Mindy will never take her place. According to some. But others are willing to follow a new leader, including Lilly Jones. So,...
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"The timelessness of this ambitious debut reminds the reader of J. M. Coetzee's Life & Times of Michael K."-Yiyun Li, author of The Vagrants
A powerful tale of family and community, This House Is Not for Sale brings to life an African neighborhood and one remarkable house, seen through the eyes of a young member of the household. It lies in a town seemingly lost in time, full of colorful, larger-than-life characters. At the narrative's heart are...
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An electrifying debut from a winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing
E. C. Osondu is a fearless and passionate new writer, whose stories echo the joys and struggles of a cruel, beautiful world. His characters burst from the page-they fight, beg, love, grieve, but ultimately they are dreamers. Set in Nigeria and the United States, Voice of America moves from the fears and dreams of boys and girls in villages and refugee camps to the disillusionment...
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A Menace ReturnedIt has been 1,000 years since the legendary pirate gang, the Shattered Suns, terrorized the galaxy. In that time, their exploits have faded into shadows and half-remembered ghosts. Until now.A Lone SurvivorThomas Wayland is on a mission. The apparent lone survivor of a pirate attack, Thomas was left with no family, no friends, and only a single goal: find his father and brother.His main suspect?The Shattered Suns.A Forgotten DaughterJarissa...
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This is it, senior season, one last shot to win state! And, not even the specter of cancer's return can stop player dad Steve Pelham from a second of the excitement he's sure will be provided by the Sandy Pines Panthers. Senior season can only come once for his son Woody and the ten other high school seniors, and hopes are high for this, their final season. From the first pitch of the opening game until the last pitch of the season, even non-baseball...
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