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1042) Jim Hanvey, Detective
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
"First published in 1923, Jim Hanvey, Detective is a collection of seven stories that originally appeared in The Saturday Evening Post and features private eye Jim Hanvey in classic whodunit style mysteries. Described as the "backwoods Nero Wolfe," the genial Hanvey befriends "good guys" and criminals alike to get the job done. Bank robberies, jewel heists, and all-purposes cons-none are a match for Octavus Roy Cohen's waddling sleuth"--
1043) La letra escarlata
Author
Series
"Sepan cuantos " volume 631
Language
Español
Description
Caught in the harsh Puritan environment of 17th century Boston, Hester Prynne, an independent-minded woman, stands alone against society. Having given birth to a child from an illicit affair, she refuses to name the father and is forced to wear the letter "A" for "Adulteress" embroidered on her dress.
1044) Orlando: a biography
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Language
English
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"Virginia Woolf's exuberant 'biography' tells the story of the cross-dressing, sex-changing Orlando who begins life as a young noble in the sixteenth century and moves through numerous historical and geographical worlds to finish as a modern woman writer in the 1920s. The book is in part a happy tribute to the 'life' that her love for Vita Sackville-West had breathed into Virginia Woolf's own day-to-day existence; it is also Woolf's light-hearted...
1045) The Secret Garden
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"When Mary Lennox was uprooted from her home in India and sent to live with her mysterious uncle, Mr. Craven, at gloomy Misselthwaite Manor, a very contrary Mary assumed the worst. But after exploring the grounds, she discovered that it just takes a little bit of magic to help gardens and friendships bloom."--Amazon.com.
1046) The fall
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A retelling of Edgar Allen Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher' in which Madeline and her twin brother, Roderick, suffer from the Usher family illness but she hears the House talking to her, filling her dreams, controlling her actions, and ensuring she never leaves the property.
1047) Beauty and the Beast
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In order to save her father's life, Beauty agrees to live with the Beast, a handsome prince under the spell of a witch.
1049) The great Gatsby
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Language
English
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Description
"Beloved by fans across the globe, Fitzgerald's third novel The Great Gatsby exposes the dark side of the American Dream. This time-honored classic is now available as an exclusive collector's edition. Whether you're buying it as a gift or for yourself, this remarkable edition features: A beautiful, high-end hardcover featuring Laci Fowler's distinctive hand-painted artDecorative interior pages featuring pull quotes throughoutMatching ribbon marker...
1050) Thursday's child
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1970]
Edition
[First American edition].
Language
English
Description
Proud of her unusual history, a nameless orphan faces with spirit the unbearable conditions of an early twentieth-century English orphanage.
1051) Little Ida's flowers
Author
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Little Ida discovers the reason her flowers look so tired in the morning when they were so pretty the evening before.
1052) Tehanu
Author
Series
Earthsea series volume 4
Language
English
Description
When Sparrowhawk, the Archmage of Earthsea, returns from the dark land stripped of his magic powers, he finds refuge with the aging widow Tenar and a crippled girl child who carries an unknown destiny.
1054) Albertine disparue
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1992]
Edition
Nouveau édition revue.
Language
Français
Description
«Ces mots: "Mademoiselle Albertine est partie!" venaient de produire dans mon cœur une souffrance telle que je ne pourrais pas y résister longtemps. Ainsi ce que j'avais cru n'être rien pour moi, c'était tout simplement toute ma vie.»Alors que l'amour du narrateur pour Albertine s'était effacé sous l'indifférence, les mots de Françoise, la bonne, provoquent chez lui une blessure béante. Dans son chagrin il songe à retrouver Albertine,...
1055) Natalie Portman's fables
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Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
"From realizing that there is no "right" way to live to respecting our planet and learning what really makes someone a winner, the messages at the heart of Natalie Portman's Fables are modern takes on timeless life lessons. Told with a playful, kid-friendly voice and perfectly paired with Janna Mattia's charming artwork, Portman's insightful retellings of The Tortoise and the Hare, The Three Little Pigs, and Country Mouse and City Mouse are ideal...
1056) Bertie's escapade
Author
Pub. Date
[1977]
Language
English
Description
The winter adventures of a bold pig whose plans for an evening's entertainment of singing and feasting don't go quite to plan. A funny, heartwarming story by Kenneth Grahame, the author of Wind in the Willows.
1057) The bee-man of Orn
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Description
When a Sorcerer tells him that he has been transformed from another sort of being, the Bee-man sets out to discover what he was in his earlier incarnation.
Author
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
This historical adventure with a hint of romance takes place during the American Revolution, when a man, only known as Mr. Harper, requests shelter at The Locusts during a storm. When another unknown stranger appears in want of shelter, Mr. Harper, and the Locust family, become quite suspicious. As the battle between the Patriots and the British is fought in their midst, an internal struggle occurs in the house of one family.
1059) Calico bush
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Language
English
Description
In 1743, thirteen-year-old Marguerite Ledoux travels to Maine as the indentured servant of a family that regards her as little better than the Indians that threaten them, but her strength, quick thinking and courage surprise them all.
1060) The 39 steps
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Richard Hannay, who, despite claiming to be an "ordinary fellow," is caught up in the dramatic and dangerous race against a plot to devastate the British war effort.
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