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Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
This unique murder mystery is both a penetrating analysis of a decaying social class and a deeply moving personal story of two men: Peter Proctor, recently retired as a senior British cabinet minister, and Timothy Wycliffe, a young aristocrat who was bludgeoned to death more than thirty years ago. Once close friends, their relationship had gradually faded; even Wycliffe's shocking murder caused relatively little impact on his friends and the national
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Language
English
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"Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard, recuperating from a broken leg, becomes fascinated with a contemporary portrait of Richard III that bears no resemblance to the Wicked Uncle of history. Could such a sensitive, noble face actually belong to one of the world's most heinous villains -- a venomous hunchback who may have killed his brother's children to make his crown secure? Or could Richard have been the victim, turned into a monster by the usurpers...
Author
Series
Alan Grant volume 2
Language
English
Description
When a woman's body washes up on an isolated stretch of beach on the southern coast of England, Scotland Yard's Inspector Alan Grant is on the case. But the inquiry into her death turns into a nightmare of false leads and baffling clues. Was there anyone who didn't want lovely screen actress Christine Clay dead? The basis for Alfred Hitchcock's "Young and Innocent."
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Language
English
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Inspector Alan Grant of Scotland Yard is highly skeptical of a young woman's tale of her brutal kidnapping and imprisonment in a musty attic--until an enterprising young lawyer shines a light on some dark corners in The Franchise, a decrepit old country house.
Author
Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the weather outside is frightful, curl up with New York Times–bestselling masters of holiday mystery Elizabeth Peters, Margaret Maron, and more!
A New England college hosts a counterfeiting scrooge, an angelic chorister falls to earth, a tight-fisted patriarch realizes his days are numbered, and a politician presents his wife with an explosive gift. In Christmas Stalkings, bestselling mystery author Charlotte
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Series
Language
English
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"Literary sherry parties were not Alan Grant's cup of tea. But when the Scotland Yard Inspector arrived to pick up actress Marta Hallard for dinner, he was struck by the handsome young American photographer, Leslie Searle. Author Lavinia Fitch was sure her guest "must have been something very wicked in ancient Greece," and the art colony at Salcott St. Mary would have agreed."--Back cover.
Series
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A biographical and bibliographical guide to current writers in all fields including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, journalism, drama, television and movies. Information is provided by the authors themselves or drawn from published interviews, feature stories, book reviews and other materials provided by the authors/publishers.
11) Unsupersize Me
Publisher
Bayview Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This film documents the inspiring story of Juan-Carlos Asse, owner of Zen Fitness, and his quest to prove that a whole foods, plant-based diet coupled with an intensive exercise regimen is capable of remarkably and rapidly improving the health of any and every individual. Asse teams up with Tracy Ryan, who has struggled with obesity throughout her life, and guides her from poor health to a new life. Watch as Asse helps Ryan lose 200 pounds in a single...
12) The goldfinch
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Theodore 'Theo' Decker was thirteen years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention and redemption, and even love. Through it all, he holds on to one tangible piece of hope from that terrible day, a painting of a tiny bird chained to its perch.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Miss Marple becomes caught up in a mystery involving poisoning and murder on a baronial estate (Murder with mirrors). While on vacation Miss Marple is plunged into murder involving an incriminating photo (Caribbean mystery). Lavinia Fullerton (Helen Hayes) is killed en route to Scotland Yard where she was to disclose the name of a murderer in her village. Luke Williams takes up the case (Murder is easy).
Series
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Covers individuals ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers. Entries cover: personal life, career, writings and works in progress, adaptations, additional sources, and photographs.
15) Midnight cowboy
Series
Criterion collection volume 925
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Joe Buck and Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo are two small-time hustlers whose powerful friendship transcends the gritty realities of big-city life and their own unfulfilled dreams.
Series
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A biographical and bibliographical guide to current writers in all fields including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, journalism, drama, television and movies. Information is provided by the authors themselves or drawn from published interviews, feature stories, book reviews and other materials provided by the authors/publishers.
Series
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A biographical and bibliographical guide to current writers in all fields including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, journalism, drama, television and movies. Information is provided by the authors themselves or drawn from published interviews, feature stories, book reviews and other materials provided by the authors/publishers.
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis draws together topics and methodologies essential for the socio-cultural, mineralogical, and geochemical analysis of archaelogical ceramic. Ceramic is one of the most complex and ubiquitous archaeomaterials in the archaeological record: it occurs around the world and through time in almost every culture and context, from building materials and technological installations to utilitarian wares and...
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