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William Roberts
Author
Series
Henry Huggins volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Henry decides to sell bubble gum to all the kids at school to earn money to buy his own bicycle, he gets plenty of trouble, but very little money.
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The citizens of a small Mexican farming village hire seven gun fighters to defend them from a ruthless and exploitative group of bandits led by Calvera. As Calvera's next raid approaches, the peasants and the gun fighters work together to prepare to defend the village.
4) 1918
Author
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
From the gifted pen of Academy Award-winning screenwriter Horton Foote (To Kill a Mockingbird, Tender Mercies) comes a touching trilogy of American tales set in early 20th Century Texas. At the height of World War I, Elizabeth and her husband face hard times when her previously disapproving father steps in to take care of her children so her beloved can go off to war. Matthew Broderick heads a powerhouse cast in this remarkable drama, whose characters...
Author
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth defies her wealthy parents by running off and marrying a young man of humble prospects, and her parents have not spoken to her since - even though the couple lives in a rooming house nearby, they are struggling financially, and she is pregnant. The story of unselfish love between a man and a woman and the abiding love within a family, this American classic explores the enduring themes of human existence.
6) Courtship
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
From the gifted pen of Academy Award-winning screenwriter Horton Foote (To Kill a Mockingbird, Tender Mercies) comes a touching trilogy of American tales set in early 20th Century Texas. Elizabeth has fallen in love with a young man her father condemns as a "wild boy." No matter how strict and protective, her parents cannot deter their daughter's growing independence. This carefully nuanced portrait of a family in conflict displays a master's feel...
10) Come fly with me
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"During a flight from New York to Paris and Vienna, airline employees and passengers fall in love. Cub stewardess Carol Brewster is attracted to copilot Ray Winsley, 1st-class hostess Donna Stuart is charmed by Austrian Baron Franz von Elzingen, and veteran flight attendant 'Bergie' Bergstrom is captivated by Walter Lucas, a shy Texan traveling tourist class. On land, however, the idealistic Carol learns of the copilot's past liaison with married...
Series
Language
English
Description
The citizens of a small Mexican farming village hire seven gun fighters to defend them from a ruthless and exploitative group of bandits led by Calvera. As Calvera's next raid approaches, the peasants and the gun fighters work together to prepare to defend the village.
12) Easy to love
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Water skier and swimming star Julie Hallerton falls in love with Ray Lloyd. Ray is Julie's boss and the creator and operator of the show she stars in. Julie manages to stay mostly wet, while he stays mostly disinterested in anything other than the cash receipts.
13) What comes next
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
After the police falter in their investigation, a retired college professor vows to track down a young woman he witnessed being snatched off the street, kidnapped by a sadistic couple who put their victim's slow torture up for public display on the Internet.
14) The sheepman
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Easygoing Jason Sweet won a trainload of sheep in a poker game and aims to graze them. Powder Valley looks like the perfect place. A cattle baron and a woman try to come between Jason and his sheep.
15) The mating game
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
An IRS investigator comes to check on an unpredictable businessman who hasn't paid his taxes, and ends up falling in love with the man's pretty daughter.
Author
Series
Matthew Scudder mysteries volume 4
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Nine long years have passed since the killer last struck—nine years since eight helpless young women were brutally slaughtered by an icepick-wielding maniac. The trail grew cold, and the book was unofficially closed on a serial killer who stopped killing. But now the "Icepick Prowler" has confessed—but only to seven of the killings. Not only does he deny the eighth but he also has an airtight alibi.
Barbara Ettinger's family had
...Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
At the Mountains of Madness is a novella by horror writer H. P. Lovecraft.
The story details the events of a disastrous expedition to the Antarctic continent in September 1930, and what was found there by a group of explorers led by the narrator, Dr. William Dyer of Miskatonic University. Throughout the story, Dyer details a series of previously untold events in the hope of deterring another group of explorers who wish to return to the continent.
The...
20) The naked face
Author
Pub. Date
1984, c1970
Language
English
Description
Judd Stevens is a psychoanalyst faced with the most critical case of his life.
If he does not penetrate the mind of a murderer he will find himself arrested for murder or murdered himself...
Two people closely involved with Dr. Stevens have already been killed. Is one of the doctor's patients responsible? Someone overwhelmed by his problems? A neurotic driven by compulsion? A madman? Before the murderer strikes again, Judd must strip away the mask...