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Dr. Alex Hoffmann's name is carefully guarded from the general public, but within the secretive inner circles of the ultrarich, he is a legend. He has developed a revolutionary form of artificial intelligence that predicts movements in the financial markets with uncanny accuracy. His hedge fund, based in Geneva, makes billions. But one morning before dawn, a sinister intruder breachs the elaborate security of his lakeside mansion, and so begins a...
2) Frankenstein
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Barnes and Noble classics volume 0
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IL: UG - BL: 12.4 - AR Pts: 17
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This classic gothic novel by Mary Shelley features Victor Frankenstein, who, after studying philosophy and chemistry at the University of Ingolstadt, becomes obsessed with the idea of discovering the secret to creating life. When he succeeds in manipulating pilfered body parts into a single living creature, Victor is horrified at the result. As he seeks to destroy his creation, his creation destroys much that Victor holds dear in an effort to gain...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.4 - AR Pts: 17
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Presents the story of Dr. Frankenstein and his obsessive experiment that leads to the creation of a monstrous and deadly creature.
The worlds most famous work of horror fiction: a devastating exploration of the limits of human creativity. Nominated as one of Americas best-loved novels by PBSs The Great American Read. Mary Shelley's timeless gothic novel presents the epic battle between man and monster at its greatest literary pitch. In trying to...
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Island of time volume 1
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Severn House
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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""There was no murder . . . Because they never existed." The Geneva branch of Interpol - the international agency tasked with policing magic and the arcane arts - is where careers go to die. Action is rare as Switzerland banned magic seven hundred years ago. That's how Agent Jackson Burnett likes it. But then reports of an explosion lead Jackson to the home of businessman Bernard Bouchon. What's there is unfathomable: The family and their possessions...
5) Geneva
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Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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A bold and unpredictable debut thriller set in the biotech world (and deceptive beauty) of Switzerland, by acclaimed actor Richard Armitage. Nobel Prize-winning scientist Sarah Collier has taken a step back from work to spend more time with her family. Movie nights with her husband Daniel and their daughter Maddie are a welcome respite from the scrutiny of the world’s press. As much as it hurts, it’s good to be able to see her father more too....
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"The discovery of a suspicious death at a famous Swiss physics laboratory sparks a mystery that merges science, philosophy, and the high-stakes race to unlock the fundamental nature of our universe"--
"Deep beneath the ground outside of Geneva, where CERN's Large Hadron Collider smashes subatomic particles at breathtaking speeds, a startling discovery is made when the tunnel is down for maintenance: the body of Howard Anderby, a brilliant and recently...
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