John Brownjohn
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English
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"On her sixtieth birthday, Auntie Poldi retires to Sicily, intending to while away the rest of her days with good wine, a view of the sea, and few visitors. But Sicily isn't quite the tranquil island she thought it would be, and something always seems to get in the way of her relaxation. When her handsome young handyman goes missing--and is discovered murdered--she can't help but ask questions. Soon there's an investigation, a smoldering police inspector,...
Author
Series
Auntie Poldi novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"When prosecco-loving Auntie Poldi retired to Sicily from Germany, she never dreamt her tranquil days would be interrupted by murder. But Sicily had other plans, and Poldi found herself honor-bound to solve the disappearance of her beloved (and cute) handyman. Now, she's finally ready for some peace and quiet--interrupted by romantic encounters with handsome Chief Inspector Montana, of course--when the water supply to her neighborhood is cut off and...
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Series
Auntie Poldi novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Strange dealings are afoot in the Apostolic Palace-a nun leapt to her death shortly after participating in a seemingly routine exorcism. But when a priest clad in Gammarelli and a Vatican commissario with an almost unholy level of sex appeal turn up at her door, Poldi is shocked to hear that she's a suspect in their case. Who is the woman being exorcised, and where has she disappeared to? And why in the world does she claim, in perfect Bavarian,...
Author
Series
Auntie Poldi novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When her idyllic Sicilian retirement is interrupted by one of her unfaithful detective inspector husband’s cases, the irascible Auntie Poldi uncovers shocking secrets in her effort to rescue an in-law from the Mafia.
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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
An eighteenth-century figurehead, the journal of a ship's quartermaster, and supernatural occurrences at a seaside resort lead twelve-year-old Vicki and her friend Peter on a quest to lift a curse and set right a horrible deed committed two hundred and thirty years in the past.
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Series
Zamonia novels volume 2
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 34
Language
English
Description
Rumo, a little horned puppy who lives on a farm with a family of seven dwarfs, is kidnapped by a vicious giant, and, armed only with his talking sword, escapes the giant and tries to find his way home to his family.
7) Mimus
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Author
Series
Zamonia novels volume 4
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"Malaisea is the unhealthiest town in the whole of Zamonia, home to Echo the Crat, a multi-talented creature that resembles a cat but is capable of speaking any language under the sun. When his mistress dies and Echo finds himself starving on the street, he is compelled to sign a contract with Ghoolion the Alchemaster, Malaisea's evil alchemist-in-chief. This fateful document gives Ghoolion the right to kill Echo at the next full moon and render him...
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Zamonia novels volume 5
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Two hundred years after the destruction of Bookholm, Optimus Yarnspinner, now hailed as Zamonia's greatest writer, returns to the rebuilt literary city to investigate a mysterious letter, where he encounters old friends and new marvels.
"It has been more than two hundred years since Bookholm was destroyed by a devastating fire, as told in Moers's The City of Dreaming Books. Optimus Yarnspinner, hailed as Zamonia's greatest writer, is on vacation...
Author
Series
Zamonia novels volume 3
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
The author of 13 1/ 2 Lives of Captain Bluebear transports us to a magical world. Optimus Yarnspinner, finds himself marooned in the subterranean world of Bookholm, the City of Dreaming Books, where reading can be dangerous, where ruthless Bookhunters fight to the death.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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Series
Golden hamster saga volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In his continuing adventures, Freddy, a golden hamster who can read and write, joins his animal and human friends to save a colony of endangered field hamsters from being killed when an automobile plant is constructed on their land.
13) Freddy in peril
Author
Series
Golden hamster saga volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
A cat, two guinea pigs, and a colony of brave sewer rats band together in order to save Freddy, a golden hamster, from an evil scientist who's discovered that Freddy can read and write, and plans to hamster-nap him in order to dissect his brain.
Author
Series
Golden hamster saga volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
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The characters in Freddy's latest novel, an evil fifteenth-century poacher and his ferrets, mysteriously come to life, endangering Freddy and his friends and drawing them to an English castle near where the poacher once lived.
Author
Series
Zamonia novels volume 1
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 28
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the adventures of a blue-haired bear whose many lives bring him encounters with mini-pirates, outer space, hobgoblins, and more.
16) The sinner
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English
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The basis for the "instantly gripping" (Washington Post) limited series on USA starring Jessica Biel, The Sinner is an internationally bestselling psychological thriller surrounding an unexplained murderOn a sunny summer afternoon by the lake, Cora Bender stabs a complete stranger to death. Why? What would cause this quiet, kind young mother to commit such a startling act of violence in front of her family and friends?Cora quickly confesses and it...
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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An international sensation already sold in fifteen languages, this heartbreaking collection of recently discovered letters captures the destruction not only of a life but also of an entire nation.
Born in 1900 to wealthy Jewish parents, Lilli Jahn stood firmly among the German bourgeoisie. A doctor by training, she married a young Protestant physician. Her husband divorced her in 1942, after sixteen years of marriage and five children, leaving...
Born in 1900 to wealthy Jewish parents, Lilli Jahn stood firmly among the German bourgeoisie. A doctor by training, she married a young Protestant physician. Her husband divorced her in 1942, after sixteen years of marriage and five children, leaving...
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Publisher
Plough Publishing House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Personal letters and diaries provide an intimate view into the hearts and minds of a brother and sister who became martyrs in the anti-Nazi resistance during World War II. Idealistic, serious, and sensible, Hans and Sophie Scholl joined the Hitler Youth with youthful and romantic enthusiasm. But as Hitler’s grip throttled Germany and Nazi atrocities mounted, Hans and Sophie emerged from their adolescence with the conviction that at all costs they...
19) Tess
Series
Criterion collection volume 697
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
An exquisite, richly layered adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles. A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumor that their families are from the same line. This fateful visit commences an epic narrative of sex, class, betrayal, and revenge. With its earthy visual textures it is a work of great pastoral beauty as well as vivid storytelling.