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Treasure hunters (James Patterson) volume 3
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IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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The Kidds are heading to China, on a journey that will lead them beyond the Great Wall and into the underbelly of Berlin. Bick and Beck Kidd are desperately trying to secure the ancient Chinese artifact that will buy their mother's freedom from renegade pirates. But when the kidnappers force them to locate even greater treasure-priceless paintings, stolen by Nazis, and with their mom's life on the line, the Kidds must rely on their own cunning and...
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2016.
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English
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A moral thriller about the Jewish underground resistance in Jerusalem after World War II follows the experiences of Brand, a hunted refugee, who assumes a different identity and commits himself to the revolution while accepting increasingly dangerous missions.
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2022.
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English
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"For decades, the specter of homosexuality haunted Washington. The mere suggestion that a person might be gay destroyed reputations, ended careers, and ruined lives. At the height of the Cold War, fear of homosexuality became intertwined with the growing threat of international communism, leading to a purge of gay men and lesbians from the federal government. In the fevered atmosphere of political Washington, the secret "too loathsome to mention"...
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"A quest to explore some of the most spectacular ancient cities in human history--and figure out why people abandoned them. In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life. Investigating across the centuries and around the world, Newitz explores the rise and fall of four ancient cities, each the center of a sophisticated civilization: the...
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Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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A young female grifter in 1880s New York cons her way into America's first nursing school, but a spate of unexplained murders follows in her wake...
"A spellbinding story, a vividly drawn setting, and characters that leap off the pages. This is historical fiction at its finest!"—Sara Ackerman, USA Today bestselling author of The Codebreaker's Secret
Based on Florence Nightingale's nursing principles, Bellevue...
"A spellbinding story, a vividly drawn setting, and characters that leap off the pages. This is historical fiction at its finest!"—Sara Ackerman, USA Today bestselling author of The Codebreaker's Secret
Based on Florence Nightingale's nursing principles, Bellevue...
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Lyons Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Detroit 1936: In a city abuzz over its unrivaled sports success, baseball fan Dayton Dean is arrested for murder. Though said to have a childlike intelligence, Dean possesses a vivid memory and a hunger for attention. He gives police a story about a secret Klan-like organization called the Black Legion, responsible for countless murders, floggings, and fire bombings. The Legion has tens of thousands of members in the Midwest, among them politicians...
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