Catalog Search Results
Author
Publisher
Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
It’s a story almost too tawdry to be true—a con woman prostitute who met the descendant of a Founding Father in a brothel, duped him into marriage using an infant purchased from a baby farm, then went to prison for stabbing the couple’s baby nurse—all while in a common-law marriage with another man. The scandal surrounding Evangeline and Robert Ray Hamilton, though little known today, was one of the sensations of the Gilded Age, a sordid,...
223) Dead end girls
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In one week, Maude will be dead. At least, that’s what she wants everyone to think. After years of research, Maude has decided to fake her own death. She’s figured out the how, the when, the where, and who will help her unsuspectingly. The why is complex: revenge, partly. Her terrible parents deserve this. But there’s also l’appel du vide, the call of the void, that beckons her toward a new life where she will be tied to no one, free and adrift....
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A CNN contributor, former Ted Cruz staffer, and "Never Trump" adherent reveals a shocking truth: Donald Trumps lies and fabrications dont horrify Americathey enthrall usand explains how we can avoid falling for them. "Can you believe what Donald Trump said?" In Gaslighting America, Carpenter breaks down Trumps formula, showing why its practically foolproof, playing his victims, the media, the Democrats, and the Republican fence-sitters perfectly....
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Passing Strange" is a uniquely American biography of Clarence King, who hid a secret from his Gilded Age cohorts and prominent family: for 13 years he lived a double life--as the celebrated white explorer, geologist, and writer King and as a black Pullman porter and steelworker named James Todd.
227) Un revés inesperado
Author
Publisher
Suma de Letras
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
De la autora de Big Little Lies, una novela deliciosamente oscura sobre matrimonios, hermanos, secretos y cómo la gente que más queremos es la que nos puede hacer más daño. Los miembros de la familia Delaney se quieren con locura...es solo que a veces se asesinarían. Para todos los que los conocen, los Delaney son una familia envidiable. Incluso después de todos estos años, los padres, Stan y Joy, siguen teniendo una química evidente y continúan...
228) Notorious
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A beautiful woman with a tainted past is enlisted by American agent Devlin to spy on a ring of Nazis in post-war Rio. Her espionage work becomes life-threatening after she marries the most debonair of the Nazi ring, Alex. Only Devlin can rescue her, but to do so he must face his role in her desperate situation and acknowledge that he has loved her all along.
229) The matrix
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A computer hacker discovers that reality is nothing more than an elaborate facade called the Matrix, created by super-intelligent robots that have enslaved mankind and are using their bodies as a power source. The reality is that the world is a hoax, an elaborate deception spun to control humans.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In this powerful true crime memoir, an award-winning identity theft expert tells the shocking story of the duplicity and betrayal that inspired her career and nearly destroyed her family. Axton Betz-Hamilton grew up in small-town Indiana in the early '90s. When she was 11 years old, her parents both had their identities stolen. Their credit ratings were ruined, and they were constantly fighting over money. This was before the age of the Internet,...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Liespotting" links three disciplines - facial recognition training, interrogation training, and a comprehensive survey of research in the field - into a specialized body of information developed specifically to help business leaders detect deception and get the information they need to successfully conduct their most important interactions and transactions
233) The second wife
Author
Publisher
Pamela Dorman Books/Viking
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"When Alex met Natalie she changed his life. After the tragic death of his first wife, which left him a single parent to teenage daughter Jade, he was desperate to leave the pain of his past behind. But his newfound happiness is shattered when the family home is gutted by fire and his loyalties are unexpectedly tested. Jade insists she saw a man in the house on the night of the fire; Natalie denies any knowledge of such an intruder. One of them must...
234) Every last secret
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
When her new friend and neighbor Neena Ryder, a woman anxious to move up in the world, becomes obsessed with her husband, Cat Winthorpe is plunged into a world of temptation, secrets and toxic jealousy that makes her question her desire for a perfect life.
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In his new book for young readers Mark Kurlansky’s lens is the art of the “big lie,” a term coined by Adolf Hitler. Kurlansky has written Big Lies: From Socrates to Social Media for the next stewards of our world. It is not only a history but a how-to manual for seeing through big lies and thinking critically. Mark Kurlansky’s bestselling works of nonfiction view the history of the world through unexpected lenses, including cod, salt, and...
Author
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Inviestigates the science behind big liars"--
"This book investigates the science behind "big liars"-those rare people who use lies as their principal way of navigating life. Most people are mostly honest, most of the time. And there aren't that many big, pants-on-fire liars in the population overall. But just a few big liars can have an outsized impact on the people around them--ruining personal relationships, bankrupting businesses, and even,...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Describes the special unit in World War II known as the U.S. Ghost Army, and how it used fake props and special effects to mislead German forces in several important missions"--
238) 13 minutes
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
""Mean Girls for the Instagram age." --The Times (London) The New York Times bestselling author known for her thrilling twists is back: They say you should keep your friends close and your enemies closer, but when you're a teenage girl, it's hard to tell them apart. Natasha doesn't remember how she ended up in the icy water that night, but she does know this--it wasn't an accident, and she wasn't suicidal. Her two closest friends are acting strangely,...
Series
Criterion collection volume 519
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Persian
Description
Close-Up is the true story of Hossain Sabzian, a poor, underemployed, divorced, father of two. He is obsessed with the cinema. In 1989, Sabzian convinced the Ahankhah family that he was Iranian filmmaker Moshen Makhmalbaf (The Silence) and that he would cast them in his next film. Eventually, the family caught on to the ruse and contacted the authorities, leading to Sabzian's arrest. A journalist wrote a column about the incident that Kiarostami read....
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Izzy, has stumbled across her dream of doing stand-up comedy, but hiding it from family and friends is causing her many untruths to quickly unravel.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request