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"Set in early 1900s Colorado, the unforgettable tale of a young woman who bravely faces the consequences of speaking out against injustice. In a voice spiked with sly humor, Sylvie Pelletier recounts leaving her family's snowbound mountain cabin to work in a manor house for the Padgetts, owners of the marble-mining company that employs her father and dominates the town. Sharp-eyed Sylvie is awed by the luxury around her; fascinated by her employer,...
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In June of 1860 three-year-old Saville Kent was found at the bottom of an outdoor privy with his throat slit. The crime horrified all England and led to a national obsession with detection, ironically destroying, in the process, the career of perhaps the greatest detective in the land, Jonathan Whicher of Scotland Yard. Whicher quickly believed the unbelievable--that someone within the family was responsible for the murder of young Saville Kent. Without...
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The Wiccan holiday of Candlemas is right around the corner, but when vandals target New Age gift shop Moonstone Treasures, the mood is far from festive. Frightening threats and accusations of witchcraft aimed at the owner have some Wiccan patrons calling it a hate crime. And when things escalate to murder, the community turns to Keli... As a friend and customer, Keli wants to help. But there's one problem: she's fiercely private about her religion....
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"As railroads, industry, cities, and technology flourished in the mid-nineteenth century, so did stories exploring the horrors they unleashed. This anthology includes ghost stories and tales of haunted houses, as well as mad scientists, werewolves, ancient curses, mummies, psychological terrors, demonic dimensions, and even weird westerns." --provided by publisher.
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"Against the warden's orders, Luke Cage sends his team of rehabilitating villains away from the Raft supermax prison and into the heart of Shadowland, where Daredevil has declared marshal law and rules Hell's Kitchen with his ninja army. While the battle for New York rages above, the T-Bolts head into the sewers to rescue innocent victims of the former hero's madness. And when the likes of Juggernaut, Crossbones, Moonstone, Songbird, Ghost, Mach V,...
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When a mass suicide by a branch of the Church of Hala claims the lives of twenty families, Carol Danvers investigates the tragedy performed in the name of Mar-Vell - putting her directly in the path of his would-be Captain Marvel replacement, Noh-Varr! Speaking of replacements, Norman Osborns Dark Reign calls for a new Ms. Marvel: the villainous Moonstone, Karla Sofen! As Karla forcefully takes the mantle, she has to deal with Deadpool - and the New...
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It's a new era for Marvel's always-evolving, always controversial team. The most dangerous people on Earth are now all in one hellish prison, and the only way out is through rehabilitation and contribution to society via The Thunderbolts under the leadership of the steel-hard-skinned Avenger named Luke Cage! So bring on the first participants: Juggernaut! Crossbones! Ghost! Moonstone! And...Man-Thing? Against the sordid recent history of the group...
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Return to the wastelands of the dystopian classic OLD MAN LOGAN in a story set five years before the original epic! The super heroes have fallen. The villains have divided up the country. Yet Clint Barton still lives! The former Hawkeye is going blind, but there's one last thing he wants to see: revenge for his fallen comrades-in-arms. And he's setting what sights he has left on some fearsome foes - including Bullseye, the Red Skull, the Winter Soldier...
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"At the height of his popularity, Bill Czynkowski, guitarist and band leader for Cyclone Bill and the Tall Tales, is shot dead in front of a packed house. In piecing together what happened that night, the remaining Tall Tales wonder if a supernatural force was behind his murder. Only filmmaker Maggie Bloom has the footage to solve the mystery, but she may have lost her mind in her search for fame. It seems she's being haunted by a man whose soul is...
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"This guide to the canon of Victorian literature covers 61 novels by authors from Jane Austen to Emile Zola. Brief critical essays describe what each book is about and argue for its cultural, historical and literary importance. Literary canons remain a subject of debate but critics, readers and students continue to find them useful as overviews of the great works within a given period or culture. The Victorian canon is particularly rich with splendid...
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