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Defenders of justice volume 2
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English
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Four years ago Kate O'Brien and her twin sister were attacked by a serial killer. Only Kate survived, and it was her drawing of the attacker-- along with last-minute evidence-- that convicted the suspect. She's been in witness protection ever since. When new evidence suggests the convicted man isn't the murderer, Kate is subpoenaed to testify in the new trial. Deputy U.S. Marshal Tony DeLuca accepts the assignment to bring Kate to the trial, remembering...
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Walker family volume 1
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English
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Six years after her husband killed himself after being accused of murdering an Indian girl, Diana Ladd relies on a Native American wise woman and a local police detective to protect her and her son from her late husband's partner, recently released from prison.
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The Sacketts volume 12
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English
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Members of the Sackett family come from all parts of the West and converge under the Mogollon Rim to help Tell Sackett who is trapped and hunted by gunslingers from the Lazy A.
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Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
©2000
Language
English
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Tory Bodeen grew up in a small, rundown house where her father ruled with an iron fist and a leather belt--and where her dreams and talents had no room to flourish. But she had Hope--who lived in the big house, just a short skip away, and whose friendship allowed Tory to be something she wasn't allowed to be at home: a child.
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More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia's teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is the glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire. Lydia, a single mother, dates an ex-con and struggles to make ends meet. But neither has recovered from the horror and heartbreak of their shared loss -- a devastating wound that's cruelly ripped open when Claire's...
6) Hamlet
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English
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Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
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English
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Maya and Rebecca Ward are both accomplished physicians, but that's where the sisters' similarities end. As teenagers, they witnessed their parents' murder, but it was Rebecca who saved Maya from becoming another of the gunman's victims. The tragedy left Maya cautious and timid, settling for a sedate medical practice with her husband, Adam, while Rebecca became the risk taker.
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Publisher
Morgan James Pub
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"On June 24, 2012, Dr. Shane Truman Todd, a young American engineer, was found hanging in his Singapore apartment, just a week before his scheduled return to the United States. Although Shane had repeatedly expressed apprehension about his work with a Chinese company and fear his life was being threatened, authorities immediately ruled his death a suicide. His family initially didn't know what to believe. However, upon arriving in Singapore, they...
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English
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Twenty-eight years ago, Charlotte and Samantha Quinn's happy small-town family life was torn apart by a terrifying attack on their family home. It left their mother dead. It left their father devastated. And it left the family fractured beyond repair, consumed by secrets from that terrible night. Twenty-eight years later, Charlie has followed in her father's footsteps to become a lawyer herself -- the ideal good daughter. But when violence comes to...
11) Panic
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English
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From New York Times bestselling author Jeff Abbott...
What if everything about your life was a lie?
Evan Casher is a successful documentary filmmaker with a perfect life--until the day his mother is brutally murdered. Suddenly pursued by a ruthless circle of killers, Evan discovers his entire past has been a carefully constructed lie. With only one chance at survival and no one he can trust, Evan must discover the shocking truth about his family--and...
12) The king of lies
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English
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When his father is found murdered, the investigation into the crime uncovers dark family secrets that threaten to unravel the lives of North Carolina lawyer Work Pickens, his sister, and the other residents of his small town.
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Español
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A los trece años, la niñez de Charlie Quinn llegó a un brusco y desolador final. Dos hombres, con asuntos pendientes con su padre, que era abogado, irrumpieron en su casa y después de esa terrible noche el mundo de Charlie no volvió a ser el mismo.Ahora que ella también era abogada, se había propuesto defender a aquellos de los que nadie se preocupaba nunca. Por eso, cuando Flora Faulkner, una adolescente huérfana, le pidió ayuda, Charlie...
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
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English
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Firefighter Gordon Brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to Claudio 'The Wolf' Perrini. The government feels that they have more important things to be concerned with, so Brewer decides to take things into his own hands. He becomes frustrated and haunted by the thought that the man responsible for murdering his family might never be brought to justice....
15) La buena hija
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LA BUENA HIJA : Un thriller absorbente que mezcla el suspense psicológico con la investigación de un misterio sin resolver.Dos niñas son obligadas a internarse en el bosque a punta de pistola. Una huye para salvar su vida. La otra se queda atrás.Hace veintiocho años, un crimen horrendo sacudió la feliz vida familiar de Charlotte y Samantha Quinn....
THE GOOD DAUGHTER: Twenty-eight years ago, Charlotte and Samantha Quinn's happy small-town...
16) Hamlet
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ACMRS Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"This translation unties the language knots that can make some of the play difficult to understand in a single theatrical viewing and makes it accessible to new audiences, drawing out its timeless themes while helping to contextualize the familiar lines so that contemporary audiences can feel their full weight"--
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Publisher
Dreamscape
Pub. Date
2016
Language
Español
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"Han pasado dos décadas desde que Julia, la hermana mayor de Claire y Lydia, desapareció sin dejar rastro a los 19 años. Tiempo después, ellas dejaron de comunicarse y tomaron caminos opuestos. Sin embargo, ninguna de las dos se había recuperado del horror y la tristeza de su tragedia compartida: una herida atroz que se reabrió cruelmente al morir asesinado el esposo de Claire. ¿Qué relación podía haber entre ambos hechos?"--Cover.
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English
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Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
Scene-by-scene plot summaries
A Key to famous lines and phrases
An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language
An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar Providing a modern perspective on the play
Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books
The Folger Shakespeare...
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"In the early hours of July 16, 1990, Liliana Rivera Garza was murdered by her abusive ex-boyfriend. A life full of promise and hope, cut tragically short, Liliana's story instead became subsumed into Mexico's dark and relentless history of domestic violence. With Liliana's case file abandoned by a corrupt criminal justice system, her family, including her older sister Cristina, was forced to process their grief and guilt in private, without any hope...
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Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"This atmospheric and beautifully written police procedural is set in Florida where a murder of a young mother shook a small bayou town to its core. Twenty years later, the victim's daughter returns to the scene of the crime and learns that the tragedy of her past has very real consequences for her future. Everyone in Cooper's Bayou knows the story of Raylene Atchison, the local woman who was murdered on the banks of the bayou, and her daughter, Aurora,...
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