Paul Michael
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Never trust other people's memories, and watch out for your own
Sean Whittlesea was there when his wife was murdered. He saw the light leave her eyes. He held her dead body in his arms. He knows he wept, but he cannot recollect a single other detail. Tormented by the tragedy, Sean relives the horror over and over again. As he struggles to recall what really happened, his imagination serves up an endless chain of scenarios. The truth, however, remains...
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The Hellenistic period, from Alexander the Great to the Battle of Actium, was a time of great technological change and innovation in naval design. There was a naval arms race between the Successor States that culminated in a plethora of ship types and the largest oared vessels ever built.
Michael Pitassi gathers all the available evidence and comparative data to reconstruct the various classes of warship. Each is illustrated with clear diagrams...
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A serial killer looking for a sweet tooth. A pound of flesh for any wish you want. Illuminati pizza conspiracies. Hollywood vampires. Werewolves on the moon. Helpful zombies. Bigfoot hunting poachers. An Elf rebellion at the North Pole. A steampunk internet. Jailbreaks, heartbreaks, lost loves and lost chances.
Twenty stories that explore fear, depression, injustice, the horror of triumph, and the beauty of failure.
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A flip of a switch, a blink of an eye… death can come that quickly. As mortals, we all wish for that to be our case, blissfully devoid of our own suffering or the suffering of others who will painfully watch our final days. Death by electrocution is usually quick, but not necessarily painless. The muscles of the body contract in wracking spasms and control of bodily functions is lost. The smell of singed flesh and burning hair permeate the room...
6) Wayward Son
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The Haskins family moved from Virginia to Missouri in the 1830s. Virgil, the eventual patriarch, was a successful horse breeder. Despite his success and marrying the love of his life, Virgil had a dark side that proved to be his undoing in Virginia and almost cost him his life in Missouri. This book chronicles the family's origins in Virginia, its unexpected move to Missouri, and the effects that the Civil War had on family dynamics. This book is...
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This book lays the author's family tree against events in history with the presumption that individuals from the author's genealogical past were present and participated in the events. The author's family tree includes, inter alia, notables such as Aaron Burr, courtiers in the courts of Henry VII and Henry VIII, and accomplices to Charles II's escape from England. It also includes family situations that involved murder, the Great Depression, and every...
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While on his deathbed, King Henry VII knighted Thomas Overby, son of Shropshire landowner Sir Edmund Overby. By the dying King's command, Sir Thomas was immediately thrust into service, becoming Royal Standardbearer to the new King Henry VIII. However, Sir Thomas's position, which gave him anonymity even with its constant visibility, was merely a cover for his emergence as one of Henry's most trusted spies. As time goes on, Sir Thomas becomes a close...
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In a setting devoid of modern technology or modern transportation a family story unfolds in the mid-18th century. Richard Harris served multiple capacities before family circumstances interfered. He served as a Presbyterian deacon, an attorney and a captain in the Connecticut militia before the French and Indian War. Though he was forced to resign from the militia service, he maintained a strong friendship with a Mohegan Indian sachem and his family....
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This book follows the Harris family through the American Revolution and migration westward to the shores of Lake Ontario. Thomas Harris was the soldier's soldier and was awarded a battlefield commission by General George Washington just before the Battle of Yorktown. Following release from his military obligations and suffering severe hardships, Harris and his family moved westward from Connecticut, across New York State.
As in the first book...
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"You have probably never heard of me. There may be a very slight possibility you recognize my name or maybe my face. But I have no delusions. I've always said, 'I've sky-rocketed to the middle.' It's a very small percentage of those who become famous. But I never really wanted that. I've worked in over forty countries, comedy-toured with some "names," done some television, a few movies, voiceovers, TV/film puppeteering, off-off-take-a-left-turn-off...
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Jonathan and Bethany Harris are retired naval officers. A twist of fate while on board Jonathan's inherited yacht separates the couple. After an extensive search by the United States Coast Guard, Captain Jonathan Harris, USN (Retired) is pronounced missing and presumed dead. Shortly after Jonathan's memorial service, Bethany unexpectedly finds herself pregnant despite her age. A visit to a medium not long after the birth of her son suggests that Jonathan...
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Crown Books for Young Readers
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[2018]
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A long, long time ago, dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Some were big, and some were little. Some were fast, and some were slow. Some lived alone, and some lived together. They are gone now, but you can still see their bones at museums all around the world.
14) Origin: a novel
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Robert Langdon novels volume 5
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2017
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IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 25
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Robert Langdon, Harvard professor of symbology and religious iconology, arrives at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao to attend the unveiling of a discovery that "will change the face of science forever". The evening's host is his friend and former student, Edmond Kirsch, a forty-year-old tech magnate whose dazzling inventions and audacious predictions have made him a controversial figure around the world. This evening is to be no exception: he claims he...
15) Inferno: a novel
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Robert Langdon novels volume 4
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IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 26
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"In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history's most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces: Dante's Inferno. Against this backdrop, Langdon battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle that pulls him into a landscape of classic art, secret passageways, and futuristic science" -- vendor summary.
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Robert Langdon novels volume 3
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IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 27
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Symbologist Robert Langdon returns in this new thriller follow-up to The Da Vinci Code.
17) Sons of fortune
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Fraternal twins Nat and Fletcher, separated at birth in 1940s Connecticut, follow different paths to success until they finally meet and realize their connection while running against each other for governor of Connecticut.
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Robert Langdon novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 23
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Investigating the murder of a Louvre curator, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and French cryptologist Sophie Neveu find clues painted into a Da Vinci work, inadvertently uncovering a plot involving the Holy Grail and the secret society known as the Priory of Sion.