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Road dogs [playaway]
Elmore Leonard
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After a rookie mistake lands him in prison--for 30 years--charming bank robber Jack Foley meets a well-connected multiple murderer. Thanks to a little green lubrication and a hot lawyer, Cundo Rey gets Jack's sentence reduced to 30 months. Shacking up in one of Cundo's houses, Jack begins scheming with Dawn, the con's squeeze, to heist Cundo's off-shore ...
2009; ; isbn:9781440715655 |
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Phantom of the Opera [playaway]
Gaston Leroux
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A ghost is thought to be the cause of discomfort of performers in the Paris Opera House. Then the young beautiful, star disappears in this time-honored story of horror
2006; ; isbn:1598951742 More Information |
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The eye of jade [playaway]
Diane Wei Liang
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When a family friend asks Mei Wang to locate a Han Dynasty jade, her investigation reveals a story that has more to do with the past and her own family history than she ever expected
2007; ; isbn:9781605149400 More Information |
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Another thing to fall [playaway]
Laura Lippman
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A Hollywood-based TV production company filming a new miniseries in Baltimore is hitting a steady stream of unexpected snags. With unions grumbling and less than favorable press, the staff also finds itself beset by vandalism and a growing number of accidents on set. Worried for the safety of his cast, Flip Tumulty hires Tess Monaghan to keep an eye ...
2008; ; isbn:9781436154758 |
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Night kill [playaway]
Ann Littlewood
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The body of Iris Oakley's estranged husband Rick was discovered lying in the lion exhibit. At first, paralyzed by a mix of grief and anger, Iris doesn't question his accidental death. But Rick simply could not have died the way it appears. Then Iris is reassigned from feline keeper to bird keeper. The zoo veterinarian respects her skills, but the foreman ...
2009; ; isbn:9781433276842 More Information |
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Consequences [playaway] : a novel
Penelope Lively ; read by Josephine Bailey
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2007; ; isbn:1602528276 More Information |
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The photograph [playaway] : a novel
Penelope Lively
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2003; ; isbn:1598955403 More Information |
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Christmas letters [playaway]
Debbie Macomber
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Katherine O'Connor often spends her days at a cozy cafe on Blossom Street in Seattle--where she writes Christmas letters for other people. She's good at making their everyday lives sound more interesting. More humorous. More dramatic. But for Dr. Wynn Jeffries, who also frequents the cafe, Christmas means lies and deception. In fact, the renowned child ...
2008; ; isbn:9781605146942 More Information |
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A lion among men [playaway]
Gregory Maguire
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Civil war grips Oz as the farmers of Munchkinland clash with Imperial soldiers loyal to the emperor. Through the chaos comes Brrr--the Cowardly Lion--who is searching for information about the Wicked Witch of the West, Elphaba Thropp. The rebel witch once defended his rights as an Animal and may be the key to restoring his identity and saving him ...
2008; ; isbn:9781436198554 |
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Executive privilege [playaway]
Phillip Margolin
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Hired by a prestigious D.C. attorney and Presidential confidant, ex-cop turned private eye Dana Cutler shadows campaign volunteer Charlotte Walsh--documenting the lovely political science major's whereabouts with pictures and voicemails. The boring surveillance becomes interesting one night when Charlotte has a clandestine meeting with the President ...
2008; ; isbn:9781436132497 |
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Life of Pi [playaway] : a novel
Yann Martel
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Pi Patel, having spent an idyllic childhood in Pondicherry, India, as the son of a zookeeper, sets off with his family at the age of sixteen to start anew in Canada, but his life takes a marvelous turn when their ship sinks in the Pacific, leaving him adrift on a raft with a 450-pound Bengal tiger for company
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Trespass [playaway]
Valerie Martin
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Chloe Dales's life is in order, but she is troubled--by the aggression of her government's foreign policy; by the poacher who roams the land behind her studio; and by her son Toby's new girlfriend, a Croatian refugee named Salome Drago. Raised in the Croatian expatriate community of New Orleans, Salome is a toxic mix of the old world and the ...
2007; ; isbn:9781605145204 More Information |
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