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| Author | : Patricia Highsmith |
| Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2002-08-17 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0393345696 |
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Long out of print, this Highsmith classic resurfaces with a vengeance. The great revival of interest in Patricia Highsmith continues with the publication of this novel that will give dog owners nightmares for years to come. With an eerie simplicity of style, Highsmith turns our next-door neighbors into sadistic psychopaths, lying in wait among white picket fences and manicured lawns. In A Dog's Ransom, Highsmith blends a savage humor with brilliant social satire in this dark tale of a highminded criminal who hits a wealthy Manhattan couple where it hurts the most when he kidnaps their beloved poodle. This work attesets to Highsmith's reputation as "the poet of apprehension" (Graham Greene).
| Author | : Lois Duncan |
| Publisher | : Open Road Media |
| Total Pages | : 196 |
| Release | : 2012-08-28 |
| Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
| ISBN | : 145326339X |
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Edgar Award finalist: When the strange new bus driver passes the last stop, the five teens on board know something’s wrong: “[A] gripping thriller.” —Publishers Weekly Valley Gardens is the last stop on the bus route after school. The neighborhood is known for its wealthy families, perhaps the richest in town. Marianne, Bruce, Glenn, Dexter, and Jesse live in Valley Gardens, and have no trouble guiding the new bus driver to the last stop of the day—but the strange substitute driver keeps driving. Soon the five teenagers are hostages deep in the mountains. Their kidnappers demand stacks of money from their families, even though most of the students aren’t as well off as the abductors assume. Without hope of raising the ransom money, the five teens must find a way out or face terrifying consequences. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Lois Duncan including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.
| Author | : Judi McCoy |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 340 |
| Release | : 2009-03-03 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1101019646 |
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Meet Ellie Engleman, psychic dog-walker The newest dog-walker on Manhattan?s Upper East Side has a talent?she can hear what her canine clientele is thinking. So when a dog?s owner turns up dead, Ellie must bone up on her sleuthing?and perk up her ears to find a killer.
| Author | : Meg Gardiner |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 402 |
| Release | : 2012-07-05 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1101588845 |
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From award-winning author Meg Gardiner, co-author of Michael Mann’s Heat 2 JUDGE, JURY—AND EXECUTION. Rory Mackenzie vowed to never return to her hometown of Ransom River, California. But she comes back and does her civic duty. Now she’s juror number seven on a high-profile murder case. While most of the town is focused on the tense and shocking circumstances of the trial, Rory’s return to Ransom River dredges up troubling memories from her childhood that she can no longer ignore. And in the wake of a desperate attack on the courthouse, Rory realizes exposing these dark skeletons has connected her to an old case that was never solved, and that bringing the truth to light just might destroy her. You can’t go home again—and survive—in this mesmerizing crime novel by Meg Gardiner, “a top-tier mystery writer at the top of her game” (BookPage).
| Author | : Danielle Steel |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Total Pages | : 306 |
| Release | : 2009-12-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1409092011 |
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A powerful story about a mother’s courage in the face of overwhelming odds. Fernanda Barnes’s life was once graced by security, success and stunning wealth. Now, widowed and with a mounting pile of debts, she is trying desperately to shield her three children from the rising panic within her. When a file of press clippings and photos of the Barnes family is found in the desk of a convicted criminal, police detective Ted Lee is sent to protect them. He is a man of unshakable integrity but even he cannot prevent the devastating events that follow. In a gripping race against time, Detective Lee is the only man who can save Fernanda and her children from a terrifying fate . . .
| Author | : Gary Paulsen |
| Publisher | : Ember |
| Total Pages | : 146 |
| Release | : 2011-01-25 |
| Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0375855424 |
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"Sometimes having company is not all it's cracked up to be." Fifteen-year-old Finn is a loner, living with his dad and his amazing dog, Dylan. This summer he's hoping for a job where he doesn't have to talk to anyone except his pal Matthew. Then Johanna moves in next door. She's ten years older, cool, funny, and she treats Finn as an equal. Dylan loves her, too. Johanna's dealing with breast cancer, and Matthew and Finn learn to care for her, emotionally, and physically. When she hires Finn to create a garden, his gardening ideas backfire comically. But Johanna and the garden help Finn discover his talents for connecting with people.
| Author | : Jackie Ransom |
| Publisher | : *Howell Book House |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1999-12-20 |
| Genre | : Pets |
| ISBN | : 9781582451268 |
Download The Bichon Frise Today Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The Bichon Frise is relatively new to the American dog scene, but became a solid favorite very quickly. In this all-new book the reasons for the Bichon's rapid rise to fame around the world are given along with a host of chapters on essential care for puppies and adults, effective training, breed standards, grooming, health care, the show ring, breeding, the Bichon around the world and everything else owners and admirers of these attractive dogs want to know. The text is beautifully illustrated throughout. A Howell Book of Distinction
| Author | : Barbara O'Connor |
| Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
| Total Pages | : 176 |
| Release | : 2009-04-27 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780374706791 |
Download How to Steal a Dog Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Half of me was thinking, Georgina, don't do this. Stealing a dog is just plain wrong. The other half of me was thinking, Georgina, you're in a bad fix and you got to do whatever it takes to get yourself out of it. Georgina Hayes is desperate. Ever since her father left and they were evicted from their apartment, her family has been living in their car. With her mama juggling two jobs and trying to make enough money to find a place to live, Georgina is stuck looking after her younger brother, Toby. And she has her heart set on improving their situation. When Georgina spots a missing-dog poster with a reward of five hundred dollars, the solution to all her problems suddenly seems within reach. All she has to do is "borrow" the right dog and its owners are sure to offer a reward. What happens next is the last thing she expected. With unmistakable sympathy, Barbara O'Connor tells the story of a young girl struggling to see what's right when everything else seems wrong. How to Steal a Dog is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. This title has Common Core connections.
| Author | : David Malouf |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Total Pages | : 233 |
| Release | : 2011-10-31 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1448113342 |
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In this exquisite gem of a novel, David Malouf shines new light on Homer's Iliad, adding twists and reflections, as well as flashes of earthy humour, to surprise and enchant. Lyrical, immediate and heartbreaking, Malouf's fable engraves the epic themes of the Trojan war onto a perfect miniature - themes of war and heroics, hubris and humanity, chance and fate, the bonds between soldiers, fathers and sons, all brilliantly recast for our times.
| Author | : Christopher Reich |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Total Pages | : 386 |
| Release | : 2011-06-23 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1446492389 |
Download Rules of Betrayal Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The most riveting novel yet in Christopher Reich's New York Times bestselling series-featuring Dr. Jonathan Ransom and his undercover-agent wife Emma, a dangerous woman with a mysterious past who has gone rogue in the high-stakes, serpentine world of international spies. In 1980, a secret American B-52 crashes high in a remote mountain range on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Nearly thirty years later, and spanning locales from those peaks to New York City, a terrible truth will be revealed. Jonathan Ransom returns as the resourceful doctor thrown into a shadowy world of double and triple agents where absolutely no one can be trusted. To stay alive, Ransom must unravel the mystery surrounding his wife-an enigmatic and lethal spy who plays by her own rules-and discover where her loyalties truly lie. Rules of Betrayal is a masterfully plotted novel that cements Christopher Reich's reputation as one of the most admired espionage thriller writers today.
