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Author
Publisher
Berkeley
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"This book outlines how playful, cuddly, helpful, and smart cats have been throughout history as icons of worship, skilled hunters, comforters to the sick, faithful companions, and detectors of diseases in humans. The author recounts the origins of superstitions regarding black cats, explores the role of cats in Japanese and Chinese cultures, and provides a useful guide to how cats communicate with other cats and with humans."--
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Gods Bankers has it all: a rare exposé and an astounding saga marked by poisoned business titans, murdered prosecutors, mysterious deaths of private investigators, and questionable suicides; a carnival of characters from Popes and cardinals, financiers and mobsters, kings and prime ministers; and a set of moral and political circumstances that clarify not only the churchs aims and ambitions, but reflect the larger dilemmas of the...
Author
Publisher
Insight Comics
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Based on Arthur Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes, The Baker Street Four provides an inside look behind the infamous Baker Street Irregulars. Billy, Charlie, and Tom are inseparable, and for good reason. Filled with con men and scoundrels, Londons East End is not easily survived alone. Fortunately, the three friendsand their faithful feline companioncan count on the protection of Sherlock Holmes, for whom they sometimes act as spies." --
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"It's 1629, and King Charles I and his French queen Henrietta-Maria have reigned in England for less than three years. Young dwarf Jeffrey Hudson is swept away from a village shambles and plunged into the Stuart court when his father sells him to the most hated man in England--the Duke of Buckingham. Buckingham trains Jeffrey to be his spy in the household of Charles' seventeen-year-old bride, hoping to gain intelligence that will help him undermine...
Publisher
Outright Games Limited
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Where will Lucky's treasure map lead you? Ride as Lucky on a wild new adventure with her faithful mustang, Spirit. You'll have lots of fun with Lucky's fearless best friends, Abigail and Pru, by your side. There's a wide-open frontier to explore, full of exciting quests, animals, and items to collect. Navigate dangers, like villainous horse wrangler, Hendricks, who's a little too interested in your treasure hunt. With Spirit growing stronger in your...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Lieutenant Owen Masters and Emeline Baratt meet on a British warship as sworn enemies. Where will Emeline place her loyalties when forced to spy against her country? A brand new series for fans of all things related to history, romance, adventure, faith, and family trees. War forces a choice between love and country. A trip home from England to Maryland in 1812 finds Emeline Baratt a captive on a British warship and forced to declare her allegiance...
Publisher
Zonderkidz
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The bestselling Bible storybook of our time -- over 6 million sold -- is now available in a collector's edition that includes two audio CDs enhanced with compelling narration, music, and sound effects that help bring more than 90 Bible stories to life like never before. Introduce children to the stories and characters of the Bible with this best-loved Bible storybook. Also included is a DVD with animated videos for each of the 94 Bible stories. With...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A strange, haunting, exhilarating debut novel about survival and love in all its forms: about sexual awakenings and dark secrets, about European refugee intellectuals who've fled Hitler's armies with dreams intact and who have come to an elusive new (American) "can-do, will-do" world they cannot seem to find. A novel steeped in surreal storytelling and beautiful music that transports its half-broken souls--and us--to another realm of the senses....
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"From storytelling phenomenon and hit podcast The Moth, featuring contributions from Elizabeth Gilbert, Quiara Alegría Hudes, and Lin-Manuel Miranda alongside tales of an international rescue mission for Paddington Bear, a family matriarch running numbers in Detroit, an epic Lucha libre showdown in Mexico City, and more. An inspiring and entertaining collection of unforgettable true stories about finding unexpected beauty in life's transitions. Carefully...