Carolyn McCormick
21) Final target
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Melissa Riley arrives at her sister's isolated Virginia country home to find herself plunged into a deadly drama. There the renowned Dr. Jessica Riley is attempting to draw the daughter of the President of the United States out of a severe catatonic trauma. The last thing young Cassie Andreas saw was an organized team ruthlessly murder her nanny and the Secret Service agents sworn to protect her. But to free Cassie, Melissa and Jessica must trust...
22) The Hunger Games
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Hunger Games trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
960L
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English
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"In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward...
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When a perfectly preserved "mummy" is discovered in the dusty basement of Boston's Crispin Museum and an archaeologist turns up missing, medical examiner Maura Isles and Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli have precious little time to derail the Archaeology Killer before he adds another chilling piece to his monstrous collection.
24) Evil at heart
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Gretchen Lowell is still on the loose. These days, she's more of a cause célèbre than a feared killer, thanks to sensationalist news coverage that has made her a star. Her face graces magazine covers weekly and there have been sightings of her around the world. Most shocking of all, Portland Herald reporter Susan Ward has uncovered a bizarre kind of fan club, which celebrates the number of days she's been free. Archie Sheridan hunted her for a...
25) Just one look
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Suburban wife and mother Grace Lawson's idyllic life begins to unravel when she picks up a set of newly developed family photographs that contains a much older picture of a group of men that includes her husband Jack, and sets off a chain reaction of kidnapping and murder leading back to a deadly rock concert.
26) Shadow man
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Smoky Barrett thrillers volume 1
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English
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Once, Special Agent Smoky Barrett hunted serial killers for the FBI. She was one of the best—until a madman terrorized her family, killed her husband and daughter, and left her face scarred and her soul brutalized. Turning the tables on the killer, Smoky shot him dead—but her life was shattered forever.
Now Smoky dreams about picking up her weapon again. She dreams about placing the cold steel between her lips and pulling the trigger...
Now Smoky dreams about picking up her weapon again. She dreams about placing the cold steel between her lips and pulling the trigger...
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Paper piecing allows you to make fabulous designs you may not try when using other quilting techniques. Author Carolyn McCormick shows you just how simple it is to paper piece, using the easiest way possible. Find: A "how-to-paper-piece" tutorial for beginners with valuable time-saving tips for experienced quilters as well; 13 printable designs on a bonus CD that can be used on cotton or flannel; and Fabric requirement charts, position charts, cutting...
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The 4th of July
In a late-night showdown after a near-fatal chase, San Francisco police lieutenant Lindsay Boxer has to make an instantaneous decision — and sets off a chain of events that leaves a police force disgraced and an entire city divided. As summer comes into full swing, Lindsay and her friends in the Women's Murder Club battle for her life on two fronts: before a judge an jury as her trial comes to a climax, and facing unknown...
In a late-night showdown after a near-fatal chase, San Francisco police lieutenant Lindsay Boxer has to make an instantaneous decision — and sets off a chain of events that leaves a police force disgraced and an entire city divided. As summer comes into full swing, Lindsay and her friends in the Women's Murder Club battle for her life on two fronts: before a judge an jury as her trial comes to a climax, and facing unknown...
29) The dust bowl
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English
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Ken Burns documents the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, when a frenzied wheat boom on the southern Plains, followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s, nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Vivid interviews, dramatic photographs, and seldom-seen movie footage bring to life incredible stories of human suffering and perseverance. Includes bonus features.
31) True nature
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[2013]
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English
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The Pascal family has it all - wealth, power, privilege - but their lives change forever when their daughter disappears one night while running. She mysteriously returns a year later with no memory of what happened. Haunted by nightmares and strange visions that encroach upon her waking hours, Marianne struggles to resume normal life. The 'picture-perfect' world the family built starts to unravel as she gets closer to discovering that truth lies somewhere...
32) Me to Play
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2022.
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English
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Two actors with debilitating, incurable Parkinson’s disease put up an Off-Broadway production of Endgame, the comic masterpiece Samuel Beckett wrote after his mother died from the same disease that says “nothing’s funnier than unhappiness.”
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[2022]
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English
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Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein's three-part, six-hour documentary series examines how the American people and leaders responded to one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of the twentieth century, and how this catastrophe challenged America's identity as a nation of immigrants and the very ideals of democracy.
The U.S. and the Holocaust examines America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century....
35) The war
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
Description
Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
Description
Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.
37) You know my name
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[2006]
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English
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Fact-based bio of early film director-producer, Bill Tilghman. Tilghman, a lawman and former partner of Wyatt Earp, was confronted by an emerging era when outlaws run whiskey instead of cattle and are as likely to tote a tommy gun as a six-gun. When he turned to films, he was determined to make authentic Westerns, rather than the fakery of Tom Mix & other Western movie stars of the day. The only problem was that no one wanted to see his non-stars...
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[2009]
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English
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Desperate trail: A relentless marshal obsessed with serving justice trails an outlaw couple who are just as bent on freedom.
Rough riders: An epic saga of the American-Spanish conflict that shaped the nation's destiny and a future President's soul.
You know my name: Bill Tilghman, a lawman and former partner of Wyatt Earp, confronts a new era when outlaws run whiskey instead of cattle and are as likely to tote a tommy gun as a six-gun.
39) Trace
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Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing from south Florida, returns to the city that turned its back on her five years ago.
Richmond, Virginia’s recently appointed chief medical examiner claims that he needs Scarpetta’s help to solve a perplexing crime. When she arrives, however, Scarpetta finds that nothing is as she expected: her former lab is in the final stages of demolition; the inept chief isn’t the one who requested...
Richmond, Virginia’s recently appointed chief medical examiner claims that he needs Scarpetta’s help to solve a perplexing crime. When she arrives, however, Scarpetta finds that nothing is as she expected: her former lab is in the final stages of demolition; the inept chief isn’t the one who requested...
40) Acceptance
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Southern Reach novels volume 3
FSG originals
Southern Reach trilogy volume 03
Southern Reach trilogy volume 3
FSG originals
Southern Reach trilogy volume 03
Southern Reach trilogy volume 3
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English
Description
It is winter in Area X. A new team embarks across the border on a mission to find a member of a previous expedition who may have been left behind. As they press deeper into the unknown, navigating new terrain and new challenges, the threat to the outside world becomes more daunting.