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21) Hell and back
Author
Series
Walt Longmire mystery volume 18
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"What if you woke up lying in the middle of the street in the infamous town of Fort Pratt, Montana, where thirty, young Native boys perished in a tragic 1896 boarding school fire? What if every person you encountered in that endless night was dead? What if you were covered in blood and missing a bullet from the gun holstered on your hip? What if there was something out there in the yellowed skies--along with the deceased and the smell of ash and dust--something...
Author
Series
Walt Longmire volume novella
Publisher
Viking
Physical Desc
xiii, 146 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Sheriff Walt Longmire is reading A Christmas Carol in his office on December 24th when he's interrupted by the ghost of Christmas past: a young woman with a hairline scar across her forehead and more than a few questions about Walt's predecessor, Lucian Connally. Walt doesn't recognize the mystery woman, but she seems to know him and claims to have something she must return to Connally. With his daughter, Cady, and his undersheriff Vic Moretti in...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Retired Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn returns to put together the clues from his last unsolved case--a mystery involving the disappearance of a priceless Navajo rug--without the help of Jim Chee and Bernie Manuelito, who are on their honeymoon.
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
New York Times Bestseller: A lawyer is tormented by a destitute, emotionally unstable man—until one shocking moment changes everything: “A great plot.” —Los Angeles Times
Jacob Schiff has a good career, a beautiful home in New York City, and a loving family. John Gates has none of those things. A psychiatric patient with a traumatic past, John received professional treatment from Jacob’s...
Jacob Schiff has a good career, a beautiful home in New York City, and a loving family. John Gates has none of those things. A psychiatric patient with a traumatic past, John received professional treatment from Jacob’s...
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
An enduring classic of Holocaust literature, Night offers a personal and unforgettable account of the appalling horrors of Hitler's reign of terror. Through the eyes of 14-year-old Eliezer, we behold the tragic fate of the Jews from the little town of Sighet. Even as they are stuffed into cattle cars bound for Auschwitz, the townspeople refuse to believe rumors of anti-Semitic atrocities. Not until they are marched toward the blazing crematory at...
26) Mrs. Ted Bliss
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner: This funny, poignant novel about the misadventures of a Miami Beach widow is “brilliant” (Los Angeles Times).
After her beloved husband dies of cancer, Dorothy Bliss is consigned to a life of tedium, waiting out her remaining years in a Miami beachside community shared precariously by its Jewish and Latino residents. When Dorothy attends a series of parties intended to lighten
Author
Series
Walt Longmire volume 4
Language
English
Description
Walt Longmire unravels a mystery that connects two murders over forty years--and brings back haunting memories of Vietnam
When the body of a young Vietnamese woman is found alongside the interstate in Absaroka County, Wyoming, sherriff Walt Longmire is determined to discover the identity of the victim and is forced to confront the horrible similarities of this murder to that of his first homicide investigation as a marine in Vietnam.
To complicate...
28) Skeleton Man
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
While assisting Sergeant Jim Chee to investigate a robbery, Joe Leaphorn turns up a clue that leads to a search for the remains of a passenger--carrying a fortune in diamonds--on a plane that went down in the Grand Canyon fifty years earlier.
Author
Series
Walt Longmire mystery volume 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Lolo Long's niece Jaya begins receiving death threats, Tribal Police Chief Long calls on Absaroka County Sheriff Walt Longmire along with Henry Standing Bear as lethal backup. Jaya "Longshot" Long is the phenom of the Lame Deer Lady Stars High School basketball team and is following in the steps of her older sister, who disappeared a year previously, a victim of the scourge of missing Native Woman in Indian Country. Lolo hopes that having Longmire...
30) Hunting badger
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
275 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tony Hillerman's best-selling reservation series occupies a unique place in the world of mystery novels. By combining Native American lore and history with suspenseful crime stories, he enlightens and entertains his many fans. Hunting Badger takes you to the Navajo reservation where police sergeant Jim Chee is facing a thorny dilemma. One year ago, Sgt. Chee was part of an FBI search for two cop killers. The men were never caught, and Chee has always...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
Le Guin's Hainish series begins with the assumption that centuries ago humanoids from the planet Hain ventured through the solar system establishing colonies on various planets including Earth. For mysterious reasons these colonies lose all contact and knowledge of each other until the 21st century when an attempt is made to establish a galactic league. Individual stories in this loosely organized series explore the inherent communication difficulties...
32) Hiroshima
Author
Language
English
Description
First published in the "New Yorker" issue of August 31, 1946, this is an account of the ruin of a city and the wreck of human lives by one atomic bomb. The report focuses on six individuals who survived in that city.
33) Abel's island
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, LLC
Pub. Date
1994
Physical Desc
2 CDs.
Language
English
Description
Abelard Hassam di Chirico Flint-Abel, for short-is a rich and silly mouse. He spends most of his days just having fun, going to picnics with his wife, playing croquet with friends, and dancing at parties. Unlike most other mice, Abel has never had to work for anything. All that changes one blustery fall day when his wife's scarf flutters away in a gust of wind. Abel races off to rescue it and is swept away in a rainstorm. When the storm is over, Abel...
35) Frankenstein
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
1993
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young scientist has created a living being out of dead flesh and bone. His creation, however, turns out to be a frightful monster! Now, Victor Frankenstein must stop his creation before the monster's loneliness turns to violence. These reader-favorite tiles are now updated for enhanced Common Core State Standards support, including discussion and writing prompts developed by a Common Core expert, an expanded introduction, bolded glossary words and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Phoenix Books
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
Abridged
Language
English
Description
Phoenix Books brings together two of Braun's best mysteries in this Volume 1 in the series of 2-in-1 editions, featuring:
The Cat Who Blew the Whistle: Jim Qwilleran and his feline sleuths investigate the disappearance of a wealthy railroad buff—and alleged multimillion-dollar embezzler—a case that becomes complicated by red herrings, a tragic train wreck, and murder in a railroad tavern.
The Cat Who Came to Breakfast:
...