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Language
English
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Set in Victorian England, the story portrays a family splintered by lust yet bound inexorably by a shared legacy; and brings us men and women swept toward a perilous climax where greed, fed by the shocking truth of a boy's death, must be stopped--or not just one man's dreams, but those of a nation, will die.
2) Steamboy
Publisher
Triumph Films
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ray Steam receives a Steam Ball, a mysterious, powerful device, from his inventor grandfather. Governments and businesses around the world covet Ray's Steam Ball, and he finds himself in a murderous conflict over its possession. He's also caught between his father who builds terrible weapons for an American arms merchant, and his grandfather, who believes science should improve people's lives.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
x, 324 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Roaming across the salt flats and skirting the salt lake, Richard, a geologist working for an oil company, hunts for fossils under the spell of Clarissa, the local beauty who plans to use her share of their plunder to get out of small, dusty Midland for good. A generation earlier, a Depression-era couple, Max and Marie Omo, numbly mines for salt along the banks of the briny lake until the emotional terrain of their marriage is suddenly and irrevocably...
5) Hunted
Author
Series
Star wars Boba Fett volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
153 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Boba Fett embarks on a dangerous assignment to prove his mettle to Jabba the Hutt in his quest to become a bounty hunter.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
220 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In these ten stories, Rash spins a haunting allegory of the times we live in--rampant capitalism, the severing of ties to the natural world in the relentless hunt for profit, the destruction of body and soul with pills meant to mute our pain--and yet within this world he illuminates acts of extraordinary decency and heroism"--
7) Stone soup
Author
Publisher
Live Oak Media
Pub. Date
1987
Physical Desc
1 sound disc (26:38 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book ([46] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.)
Language
English
Description
When three hungry soldiers come to a town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup of water and stones, and all the town enjoys a feast.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After three lighthouse keepers arrive for work on a remote Scottish isle, they make a fateful discovery: a wrecked rowboat, with a chest full of gold. As a mysterious boat heads toward the island, the three men make a choice that will change their lives forever, ensnaring them in a web of greed, paranoia, and murder.
9) Aviary
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Aviary explores the rich and hidden facets of human character, as illuminated by the mysterious connections among the residents of a senior residence in Montana"--
10) He started it
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Beth, Portia, and Eddie Morgan haven't all been together in years. And for very good reasons--we'll get to those later. But when their wealthy grandfather dies and leaves a cryptic final message in his wake, the siblings and their respective partners must come together for a cross-country road trip to fulfill his final wish and--more importantly--secure their inheritance. But time with your family can be tough"--
11) Serena: a novel
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
371 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
The year is 1929, and newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton travel from Boston to the North Carolina mountains where they plan to create a timber empire. Although George has already lived in the camp long enough to father an illegitimate child, Serena is new to the mountains -- but she soon shows herself to be the equal of any man, overseeing crews, hunting rattle-snakes, even saving her husband's life in the wilderness. Together this lord and lady...
12) Robin Hood
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 83 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
England is at war and ruled by a phony king! Greedy Prince John and his slithering sidekick, Sir Hiss, are taxing Nottingham's residents to the limit.
13) L'argent
Series
Criterion collection volume 886
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Language
Français
Description
A counterfeit 500-franc note sets off a chain of greed, corruption, and betrayal that leads to an innocent man's arrest and his eventual destruction.
Author
Series
Dick Francis novels volume 9
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
x, 374 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bill Russell is acting as a volunteer steward at Warwick races when he confronts his worst nightmare---the violent death of his much-loved wife. But, the aftermath proves much worse when he is accused of killing her and then hounded mercilessly by the media. Losing his job and in danger of losing his home too, Bill's life begins to unravel completely. Even his best friends turn against him, thinking him guilty of the heinous crime, despite the lack...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harvill Secker
Pub. Date
2012, 2009
Physical Desc
330 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A man is making a crude leather mask with slits for eyes and mouth, and an iron spike fixed in the middle of the forehead. It is a 'death mask', once used by Icelandic farmers to slaughter calves. He has revenge in mind. Meanwhile, with Detective Erlendur absent, his baseball-loving colleague Sigurdur Oli is in the spotlight. A school reunion has left Sigurdur Oli dissatisfied with life in the police force. Iceland is enjoying an economic boom and...
Author
Series
Fool novels volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Venice, a long time ago. Three prominent Venetians await their most loathsome and foul dinner guest, the erstwhile envoy of Britain and France, and widower of the murdered Queen Cordelia: the rascal Fool Pocket. This trio of cunning plotters -- the merchant, Antonio; the senator, Montressor Brabantio; and the naval officer, Iago -- have lured Pocket to a dark dungeon, promising an evening of spirits and debauchery with a rare Amontillado sherry and...
18) Wall Street
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tired of the view from his one-bedroom apartment, Bud Fox dreams of the luxury and power at the pinnacle of Wall Street investment banking. Charming his way into the tutelage of Gordon Gekko, the best of the best, Fox is soon rubbing shoulders with friends in the highest places. But in a world that values high-risk greed over low-yied ethics, Fox will soon find himself in a most precarious position.
19) The wish fish
Author
Publisher
EDC Pub
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
This is the retelling of an old folktale in which Bob and Bet, after catching a wish fish, waste their wishes on their greedy desires.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Martha Einkorn fled her father's isolated compound in Oregon, she never expected to find herself working for a powerful social media mogul hell-bent on controlling everything. Now, she's surrounded by mega-rich companies designing private weather, predictive analytics, and covert weaponry, while spouting technological prophecy. Martha may have left the cult, but if the apocalyptic warnings in her father's fox and rabbit sermononce a parable...
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