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"As a young girl, Georgana Woodall dreamed of beautiful dresses, fancy balls, and falling in love. However, when her mother dies, she cannot face a future under the guardianship of her abusive grandmother and instead chooses to join her father on his ship disguised as his cabin boy, "George." Lieutenant Dominic Peyton has no time in his life for love, not with his dedication to His Majesty's Royal Navy claiming his full attention. Determined to prove...
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Winternight trilogy volume 2
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English
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Vasilisa has grown up at the edge of a Russian wilderness, where snowdrifts reach the eaves of her family’s wooden house and there is truth in the fairy tales told around the fire. Vasilisa’s gift for seeing what others do not won her the attention of Morozko — Frost, the winter demon from the stories—and together they saved her people from destruction. But Frost’s aid comes at a cost, and her people have condemned her as a witch. Now Vasilisa...
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Lady Sabrina endured an abusive marriage, a miscarriage, and early widowhood to emerge as a smart, successful, confident woman who found a way to make her mark in a man's world. She has friends and purpose, but cannot hide from the emptiness she feels when the parties are over and the friends have gone home to families she will never have. Harry Stillman may be charming and handsome, but he's a gambler and a rake who has made a mockery of his privileges....
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
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1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When Chicago musicians Joe and Jerry witness a gangland murder they realize that their only escape is to dress as women and join an all-girls band on the way to a tour of Florida.
5) The liar
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English
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When her husband Richard dies in a freak accident, Shelby Pomeroy is devastated. But his death reveals a horrible truth -- Richard was a liar and a cheat. Now Shelby is left with the consequences -- huge, terrifying debts and mounting proof that her late husband betrayed her in every conceivable way. Heart-broken but unbowed, Shelby is determined to fix her problems -- if only for the sake of her gorgeous little daughter Callie. Returning home to...
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"Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena's a literary darling; June Hayward is literally nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls?, June thinks. So when June witnesses Athena's death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena's just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I. So what if June edits Athena's...
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Poet and critic Kevin Young tours us through a rogue’s gallery of hoaxers, plagiarists, forgers, and fakers — from the humbug of P. T. Barnum and Edgar Allan Poe to the unrepentant bunk of JT LeRoy and Donald J. Trump. Bunk traces the history of the hoax as a peculiarly American phenomenon, examining what motivates hucksters and makes the rest of us so gullible. Disturbingly, Young finds that fakery is woven from stereotype and suspicion, race...
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Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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403 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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English
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Alonzo Pratt, alias Robert Grant, has always survived by his wits, working his way up from petty pickpocket to polished con artist. Saddlebags bulging with disguises, he is a master impersonator, whether limping in a Civil War uniform or toting a Bible dressed in black. On occasion, a tin star pinned to his vest is just the ticket to winning the trust of his innocent marks. When Federal Marshal Jacob Stone happens to come across another lawman while...
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Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2013
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1 videodisc (84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In order to prove that self proclaimed Indian gurus are no more holy than anyone else, New Jersey filmmaker Vikram Gandhi transforms himself into guru Sir Kumar�e and develops a following.
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Vanessa Michael Munroe novels volume 4
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English
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Vanessa Michael Munroe, chameleon and information hunter, has a reputation for getting things done — often dangerous and not quite legal things. The adrenaline-fueled work has left her with blood on her hands and a soul stained with guilt. Having borne the burden of one death too many, Munroe has fled to Djibouti, Africa. There, where her only responsibility is greasing the wheels of commerce for a small maritime security company, she finds stillness...
11) Leap!
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Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
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1 videodisc (approximately 89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house.
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Veronica Speedwell novels volume 7
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"While investigating a man claiming to be the long-lost heir to a noble family, Veronica Speedwell gets the surprise of her life. London, 1889. Veronica Speedwell and her natural historian beau, Stoker, are summoned by Sir Hugo Montgomerie, head of Special Branch. He has a personal request on behalf of his goddaughter, Euphemia Hathaway. After years of traveling the world, her eldest brother the heir to Hathaway Hall, Jonathan, was believed to have...
14) The fraud
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2023.
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English
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"It is 1873. Mrs. Eliza Touchet is the Scottish housekeeper-and cousin by marriage-of a once-famous novelist, now in decline, William Ainsworth, with whom she has lived for thirty years. Mrs. Touchet is a woman of many interests: literature, justice, abolitionism, class, her cousin, his wives, this life and the next. But she is also sceptical. She suspects her cousin of having no talent; his successful friend, Mr. Charles Dickens, of being a bully...
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English
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Written by quintessential American humor writer Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper offers an extraordinarily insightful glimpse into the British system of social classes. Although the novel was intended for children and young adults, it's a rollicking read for all fans of engrossing fiction.
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Geronimo Stilton. Original volume 6
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
113 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 20 cm.
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English
Description
Geronimo Stilton discovers that a Geronimo lookalike imposter is trying to take control over his newspaper.
17) Le magnifique
Publisher
Image Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
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Belmondo plays both novelist François Merlin and his master spy Bob St. Clair. Bisset is Christine, a sociology student, whom Belmondo transforms into Tatiano, glamorous spy assistant to St. Clair. When the real life Christine becomes enamored with St. Clair, Belmondo faces some tough decisions to arrive at a happy ending.
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Tordotcom
Pub. Date
2021.
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392 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Dj�el�i Clark returns to his popular alternate Cairo universe for his fantasy novel debut ... Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha'arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she's certainly not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of the universe last summer. So when someone murders a secret brotherhood dedicated to one of the most...
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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
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7 audio discs (8 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In The Shining Pyramid, Vaughn discovers a mysterious arrangement of stones on his doorstep in the remote hills of old England. With the help of his old friend and investigator Dyson, they work to unravel the mysterious truth about the changing symbols and discover underground dwellers best left untouched. The Three Impostors is Machen's famous collection of "weird tales"--a string of short stories woven together with a fine narrative thread. The...
20) The Rainmaker
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Publisher
Paramount Pictures Corp
Pub. Date
2005
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1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Under the spell of a wandering charlatan named Starbuck, a lonely ranch girl blossoms into full womanhood.
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