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241) Coleman Hill
Author
Publisher
SJP Lit, an imprint of Zendo
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
242) The hoax
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Pathological liar Clifford Irving stages a complex hoax. In the 1970's Irving managed to fool a major publisher and LIFE magazine into thinking he was writing an authorized biography of Howard Hughes. Irving and his best friend and partner, Dick Susskind, go to extreme lengths to pull off the hair-brained scheme. The more outrageous the lies they concoct, the more believable they become and the more money gets thrown at them. Inspired by the unbelievable...
Series
Harlequin desire volume 29
Publisher
Harlequin Desire
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
443 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Miami Marriage Pact: "Film producer Gigi Garcia needs her inheritance to save her company, but it requires a husband--fast! All she has to do is convince rising Miami chef Myles Paris to marry her. Surprised by addictive passion, Gigi and Myles face off against professional rivals, erupting scandal and an enemy's revenge. And now an unexpected secret could take their short-term marriage merger off the table..." -- Page [4] cover.
Overnight Inheritance:...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 216 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The high society of Stuart England found Frances Coke Villiers, Viscountess Purbeck (1602-1645) an exasperating woman. She lived at a time when women were expected to obedient, silent, and chaste, but Frances displayed none of these qualities. Her determination to ignore convention contributed in no small measure to a life of high drama, one which encompassed kidnappings, secret rendezvous, an illegitimate child, accusations of black magic, imprisonments,...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
205 pages of plates, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Covers the child sexual abuse scandal at Penn State that rocked the world of collegiate sports, surveying all the key participants, as well as the climate that allowed the alleged crimes to occur.
248) Break the glass
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
7 sound discs (8 hr., 51 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A small-town campus is rocked by scandal. Suddenly, four women find themselves in the crosshairs of an investigation that threatens to upend their lives as the media descends on their secrets.
Author
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xxv, 436 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Everything began to unravel on October 5, 1986, when a Nicaraguan soldier downed an American plane carrying arms to 'Contra' guerrillas, exposing a tightly held U.S. clandestine program. A month later, reports surfaced that Washington had been covertly selling arms to Iran (our sworn enemy and a state sponsor of terrorism), in exchange for help freeing hostages in Beirut. The profits, it turned out, were going to support the Contras, despite an explicit...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
332 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The 1901 Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, meant to herald the twentieth century, went tragically, spectacularly, awry. In 1901, Buffalo, New York, the eighth biggest city in America, wanted to launch the new century with the Pan American Exposition. It would showcase the Western hemisphere and bring millions of people to western New York. With Niagara Falls as a drawing card and with stunning colors and electric lights, promoters believed it would...