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Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Lexile measure
HL 690L
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Caroline "Chuck" Wilson must join forces with her ex-best friend Beckett to try to save her family's failing bowling alley and stay in San Francisco, but his plan is not strictly business--or legal.
Caroline 'Chuck' Wilson has big plans for spring break, but then her dad asks her to spend vacation working the counter at Bigmouth's Bowl, her family's failing bowling alley. And Chuck finds out her dad is way behind on back rent, meaning they might...
Publisher
ARC Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Jack is a tough teenage runaway on the lam from her parole officer. The conniving street kid brazenly impersonates a trained caregiver and forms a unique bond with an eleven-year-old autistic girl named Glory. Kay, also bonds with the imposter, as a surrogate daughter she can actually talk to. And the girl's cute older brother Robert falls in love. When the deception is exposed and the cops descend, loving father Mark struggles to hold his family...
Author
Publisher
Tin House Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
381 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1910. Halley's Comet has just signaled the end of the world, and Jack Johnson has knocked out the 'Great White Hope,' Jim Jeffries. Keystone, West Virginia, is the region's biggest boomtown, and on a rainy Sunday morning in August, its townspeople are gathered in a red-light district known as Cinder Bottom to witness the first public hanging in over a decade. Abe Baach and Goldie Toothman are at the gallows, awaiting their execution....
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Intrigue
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
443 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cardwell Christmas Crime Scene: "Dee Anna Justice's world had turned upside down. She'd believed her convict father was her only living relative. Now Walter Justice, fearing for his daughter's safety, urges her to seek out her cousins in Montana. Calling in a decades-old debt, he also enlists Beau Tanner to protect her. Trust doesn't come easy to DJ. But the warm, embracing family she finds at Cardwell Ranch softens her suspicious nature. Still, she...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Adele grew up in the shadows--first watching from backstage at her mother's Parisian dance halls, then wandering around the gloomy, haunted rooms of her father's manor. When she's finally sent away to boarding school in London, she's happy to enter the brightly lit world of society girls and their wealthy suitors. Yet there are shadows there, too. Many of the men that try to charm Adele's new friends do so with dark intentions. After a violent assault,...
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Jacob Van Oppen, the former strongest man on Earth, and his crafty manager, Orsini, make a good living by traveling around small South American towns, organizing bogus wrestling exhibitions in run-down theaters. Once this oddball pair disembarks at the village of Santa Maria, business really kicks off: the local newspaper sponsors the fight and helping hands place posters announcing an open call for a worthy adversary.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
257 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Vernon lives in a six-by-ten cell in a Florida prison. When his attorney suggests he write an autobiography to generate funds to cover legal fees, he tells the story of his life, his love, and the faith-healing scheme that changed his life forever.
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
268 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"D. S. Lliteras's latest novel follows Addan, a young boy searching for his father, a disciple of Jesus. Along the way, Addan encounters bandits, lepers, and con men before teaming up with Jeshua, an entertainer and opportunist, who protects the boy while at the same time using him to help swindle unsuspecting strangers"--Provided by publisher.
270) The almost truth
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st Simon Pulse hardcover ed.
Lexile measure
HL 740L
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When a teenaged con artist realizes that she looks like an age-enhanced photo of a missing child, she decides to pull the ultimate con--until she begins to suspect she may actually be the missing child.
271) The audacity
Author
Publisher
Soho
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 72 hours, a blockbuster exposé will reveal Victoria Stevens' multibillion-dollar startup as a massive fraud. And Victoria has gone missing. Has she faked her death, leaving her husband Guy Sarvananthan to face the fallout--and potential jail time? Should Guy flee to his native Sri Lanka, an outcast and a failure? Or embrace denial? Why not: He takes the corporate jet to a private Caribbean island, where the 0.0001% have gathered to decide which...
273) A lady in the making
Author
Series
Prairie dreams volume 3
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
318 pages : portrait ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Millie Evans is used to a life of petty crime. But over the past year she's changed and wants to leave her sordid past behind, even if her brother Sam has other plans. When Sam leaves to join a gang of outlaws, Millie heads to Cheyenne and the safety of her cousins, where she hopes to get a new start. But during her trip, David Stone boards the stagecoach and Millie is confronted with her past. David is on his way to England to claim his title and...
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"After college, Kerbeck rushed to New York to try to make it as an actor. But to support himself, he'd need a survival job, and before he knew it, while his pals were waiting tables, he began his apprenticeship as a corporate spy. As his acting career started to take off, he found himself hobnobbing with Hollywood luminaries: drinking with Paul Newman, taking J.Lo to a Dodgers game, touring E.R. sets with George Clooney. He even worked with O.J. Simpson...
275) Operation petticoat
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
World War 2 comedy about a submarine commander who finds himself stuck with a decrepit (and pink) sub, a con-man executive officer and a group of Army nurses.
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 635 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Leverage focuses on a team led by former insurance investigator turned thief, Nate Ford ... Together, they try to level the playing field for people whose lives have been destroyed by the rich and powerful. In the final season of Leverage, the team will be forced to face changing personal dynamics as the relationship between Parker ... and Hardison ... heats up, and Nate continues to struggle with inner demons"--Container.
Author
Series
Pony-crazed princess volume 8
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
88 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the king and queen hire a top designer named Lord Leo to redecorate the palace, Princess Ellie has a feeling that he is not all he pretends to be and she uses her ponies to prove it.
Author
Series
Harlequin historicals volume 909
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
281 ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Booklogix
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xi, 154 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this consumer-oriented handbook, Dale shares his seven-step strategy to becoming a savvy consumer. Learn how to identify a scam before you get swindled--this time, experience won't be your teacher. His investigative standard, vetted across numerous businesses, lays down both offensive and defensive tactics for getting the jump on con artists and saving your hard-earned money. Don't get scammed, get smart!" --