Simon Vance
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
p2005
Physical Desc
6 CDs (7 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The first novel of Trollope's Chronicles of Barsetshire series, this work introduces the fictional cathedral town of Barchester and many of its clerical inhabitants. Originally published in 1855, the story centers on Mr. Septimus Harding who has been granted the comfortable wardenship of Hiram's Hospital, an almshouse from a medieval charity of the diocese. Mr. Harding, a fundamentally good man and an excellent musician, conscientiously fulfills his...
Author
Series
Millennium trilogy volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 30
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the eve of publisher Mikael Blomkvist's story about sex trafficking between Eastern Europe and Sweden, two investigating reporters are murdered. And even more shocking for Mikael Blomkvist: the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to Lisbeth Salander--the troubled, wise-beyond-her-years genius hacker who came to his aid years before.
Author
Series
Millennium volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Formats
Description
The disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden, gnaws at her octogenarian uncle, Henrik Vanger. He is determined to know the truth about what he believes was her murder. He hires crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist, recently at the wrong end of a libel case, to get to the bottom of Harriet's disappearance. Lisbeth Salander, a twenty-four-year-old, pierced, tattooed genius hacker, possessed...
Author
Series
Millennium volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 33
Language
English
Formats
Description
While recovering in the hospital, Lisbeth Salander enlists the aid of journalist Mikael Blomkvist to prove her innocent of three murders and identify the corrupt politicians who have allowed her to suffer.
5) Bleak house
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 67
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the interminable case of 'Jarndyce and Jarndyce' grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being devoured by legal costs; Esther Summerson, a ward of court, whose parentage is a source of deepening mystery; the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn; the determined sleuth Inspector Bucket; and even Jo, the destitute little crossing-sweeper. A savage, but...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
The Picture of Dorian Gray is Oscar Wilde's story of a fashionable young man who attains eternal yourh while only his portrait grows old, hidden away in a locked room. Despite the young man's disintegration into a life of crime, his face never reflects the moral decay.
10) The art thief
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
8 CDs (10 hr.)
Language
English
Description
Rome: In the small church of Santa Giuliana, a magnificent Caravaggio altarpiece disappears without a trace in the middle of the night. Paris: In the basement vault of the Malevich Society, the curator is shocked to discover the disappearance of the Society's great treasure, White on White by Suprematist painter Kasimir Malevich. London: At the National Gallery of Modern Art, the museum's newest acquisition is stolen just hours after it was purchased...
Author
Series
Publisher
AudioGO
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
7 discs.
Language
English
Description
After a particularly bad streak of luck in Vegas, Charlie has retreated to Venice, having vowed to give up a life of crime to write crime fiction full time. But inspiration has yet to strike. And to make matters worse, Charlie's agent Victoria shows up at his door just as his prized first edition of The Maltese Falcon flies out the window with a femme fatale burglar. Blackmailed into committing a dastardly crime in order to get his book back, Charlie...
Author
Series
Publisher
High Bridge Audio
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
12 CDs.
Language
English
Description
According to Jewish legend, there are 36 righteous people on Earth at any given time. Without them, humanity would perish. But the 36 do not know they are the chosen ones, and many are dying. A monk in Beijing, an economist in Mumbai, a glassmaker in Venice and more have all perished under bizarre circumstances, with strange marks on their backs. Veteran Danish detective Niels Bentzon is called to investigate. He's ready to dismiss the assignment...