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181) Who was Roald Dahl?
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
102 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Roald Dahl is one of the most famous children's book authors ever. Now in this Who Was-- ? biography, children will learn of his real-life adventures. A flying ace for the British Air Force, he was married to an Academy Award-winning actress. He also wrote books and screenplays for adults. Entertaining and readable, this biography has 80 black-and-white illustrations.
182) A novel way to die
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
383 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxvi, 652 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
First published in 1897, Dracula has had a long and multifaceted afterlife - one rivaling even its immortal creation; yet Bram Stoker has remained a hovering specter in this pervasive mythology. In Something in the Blood, David J. Skal exhumes the inner world and strange genius of the writer who birthed an undying cultural icon, painting an astonishing portrait of the age in which Stoker was born - a time when death was no metaphor but a constant...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 484 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
This new biography of the brilliant Southern author of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is based on newly available letters and journals and traces how she captured the heart and longing of the outcast.
Author
Series
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
�2002
Physical Desc
265 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jessica Fletcher has settled in France for a much-needed monthlong holiday. And bucolic, idyllic Provence offers Jess plenty of diversions, as she soakes up Gallic charms, immerses herself in the romantic language, and enjoys classes with esteemed chef Emil Bertrand. But her gastronomic getaway is cut short when someone stabs Chef Bertrand with one of his customized carving knives. To Jessica's chagrin, the murder weapon is found too close to home,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From his years serving in British Intelligence during the Cold War to a career as a writer that took him from war-torn Cambodia to Beirut on the cusp of the 1982 Israeli invasion to Russia before and after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, John Le Carre has always written from the heart of modern times. In this, his highly anticipated memoir, Le Carre is as funny as he is incisive, reading into the events he witnesses the same moral ambiguity with...
187) The prey
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
564 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Dodd, Mead & Company
Pub. Date
1916
Physical Desc
319 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
In "An Autobiography" (1883), Trollope turns his eye inward, examining his rich and diverse life-his troubled youth, his failed political career, and his unique writing process-this work proves to be as insightful as it is entertaining. A classic in itself, "An Autobiography" is a revealing account of one of the 19th century's most enigmatic authors.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First North American edition.
Physical Desc
295 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Josephine and Archie gather with friends to celebrate the holidays on 1938 Cornwall’s stormy coast before the festivities are interrupted by two brutal deaths on St. Michael’s Mount and the arrival of a world-famous film star.
190) My losing season
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 27
Physical Desc
402 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A triple homicide in a small Pennsylvania town is no small event. And when one of the locals is a writer with a hefty dose of curiosity, the secrets that people have been trying their best to hide never stay hidden for long... Acclaimed author Randall Silvis pushes the boundaries of crime fiction with The Deepest Black, a gripping and twisty novel written in the style of a true crime memoir that blends fact and fiction and leaves the reader guessing...
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
194 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
""Love is our only hope," Anne Lamott writes in this perceptive new book. "It is not always the easiest choice, but it is always the right one, the noble path, the way home to safety, no matter how bleak the future looks." In Somehow: Thoughts on Love, Lamott explores the transformative power that love has in our lives: how it surprises us, forces us to confront uncomfortable truths, reminds us of our humanity, and guides us forward. "Love just won't...
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Zora was a girl who hankered for tales like bees for honey. Now, her mama always told her that if she wanted something, "to jump at de sun", because even though you might not land quite that high, at least you'd get off the ground. So Zora jumped from place to place, from the porch of the general store where she listened to folktales, to Howard University, to Harlem. And everywhere she jumped, she shined sunlight on the tales most people hadn't been...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
391 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Traces the author's healing journey after a traumatizing sexual assault at infamous St. Paul's boarding school, describing how she helped police uncover proof of the school's institutionalized mandate of silence.