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Mysteries of Martha's Vineyard volume 24
Pub. Date
[2019]
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"Priscilla and Gerald's preparations for their upcoming nuptials are interrupted when Gerald's heirloom eighteenth-century ship's figurehead is stolen from the East Shore Historical Museum. While the police try to track down the culprit, elderly Alzheimer's patient Tom Campbell claims he knows how it was done, but he doesn't remember who did it or when. It soon appears, however, that the thief would rather get rid of the old man than have him remember...
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Mysteries of Lancaster County volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
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"When Mary rekindles her love of painting, using the picturesque local cemetery as her backdrop, she stumbles on a personal family mystery. " -- from publisher.
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Mehl Nancy volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
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"Nestled among Pennsylvania's rolling hills is Bird-in-Hand, a tiny village where Amish, Mennonites, and Englishers live side by side. It's here where the close-knit Classen sisters reunite after inheriting their family home-a beautiful Victorian farmhouse-with hopes of reopening their grandmother's incredibly popular gift and thrift store, Secondhand Blessings, housed in the centuries-old barn next to the house. Soon life in this quiet community...
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Pub. Date
c2009
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"We grow up with stories of Abraham Lincoln splitting logs, reading by candlelight, standing tall in a stovepipe hat. But this volume takes us far beyond the well-known facts and fables, promising a deeper and broader journey to explore not only Lincoln's wisdom, integrity, and humor, but also his place in America and the world. In Abraham Lincoln's Extraordinary Era, hundreds of rare images, anecdotes, and discoveries reveal new truths about the...
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"The remarkable, little-known story of Belle da Costa Greene, J. P. Morgan's personal librarian-who became one of the most powerful women in New York despite the dangerous secret she kept in order to make her dreams come true, from New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict and acclaimed author Victoria Christopher Murray. In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. Pierpont Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts, books,...
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Library mouse books volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Sam, the shy mouse that lives in the library and likes to write books, and his friend Sarah, visit a museum and write about their experience in each of their journals. Sam shows Sarah that journals can include drawings and artifacts as well as the written word.
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First edition library mystery volume 3
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"When a mysterious stranger turns up making claims that threaten Lady Fowling's legacy, Hayley Burke must dig deep into her late-benefactor's history to uncover the truth and catch a conniving killer in this new mystery from USA Today bestselling author Marty Wingate. It has been nearly a year since I took up my position as curator of Lady Georgiana Fowling's collection of Golden Age of Mystery writers' first editions at her library in Middlebank...
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Pub. Date
2014.
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"In 2011 [the author/artist] was invited by the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City to curate an exhibit based on their collection. Like a shopper in some great, mad department store that housed many centuries' worth of objects, [she] browsed and inspected their archives for a year or so. The pieces that [she] chose were based on one thing only-- a gasp of delight."--Introduction.
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First edition library mystery volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"Hayley Burke is determined to make the First Edition Library a success in every way but was not counting on having to solve an old friend's murder in this all-new mystery from USA Today bestselling author Marty Wingate. I am happy to report that I am finally settling in to my position as curator of Lady Fowling's collection of first edition mysteries at the First Edition Library in Middlebank House. I have even made progress with Lady Fowling's former...
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First edition library mystery volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"Hayley Burke has landed a dream job. She is the new curator of Lady Georgiana Fowling's First Edition library. The library is kept at Middlebank House, a lovely Georgian home in Bath, England. Hayley lives on the premises and works with the finicky Glynis Woolgar, Lady Fowling's former secretary. Mrs. Woolgar does not like Hayley's ideas to modernize The First Edition Society and bring in fresh blood. And she is not even aware of the fact that Hayley...
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Pub. Date
[2014]
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"True Wild West on the Colorado Plains is a series of short stories about historical events in the every day lives of pioneers on the eastern plains of Colorado. They tell of indian battles, crimes, murders, hangings, and other adventures. These true tales are taken mostly from old time newspaper accounts"--Amazon.com.