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The Copernicus Legacy: The Golden Vendetta

Author : Tony Abbott

Publisher : HarperCollins

Page : 209 pages

File Size : 34,57 MB

Release : 2015-08-25

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0062194534

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Filled with pulse-pounding action and cryptic codes, The Golden Vendetta is the third engrossing book in bestselling author Tony Abbott's cloak-and-dagger series for young readers. Fans of Rick Riordan and Ridley Pearson will love this adventurous series. It's been two months since the Kaplan family hunted down the Serpens relic, but when the evil Galina Krause suddenly and violently reappears, Wade, Darrell, Lily, and Becca have no choice but to face her again. Now they must race to find an artifact said to be crafted by Leonardo da Vinci himself—perhaps the strangest Guardian of all. Along the way, they uncover another layer to Galina's sinister endgame . . . and there might not be enough time to stop it. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts



The Saint

Author : Burl Barer

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 436 pages

File Size : 49,70 MB

Release : 2003-06-13

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 9780786416806

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The now legendary character created by Leslie Charteris has survived nearly three-quarters of a century of perilous action and narrow escapes with nary a hair out of place nor the slightest jolt to his jauntily tipped halo. From his earliest days battling "crooks, blood suckers, traders in vice and damnation" (and cracking the occasional safe on the side), the Saint has captured the imaginations of millions. Using the voluminous correspondence and writings of author Leslie Charteris and examining the many incarnations of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint," in other media, a detailed history emerges. Includes plot synopses of the radio and television programs, with air dates and production credits; descriptions of the movies and their credits; a bibliography, reviews of the books, and quotes from the principals.



Mexploitation Cinema

Author : Doyle Greene

Publisher : McFarland

Page : 203 pages

File Size : 50,56 MB

Release : 2015-01-28

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 1476600724

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Thanks in large part to an exploitation film producer and distributor named K. Gordon Murray, a unique collection of horror films from Mexico began to appear on American late-night television and drive-in screens in the 1960s. Ranging from monster movies clearly owing to the heyday of Universal Studios to the lucha libre horror films featuring El Santo and the "Wrestling Women," these low-budget "Mexploitation" films offer plenty of campy fun and still inspire cult devotion, yet they also reward close study in surprising ways. This work places Mexploitation films in their historical and cultural context and provides close textual readings of a representative sample, showing how they can be seen as important documents in the cultural debate over Mexico's past, present and future. Stills accompany the text, and a selected filmography and bibliography complete the volume.



Early Modern Japanese Literature

Author : Haruo Shirane

Publisher :

Page : 574 pages

File Size : 10,72 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Education

ISBN : 9780231144148

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This abridged edition of Haruo Shirane's popular anthology, Early Modern Japanese Literature, retains the essential texts that have made the original volume such a valuable resource. The book introduces English-speaking readers to prose fiction genres, including dangibon, kibyoshi (satiric picture books), sharebon (books of wit and fashion), yomihon, kokkeibon (books of humor), gokan (bound books), and ninjobon (books of romance and sentiment). It also features poetic genres such as waka, haiku, senryu, and kyoka, and plays ranging from Chikamatsu's puppet plays to nineteenth-century kabuki. Readers will continue to benefit from the anthology's selection of significant essays, treatises, literary criticism, folk stories, and other noncanonical works, as well as the numerous prints that accompanied these works. They will also find Shirane's introductions and critical commentary, which guide the reader through the allusive and often elliptical nature of these incredible selections.



The Golden Vendetta

Author : Tony Abbott

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 14,21 MB

Release : 2016-05-03

Category :

ISBN : 9781484482063

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Learning about the theft of a rare 16th-century astronomy book in the south of France, the Kaplans embark on a desperate hunt for a mysterious golden relic reputed to have been crafted by Leonardo da Vinci.



Yachting

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Page : 284 pages

File Size : 41,92 MB

Release : 2005-10

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Sound of the Crowd: a Discography of the '80s (Fourth Edition)

Author : Steve Binnie

Publisher : Lulu.com

Page : 286 pages

File Size : 33,22 MB

Release : 2018-11-05

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 0244129657

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SOUND OF THE CROWD: A DISCOGRAPHY OF THE '80s is the ultimate record collector's guide to the 1980s. In the era of multi-formatting, picture discs, coloured vinyl, multiple remixes, funny shaped records and tiny CDs you could lose down the back of the sofa, this book lists every format of every single, EP and album released in the UK in the 1980s by over 140 of the decade's biggest acts, from ABBA to Paul Young. This fourth edition has been fully revised and expanded to include even more acts than ever before, with additional sections to cover Band Aid-style charity congregations and compilation albums from the early '80s K-Tel efforts through to the Now That's What I Call Music series and its competitors. Compiled by Steve Binnie, editor of the '80s music website Sound of the Crowd and writer, producer and co-host of the unconventional '80s chart show Off The Chart, broadcast weekly on Mad Wasp Radio.



Vendetta's Victim

Author : Alex Matthews

Publisher : Big Earth Publishing

Page : 326 pages

File Size : 50,10 MB

Release : 1999-04

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9781890768140

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Cassidy's life is reasonably tranquil until an angry woman appears at her door with a letter. When Cass insists she doesn't know the letter writer, Cliff, the woman leaves the letter and storms off. In the letter, Cliff claims to have been a client himself and urges the woman to seek counseling. When a second such woman shows up, Cassidy learns that Cliff, a man with a vendetta, is on a crusade to seduce and savagely victimize women. Her new client refuses to go to the police, and Cassidy -- the only person who knows the full extent of Cliff's viciousness -- feels compelled to stop him.



The Last Chance: A Tale of the Golden West

Author : Rolf Boldrewood

Publisher : DigiCat

Page : 325 pages

File Size : 12,72 MB

Release : 2022-06-13

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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"The Last Chance: A Tale of the Golden West" By Rolf Boldrewood, the pen-name for Thomas Alexander Browne is one of his later books about traveling around the much uncharted Australian landscape. Though the author may be better known for his book "Robbery Under Arms" however though this work is less known, many consider it to be his masterpiece. Boldrewood lived an exciting and at times unconventional life, which made him uniquely qualified as an adventure writer. Readers will find themselves transported to an Australian outback that may no longer exist but in the minds of those who are able to imagine it.



The Man from Shadow Creek

Author : Rachel Armstrong

Publisher : Pink Paws Publishing

Page : 344 pages

File Size : 26,6 MB

Release : 2023-02-11

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0645355534

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Can the spirited doctor help the troubled bad boy shed his reputation and feel worthy of her love? Adam Maguire wore the title of Elizadale's bad boy with pride, until he woke in the park with no memory of the night before. Fearing the unknown, Adam re-evaluates his history of reckless behaviour and decides to build a business out of his passion for woodwork. But with his devious ex determined to lure him back, Adam doubts he will ever be free from his past. Doctor Natalia Hamilton has escaped the city after suffering harassment that left her confidence shattered. Reunited with her sister in Elizadale, Natalia hopes the small-town vibe will help her rediscover the value of her work. Dating is the last thing on her mind when she's constantly been burned by romance. Until Adam rides in on his motorcycle and takes her breath away. As sparks ignite between the unlikely couple, Adam and Natalia begin to trust again. But when a story about his forgotten night is revealed, can Adam determine the truth from a web of lies? Or is already to late for him to start over? Book Two of the Shadow Creek Series.