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41) Caribou
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the caribou, describing their physical characteristics, eating habits, and migratory behavior.
Author
Series
Merlini's mastery of misdirection enables him to assist his friend with the NYPD Insp. Homer Gavigan who has two bizarre murder cases to solve. In one anthropologist Cesare Sabbat was found on a pentagram in a locked room all of whose keyholes were stuffed with cloth on the inside. Around the pentagram were written the names of various deities and demons including that of Surgat "who opens all locks." The second case is quite similar. Rawson bends over backward to play fair with the reader. He not only leaves relevant clues in plain sight but at the start focuses the reader's attention on the essential questions "what it was that all suspects had in common" and "what the two things were that one of them was able to do that no one else could possibly have done."
Great Merlini
Thorndike Press large print mystery
Otto Penzler's classic American mystery library
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Great Merlini
Thorndike Press large print mystery
Otto Penzler's classic American mystery library
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Language
English
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Description
"Now retired from the tour circuit on which he made his name, master magician The Great Merlini spends his days running a magic shop in New York's Times Square and his nights moonlighting as a consultant for the NYPD. The cops call him when faced with crimes so impossible that they can only be comprehended by a magician's mind. In the most recent case, two occultists are discovered dead in locked rooms, one spread out on a pentagram, both appearing...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Raccoons are called "nature's bandits" for some very good reasons. The black "mask" over their eyes and their talent at stealing food are just two. These nocturnal animals can be found nearly everywhere, even your backyard. In this book, readers will learn much more about raccoons, such as how they survive the winter and how they take care of their young. Colorful photographs emphasize the many fascinating behaviors of the raccoon.
50) Racing the waves
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
On their second adventure, Red the Time Dragon transports Joe and Lilly to the Flying Cloud, a clipper ship on a record-setting trip from New York to San Francisco in 1851.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Dover Thrift Editions.
Language
English
Description
"The Irish poet and playwright's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, appears in this splendid showcase of philosophy and wit. Additional selections include Wilde's ever-popular comedy, The Importance of Being Earnest; his essay on aestheticism, "The Decay of Lying: An Observation"; his prison letter, "De Profundis"; and other works of poetry and prose"--
56) The reader
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Language
English
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"Set in a world where reading is unheard-of, Sefia makes use of a mysterious object to track down who kidnapped her aunt Nin and what really happened the night her father was murdered"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the the Greek mythical queen, Cassiopeia, and the constellation named for her. Cassiopeia's pride earned the wrath of Poseidon, the god of the sea, and put her beautiful daughter Andromeda in the path of a sea monster. Provides information on how to locate the constellation in the night sky.
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