Catalog Search Results
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Lottie Rebecca Lee is spoken into the world in Fayetteville, North Carolina by a Black nurse who declares, "Lord Jesus, if that ain't the blackest little baby born this side of heaven." Later, Lottie will prove that she is the ancestors' promise to unearth the Mississippi and Ghanaian atrocities that have tormented Benjamin Lee, her grandfather, who was born during the Great Depression in Mississippi's red clay tobacco fields, and Benjamin Junior,...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Our people are survivors," Calliope's great-grandmother once told her of their Puebloan roots-could Bisabuela's ancient myths be true? Anthropologist Calliope Santiago awakens to find herself in a strange and sinister wasteland, a shadow of the New Mexico she knew. Empty vehicles litter the road. Everyone has disappeared-or almost everyone. Calliope, heavy-bellied with the twins she carries inside her, must make her way across this dangerous landscape...
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Hard-up Russia expert Dr. Sam Gaddis finally has a lead for a book that could set his career back on track. He has staggering new information about an unknown sixth member of the infamous Cambridge spy ring -- a man who has evaded detection for his entire life. But when his source suddenly dies, Gaddis is left with just shreds of his investigation, and no idea that he is already in too deep.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Jason Todd, a.k.a. Red Hood, has been many things--a Robin, dead, the Red Hood--now he's back and he's embracing his bad side. With his new status as a villain, Red Hood plans to take down Gotham's underworld from the inside. Joined by a fallen Amazon named Artemis and a half-baked Superman clone named Bizarro, this dark trinity will soon discover that the line between hero and villain is harder to discern than they might think"--
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Español
Description
Joaquín Aguirre es un ingeniero que muere después de haberse pasado la mayor parte de su vida buscando los restos de un galeón es-pañol del siglo XVIII que se asegura hundido en el Golfo de México y que guardaría un gran tesoro en su interior. Joaquín lega el barco con el que ha estado buscando el galeón a Juan, un hijo que tuvo en una relación extra-matrimonial. Esto desencadena la ira del resto de sus hijos, que intentarán a toda costa...
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Cahill files volume 1
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the first Vesper attack on Jan van Eyck's altarpiece at Ghent in the 1600s, then jumps to WWII and young Grace Cahill's desperate bid to save the masterwork from the Nazis.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
For 500 years, the Cahills have been the most powerful family in the world. For 500 years, they've protected the source of their power - the 39 Clues. And for 500 years, they've kept their secrets silent. Until now. This extraordinary stand-alone novel cracks open the Cahill vault to tell the story of the most coveted piece of artwork in the world, a masterpiece that has been the target of seven separate theft attempts: Jan van Eyck’s altarpiece...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
As 1899 draws to a close, Frank and Sarah Malloy are ready to celebrate the New Year--and century--at Trinity Church when they notice Mr. Pritchard, a neighbor's relative, behaving oddly and annoying the other revelers. When Frank tries to intervene and convince Pritchard to return home with them, he refuses and Frank loses him in the crowd. The next morning Sarah and Frank are horrified to learn Pritchard was murdered sometime in the night, his body...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Purchase Suggestion Service. Submit Request