Grover Gardner
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Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for more than twenty years. When a shocking crime shatters their New England town, Andy is blindsided by what happens next: his fourteen-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student. As the crisis reveals how little a father knows about his son, Andy will face a trial of his own-- between loyalty and justice, between truth and allegation, between...
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"In March 1865, the long and bitter War between the States is winding down. Till now, twenty-three-year-old Simon Boudlin has evaded military duty thanks to his slight stature, youthful appearance, and utter lack of compunction about bending the truth. But following a barroom brawl in Victoria, Texas, Simon finds himself conscripted, however belatedly, into the Confederate Army. Luckily his talent with a fiddle gets him a comparatively easy position...
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"In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust. In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels through northern Texas, giving live readings from newspapers...
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English
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Presents a biography of Alexander Hamilton, one of the most important figures in the history of American politics never elected to the presidency, discussing his childhood as an orphan in the Caribbean, his marriage and family, and his death in a duel, and examining his multifaceted role in the formation of U.S. government.
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W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
1st Norton pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
480 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? In this groundbreaking book, evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible for history's broadest patterns. Here, at last, is a world history that really is a history of all the world's peoples, a unified narrative of human...
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Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
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The Sound and the Fury is the story of the Compson family, a bourgeois Jackson, Mississippi family in the early 1900's. The novel is divided into four sections, each told by a different character. The three Compson sons, Benjy, Quentin and Jason Compson, and the family's black servant, Dilsey Gibson, each have their own section in which they tell their collective story.
9) Play dead
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Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 308 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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It began innocently enough with the rescue of a golden retriever who was about to be euthanized, but now New Jersey defense attorney Andy Carpenter was up to his well-intentioned heart in the middle of an old case that sent a man to prison for a murder he possibly didn't commit. Planning to use the dog as a witness in court, he soon discovers that there are some people who will do anything to prevent a new trial.
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English
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Lewis details the life of University of Mississippi football player Michael Oher, who was raised by a crack addicted mother and adopted at the age of sixteen by a wealthy family, and explores the rising importance and salary of the offensive left tackle in the game of football.
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2009
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451 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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Recounts the life of Frank Lloyd Wright as told through the experiences of the four women who loved him: the Montenegrin beauty Olgivanna Milanoff; the passionate Southern belle Maud Miriam Noel; the spirited Mamah Cheney, tragically killed; and his young first wife, Kitty Tobin.
12) Bark of night
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English
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"When defense lawyer Andy Carpenter's veterinarian asks to speak to him privately at the checkup of his golden retriever, Tara, the last thing Andy expects is Truman. Tiny, healthy, French bulldog Truman was dropped off days ago with instructions to be euthanized by a man everyone thought was his owner. But now the owner is nowhere to be found. Andy is furious. Who would want to euthanize a perfectly healthy dog with no explanation? He is willing...
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Simon and Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2012.
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636 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
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English
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A detailed account of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge providing background on its engineering history as well as the political and social climate of the late-nineteenth century.
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Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2004
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249 p. ; 20 cm.
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English
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Montalbano's gruesome discovery of a naked young woman suffocated in her bed immediately sets him on a search for her killer. Among the suspects are her aging husband, a famous doctor; a shy admirer, now disappeared; and antiques-dealing lover from Bologna; and the victim's friend Anna, whose charms Montalbano cannot help but appreciate. But it is a mysterious, reclusive violinist who holds the key to this murder.
15) New tricks
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Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
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309 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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Attorney Andy Carpenter is about to represent an adorable Bernese mountain dog puppy, whose owner was brutally murdered, in a custody fight. Few can rival Andy's affection for dogs, and he will do whatever it takes to insure that this little pup doesn't fall into the wrong hands. But his playful new friend possesses a deadly and valuable secret that a number of people are willing to resort to violence to obtain.
16) Deck the hounds
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Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"Reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter doesn't usually stop to help others, but seeing a dog next to a homeless man inspires him to give the pair some money to help. It's just Andy's luck that things don't end there. Soon after Andy's encounter with them, man and dog are attacked in the middle of the night on the street. The dog defends its new owner, and the erstwhile attacker is bitten but escapes. But the dog is quarantined and the man, Don Carrigan,...
17) Sudden death
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Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
2006.
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323 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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New Jersey attorney Andy Carpenter is recruited to defend New York Giants' running back Kenny Schilling who has been accused of murdering Tony Preston, a wide receiver for the Jets, and he continues to believe in his client's innocence, even when investigators discover the victim is not the first of Kenny's old acquaintances to die under odd circumstances.
18) Outfoxed
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Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2017.
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326 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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"Defense lawyer Andy Carpenter spends as much time as he can working on his true passion, the Tara Foundation, the dog rescue organization he runs. Lately, Andy has been especially involved in a county prison program where inmates help train dogs the Tara Foundation has rescued to make them more adoptable, benefiting both the dogs and the prisoners. One of the prisoners Andy has been working with is Brian Atkins, who has 18 months left on a 5-year...
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Sigma Force novels volume 3
Publisher
Harper Audio
Pub. Date
p2006
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
12 sound discs (ca. 15 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The elite scientists of Sigma Force race to crack the ultimate mystery of mankind in a quest that will save or destroy the human race.
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English
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Pulitizer Prize biographer Robert A. Caro follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career, describing Johnson's volatile relationship with John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy during the fight they waged for the 1960 Democratic nomination for president, through Johnson's unhappy vice presidency, his assumption to the presidency after Kennedy's assassination, his victories over the budget and civil...