Amy Stewart
Author
Language
English
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Description
Constance Kopp doesn't quite fit the mold. She towers over most men, has no interest in marriage or domestic affairs, and has been isolated from the world since a family secret sent her and her sisters into hiding fifteen years ago. One day a belligerent and powerful silk factory owner runs down their buggy, and a dispute over damages turns into a war of bricks, bullets, and threats as he unleashes his gang on their family farm. When the sheriff enlists...
Author
Series
Kopp sisters novels volume 2
Publisher
Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Mariner books edition.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The best-selling author of Girl Waits with Gun returns with another adventure featuring the fascinating, feisty, and unforgettable Kopp sisters. After besting (and arresting) a ruthless silk factory owner and his gang of thugs in Girl Waits with Gun, Constance Kopp became one of the nation's first deputy sheriffs. She's proven that she can't be deterred, evaded, or outrun. But when the wiles of a German-speaking con man threaten her position and...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
In this darkly comical look at the sinister side of our relationship with the natural world, Stewart has tracked down over one hundred of our worst entomological foes—creatures that infest, infect, and generally wreak havoc on human affairs. From the world’s most painful hornet, to the flies that transmit deadly diseases, to millipedes that stop traffic, to the “bookworms” that devour libraries, to the Japanese beetles munching on your roses,...
Author
Series
Kopp sisters novels volume 5
Publisher
Harcourt Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the fifth installment of Amy Stewart's clever and original Kopp sisters series, the sisters get some military discipline drilled into them--whether they're ready or not--as the U.S. prepares to enter World War I"-- Spring, 1917. American women have done something remarkable: they've banded together to create military-style training camps for women who want to serve. These so-called National Service Schools prove irresistible to the Kopp sisters,...
Author
Series
Kopp sisters novels volume 3
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The best-selling author of Girl Waits with Gun and Lady Cop Makes Trouble continues her extraordinary journey into the real lives of the forgotten but fabulous Kopp sisters ... Deputy sheriff Constance Kopp is outraged to see young women brought into the Hackensack jail over dubious charges of waywardness, incorrigibility, and moral depravity. The strong-willed, patriotic Edna Heustis, who left home to work in a munitions factory, certainly doesn't...
Author
Series
Kopp sisters novels volume 7
Publisher
Mariner Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Life after the war takes an unexpected turn for the Kopp sisters, but soon enough, they are putting their unique detective skills to use in new and daring ways"--
Author
Series
Kopp sisters novels volume 4
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Trailblazing Constance's hard-won job as deputy sheriff is on the line in Miss Kopp Just Won't Quit, the fourth installment of Amy Stewart's Kopp Sisters series"--
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books
Language
English
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Description
The New York Times-bestselling guide to botany and booze celebrates its 10th anniversary with an updated edition—now including a guide to planting your very own cocktail garden to go with more than fifty drink recipes. This fascinating, go-to text about the plants that make our drinks is the ideal gift book for every cocktail aficionado, the perfect drinks book for every plant-lover.
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