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141) True raiders: the untold story of the 1909 expedition to find the legendary Ark of the Covenant
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xii, 350 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"True Raiders is The Lost City of Z meets The Da Vinci Code, from critically acclaimed author Brad Ricca. This book tells the untold true story of Monty Parker, a British rogue nobleman who, after being dared to do so by Ava Astor, the so-called "most beautiful woman in the world," headed a secret 1909 expedition to find the fabled Ark of the Covenant. This amazing tale not only inspired the blockbuster film Raiders of the Lost Ark but stands on its...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
343 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The small, run-down town of Eden is the only place Jenny Burns has ever called home. The roots of the trees are in her bones, the air of the mountains is in her breath, the lakes and rivers are in her blood. And that’s why, when her father loses his job and tells Jenny that they may have to move on from Eden, she knows she can’t let that happen. The fever of New Zealand’s gold rush still runs in the veins of Eden, and everyone...
143) Effigy: Volume 1
Author
Series
Effigy (2015) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
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Description
"After a sex-tape scandal, former Hollywood child star turned Z-lister Chondra Jackson returns to her hometown of Effigy Mound, IL, to find a seemingly impossible crime ; a fresh corpse in an ancient Indian burial site. Even weirder, the murder resembles a scene from an episode of her old TV show, Star Cop, a live-action children's show about a kid detective. As Chondra starts to investigate, she stumbles upon a bizarre cult that worships celebrities...
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
xvii, 564 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: An eyebrow-raising expose of the strange and shocking side of history's religions, cults, and spiritual movements. What is the meaning of life? Since the dawn of civilization, humankind has sought to answer the mysteries of existence. Unfortunately this restless search for the divine has, all too often, driven seekers in regrettable directions-toward the comically ridiculous and irrational but also the frighteningly horrific and...
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
xiv, 322 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mesoamerica" is a term used to define a culture area encompassing present-day Mexico and Central America. Characterized by similarities in agricultural development, urbanization and ceremonial practice, great civilizations rose in the region well before the arrival of the Europeans in the "New World." At once accessible - the Maya, for example, were fully literate and left behind a complete written record of their unique society - and mysterious...
146) The book of witches
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xx, 484 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"With a breathtaking array of original stories from around the world, P. Djèlí Clark, Amal El Mohtar, Garth Nix, Darcie Little Badger, Sheree Renée Thomas, and two dozen other fantasy and science fiction geniuses bring a new and exciting twist to one of the most beloved figures in fiction, witches, in never-before-seen works written exclusively for The Book of Witches, compiled by award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan and illustrated by award-nominated...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
viii, 343 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling writer and psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom puts himself on the couch in a lapidary memoir Irvin D. Yalom has made a career of investigating the lives of others. In this profound memoir, he turns his writing and his therapeutic eye on himself. He opens his story with a nightmare: He is twelve, and is riding his bike past the home of an acne-scarred girl. Like every morning, he calls out, hoping to befriend her, "Hello Measles!" But in his...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
248 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Explores how some works and artists achieve longevity when most disappear after initial success.
"How did the movie The Shawshank Redemption fail at the box office but go on to gross more than $100 million as a cult classic? How did The 48 Laws of Power miss the bestseller lists for more than a decade and still sell more than a million copies? How is Iron Maiden still filling stadiums worldwide without radio or TV exposure forty years after the band...
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xvi, 264 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A collection of all-new Paris-themed essays written by some of the biggest names in women's fiction, including Paula McLain, Therese Anne Fowler, Maggie Shipstead, and Lauren Willig, edited by Eleanor Brown, the New York Times bestselling author of The Weird Sisters and The Light of Paris. 'My time in Paris,' says New York Times-bestselling author Paula McLain (The Paris Wife), 'was like no one else's ever.' For each of the eighteen bestselling authors...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1,296 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
From the film critics of The New York Times come these uncut, original reviews of the most popular and influential movies ever made -- from the Talkies to blockbusters like Chicago and The Wizard of Oz from timeless classics like Casablanca and Notorious, to beloved foreign films by Truffaut and Kurosawa, Fellini and Almodovar. The reviews reflect Hollywood history at its best. In addition, this volume includes: Full cast and production credits for...
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