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81) Lost dogs
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"What begins as a search for a lost dog propels a group of unconnected characters into a difficult journey of self-discovery. Sessional English prof and aspiring writer, Brent, looks for his missing pit bull. His girlfriend, Katherine, an aspiring actress, refuses to help. Their relationship may not survive. Triggered by Brent's lost dog posters, fourteen-year-old Becca clamours for help. Her mother, Caroline, is too caught up with herself to notice...
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Burning Cove volume 3
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Polish
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"Niebanalna kobieta i tajemniczy mżczyzna stpaj po cienkiej linie namitności w śmiertelnie niebezpiecznej rozgrywce. Była trapezistka cyrkowa, Amalie Vaughn, przeprowadziła si do Burning Cove, aby zaczć wszystko od nowa. Ale nie wszystko idzie zgodnie z planem. Bo w Burning Cove nikt nie jest tym, kim si wydaje i nie tylko ludzie, ale i miejsca ukrywaj mroczn przeszłość. Tak jak dom, który kupiła, i mżczyzna, który pojawił si w jej życiu..."--Page...
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"On the run from some sore poker losers, gambler Lucas Stanton ducks into an office housing the "Great West Detective Agency"--followed by a client who mistakes him for a sleuth. Amanda Baldridge lives in one of Denver's more well-to-do neighborhoods, and someone has snatched Tovarich, her Russian wolfhound puppy. Unable to resolve this case of mistaken identity--and unwilling to refuse the up-front cash from such a lovely patron--Lucas agrees to...
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When nurse and fledgling pilot Lucinda Rhodes hires guitar-playing private detective Rolly Waters to track down a Stratocaster guitar owned by her deceased father, Rolly is thrilled to take on her case, especially when he learns the guitar's original owner may have been Jimi Hendrix. But Gerry Rhodes's reckless personal history leads to more questions than Rolly and Lucinda have bargained for, as an aging rock'n'roll impresario, his trophy wife, a...
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Comisario Caramba volume 3
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Español
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¿Quien se ha llevado la maleta amarilla del jovero? ¿Descubriran quien es el autor del grafiti del metro? ¿Quien es el fantasma del castillo de Wispelbrunn? El comisario Caramba conseguira resolver con su ingenio estas preguntas y muchas mas. ¿Podras hacerlo tu?
Commissioner Caramba is trying to solve a different case in each chapter of this book. Will the reader be able to help out with their own detective skills? In these stories a yellow suitcase...
86) The ticket
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"Channing Booker, a compulsive gambler, drug abuser, and philanderer whose marriage is failing, finally gets lucky and wins the Mega Millions lottery. Expecting an imminent divorce, and hoping to hide his new fortune from his wife Susan, Channing devises a scheme to have a friend claim the 241 million jackpot and secretly return the money to Channing after the divorce is final. But Susan flees with all of her possessions, including the rare book in...
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The world is filled with wonders, lost objects--all real--all still out there, waiting to be found: the missing Fabergé eggs of the Romanov dynasty, worth millions; the last reel of Alfred Hitchcock's first film; Buddy Holly's iconic glasses; Muhammad Ali's Olympic gold medal. How can such cherished objects simply vanish? Where are they hiding? And who on earth might be compelled to uncover them? Prepare to meet Gaddy Rhodes, a brittle Interpol agent...
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"Avery Broussard has the curse of seeing lost things (and make no mistake about it, it is a curse). Missing belongings and beloved pets, lost love and loved ones -- she sees it all. Long ago, that curse destroyed her own chance at true love, causing her to flee her Louisiana home, vowing never to return. She's kept that promise too, until a phone call from her estranged father forces her hand. Her big brother is dying, and she may be his last remaining...
90) Hidden treasures
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"In the wake of his mother's death, Harry doesn't know where to start. Her house is filled to the brim with objects of every kind--from pictures he drew as a child to books, papers, and boxes of who knows what. As he begins to sort through the objects, he must also deal with the powerful emotions each conjures up. And, to complicate matters further, his ex-girlfriend, Tabitha, turns up on the doorstep clutching a letter sent by his mother just before...
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"Rub̌n Pablo Alcocer tiene 54 ąos, es detective privado y vive en Saltillo. Pudo haber sido fil̤sofo y, quiz̀, m̀s le habr̕a valido, pues su m̀s reciente trabajo lo ha llevado a una situaci̤n por dem̀s complicada: un hombre y una mujer lo tienen amarrado a una silla, le han colocado una bolsa de pl̀stico sobre la cabeza y le han clavado palillos debajo de las ųas. Sus captores quieren saber d̤nde ha quedado la antigua gargantilla de diamantes...
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