Paul Winfield
Author
Series
City Confidential volume 6
Description
Murders are rare in tranquil Delta Township, Michigan. So when a well-liked couple is gunned down in their home, residents are terrified--until police discover the monster accidentally left a trail of breadcrumbs leading right to his door.
Author
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City Confidential volume 7
Description
The quiet Sarasota neighborhood of Mirror Lake wakes up to a nightmare when a neighbor is found strangled to death. Detectives believe it's the result of a long-held grudge against the silver tongued car salesman, but they turn out to be dead wrong.
Author
Series
City Confidential volume 4
Description
An historic Texan town is stunned when a popular caretaker is found dead and a beloved, wealthy resident goes missing. But with support from a concerned community, detectives uncover the deep rooted secrets that led to murder.
Author
Series
City Confidential volume 1
Description
When an infant's body washes up on the shores of Deer Island, Massachusetts, residents rally to find out who she is, and what happened to her. Their unprecedented solidarity gets nationwide attention, helping police solve a heartbreaking mystery.
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Series
City Confidential volume 8
Description
When a city official is gunned down in Berryville, Virginia, shocked residents are left wondering who among them is a cold-blooded killer. As police dig into the victim's life, they learn not everyone held her in high regard.
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City Confidential volume 9
Description
East Millinocket, Maine is brought to its knees when its most popular teen turns up dead. For 38 years, answers elude police. With the help of a dedicated mother and a community that never forgets, the secret killer is finally exposed.
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City Confidential volume 2
Description
People in charming Hope Mills, North Carolina are on edge when a high school freshman vanishes while on her way to meet a friend. When she turns up dead three weeks later, the community rallies to flush out the killer.
Author
Series
City Confidential volume 5
Description
When a young woman's body is pulled from the ocean off the Big Island, Hawaii, accusations threaten to destroy the local community. As tensions grow, a surprising discovery leads detectives to a devastating truth that no one saw coming.
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Series
City Confidential volume 3
Description
A brutal double murder shocks Northern California's peace-loving and laid back Marin County. With residents reeling, police chase an elusive killer through three counties and multiple crime scenes to unravel a twisted tale of terror no one saw coming.
10) The Terminator
Pub. Date
[2001], c1984
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 2029, giant super-computers dominate the planet and to destroy man's future by changing the past, they send an indestructible cyborg, a Terminator, back in time to kill a woman whose unborn son will become mankind's only hope. Can Sarah protect herself from this unstoppable menace?
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (ca. 381 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Epic story covering a period in U.S. history from John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry in 1859 to the summer of 1865 following President Lincoln's death. Focuses on two related families living on either side of the Mason-Dixon line who find themselves at war with each other.
12) Queen
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (283 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The remarkable history of Alex Haley's paternal side. Queen is the daughter of a slave and a plantation owner. During the turbulent decades of the antebellum South, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and beyond, she searches for a home in the two cultures and at times is shunned by both. Rejection and hate are no match for her unconquerable will.
14) Gone Fishin'
Author
Series
Easy Rawlins mysteries volume 6
Description
On the road in a "borrowed" '36 Ford, nineteen-year-old Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins and his companion, Raymond "Mouse" Alexander, are on a perilous odyssey that takes them from Houston to a mysterious bayou world of voodoo, sex, revenge, and death. Their destination is desolate Pariah, Texas - Mouse's home once, and still home to his hated stepfather. Encountering violent and unexpected threats, Easy and Mouse forge bonds that will link them in the decades...
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Magic School Bus volume 1
Description
The principal, Mr. Ruhle, leaves his beloved chicken, Giblets, in Dorothy Ann's care. The Friz takes the class on a field trip to see how eggs are made.
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Series
Magic School Bus volume 7
Description
Ms. Frizzle's class learns all about color, light beams, reflection and refraction in this dazzling episode inside a light-powered pinball machine!
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Series
Magic School Bus volume 8
Description
Gravity pulls on Phoebe, so she can't slam-dunk. Ms. Frizzle takes the class into space and turns the Bus into a planet - with adjustable gravity!
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Series
Magic School Bus volume 13
Description
When Ms. Frizzle shrinks the class and sends them inside the computer for a guided tour, everything goes haywire. How the CPU will they solve this problem?
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Description
John F. Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States, and the youngest man elected to the office. He was assassinated at the age of 46 in 1963. Arthur Ashe was an African American professional tennis player who won more than forty singles titles, including the Australian Open, the U.S. Open, and Wimbledon. He died in 1993 at the age of 49 of AIDS-related pneumonia contracted during heart bypass surgery years earlier.
But imagine if the lives...
20) Sounder
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This is the story of an 11-year-old black youngster, "Boy." When his sharecropper father is arrested and sentenced to five years at hard labor after stealing food to feed his family, Boy embarks upon a journey to find out where his father has being imprisoned. Accompanied by his dog Sounder, Boy also makes the arduous crossover from boyhood to manhood, with the help and sometimes hindrance of various people along the road.