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Over 10 million copies sold worldwide! * Now A Broadway Musical Starring Grant Gustin and Isabella McCalla
#1 New York Times Bestseller * A Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, & USA Today Bestseller
"This colorful headlong tale of a Depression-era circus simply can't be beat." —Stephen King
A Major Motion Picture starring
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 22 cm
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"In 1911, Europe's strongest woman, Mabel MacGinnis, loses everything she's ever known and sets off for America in hopes of finding the mother she's just discovered is still alive. When circus aerialist Isabella Moreau's daughter suddenly appears, she is forced to face the truth of where, and in what, she derives her worth"--
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Pub. Date
2011
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For anyone who loves the historical novels of Sara Gruen, Geraldine Brooks, and E. L. Doctorow, a barnstorming tale of an irrepressible, brawling, bawdy era and the remarkable woman who had the courage to match the unique spirit of America’s Gilded Age.
She was only two feet, eight inches tall, but more than a century later, her legend reaches out to us. As a child, Mercy Lavinia “Vinnie” Warren Bump was encouraged to live...
She was only two feet, eight inches tall, but more than a century later, her legend reaches out to us. As a child, Mercy Lavinia “Vinnie” Warren Bump was encouraged to live...
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Pub. Date
2021
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"Someone's put a blade in the back of the Amazing Tattooed Woman, and Willowjean 'Will' Parker's former knife-throwing mentor has been stitched up for the crime. To uncover the truth, Will and her boss, world-famous detective Lillian Pentecost, travel south to the circus where they find a snakepit of old grudges, small-town crime, and secrets worth killing for ... To make matters worse the prime suspect is Valentin Kalishenko, the man who taught Will...
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Nonagenarian Jacob Jankowski reflects back on his wild and wondrous days with a circus. It's the Depression Era and Jacob, finding himself parentless and penniless, joins the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. There he meets the freaks, grifters, and misfits that populate this world. He introduces us to Marlena, beautiful star of the equestrian act; to August, her charismatic but twisted husband (and the circus's animal trainer); and...
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 22 cm
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"As a Gracekeeper, Callanish administers shoreside burials, laying the dead to their final resting place deep in the depths of the ocean. Alone on her island, she has exiled herself to a life of tending watery graves as penance for a long-ago mistake that still haunts her. Meanwhile, North works as a circus performer with the Excalibur, a floating troupe of acrobats, clowns, dancers, and trainers who sail from one archipelago to the next, entertaining...
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Series
Three thieves volume 3
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
116 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Dessa, Topper and Fisk are still running from the Queen's Dragons and trying to find Dessa's missing twin brother. But when Dessa inadvertently rescues a prince putting kingdoms at stake and love on the line, the adventure quickly becomes a royal mess!
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Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 21 cm
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In 1940 Paris, 20-year-old Michel Bonnet, to escape the Nazis, joins the circus where he first sees Frieda - dark-haired, mysterious and also fleeing the Germans - who is harboring a secret that places him in more danger than he could ever know.
15) Conspiracy game
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Ghostwalkers volume 4
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Christine Feehan's dynamic fusion of steamy romance, riveting suspense, and paranormal phenomena has made her books mainstays of the New York Times best-seller list. In Conspiracy Game, fiery passion erupts between GhostWalker Jack Norton and trapeze artist Briony-predetermined soulmates through genetic engineering-as they combat a corrupt scientist's evil machinations.
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Louise Trapeze volume 1
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
105 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Description
"Six-year-old Louise Trapeze lives at the circus and can't wait to fly on the trapeze until she discovers that she is afraid of heights"--
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 105 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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An original musical screenplay brings to life the story of P.T. Barnum and his creation of "the greatest show on Earth". Rising from nothing, P.T. sets out to make a better life for his family. His creativity and drive take him on an fantastic journey beyond what he or anyone else could have imagined. In the end he creates a magical experience that will be enjoyed and celebrated by generations to come.
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Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
368 pages ; 18 cm
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Boundary lines: A feud has been simmering for years between two Montana families, and Jillian Baron and Aaron Murdock seem determined to carry it into another generation. But a threat from a common enemy forces feisty Jillian and irresistible Aaron to finally come a little bit closer. Now their historical mistrust is pitted against an unexpected passion neither is able to deny. They say good fences make good neighbors, but true love can easily tear...
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Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
viii, 356 pages ; 21 cm
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"On a summer evening in 1931, Lilly Blackwood glimpses circus lights from the grimy window of her attic bedroom. Lilly isn't allowed to explore the meadows around Blackwood Manor. She's never even ventured beyond her narrow room. Momma insists it's for Lilly's own protection, that people would be afraid if they saw her. But on this unforgettable night, Lilly is taken outside for the first time--and sold to the circus sideshow. More than two decades...
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