Johnny Heller
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Get to know Tom Sawyer and his friends as he gets into all kinds of shenanigans on the Mississippi River! In addition to being a fun experience, this beautifully illustrated story features original music performed by Tim Oehlers. This adapted and condensed version of the tale by Mark Twain will introduce young audiences to the beloved characters from the original and give them a taste of the adventure-filled classic. About the 10 Minute Classics series:...
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Get to know Tom Sawyer and his friends as he gets into all kinds of shenanigans on the Mississippi River! In addition to being a fun experience, this beautifully illustrated story features original music performed by Tim Oehlers. This adapted and condensed version of the tale by Mark Twain will introduce young audiences to the beloved characters from the original and give them a taste of the adventure-filled classic. About the 10 Minute Classics series:...
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Follows Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story and into eight more tales, encountering such wicked creatures as witches, along with kindly strangers and other helpful folk. Based in part on the Grimms' fairy tales Faithful Johannes, Hansel and Gretel, The seven ravens, Brother and sister, The robber bridegroom, and The devil and his three golden hairs.
10) Noir: a novel
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Madcap, zany noir set on the mean streets of post-World War II San Francisco. Sammy "Two Toes" Tiffin is the bartender in a scruffy gin joint, with street connections that make him the go-to guy for just about everything. When one of his schemes goes south and his lady vanishes, Sammy follows a tortuous trail from Chinatown to Telegraph Hill to a hidden forest enclave in a desperate search to find his girl. Meanwhile, a suspicious flying object has...
11) The good girl
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The daughter of a prominent Chicago judge and his socialite wife, inner-city art teacher Mia Dennett is taken hostage by her one-night stand, Colin Thatcher, who, instead of delivering her to his employers, hides her in a secluded cabin in rural Minnesota to keep her safe from harm.
12) Naked heat
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When New York's most vicious gossip columnist, Cassidy Towne, is found dead, NYPD Homicide Detective Heat uncovers a gallery of high profile suspects, all with compelling motives for killing the most feared muckraker in Manhattan. Heat's murder investigation is complicated by her surprise reunion with superstar magazine journalist Jameson Rook.
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"Zed, Brock, and their friends may have saved Freestone from destruction, but the fight against the Dangers is far from over. No one knows what to expect from the dark power that forced the elves to abandon their city. And the influx of elf refugees in Freestone strains resources and brews resentment among the townspeople. When tensions reach an all-time high, Quee Me'Shala, leader of the elves, approaches the Adventurers Guild with a mission. She...
18) Satch & Me
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"You wanna know who threw the fastest pitch ever?"
Many baseball players claim that Satchel Paige was the fastest pitcher in the history of the game. Stosh and his coach, Flip Valentini, are on a mission to find out. With radar gun in tow, they travel back to 1942 and watch Satch pitch to power hitter Josh Gibson in the Negro League World Series. They soon learn that everything about Satch is fast—whether it's his talking, driving,
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For the past thirty years, David Mamet has been a controversial and defining force in theater and film, championing the most cherished liberal values along the way. His characters have explored the ethics of the business world, embodied the struggles of the oppressed, and faced the flaws of the capitalist system. But in recent years Mamet has had a change of heart. He realized that the so-called mainstream media outlets he relied on were irredeemably...