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A Midsummer's equation / by Higashino, Keigo,1958-author.; Higashino, Keigo,1958-Manatsu no Hoteishiki.English.; Smith, Alexander O.,translator.;
"Manabu Yukawa, the physicist known as "Detective Galileo," has traveled to Hari Cove, a once-popular summer resort town that has fallen on hard times. He is there to speak at a conference on a planned underwater mining operation, which has sharply divided the town. One faction is against the proposed operation, concerned about the environmental impact on the area, known for its pristine waters. The other faction, seeing no future in the town as it is, believes its only hope lies in the development project. The night after the tense panel discussion, one of the resort's guests is found dead on the seashore at the base of the local cliffs. The local police at first believe it was a simple accident-that he wandered over the edge while walking on unfamiliar territory in the middle of the night. But when they discover that the victim was a former policeman and that the cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning, they begin to suspect he was murdered, and his body tossed off the cliff to misdirect the police. As the police try to uncover where Tsukahara was killed and why, Yukawa finds himself enmeshed in yet another confounding case of murder. In a series of twists as complex and surprising as any in Higashino's brilliant, critically acclaimed work, Galileo uncovers the hidden relationship behind the tragic events that led to this murder"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Murder; Physicists;
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Black thorn / by Hilary, Sarah,author.;
Blackthorn Ashes was meant to be their forever home. For the first six families moving into the exclusive new housing development, it was a chance to live a peaceful life on the cliffs overlooking the Cornish sea, safe in the knowledge that it had been created just for them. But six weeks later, paradise is lost. Six people are dead. And Blackthorn Ashes is left abandoned and unfinished, its dark shadows hiding all manner of secrets. One of its surviving residents, Agnes Gale, is determined to find out the truth about what happened. Even if that truth is deadlier than she could have ever believed possible.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Families; Housing development; Secrecy;
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It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world [videorecording] / by Terry-Thomas,1911-1990,actor.; Backus, Jim,actor.; Berle, Milton,actor.; Brown, Joe E.(Joe Evan),1892-1973,actor.; Caesar, Sid,1922-2014,actor.; Durante, Jimmy,1893-1980,actor.; Falk, Peter,1927-2011,actor.; Hackett, Buddy,1924-2003,actor.; Keaton, Buster,1895-1966,actor.; Knotts, Don,1924-2006,actor.; Kramer, Stanley,presenter,film producer,film director.; Merman, Ethel,actor.; Pitts, ZaSu,1898-1963,actor.; Reiner, Carl,1922-actor.; Rooney, Mickey,actor.; Silvers, Phil,1911-1985,actor.; Tracy, Spencer,1900-1967,actor.; Winters, Jonathan,actor.; Criterion Collection (Firm); Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra,performer.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,production company.; Shirelles (Musical group),singer.; Three Stooges (Comedy team),actor.; United Artists Corporation,production company.;
Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Dorothy Provine, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Jim Backus, Ben Blue, Joe E. Brown, Alan Carney, Chick Chandler, Barrie Chase, Lloyd Corrigan, William Demarest, Selma Diamond (voice), Andy Devine, Peter Falk, Norman Fell, Paul Ford, Stan Freberg, Louise Glenn (voice), Leo Gorcey, Sterling Holloway, Marvin Kaplan, Edward Everett Horton, Buster Keaton, Don Knotts, Charles Lane, Mike Mazurki, Charles McGraw, Cliff Norton, Zasu Pitts, Carl Reiner, Madlyn Rhue, Roy Roberts, Arnold Stang, Nick Stewart, The Three Stooges, Sammee Tong, Jesse White, Jimmy Durante.About a group of strangers fighting tooth and nail over buried treasure, is the most grandly harebrained movie ever made, a pileup of slapstick and borscht-belt-y one-liners performed by a nonpareil cast.MPAA Rating: G.DVD: aspect ratio 2.76:1 widescreen presentation, Dolby Digital, region 1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Road films.; Screwball comedy films.; Treasure troves;
© 2014., Criterion Collection,
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It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world [videorecording] / by Terry-Thomas,1911-1990,actor.; Backus, Jim,actor.; Berle, Milton,actor.; Brown, Joe E.(Joe Evan),1892-1973,actor.; Caesar, Sid,1922-2014,actor.; Durante, Jimmy,1893-1980,actor.; Falk, Peter,1927-2011,actor.; Hackett, Buddy,1924-2003,actor.; Keaton, Buster,1895-1966,actor.; Knotts, Don,1924-2006,actor.; Kramer, Stanley,presenter,film producer,film director.; Merman, Ethel,actor.; Pitts, ZaSu,1898-1963,actor.; Reiner, Carl,1922-actor.; Rooney, Mickey,actor.; Silvers, Phil,1911-1985,actor.; Tracy, Spencer,1900-1967,actor.; Winters, Jonathan,actor.; Criterion Collection (Firm); Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra,performer.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,production company.; Shirelles (Musical group),singer.; Three Stooges (Comedy team),actor.; United Artists Corporation,production company.;
Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Dorothy Provine, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Jim Backus, Ben Blue, Joe E. Brown, Alan Carney, Chick Chandler, Barrie Chase, Lloyd Corrigan, William Demarest, Selma Diamond (voice), Andy Devine, Peter Falk, Norman Fell, Paul Ford, Stan Freberg, Louise Glenn (voice), Leo Gorcey, Sterling Holloway, Marvin Kaplan, Edward Everett Horton, Buster Keaton, Don Knotts, Charles Lane, Mike Mazurki, Charles McGraw, Cliff Norton, Zasu Pitts, Carl Reiner, Madlyn Rhue, Roy Roberts, Arnold Stang, Nick Stewart, The Three Stooges, Sammee Tong, Jesse White, Jimmy Durante.About a group of strangers fighting tooth and nail over buried treasure, is the most grandly harebrained movie ever made, a pileup of slapstick and borscht-belt-y one-liners performed by a nonpareil cast.MPAA Rating: G.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, 5.1 DTS-HD Digital surround.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Road films.; Screwball comedy films.; Treasure troves;
© 2014., Criterion Collection,
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Find me / by Monroe, J. S.,author.;
Five years ago, Rosa walked to the end of the pier in the dead of night. She looked into the swirling water, and jumped. She was a brilliant young Cambridge student who had just lost her father. Her death was tragic, but not unexpected. Was that what really happened? The coroner says it was. But Rosa's boyfriend Jar can't let go. He sees Rosa everywhere - a face on the train; a figure on the cliff. He is obsessed with proving that she is still alive. And then he gets an email. Find me, Jar. Find me, before they do ... Is Rosa really dead? And, if she is, who is playing games with the ones she left behind?
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Murder; Missing persons; Diaries; Suicide;
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A good house for children : a novel / by Collins, Kate,author.;
The Reeve stands on the edge of the Dorset cliffs, awaiting its next inhabitants. Despite Orla's misgivings, her husband insists this house will be the perfect place to raise their two children. In 1976, Lydia moves to Dorset as a nanny for a family grieving their patriarch. She soon starts to hear and feel things that cannot be real, but her bereaved employer does not listen when Lydia tells her something is wrong. Separated by forty years, both Lydia and Orla realise that the longer they stay at the Reeve, the more deadly certain their need to keep the children safe from whatever lurks inside it.
Subjects: Ghost stories.; Gothic fiction.; Novels.; Family secrets; Haunted houses; Mother and child;
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The last hill : the epic story of a ranger battalion and the battle that defined WWII / by Drury, Bob,author.; Clavin, Tom,1954-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Bob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Hill is the incredible untold story of one Ranger battalion's heroism and courage in World War II. They were known as "Rudder's Rangers," the most elite and experienced attack unit the Army had. In December 1944, they would be the spearhead into Germany, taking the war into Hitler's homeland at last. Their colonel was given this objective: Take Hill 400. The second objective: Hold Hill 400. To the last man, if necessary. The battle-hardened battalion had no idea that the German Volks-Grenadiers, who greatly outnumbered the Rangers, had been given the exact same orders. The clash of the two determined forces was one of the bloodiest and costly ones of World War II. Castle Hill, the imposing 400-foot mini-mountain the grunts simply called Hill 400, was the gateway to still-powerful Nazi Germany. Even an entire division had been repulsed by the desperate defenders. The Allies had to have it to drive a dagger into Germany's heart. Hitler had to hold onto it because hidden behind it was the massive army of men and machines poised to smash their way through Allied lines in the Battle of the Bulge. The stalemate could not continue. For Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and his top brass, there was only one solution: Send in the Rangers. After two days, when they were finally relieved, only 16 Rangers remained to stagger down from the top of Hill 400. The Last Hill is filled with unforgettable action and characters-a gripping, finely detailed saga of what the survivors of the battalion would call "our longest day.""--
Subjects: United States. Army. Ranger Battalion, 2nd.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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The salt path / by Winn, Raynor,author.;
"Just days after Raynor Winn learns that Moth, her husband of thirty-two years, is terminally ill, their house and farm are taken away, along with their livelihood. With nothing left and little time, they make the brave and impulsive decision to walk the 630 miles of the sea-swept South West Coast Path, from Somerset to Dorset, through Devon and Cornwall. Carrying only the essentials for survival on their backs, they live wild in the ancient, weathered landscape of cliffs, sea, and sky. Yet through every step, every encounter, and every test along the way, their walk becomes a remarkable and life-affirming journey"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Winn, Raynor.; Homeless persons; Husband and wife; Hikers; Life change events; Terminally ill; Wilderness survival;
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Perfect crime / by Fields, Helen,1969-author.;
Stephen Berry is about to jump off a bridge when a suicide prevention counsellor stops him. One week later, Stephen Berry is dead, found at the bottom of a cliff. But did he take his own life ... or was he pushed? A spate of murders sweeps across Edinburgh, and to make matters worse for DI Luc Callanach and DCI Ava Turner, the victims seem random and entirely unconnected. With no clear method for how the killer chooses their victims, Callanach and Turner are under more pressure than ever to identify the killer before it's too late. But as a separate murder case rears its head and places Callanach as the prime suspect, it seems like this killer might just be uncatchable ...
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Serial murder investigation; Suicide; Police; Serial murderers;
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The lighthouse witches / by Jess-Cooke, Carolyn,1978-author.;
"Upon the cliffs of a remote Scottish island, Lòn Haven, stands a lighthouse. A lighthouse that has weathered more than storms. Mysterious and terrible events have happened on this island. It started with a witch hunt. Now, centuries later, islanders are vanishing without explanation. Coincidence? Or curse? Liv Stay flees to the island with her three daughters, in search of a home. She doesn't believe in witches, or dark omens, or hauntings. But within months, her daughter Luna will be the only one of them left. Twenty years later, Luna is drawn back to the place her family vanished. As the last sister left, it's up to her to find out the truth ... But what really happened at the lighthouse all those years ago?"--
Subjects: Ghost stories.; Gothic fiction.; Paranormal fiction.; Islands; Lighthouses; Missing persons; Supernatural;
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