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Great expectations / by Dickens, Charles,1812-1870.; Cardwell, Margaret.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [xl]-xliii).After harsh early years, Pip, an orphan growing up in Victorian England, is given the means to become a gentleman by an unknown benefactor and learns that outward appearances can be deceiving.LSC
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Classics; Literary; Young men; Orphans; Inheritance and succession; Man-woman relationships;
© 2008., Oxford University Press,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Dark August : a novel / by Tallo, Katie,author.;
Augusta (Gus) Monet is living an aimless existence with her grifter boyfriend when she learns that her great grandmother--her last living relative--has just died. Ditching her boyfriend, Gus returns to the home she left as a young girl. Her inheritance turns out to be a dilapidated house and an old dog named Levi. While combing through her great grandmother's possessions, Gus stumbles across an old trunk filled with long-lost childhood belongings. But that's not all the trunk contains. She also discovers cold case files that belonged to her mother, a disgraced police detective who died in a car accident when Gus was eight. Gus remembers her mother obsessing over these very same documents and photographs, especially a Polaroid of a young ballerina. When Gus spots a front-page news story about the unearthing of a body linked to one of the cold case files from her childhood trunk, she can't resist following her mother's clues. As she digs deeper, determined to finish her mother's investigation, her search leads her to a deserted ghost town, which was left abandoned when the residents fled after a horrific fire. As Gus' obsession with the case grows, she inadvertently stirs up the evils of the past, putting her life in danger. But Gus is undeterred and is committed to uncovering long-buried secrets, including the secrets surrounding a missing geology student, the young ballerina in the Polaroid, a prominent family's devastating legacy, and a toxic blast that blew an entire town off the map. But is Gus ready to learn the truths that culminated on one terrible August night, more than a decade earlier, when lives were taken, and secrets were presumed buried forever ...? Dark August introduces a bold new voice and will leave readers guessing until the final startling conclusion.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Inheritance and succession; Homecoming; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Murder; Missing persons; Secrecy;
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Shang-Chi. [graphic novel] / by Yang, Gene Luen,author.; Ruan, Dike,illustrator.; Tan, Philip,1978-illustrator.; Cheng, Sebastian,colourist.; Lanham, Travis,letterer.;
"An ancient and evil secret society has remained in hiding since the death of their leader, Zheng Zhu. But now a successor has been chosen to shift the balance of power in the world: Zheng Zhu's son, Shang-Chi! In a fractious family reunion, Shang-Chi gets to know the siblings he never knew he had, including the deadly Sister Hammer! But who among them can he trust--and who is trying to kill him? Shang-Chi will find out the hard way as his life ends up on the line--and the only one who can save him ... is his father? But isn't he dead?!"--Back cover.T+.
Subjects: Superhero comics.; Action and adventure comics.; Graphic novels.; Superheroes; Inheritance and succession; Secret societies; Good and evil; Families;
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The lost masterpiece / by Shapiro, Barbara A.,1951-author.;
"In a gripping novel full of plot twists, B. A. Shapiro embeds us in a circle of famous painters in late-nineteenth-century Paris, centering on the anguished Impressionist artist Berthe Morisot -- the one woman in their midst who never got her due -- and the story of Morisot's great-great-great-great granddaughter, Tamara Rubin, who has inherited Édouard Manet's Party on the Seine, a painting that completely upends her life. When Tamara inherits Party, she discovers a long-hidden family history replete with unanswered questions: How had it been stolen by the Nazis? How had the painting managed to survive three disasters that destroyed every other artwork around it? And most of all, why had she never known about her ancestor, Berthe Morisot? As the painting begins to metamorphose into darker and more terrifying versions of itself, Tamara's ordinary life is thrown into turmoil. What wounds and resentments plagued Morisot, and to what lengths will her spirit go for revenge?"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Art thefts; Family secrets; Inheritance and succession; Paintings; Women artists;
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The glass house [videorecording (DVD)] by Sackheim, Dan.; Sobieski, Leelee,1982-; Lane, Diane; Skarsgård, Stellan.;
Leelee Sobieski, Diane Lane, Stellan Skarsgard.When Ruby's parents die and leave her a $4 million inheritance, she begins to suspect that her current foster parents, and parent's best friends, had something to do with her parents death and are after her money.CHV rating: 14A.MPAA rating: PG-13.NTSC 1, Dolby digital 5.1, surround. Anamorphic video.
Subjects: Inheritance and succession; Foster parents; Detective and mystery films; Video recordings for the hearing impaired; Feature films;
© c2001., Columbia TriStar Home Video,
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Made in Italy. by D'Arcy, James,film director.; Neeson, Liam,actor.; Duncan, Lindsay,actor.; Quaglia, Marco,actor.; Richardson, Micheál,actor.; Bilello, Valeria,actor.; Photon Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Liam Neeson, Lindsay Duncan, Marco Quaglia, Micheál Richardson, Valeria BilelloOriginally produced by Photon Films in 2020.A bohemian artist travels from London to Italy with his estranged son to sell the house they inherited from his late wife.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Comedy.; Romance.; Families.;
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Just one taste / by Dent, Lizzy,author.;
"Fresh-caught squid, handmade pasta, and the salt of the Sicilian summer breeze might just give a jaded food critic the long-lost ingredients for la dolce vita in this ... romance"--
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Novels.; Cooks; Family-owned business enterprises; Inheritance and succession; Man-woman relationships; Restaurants; Restaurateurs; Women food writers;
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In Myrtle peril / by Bunce, Elizabeth C.;
"Myrtle Hardcastle's search for a missing heiress, presumed lost at sea, runs aground when a murder in plain sight has no apparent victim"-- Provided by publisher.Ages 9-12.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Hardcastle, Myrtle (Fictitious character); Murder; Inheritance and succession; Shipwrecks;
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The secrets of Ashmore Castle / by Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia,author.;
1901. When The Earl of Stainton dies in a tragic hunting accident, Giles, the eldest son of the noble Tallant family must step forward to replace him as the head of the family. But Giles has avoided the Castle and his stifling relatives for years, deciding instead to forge his own path away from the spotlight. Now, he must put aside his ambitions and honour his duty to the family. With their world upended, the Tallants and their servants struggle to find their place in the house - and society - once again. And Giles realises that, along with the title and the castle, he's also inherited his father's significant financial troubles that threaten the security of his entire family. In Kensington, Kitty Bayfield, the painfully shy but moneyed daughter of a Baronet, has just left school with her penniless companion Nina. Nina captures the new Earl's heart, but only Kitty can save his family from their debts, and soon Giles must choose between his duty and his heart.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Inheritance and succession; Man-woman relationships; Triangles (Interpersonal relations);
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Summer on the island / by Novak, Brenda,author.;
"After the death of her US senator father, Marlow Madsen travels to the small island off the coast of Florida where she spent summers growing up. But when her father's will reveals an earth-shattering secret that tarnishes his impeccable reputation and everything she thought she knew about her family, Marlow finds herself questioning her entire childhood--and aspects of her future. Fortunately, her friends, and the most unlikely love interest she could imagine, prove that happiness can be found no matter what"--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Family secrets; Fathers; Female friendship; Inheritance and succession; Island life; Islands; Man-woman relationships; Wills;
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