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The heiress [sound recording] : a novel / by Hawkins, Rachel,1979-author.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Dan Bittner, Eliza Foss, John Pirhalla, Patti Murin."When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she's not only North Carolina's richest woman, she's also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and a widow four times over, Ruby ruled the tiny town of Tavistock from Ashby House, her family's estate high in the Blue Ridge mountains. In the aftermath of her death, that estate--along with a nine-figure fortune and the complicated legacy of being a McTavish--pass to her adopted son, Camden. But to everyone's surprise, Cam wants little to do with the house or the money--and even less to do with the surviving McTavishes. Instead, he rejects his inheritance, settling into a normal life as an English teacher in Colorado and marrying Jules, a woman just as eager to escape her own messy past. Ten years later, Camden is a McTavish in name only, but a summons in the wake of his uncle's death brings him and Jules back into the family fold at Ashby House. Its views are just as stunning as ever, its rooms just as elegant, but coming home reminds Cam why he was so quick to leave in the first place. Jules, however, has other ideas, and the more she learns about Cam's estranged family--and the twisted secrets they keep--the more determined she is for her husband to claim everything Ruby once intended for him to have. But Ruby's plans were always more complicated than they appeared. As Ashby House tightens its grip on Jules and Camden, questions about the infamous heiress come to light. Was there any truth to the persistent rumors following her disappearance as a girl? What really happened to those four husbands, who all died under mysterious circumstances? And why did she adopt Cam in the first place? Soon, Jules and Cam realize that an inheritance can entail far more than what's written in a will--and that the bonds of family stretch far beyond the grave"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Gothic fiction.; Novels.; Thrillers (Fiction); Family secrets; Inheritance and succession;
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The bird way : a new look at how birds talk, work, play, parent, and think / by Ackerman, Jennifer,1959-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.""There is the mammal way and there is the bird way." This is one scientist's pithy distinction between mammal brains and bird brains: two ways to make a highly intelligent mind. But the bird way is much more than a unique pattern of brain wiring, and lately, scientists have taken a new look at bird behaviors they have, for years, dismissed as anomalies or mysteries. What they are finding is upending the traditional view of how birds conduct their lives, how they communicate, forage, court, breed, survive. They're also revealing the remarkable intelligence underlying these activities, abilities we once considered uniquely our own--deception, manipulation, cheating, kidnapping, infanticide, but also, ingenious communication between species, cooperation, collaboration, altruism, culture, and play. Some of these extraordinary behaviors are biological conundrums that seem to push the edges of--well--birdness: A mother bird that kills her own infant sons, and another that selflessly tends to the young of other birds as if they were her own. Young birds that devote themselves to feeding their siblings and others so competitive they'll stab their nestmates to death. Birds that give gifts and birds that steal, birds that dance or drum, that paint their creations or paint themselves, birds that build walls of sound to keep out intruders and birds that summon playmates with a special call--and may hold the secret to our own penchant for playfulness and the evolution of laughter. Drawing on personal observations, the latest science, and her bird-related travel around the world, from the tropical rainforests of eastern Australia and the remote woodlands of northern Japan, to the rolling hills of lower Austria and the islands of Alaska's Kachemak Bay, Ackerman shows there is clearly no single bird way of being. In every respect, in plumage, form, song, flight, lifestyle, niche, and behavior, birds vary. It's what we love about them. As E.O Wilson once said, when you have seen one bird, you have not seen them all"--
Subjects: Birds;
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The missing millionaire : the true story of Ambrose Small and the city obsessed with finding him / by Daubs, Katie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The gripping true crime story of the disappearance of a millionaire from Toronto in 1919, one hundred years ago, which captivated the city and remains one of the great unsolved mysteries. For readers of Erik Larson's The Devil in the White City and Charlotte Gray's The Massey Murder. In 1919, Ambrose Small was another ghost in the city of the missing. Thousands hadn't come home from the First World War, but it was the disappearance of Ambrose Small that captivated Toronto's attention. In this brilliant new book, Katie Daubs unwinds the story of the mercurial Small, who assembled an Ontario theatre empire in the dawn of the twentieth century, sold it for an unbelievable $1.75 million, and disappeared before he could spend a cent. Weaving together a remarkable true crime narrative with social and cultural history, Daubs masterfully tells the story of Ambrose's sensational disappearance. She examines the wild lives of the cast of characters who surrounded him and became prime suspects: his independent, powerful wife, Theresa Small; his longtime personal secretary Jack Doughty, charged with theft and kidnapping; his two unmarried sisters; Patrick Sullivan, a lawless policeman; and Austin Mitchell, a hapless detective. As the years passed, a series of sensational trials exposed the relationships and resentments of Ambrose and his inner circle; allegations of sexual impropriety, murder plots, and confessions swirled; and an explosive OPP report revealed the incompetence of the police. But as the main players died off, nobody would be found guilty, and their secrets were buried for good: Ambrose Small would forever be missing. Drawing on extensive research, from police investigations to political dossiers, private correspondence, and press reports, and her own interviews with surviving descendants of key figures, Katie Daubs masterfully recreates Toronto as it was following the First World War, painting a rich portrait of a city undergoing immense cultural and social change, which protected its elite and was just as hard then as it is now."--
Subjects: True crime stories.; Small, Ambrose, 1866-1919.; Missing persons; Cold cases (Criminal investigation);
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Everybody knows [videorecording] / by Bardem, Javier,1969-actor.; Cruz, Penélope,actor.; Cuesta, Inma,1980-actor.; Darín, Ricardo,1957-actor.; Fernandez, Eduard,actor.; Lennie, Bárbara,1984-actor.; Mínguez, Elvira,actor.; Farhādī, Aṣghar,1972-film director,screenwriter.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),film distributor.;
Director of photography, José Luis Alcaine ; editor, Hayedeh Safiyari ; music, Javier Limon.Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Ricardo Darin, Eduard Fernandez, Barbara Lennie, Inma Cuesta, Elvira Minguez.Laura and her children travel from Buenos Aires to the small Spanish village where she was born to attend her sister's wedding. Unexpected events soon lead to a crisis that exposes the family's hidden past. Suspicions mount, loved ones begin to turn on one another, and dark secrets long hidden threaten to come to light, revealing shocking truths.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Motion pictures, Spanish.; Foreign films.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Families; Family secrets; Kidnapping; Weddings; Sisters;
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The Killing: S3. by MHz (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by MHz in 2012.After 25 years in the police force, Sarah Lund is finally at peace. But when a young girl is kidnapped, she finds herself caught between a wealthy shipping family and the prime minister as the case leads to a dark secret that implicates every party.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.;
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Lucie, la mouffette qui pète a disparu / by Shallow,1959-; Ty, Vannara,1965-;
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Subjects: Lucie (Personnage fictif de Shallow); Lucie (Fictitious character from Shallow); Moufettes; Flatulence; Cartes d'invitation; Enlèvement (Droit pénal); Skunks; Flatulence; Invitation cards; Kidnapping;
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Un soupçon de sorcellerie / by Harrison, Michelle,1979-; Whyte, Elsa,1987-;
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Subjects: Roman fantastique.; Histoires de fantômes.; Roman d'aventures.; Fantasy fiction.; Ghost stories.; Adventure fiction.; Magie; Sœurs; Îles; Pirates; Erreur judiciaire; Trésors; Victimes d'enlèvement; Magic; Sisters; Islands; Pirates; Judicial error; Treasure troves; Kidnapping victims;
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Raiponce / by Desfour, Aurélie.;
8-10 ans.LSC
Subjects: Novélisation.; Movie novels.; Raiponce (Mythe); Personnages de Disney; Princesses; Adolescentes; Enlèvement (Droit pénal); Voleurs; Cheveux; Magie; Rapunzel (Tale); Princesses; Teenage girls; Kidnapping victims; Thieves; Hair; Magic;
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Enfant volée / by Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk.; Faubert, Martine.;
LSC
Subjects: Roman historique.; Historical fiction.; Lebensborn e.V. (Allemagne); Lebensborn e.V. (Germany); Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945; Réfugiés; Ukrainiens; Victimes d'enlèvement; Souvenirs retrouvés; Cauchemars; World War, 1939-1945; Refugees; Ukrainians; Kidnapping victims; Recovered memory; Nightmares;
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Midnight Runners. by Kim, Joo-hwan,film director.; Joon, Go,actor.; Ha-neul, Kang,actor.; Ho-jung, Lee,actor.; Se-hee, Lee,actor.; Ha-seon, Park,actor.; Seo-joon, Park,actor.; Dong-Il, Sung,actor.; ODK Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Go Joon, Kang Ha-neul, Lee Ho-jung, Lee Se-hee, Park Ha-seon, Park Seo-joon, Sung Dong-IlOriginally produced by ODK Media in 2017.Ki-joon and Hee-yeol become best friends at the police academy. During an outing, they witness a kidnapping incident and report it right away. However, due to lack of evidence, the investigation doesn’t progress while precious time is being wasted. Ki-joon and Hee-yeol decide to take the investigation into their own hands. The only problem is they have zero experience in a real investigation.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy.; War films.; Crime.; Action and adventure films.;
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