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Backstage : stories of a writing life / by Leon, Donna,author.;
"An engaging collection of stories and essays by the celebrated author of the internationally bestselling Guido Brunetti series, infused with her ever-present and delightful senses of humor and irony. Donna Leon's memoir, Wandering through Life, gave her legions of fans a colorful tour through her life, from childhood in New Jersey to adventures in China and Iran, to her love of Venice and opera. Nowhere, however, did she discuss her writing life. In Backstage, Donna reveals her admiration for, and inspiration from, the great crime novelists Ruth Rendell and Ross Macdonald, examining their approach to storytelling as she dissects her favorite books of theirs. She expresses her love for Charles Dickens's Great Expectations and her appreciation for Sir Walter Scott's generosity of spirit. And she chronicles the amount of research she undertakes to be able to present authentically, through Guido Brunetti and his colleagues, places and characters far from her own experience-from interviewing a diamond dealer in Venice to open up the world of blood diamonds, to meeting, through back channels, a courageous sex worker and women's rights activist to depict accurately the trafficking of women in Italy. By contrast, the idea and opening scene of one of her novels came to her as she was walking through Venice. Venice is central in her memory, whether recounting the semicomic irritation of a noisy elderly neighbor or the origins of the city's Carnevale. Her teaching career yields memorable tales: helping a young Black boy in a Newark, New Jersey, elementary school; instructing young Iranian pilots in English just before the 1979 Iranian Revolution; and taking her students at a Swiss private high school to the famous Frank Zappa concert in Montreux interrupted by fire. Throughout, she is as good a storyteller about herself as she is a chronicler of Guido Brunetti's crime adventures. Readers will be as caught up in her world as she is in his"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Anecdotes.; Personal narratives.; Leon, Donna; Leon, Donna; Detectives in literature.; Women authors; Women teachers; Women;
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Detection rats / by Albright, Rosie.;
Detection rats -- In training -- On the job.LSC
Subjects: Rats; Land mines;
© 2012., Rosen Pub.,
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A game most foul / by Gervais, Alison,author.;
Jules Montgomery, navigating London with a recent hearing loss, joins forces with detectives Watson and Holmes to uncover the truth behind a missing classmate, and finds that her unique powers of observation may hold the key to solving both the case and the mystery of the detectives' presence in the 21st century.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Americans; Characters and characteristics in literature; Hard of hearing people; Missing persons; Americans; Characters in literature; Hard of hearing people; Missing persons;
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Dinosaur detectives / by Chrisp, Peter.;
Use your reading superpowers to learn all about the people who have dedicated their lives to finding out about dinosaurs - a high-quality, fun, non-fiction reader - carefully levelled to help children progress. Dinosaur Detectives is a beautifully designed reader all about dedicated dinosaur hunters over the centuries. The engaging text has been carefully levelled using Lexile so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential non-fiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about who unlocked the secrets of fossils, the dinosaur bone hunters, how to date dinosaurs, how they died out and the modern-day scientific equipment used in the quest to understand these incredible animals.
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Paleontologists; Dinosaurs; Fossils;
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Be a city nature detective : solving the mysteries of how plants and animals survive in the urban jungle / by Kochanoff, Peggy,1943-;
Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses.Takes readers through city streets to learn about the plants and animals with which city dwellers coexist.LSC
Subjects: Urban animals; Urban plants; Urban ecology (Biology);
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Everyone on this train is a suspect : a novel / by Stevenson, Benjamin,author.;
"On a famous Australian train between Darwin and Adelaide for the Mystery Writers' Society one of the attendees is murdered for real in the new mystery from the author of Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Authors; Literature; Meetings; Murder; Novelists; Railroad trains;
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Everyone on this train is a suspect [text (large print)] : a novel / by Stevenson, Benjamin,author.;
"On a famous Australian train between Darwin and Adelaide for the Mystery Writers' Society one of the attendees is murdered for real in the new mystery from the author of Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Authors; Literature; Meetings; Murder; Novelists; Railroad trains;
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Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief : A Novel. by Stevenson, Benjamin.;
Ernest Cunningham is back for the next installment in this bestselling series! Nothing is quite what it seems in this spin on the classic bank heist, with more suspects, more puzzles, and more danger than Ernest's ever faced beforeperfect for fans of Richard Osman and Anthony Horowitz.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; FICTION / Crime; FICTION / Humorous / Dark Humor; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional; FICTION / Thrillers / Crime; FICTION / World Literature / Australia;
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Square haunting : five lives in London between the wars / by Wade, Francesca,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In the early twentieth century, Mecklenburgh Square, a hidden architectural gem in the heart of London, was a radical address. On the outskirts of Bloomsbury known for the eponymous group who "lived in squares, painted in circles, and loved in triangles," the square was home to students, struggling artists, and revolutionaries. In the pivotal era between the two world wars, the lives of five remarkable women intertwined at this one address: modernist poet H. D., detective novelist Dorothy L. Sayers, classicist Jane Harrison, economic historian Eileen Power, and author and publisher Virginia Woolf. In an era when women's freedoms were fast expanding, they each sought a space where they could live, love, and above all work independently."--
Subjects: Biographies.; H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), 1886-1961.; Sayers, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh), 1893-1957.; Harrison, Jane Ellen, 1850-1928.; Power, Eileen, 1889-1940.; Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.; Women authors, English; Women authors, English; Women and literature;
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The old fashioned mystery of the haunted dollhouse / by Murase, Sho.; Petrucha, Stefan.; Keene, Carolyn.;
Everyone in town is dressing up like its 1930, but the fun is interrupted when the dolls in an antique dollhouse start depicting strange crimes that soon come true in real life.LSC
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Mystery comic books, strips, etc.; Drew, Nancy (Fictitious character); Dollhouses; Crime;
© c2005., Papercutz,
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