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Presents Dickens' classic novel of love, courage, and sacrifice set against the cataclysmic events of the French Revolution. During the French Revolution a sissolute English lawyer goes to th eguillotine to save a French aristocrat, husband of the woman he loves.
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English
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“[Charles] Todd’s mysteries are among the most intelligent and affecting being written these days.”—The Washington Post Book World
In 1912 Ian Rutledge helped gather the evidence that sent Ben Shaw to the gallows. Now, seven years later, Ben Shaw’s widow brings Rutledge evidence she’s convinced proves her husband’s innocence. Ben Shaw’s past is a tangle of unsettling secrets that...
In 1912 Ian Rutledge helped gather the evidence that sent Ben Shaw to the gallows. Now, seven years later, Ben Shaw’s widow brings Rutledge evidence she’s convinced proves her husband’s innocence. Ben Shaw’s past is a tangle of unsettling secrets that...
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Thorndike Press
Publication Date
2025
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445 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
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English
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Oscar Stone, a master executioner for more than a quarter century, is utterly alone with his craft until one day a single piece of knowledge brings him to a moment of devastating truth.
5) Death notice
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Doubleday
Publication Date
2018.
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English
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"An elite police squad hunts a manipulative mastermind out to publically execute criminals the law cannot reach. A wild thriller and deadly game of cat-and-mouse from one of China's most popular authors. For fans of Jo Nesbo, Se7en, and Hong Kong police cinema. The brutal murder of respected police officer Sergeant Zheng Haoming sends shockwaves through Chengdu, a modern metropolis in the heart of China's stunning Sichuan Province. He had been obsessed...
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Publisher
Mira
Publication Date
[2020]
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510 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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"Multiple races carefully navigate the City of Elantra under the Dragon Emperor's wing. His Imperial Wolves are executioners, the smallest group to serve in the Halls of Law. The populace calls them assassins. Every wolf candidate must consent to a full examination by the Tha'alani, one of the most feared and distrusted races in Elantra for their ability to read minds. Most candidates don't finish their job interviews.Severn Handred, the newest potential...
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Mackin Educational Resources
Publication Date
[2012]
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1 online resource.
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English
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Follows the exploits of characters such as the young nobleman Charles Darnay, the beloved Lucie Manette and the attorney Sydney Carton in London and Paris during the French Revolution of 1789. Explores themes of sacrifice and redemption and how they can affect the sweep of epic events.
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Mariner Books
Publication Date
2018.
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English
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"The seventh installment of Oliver Potzsch's bestselling Hangman's Daughter series"-- Provided by publisher.
1672. Hangman Jakob Kuisl and his family travel to Munich for a meeting of the prestigious-- for hangmen, at least-- Council of Twelve, the leaders of the empire's hangmen's guild. When young women begin turning up dead, the authorities assume they are a rash of suicides. But Kusil notices that each woman possesses a matching amulet, and suspects...
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Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Publication Date
2015
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English
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For four years sixteen-year-old Twylla has lived in the castle of Lormere, the goddess-embodied, whose touch can poison and kill, and hence the Queen's executioner--but when Prince Merek, her betrothed, who is immune to her touch returns to the kingdom she finds herself caught up in palace intrigues, unsure if she can trust him or the bodyguard who claims to love her.