Constance and the Great Escape

Constance and the Great Escape
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Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages : 32
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ISBN-10 : 1402766491
ISBN-13 : 9781402766497
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Constance and the Great Escape by : Pierre Le Gall

In Constance and Tiny the irrepressible scamp ran away only to get dragged back home. Now her scheming parents are sending her off to a terrible, horrible place: a boarding school for wayward children! There, the rules are strict, the bathwater’s cold, and the food’s horrid. Worst of all, her beloved cat Tiny can’t come along. It’s just like prison! But canny Constance has a plan: Since only bad boys and girls can stay there, maybe if she pretends to be really good they’ll set her free...

Constance and Tiny

Constance and Tiny
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Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages : 32
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ISBN-10 : 1402766483
ISBN-13 : 9781402766480
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis Constance and Tiny by : Pierre Le Gall

Say hello to Constance, a sweet, grateful, good little girl--NOT! In fact, she’s a mischief-making, rule-breaking imp with a wicked gleam in her eye. Wherever she goes, trouble (and her enormous cat, Tiny) surely follow. That’s why children will go absolutely mad for her: Constance does exactly what they dream of doing in their naughtiest moments...and she’s never repentant. Making the delicious Constance stories even more fun: the comic contrast between the deadpan text and the outrageous illustrations. Like the cheeky character herself, the pictures always say the opposite of the words

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

We Have Always Lived in the Castle
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 188
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:$B399347
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis We Have Always Lived in the Castle by : Shirley Jackson

We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate.

The Last Adventure of Constance Verity

The Last Adventure of Constance Verity
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 384
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ISBN-10 : 9781481443531
ISBN-13 : 1481443534
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis The Last Adventure of Constance Verity by : A. Lee Martinez

Constance Verity has been saving the world since she was seven, and she’s sick of it. She sets off on one last adventure to reset her destiny and become the one thing she’s never been: ordinary. Ever since she was granted a wish at birth by her fairy godmother, Constance Verity has become the world’s great adventurer. She is a master of martial arts, a keen detective, and possesses a collection of strange artifacts. Constance has spent the past twenty-eight years saving the world, and she’s tired of it. All she wants is to work in an office and date a nice, normal guy. And she’s figured a way out. The only problem is that saving the world is Constance’s destiny. She’s great at it, and there are forces at work to make sure she stays in the job. Then again, it’s also her destiny to have a glorious death.

Lady Cop Makes Trouble

Lady Cop Makes Trouble
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Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 325
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ISBN-10 : 9780544409620
ISBN-13 : 0544409620
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Lady Cop Makes Trouble by : Amy Stewart

“A colorful and inventive adventure tale.”—Washington Post “It’s True Grit, New York style.”—New York Post “One of the best mystery novels of the year: wonderful and very entertaining.” —New York Journal of Books “Stewart deftly combines the rough-and-tumble atmosphere of early twentieth-century New York City with the story of three women who want to live life on their own terms.” —Library Journal, starred review In 1915, lady cops were not expected to chase down fugitives on the streets of New York City. But Constance Kopp never did what anyone expected. Constance and her sisters aren’t living the quiet life anymore. They’ve made headlines fighting back against a ruthless silk factory owner and his gang of thugs. After Sheriff Heath sees Constance in action, he appoints her as one of the nation’s first female deputies. But when a German-speaking con man threatens her position—and puts the honorable sheriff at risk for being thrown in his own jail—Constance will be forced to prove herself again. Based on the Kopp sisters’ real-life adventures, Girl Waits with Gun introduced the sensational lives of Constance Kopp and her sisters to an army of enthusiastic readers. This second installment, also ripped from the headlines, takes us farther into the riveting story of a woman who defied expectations, forged her own path, and tackled crime along the way. “A fast-moving, craftily written novel.”—BookPage “[An] irresistible madcap adventure.”—PopSugar “Stewart leaves the reader wondering about one mystery still developing unsolved . . . Readers will just have to wait—impatiently, no doubt—for book No. 3.”—Boston Globe

Enemy Brothers

Enemy Brothers
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Publisher : Bethlehem Books
Total Pages : 256
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781883937508
ISBN-13 : 1883937507
Rating : 4/5 (08 Downloads)

Synopsis Enemy Brothers by : Constance Savery

This is a private war formally declared between Tony and the inhabitants of the White Priory. British airman Dym Ingleford is convinced that young Max Eckermann is his brother, Anthony, who was kidnapped years before. Raised in the Nazi ideology, Tony has by chance tumbled into British hands. Dym has brought him back, at least temporarily, to the family he neither remembers nor will acknowledge as his own. As Tony uses his nine attempts to escape, his stubborn anger is wittled away by the patient kindness he finds at the White Priory. Then, just as he is resigning himself to the English family, a new chance suddenly opens for him to return home to Germany.

The Ladies of the Secret Circus

The Ladies of the Secret Circus
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Publisher : Redhook
Total Pages : 427
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ISBN-10 : 9780316493642
ISBN-13 : 0316493643
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis The Ladies of the Secret Circus by : Constance Sayers

From the author of A Witch in Time comes a magical story spanning from Jazz Age Paris to modern-day America of family secrets, sacrifice, and lost love set against the backdrop of a mysterious circus. Paris, 1925: To enter the Secret Circus is to enter a world of wonder—a world where women weave illusions of magnificent beasts, carousels take you back in time, and trapeze artists float across the sky. Bound to her family's circus, it's the only world Cecile Cabot knows until she meets a charismatic young painter and embarks on a passionate affair that could cost her everything. Virginia, 2004: Lara Barnes is on top of the world until her fiancé disappears on their wedding day. When her desperate search for answers unexpectedly leads to her great-grandmother’s journals, Lara is swept into a story of a dark circus and ill-fated love. Soon secrets about Lara’s family history begin to come to light, revealing a curse that has been claiming payment from the women in her family for generations. A curse that might be tied to her fiancé’s mysterious disappearance Praise for The Ladies of the Secret Circus: "At times decadent and macabre, The Ladies of the Secret Circus is a mesmerizing tale of love, treachery, and depraved magic percolating through four generations of Cabot women." —Luanne G. Smith, author of The Vine Witch "Fans of Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus will love this page-turning story of dark magic, star-crossed love, and familial sacrifice." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Ambitious and teeming with magic, Sayers creates a fascinating mix of art, The Belle Époque, and more than a little murder.” —Erika Swyler, author of The Book of Speculation For more from Constance Sayers, check out A Witch in Time.

The Great Escape

The Great Escape
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 306
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0393325792
ISBN-13 : 9780393325799
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis The Great Escape by : Paul Brickhill

Records the efforts of six hundred British and American officers to escape from a Nazi prison camp.

Lord of the Nile

Lord of the Nile
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0786298804
ISBN-13 : 9780786298808
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Lord of the Nile by : Constance O'Banyon

In 47 B.C., Lord Ramtat becomes enamored of a wild beast tamer with a mysterious past.

Civil Rights Queen

Civil Rights Queen
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 529
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ISBN-10 : 9781524747190
ISBN-13 : 152474719X
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Civil Rights Queen by : Tomiko Brown-Nagin

A TIME BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • The first major biography of one of our most influential judges—an activist lawyer who became the first Black woman appointed to the federal judiciary—that provides an eye-opening account of the twin struggles for gender equality and civil rights in the 20th Century. • “Timely and essential."—The Washington Post “A must-read for anyone who dares to believe that equal justice under the law is possible and is in search of a model for how to make it a reality.” —Anita Hill With the US Supreme Court confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson, “it makes sense to revisit the life and work of another Black woman who profoundly shaped the law: Constance Baker Motley” (CNN). Born to an aspirational blue-collar family during the Great Depression, Constance Baker Motley was expected to find herself a good career as a hair dresser. Instead, she became the first black woman to argue a case in front of the Supreme Court, the first of ten she would eventually argue. The only black woman member in the legal team at the NAACP's Inc. Fund at the time, she defended Martin Luther King in Birmingham, helped to argue in Brown vs. The Board of Education, and played a critical role in vanquishing Jim Crow laws throughout the South. She was the first black woman elected to the state Senate in New York, the first woman elected Manhattan Borough President, and the first black woman appointed to the federal judiciary. Civil Rights Queen captures the story of a remarkable American life, a figure who remade law and inspired the imaginations of African Americans across the country. Burnished with an extraordinary wealth of research, award-winning, esteemed Civil Rights and legal historian and dean of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Tomiko Brown-Nagin brings Motley to life in these pages. Brown-Nagin compels us to ponder some of our most timeless and urgent questions--how do the historically marginalized access the corridors of power? What is the price of the ticket? How does access to power shape individuals committed to social justice? In Civil Rights Queen, she dramatically fills out the picture of some of the most profound judicial and societal change made in twentieth-century America.