William and the Missing Masterpiece

William and the Missing Masterpiece
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Publisher : Templar Publishing
Total Pages : 34
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ISBN-10 : 9781783707003
ISBN-13 : 1783707003
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis William and the Missing Masterpiece by : Helen Hancocks

Handsome cat William finds himself at the centre of mysterious case when famous masterpiece The Mona Cheesa is stolen from a Parisian gallery. Who could be responsible for the theft? Can William put the mysterious clues together in time? Fans of Helen Hancocks' Penguin in Peril won't be disappointed with this hilarious tale of cat and mouse.

William Heads to Hollywood

William Heads to Hollywood
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Publisher : Candlewick Press
Total Pages : 33
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ISBN-10 : 9780763689131
ISBN-13 : 0763689130
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis William Heads to Hollywood by : Helen Hancocks

Someone has stolen the golden Cuckoo statues from the famous Cuckoo film studios and the awards ceremony is in two days time. Only William is debonair enough to schmooze the stars and learn who the culprit is. But every cat has his own feline fatale to contend with, and our hero is no exception.

Nothing Ventured

Nothing Ventured
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Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Total Pages : 379
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ISBN-10 : 9781250200778
ISBN-13 : 1250200776
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Nothing Ventured by : Jeffrey Archer

Nothing Ventured heralds the start of a brand new series in the style of Jeffrey Archer’s #1 New York Times bestselling Clifton Chronicles: introducing Detective William Warwick. But this is not a detective story, this is a story about the making of a detective . . . William Warwick has always wanted to be a detective, and decides, much to his father’s dismay, that rather than become a lawyer like his father, Sir Julian Warwick QC, and his sister Grace, he will join London’s Metropolitan Police Force. After graduating from university, William begins a career that will define his life: from his early months on the beat under the watchful eye of his first mentor, Constable Fred Yates, to his first high-stakes case as a fledgling detective in Scotland Yard’s arts and antiquities squad. Investigating the theft of a priceless Rembrandt painting from the Fitzmolean Museum, he meets Beth Rainsford, a research assistant at the gallery who he falls hopelessly in love with, even as Beth guards a secret of her own that she’s terrified will come to light. While William follows the trail of the missing masterpiece, he comes up against suave art collector Miles Faulkner and his brilliant lawyer, Booth Watson QC, who are willing to bend the law to breaking point to stay one step ahead of William. Meanwhile, Miles Faulkner’s wife, Christina, befriends William, but whose side is she really on? This new series introduces William Warwick, a family man and a detective who will battle throughout his career against a powerful criminal nemesis. Through twists, triumph and tragedy, this series will show that William Warwick is destined to become one of Jeffrey Archer’s most enduring legacies.

Love is Blind

Love is Blind
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 448
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ISBN-10 : 9780241979785
ISBN-13 : 0241979781
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis Love is Blind by : William Boyd

'The ultimate in immersive fiction . . . magnificent' Sunday Times 'Highly readable, entirely engaging and frequently funny' Observer 'Perfectly pitched . . . A deft and resonant alchemy of fact and fiction, of literary myth and imagination' Guardian Book of the Week Around the turn of the twentieth century young pianist Brodie Moncur quits Edinburgh's slate skies for the lights of Paris, his preacher father's words of denunciation ringing in his ears. There he joins forces with the fiery Irish virtuoso John Kilbarron and together the pair take Europe by storm. But when he falls for Kilbarron's lover - the mesmerizing Russian soprano Lika Blum - Brodie quickly realizes that the tide has turned and he must flee across a continent, haunted by his love for Lika, and pursued by the vengeful wrath of his rival. 'A giddying read . . . his most immersive historical novel to date' Daily Telegraph 'Elegant and affecting. A racing fin-de-siècle romance' The Times 'Boyd's talents as a rollicking storytelling [are] full on display in this historical blockbuster' Metro

Pattern Recognition

Pattern Recognition
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 419
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ISBN-10 : 9780141904467
ISBN-13 : 0141904461
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis Pattern Recognition by : William Gibson

'Part-detective story, part-cultural snapshot . . . all bound by Gibson's pin-sharp prose' Arena -------------- THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE BLUE ANT TRILIOGY - READ ZERO HISTORY AND SPOOK COUNTRY FOR MORE Cayce Pollard has a new job. She's been offered a special project: track down the makers of an addictive online film that's lighting up the internet. Hunting the source will take her to Tokyo and Moscow and put her in the sights of Japanese hackers and Russian Mafia. She's up against those who want to control the film, to own it - who figure breaking the law is just another business strategy. The kind of people who relish turning the hunter into the hunted . . . A gripping spy thriller by William Gibson, bestselling author of Neuromancer. Part prophesy, part satire, Pattern Recognition skewers the absurdity of modern life with the lightest and most engaging of touches. Readers of Neal Stephenson, Ray Bradbury and Iain M. Banks won't be able to put this book down. -------------- 'Fast, witty and cleverly politicized' Guardian 'A big novel, full of bold ideas . . . races along like an expert thriller' GQ 'Dangerously hip. Its dialogue and characterization will amaze you. A wonderfully detailed, reckless journey of espionage and lies' USA Today 'A compelling, humane story with a sympathetic heroine searching for meaning and consolation in a post-everything world' Daily Telegraph 'Electric, profound. Gibson's descriptions of Tokyo, Russia and London are surreally spot-on' Financial Times

The Dungeon Master

The Dungeon Master
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Publisher : Crossroad Press
Total Pages : 396
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ISBN-10 :
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Synopsis The Dungeon Master by : William C. Dear

When James Dallas Egbert III disappeared from the Michigan State University campus in 1979, he was no ordinary college dropout. Egbert was a computer genius at sixteen, a boy with an I.Q. of 180-plus and an extravagant imagination. He was a fanatic Dungeons & Dragons player—before the game was widely known—and he and his friends played a live version in a weird labyrinth of tunnels and rooms beneath the university. These secret passages even ran within the walls of the buildings themselves. After Egbert disappeared, there were rumors of witch cults, drug rings, and homosexuality to try to explain the mystery. When the police search came to a dead end, the Egbert family called in one of the most colorful private investigators of our era, William Dear, of Dallas, who is a kind of real-life James Bond. Dear's search for the boy reads like a sensational novel—but every detail is true. Dear crawled through baking-hot tunnels, flew over the campus in a helicopter, and called into play every intuition he could muster. He realized that he must out-play and "out-psych" the brilliant, game-playing mind of Dallas Egbert. In the end, he did. The story of the tortuous search, the discovery of the boy, his return to his parents—and the final tragedy—is told here for the first time. This is the story of a generation, not just the story of Dallas Egbert alone; and anybody who has known a game-playing, computer-age adolescent will recognize some of the possibilities for genius, and for danger.

Penguin in Peril

Penguin in Peril
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Publisher : National Geographic Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 9780763671594
ISBN-13 : 0763671592
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Penguin in Peril by : Helen Hancocks

Three hungry cats. One little penguin. The odds don’t look good. With bare cupboards and hungry bellies, three cats steal a penguin to catch them fish. A hilarious sequence of events unfolds as the penguin makes his escape, gets mistaken for a nun and a waiter, then finds his way safely home. Meanwhile, the cats are caught for their crime and sent to jail — for a lifetime of gruel. Deftly told and beautifully illustrated by exciting debut author-illustrator Helen Hancocks.

Xavier Marx and the Missing Masterpieces

Xavier Marx and the Missing Masterpieces
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 90
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ISBN-10 : 1098397304
ISBN-13 : 9781098397302
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Xavier Marx and the Missing Masterpieces by : Sean Cronin

When shy Xavier goes on a field trip to an art museum, all he wants to see is Vincent van Gogh's "The Starry Night." But suddenly the museum's masterpieces go missing and Xavier must come out of his shell to figure out where the paintings went, who took them, and why. This fun mystery delights, as its whimsical rhymes and joyous pictures take the reader on a dazzling journey of discovery. Proudly featuring art from children around the world, this book is a treat for all ages. Children, parents, and teachers will love this adventurous story! Get ready to let your curiosity soar as you join Xavier to solve this mystery. The cherry on top is a real-life treasure hunt hidden within the book's pages. Who will be the first to discover the real-world location where a treasure awaits and claim the $10,000 prize? This treasure hunt benefits the International Child Art Foundation and proudly features art from child artists around the world.

The Death of a President

The Death of a President
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Publisher : Little, Brown
Total Pages : 513
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ISBN-10 : 9780316370721
ISBN-13 : 031637072X
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis The Death of a President by : William Manchester

William Manchester's epic and definitive account of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. As the world still reeled from the tragic and historic events of November 22, 1963, William Manchester set out, at the request of the Kennedy family, to create a detailed, authoritative record of the days immediately preceding and following President John F. Kennedy's death. Through hundreds of interviews, abundant travel and firsthand observation, and with unique access to the proceedings of the Warren Commission, Manchester conducted an exhaustive historical investigation, accumulating forty-five volumes of documents, exhibits, and transcribed tapes. His ultimate objective -- to set down as a whole the national and personal tragedy that was JFK's assassination -- is brilliantly achieved in this galvanizing narrative, a book universally acclaimed as a landmark work of modern history.

The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection

The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection
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Publisher : New York : Hudson Hills Press
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015015820429
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection by : William Slattery Lieberman