David Pittu
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In her new novel, perennial bestseller Anne Rice fuses her two uniquely seductive strains of narrative — her Vampire legend and her lore of the Mayfair witches — to give us a world of classic deep-south luxury and ancestral secrets.
Welcome to Blackwood Farm: soaring white columns, spacious drawing rooms, bright, sun-drenched gardens, and a dark strip of the dense Sugar Devil Swamp. This is the world of Quinn Blackwood, a brilliant young man...
Welcome to Blackwood Farm: soaring white columns, spacious drawing rooms, bright, sun-drenched gardens, and a dark strip of the dense Sugar Devil Swamp. This is the world of Quinn Blackwood, a brilliant young man...
2) Crossroads
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"It's December 23, 1971, and the Hildebrandt family is at a crossroads. The patriarch, Russ, the associate pastor of a suburban Chicago church, is poised to break free of a marriage he finds joyless--unless his brilliant and unstable wife, Marion, breaks free of it first. Their eldest child, Clem, is coming home from college afire with moral absolutism, having taken an action that will shatter his father. Clem's sister, Becky, long the social queen...
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What would happen if you discovered that your family was one of the most powerful in human history? What if you were told that the source of the family's power was hidden around the world, in the form of 39 clues? What if you were given a choice - take a million dollars and walk away ... or get the first clue? If you're Amy and Dan Cahill, you take the clue - and begin a very dangerous race.
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"The author of the classic bestsellers The Secret History and The Little Friend returns with a brilliant, highly anticipated new novel. A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, miraculously survives an accident that takes the life of his mother. Alone and abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by a friend's family and struggles to make sense of his new life. In the years that follow, he becomes entranced by one of the few things that reminds...
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Where are Amy and Dan Cahill? The two kids were last seen in Egypt, hunting for one of the 39 Clues that could make them the most powerful people on earth. But no one has seen the siblings since. Has the ruthless Irina Spasky finally tracked them down? Or worse ... the Madrigals?
9) Zen ghosts
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On Halloween night, Stillwater the giant panda tells Karl, Addy, and Michael a spooky and unusual story. Based on a Zen koan.
10) The sword thief
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When Amy and Dan Cahill's quest to find the million dollars takes them to Japan, they must decide whether or not to enter into an alliance with their uncle, Alastair Oh, whose motives for helping them are extremely questionable.
11) The viper's nest
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Amy and Dan travel to a distant land to follow in the footsteps of their most formidable ancestor yet, a military leader who teaches them the art of ancient warfare.
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The Absent Author
A is for author.... Dink writes to his favorite author, mystery writer Wallis Wallace, and invites him to visit Green Lawn. To Dink's amazement, Wallace says he'll come! But when the big day arrives, Wallace is nowhere to be found. The police think he just missed his plane, but Dink suspects foul play. It's up to Dink and his two best friends, Josh and Ruth Rose, to find the famous writer—before it's too late!
The...
A is for author.... Dink writes to his favorite author, mystery writer Wallis Wallace, and invites him to visit Green Lawn. To Dink's amazement, Wallace says he'll come! But when the big day arrives, Wallace is nowhere to be found. The police think he just missed his plane, but Dink suspects foul play. It's up to Dink and his two best friends, Josh and Ruth Rose, to find the famous writer—before it's too late!
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13) The Medusa plot
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Unable to return to their normal lives despite the end of the Clue hunt, new Madrigal leaders Amy and Dan anxiously prepare for a retaliatory strike by the Vespers, who kidnap a number of Cahill family members and demand that Amy and Dan steal a famous painting.
14) Day of doom
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After delivering the last ransom, Amy and Dan discover that Vesper One has a terrifying plot and they race against time to stop him from harming millions of innocent people.
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K is for Kidnapped!
Someone has kidnapped the king and queen of Socotra. For safety's sake, their son is staying with Dink until they are safe. But then the prince is kidnapped, too! Can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose unmask the royals' enemies before it's too late? Or is the royal family of Socotra gone forever?
L is for Lucky. . . .
And that's just how Lucky O'Leary feels when the lottery ticket his grandfather sends him for
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THE SCHOOL SKELETON
Some sneaky soul has stolen the skeleton from the nurse’s office! The principal promises free aquarium tickets to the savvy sleuths who can track down poor Mr. Bones. It’s up to Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose to follow the clues and put those old bones to rest.
THE TALKING T. REX
Meet Tyrone the Tyrannosaurus, Green Lawn’s newest–and biggest!–visitor. The kids’ old friend Jud Wheat is in...
Some sneaky soul has stolen the skeleton from the nurse’s office! The principal promises free aquarium tickets to the savvy sleuths who can track down poor Mr. Bones. It’s up to Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose to follow the clues and put those old bones to rest.
THE TALKING T. REX
Meet Tyrone the Tyrannosaurus, Green Lawn’s newest–and biggest!–visitor. The kids’ old friend Jud Wheat is in...
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The Deadly Dungeon
Dink’s favorite mystery writer, Wallis Wallace, has invited Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose for a sleepover—in a haunted castle! Will they discover who—or what—is haunting Moose Manor?
The Empty Envelope
Dink keeps getting envelopes in the mail addressed to “D. Duncan.” But the letters inside all start with “Dear Doris” and don’t make any sense! Josh and Ruth...
Dink’s favorite mystery writer, Wallis Wallace, has invited Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose for a sleepover—in a haunted castle! Will they discover who—or what—is haunting Moose Manor?
The Empty Envelope
Dink keeps getting envelopes in the mail addressed to “D. Duncan.” But the letters inside all start with “Dear Doris” and don’t make any sense! Josh and Ruth...
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THE ORANGE OUTLAW
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are visiting Dink’s Uncle Warren in New York City when several paintings are stolen from his apartment building. Do the kids have enough clues to catch this crafty—and hungry—crook?
THE PANDA PUZZLE
The town is building a new park for a panda and her baby. But as soon as the pandas arrive, the baby is stolen! All the panda-nappers want in return is a million dollars. . . . Can...
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are visiting Dink’s Uncle Warren in New York City when several paintings are stolen from his apartment building. Do the kids have enough clues to catch this crafty—and hungry—crook?
THE PANDA PUZZLE
The town is building a new park for a panda and her baby. But as soon as the pandas arrive, the baby is stolen! All the panda-nappers want in return is a million dollars. . . . Can...
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THE HAUNTED HOTEL
H Is for Haunted . . . A ghost has checked into the Shangri-la Hotel! It’s almost Halloween, and
reports of strange sounds and even stranger sights are coming from Green Lawn’s only hotel.
Every day, more and more guests are being scared away. Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose must
figure out what’s going on and catch the ghost—before Green Lawn turns into a ghost town!
THE INVISIBLE ISLAND
I Is...
H Is for Haunted . . . A ghost has checked into the Shangri-la Hotel! It’s almost Halloween, and
reports of strange sounds and even stranger sights are coming from Green Lawn’s only hotel.
Every day, more and more guests are being scared away. Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose must
figure out what’s going on and catch the ghost—before Green Lawn turns into a ghost town!
THE INVISIBLE ISLAND
I Is...