Newspaperman Jim Qwilleran and his two cats, Koko and Yum Yum, investigate a suspicious fire which killed a woman in her nineties. The 20th volume in the series, the novel introduces a new...
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Author: Braun, Lilian JacksonSummary:
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Author: Braun, Lilian JacksonSummary:
Journalist Jim Qwilleran and his Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum, investigate the disappearance of a backpacker near Lake Superior. By the author of The Cat Who Sang for the Birds.
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Author: Braun, Lilian JacksonSummary:
"The denizens of Pickax are starstruck: Thelma Thackeray, a native of Moose County, has returned to spend her declining years 400 miles north of everywhere, after a nearly six-decade-long career...
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Author: Boggs, Johnny D.Summary:
In a mining town in New Mexico Territory, three children left to their own devices by negligent parents meet regularly to try to school themselves, until they meet Whitey Grey, who attempts to win...
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Author: Estleman, Loren D.Summary:
Spanish alchemist Franciso de la Zaragoza--more than a hundred years old and known as a wise man and healer--and Sheriff Pat Garrett, the man who killed Billy the Kid, meet. The men share their...
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Author: Johnson, CraigSummary:
Rough-and-tumble hero Walt Longmire has his hands full as greedy land developers employ shady, violent methods to reverse their fortunes in recession-racked Wyoming.
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Author: Eco, UmbertoSummary:
When book dealer Yambo suffers amnesia, he loses all sense of who he is, but retains memories of all the books, poems, songs and movies he has ever experienced. To reclaim his identity, he...
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Author: Kidder, TracySummary:
This is a frontline report from the trenches of American education. It chronicles a fifth grade class and its remarkable teacher.
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Author: Matthiessen, PeterSummary:
The timely story of how the forces of change converge on a small tribe of Niaruna Indians living in the heart of the Amazon rain forest. In addition to being a prophetic commentary on emerging...
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Author: Kurlansky, MarkSummary:
Settled in the western Pyrenees Mountains, the Basque nation is not drawn on maps and the origin of their forbidden language has never been discovered. Yet, Basques appear to predate all other...
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Author: Hobbs, WillSummary:
While accompanying an elderly rancher on a trip into the San Juan Mountains, Cloyd, a Ute Indian boy, tries to help two orphaned grizzly cubs survive the winter and, at the same time, completes...
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Author: Dunning, JohnSummary:
When rare book collector Cliff Janeway is offered a lucrative bondsman job, he can't refuse, especially since the bail jumper might have a priceless copy of The Raven.
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Author: Braun, Lilian JacksonSummary:
The residents of Pickax are delighted that the old bombed-out Pickax Hotel is reopening with a whole new look. Everyone is thrown into a topspin when one of the hotel's first guests winds up a...
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Author: Braun, Lilian JacksonSummary:
Pickax's favorite columnist, James Qwilleran, is enjoying a brief vacation with his two Siamese cats at the Nutcracker Inn, in the nearby town of Black Creek. But the tranquillity of the place is...
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Author: Elkin, StanleySummary:
A hilarious panorama of the world of talk radio.
Genre: Humorous fiction