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The pursuit of pearls

Jane Thynne · Recorded Books
Format: Audiobook

British actress/spy Clara Vine moves gracefully through the upper echelons of Nazi society. On the eve of World War II in Berlin, Clara Vine goes inside the Faith and Beauty school--a finishing school that serves as a training ground for the wives of the Nazi elite--to investigate the truth...
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Mrs. Houdini : a novel

Victoria Kelly · Recorded Books
Format: Audiobook

After her husband Harry dies, Bess Houdini starts noticing everywhere the code he promised he'd send her from the great beyond and retraces their remarkable romance, from Coney Island, to Budapest, to Hollywood, in an effort to decipher the urgent message from her husband.
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Morgue : a life in death

Vincent J M Di Maio · Recorded Books
Format: Audiobook

In this clear-eyed, gritty, and enthralling narrative, Dr. Vincent Di Maio and veteran crime writer Ron Franscell guide us behind the morgue doors to tell a fascinating life story through the cases that have made Di Maio famous--from the exhumation of assassin Lee Harvey Oswald to the complex...
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ShadowMagic

Joshua Khan · Recorded Books
Format: Audiobook

Thorn, a boy sold into slavery who must serve the royalty of Castle Gloom for a year and a day to earn his freedom, and Lilith Shadow, the 13-year-old ruler of Gehenna, who is forbidden to practice the magic that is her heritage, join forces to solve the murders taking place in Gehenna.
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The woman who stole my life : a novel

Marian Keyes · Recorded Books
Format: Audiobook on CD

Surviving an illness that kept her hospitalized for months, Stella Sweeney discovers that a successful book has been published about her case that compels her to relocate to New York and pursue a career as a self-help memoirist.
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Black Coffee: A Hercule Poirot Mystery

Agatha Christie · Blackstone Audio Inc
Pages: 1
Format: Audiobook on CD

In the first novel to appear since 1976, Hercule Poirot returns to bring his "little grey cells" to bear on one last case. In spring 1934, Poirot is summoned to Surrey, by England's most prominent physicist, Sir Claud Amory. Amory fears that someone in his household is attempting...
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Sophia's war a tale of the Revolution

Avi · Recorded Books
Format: Audio CD

In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, newly occupied by the British army, young Sophia Calderwood resolves to do all she can to help the American cause, including becoming a spy.
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Great American Bestsellers: The Books That Shaped America, Course No. 2527

Peter J Conn · Teaching Co.
Format: Audio CD

Best-selling books have played a critical role in influencing the tastes and purchasing habits of American readers for more than 100 years. But there is more to America's great best-selling books than the sales figures they rake in. American bestsellers also offer us ways to appreciate...
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