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61) The lineup: the world's greatest crime writers tell the inside story of their greatest detectives
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English
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Shares the stories behind the creations of many of the mystery genre's most popular characters, revealing the inspirations for such examples as Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch and Alexander McCall Smith's Precious Ramotswe.
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Criterion collection volume 266
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Cecil B DeMille made movies for and of the masses, highlighting myths, mystery, and oversized stories. He excelled in the telling of the ultimate legends carved out of the Bible. The simple, straightforward saga of the last days of Christ's life is told in "The King of Kings." Told with DeMille's trademark opulent sets, incredible effects, and a cast of thousands, it is carefully crafted, flawless film making filled with as much meaning and message...
67) The story Bible
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English
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Retells the Old Testament stories from the Bible in the language of today.
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English
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Sixty-three favorite stories are retold here in simple, traditional language that can be easily understood by children of all ages. Each story is short enough to be read aloud in a single sitting and is printed in large, clear type so young readers can enjoy it on their own. Includes more than 150 full-color illustrations of stories from both the Old and New Testaments.
69) Slingshot
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English
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Focusing on Segway inventor Dean Kamen, his fascinating life, and his work to solve the world's water crisis. Eccentric genius, Kamen lives in a house with secret passages, a closet full of denim, and a helicopter garage. His latest passion: the SlingShot water purification system created to obliterate half of human illness on the planet. It's about an indomitable man who just might have enough innovative thinking to create a solution for a crisis...
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English
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Share the joy and wonder of God's Word with the children in your life. Fifty-two essential lessons of scripture starring the Bible's best-known characters. Combines an enchanting art style with a warm narrator and gentle musical underscore to transport kids back to Biblical times. The bite-size vignettes are perfect for the attention span of little ones, and give parents maximum flexibility to fit any time-frame.
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V.1 includes poems by Nathaniel Ward, John Cotton, John Wilson, William Bradford, Edward Johnson, Roger Williams, John Fiske, Anne Dudley Bradstreet, Samuel Danforth I, John Saffin, Urian Oakes, Michael Wigglesworth, John Cotton of "Queen's Creek," Edward Taylor, Benjamin Tompson, Richard Steere, Samuels Seawall, John Danforth, Cotton Mather, Mather Byles, Joseph Green, Ebenezer Cook, William Livingstone, Thomas Godfrey, and Nathaniel Evans.
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English
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An anthology of more than 100 selections from the writings of an influential and popular English theologian and author. Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and arguably one of the most influential writers of his day. He was a Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Oxford University until 1954, when he was unanimously elected to the Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Cambridge...
75) Stigmata
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English
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A young woman begins to suffer the Stigmata, the wounds of Christ. When a Catholic priest comes to investigate the "miracle", he discovers this woman is channeling a message originating from the time of Jesus Christ.
77) Multiple maniacs
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Criterion collection volume 863
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English
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"John Waters' gloriously grotesque second feature is replete with all manner of depravity, from robbery to murder to one of cinema's most memorably blasphemous sequences. Made on a shoestring budget in Waters' native Baltimore, with the filmmaker taking on nearly every technical task, this gleeful mockery of the peace-and-love ethos of its era features the Cavalcade of Perversion, a traveling show mounted by a troupe of misfits whose shocking proclivities...
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English
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Two agents from vastly different backgrounds join forces to solve cases the FBI labeled an unexplained. Both are determined to uncover hidden truths; one searching for otherworldly answers, the other for more earthbound scientific explanations. Together they will make discoveries neither could have ever imagined.