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Beating the Babushka: A Cape Weathers Investigation

by Tim Maleeny

Published: 2007-10-01

Paperback: 365 pages

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A movie producer hurtles to his death from the top of the Golden Gate Bridge, an apparent suicide that shocks the film community and puts a two hundred million dollar production in jeopardy. His colleague, Grace, doesn't believe it was suicide and turns to private detective Cape Weathers...

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The Beatitudes: Book I

by Lyn LeJeune, New Orleans Public Library Foundation

Published: 2007-08-08

Paperback: 324 pages

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Social workers Hannah "Scrimp" Dubois and Earlene "Pinch" Washington have just started their own business, Social Investigations, to solve the murders of ten foster children in New Orleans, Louisiana. The New Orleans Police Department, the Catholic Church, and local politicians have sidest...

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Beatrice and Virgil: A Novel

by Yann Martel

Published: 2010-04-13

Hardcover: 224 pages

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Fate takes many forms. . . . �When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist, it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. As he is pulled further into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey?na...

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The Beautiful and Damned

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Published: 2013-03-12

Paperback: 480 pages

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The Beautiful and Damned is the story of Anthony Patch and his wife, Gloria. Harvard-educated and an aspiring aesthete, Patch is waiting for his inheritance upon his grandfather’s death. His reckless marriage to Gloria is fueled by alcohol and destroyed by greed. The Patches race through...

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The Beautiful and the Damned

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Published: 2010-10-13

Paperback: 342 pages

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It tells the story of Anthony Patch, his relationship with his wife Gloria, his service in the army, and his alcoholism. The novel provides an excellent portrait of the Eastern elite as the Jazz Age begins its ascent, engulfing all classes into what would soon be known as the Café Society

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Beautiful Assassin: A Novel

by Michael C. White

Published: 2010-04-01

Hardcover: 464 pages

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A breathtaking tale of love, loyalty, and intrigue set in the early days of World War II from the acclaimed New York Times Notable Book author of Soul Catcher, which USA Today hailed as "a marvelous historical novel" World War II threatens to engulf the globe. The beleaguered Soviets,...

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A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries)

by Charles Finch

Published: 2007-06-26

Kindle Edition: 332 pages

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On any given day in London, all Charles Lenox, Victorian gentleman and armchair explorer, wants to do is relax in his private study with a cup of tea, a roaring fire and a good book. But when his lifelong friend Lady Jane asks for his help, Lenox cannot resist another chance to unravel a m...

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Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Crystal Meth Addiction

by David Sheff

Published: 2008-02-04

Paperback: 368 pages

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Beautiful Chaos (Beautiful Creatures)

by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl

Published: 2012-06-12

Paperback: 528 pages

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Ethan Wate thought he was getting used to the strange, impossible events happening in Gatlin, his small Southern town. But now that Ethan and Lena have returned home from the Great Barrier, strange and impossible have taken on new meanings. Swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and deva...

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Beautiful Children: A Novel

by Charles Bock

Published: 2008-01-22

Hardcover: 432 pages

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One Saturday night in Las Vegas, twelve-year-old Newell Ewing goes out with a friend and doesn’t come home. In the aftermath of his disappearance, his mother, Lorraine, makes daily pilgrimages to her son’s room and tortures herself with memories. Equally distraught, the boyR...