Robert Arthur
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English
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Fans of creepy tales like W. W. Jacobs' horror classic "The Monkey's Paw" will appreciate this mid-twentieth-century update. Mark and Edith William pay a nostalgic return trip to a gift shop they visited on their honeymoon 20 years ago. But the souvenir they purchase the second time around turns out to be a lot more than they bargained for.
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Negu Mah has it all: a thriving uranium mining business, lots of friends, plenty of leisure time, the latest techno toys, and a loving wife—or so he thinks. In reality, Negu Mah's wife Nanlo has had enough and wants out, and she's devised a getaway plan that's either brilliant or batty—or maybe a little of both. This plot-twist-packed science-fiction short story will entertain long-time fans of the genre or newcomers looking for accessible
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Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Published in 1955, this remarkably prescient short story from speculative-fiction master Robert Andrew Arthur tackles the possibility of global warming decades before the issue made its way into the headlines. It's a thought-provoking read that will linger in your mind long after you've finished the tale.
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English
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A book that vigorously defends heroin users and sex workers? In You Will Die: The Burden of Modern Taboos Robert Arthur does that and more to demonstrate that taboos are not relics of primitive societies. America has its own ridiculous phobias and beliefs that cause tedium, suffering, and death. The government and the media use these taboos to lie and mislead. It is not a conspiracy, but by pushing panic for votes and viewers they thwart our pursuit...
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English
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A collection of stories concerning shunned and disreputable houses.
Contents:
Nobody's House by A. M. Burrage (1927)
The history of a haunted house.
A Night of Horror by Dick Donovan (1899)
A haunted castle in the hills of Wales.
The Room in the Tower by E. F. Benson (1912)
A recurring nightmare.
The House of the Nightmare by Edward Lucas White (1906)
A night at a remote country house.
The Shunned House by H. P. Lovecraft (1937)
An abandoned house...
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English
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In the golden age of piracy, twelve-year-old Master William, of the rocky islands of the Okneys, leaves his dead mother, thought to be a Selkie, to sail the sea-lanes of the world and evade conscription in the British Navy. He is followed by a Finman, a mythical sorcerer of the sea, who proctors him by blowing him through time and space, if need be, for a secret end. Young William must travel to the age of the most notorious female pirate of history,...
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English
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In the mid-to-late 1990's, the Department of Education had serious concerns about one of the country's largest for-profit schools, Computer Learning Centers (CLC). With over two dozen locations nationwide, CLC had grown rapidly through its use of federal loan money. In early 1998, the Illinois Attorney General filed a fraud lawsuit against CLC, which prompted a "program review" by the Department of Education of the company's main campus and several...
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English
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This one-year daily devotional is an invitation-an invitation to come on a fresh and exciting adventure into the Word of God. It is an invitation to enter into a deeper, more intimate relationship with your Heavenly Father-the One who made you, and wants you, and loves you like no other.
It is an invitation to enter into the peace, and joy, and protection, and provision, and purpose of an abundant life that can only be found by having a right relationship...
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Series
Three Investigators mystery series volume 6
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
1985
Language
English
Description
The Three Investigators are assisted by a Greek youth as they search for clues to a mysterious thief on an island once inhabited by pirates.
Author
Series
Three Investigators mystery series volume 9
Publisher
Bullseye Books
Pub. Date
1991, c1968
Language
English
Author
Series
Three Investigators mystery series volume 4
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
The Three Investigators become entangled in the theft of a string of rare pearls and a fraudulent scheme involving family inheritance when they try to solve the mystery of a ghost's appearance in the old Green Mansion.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
In the first adventure based on the novels about the world's most famous kid detectives, the Three Investigators follow an invitation to South Africa, where they are sucked into a journey that has them risking their lives. Uncovering the true secret of Skeleton Island will prove to be the most adventurous and dangerous case the Three Investigators have ever had.
Author
Series
Alfred Hitchcock mystery volume 4
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1965]
Language
English
Description
The Three Investigators become entangled in the theft of a string of rare pearls and a fraudulent scheme involving family inheritance when they try to solve the mystery of a ghost's appearance in Verdant House.
Author
Series
Three Investigators mystery series volume 5
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
1985, ©1966
Language
English
Description
Three young detectives become involved in mysteries related to the disappearance of an ancient Japanese jeweled belt from a museum exhibit and the strange antics of a group of gnomes around an elderly woman's house.
18) Ace in the hole
Series
Criterion collection volume 396
Language
English
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A cave collapse in New Mexico traps a man, and all eyes turn toward the tragedy … including those of Charles "Chuck" Tatum (Kirk Douglas), a washed-up newspaper reporter who sees the incident as a ticket back to his former days at the top of the journalism heap. As the media circus begins to swirl around the trapped man's plight, Tatum takes command of the situation, embellishing the unfolding drama and prolonging the rescue effort … while feeding...
Author
Series
Alfred Hitchcock mystery volume 8
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1967]
Language
English
Description
Three junior detectives travel abroad to solve a mystery involving a silver spider and a political plot that endangers the life of a young prince.
Author
Publisher
Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung
Pub. Date
©1979, ©1975
Language
Deutsch
Description
The Three Investigators become entangled in the theft of a string of rare pearls and a fraudulent scheme involving a family inheritance when they try to solve the mystery of a ghost's appearance in the old Green Mansion.
