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Author
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A collection of 22 short stories selected from the five collections of short stories about master criminal Arsene Lupin that Maurice Leblanc published in France a century ago. The English translations (some by George Morehead and some by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos) are now in the public domain. With a new introduction by mystery writer Martin Walker"--
Author
Series
Secret staircase novels volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
20240220
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Librairie Générale Française
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Français
Description
Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson learns he is a demigod, the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea. His mother sends him to a summer camp for demigods where he and his new friends set out on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
46) The dragon thief
Author
Series
Dragons in a bag volume 2
Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Jaxon had just one job--to return three baby dragons to the realm of magic. But when he got there, only two dragons were left in the bag. His best friend's sister, Kavita, is a dragon thief! Kavita only wanted what was best for the baby dragon. But now every time she feeds it, the dragon grows and grows! How can she possibly keep it secret? Even worse, stealing it has upset the balance between the worlds. The gates to the other realm have shut tight!...
47) The second sword: a tale from the merry month of May. My day in the other land : a tale of demons
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Two novellas by Nobel laureate Peter Handke"--
Second sword: Picks up the story where Handke's last work of fiction, The Fruit Thief, left off. Here a man has returned to his home in the suburbs of Paris, only to soon set out again. Why? We learn, over the course of a story that he is seeking to avenge his mother, who has been unjustly denounced in the pages of a newspaper. A suspenseful work of self-examination: Will the narrator's journey end...
48) How to be a hero
Author
Series
How to be a hero trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Macmillan Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A no-good Viking thief. The worst-ever trainee Valkyrie. An ungodly case of mistaken identity. When failing trainee Valkyrie Lotta mistakes an unconscious Viking thief, Whetstone, for a fallen hero and takes him triumphantly to Valhalla, things are definitely not turning out to be epic or glorious. Having lost a precious talking cup, Whetstone is also desperate to cover up his mistake and the two embark on a quarrelsome journey to find it and regain...
50) A few days away
Author
Publisher
Brash Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
On Valentine's Day, a professional thief and his partner robbed a bank in a Central Pennsylvania town. It all went well until they tried to get away. His partner was killed, the money was lost, and the injured thief barely escaped with his life. Now, four months later, he's going back for his money. But he's not the only one after it. Corrupt cops, warring street gangs, white nationalists and crooked politicians all agree on one thing - they want...
51) Skin thief
Author
Publisher
Neon Hemlock Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The stories in this collection of dark fantasy and horror short stories grapple with the complexities of identity, racism, homophobia, immigration, oppression and patriarchy through nature, gothic hauntings, Trinidadian folklore and shape shifting. At the heart of the collection lie the questions: how do we learn to accept ourselves? How do we live in our own skin?
52) Dodge and burn
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When billionaire philanthropist and art collector Robson Blake hires Sophie Medina to take photographs for him, she doesn't expect to show up and find her client dead. It seems he was the victim of a burglary gone wrong. But why was his state-of-the-art security system turned off . . . and why, in a house full of priceless Old Masters, is the only thing missing a beautiful but insignificant Ukrainian religious icon? Before long, Sophie finds herself...
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"An all-new adventure of everyone's favorite thief! You think you know all there is to know about Remy LeBeau, the mutant called Gambit - but there's still plenty up this ragin' Cajun's sleeves! Before he joined the X-Men, Gambit encountered a mysterious girl named 'Ro - the mutant Storm, regressed to childhood by the nefarious Nanny - and the two went up against the forces of the Shadow King! Now more of their story is revealed for the first time!...
Author
Publisher
Owl Hollow Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In 1892, in the bustling town of Fall River, Massachusetts, 16-year-old Victoria feels trapped by her high-society, pre-debutante life. Not only is she forced to have a chaperone for anything outside of the house, but she is also stuck playing nursemaid to her mother suffering from an unexplained paralysis. Victoria's only escapes are visits with her neighbor Miss Lizzie Borden, reading Sherlock Holmes serials and--when the urge overtakes her--stealing....
Author
Series
Queen volume 2
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"After rising up against gangland's queen, Alice Diamond, formerly downtrodden Nell is living the perfect life of crime. Far from the East End slums where she was raised, she's now an accomplished professional thief by day-lifting luxury goods from high-end department stores-and a glamorous nightclub owner after dark. Dressed in stolen silks and furs, Nell cuts a dazzling figure in the dimly lit clubs where she calls the shots. But a betrayal and...
56) Dungeon people
Author
Series
Dungeon people volume 2
Publisher
Seven Seas
Pub. Date
2022-
Language
English
Description
Searching for her lost father, expert thief Clay explores a dungeon filled with monsters and traps, but soon is offered a job by the dungeon's caretaker to interview new monsters, set traps and position slimes around the dungeon.
Author
Series
Your hidden life volume 2
Publisher
MIT Kids Press, an imprint of Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Butt-sniffing dogs. Terrified tarantulas. Canaries with invisible force fields? Yep--it turns out our pets experience the world in totally different ways than we do. Unlock some of your nonhuman family members' wildest behaviors in this hilarious (and sometimes shiver-worthy) illustrated guide to their secret lives, complete with exciting interviews with the scientists who research them. From fierce hamster stink wars to the hidden wild side of Bubbles...
60) A dance of chaos
Author
Series
Shadowdance novels volume 6
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The final installment of the Shadowdance series finds Haern the Watcher returning to his beloved city of Veldaren, only to find it has collapsed into chaos. The Sun Guild has conquered the former thief guilds, destroying the peace Haern fought so hard to obtain. The Trifect is their next target, and Alyssa Gemcroft must reach out to whatever allies she can obtain, even if it means casting aside longtime friends. As the chaos grows, so does the power...
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