Carolyn McCormick
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English
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Inspired by Ann Rule's true crime collection Empty Promises. Javier (Kevin Rodriguez) and Robin Rivera (Maddie Nichols) are celebrating their one-year anniversary on a camping trip. But when Javier ends up dead, Robin finds herself alone in the rough wilderness. She accepts help from another camper, a mysterious stranger named Sam (TC Matherne) and slowly places her life in his hands.
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Easy tree patterns from one of the most respected paper-piecing experts and the inventor of the Add-a-Quarter ruler.
Pine tree blocks have been loved by generations of quilters, but those little triangles can be intimidating. Now, Carolyn Cullinan McCormick has the solution. She has taken twelve classic tree patterns and turned them to easy paper-pieced blocks. She has even included a brilliant, eye-catching sashing to enhance the center.
Each pattern...
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I have always been so amazed by feathered star quilts, especially the quilts that were made in the 1800s. e quilter from the 1800s did not have the "tools" of today. ey made those fabulous quilts using a template made of whatever was available along with their fabric, needle, thread and scissors. My dear friend, Diane Donnelly, and I share a passion for old quilts. In 2009, she gave me a book called Quilts eir Story and How to Make em, written by...
4) The War
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[2007]
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English
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Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America
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[2022]
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English
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Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein's three-part, six-hour documentary series examines how the American people and leaders responded to one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of the twentieth century, and how this catastrophe challenged America's identity as a nation of immigrants and the very ideals of democracy.
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By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.
9) Mockingjay
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English
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Two-time Hunger Games survivor Katniss Everdeen is targeted by a vengeful Capitol that vows to make Katniss and all of District 12 pay for the current unrest.
10) Evil at Heart
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English
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Portland detective Archie Sheridan hunted Gretchen Lowell for a decade, and after his last ploy to catch her went spectacularly wrong, remains hospitalized months later. When they last spoke, they entered a detente of sorts---Archie agreed not to kill himself if she agreed not to kill anyone else. But when a new body is found accompanied by Gretchen's trademark heart, all bets are off and Archie is forced back into action. Has the Beauty Killer returned...
11) Sweetheart
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English
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Portland detective Archie Sheridan's investigation into the murder of a young woman is compromised by his continuing obsession with serial murderer Gretchen Lowell, the so-called Beauty Killer, who has escaped from prison
12) Annihilation
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2014.
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English
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Area X has claimed the lives of members of eleven expeditions. The twelfth expedition consisting of four women hopes to map the terrain and collect specimens; to record all their observations, scientific and otherwise, of their surroundings and of one another; and, above all, to avoid being contaminated by Area X itself.
13) 10th Anniversary
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2011
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English
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For every secret
Detective Lindsay Boxer's long-awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. Lindsay discovers that not only is there no trace of the criminals—but that the victim may be keeping secrets as well.
For every lie
At the same time, Assistant District Attorney...
Detective Lindsay Boxer's long-awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. Lindsay discovers that not only is there no trace of the criminals—but that the victim may be keeping secrets as well.
For every lie
At the same time, Assistant District Attorney...
14) The 5th Horseman
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2006
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English
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When patients mysteriously take a turn for the worse at San Francisco Medical Center, Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club must face an unspeakable menace, possibly the most terrifying situation they have encountered
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As San Francisco's most glamorous millionaires mingle at the party of the year, someone is watching, waiting for a chance to take vengeance on Isa and Ethan Bailey, the city's most celebrated couple. Finally, the killer pinpoints the ideal moment, and it's the perfect murder. Not a trace of evidence is left behind in their glamorous home.
As Detective Lindsay Boxer investigates the high-profile murder, someone else is found brutally executed-a preacher...
16) Acceptance
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2014.
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English
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It is winter in Area X. A new team embarks across the border on a mission to find a member of a previous expedition who may have been left behind. As they press deeper into the unknown, navigating new terrain and new challenges, the threat to the outside world becomes more daunting.
17) Maggie Black
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English
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A successful young writer's first pregnancy is overshadowed by her complicated relationship with reality.