Results for: James, P. D.


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The Marines of Autumn
Brady, James
New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2000.
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James Burke is an expert in the interaction of man and technology. Robert Ornstein pioneered the study of the evolution of consciousness. Together, Burke and Ornstein propose that not only has man changed the world by the application of technology, but that technology has changed the way man thinks, by favoring reason over emotion. This in turn has changed the structure of the society in which man lives.
The Axemaker's Gift: A Double-Edged History of Human Culture
Burke, James and Robert Ornstein
New York: Grossett/Putnam, 1995.
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Sonny Boy Marsallus was a local boy turned avenger, angering people across the spectrum of New Orleans society. Sonny entrusted Iberia Parish sheriff's deputy Dave Robichaux with his journal, a recounting of his escapades. Now Sonny is dead, perhaps killed by the New Orleans mob. Bertha Fontenot, whose family were sharecroppers on the Bertrand plantation, has asked Robichaux's help in retaining the land they've lived on for nearly 100 years. Sonny seemed to have a connection to the plantation. Someone wants that land, and is willing to go to extremes to get it. Robichaux's search for answers puts his own life in danger.
Burning Angel
Burke, James Lee
New York: Hyperion Books, 1995.
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Broken Consort
Gollin, James
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989.
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P. D. James has been honred with Lifetime Achievement Awards from both the British Crimewriters Association (the Cartier Golden Dagger), and the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar. Death in Holy Orders also won the 2002 Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel. In Death in Holy Orders, an Anglican archdeacon who advocated closing a theological college is murdered. Adam Dalgliesh looks into not only the murder, but also his own soul.
Death in Holy Orders
James, P. D.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.
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P. D. James has been honred with Lifetime Achievement Awards from both the British Crimewriters Association (the Cartier Golden Dagger), and the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar. In the Lighthouse, Nathan Oliver, an obnoxious writer, falls to his death while at a private island retreat. Everyone on the island had a reason to disllike the man, so there is no shortage of suspects when Adam Dalgliesh arrives to investigate.
The Lighthouse
James, P. D.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
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The Lighthouse
James, P. D.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
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P. D. James has been honred with Lifetime Achievement Awards from both the British Crimewriters Association (the Cartier Golden Dagger), and the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar. In the Lighthouse, Nathan Oliver, an obnoxious writer, falls to his death while at a private island retreat. Everyone on the island had a reason to disllike the man, so there is no shortage of suspects when Adam Dalgliesh arrives to investigate.
The Lighthouse
James, P. D.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
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P. D. James has been honred with Lifetime Achievement Awards from both the British Crimewriters Association (the Cartier Golden Dagger), and the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar. The Murder Room is a room in a museum dedicated to the years between the world wars. The room includes exhibits on murders that occurred during the featured years. But then a series of new murders takes place which mirror those in the exhibits, and Adam Dalgliesh is called to investigate. Complicating Dalgliesh's life is a woman, Emma Lavenham, with whom Dalgliesh has a personal, romantic, interest.
The Murder Room
James, P. D.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
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The Bogus Buddha: A Superintendent Otani Mystery
Melville, James
New York: Scribners, 1991.
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The World is My Home: A Memoir
Michener, James A.
New York: Random House, 1992.
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Doubleday Large Print Home Library Edition. James Patterson has been awarded the International Thriller Writers' ThrillerMaster for outstanding contribution to the genre. The murder of Alex Cross's wife Maria has never been solved. Cross is a former DC cop, a successful crime writer, and had worked with the FBI. In order to spend more time with his children, he returns to private practice as a psychologist. When his friend John Sampson asks for his help in tracking down a serial rapist, Cross agrees, then finds the rapist may have ties to Maria's death.
Cross
Patterson, James
New York: Little, Brown & Co., 2006.
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James Patterson has been awarded the International Thriller Writers' ThrillerMaster for outstanding contribution to the genre. Alex Cross agrees to go to North Carolina to help John Sampson look into the circumstances surounding the charge of murder against one of Sampson's oldest friends. Their investigation leads them to a group of ruthless killers. Meanshile, Alex grows increasingly concerned about his grandmother.
Four Blind Mice
Patterson, James
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 2002.
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James Patterson has been awarded the International Thriller Writers' ThrillerMaster for outstanding contribution to the genre.
Hide & Seek
Patterson, James
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1996.
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Colorado veterinarian Frannie O'Neill joins forces with FBI agent Kit Harrison to stop a lab of scientists performing DNA grafting experiments on children. James Patterson has been awarded the International Thriller Writers' ThrillerMaster for outstanding contribution to the genre.
When the Wind Blows
Patterson, James
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1998.
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Doubleday Large Print Home Library Edition. James Patterson has been awarded the International Thriller Writers' ThrillerMaster for outstanding contribution to the genre. Step on a Crack introduces New York Detective Michael Bennett, a man whose personal world has just fallen apart. His wife has died of cancer, and he's left to raise ten children on his own. At the same time, a massive hostage situation has occurred at the funeral of a former First Lady, and Bennett is tapped to negotiate with the leader.
Step on a Crack
Patterson, James and Michael Ledwidge
New York: Little, Brown & Co., 2007.
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High Plains Tango
Waller, Robert James
New York: Shaye Areheart Books, 2005.
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Photographer Robert Kincaid travels to Iowa to photograph covered bridges for National Geographic magazine. There, he meets Francesca Johnson, an Italian war bride. The attraction is instant and mutual.
The Bridges of Madison County
Waller, Robert James
New York: Warner Books, 1992.
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