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House of Winslow volume 25
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Description
Emily Winslow felt deeply indebted to James Parker when she learned that his wounds resulted from trying to save her brother's life in the trenches of World War I. But by the time she discovered what really happened on that battlefield in France, Emily had fallen for James's charm. Devastated by his betrayal and overwhelmed by feelings of bitterness, Emily throws herself into her writing career. She accepts an assignment to record the life of an isolated...
Author
Series
House of Winslow volume 25
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
November 1944: Their B-24 bomber shot down on what should have been an easy mission off the Borneo coast, a scattered crew of Army airmen cut themselves loose from their parachutes—only to be met by loincloth-wearing natives silently materializing out of the mountainous jungle. Would these Dayak tribesmen turn the starving airmen over to the hostile Japanese occupiers? Or would the Dayaks risk vicious reprisals to get the airmen safely home
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She calls herself Lady Justice, like an avenging superhero. Her disguises vary—a tall blonde or a curvaceous redhead, whatever it takes to lure the men she targets, men who have done women wrong. Once they are in her grasp, they are powerless. The first victim is wealthy businessman Nigel McEnroy. By day he runs a successful headhunting firm, but when his wife is away, he engages in another kind of hunt. His company's human resources department...
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Louis L'Amour is an American legend, a master storyteller whose tales of action and heroic adventure echo his own intrepid exploits. Relentless suspense, breathtaking danger, riveting characters -- these are the hallmarks of L'Amour's classic fiction. Off the Mangrove Coast collects for the first time in one volume nine of his extraordinary stories -- some long out of print and unavailable anywhere else, some never before published. This book is a...
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Amanda Brown mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
In 1945, an infant left inadvertently to die in the jungles of the Belgian Congo is discovered by a young Bashilele tribesman on a mission to claim the head of an enemy. Recognized as human--despite her pale white skin and strange blue eyes--the baby is brought into the tribe and raised as its own. Young missionary Amanda Brown hears the incredible stories of a white girl living among the Bashilele headhunters. In the company of the local police chief,...
10) The cannibals
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Series
Curse of the Jolly Stone trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Tom Tin and his friend Midgely--with assorted juvenile criminals--escape the ship taking them to serve their terms in Australia and head for a Pacific island, forgetting Tom's father's warnings about headhunters and cannibals.
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The Tribe (Clay Chapman) volume 1
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Description
After practically burning down his last school, Spencer Pendleton wants to keep out of trouble at Greenfield Middle but between attacks from the school bully and being recruited by the mischievous tribe of dropouts hiding in the building, Spencer seems headed for permanent detention.
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Goosebumps. Give yourself goosebumps volume 34
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
Uncle Darius invents an elevator which takes him to another universe but he returns as a headhunter.
15) Headhunters
Pub. Date
2012
Description
A successful headhunter subsidizes his expensive lifestyle by stealing valuable artwork, but when he meets a former mercenary his two professional worlds collide.
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Made in Sweden volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
How does a child become a criminal? How does a father lose a son? An epic crime novel with the excitement of Jo Nesbo's Headhunters and the depth of We Need to Talk About Kevin, The Father is inspired by the extraordinary true story of three brothers who held Sweden to ransom, committing ten audacious bank robberies over just two years. None had committed a crime before. All were under 24 years old. All of them would be changed forever. In this intoxicating,...
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Series
Claire Malloy mysteries volume 13
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
When Farberville, Arkansas, plays host to its first-ever mystery convention--Murder Comes to Campus--local bookseller Claire Malloy finds herself in the midst of barely controlled mayhem. Bad enough that she is surrounded by peevishly capricious authors; bad enough that Roxanne Small, renowned (and feared) mystery editor, arrives unexpectedly, to the disgruntlement of said authors. But add in the news that Claire's amour, police detective Peter Rosen,...
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Pub. Date
2008
Description
"A true story of murder, love, and headhunters, Now the Hell Will Start tells the remarkable tale of Herman Perry, a budding Romeo from the streets of Washington, D.C., who wound up going native in the Indo-Burmese jungle - not because he yearned for adventure, but rather to escape the greatest manhunt conducted by the United States Army during World War II." "An African American GI assigned to a segregated labor battalion, Perry was shipped to South...
20) Monte Carlo
Pub. Date
2011
Description
While on vacation in Paris with her best friend Emma and stepsister Meg, high school graduate Grace is mistaken for a British heiress and the three girls are whisked away to Monte Carlo for a glamorous weekend.