Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The river of love The river of love Barbara Cartland When they had gone back to the yacht, the Duke of Darleston took her down to his private cabin to put his arms round her. "You are mine," he said. "Whatever happened in the past, we are now togeth… OL135010W
The sad tale of the brothers Grossbart The sad tale of the brothers Grossbart Jesse Bullington Hegel and Manfried Grossbart may not consider themselves bad men - but death still stalks them through the dark woods of medieval Europe. The year is 1364, and the brothers Grossbart have embarked o… OL13771875W
Egyptian diary Egyptian diary Richard Platt,David Parkins In ancient Egypt, Nakht records his experiences as his family moves from small town Esna to the big, exciting city of Memphis, where he studies to be a scribe like his father and helps discover who h… OL14921398W
The body snatchers The body snatchers Daniel Cohen Examines burial customs and attitudes toward death through the ages and discusses magical, religious, economic, scientific, and political motives for body snatching and grave robbing. OL15218537W
Rotters Rotters Daniel Kraus Sixteen-year-old Joey's life takes a very strange turn when his mother's tragic death forces him to move from Chicago to rural Iowa with the father he has never known, and who is the town pariah, alt… OL15631893W
The grave robber's secret The grave robber's secret Anna Myers In Philadelphia in the 1800s, twelve-year-old Robbie is forced to help his father rob graves, then when he suspects his dad of murder, Robbie makes a life-changing decision. OL16651456W
Cavern Of The Blood Zombies Cavern Of The Blood Zombies Xu Lei 233 p. : 22 cm OL17455830W
Will Starling Will Starling Ian Weir After years as a battlefield surgeon during the Napoleonic War, Will Starling returns to London in 1816 to build a civilian surgical practice. But when one of the grave-robbers who supplies him with … OL19997402W
High crimes High crimes Christopher Sebela Disgraced Olympic snowboarder Zan Jensen runs a sideline business as a high-altitude grave robber. When a body is found at the summit of Everest with a treasure of state secrets under its skin, Zan f… OL20010493W
Tomb robbers Tomb robbers Ruth Owen Filled with fear and excitement, three men hurriedly dug their way through a dark passage. They were in search of treasure inside a dead king s tomb deep beneath the desert sands. If successful, they… OL20056770W
The Grave Robber's Apprentice The Grave Robber's Apprentice Allan Stratton Hans, a foundling raised by a grave robber, helps Countess Angela Gabriela, nearly thirteen, when she is torn away from her dream of being a professional puppeteer by an evil archduke out to destroy … OL20395909W
Body snatching Body snatching Alix Wood Examines religious, economic, scientific, and political motives for body snatching and grave robbing. OL20900312W
The body-snatcher The body-snatcher Vincent Goodwin In this graphic retelling of a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson, a young medical student in nineteenth century Edinburgh accepts corpses for dissection that were stolen from fresh graves--until … OL23304711W
The great Egyptian grave robbery The great Egyptian grave robbery Sara Pennypacker Ancient pyramids can be flat-out dangerous!Ever since Stanley was flattened by a bulletin board, there are places he can get to that no one else can. So when Stanley receives a letter from an archaeo… OL3942226W