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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Finders Keepers Finders Keepers Craig Childs From Publishers Weekly Childs (The Animal Dialogues) intermingles personal experiences as a desert ecologist and adventurer with a journalistic look at scientists, collectors, museum officials, and … OL16335912W
Strongheart A Story Of The Old West Strongheart A Story Of The Old West Don Bendell CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO WORLDS... A son of both the Sioux and white worlds, Joshua Strongheart has two prized possessions - his father's bowie knife and his stepfather's Colt .45 Peacemaker - entrusted… OL17504936W
The middle ground The middle ground Zoe Whittall Missy Turner thinks of herself as the most ordinary woman in the world. She has a lot to be thankful for-a great kid, a loving husband, a job she enjoys and the security of living in the small town w… OL17873677W
The tenderness of thieves The tenderness of thieves Donna Freitas After witnessing a robbery which ended with the death of her father, seventeen-year-old Jane Calvetti falls in love with town bad boy Handel Davies. OL17882804W
The Lufthansa heist The Lufthansa heist Hill, Henry The inside story--from the organizer himself--of the largest unrecovered cash haul in history. This full account brings readers behind the heist memorialized in Goodfellas, a crime that has baffled l… OL20012915W
Boy in a tutu Boy in a tutu Kate Scott Joe and Sam put their spy skills to the test against a new villain, in a new mission and ... in tutus?! The only way to find out who is scheming to steal the World Cup memorabilia exhibition at the l… OL20895602W
Robberies Robberies Ann Weil Describes major robberies that have occurred all over the world, from million-dollar heists to art thefts. OL22131910W
Calveron's chase Calveron's chase Caleb Rand After spending five years inside Redrock Stockade, the ontime US marshal Jackson Calveron sets out on a manhunt: travelling a gruelling 250 miles, across the border from Arizona to the New Mexico tow… OL24252794W
Smoky hill trail Smoky hill trail Mark Falcon When the Denver bank threatened to repossess his family home and land, eighteen-year-old Jed Stone unwillingly became involved in a robbery with his neighbors, the four McIver brothers. The McIvers g… OL24299099W
The three robbers The three robbers Tomi Ungerer Three robbers who terrify the countryside are subdued by the charm of a little girl named Tiffany. OL48763W
Take a Good Look Take a Good Look Jacqueline Wilson Mary is fed up of being wrapped in cotton wool by her gran. Being blind doesn't mean that she can't look after herself. So Mary decides to go down to the sweetshop by herself for the first time but t… OL7979468W
Catch that kid Catch that kid Suzanne Weyn "When twelve-year-old Maddy's father becomes gravely ill she comes up with the ultimate scheme to pay for his life-saving operation--robbing a bank! But not just any bank--it's the bank where her mom… OL998628W