David Pittu
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"Americans love musicals. Americans invented musicals. Americans perfected musicals. But what, exactly, is a musical? In [this book], Jack Viertel takes them apart, puts them back together, sings their praises, marvels at their unflagging inventiveness, and occasionally despairs over their more embarrassing shortcomings. In the process, he invites us to fall in love all over again by showing us how musicals happen, what makes them work, how they captivate...
63) Mission atomic
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Scholastic Inc
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English
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Amy and Dan are shocked to learn that Outcast, a violent renegade who is threatening the lives of innocent people, may be a Cahill family member who is determined to exact revenge.
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Pub. Date
2008.
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English
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Xena and Xander Holmes, an American brother and sister living in London for a year, discover that Sherlock Holmes was their great-great-great grandfather when they are inducted into the Society for the Preservation of Famous Detectives and given his unsolved casebook, from which they attempt to solve the case of a famous missing painting.
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English
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Christmas, Hawkins, 1984. All Chief Jim Hopper wants is to enjoy a quiet first Christmas with Eleven, but his adopted daughter has other plans. Over Hopper's protests, she pulls a cardboard box marked "New York" out of the basement-- and the tough questions begin. Summer, New York City, 1977. Hopper is starting over after returning home from Vietnam. A young daughter, a caring wife, and a new beat as an NYPD detective make it easy to slip back into...
67) Outbreak
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English
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Dan Cahill must act fast when he learns that Sinead Starling is involved in a plot to control a deadly virus. But is she really behind the plot, or is she a hero trying to stop the release of the virus?
68) Last call
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Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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"The Townhouse Bar, Midtown Manhattan, July 1992: The piano player seems to know every song ever written, the crowd belts out the lyrics to its favorites, and a man standing nearby is drinking a scotch and water. To the piano player, the man is forgettable. Bland and inconspicuous, he is not at all what you'd think a serial killer looks like. But that's what he is, and tonight his sights are set on a gray-haired man. This will not be his first victim....
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Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
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The Absent Author
A is for author.... Dink writes to his favorite author, mystery writer Wallis Wallace, and invites him to visit Green Lawn. To Dink's amazement, Wallace says he'll come! But when the big day arrives, Wallace is nowhere to be found. The police think he just missed his plane, but Dink suspects foul play. It's up to Dink and his two best friends, Josh and Ruth Rose, to find the famous writer—before it's too late!
The...
A is for author.... Dink writes to his favorite author, mystery writer Wallis Wallace, and invites him to visit Green Lawn. To Dink's amazement, Wallace says he'll come! But when the big day arrives, Wallace is nowhere to be found. The police think he just missed his plane, but Dink suspects foul play. It's up to Dink and his two best friends, Josh and Ruth Rose, to find the famous writer—before it's too late!
The...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
THE SCHOOL SKELETON
Some sneaky soul has stolen the skeleton from the nurse’s office! The principal promises free aquarium tickets to the savvy sleuths who can track down poor Mr. Bones. It’s up to Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose to follow the clues and put those old bones to rest.
THE TALKING T. REX
Meet Tyrone the Tyrannosaurus, Green Lawn’s newest–and biggest!–visitor. The kids’ old friend Jud Wheat is in...
Some sneaky soul has stolen the skeleton from the nurse’s office! The principal promises free aquarium tickets to the savvy sleuths who can track down poor Mr. Bones. It’s up to Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose to follow the clues and put those old bones to rest.
THE TALKING T. REX
Meet Tyrone the Tyrannosaurus, Green Lawn’s newest–and biggest!–visitor. The kids’ old friend Jud Wheat is in...
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English
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"At the height of the Cold War, two secretaries are pulled out of the typing pool at the CIA and given the assignment of a lifetime. Their mission: to smuggle Doctor Zhivago out of the USSR, where no one dare publish it, and help Pasternak's magnum opus make its way into print around the world. Glamorous and sophisticated Sally Forrester is a seasoned spy who has honed her gift for deceit all over the world-- using her magnetism and charm to pry secrets...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"The Art of Patience is an account of an expedition to the mountains of Tibet in search of the elusive snow leopard. After recovering from an accident, adventurer Sylvain Tesson and his traveling companions embraced the virtues of patience and silence, and were rewarded when the snow leopard revealed itself"--
73) Detective camp
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English
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While learning detective skills at a sleep-away camp, Dink and his friends undercover a real mystery involving stolen paintings. Dink, Josh, And Ruth Rose are back! This time, they're off to a camp for detectives! The camp directors have set up a week of lessons in forensics and fun mysteries for the campers to solve. The kids are following the planned clues when they stumble upon a real crime. This exciting extension to the A to Z Mysteries chapter...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The Deadly Dungeon
Dink’s favorite mystery writer, Wallis Wallace, has invited Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose for a sleepover—in a haunted castle! Will they discover who—or what—is haunting Moose Manor?
The Empty Envelope
Dink keeps getting envelopes in the mail addressed to “D. Duncan.” But the letters inside all start with “Dear Doris” and don’t make any sense! Josh and Ruth...
Dink’s favorite mystery writer, Wallis Wallace, has invited Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose for a sleepover—in a haunted castle! Will they discover who—or what—is haunting Moose Manor?
The Empty Envelope
Dink keeps getting envelopes in the mail addressed to “D. Duncan.” But the letters inside all start with “Dear Doris” and don’t make any sense! Josh and Ruth...
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
1978.
Language
English
Description
Now in audio for the first time! Award-winning actor and two-time Tony Award nominee David Pittu narrates one of the most influential books in gay literature.
Andrew Holleran's Dancer from the Dance defined gay life in late 1970s New York. Published in 1978, the novel captures the time post-Stonewall and pre-AIDS where sexual freedom was celebrated and the future appeared limitless.
Young, divinely beautiful and tired of living a lie, Anthony Malone...
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Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
K is for Kidnapped!
Someone has kidnapped the king and queen of Socotra. For safety's sake, their son is staying with Dink until they are safe. But then the prince is kidnapped, too! Can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose unmask the royals' enemies before it's too late? Or is the royal family of Socotra gone forever?
L is for Lucky. . . .
And that's just how Lucky O'Leary feels when the lottery ticket his grandfather sends him for
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
THE WHITE WOLF
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are thrilled to visit Wallis Wallace at her new cabin in the Maine wilderness. On their very first day, they glimpse a white wolf and her babies on a cliff. But soon after the kids spy the wolf family, the pups are wolf-napped! Can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose sniff out the culprits before the white wolf starts suspecting them?
THE X’ED-OUT X-RAY
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are having an excellent...
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are thrilled to visit Wallis Wallace at her new cabin in the Maine wilderness. On their very first day, they glimpse a white wolf and her babies on a cliff. But soon after the kids spy the wolf family, the pups are wolf-napped! Can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose sniff out the culprits before the white wolf starts suspecting them?
THE X’ED-OUT X-RAY
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are having an excellent...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
THE HAUNTED HOTEL
H Is for Haunted . . . A ghost has checked into the Shangri-la Hotel! It’s almost Halloween, and
reports of strange sounds and even stranger sights are coming from Green Lawn’s only hotel.
Every day, more and more guests are being scared away. Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose must
figure out what’s going on and catch the ghost—before Green Lawn turns into a ghost town!
THE INVISIBLE ISLAND
I Is...
H Is for Haunted . . . A ghost has checked into the Shangri-la Hotel! It’s almost Halloween, and
reports of strange sounds and even stranger sights are coming from Green Lawn’s only hotel.
Every day, more and more guests are being scared away. Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose must
figure out what’s going on and catch the ghost—before Green Lawn turns into a ghost town!
THE INVISIBLE ISLAND
I Is...
Author
Series
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
THE ORANGE OUTLAW
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are visiting Dink’s Uncle Warren in New York City when several paintings are stolen from his apartment building. Do the kids have enough clues to catch this crafty—and hungry—crook?
THE PANDA PUZZLE
The town is building a new park for a panda and her baby. But as soon as the pandas arrive, the baby is stolen! All the panda-nappers want in return is a million dollars. . . . Can...
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are visiting Dink’s Uncle Warren in New York City when several paintings are stolen from his apartment building. Do the kids have enough clues to catch this crafty—and hungry—crook?
THE PANDA PUZZLE
The town is building a new park for a panda and her baby. But as soon as the pandas arrive, the baby is stolen! All the panda-nappers want in return is a million dollars. . . . Can...
80) Bindi: a novel
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Kerala, 1993: Eight-year-old Birendra suddenly loses his mother, but he refuses to believe he's an orphan. He's certain that his mother's twin sister, the troubled but winning Nayana, will come for him all the way from West London. But when the letter informing Nayana of her sister's death goes missing, numerous lives are forever altered, and Birendra is set adrift. Madeline, a Los Angeles native and interior designer to the stars, is floundering...