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2023., Adult, Alfred A. Knopf Canada Call No: NEW Fic Cru Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In an isolated outport on Newfoundland's northern coastline, Abe Strapp is about to marry the daughter of a rival merchant to cement his hold on the shore when the Widow Caines arrives to throw the wedding and Abe's plans into chaos. That ruthless act of sabotage is the opening salvo in a battle between the man and woman who own Mockbeggar's largest mercantile firms, each fighting for the scarce resources of the north Atlantic fishery, each seeking a measure of revenge on the person they despise most in the world. As their unshakeable animosity spirals further each year into vendettas and violence, the community is increasingly divided and even the innocents in Mockbeggar find themselves forced to take sides, with devastating consequences.
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-- Angels and demons.c2000., Atria Books Call No: LP Fic Bro Edition: 1st large print hardcover ed June 2003. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: World renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon must uncover clues that point to the resurgance of an ancient secret society.
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-- Angels and demons.c2000., Atria Books Call No: Fic Bro Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: World renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon must uncover clues that point to the resurgance of an ancient secret society.
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1999., Thorndike Press Call No: LP Fic Blo Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Matthew Scudder Volume: 14
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c2010., Adult, HarperCollins Call No: Fic For Edition: 1st Canadian ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: " When Julie Jacobs inherits a key to a safety deposit box in Siena, Italy, she is told it will lead her to an old family treasure.Soon she is launched on a precarious journey into the true history of her ancestor Giulietta, whose legendary love for a young man named Romeo turned medieval Siena upside down. As Julie crosses paths with the descendants of the families involved in Shakespeare<U+2019>s unforgettable blood feud, she begins to realize that the notorious curse -- "A plague on both your houses!" -- is still at work, and that she is the next target. It seems the only one who can save her from her fate is Romeo . . . .but where is he? Full of sleeping potions, secret processions, and the glorious Italian countryside, Juliet is at heart an epic romance that proves that love is strong enough to conquer even death."--Publisher.
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c2009., Adult, Ballantine Books Call No: Fic Ber Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Cotton Malone novels Volume: 5Summary Note: Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone isn't looking for trouble when it comes knocking at his Copenhagen bookshop. But narrowly surviving a ferocious firefight convinces him to follow his unexpected new ally--an American Secret Service agent--and help him stop the Paris Club, a cabal of multimillionaires bent on manipulating the global economy. Only by matching wits with a terrorist-for-hire, foiling a catastrophic attack, and plunging into a desperate hunt for the legendary lost treasure of Napoleon Bonaparte can Malone hope to avert international financial anarchy.
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2007., Ballantine Books Call No: Fic Gar Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: At the reception of Jordan Buchanan's brother and best friend, Kate MacKenna they have a wedding crasher. He claims that there's bad blood between the Buchanan and MacKenna clans that goes back to ancient Scotland, involving the Buchanan theft of a coveted MacKenna treasure.
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2006., Adult, Warner Home Video Call No: DVD Fic V For Edition: Widescreen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, the story of a young working-class woman, Evey, who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man known only as 'V.' Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, 'V' ignites a revolution when he urges his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression. As Evey uncovers the truth about 'V's' mysterious background, she also discovers the truth about herself. She becomes his ally in his plan to bring freedom and justice to a cruel and corrupt society.
![V for Vendetta [DVD] (2006) Directed by James McTeigue](/Library/images/~imageCT75235.JPG "V for Vendetta [DVD] (2006) Directed by James McTeigue")