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Senate executive document volume 32nd Congress, special session, no. 3
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Robert Armstrong, Public Printer
Pub. Date
1853.
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English
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English
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Set against a vividly depicted background of fin de siécle New York, this novel centers on the conflict between a self-made millionaire and a fervent social revolutionary-a conflict in which a man of goodwill futilely attempts to act as a mediator, only to be forced himself into a crisis of conscience. Here we see William Dean Howells's grasp of the realities of the American experience in an age of emerging social struggle. His absolute determination...
5) Little women
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For generations, children around the world have come of age with Louisa May Alcott's March girls: hardworking eldest sister Meg, headstrong, impulsive Jo, timid Beth, and precocious Amy. With their father away at war, and their loving mother Marmee working to support the family, the four sisters have to rely on one another for support as they endure the hardships of wartime and poverty. We witness the sisters growing up and figuring out what role...
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Colonel March of Scotland Yard volume 23
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English
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A phony spiritualist believes she's truly summoned a real ghost. Colonel March attends her séance to discover the identity of the spirit's killer.
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Colonel March of Scotland Yard volume 2
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English
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Himalayan mountain club members are threatened by what appears to be the yeti, compounded by the strange footprint outside Colonel March's office.
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Colonel March of Scotland Yard volume 4
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English
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A lady claims an odd man is following her and fears for her life. She's later found murdered...in mismatched color, a telling clue for the inspector.
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Colonel March of Scotland Yard volume 11
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English
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A 12 year old boy insists his dead father told him to kill his mother's new fiancée. But did the father truly die in an accidental plane crash?
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Colonel March of Scotland Yard volume 21
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English
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A 15th century prayer volume disappears from a sealed casket inside a locked safe belonging to an Oxford Don; the supernatural is suspected.
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Colonel March of Scotland Yard volume 5
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English
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Colonel March investigates a valuable stolen diamond as well as the kidnapping of a little boy's poodle; he thinks both incidents may be connected.
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Colonel March of Scotland Yard volume 10
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English
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A scientist seeks a way to suspend bodily life functions during space travel, and his test subject dies from lack of oxygen. Accident or foul play?
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Colonel March of Scotland Yard volume 8
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English
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While on holiday in France, there is a murder at the docks and Colonel March is asked by a friend of the French police to assist.
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Colonel March of Scotland Yard volume 3
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English
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Colonel March's niece, a believer in spiritualism, hears her dead husband's voice and becomes convinced he has returned as a ghost; but has he?
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Colonel March of Scotland Yard volume 6
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English
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March must solve the mystery of how a man could be stabbed to death by an invisible knife, while attempting to summon The Devil during a black rite.
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Colonel March of Scotland Yard volume 9
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English
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The Second Mona Lisa,' painted six months after the first, is targeted by rival collectors. Colonel March is determined to reveal the truth.
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Colonel March of Scotland Yard volume 14
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English
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A customer dies from poisoned wine while dining at a café, and the waiter falls under suspicion because he was a former chemist.
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Colonel March of Scotland Yard volume 1
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English
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A psychologist is stabbed to death in a seemingly sealed room. Inspector March must find who killed him and how they accomplished the task.
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Colonel March of Scotland Yard volume 7
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English
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A wife reports her husband, a reclusive mystery writer, has fallen off a cliff. Suspicion points to her as the killer and Colonel March investigates.
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Colonel March of Scotland Yard volume 22
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English
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A barmaid receives a gift, a music box, from a thief, dead ten years. But someone is soon murdered and Colonel March believes the music holds the key.
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