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182) Shooting at loons
Author
Series
Deborah Knott mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
184) Hokus pokus
Author
Series
Sisterhood series volume 9
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From an acclaimed, New York Times bestselling biographer, a timely reassessment of Abraham Lincoln's indispensable Secretary of the Treasury: a leading proponent for black rights both before and during his years in cabinet and later as Chief Justice of the United States. Salmon P. Chase is best remembered as a rival of Lincoln's for the Republican nomination in 1860-but there would not have been a national Republican Party, and Lincoln could not...
186) The color of death
Author
Series
Sir John Fielding mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
190) Watery grave
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
"In this third adventure, Sir John Fielding returns in his most baffling case yet. His stepson returns from high seas with tales of storms and a captain overboard. Was it an accident, or was it murder? Fielding is asked to investigate, but discovers considerably more than he'd bargained for. Filled with the authentic sights and sounds of eighteenth-century London, and with a supremely colorful and varied cast of characters, Watery Grave is in every...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"An incisive biography of the Supreme Court's enigmatic Chief Justice, taking us inside the momentous legal decisions of his tenure so far. John Roberts was named to the Supreme Court in 2005 claiming he would act as a neutral umpire in deciding cases. His critics argue he has been anything but, pointing to his conservative victories on voting rights and campaign finance. Yet he broke from orthodoxy in his decision to preserve Obamacare. How are we...
192) Justice of shattered dreams: Samuel Freeman Miller and the Supreme Court during the Civil War era
Author
Series
Publisher
Louisiana State University Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A museum director walks into work one morning to discover that the entire collection of porcelain, old documents, and paintings is gone. He calls the local police, and examining magistrate Antoine Verlaque sets out to learn the thief's identity. Verlaque wonders if this could have something to do with the recent robbery of Madame de Montbarbon's apartment. He is distracted by the impending of birth of his first child with his wife, Marine Bonnet....
Author
Publisher
St Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
On September 27, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee which was considering the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court; this is the true behind-the-scenes story of that testimony.
197) The target
Author
Series
Publisher
Jove Books
Pub. Date
©1998
Language
English
Description
"Dear Reader: You're about to enter a labyrinth where the unthinkable happens and the unimaginable becomes terrifyingly real. Escaping unwanted media attention after a notorious incident, Ramsey Hunt retreats into the solitude of a cabin high in the Colorado Rockies. But his isolation is shattered when he rescues a small girl unconscious in the forest and strangers invade his private meadow, their intent to kill. Molly Santera, the little girl's mother,...
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