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Populated by a parade of fascinating characters, this slice-of-life story provides a glimpse into life in the Appalachian region in the early twentieth century. A prodigal son, the offspring of a legendary local moonshiner, makes his yearly pilgrimage home to the wilds of Virginia, where he kicks off the vestiges of his comparatively sophisticated existence in the city and immerses himself in the local customs. John Fox Jr. (December 16, 1862 —...
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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is a 1908 romance novel/western novel written by John Fox, Jr. Set in the Appalachian Mountains at the turn of the twentieth century, a feud has been boiling for over thirty years between two influential mountain families, the Tollivers and the Falins. The character of Devil Judd Tolliver in the novel was based on the real-life of "Devil John" Wesley Wright, a United States Marshal for the region in and around Wise County,...
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A Cumberland Vendetta' is a Western-themed novel written by John Fox Jr. The story unfolds as we follow two boys who stood on a massive shoulder of the mountain, the river girding it far below, and the afternoon shadows at their feet. Both carried guns--the tall mountaineer, a Winchester; the boy, a squirrel rifle longer than himself. Climbing about the rocky spur, they kept the same level over log and bowlder and through a bushy ravine to the north....
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The Heart of the Hills' is a short dramatic story written by John Fox Jr. The story is a fictionalized version of a real-life feud during the late 19th century between two rural American families of the West Virginia, Hatfield and McCoy, which in this book are renamed Hawn and Honeycutt.
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Anthropologist John Fox sets off on a worldwide adventure to the farthest reaches of the globe and the deepest recesses of our ancient ast to answer a question inspired by his sports-loving son: "Why do we play ball?" From Mexican jungles to the small-town gridirons of Ohio, from medieval villages and royal courts to modern soccer pitches and baseball parks, The Ball explores the little-known origins of our favorite sports across the centuries, and...
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The Last Stetson' is an American-settlers era novel by John Fox Jr. It revolves around a man named Rome Stetson, who, we learn to be the last of his name. He and Jasper Lewallen, the last but one of his, put their guns down and fought with bare fists on a high ledge above old Gabe's mill one morning at daybreak. The man who was beaten was to leave the mountains; the other was to stay at home and have peace. Steve Marcum, a Stetson, heard the sworn...
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John Fox (1862-1919) was an American novelist, journalist and short story writer. Influenced by his childhood in the Kentucky's Bluegrass Region and his life among the coal miners of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, Fox's novels were historical romances or period dramas set in that region. "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come" (1903) is arguably one of his most well known and successful works. It entered the New York Times top ten list of bestselling novels...
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Jane Whorwood was one of Charles I's closest confidantes. The wife of an Oxfordshire squire, when the court moved to Oxford in 1642, at the start of the Civil War, she helped the royalist cause by spying for the king, and smuggling gold (perhaps as much as 1,000kg) to help pay for his army. When Charles was held captive by the Parliamentarians, from 1646 to 1649, she organised money, correspondence, several escape attempts, astrological advice and...
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Hell fer Sartain and Other Stories' is a collection of short stories written by John Fox Jr. He was a New York Times-bestselling author for several years in a row with his novels 'The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come' and 'The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'. Featured titles to be found inside the following publication includes 'On Hell-fer-Sertain Creek', 'Through the Gap', and 'A Trick O' Trade'.
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In every novel there are pivotal places that can make or break a book. Write them well, and you'll have your readers begging for a sequel. Write them poorly, and your book will get scathing reviews and sell only a handful of copies. These pivotal places are "linchpin moments," and in this book you'll learn how to nail these moments. Based on real advice from editing hundreds of novels, John Matthew Fox guides writers through the process of creating...
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Many people are aware that Jeb Stuart was a famous cavalry general who rode for the Confederacy. Yet, how did this twenty-nine-year-old former US Army lieutenant become the 1860s version of a media sensation? At the beginning of June 1862, George McClellan s huge Union Army stood poised to decimate the Confederate capital of Richmond. The city faced chaos as thousands of civilians fled. Confederate Army commander Robert E. Lee wanted to launch his...
14) Game night
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1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A group of friends who meet regularly for game nights find themselves trying to solve a murder mystery.
The participants in a weekly couples' game night become involved in a murder mystery game that seems to spin out of control.
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5 videodiscs (approximately 939 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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For decades, ex-government agent Raymond "Red" Reddington (James Spader) has been one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives. Brokering shadowy deals for criminals across the globe, Red was known by many as "The concierge of Crime." Now, he's mysteriously surrendered to the FBI with an explosive offer: he will help catch the world's most elusive criminals, under the condition that he speaks only to Elizabeth "Liz" Keen (Megan Boone), an FBI profiler fresh...
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Visionary, explorer, researcher, diplomat, humanist-Fridtjof Nansen was no ordinary man. Nansen was a dedicated scientist who made an outstanding contribution to marine zoology and oceanography, an audacious adventurer who pushed our knowledge of the Arctic to new frontiers, and an indefatigable savior of human beings displaced by conflict. As a young man Nansen led two successful polar expeditions and became a national hero, participating in the...
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It was an incredible destiny for a man who repeatedly announced that he was "without ambition." Although he had left school aged fourteen, had no experience of foreign affairs and spoke no languages other than English, in 1929 Sean Lester became the Irish representative to the League of Nations in Geneva. He was soon recognized by his peers as an outspoken and able politician of integrity ready to defend the rules governing civilized society. As the...
18) Jungle cruise
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1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Her funding rejected by the Royal Society, and pursued by an obsessed member of German nobility, Lily travels from London to the Amazon jungle and enlists Frank's questionable services to guide her downriver in search of an ancient tree with unparalleled healing abilities which would change the future of medicine. Thinking she sees Frank for who he truly is -- a pun-loving con man who embellishes danger on his tours in order to get better tips from...
19) Sharkbait
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One fish must find his destiny to save his home and the love of his life from a bullying shark.
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202 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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A collection of recipes for "morning food" from Margaret Fox, longtime owner of Cafe Beaujolais in California, including cereals and fruit, muffins, cookies, and biscuits, breads and scones, coffee cakes, pancakes and waffles, French toast, crepes, eggs, soups and sandwiches, side dishes and salads, sauces, entrees, desserts, and drinks.
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