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1) Frankenstein
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The story of Dr. Frankenstein and the obsessive experiment that leads to the creation of a monstrous and deadly creature.
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Polizei Bern volume 1
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Seasoned detective Giuliana Linder and her younger and attractive colleague Renzo Donatelli are brought together while investigating two separate murder cases.
Bern Switzerland. Dark currents run through this charming medieval city, and to the idyllic farmlands that surround it. When a rave on a hot summer night erupts into violent riots, a man is found the next morning bludgeoned to death with a policeman's club. Detective Giuliana Linder is assigned...
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On April 16, 1942, a handful of Swiss Nazis in Payerne lure Arthur Bloch, a Jewish cattle merchant, into an empty stable and kill him with a crowbar. Europe is in flames, but this is Switzerland, and Payerne, a rural market town of butchers and bankers, is more worried about unemployment and local bankruptcies than the fate of nations across the border. Fernand Ischi, leader of the local Nazi cell, blames it all on the town's Jewish population and...
5) Switzerland
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144 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
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"Famously remaining neutral in world affairs, Switzerland has become known as a place of peace and prosperity. Readers will explore this European nation's fascinating history and find out how it came to occupy such a unique position in the world. They will learn how the country is governed and what makes its economy so strong. They will also explore its beautiful cities and mountainous landscapes and sample its rich culture."--Amazon.com.
7) Heidi
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A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
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363 pages ; 21 cm.
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"Walking his dog along Bern's Aare river on an icy November night, a surgeon in his seventies is hit in the face and thrown into the river to drown. When his bruised corpse is found, his watch is missing. A mugging gone wrong? The more Swiss police detective Giuliana Linder and her assistant Renzo Donatelli learn about Johann Karl Gurtner, the more convinced they are that his death was not random. Talking to Gurtner's family raises as many questions...
10) Behind the wheel
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Choose your own adventure volume 35
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110 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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The reader's decisions control the course of an adventure in which a gambling syndicate tries to influence the outcome of a Swiss auto race.
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Magic tree house volume 46
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Jack and Annie travel to a monastery in the Swiss Alps where, with the help of St. Bernard dogs and magic, they seek the second of four special objects necessary to break the spell on the wizard Merlin's beloved penguin, Penny.
13) The fear index
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"A visionary scientist creates a revolutionary form of artificial intelligence that predicts movements in the financial markets with uncanny accuracy. His hedge fund, based in Geneva, makes billions. But after an intruder breaks into his home, he has to try to discover who is trying to destroy him"--
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144 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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"The essential guide to the art of Swiss cookie baking. With more than 40+ yummy cookie recipes and 100+ mouthwatering photos, this cookbook is sure to please expert chefs as well as eager families. Swiss-Canadian chef Andie Pilot has sought out Swiss classics and modern favourites, from Zurich's Tirggel (first mentioned in 1461) to her own grandmother's Mailanderli, to Basel's famous Lackerli. Supplemented with history, fun facts and many secrets,...
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287 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
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George tries to escape a host of problems by going to Switzerland to help his friend Annie's father, Eric, run an experiment exploring the origins of the universe, but faces saboteurs and a mysterious message from George's old nemesis, Reeper, there. Includes scientific essays exploring the latest theories on the origin of the universe.
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Probably the most infamous story in the Sherlock Holmes canon is "The Final Problem" as it relates the facts of the death/murder of the master detective at Reichenbach Falls. On May 4, 1891, the detective met his archenemy Professor Moriarty on a ledge above the falls; the two became locked in a titanic hand-to-hand struggle before both tumbled over the precipice, presumably to their deaths, as witnessed afar by Dr.Watson. The outcry against the death...
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