A rags-to-riches-to-rags story. Navin Johnson, adopted son of a poor black sharecropper family, has invented some crazy inventions that lead him from rags to riches and right back to rags.
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Private eye Rigby Reardon is hired by a beautiful woman to investigate the mysterious death of her father--a wealthy scientist, philanthropist, and cheesemaker.
A group of teenage girls meets in the woods at midnight for a secret love-conjuring ceremony. When the ceremony is witnessed by the town minister, the girls are accused of witchcraft. Soon the entire village is consumed by hysteria, and innocent victims are put on trial, leading ...
It is 19th-century Europe, and Captain Harry Flashman is a gutless bully who seeks admission into high European society. Seeing a chance to promote their own menacing political schemes, devious Otto von Bismarck and Rudi von Sternberg convince Flashman to disguise himself as a Pr...
"Ann Holmes seems an unlikely candidate for revelation. A sixteen-year-old runaway, she is an itinerant mushroom picker who lives in a tent. But on a November afternoon, in the foggy woods of North Fork, Washington, the Virgin comes to her, clear as day." "Father Collins - a youn...
My blue heaven: The Witness Protection Program is turned upside down by a mob informant and an FBI agent. The man with two brains: Dr. Hfuhruhurr is the world-famous originator of zip-lock, screw-top brain surgery. Into his empty life runs Delores Benedict, a stunning beauty wi...
The story of a frail 16-year-old mushroom picker who sees a vision of the Virgin Mary and the impact of this revelation on the inhabitants of the small mountain community where it occurs. A tale of redemption and faith.
"The popularity of comics has continued to generate interest in their value. This guide will show pickers where to pick the good, better, and best comic books for their own collection - no matter what their collecting level - as well as show how they can sell comics for the best ...
"In this frank and witty memoir, Ken Ilgunas lays bare the existential terror of graduating from the University of Buffalo with $32,000 of student debt. Ilgunas set himself an ambitious mission: get out of debt as quickly as possible. Inspired by the frugality and philosophy of H...
A sixteen-year-old runaway, Ann Holmes, is an itinerant mushroom picker who lives in a tent. But on a November afternoon, in the foggy woods of North Fork, Washington, the Virgin comes to her, clear as day. Now, it is up Father Collins, a young priest new to North Fork, to impart...