Stephen King
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Language
English
Description
A myth-busting explanation of inflation, the desperate gullibility of central bankers and finance ministers-and our abject failure to learn from history
From investors and monetary authorities to governments and policy makers, almost everyone had assumed inflation was dead and buried. But now people the world over are confronting a poisonous new economic reality and, with it, the prospect of vast and increasing wealth inequality.
How have we arrived...
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Language
English
Description
Are you ready to turn your body into a lean, fat-burning machine?
Intermittent fasting is the easiest thing you can do to i mprove your health on a cellular level, and show off those results on the outside, too.
Your body was designed to eat good foods, and be the attractive person you've always dreamed of being. The problem is that we get caught up in eating too much junk food too often.
Intermittent Fasting and Keto Diet is the best guide for:
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144) Throttle
Author
Language
English
Description
Inspired by Richard Matheson's classic "Duel," "Throttle," by Joe Hill and Stephen King, is a duel of a different kind, pitting a faceless trucker against a tribe of motorcycle outlaws in the simmering Nevada desert. Their battle is fought out on twenty miles of the most lonely road in the country, a place where the only thing worse than not knowing what you're up against, is slowing down . . .
145) Prudence wants a pet
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Prudence wants a pet so much that she adopts a branch, a twig, a tire, and even a shoe named Formal Footwear, but none is a suitable pet for Prudence.
Author
Series
Dark tower volume 6
Publisher
Donald M. Grant, Publisher
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Stephen King The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah with 10 full-color illustrations by Darrel Anderson The next-to-last novel in Stephen King's seven-volume magnum opus, Song of Susannah is at once a book of revelation, a fascinating key to the unfolding mystery of the Dark Tower, and a fast-paced story of double-barreled suspense. To give birth to her "chap," demon-mother Mia has usurped the body of Susannah Dean and used the power of Black Thirteen...
147) In the deathroom
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2010], p2002
Language
English
Description
An American reporter in South America, Fletcher finds himself detained and subject to interrogation by the notoriously ruthless dictator, Escobar. Fletcher's resolve to quit smoking seems little more than an absurdity, since the chances of escaping from Escobar's clutches are remote, at best. And yet Fletcher hesitates at the offer of that longed-for smoke. Might there be a way out of the deathroom after all?
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"In this masterful collection of short fiction, Joe Hill dissects timeless human struggles in thirteen relentless tales of supernatural suspense, including "In The Tall Grass," one of two stories co-written with Stephen King, basis for the terrifying feature film from Netflix. A little door that opens to a world of fairy tale wonders becomes the blood-drenched stomping ground for a gang of hunters in "Faun." A grief-stricken librarian climbs behind...
149) Dolores Claiborne
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1993
Language
English
Description
Dolores Claiborne finally tells the police why she murdered her husband Joe and her longtime employer Vera Donovan.
150) Gwendy's button box
Author
Publisher
Cemetery Dance Publications
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974 twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong (if time-rusted) iron bolts and zig-zag up the cliffside. A stranger calls to Gwendy: "Hey, girl. Come on over here for a bit. We ought to palaver, you and me." On a bench in the shade sits a man in black jeans, a black coat...
151) Revival: a novel
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
"In a small New England town over half a century ago, a boy is playing with his new toy soldiers in the dirt in front of his house when a shadow falls over him. He looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Jamie learns later, who with his beautiful wife, will transform the church and the town. The men and boys are a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls, with the Reverend Jacobs--including Jamie's sisters and mother. Then tragedy...
Author
Publisher
Abrams / Vearsa Limited
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Best-selling French novelist Michel Houellebecq pays tribute to the master of horror, H. P. Lovecraft Part biographical sketch, part pronouncement on existence and literature, the best-selling French novelist Michel Houellebecq's H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life, was published in France in 1991 and is the first non-fiction text ever published by the author. Here, France's most famous contemporary author praises his prewar American...
153) Piglet and Papa
Author
Publisher
Abrams / Vearsa Limited
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
For all children who have wondered what their parents are thinking, this warmly illustrated book is perfect for bedtime and story hour. Piglet feels a little insecure -- she has upset her papa. Does that mean he no longer loves her? Horse, Sheep, Donkey, Duck, and Dog all tell her that they love her -- but they know someone who loves her a million times more! Who can it be? In this affectionate barnyard tale, Piglet's loving relationship with her...
154) Salem's Lot
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1979
Language
English
Description
Into the sleepy little hamlet of Salem's Lot comes a stranger who unleashes an insidious evil so devastating it threatens to destroy the entire town and everyone in it. Ben Mears, a young novelist, returns home to Salem's Lot, determined to write a book about the eerie old Marsten House which overlooks the town. It is Mears' conviction that the source of all the trouble is the house itself, which he believes attracts evil to it. With the help of...
155) The Tommyknockers
Publisher
Trimark Home Video
Pub. Date
1998, c1993
Language
English
Description
A woman in a small New England town stumbles across a strange object buried behind her house and releases a long sleeping ancient evil.
157) The shining
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
The psychic powers of a young boy bring out the evil in an old hotel and drive his father insane, to the point that the father tries to murder everyone with an ax.
159) 101 Seconds
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures*
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
This timely documentary follows individuals across a wide spectrum of political and philosophical beliefs as they engage in a debate concerning gun legislation in Oregon in the aftermath of a shooting at the Clackamas Town Center Mall in Oregon in 2012. Official Selection at the **Portland International Film Festival**.
160) Six scary stories
Publisher
Cemetery Dance Publications
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Collects the top six entries in a short story contest celebrating Stephen King's "The Bazaar of Bad Dreams."
When King judged a competition run to celebrate publication of his own collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, he was so impressed with the entries that he recommended they were published together in one book. The resulting short stories include evil toys, bridges and lake, and post apocalyptic events. In the future, you'll think twice before...