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This 1914 novel of frontier romance by "the greatest Western writer of all time" was the basis for the classic film starring Victor Jory (Jackson Cain, author of Hellbreak Country ). Feeling constrained by her high-society life back east, Madeline Hammond decides to join her brother Alfred at his cattle ranch in El Cajon, New Mexico. But she gets a rude introduction to frontier living when she encounters a drunken cowboy named Gene Stewart. Though...
83) Battle in heaven
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Cast entirely with non-professionals, Battle in heaven tells the story of Marcos (Marcos Hernandez), the middle-aged chauffeur of Ana (Anapola Mushkadiz), daughter of a Mexican general. Marcos is the only member of Ana's household who knows she leads a double life. Although a child of Mexico's political elite, Ana amuses herself by working as a prostitute in a high-end brothel. But, Marcos also has a secret. He and his wife (Berta Ruiz) kidnapped...
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Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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“ This comprehensive guide will assist the traveler in planning an excursion and executing it with minimum effort and maximum pleasure.” -- Library Journal All Aboard-- first published in 1995, and here completely revised and updated-- is much more than just a mile-by-mile scenery guide for train travelers. It will make any trip smoother and more enjoyable with its insightful travel trips and information about how railroads operate. With trains...
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Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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Significant beyond tragic oil spills and hurricanes, the Gulf has historically been one of the world's most bounteous marine environments, supporting human life for millennia. Based on the premise that nature lies at the center of human existence, Davis takes readers on a compelling and, at times, wrenching journey from the Florida Keys to the Texas Rio Grande, along marshy shorelines and majestic estuarine bays, both beautiful and life-giving, though...
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The Sucias are back in this sexy showstopper of a novel from the bestselling author of The Dirty Girls Social Club.In Dirty Girls on Top, the Sucias are five years older, five times as much fun-but, sad to say, maybe not five times wiser. Lauren is at the top of her game as a columnist for the Boston Herald but still hasn't figured out how to pick a guy-or how to eat (and not eat) like a healthy person. And Usnavys is still sashaying all over town,...
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Dutton
Pub. Date
c1996
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English
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When scientist Veronica Landonwood's shot at winning the Nobel Prize is threatened by a blackmailer who knows all about her sordid past, she calls upon her cousin, amateur sleuth Claire Malloy, for help. Unfortunately, Claire's inquiries seem to be leaving a path of dead bodies and she has reason to believe the next one may be her own.
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Secret agent Jack Stalwart volume 10
Publisher
Weinstein Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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Secret agent Jack Stalwart travels to Mexico to recover a stolen map that reveals where to find hidden Aztec gold, but Callous Carl and his thieves step in to make things more difficult.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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Retirement has never sat well with former Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn. Now the ghosts of a still-unsolved case are returning to haunt him, reawakened by a photograph in a magazine spread of a one-of-a-kind Navajo rug, a priceless work of woven art that was supposedly destroyed in a suspicious fire many years earlier. The rug, commemorating one of the darkest and most terrible chapters in American history, was always said to be cursed,...
98) False witness
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Our Lady of Hope Monastery can't catch a break. Situated in rural New Mexico, the cloistered monastery squeaks by on donations and various craft and skilled jobs suited to their cloistered, contemplative life. But, when a stolen SUV crashes through their outside walls, they are faced with financial demands that far exceed their means. So, when a major donor offers a great deal of money for what seems a simple task, they are quick to accept. The very...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Kevin Kerney, deputy chief of the State Police in New Mexico, is assigned to investigate the murder of a police officer in nearby Mountainair, but his efforts are hindered by the fact that his best witness is a schizophrenic.
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
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English
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Presents the first season of the television series "In Plain Sight," in which a marshal with the Witness Protection Program in New Mexico risks her life to relocate and protect career criminals, compulsive liars, thieves, murderers, and innocent bystanders.
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