Joanne Dobson
Joanne Dobson, a former professor of English at Fordham University, is the author of the Professor Karen Pelletier mystery series. The first book in the series, Quieter Than Sleep, was nominated for an Agatha Award in 1997 for Best First Novel, and in 2001 the adult readers division of the New York Library Association named her Noted Author of the Year, being the writer whose books they most enjoyed recommending to their patrons.
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Death without Tenure
- By: Joanne Dobson
- Narrator: Christine Williams
- Length: 7 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2010
- Language: English
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Professor Karen Pelletier is up for tenure in the English department at New England’s exclusive Enfield College. Then her rival for the one tenured spot, Professor Joseph Lone Wolf, whose ethnicity gives him minority-preference status, is... Read more
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Face of the Enemy
- By: Joanne Dobson
- Narrator: Celeste Lawson
- Length: 13 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2012
- Language: English
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In December 1941, America is reeling from the brutal attack on Pearl Harbor. Both patriotism and paranoia grip New York as the city frantically mobilizes for war. Nurse Louise Hunter is outraged when the FBI, in a midnight sweep of prominent... Read more
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The Hint in the Peeping Pupil
When Jesse stops by The Curiosity Shop she uncovers an old painting in a dusty antique steamer trunk. But what happens later that night when Jesse is startled by a creepy eyeball? Find out how Professor Peach helps her use the skills of an artist to uncover the mystery of The Hint in the Peeping Pupil. Ten-year-old Jesse Steam’s curiosity about how the world works leads her to one mystery ...
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Nerd Do Well
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The unique life story of one of the most talented and inventive comedians, the star of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and Star Trek the movie.
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Obsidian Mirror
The obsidian mirror. Its power is great and terrible. Men have been lost in it, the dead brought back to life through it, and the future annihilated by it. Or this is what will happen unless the mirror is destroyed. Three people seek the mirror: the first has been sent from the future to shatter its power; the second will protect the mirror at all costs, obsessed with its power; and the third ...
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Keegan
Snowbound at ChristmasThe tall, dark stranger needed Wren Matthew’s help-and the shy high school teacher couldn’t turn away a man in distress. She didn’t know why Keegan Winslow was out in the middle of an ice storm, but the spirit of the holidays compelled her to open her home to him. And although she’d sworn off men, she couldn’t deny the sparks that crackled between them.Keegan was a ...
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Westward Ho!
Subtitle: or the Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the County of Devon in the Reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth
From the coral reefs of the Barbados to the jungles and fabled cities of the Orinoco and on to the great sea battle with the Spanish Armada, this vibrant novel captures the daring spirit of the Elizabethan adventurers who sailed with Sir ...
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Red Card
The definitive, shocking account of the FIFA scandal–the biggest corruption case of recent years–involving dozens of countries and implicating nearly every aspect of the world’s most popular sport, soccer, including the World Cup is “an engrossing and jaw-dropping tale of international intrigue…A riveting book” (The New York Times). The FIFA case began small, boosted by an IRS ...
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Finding Your Zone
The first research-based program to offer concise, clear ways to realize your best performance.As a therapist, physician, and mental coach, Dr. Michael Lardon has dedicated his career to helping athletes understand and better achieve peak performance. In Finding Your Zone, he shares with listeners what he’s discovered about reaching the state in which “thoughts and actions are occurring in ...
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The Apostle Killer
A wildly inventive, darkly suspenseful novel that pits Christ’s “Passion as police procedural” (The Guardian).
Set in a hazy Middle East that seems at once ancient and modern, The Apostle Killer features Gallio, an aging, hardboiled investigator who has one last chance to save his career: He’s got to prove Christ’s resurrection was a hoax.
To uncover the conspiracy behind the ...
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We Two Alone
Praised as “utterly remarkable” and “deeply resonant” by Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Viet Thanh Nguyen and Robert Olen Butler, a bold and brilliant debut collection, in the vein of The Refugees, which dramatizes the Chinese diaspora across the globe over the past hundred years.
Set on five continents and spanning decades, We Two Alone traces the arc and evolution of the Chinese ...
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The Circle
For four years at Annapolis he prepared for this, pledging his youth, his ambition, and even his life. But when junior officer Dan Lenson finally gets his commission, it’s an aging World War II destroyer. Now, with a mix of pride and fear, he heads into the world’s most dangerous seas.As the Ryan plunges into the dark waters of the Arctic Circle at the height of storm season, Lenson and the ...
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