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Series
Bill Hodges novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"In a mega-stakes, high-suspense race against time, three of the most unlikely and winning heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from blowing up thousands. In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, hundreds of desperate unemployed folks are lined up for a spot at a job fair. Without warning, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging...
Author
Series
Bill Hodges novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"A masterful, intensely suspenseful novel about a reader whose obsession with a reclusive writer goes far too far--a book about the power of storytelling, starring the same trio of unlikely and winning heroes King introduced in Mr. Mercedes"--
""Wake up, genius." So begins King's instantly riveting story about a vengeful reader. The genius is John Rothstein, an iconic author who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn't published a book...
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The city's Highway 784 extension is being constructed right through every aspect of Bart Dawes's existence -- his home, his neighborhood, and the plant where he works. But something's happening inside his head, a complete and irrevocable burnout of the mental circuit breaker that keeps a mild-mannered person like Bart from turning to violent means. He's not about to give up everything without a fight.
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Series
Jack Sawyer series volume 1
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"Jack Sawyer, a twelve years old, is about to begin a most fantastic journey, an exalting, terrifying quest for the mystical Talisman--the only thing that can save Jack's dying mother. But to reach his goal, Jack must make his way not only across the breadth of the United States but also through the wondrous and menacing parallel world of the Territories. In the Territories, Jack finds another realm, where the air is so sweet and clear a man can smell...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
2 CDs (90 min.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A salt-of-the-earth Maine native recounts how a friendly annual summer fireworks show rivalry with his neighbor across the lake gradually spirals out of control, with explosive results.
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Publisher
Penguin HighBridge Audio
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
5 sound discs (6 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Awakened one morning by a knock at the door of his summer home, author Morton Rainey tentatively goes to answer it. The man on the other side, John Shooter, accuses Morton of stealing one of his stories. As Morton goes about trying to prove Shooter wrong, all traces of evidence supporting his innocence begin disappearing. Soon, Morton begins doubting his sanity, and Shooter begins planning his revenge.
11) The sun dog
Author
Publisher
HighBridge Audio
Pub. Date
p2008
Physical Desc
5 CDs (6.25 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Kevin Delevan is ecstatic when he receives a camera, called a Sun, for his fifteenth birthday. Unfortunately, however, the camera only seems to take pictures of a growling, menacing dog. And, oddly, the dog is not in the frame when the shutter is snapped. As the mongrel seems to be getting closer and closer, tension mounts in this engaging thriller.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
p2002
Physical Desc
4 CDs (4hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"The man in the black suit" is a haunting recollection of a mysterious boyhood event; "All that you love will be carried away" concerns a man who checks into a Lincoln, Nebraska Motel 6 in order to find the meaning in his life; "The death of Jack Hamilton" is a blistering tale of Depression-era outlaws on the run; and, "That feeling, you can only say what it is in French" presents the ultimate case of deja? vu.
13) Revival
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
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...
14) The body
Author
Publisher
Encore
Pub. Date
2016, 1982©
Physical Desc
5 CDs (approximately 6 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Made into the acclaimed film Stand by me, The body is a mesmerizing tale of four young boys and their quest to find a dead body, never realizing how much death will affect their lives and their friendship."--Publisher's description.
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"There are thrilling connections between stories; themes of morality, the afterlife, guilt, what we would do differently if we could see into the future or correct the mistakes of the past. “Afterlife” is about a man who died of colon cancer and keeps reliving the same life, repeating his mistakes over and over again. Several stories feature characters at the end of life, revisiting their crimes and misdemeanors. Other stories address what happens...
16) Mile 81
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Publisher
Audioworks
Pub. Date
p2012
Physical Desc
2 sound discs (ca. 2.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Young Pete Simmons just wanted to have some fun and explore when he stumbled onto the old abandoned rest stop at Mile 81 on the Maine turnpike. Instead, he discovers a scene of bloodshed and carnage. A car has pulled into the boarded-up service station, a run-down, muddy station wagon without any plates, and without a driver. As the car claims the lives of one would-be good Samaritan after another, Pete decides that it's up to him to stop the evil...
17) Joyland
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Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever.
Author
Pub. Date
1999
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Trisha McFarland goes on a hike with her mother and older brother, but wanders off into the forest to escape their bickering. She has only her wits for navigation and her Walkman, tuned to broadcasts of Boston Red Sox games and the gritty performances of her hero, Tom Gordon.
Author
Publisher
Encore
Pub. Date
2016, 1982©
Physical Desc
3 CDs (approximately 3 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Thirteen men gather in their gentlemen's club to be forever transfigured by the terrifying story of a woman who was determined to give birth at all costs. This masterful horror story is one of four novellas in the collection that includes Apt Pupil and The Shawshank Redemption. -- Audio Edlitons.
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Prolific author Stephen King presents a collection of four new novellas. In the story 1922, a man plunges into the depths of madness when his wife attempts to sell off the family home. A mystery writer, who was beaten and raped while driving home from her book club, plots her revenge in Big Driver. Diagnosed with a deadly cancer, a man makes a deal with the devil in Fair Extension. And in A Good Marriage, a woman discovers her husband's darker side...
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