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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Desc
241 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"On the eve of court-ordered integration" in small-town Georgia, four characters interact: "J.T. Malone, a lonely, dying middle-aged druggist looking to redeem his misspent life; Fox Clane, a corrupt old judge and defender of the ways of the Old South; Jester Clane, the judge's orphaned grandson, a directionless adolescent with a strong sense of social justice; and Sherman Pew, an angry, blue-eyed black youth in search of his own identity."--Cover....
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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
357 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Description
In this third and final installment in the enchanting Wing & Claw trilogy, Newbery Medal-winning author Linda Sue Park sends her young apothecary to the front lines of a fearsome battle, where he must rely on his talents and his friends to defend what he knows is right. Raffa Santana is a healer, not a fighter. As a gifted apothecary, he has amazing instincts for unleashing the potential of magical-seeming plants. But his skills have failed to free...
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Publisher
Severn House Pub Ltd
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
196 p. ;
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Apothecary John Rawlings is intrigued when a letter arrives asking him to investigate an impostor claiming to be the long-lost step-son of a wealthy Bristol merchant in possession of his dead wife's diamond inheritance. John Rawlings' father, Sir Gabriel Kent joins him on the trip to take the healing waters at Hotwell where they socialize with the crème of Bristol society. But Rawlings is compelled to try and solve the mystery and so he must trawl...
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"Donna Leons charming, evocative, and addictive Commissario Guido Brunetti series continues with Suffer the Little Children. When Commissario Brunetti is summoned in the middle of the night to the hospital bed of a senior pediatrician, he is confronted with more questions than answers. Three men -- a young Carabiniere captain and two privates from out of town -- have burst into the doctor's apartment in the middle of the night, attacked him and taken...
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Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
"Explore the life of a colonial apothecary and his importance to the community, as well as everyday life, responsibilities, and social practices during that time"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Blackthorn key volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
371 pages ; 22 cm
Description
In 1665 London, fourteen-year-old Christopher Rowe, apprentice to an apothecary, and his best friend, Tom, try to uncover the truth behind a mysterious cult, following a trail of puzzles, codes, pranks, and danger toward an unearthly secret with the power to tear the world apart.
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Series
John Rawlings mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Allison & Busby
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
286 p. ; 22 cm.
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Appears on list
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Hidden in the depths of eighteenth-century London, a secret apothecary shop caters to an unusual kind of clientèle. Women across the city whisper of a mysterious figure named Nella who sells well-disguised poisons to use against the oppressive men in their lives. But the apothecary's fate is jeopardized when her newest patron, a precocious twelve-year-old, makes a fatal mistake, sparking a string of consequences that echo through the centuries. Meanwhile...
Author
Series
Blackthorn key volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
529 pages ; 22 cm.
Description
As the plague decimates London in 1665 and an assassin threatens the apothecary's life, apprentice Christopher Rowe and his faithful friend Tom, following a trail of puzzles, riddles, and secrets, risk their lives to untangle the heart of a dark conspiracy.
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Publisher
Mindy's Book Studio
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
283 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"Dunia Ahmed lives an ordinary life-or she definitely used to. Now she's the subject of a true crime podcast. She's been missing for over a year, and no one knows if she's dead or alive. But her story has listeners obsessed, and people everywhere are sporting merch that demands "Find Dunia!" In the days before her disappearance, Dunia is a successful pharmacist living in New York. The daughter of Pakistani immigrants, she's coping with a broken engagement...
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