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  1. The captain and the Glory
    an entertainment
    Author: Eggers, Dave
    Published: 2019
    Publisher:  Alfred A. Knopf, New York

    "When the decorated Captain of the great ship Glory descends the gangplank for the final time, a new leader, a man with a yellow feather in his hair, vows to step forward. Though he has no experience, no knowledge of nautical navigation or maritime... more

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    Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg
    Signature:
    GE 2020/2577
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    Brechtbau-Bibliothek
    Signature:
    PQe 218.208
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    "When the decorated Captain of the great ship Glory descends the gangplank for the final time, a new leader, a man with a yellow feather in his hair, vows to step forward. Though he has no experience, no knowledge of nautical navigation or maritime law, and though he has often remarked he doesn't much like boats, he solemnly swears to shake things up. Together with his band of petty thieves and confidence men known as the Upskirt Boys, the Captain thrills his passengers, writing his dreams and notions on the cafeteria wipe-away board, boasting of his exemplary anatomy, devouring cheeseburgers, and tossing overboard anyone who displeases him. Until one day a famous pirate, long feared by passengers of the Glory but revered by the Captain for how phenomenally masculine he looked without a shirt while riding a horse, appears on the horizon... Absurd, hilarious, and all too recognizable, The Captain and the Glory is a wicked farce of contemporary America only Dave Eggers could dream up."--Provided by publisher

     
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  2. The Bride of Lammermoor
    Author: Scott, Sir Walter
    Published: 1999
    Publisher:  Electric Book Company, London

    The Bride of Lammermoor is set against the tempestuous backdrop of the Glorious or Bloodless Revolution of 1688-9; it recounts the tale of the Ravenswood family, which chose to remain loyal to the Stuart cause when England's last Stuart king, James... more

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    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
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    Online-Ressource
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    The Bride of Lammermoor is set against the tempestuous backdrop of the Glorious or Bloodless Revolution of 1688-9; it recounts the tale of the Ravenswood family, which chose to remain loyal to the Stuart cause when England's last Stuart king, James II, was deposed in favour of his Protestant son-in-law, William of Orange. Deprived of his title for his part in the Civil War and of his East Lothian estates by the devious Whig lawyer Sir William Ashton, the surviving son inherits his father's hatred of the upstart trickster Ashton whom he holds responsible for his father's dieing of a fit

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781598757033
    Subjects: Swindlers and swindling ; Fiction; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (407 p.)
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    Project Gutenberg Etexts; The Bride of Lammermoor; Contents; INTRODUCTION TO THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR; CHAPTER I; CHAPTER II.; CHAPTER III.; CHAPTER IV.; CHAPTER V.; CHAPTER VI.; CHAPTER VII.; CHAPTER VIII.; CHAPTER IX.; CHAPTER X.; CHAPTER XI.; CHAPTER XII.; CHAPTER XIII.; CHAPTER XIV.; CHAPTER XV.; CHAPTER XVI.; CHAPTER XVII.; CHAPTER XVIII.; CHAPTER XIX.; CHAPTER XX.; CHAPTER XXI.; CHAPTER XXII.; CHAPTER XXIII.; CHAPTER XXIV.; CHAPTER XXV.; CHAPTER XXVI.; CHAPTER XXVII.; CHAPTER XXVIII.; CHAPTER XXIX.; CHAPTER XXX.; CHAPTER XXXI.; CHAPTER XXXII.; CHAPTER XXXIII.; CHAPTER XXXIV.

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  3. The Confidence-Man
    His Masquerade
    Author: Melville, Herman
    Published: 1857
    Publisher:  The Floating Press, Auckland

    The name Herman Melville is synonymous with the pinnacle of American literary achievement, and many regard his novel Moby-Dick as the quintessential work of American fiction. In The Confidence-Man, Melville's final major novel, the author explores... more

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    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
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    The name Herman Melville is synonymous with the pinnacle of American literary achievement, and many regard his novel Moby-Dick as the quintessential work of American fiction. In The Confidence-Man, Melville's final major novel, the author explores the motivations, travails, and personalities of a group of boat passengers en route to New Orleans, as well as the mysterious trickster figure who riles things up at the margins of the group

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781775419921; 9781776515134
    Subjects: Swindlers and swindling ; Fiction; Steamboats ; Fiction; Mississippi River ; Fiction; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (458 p.)
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    Title; Contents; Chapter I - A Mute Goes Aboard a Boat on the Mississippi; Chapter II - Showing that Many Men Have Many Minds; Chapter III - In Which a Variety of Characters Appear; Chapter IV - Renewal of Old Acquaintance; Chapter V - The Man with the Weed Makes it an Even Question Whether He Be a Great Sage or a Great Simpleton; Chapter VI - At the Outset of Which Certain Passengers Prove Deaf to the Call of Charity; Chapter VII - A Gentleman with Gold Sleeve-Buttons; Chapter VIII - A Charitable Lady; Chapter IX - Two Business Men Transact a Little Business; Chapter X - In the Cabin

    Chapter XI - Only a Page or SoChapter XII - Story of the Unfortunate Man, from Which May Be Gathered Whether or No He Has Been Justly so Entitled; Chapter XIII - The Man with the Traveling-Cap Evinces Much Humanity, and in a Way Which Would Seem to Show Him to Be One of the; Chapter XIV - Worth the Consideration of Those to Whom it May Prove Worth Considering; Chapter XV - An Old Miser, Upon Suitable Representations, is Prevailed Upon to Venture an Investment; Chapter XVI - A Sick Man, After Some Impatience, is Induced to Become a Patient

    Chapter XVII - Towards the End of Which the Herb-Doctor Proves Himself a Forgiver of InjuriesChapter XVIII - Inquest into the True Character of the Herb-Doctor; Chapter XIX - A Soldier of Fortune; Chapter XX - Reappearance of One Who May Be Remembered; Chapter XXI - A Hard Case; Chapter XXII - In the Polite Spirit of the Tusculan Disputations; Chapter XXIII - In Which the Powerful Effect of Natural Scenery is Evinced in the Case of the Missourian, Who, in View of the Re; Chapter XXIV - A Philanthropist Undertakes to Convert a Misanthrope, but Does Not Get Beyond Confuting Him

    Chapter XXV - The Cosmopolitan Makes an AcquaintanceChapter XXVI - Containing the Metaphysics of Indian-Hating, According to the Views of One Evidently Not so Prepossessed as Rouss; Chapter XXVII - Some Account of a Man of Questionable Morality, but Who, Nevertheless, Would Seem Entitled to the Esteem of that; Chapter XXVIII - Moot Points Touching the Late Colonel John Moredock; Chapter XXIX - The Boon Companions; Chapter XXX - Opening with a Poetical Eulogy of the Press and Continuing with Talk Inspired by the Same; Chapter XXXI - A Metamorphosis More Surprising than Any in Ovid

    Chapter XXXII - Showing that the Age of Magic and Magicians is Not Yet OverChapter XXXIII - Which May Pass for Whatever it May Prove to Be Worth; Chapter XXXIV - In Which the Cosmopolitan Tells the Story of the Gentleman Madman; Chapter XXXV - In Which the Cosmopolitan Strikingly Evinces the Artlessness of His Nature; Chapter XXXVI - In Which the Cosmopolitan is Accosted by a Mystic, Whereupon Ensues Pretty Much Such Talk as Might Be Expected; Chapter XXXVII - The Mystical Master Introduces the Practical Disciple; Chapter XXXVIII - The Disciple Unbends, and Consents to Act a Social Part

    Chapter XXXIX - The Hypothetical Friends
  4. A Set of Rogues
    Their Wicked Conspiracy, and a True Account of Their Travels and Adventures
    Author: Barrett, Frank
    Published: 2012
    Publisher:  The Floating Press, Auckland

    Swindlers, confidence men, hustlers, scam artists – they've been around as long as human civilization has existed, and who could possibly be more adept at carrying off a scam than a troupe of actors? In Frank Barrett's A Set of Rogues, a... more

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    Swindlers, confidence men, hustlers, scam artists – they've been around as long as human civilization has existed, and who could possibly be more adept at carrying off a scam than a troupe of actors? In Frank Barrett's A Set of Rogues, a grizzled group of grifters are driven by greed to get involved in a series of nefarious plots and schemes. If you're in the mood to root for the bad guys, give this tumultuous tale a try

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781775459415; 9781776523177
    Subjects: Swindlers and swindling ; Fiction; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (376 p)
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    A SET OF ROGUES; Contents; Chapter I; Chapter II; Chapter III; Chapter IV; Chapter V; Chapter VI; Chapter VII; Chapter VIII; Chapter IX; Chapter X; Chapter XI; Chapter XII; Chapter XIII; Chapter XIV; Chapter XV; Chapter XVI; Chapter XVII; Chapter XVIII; Chapter XIX; Chapter XX; Chapter XXI; Chapter XXII; Chapter XXIII; Chapter XXIV; Chapter XXV; Chapter XXVI; Chapter XXVII; Chapter XXVIII; Chapter XXIX; Chapter XXX; Chapter XXXI; Chapter XXXII; Chapter XXXIII; Chapter XXXIV; Chapter XXXV; Chapter XXXVI; Chapter XXXVII; Chapter XXXVIII; Chapter XXXIX; Chapter XL; Chapter XLI;
  5. Enchantment Lake
    a Northwoods mystery
    Author: Preus, Margi
    Published: 2015
    Publisher:  University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis

    Francie, seventeen, leaves summer school and auditions in New York City for Enchantment Lake in the woods of northern Minnesota when her great-aunts call and ask for her help investigating a mystery that centers on a road no one wants built, and on... more

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    Francie, seventeen, leaves summer school and auditions in New York City for Enchantment Lake in the woods of northern Minnesota when her great-aunts call and ask for her help investigating a mystery that centers on a road no one wants built, and on the legendary treasure said to be under enchantment

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781452944623
    Subjects: Treasure troves; Lakes; Detective and mystery stories; Lakes ; Fiction; Treasure troves ; Fiction; Great-aunts ; Fiction; Swindlers and swindling ; Fiction; Minnesota ; Fiction; Electronic books
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    Cover; Contents; 1. Drowning; 2. Walpurgis; 3. At the Cabin; 4. The Boathouse; 5. Suicide Weather; 6. Plantation People; 7. A Headache; 8. Buck Thorne; 9. Strawberry Picking; 10. Sleuthing; 11. The Party; 12. Fishing; 13. Go Dark; 14. The Puzzle; 15. The Sheriff 's Office; 16. Babysitting; 17. The Funeral; 18. The County Jail; 19. Sunnies; 20. T.J.; 21. Gone to Jail; 22. DQ; 23. A Secret; 24. Under Enchantment; 25. Under Ground; 26. Under Water; 27. The Puzzle, Revealed; 28. Freddie's; 29. Out the Back Door; 30. The Machine; 31. The Blast; 32. The Silver Box; Acknowledgments