Sharp, Don 1922-Overview
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Don Sharp
Barbara Taylor Bradford's a woman of substance
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2 editions published between 1995 and 2001 in English and held by 260 libraries worldwide The story of Emma Harte, a bright and ambitious servant girl who overcomes her impoverished Yorkshire beginnings in her quest to become an international retailing magnate and one of the richest women in the world.
Barbara Taylor Bradford's hold the dream
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5 editions published between 1986 and 2001 in English and held by 215 libraries worldwide Sequel to the miniseries A Woman of Substance continues the saga of Emma Harte, who rose from servant girl to head of an international retail dynasty. At 80, Emma passes control of the Harte-McGill empire to her beloved granddaughter Paula. Set in opulent English country houses, New York penthouses and high-powered boardrooms on both sides of the Atlantic, Hold the Dream has the glamour and passion of a Woman of Substance while telling a thoroughly modern story.
Hold the dream
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6 editions published between 1986 and 2010 in English and held by 186 libraries worldwide Paula Fairley mirrors the image of her grandmother, the family matriarch, but begins to lose control of her life. Her life and marriage begin to crumble, and a man who offers a different kind of fulfillment appears. Continues the story, "Woman of Substance."
Act of will
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6 editions published between 1989 and 2010 in English and held by 162 libraries worldwide The daughter of a fashion designer rebels against her mother's glamorous lifestyle.
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2 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 125 libraries worldwide Brides of Dracula: "Marianne is traveling to Eastern Europe from Paris for a teaching post. She gets stranded at an inn after her stagecoach mysteriously leaves her. She is persuaded to stay at Baroness Meinster's chateau. During her stay Marianne meets the Baroness's son who is chained to a wall. Feeling bad for the son, Marianne frees him, only to discover that he is a vampire. Luckily for her, Dr. Van Helsing is on his way to rescue Marianne and destroy the vampire."
The four feathers
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2 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 122 libraries worldwide As England teeters on the brink of war with Egypt, Harry, a handsome, young lieutenant, resigns his commission. Then four telegrams arrive, one for Harry and the others for his three closest fellow-officers. Harry destroys the messages, and in turn his friends send him three feathers representing his cowardice and they sever all ties with him. Desperate to regain respect, he travels secretly to the Sudan and with blind fury he saves each of his three friends from grisly deaths.
The curse of the fly
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2 editions published between 1965 and 2007 in English and held by 99 libraries worldwide After escaping from a mental institution, Patricia Stanley is rescued by scientist Martin Delambre, the grandson of the doomed teleportation experimenter Andre Delambre. The two fall in love and marry, but Patricia quickly realizes her new husband's science experiments are as horrific as his family's past. As she investigates further, Patricia learns the unnerving secrets of the Delambre family and has to find a way to escape them before she becomed the next human-fly hybrid. The third film in the Fly trilogy.
Tears in the rain
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6 editions published between 1988 and 2005 in English and held by 80 libraries worldwide Casey Cantrell, a young American, travels to London to deliver her mother's death-bed letter to Lord Richard Bredon. In the lush English countryside, Casey is pursued by two men, Michael Bredon, heir to the Bredon fortune, and his wealthy friend Hamdan al Dubai. As the story unfolds, Casey uncovers a bizarre and shocking discovery.
The fly collection
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1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 57 libraries worldwide The fly: Experimental scientist Andre Delambre attempts to transfer matter through space, using himself as the test subject. But things go horrifically wrong when a common housefly buzzes into the machine, resulting in two grotesque man-fly hybrids. Now, with the head of a fly and a wing in place of one of his arms, Andre desperately hopes that he, his wife Helene and his brother Francois can capture the other mutant - the human-headed, one-armed fly - in hopes of reversing the experiment.
Rasputin the mad monk
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7 editions published between 1966 and 2006 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 56 libraries worldwide A wild-eyed peasant monk ingratiates himself to the ruling royal family of Russia and uses his evil charm and powers to become increasingly manipulative and violent.
The British TV Victorian collection four period drama classics
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 55 libraries worldwide The Cater Street hangman: Murder, class and forbidden love become entwined amid the sophistication of Victorian London. Lady Audley's secret: Lucy Graham's scandalous past threatens to catch up with her when her husband's nephew begins to nurse suspicions about her. Poldark: The Poldark family struggles to keep its mine alive as impetuous daughter Clowance falls in love with a mysterious stranger. The four feathers: Lieutenant Harry Feversham dishonors himself, his regiment and his fianceĢe, and must commit four acts of heroism to redeem himself.
The Kiss of the vampire
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5 editions published between 1963 and 2005 in English and held by 40 libraries worldwide Lost on the way to their honeymoon, a young couple stumbles upon a mysterious family of vampires and their unspeakably evil leader.
The British TV Victorian collection. The four feathers
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 35 libraries worldwide A story of the cowardice-turned-courage of a young British officer who initially refuses to join his unit on a mission to quash a revolt in Sudan, but then joins the mission as an undercover agent behind enemy lines.
Psychomania
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6 editions published between 1985 and 2010 in English and held by 30 libraries worldwide A pack with the Devil brings a British motorcycle gang back from the grave.
The Thirty-nine steps
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5 editions published between 1985 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 28 libraries worldwide A tale of an innocent man who is believed to be a member of a spy ring. Based on spy thriller by John Buchan.
Bear Island
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1 edition published in 1990 in English and held by 22 libraries worldwide Buried under miles of Arctic snow and years of purposeful neglect, U-boat 935 and her sensitive contents lie intact in a sealed-off underwater cave. But when a scientific expedition is mounted to find her, U-boat 935 becomes the object of a deadly game of espionage and international intrigue.
Pedal steel guitar : eight or ten string tuning
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1 edition published in 1972 in English and held by 19 libraries worldwide
The face of Fu Manchu
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5 editions published between 1965 and 2003 in English and held by 18 libraries worldwide Fu Manchu, the crimelord who knows the hidden powers of the mind is dead. Non less it seems like that Fu Manchu is still doing a lot of evil.
Icons of adventure
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 18 libraries worldwide The pirates of blood river: "In a village of Huguenot refugees, Jonathan Standish is exiled by his father to a nearby penal colony for his improper relationship with a married woman. This penal colony is then invaded by pirates who force Jonathan to lead them back to his village, convinced that it contains a great treasure."--IMDB.com.
The four feathers
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4 editions published between 1994 and 2010 in English and held by 15 libraries worldwide A young man is pressured into enlisting to fight in a war by his fiancee and friends. more
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Apparitions Armed Forces--Officers Bradford, Barbara Taylor,--1933- Businesswomen Deception Detective and mystery films Disfigured persons Disguise Documentary films Dracula, Count (Fictitious character) Drama England Families Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film and video adaptations Film sequels Frankenstein, Victor (Fictitious character) Great Britain History Horror films Horror films Housefly Inheritance and succession Interviews Made-for-TV movies Man-woman relationships Married people Mothers and daughters Nightmares Psychiatric hospital patients Rasputin, Grigori Efimovich,--ca. 1870-1916 Redemption Romance television programs Science--Experiments Science fiction films Scientists Sudan Teleportation Television mini-series Television mini-series Television programs Thrillers (Motion pictures) United States Vampires Video recordings--for the hearing impaired War television programs Werewolves Women singers
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Sharp, Don.
Sharp, Donald 1922-
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