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A Christmas Story Yellow Leg Lamp Plastic Cookie Cutter $6.49 This plastic cookie cutter is the perfect addition to your kitchen! Make leg lamp cookies for Christmas, Father’s Day or any other celebration that deserves a Major Award!… |
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Christmas Story Sculpted Leg Lamp Mug $9.99 If this doesn’t get the conversation started, nothing will! Featuring the image of a shipping crate with the word FRAGILE on it, and with that famous leg lamp forming the handle, this incredible sculpted mug based on A Christmas Story is a one-of-a-kind gift that’s sure to be appreciated for years to come. Measures about 3 3/4-inches wide x 3 3/4-inches tall x 3 1/4-inches deep. Ages 14 and up…. |
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A Christmas Story Leg Lamp Major Award Ceramic Coffee Mug Green $8.99 A Christmas Story Leg Lamp Mug features the Leg Lamp and A Christmas Story Logo. Image shows front and back, one mug only…. |
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NECA A Christmas Story Nightlight $7.48 This Christmas Story Nightlight lights the way to the bathroom on cold winter nights with a whimsical leg lamp! Everybody loves watching Ralphie’s misadventures each year in the film A Christmas Story, so the leg lamp night light makes a fun gift as well. Or you can brighten your sleeping home with a little spark of movie magic!… |
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A Christmas Story Full Size 45 Leg Lamp $149.99 This beautiful 45-inch Full Size Leg Lamp has the authentic look of the leg lamp featured in A Christmas Story. This Leg Lamp has a sleek attractive curve and design to the leg. It also show cases a golden gallery shade with black fringe, a sexy fishnet stocking, and an elegant stiletto heel. Sure to be the center piece of any front room window. The leg and socket under the lampshade light up inde… |
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Christmas Story 20 Lamp – Desk Leg $45.99 This 20in. A Christmas Story Leg Lamp by NECA is a genuine prop replica from the beloved holiday classic! No Christmas is complete without the family sitting down to watch Ralphie’s misadventures. Now you can light up the living room with a comical leg lamp, just like the one in the movie! And you don’t have enter any sweepstakes to get it. Please note: This item ships ground only and does not shi… |
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A Christmas Story (Two-Disc Special Edition) $5.50 RALPHIE HAS TO CONVINCE HIS PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND SANTA THAT A RED RYDER BB GUN REALLY IS THE PERFECT GIFT FOR THE 1940′S…. |
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Only Fools and Horses: The Complete Series 1-3 $40.46 All 23 episodes from the first three seasons-including “Big Brother,” “The Second Time Around,” “A Touch of Glass,” “Who’s a Pretty Boy” and “Thicker Than Water”-are featured in a four-disc set. 12 1/2 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English; bonus Christmas specials; documentary; photo gallery; more. **23 episodes on 4 discs. 12 1/2 hrs.**… |
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Heavy Gear $68.99 BRAND NEW SHIPS IN ECO-FRIENDLY WHITE PAPER SLEEVE. Over 10 years in business – huge software selection, excellent customer service!… |
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A Christmas Story Leg Lamp Talking Keychain $9.98 Talking keychain plays sound clips from the classic holiday movie A Christmas Story. Push the button to hear “Fra-Gee-Lay! Must be Italian!” and “It’s a major award!” Built-in battery for hundreds of plays. 5″ tall. |
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Christmas Story $99 Christmas Story |
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A Christmas Story Leg Lamp Kit by Edition , $16.49 “It’s a major award!”—“Old Man” Parker from the holiday classic A Christmas Story, would say. We call this kit the perfect stocking stuffer (no pun intended) for the millions of fans who tune in for repeated annual viewings of the movie during the holidays. Kit comes with a replica of the movie’s iconic Leg Lamp prop complete with an actual light-up feature, packaging material to protect the “fragile” ornament, and a colorful sticker book. ™ & © 2011 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. |
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The Story of Christmas by Edition , $15.49 The Story of Christmas. |
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Christmas Story (Tölzer Knabenchor) $159 Christmas Story (Tölzer Knabenchor) |
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The Christmas Story by Baxter, Leon Edition , 0 $11.49 The Christmas Story. Baxter, Leon |
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The Christmas Story by Smith, Chuck Edition ILL, 0 $19.99 The Christmas Story. Smith, Chuck |
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His Favorite Christmas Story $6 His Favorite Christmas Story – Tom Jones/Capital Lights |
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A Christmas Story by Shepherd, Jean Edition ILL, 1 $13.99 A beloved, bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana—the book that inspired the equally classic Yuletide film.The holiday film A Christmas Story, first released in 1983, has become a bona fide Christmas perennial, gaining in stature and fame with each succeeding year. Its affectionate, wacky, and wryly realistic portrayal of an American family’s typical Christmas joys and travails in small-town Depression-era Indiana has entered our imagination and our hearts with a force equal to It’s a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street.This edition of A Christmas Story gathers together in one hilarious volume the gems of autobiographical humor that Jean Shepherd drew upon to create this enduring film. Here is young Ralphie Parker’s shocking discovery that his decoder ring is really a device to promote Ovaltine; his mother and father’s pitched battle over the fate of a lascivious leg lamp; the unleashed and unnerving savagery of Ralphie’s duel in the show with the odious bullies Scut Farkas and Grover Dill; and, most crucially, Ralphie’s unstoppable campaign to get Santa—or anyone else—to give him a Red Ryder carbine action 200-shot range model air rifle. Who cares that the whole adult world is telling him, “You’ll shoot your eye out, kid”?The pieces that comprise A Christmas Story, previously published in the larger collections In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash and Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories, coalesce in a magical fashion to become an irresistible piece of Americana, quite the equal of the film in its ability to warm the heart and tickle the funny bone. |
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The Christmas story $159 Digipack. |
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The Christmas Story $73.02 This book is in Good Used condition |
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The Story of Christmas $9.86 This book is in Used condition |
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A Christmas Story $16.99 This book is in Used condition |
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Story Of Christmas $1.99 This book is in Good Used condition |
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The Story Of Christmas $11.25 This book is in New – Excellent condition |
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1861 Novels (Study Guide): Great Expectations $19.99 Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Great Expectations. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens. It was first published in serial form in the publication All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It has been adapted for stage and screen over 250 times. Great Expectations is written in the style of bildungsroman, which follows the story of a man or woman in their quest for maturity, usually starting from childhood and ending in the main character’s eventual adulthood. Great Expectations is the story of the orphan Pip, writing about his life and attempting to become a gentleman along the way. The novel can also be considered semi-autobiographical of Dickens, like much of his work, drawing on his experiences of life and people. The main plot of Great Expectations takes place between Christmas Eve 1812, when the protagonist is about seven years old (and which happens to be the year of Dickens’ birth), and the winter of 1840. On Christmas Eve of 1812, Pip, a boy aged 7, encounters an escaped convict in the village churchyard while visiting his mother and father’s graves. The convict scares Pip into stealing food for him and a file to grind away his leg shackles. He threatens Pip not to tell anyone and do as he says or his friend will cut out Pip’s heart. Pip returns home, where he lives with Mrs. Joe, his older sister, and her husband Joe Gargery. His sister is very cruel and beats him and Joe regularly, while Joe is much more kind to Pip. Early the next morning, Pip steals food and drink from the Gargery pantry (including a pie for their Christmas feast) and sneaks out to the graveyard. It is the first time in Pips life hes felt truly guilty. This is an important event in the book because the convict will never forget the kindness |
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A Christmas Story $14.95 A beloved, bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana–the book that inspired the equally classic Yuletide film. The holiday film A Christmas Story, first released in 1983, has become a bona fide Christmas perennial, gaining in stature and fame with each succeeding year. Its affectionate, wacky, and wryly realistic portrayal of an American family’s typical Christmas joys and travails in small-town Depression-era Indiana has entered our imagination and our hearts with a force equal to It’s a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th Street. This edition of A Christmas Story gathers together in one hilarious volume the gems of autobiographical humor that Jean Shepherd drew upon to create this enduring film. Here is young Ralphie Parker’s shocking discovery that his decoder ring is really a device to promote Ovaltine; his mother and father’s pitched battle over the fate of a lascivious leg lamp; the unleashed and unnerving savagery of Ralphie’s duel in the show with the odious bullies Scut Farkas and Grover Dill; and, most crucially, Ralphie’s unstoppable campaign to get Santa–or anyone else–to give him a Red Ryder carbine action 200-shot range model air rifle. Who cares that the whole adult world is telling him, You’ll shoot your eye out, kid ? The pieces that comprise A Christmas Story, previously published in the larger collections In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash and Wanda Hickey’s Night of Golden Memories, coalesce in a magical fashion to become an irresistible piece of Americana, quite the equal of the film in its ability to warm the heart and tickle the funny bone. |
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A Christmas Story – Leg Lamp Adult Costume $29.99 Includes dress. Does not include stockings or shoes. This is an officially licensed A Christmas Story costume. |
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A Christmas Story Adult Womens Leg Lamp Halloween Costume $39.99 A Christmas Story Leg Lamp Sexy Dress. Includes Lamp-shaped dress with fringe trim |
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A Christmas Story Dominoes $15.07 UOY1125: Features: -A Christmas story dominoes.-Fun of classic dominoes packaged in a nostalgic a Christmas story collector’s tin with a handle for easy travel.-Double-sided dominoes where traditional dots are replaced with a Christmas story movie icons.-Unforgettable leg lamp replace traditional pips on the other side.-Perfect for every a Christmas story fan on the go.-Collectible tin with metal carrying handle stores 28 custom dominoes.-Standard-sized double six dominoes set.-Rules in English and Spanish.-For 2 – 6 players.-Recommend for ages 5 years and up.-Material: Metal. Includes: -Includes five fun and easy to learn domino games in both English and Spanish. Specifications: -28 white dominoes feature a Christmas story logo. Dimensions: -Overall dimensions: 7” H x 4.5” W x 1.5” D. |
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A Christmas Story Dominoes (Tin) $29.95 Enjoy all the fun of classic dominoes packaged in a nostalgic A Christmas Story collector?s tin with a handle for easy travel! 28 white dominoes feature A Christmas Story logo on one side while memorable movie icons such as the Red Ryder Rifle; Ralphie in the pink bunny suit; and the unforgettable leg lamp replace traditional pips on the other side. Includes five fun and easy to learn domino games in both English and Spanish. Perfect for every A Christmas Story fan on the go! 2 ? 6 Players Ages 5 |
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A Christmas Story Figural Statue Set Of 3 $21.99 Set of 3 includes:1x Leg Lamp Reveal Figural Statue, 1x Santa Slide Figural Statue, 1x Flick On Flagpole Figural Statue, Polystone construction, Officially licensed, Each statue measures approximately 3-3.75 inches tall, Depicts hilarious scenes from the movie A Christmas Story, Brand new in manufacturer packaging, Great for display |
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A Christmas Story Head Knocker Set of 3 $39.99 Set of 3 includes: 1x Christmas Story Ralphie Head Knocker 1x Christmas Story Old Man Head Knocker 1x Christmas Story Leg Lamp Head Knocker Highly detailed resin sculpts Hand painted Apx 8 inches tall Fun head knocker bobble heads Makes a great holiday gift set Brand new in manufacturer packaging |
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A Christmas Story Leg Lamp Full Size Window Sticker $9.99 Translucent,indoor poster, Illuminate from the back with a light for fantastic Halloween look, Measures approximately 36 inches wide, 60 inches tall, Can be trimmed to fit your window, 4 removable adhesive squares that are included for easy hanging, Brand new |
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A Christmas Story Leg Lamp Neck Tie Red With String Lights $14.99 Show off the Fragile (must be Italian) lamp from the classic movie, A Christmas Story. The lamp’s shade has a real hanging fringe!Colored Beautifully in a Merry RED. |
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A Christmas Story Leg Lamp Sexy Costume Dress – A Christmas Story Costumes $31.56 A Christmas Story Leg Lamp Sexy Costume Dress This clever A Christmas Story Leg Lamp Sexy Costume Dress is an awesome costume to wear to your next Halloween or Christmas Party! SA888-WMS10 |
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A Christmas Story Movie LEG LAMP Light Up NECK TIE New $14.99 Wow! Real fringe! Get the holidays off to a merry start with this Red String Lights Neck Tie from NECA. Derived from the A Christmas Story movie and featuring that iconic leg-lamp image, this festive neckware will be a big hit around the office or at your next party! |
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A Christmas Story Shaped Leg Lamp Puzzle: 500 Pcs $21.95 For the first time ever, this iconic movie comes to life in a memorable collector’s puzzle. Celebrate one of the most popular holiday films of all time as you piece together this 500-piece collector’s puzzle, featuring a nearly life-size version of the Old Man’s unforgettable leg lamp. Packaged in a special keepsake box, that is a replica of the original Fragile crate from the movie, this box is great for storing puzzle pieces and your favorite mementos. This 500-piece jigsaw puzzle measures 18 x 24 when complete. |
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A Christmas Story Yahtzee $20.41 UOY1187: Features: -A Christmas story yahtzee.-Don’t shoot your eye out.-Featuring nostalgic movie icons from this holiday classic.-Including the old man, pink bunny suit, parker house, leg lamp, BB gun and ralphie.-Yahtzee with a Christmas story twist.-Get ready to roll classic dice combinations like a full house, large straight and five of a kind.-Packaged in a travel-sized dice cup that fits all components.-For 1 or more players.-Ages 8 to adult. Dimensions: -Overall dimensions: 11.25” H x 6” W x 3.6” D. Collection: -Board Games collection. |
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A Christmas Story: The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film $9.99 A Christmas Story This edition of A Christmas Story gathers together in one hilarious volume the gems of autobiographical humor that Jean Shepherd drew upon to create this enduring film. Here is young Ralphie Parker’s shocking discovery that his decoder ring is really a device to promote Ovaltine; his mother and father’s pitched battle over the fate of a lascivious leg lamp and, most crucially, Ralphie’s unstoppable campaign to get Santa – or anyone else – to give him a Red Ryder carbine action 200-shot range model air rifle. Who cares that the whole adult world is telling him, You’ll shoot your eye out, kid. The pieces that comprise A Christmas Story coalesce in a magical fashion to become an irresistible piece of Americana, quite the equal of the film in its ability to warm the heart and tickle the funny bone. A beloved, bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana – the book that inspired the equally classic Yuletide film. |
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A Christmas Story: The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film $0.01 A Christmas Story This edition of A Christmas Story gathers together in one hilarious volume the gems of autobiographical humor that Jean Shepherd drew upon to create this enduring film. Here is young Ralphie Parker’s shocking discovery that his decoder ring is really a device to promote Ovaltine; his mother and father’s pitched battle over the fate of a lascivious leg lamp and, most crucially, Ralphie’s unstoppable campaign to get Santa – or anyone else – to give him a Red Ryder carbine action 200-shot range model air rifle. Who cares that the whole adult world is telling him, You’ll shoot your eye out, kid. The pieces that comprise A Christmas Story coalesce in a magical fashion to become an irresistible piece of Americana, quite the equal of the film in its ability to warm the heart and tickle the funny bone. A beloved, bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana – the book that inspired the equally classic Yuletide film. |
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A Christmas Story: The Book That Inspired the Hilarious Classic Film $8.48 A Christmas Story This edition of A Christmas Story gathers together in one hilarious volume the gems of autobiographical humor that Jean Shepherd drew upon to create this enduring film. Here is young Ralphie Parker’s shocking discovery that his decoder ring is really a device to promote Ovaltine; his mother and father’s pitched battle over the fate of a lascivious leg lamp and, most crucially, Ralphie’s unstoppable campaign to get Santa – or anyone else – to give him a Red Ryder carbine action 200-shot range model air rifle. Who cares that the whole adult world is telling him, You’ll shoot your eye out, kid. The pieces that comprise A Christmas Story coalesce in a magical fashion to become an irresistible piece of Americana, quite the equal of the film in its ability to warm the heart and tickle the funny bone. A beloved, bestselling classic of humorous and nostalgic Americana – the book that inspired the equally classic Yuletide film. |
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A Three-legged Dog Called Present $25.03 New – Present was born in 1975 in a picturesque part of Rhodesia on a farm in the Eastern Border Districts. His rear right leg was injured and his life was saved by a vet who wanted to give Present as a gift to his son for Christmas. This hand-illustrated story, suitable for the teenager reader, describes Present’s life in Chipinga and later in Harare, Zimbabwe. It provides a comprehensive account of his behaviour, play, interaction, truants and ends with his illness and death. Glimpses of the i |
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A Three-legged Dog Called Present $32.95 New – Present was born in 1975 in a picturesque part of Rhodesia on a farm in the Eastern Border Districts. His rear right leg was injured and his life was saved by a vet who wanted to give Present as a gift to his son for Christmas. This hand-illustrated story, suitable for the teenager reader, describes Present’s life in Chipinga and later in Harare, Zimbabwe. It provides a comprehensive account of his behaviour, play, interaction, truants and ends with his illness and death. Glimpses of the i |
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Christmas Story (Collector’s Edition) $39.92 The Christmas spirit isn’t served up with more observant hilarity than in this beloved adaptation of Jean Shepherd’s holiday story. In 1940s Indiana, nine-year-old Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) dreams of his ideal Christmas gift: a genuine Red Ryder 200-shot Carbine Action Air Rifle. But when gruff dad (Darren McGavin) and doting mom (Melinda Dillion) regularly respond with You’ll shoot your eye out! Ralphie mounts a full-scale Santa-begging campaign. He encounters a slew of calamities from snowsuit paralysis to the dreaded tongue-on-a-frozen-flagpole gambit. We triple-dog-dare you to unwrap a more welcome Yuletide classic!Synopsis: It’s Christmas time and there’s only one thing on Ralphie Parker’s Christmas list this year: a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-Shot, Range Model Air Rifle, but many obstacles stand in the way of his dream because every adult that he confronts keeps telling him he’ll shoot his eye out. Meanwhile The Old Man just got a major award (a lamp shaped like a woman’s leg), and Mom is making sure The Old Man doesn’t come near her turkey, Ralphie’s friend gets his tongue stuck to a flag pole, and Ralphie utters the f-word infront of his father. Christmas is drawing nearer and Ralphie visits Santa at the department store in hopes of asking him for his dream gift. Will he receive it? Let’s hope so. Special Features: Feature film (Widescreen) Commentary with Peter Billingsley and Director/ Co-Writer Bob ClarkOriginal Readings by Jean Shepard, Voice Narrator of A Christmas Story Another Christmas Story Documentary Get a Leg Up Featurette A History of the Daisy Red Ryder FeaturetteTriple Dog Dare Interactive Trivia Decoder Match Challenge Hidden Presents Original Theatrical Trailer 5 collectible holiday cookie cutters in fun Christmas Story shapes (Leg Lamp, red Ryder BB Gun, Raphie Bunny Suit, Christmas Tree, |
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Christmas Story Leg Lamp Head Knocker $14.95 Christmas Story Head Knocker, Leg Lamp measures approximately 7 inches in height and is made of solid resin. Add some style to your dash board with your very own Christmas Story Head Knocker Leg Lamp. Careful though this lamp is fra-gi-le. |
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Christmas Story Leg Lamp Lawn Ornament $69.99 Built-in fan and lights inside. Display indoors or out; 5 9 high. |
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Christmas Story Leg Lamp Night Light $15.48 Brand new A Christmas Story Nite Lite. Approximately 9 inches tall. Plugs into standard outlet. |
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Christmas Story Leg Lamp Stocking $12.99 Stocking is 18 inches long, 3 inches wide at the skinniest part of the leg and 9 inches wide at the top. Comes brand new and factory sealed. |
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Deck the Halls $5.99 <B>Mary Higgins Clark, the “Queen of Suspense,” and her daughter, bestselling author Carol Higgins Clark, join forces for the first time to create an exciting and entertaining suspense novel—the story of a kidnapping played out against a holiday setting.</B><P> <P>Three days before Christmas, Regan Reilly, the dynamic young sleuth featured in the novels of Carol Higgins Clark, accidentally meets Alvirah Meehan, Mary Higgins Clark’s famous lottery winner and amateur detective, at a New Jersey dentist’s office. That’s where it all begins. <P>While Regan’s mother, Nora, the famous mystery writer, is in the hospital with a broken leg, her husband, Luke, and his chauffeur, Rosita, are kidnapped and held for a million-dollar ransom. Together, Regan and Alvirah track the case as the inept yet dangerous kidnappers make their demands known. Meanwhile, Luke and Rosita are held captive on a houseboat on the Hudson River and a fierce winter storm is gathering force. <P>DECK THE HALLS blends suspense with poignancy, laugh-out-loud humor, and all-around holiday cheer—a Christmas classic for many seasons to come. |
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Deck the Halls – Movie Tie-In By Carol Higgins Clark and Mary Higgins Clark $5.99 <B>Mary Higgins Clark, the “Queen of Suspense,” and her daughter, bestselling author Carol Higgins Clark, joined forces for the first time to create an exciting and entertaining suspense novel—the story of a kidnapping played out against a holiday setting.</B> <P>Three days before Christmas, Regan Reilly, the dynamic young sleuth featured in the novels of Carol Higgins Clark, accidentally meets Alvirah Meehan, Mary Higgins Clark’s famous lottery winner and amateur detective, at a New Jersey dentist’s office. That’s where it all begins. <P>While Regan’s mother, Nora, the famous mystery writer, is in the hospital with a broken leg, her husband, Luke, and his chauffeur, Rosita, are kidnapped and held for a million-dollar ransom. Together, Regan and Alvirah track the case as the inept yet dangerous kidnappers make their demands known. Meanwhile, Luke and Rosita are held captive on a houseboat on the Hudson River and a fierce winter storm is gathering force. <P>DECK THE HALLS blends suspense with poignancy, laugh-out-loud humor, and all-around holiday cheer—a Christmas classic for many seasons to come. |
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Deck the Halls By Carol Higgins Clark and Mary Higgins Clark $5.99 <B>Mary Higgins Clark, the “Queen of Suspense,” and her daughter, bestselling author Carol Higgins Clark, join forces for the first time to create an exciting and entertaining suspense novel—the story of a kidnapping played out against a holiday setting.</B><P> <P>Three days before Christmas, Regan Reilly, the dynamic young sleuth featured in the novels of Carol Higgins Clark, accidentally meets Alvirah Meehan, Mary Higgins Clark’s famous lottery winner and amateur detective, at a New Jersey dentist’s office. That’s where it all begins. <P>While Regan’s mother, Nora, the famous mystery writer, is in the hospital with a broken leg, her husband, Luke, and his chauffeur, Rosita, are kidnapped and held for a million-dollar ransom. Together, Regan and Alvirah track the case as the inept yet dangerous kidnappers make their demands known. Meanwhile, Luke and Rosita are held captive on a houseboat on the Hudson River and a fierce winter storm is gathering force. <P>DECK THE HALLS blends suspense with poignancy, laugh-out-loud humor, and all-around holiday cheer—a Christmas classic for many seasons to come. |
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Deck the Halls/The Christmas Thief: Two Holiday Novels $0.99 From beloved storytellers Mary Higgins Clark, America’s Queen of Suspense, and her daughter, bestselling author Carol Higgins Clark, two favorite suspense novels filled with holiday cheer. Deck the Halls (first published in 2000) was the mother-daughter duo’s first collaborative effort, a brilliant story of high-stakes intrigue and detection played out against a holiday setting. Christmas is only three days away when Regan Reilly, the dynamic young sleuth featured in the novels of Carol Higgins Clark, accidentally meets Alvirah Meehan, Mary Higgins Clark’s sharp-witted lottery winner turned amateur sleuth, at a New Jersey dentist’s office. When a call comes through on Regan’s cell phone notifying her that her father and his driver, Rosita Gonzalez, are being held for $1,000,000 ransom, Alvirah insists that Regan allow her to lend a hand in gaining their release. Complicating the situation is the fact that Regan’s mother, the famous mystery writer Nora Regan Reilly, has just been hospitalized with a broken leg, and a brutal winter storm is bearing down on them all. Regan must comfort her mother while trying to meet the harsh demands of her father’s kidnappers, who are not just rank amateurs but also laughably inept — making them all the more dangerous and unpredictable. In The Christmas Thief (2004), Alvirah and Regan team up again to investigate another kind of kidnapping. When an eighty-foot blue spruce is chosen to spend the holidays as Rockefeller Center’s famous Christmas tree, the folks who picked the tree have no idea that attached to one of its branches is a flask chock-full of priceless diamonds that Packy Noonan, a scam artist just released from prison, had hidden there over twelve years ago. When an excited Packy breaks his parole and heads to Stowe, Vermont, to reclaim his loot, he discovers that his special tree will be heading to New York City the next morning, so he and his bumbling crew have to act fast. Meanwhile |
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Deck the Halls/The Christmas Thief: Two Holiday Novels $17.99 <p><b>From beloved storytellers Mary Higgins Clark, America’s Queen of Suspense, and her daughter, bestselling author Carol Higgins Clark, two favorite suspense novels filled with holiday cheer.</b></p><p><i>Deck the Halls</i> (first published in 2000) was the mother-daughter duo’s first collaborative effort, a brilliant story of high-stakes intrigue and detection played out against a holiday setting. Christmas is only three days away when Regan Reilly, the dynamic young sleuth featured in the novels of Carol Higgins Clark, accidentally meets Alvirah Meehan, Mary Higgins Clark’s sharp-witted lottery winner turned amateur sleuth, at a New Jersey dentist’s office. When a call comes through on Regan’s cell phone notifying her that her father and his driver, Rosita Gonzalez, are being held for $1,000,000 ransom, Alvirah insists that Regan allow her to lend a hand in gaining their release. Complicating the situation is the fact that Regan’s mother, the famous mystery writer Nora Regan Reilly, has just been hospitalized with a broken leg, and a brutal winter storm is bearing down on them all. Regan must comfort her mother while trying to meet the harsh demands of her father’s kidnappers, who are not just rank amateurs but also laughably inept — making them all the more dangerous and unpredictable.</p><p>In <i>The Christmas Thief</i> (2004), Alvirah and Regan team up again to investigate another kind of kidnapping. When an eighty-foot blue spruce is chosen to spend the holidays as Rockefeller Center’s famous Christmas tree, the folks who picked the tree have no idea that attached to one of its branches is a flask chock-full of priceless diamonds that Packy Noonan, a scam artist just released from prison, had hidden there over twelve years ago. When an excited Packy breaks his parole and heads to Stowe, Vermont, to reclaim his loot, he discovers that his special tree will be heading to New York City the next morning, so he and his bumbling crew have to act fast. Meanwhile |
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Following the Equator $14 How I did loath that journey around the world–except the sea-part & India.- Mark Twain, letter to W. D. Howells, 4/2/1899Following The Equator is an account of Mark Twain’s round-the-world lecture tour of 1895/96. The book opens in Paris, from which Twain sets out on his journey. In New York, his wife, Olivia, and daughter Clara decide to continue on the tour with Twain. The family sets out from New York accompanied by Major Pond, the tour manager for the North American leg. Following a stop in British Columbia, the travelers set sail on the Pacific Ocean. After avoiding Hawaii due to a cholera epidemic, the ship lands at Suva, part of the Fiji Islands. After a short stay, Twain moves on to Australia, with his first stop in Sydney. Here he spends considerable space telling about Australian history, society, and people. A stop in Wagga-Wagga brings up the story of the Tichborne Claimant. In Melbourne, Twain relates the story of how Olivia once received a letter in which is discussed Twain’s death on a lecture tour in Australia. The author makes numerous stops in mining regions of Australia, including Stawell, Ballarat, and Bendigo. In the latter stop, Twain encounters Mr. Blank, the sole member of the Mark Twain Club, of Corrigan Castle, Ireland. He is also the man who wrote the letter to Olivia about Twain’s death. The travelers next stop briefly at Hobart, the capital of Tasmania, and then move on to several towns in New Zealand. In Nelson, the group learns of the Maungatapu Murders, the sole event of historical importance to occur in the town. After a quick stop in Auckland, the capital, Twain visits Wanganui, where the Maori people and culture are discussed. The partyreturns to Australia to spend Christmas in Melbourne and New Year’s at Adelaide, before setting sail for Ceylon, India. The first stop in India is Bombay, which Twain finds to be a fabulous city of great contradictions: great wealth and extreme poverty, ornate palaces and ramshackle hove |
