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When the price of an unusual picture called a spirit photograph, which some Victorian spiritualists claimed was a photograph of the departed taken during a seance, sells at auction for over a thousand dollars, Flynn Keirnan is determined to discover the story behind it. She soon learns the ghostly images of the woman and two men in the picture were the subjects of a sensational murder trial in 1875 Chicago. A young architect was accused of killing
...5) Hunted
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"Eileen has gone missing while hiking in the remote Ashlough Forest. Five days later, her camera is discovered washed downriver, containing bizarre photos taken after her disappearance. Eileen's brother Chris wants to believe she is still alive. When the police search is abandoned, he and four of his friends create their own search party to scour the mountain range. As they stray further from the hiking trails and the unsettling discoveries mount,...
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1888: Elizabeth Haberlin, of the Pittsburgh Haberlins, spends every summer with her family on a beautiful lake in an exclusive club. Nestled in the Allegheny Mountains above the working class community of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the private retreat is patronized by society's elite. Elizabeth summers with Carnegies, Mellons, and Fricks, following the rigid etiquette of her class. But Elizabeth is blessed (cursed) with a mind of her own. Case in point:...
7) Snapshot
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"Two little girls, frozen in black and white. One picture worth killing for Federal prosecutor Lisa Waldrens estranged father wants her to investigate a cold case from his FBI days. Lisa nearly refuses, even though a wrongly convicted man faces execution for murder. Then her father reveals a photograph: a little white girl playing alongside a little black girl at a civil rights rally in 1965 where the crime -- the shooting of a civil rights leader...
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"Athena has invited Case Donnelly, recently relocated from Pittsburgh and awaiting his PI license, to accompany her to a Save Our Dunes fundraiser and art festival. And her date proves helpful when the body of a disgraced photographer turns up during a nature walk. The crime- -and the photos taken by the dead man--raise a lot of questions about local politics, environmental battles, and the victim's womanizing ways. As Athena's endearing Greek-American...
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Laurel Estabrook's life changes drastically after being attacked. She goes from being outgoing to withdraw, her photography and work at a homeless shelter are now her life. Laurel meets Bobby, a mentally ill man, at the shelter with a box of photos he won't let anyone see. When he dies she discovers that he photographed celebrities. Laurel becomes obsessed and searches for the truth of his former life.
11) The photograph
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"In a 1980s Amish community, three sisters face a time of transition in their family, and each searches for a way to define her own future"--
With the passing of their widowed mother, Eva's older brother Menno plans to move his growing family into the Eden Valley farmhouse. Surely, Menno reasons, at least one of his three sisters will marry this coming wedding season. Eva does hope to marry, but she isn't sure she wants to give up her sweet shop...
12) Dinosaur tracks
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"Curious George follows the tracks of animals and finds some surprises where they end!"--Page 4 of cover.
13) The dark room
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"Ex-crime reporter Leonard Blaylock spends his days on an unusual hobby, developing strangers' forgotten and discarded rolls of film. He loves the small mysteries the photographs reveal to him. Then Leonard finds something no one would ever expect, or want, to see captured on film-the murder of a young woman. But that's impossible, because the woman is already dead. Leonard was there when it happened five years earlier. He has never been able to shake...
14) It's my birthday
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Bear's fourth birthday serves as an occasion for his family to go through the photo album commemorating his birth, his life as a baby, and all his past birthdays.
15) Take my picture!
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A little boy and his sister go to the zoo and take pictures of the animals and of the little boy.
17) Solo una mirada
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Grace Lawson no sabe que su tranquila vida de familia está a punto de sufrir un terremoto. Al repasar una serie de fotos nuevas, descubre una bastante antigua que no pertenece al conjunto. En ella, se ven cinco personas, cuatro desconocidos y el que parece su marido, Jack, bastante antes de que se conocieran. Al preguntarle Grace por la foto, Jack niega ser él. Poco después, y sin dar explicaciones, coge el coche y desaparece. Se ha llevado la...
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When Grace Lawson picks up a newly developed set of family photographs, she finds a picture from at least twenty years ago. One of the persons in the photo resembles her husband, Jack. Though he denies that he is the man in the photo, Jack drives away without an explanation, taking the photograph with him. Each passing day brings more unanswered questions. Grace goes to the police, but they refuse to help her. In order to keep her children safe, Grace...
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