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  2. The Arrest (novel) - Wikipedia

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    The peaceful agrarian stasis of Tinderwick is disrupted when Journeyman's pre-arrest professional partner, Peter Todbaum arrives in a nuclear powered “supercar” that he has driven to Maine from California. For decades prior to the arrest, Todbaum had been a hypnotic Hollywood pitch man and Journeyman his compliant listener and script-doctor.

  3. Padilla affair - Wikipedia

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    According to Cuban accounts, Padilla stirred controversy in an attempt to attract foreign attention towards his work. [5] Writer José Lorenzo Fuentes had already been removed from the UNEAC in 1967 for his critical work and alleged contact with Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and according to Otero, Padilla saw this scandal as an opportunity to receive foreign attention. [5]

  4. Accelerated Reader - Wikipedia

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    A PowerPoint from Scholastic made in 2006 indicates that 39% of children between the ages of five and ten have read a Harry Potter novel with 68% of students in that age range having an interest in reading or re-reading a Harry Potter book. [23] For example, the ATOS reading level of {Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone} is 5.5 (with ATOS ...

  5. Jonathan Lethem - Wikipedia

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    Jonathan Allen Lethem (/ ˈ l iː θ əm /; [1] born February 19, 1964) is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. His first novel, Gun, with Occasional Music, a genre work that mixed elements of science fiction and detective fiction, was published in 1994.

  6. Erminia Giuliano - Wikipedia

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    Police raided her daughter's house in the Forcella quarter of Naples shortly after midnight and found her in a secret room concealed behind a kitchen cupboard and a sliding wall panel. [5] "She was a true leader, with all the qualities usually associated with crime godfathers," according to the Naples police chief, Carlo Gualdi.

  7. Anthony Curcio - Wikipedia

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    Upon his release, he wrote the book Heist and High, [14] promising to prevent others from making the same decisions he had made. [5] [15] Throughout the duration of his sentence, Curcio wrote and illustrated over 20 children's books, including one aimed at the children of incarcerated parents titled My Daddy's in Jail. [16] [17]

  8. Q & A (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Q & A is a novel written by Indian diplomat Vikas Swarup and published in 2005. The novel is also Swarup's first novel work. [1] It tells the rags to riches story of Ram Mohammad Thomas, a young waiter who becomes the biggest quiz show winner in history, only to be arrested and jailed on accusations that he cheated.

  9. William MacDonald (serial killer) - Wikipedia

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    He was the victim of an unfinished assault committed by MacDonald. The man found McLean still breathing, but bleeding heavily, and went to get police. [7] On this day MacDonald bought a knife from a sports store in Sydney. That night MacDonald left the Oxford Hotel in Darlinghurst and followed McLean down Bourke Street past the local police ...