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1) Sister
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
Simon (Kacey Mottet Klein) lives with his older sister (Léa Seydoux) in a housing complex below a luxury Swiss ski resort. With his sister drifting in and out of jobs and relationships, twelve-year-old Simon takes on the responsibility of providing for the two of them. Every day, he takes the lift up to the opulent ski world above, stealing equipment from rich tourists to resell to the local kids down in the valley. He is able to keep their little...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Knives Out and Clue meet Agatha Christie and The Thursday Murder Club in this fiendishly clever blend of classic and modern murdery mystery. Ernie Cunningham, crime fiction aficionado, is a reluctant guest at his family reunion. Family reunions aren't for everyone, of course. But Ern's part of a notorious crime family--and three years ago, he witnessed his brother kill a man and immediately turned him in to the police. Now Ern's brother is being released...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The film addresses the impacts of the modern ski resort industry on mountain communities and environments. Including footage and interviews from dozens of ski areas, experts and concerned community members throughout North America, Resorting to madness reveals the negative side of an otherwise glamorous sport and offers up suggestions to protect and maintain mountains and mountain communities.
5) Crazy blood
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The Carson dynasty rules the ski resort town of Mammoth Lakes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Founded by patriarch Adam, the town is the site of the Mammoth Cup ski race-a qualifier for the Olympics. But when Wylie Welborn, Adam's illegitimate grandson, returns after a stint in Afghanistan, it reopens a dark moment in Carson family history: the murder of Wylie's father by his jealous and very pregnant wife, Cynthia. Her son Sky, born...
7) Tough cookie
Author
Series
Goldy Bear mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Caterer Goldy Schulz, temporarily shut down while her kitchen is remodeled, must cook up a quick crime-solving recipe when she makes arrangements to sell an item from her husband's collection of war memorabilia, only to have her buyer turn up suspiciously dead on the ski slopes.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Three ordinary people risk everything for a chance at redemption in this audacious, utterly gripping novel of catastrophe and survival at the end of the world, from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man. Hannah awakens to carnage, all mangled metal and shattered glass. Evacuated from a secluded boarding school during a snowstorm, her coach careered off the road, trapping her with a handful of survivors. They'll need to work together to escape - with...
9) Shiver
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In this propulsive locked-room thriller debut, a reunion weekend in the French Alps turns deadly when five friends discover that someone has deliberately stranded them at their remote mountaintop resort during a snowstorm. When Milla accepts an off-season invitation to Le Rocher, a cozy ski resort in the French Alps, she's expecting an intimate weekend of catching up with four old friends. Yet no sooner do Milla and the others arrive for the reunion...
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
Description
On a family reunion celebrating her father-in-law's seventieth birthday at a Vermont ski resort, Faith Fairchild discovers a body on one of the cross-country trails. As vandalism and mayhem disrupt the resort routine, Faith investigates, hoping to get to the bottom of the crime spree, salvage the reunion, prevent the closing of Pine Slopes resort--and save her own life.
Series
Publisher
Gale Group
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Collection of actual business plans from businesses in the manufacturing, retail and service industries, with company names and addresses changed. Includes: business plan template, fictional business plans, listing of organizations, agencies, and consultants; a glossary; and an updated bibliography. Aimed at entrepreneurs seeking funding for small businesses in North America.
Author
Series
Rider Woofson volume 9
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Rider takes the P.I. Pack to a ski resort on vacation, they get caught up in a Snowbot mystery, instead.
Author
Series
Dog's day volume 2
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After avalanche rescue dog Ava, a chocolate Labrador retriever, finally gets to help her handler, Nate, with a real rescue, she realizes that her job at the ski resort includes other important tasks, too.
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