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Embracing a sweet escape from her usual routine at The Cookie Jar, Hannah gets asked for her help in baking pastries at the local inn for a flashy fishing competition with big prizes and even bigger names. But the fun stops when she spots a runway boat on the water and, on board, the lifeless body of the event's renowned celebrity spokesperson. Famed TV show host Sonny Bowman wasn't humble about his ability to reel in winning catches, and no one knew...
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"The Best Friend. The Confidant. The Senator. The Boyfriend. The Executive. Five contestants have been chosen to compete for ten million dollars on the game show One Lucky Winner. The catch? None of them knows what (or who) to expect, and it will be live streamed all over the world. Completely secluded in an estate in Northern California, with strict instructions not to leave the property and zero contact with the outside world, the competitors start...
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My weird school daze volume 8
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When Ella Mentry School is threatened with closure due to budget cuts, A.J.'s new speech teacher, Miss Laney, comes up with a brilliant, if weird, plan to save the day.
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English
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"Game and quiz shows first started appearing on radio broadcasts in the 1930s, led by the CBS network's Professor Quiz, hosted by a man who was neither a professor nor even a college graduate, the first of several frauds that seemed to be endemic to the genre. Professor Quiz was followed by other such game shows as Uncle Jim's Question Bee and Ask It Basket, which in turn spawned successful box games for at-home play. The show Truth or Consequences...
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Vikas Swarup's spectacular debut novel opens in a jail cell in Mumbai, India, where Ram Mohammad Thomas is being held after correctly answering all twelve questions on India's biggest quiz show, Who Will Win a Billion? It is hard to believe that a poor orphan who has never read a newspaper or gone to school could win such a contest. But through a series of exhilarating tales Ram explains to his lawyer how episodes in his life gave him the answer to...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Primera edición.
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Español
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Es la mañana de la cosecha que dará inicio a los Décimos Juegos del Hambre. En el capitolio, Coriolanus Snow, de dieciocho años de edad, se prepara para la oportunidad única de alcanzar la gloria como mentor de los juegos. La casa de los Snow, antes tan influyente, atraviesa tiempos difíciles, por lo que su destino depende de que Coriolanus consiga superar a sus compañero en encanto, ingenio y estrategia como mentor del tributo que...
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Geronimo Stilton. Original series volume 17
Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
Description
Geronimo goes on a TV gameshow in order to keep his newspaper from being taken over by Cheesecake. Cheesecake! A mysterious one-eyed rat was trying to steal The Rodent's Gazette from under my snout! I had to stop him -- but how? My business manager, Shif T. Paws, came up with a plan. He arranged for me to appear on a TV quiz show. If I won, the Gazette was safe. But if I lost -- SQUEAK! -- I had to give up my tail!
11) I'm game!
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Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
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English
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Katie magically turns into her father right before he is set to appear on his favorite television game show, but unfortunately she cannot answer a single question.
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Barefoot William volume 5
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Professional baseball player Halo Todd doesn't like failure, but he can never turn down a challenge. Especially when there's a pretty woman involved. How else would he end up dressed as a rooster, helping a complete stranger compete on a wacky game show? Even when they're eliminated after the first round, Halo isn't about to lose the girl. Alyn is stunned when gorgeous, generous Halo whisks her off for a dream vacation to the beach--where she can't...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
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English
Description
"For 36 years, Jeopardy! has been a TV mainstay. In that time, it has become a deeply entrenched American tradition and the sort of cross-generational touchstone the likes of which are few and far between in modern television -- a show beloved by everyone from Solange Knowles to George Clooney to the Auburn Tigers. This is the book about Jeopardy!: its history and how it comes together how the most successful players use strategy to dominate the man-myth-legend...
14) The running man
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English
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In 2025, America's favorite TV game show features contestants attempting to evade death at the hands of the Hunters. Thirty days of survival takes the prize--one billion dollars.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
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English
Description
"For family-focused Charlotte, the chance to compete on her favorite trivia game show is a dream come true—the prize money could ensure the best care for her aging grandmother. But when she arrives on set, who does she see among the other contestants? Eli, her high school first love, at least until their shattering breakup. He has his own reasons for competing, not least of which is the stress of multiple jobs, college courses, and a father who...
16) Made you look
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Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Jason's dream of being a contestant on a cool game show is jeopardized by his family's trip to California--a cross-country nightmare in an embarrassing camper with annoying siblings and a copycat nemesis.
18) Total TV drama
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Ella diaries volume 12
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Description
Ella's been chosen for the quiz team and is going on television game show Quiz-Zam! She's going to be a star! But Ella's TV dreams soon turn into total drama when Zoe doesn't make the team and know-it-all Peach gets her spot instead! Worst of all, the other team on the show is super smart ... and super mean! Will Ella and Peach embarrass themselves on national television? Or can they work out a way to share the spotlight?
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
1996-1999 television broadcasts.
Language
English
Description
"Get ready for some of the all-time greatest episodes of your favorite Nick game shows! Join Kirk Fogg and Olmec as they tall you Legends of the Hidden Temple, Mike O'Malley as he tests kids' GUTS, celebrity judges who are trying to Figure it Out, and more!"--Container.
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2004.
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English
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No woman in her right mind would consent to wearing a corset for a month. Especially a 'skinny-challenged' woman like Tessa. But dreams of being debt-free dance in her head at the offer of appearing in a reality TV show. A Month in the Life of a Victorian Duke is about real people pretending to live on an English estate, circa 1879. And Tessa's leading man-a real-life duke-is so handsome she can barely breathe, with or without the corset . . .
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