Sentences with phrase «rare books stolen»

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The affidavit says the bookstore owner also reached out to people who buy and sell rare books to alert them that the book had been stolen.

(CNN)-- Law enforcement agents have recovered a rare first - edition copy of the Book of Mormon that was reported stolen from a Mesa, Arizona, bookstore in late May.

At its heart, Black Panther has a fairly standard comic book sort of story: baddie Ulysses Klaue (a rare live - action Andy Serkis: Star Wars: The Last Jedi, War for the Planet of the Apes), one of the few outsiders who knows the secrets of Wakanda, and who had stolen a small quantity of vibranium decades ago, is up to no good again, with a scary dude nicknamed Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan: Fantastic Four, and both of Coogler's previous films) at his side; they must be stopped by T'Challa, Nakia, and the absolute force of nature General Okoye (Danai Gurira), with an assist from CIA agent Everett K. Ross (Martin Freeman: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Sherlock).

After that, we weigh in on a hilarious premise - the true story of Nicholas Cage's favorite rare Superman comic - book being stolen from him.

Release date: June 1 Cast: Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner, Jared Abrahamson Directed by: Bart Layton (The Imposter) Why we're excited: This ripped - from - the - headlines heist film mixes narrative storytelling with documentary - style interviews of the actual young men who plotted to steal valuable rare books from the special collection of a Kentucky university's library.

Bart Layton) In December of 2004, four young men attempted to steal a number of exceptionally rare books from the library at Transylvania University in Kentucky.

This plan is derailed by three occurrences: thirty - six - year - old sales representative for Knightley Press, Amelia Loman makes her first visit to Island Books to present the publisher's Winter List (and is treated rather shabbily by A.J.); A.J.'s escape valve, a rare and valuable edition of Tamerlane, a collection of poems by Edgar Allan Poe, is stolen; and a bright two - year - old girl named Maya is left in his bookstore.

• In another better - late - than - never story, more than 1,400 rare and valuable books were returned to their rightful home at Lambeth Palace Library in London — nearly 40 years after they were stolen.

I was first impressed with him in how he handled A.J. at the time of his wife's death and at the time the rare book, Tamarlane, was stolen when he saw to it that A.J. saw a doctor because he was concerned about his mental state.

Someone has stolen pages out of several rare books.