inheritance and succession

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52 reasons to hate my father

2012
On her eighteenth birthday, spoiled party girl Lexington Larrabee learns that her days of making tabloid headlines may be at an end when her ever-absent father decides she must learn some values by working a different, low-wage job every week for a year or forfeit her multimillion-dollar trust fund.

Boneyard

2002
Richard Paris, proud owner of a cemetery in the small town of Raven Hollow which he inherited from his grandfather, has succeeded in defeating Satan, and now must find a way to deal with the Internal Revenue Service which wants inheritance tax.

Ian Pollock's illustrated King Lear

complete & unabridged
1984
Presents a graphic novel version of Shakespeare's well known tragedy of a king who foolishly disinherits his favorite daughter when she speaks out against his kingdom and splits it between his other two other deceitful daughters.

The palace of illusions

a novel
2008
A reinterpretation of the ancient Indian epic the "Mahabharat, " in which Panchaali, a child destined to change history, marries all five Pandava brothers and builds the magnificent Palace of Illusions, only to have her spiritual failings lead them all to the brink of disaster.

The wooden mile

2008
Eleven-year-old Stanley Buggle, happily anticipating a long summer vacation in the house he inherits from his great-uncle, discovers, soon after arriving in the seemingly peaceful village of Crampton Rock, that along with the house he has also inherited some sinister neighbors, a talking stuffed fish, and a host of mysteries surrounding his great-uncle's death.

The clue in the crumbling wall

1973
While trying to locate a missing dancer who is about to gain a large inheritance, Nancy Drew finds a clue leading to the solution of a mystery.

The perils of peppermints

2003
Left at a New York boarding school by Aunt and Uncle Twice, eleven-year-old Emily finds horrors even greater than those she faced at Sugar Hill Hall, especially after she gets word that her inheritance is lost.

Shrek the third

friends and foes
2007
Shrek and Fiona want to move back to the swamp, but they first need to find and convince Arthur Pendragon that he is better suited to be king than Shrek.

The Earl & the fairy

2012
Fairy doctor Lydia Carlton is rescued from kidnappers by Edgar Ashenbert, a descendent of the human ruler of the fairy world, and gets caught up in a dangerous quest to recover the sword of the Blue Knight Earl and help Edgar regain his birthright.

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