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A beautiful young French girl walks into a bar, nervously lights a cigarette, and begs the bartender for help in finding her missing artist brother. In a moment of weakness, the bartender-a lone wolf named Caesar Stiles with a chip on his shoulder and a Sicilian family curse hanging over him-agrees. What follows is a stylish literary mystery set in Brooklyn on the dawn of gentrification. While Caesar is initially trying to earn an honest living at...
43222) Westcoast Bounty
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Several generations after his great-grandmother Margaret Manson leaves Scotland for the rugged Pacific Northwest, Jack Manson, becomes intrigued when some of the unresolved mysteries of Margaret's adventures surface.On a construction site in modern day Victoria, workers uncover an old journal and discover it belonged to Jack's great grandfather, Margaret's husband, who was washed overboard and lost on his way to Victoria. Jack rallies his friends...
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Secret adventures from the world of Infinity Ring. Only in e-book! Only 99 cents!
Akil is the most talented young thief in Cairo. But picking pockets is easy compared to his new assignment: breaking into the Great Pyramid in a race to uncover a long-buried secret of ancient Egypt.INFINITY RING SECRETS is a series of stand-alone short stories blending real history with the action and suspense of the INFINITY RING series. History is broken, and only...
43224) The Time Tourists
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Imogen was four the first time it happened. As she flipped through her grandma's dusty photo album gazing into the faded, monochrome faces of her grandma's somber family-relatives with funny names like Aunt Ada and Uncle Paul and Aunt Phyllis and Uncle Gordy, and second cousins Percy and Viola from Missoula-suddenly, the universe tilted, and for a brief instant Imogen found herself inside of one of the pictures.
One of only a handful of individuals...
43225) Moon over the Mediterranean
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Shady dealings in sunny places...In 1961, young schoolteacher Robin Fletcher is delighted to accompany her widowed aunt on a cruise from Barcelona to Venice-a voyage whose ports of call include some of the great cities of Europe. On her first night at sea, Robin is awakened by the moonlight flooding through her stateroom window. When she goes up on deck to admire the view, she witnesses one of her fellow passengers throwing something off the stern...
43226) The Flight of the Union
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In 1847 the people of Niagara Falls, New York and their neighbors in Canada wanted to build a bridge across the river that separated them. The first step was to get a line from one side to the other. Only a kite flown with great skill could do the job. Tekla White tells the story, based on real events, of young Homan Walsh and the kite he called the Union. Ralph Ramstad's illustrations beautifully depict Homan's history-making effort near Niagara...
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A nude woman collapsed on my doorstep. Someone I knew somehow.
Of course, I carried her in and cared for her. Gave her shelter, clothes, and food to heal.
In her normal form, she was one of the most powerful entities on this planet, in all known history. Harpy.
But for now, she was simply human. And to regain her strength, she said she needed to make love with me. The weird part was the last time we met, she tried to kill me. And now I had...
43228) The Walls Came Down
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A young boy goes missing during a workers' strike in 1980s Poland, unravelling a chain of events which will touch people across decades and continents.
Joanna, a young journalist in Warsaw, is still looking for her brother, who's now been missing for over twenty years. Matt, a high-flying London city financier is struggling with relationship problems and unexplained panic attacks. And in Chicago, Tom, an old man, is slowly dying in a nursing home.
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43229) Legends Untold
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For Stassi and her teammates, only one thing is certain: Heads. Will. Roll.With rebellions rising and the Inquisition marching towards England, the stakes are higher than ever for the Atlic Syndicate's runners. Their target is sixteen-year old Lady Jane Grey, one of history's most tragic figures. When Stassi and the gang arrive, Jane has just begun her ill-fated reign as Queen of England.The runners thought that penetrating the Tower of London would...
43230) A Fledgling Abiba
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An orphaned teenage girl tries to survive on her own and understand her magical powers while a sorcerous plague sweeps the country. She may hold the key to its cure, but what she really wants is somewhere she can call home and family. This story by Ugandan author and film-maker Dilman Dila starts in a realistic African setting that becomes more and more fantastic as it goes, drawing us into his world of magic and spirits.
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Is it braver to trust your enemy, or to stand alone? She didn't mean to escape from Boundary. Yet, somehow, she did. Now, thrust into an unfamiliar and dangerous world, the young woman written off as a weak link must untangle the mystery of her past and find a way to rescue those still trapped within Boundary, while battling her own doubts and troubled past. But time is quickly, running out and she has two choices, put her trust in an old enemy, or...
43232) Child of the Dream
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In January 1963, Sharon Robinson turns thirteen the night before George Wallace declares on national television "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" in his inauguration speech as governor of Alabama. It is the beginning of a year that will change the course of American history.
As the daughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, Sharon has opportunities that most people would never dream of experiencing. Her family hosts multiple...
43233) White Serpent Castle
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This young adult mystery novel is set in feudal Japan where a fascinating plot unfolds along with a wealth of information about classical Japanese history and culture. When Zenta and Matsuzo two sixteenth century Japanese samurai arrive at the White Serpent castle they find anything but a warm welcome. Immediately surrounded by a courtyard full of sword-wielding samurai, the two learn that not only is Lord Okudaira dead, but the missing heir to the...
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A police officer desperate to save lives.A reckless pirate captain looking to self-destruct.By dating colleagues, Robin Hall had broken the cardinal rule at work, and now that mistake is following her around like a buzzing bee. Robin wants an escape, but she'd promised her friends she'd join them at the Tall Ships festival. While desperately searching for them, a handsome but disheveled man spouts crazy details of a historical world, and she's determined...
43235) Studies In Joshua
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This is a verse by verse study in of the Book of Joshua from Christian perspective today as well as the historical context.
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“A Village Boy's Global Journey” is the remarkable journey of a village boy who defied all odds to travel and experience the World that many only dreamt of.
Born in a remote village in Kenya, where dreams often evaporated amidst poverty and limited opportunities, the young boy's insatiable curiosity ignited a flame within him. He yearned to explore the vast unknown and as the call of adventure grew louder, the boy set out on an incredible journey...
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The fascinating story of how and why all fifty American states were formed-and how they became a part of history's greatest social experiment. Every US state has a unique history that deserves a separate book. The Creation of the American States provides readers with essential information on how each of the fifty states came into being. From the time of the first explorers and settlers to the present day, A. Ward Burian tells the story of how the...
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This lively collection offers literary short stories founded on History, Love, Need, Excess, and Final Acts.
In History, Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings sit for a revealing interview that should have happened. Anne Frank survives the Holocaust and goes on a rousing book tour in the United States, promoting her celebrated diary. An Austrian customs official defends his troubled son against warnings by a traveler from the future.
In Love, an adult...
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**Love's Eternal Journey: The Timeless Tale of Hakeem and Aisha****Chapter 1:** In ancient Thebes, Hakeem, an aspiring poet, encounters the captivating priestess, Aisha. Their budding love, hidden from societal judgment, flourishes through secret meetings. Taking a bold step, they publicly declare their love, reshaping societal attitudes.**Chapter 2:** Their love remains concealed to avoid scrutiny. Hakeem's ambitions clash with societal norms, and...
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Sherlock's landlady and Dr. Watson's wife help a blackmailed woman only to find themselves in a murder case in this mystery series debut.
The women in Sherlock Holmes's life have grown tired of toiling in his shadow. Matters come to a head when the Great Man declines to help a desperate young bride, prompting Mrs. Hudson (Holmes's housekeeper) and Mary Watson (wife to the good Doctor) to set up a sleuthing shop of their own, operating out of the...
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