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"World War II has just ended, and Britain has established the Control Commission for Germany, which oversees their zone of occupation. The Control Commission hires British civilians to work in Germany, rebuild the shattered nation and prosecute war crimes. Somewhat aimless, bored with her job as a provincial schoolteacher, and unwilling to live with her overbearing mother any longer, twentysomething Edith Graham applies for a job with the Commission--but...
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A classic locked room mystery from the genre's Golden Age by the renowned Australian author of the Chief Inspector Luckraft series.
On the day of his wife's funeral, Robert Turold reveals that he has completed his lifelong quest to prove his family's noble blood and restore its barony title. His brother and nephew will be his heirs, skipping over his daughter who he believes is illegitimate due to a deathbed confession from his wife. With the...
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Another classic book of murder mystery and mayhem skillfully written with an in depth journey to find out who really did the evil deed and why. „The Shrieking Pit" is one of Arthur Rees's earlier works. American private detective Grant Colwyn is on a leisurely holiday in a fashionable seaside hotel in Norfolk when one morning during breakfast the strange behavior of one of the other guests catches his attention. The young man later leaves the hotel...
4) Untold
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Lynburn legacy volume 2
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2013
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As Kami Glass and her friends continue to battle the sorcerers of the Lynburn family in the sleepy English town of Sorry-in-the-Vale, friendships and families are torn apart.
5) Unspoken
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Lynburn legacy volume 1
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"Kami Glass is in love with someone she's never met--a boy she's talked to in her head since she was born. This has made her an outsider in the sleepy English town of Sorry-in-the-Vale, but she has learned ways to turn that to her advantage. Her life seems to be in order, until disturbing events begin to occur. There has been screaming in the woods and the manor overlooking the town has lit up for the first time in 10 years. The Lynburn family, who...
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A chilling YA novel set in a world overrun by plague and demons-and a group of teens doing anything they can to survive
There have always been castles in the valley, and the people have always been under threat. They've always needed those thick walls, the protection of that enclosing stone. Non feels like she needs it more than most, because her mother was infected by the demons that live in the woods.
As the doctor's daughter, Non had planned...
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Robert Plant by Paul Rees is the definitive biography of Led Zeppelin's legendary frontman. As lead singer for one of the biggest and most influential rock bands of all time-whose song "Stairway to Heaven" has been played more times on American radio than any other track-Robert Plant defined what it means to be a rock god.
Over the course of his twenty-year career, British music journalist and editor Paul Rees has interviewed such greats as Sir Paul...
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Martin Rees is Astronomer Royal, and has been Master of Trinity College and Director of the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge University. As a member of the UK's House of Lords and former President of the Royal Society, he is much involved in international science and issues of technological risk. His books include Our Cosmic Habitat (Princeton), Just Six Numbers, and Our Final Hour (published in the UK as Our Final Century). He lives in Cambridge,...
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Charli Owens' murder house renovation is supposed to save her from financial ruin-if it doesn't kill her first. More than corpses pile up, forcing Charli and neighboring contractor Eli Lange together as they unravel a history of death, corruption, and deceit leading to criminal activity of the 1960s Chicago Syndicate.
Author Lynda Rees grew up near Newport, KY while the Cleveland Syndicate ruled, and the area prospered from their unlawful activities....
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FRESH STARTS, DIRTY MONEYby Multi-Award-Winning Author, Lynda Rees, The Murder Guru
With a fresh MBA and fabulous job, Bree leaves her cheating husband and backwoods home for the big city. Snarky Police Chief Rex takes his tragic morning out on her when Bree's vehicle blocks rush hour traffic. A theft brings the two together, but their budding romance is interrupted when Bree is suspected in a brutal slaying, and her sleuthing makes her a target.
Get...
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Rick Warren's bestselling book The Purpose Driven® Life describes God's five purposes for every Christian. Now Erik Rees helps you discover God's unique purpose for your life based on the way God has shaped you. He made you marvelously unique for a reason. Tap into that reason and into the secrets of your own deeply personal makeup-the remarkable ensemble of passions, talents, experiences, temperament, and spiritual gifts that work together to make...
12) The Winter Waif
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1884 - When Betsan Morgan's mother succumbs to a devastating illness, she doesn't think her life could get much worse. But then her father moves in his new beau, an unserious flitty woman and coincidentally also the bargirl in the pub he works in, and she soon learns her house is no longer a home.
All she can do is sit in the attic and stare at the portrait of her mother. Her new stepmother, Elinor, couldn't even let them have the grace of keeping...
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How did a single "genesis event" create billions of galaxies, black holes, stars and planets? How did atoms assemble -- here on earth, and perhaps on other worlds -- into living beings intricate enough to ponder their origins? What fundamental laws govern our universe?This book describes new discoveries and offers remarkable insights into these fundamental questions. There are deep connections between stars and atoms, between the cosmos and the microworld....
14) Innocent Target
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A journalist trying to exonerate her father becomes a serial killer's next target in this romantic thriller set in a small Oklahoma town.
Journalist Kitty Linklater is determined to prove that her father was wrongfully convicted of murder. She's not about to let anything stop her from uncovering the truth-not even a killer who wants to silence her. With the whole town turned against Kitty, Chief Deputy Ryan Lawrence isn't convinced of her father's...
15) Jelly
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A survival story unlike anything you've ever read-perfect for fans of Patrick Ness and Rory Power
The biggest problem with being trapped on a jellyfish isn't what you'd expect. You get over the fear of death (because you start looking forward to it) and the smell of fish (because it quickly becomes your breakfast, lunch, and dinner). Boredom is an issue, sure, but it's not the main one; the biggest problem is not being able to get away from everyone.
Martha...
16) Foul Play
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Navy SEAL defenders volume 2
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In this inspirational romantic suspense adventure, a veteran Navy SEAL fights to protect his ex-fiancée from a deadly threat.
After a failed attempt on her life, nurse Deborah Lewis knows her suspicions of foul play in the pediatric unit must be true. And her timely rescue by Cole Strachan-her ex-fiancé-allows her a second chance to prove it. The former navy SEAL who broke her heart is the last man she wants to see . . . but exactly the one she...
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Navy SEAL defenders volume 5
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SHIELDING HIS FAMILY
Defending an accused kidnapper could get attorney Josie Bishop killed-but facing the father of her child for the first time in seven years could destroy her heart. Yet when her ex-fiancé, former SEAL Edward "Blade" Harding, shows up at her door ready to offer his protection, she can't deny him. Nor can she deny him the chance to know their son. Then shots are fired at Josie's home and a brick is thrown through her window with...
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It started with a simple question: How can we help them? It became an international movement called NEGU: Never Ever Give Up. When Jessica Joy Rees was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor at age 11, she chose to focus not on herself but on bringing joy and hope to other children suffering from cancer. During the ten months she battled cancer, she and her family worked in the 'Joy Factory' (originally their garage) making JoyJars®-packages filled...
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Dominic Verrazzano volume 1
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ICE Special Agent Dominic Verrazzano's investigation leads him to plans for a chemical attack on New York City, then on to Syria to try to locate the plot's intended weapon before it is too late.