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2024
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"Set in rural Vermont in the volatile 1960s, Agony Hill is the first novel in a new historical series full of vivid New England atmosphere and the deeply drawn characters that are Sarah Stewart Taylor's trademark. In the hot summer of 1965, Bostonian Franklin Warren arrives in Bethany, Vermont, to take a position as a detective with the state police. Warren's new home is on the verge of monumental change; the interstates under construction will bring...
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It is 1975, a perfect spring in Istanbul. Kemal, scion of one of the city's wealthiest families, is about to become engaged to Sibel, daughter of another prominent family, when he encounters Fusun, a beautiful shopgirl and a distant relation. Thus begins an obsessive but tragic love affair that will transform itself into a compulsive collection of objects--a museum of one man's broken heart--that chronicle Kemal's lovelorn progress and his afflicted...
3. Dunbar
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Hogarth
Pub. Date:
2017
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English
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"Henry Dunbar, the once all-powerful head of a global media corporation, is not having a good day. In his dotage he hands over care of the corporation to his two eldest daughters, Abby and Megan, but as relations sour he starts to doubt the wisdom of past decisions. Now imprisoned in Meadowmeade, an upscale sanatorium in rural England, with only a demented alcoholic comedian as company, Dunbar starts planning his escape. As he flees into the hills,...
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BookBaby
Pub. Date:
2022
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English
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Walking in the wake of your beloved prodigal's devastation can leave you shell-shocked. Wendy Gorton Hill knows, too well, that indescribable agony. Her heartfelt prayer poems express the anguish she could barely utter after discovering her teen's drug use. With authentic vulnerability, these psalms cover the vast emotions you may experience-embarrassment, helplessness, uncertainty, fear, guilt, anger, regret, and despair. These powerful poems are...
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Michael Penning
Pub. Date:
2022
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English
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Three short companion stories to the bestselling Book of Shadows series are collected here in one spine-chilling volume. A Firebrand of Hell: Salem is ablaze with dreadful talk of witchcraft. The village girls have fallen into fits-shrieking in agony, writhing on the floor, contorting themselves into grotesque poses. Reverend Parris proclaims them tormented by witchcraft and soon the accusations begin. Fear imbues every whisper. Suspicions are rampant....
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IRB
Pub. Date:
2022
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English
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The town of Northeim was the center of prewar Germany. It was a small town with a population of about ten thousand in 1930. The town was surrounded by walls that enclosed the medieval inner core. The most desirable area was on the hillside above the old town, where you could see the town and valley. #2 The town of Northeim was built around a medieval city, with three...
7. A Thin Place
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Smokeblood LLC
Pub. Date:
2019
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English
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Joe lives an idyllic life. He needs nothing more than what he has, which is nothing more than a dog and some hills to wander. That is, until it's all whisked away early one morning, as he's thrown into his parents' car, his best friend Corky's gone missing, and rumor has it something dark is stirring in the family. Joe is about to lose everything he has ever loved yet his parents and older brother won't tell him why. In a new town, at a new school,...
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Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date:
2018
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English
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Tormented girls writhing in agony, stern judges meting out harsh verdicts, nineteen bodies swinging on Gallows Hill. The stark immediacy of what happened in 1692 has obscured the complex web of human passion which climaxed in the Salem witch trials. From rich and varied sources-many neglected and unknown-Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum give us a picture of the people and events more intricate and more fascinating than any other in the massive literature....
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Miles H Hodges
Pub. Date:
2021
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English
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This second volume takes the reader through the agonies of World War Two, the call to America to assume global responsibilities in the rising Cold War... and with that, the rise to greatness in the 1950s and early 1960s of "Middle America" (the American Middle Class). The narrative then turns to the effort by President Johnson and his Washington civil and military bureaucracy to bring American society to perfection - and to democratize Vietnam - resulting...
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HarperCollins Publishers
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2013
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English
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Dawn broke fine on that fatal day. A couple of thousand feet above the tiny canvas tent the summit of the world's highest mountain stood impassively, waiting for someone to have the courage to approach. Inside the ice-crusted shelter, two forms lay still as death. Then there was a groan, a stirring, and eventually the slow scratch of match against sandpaper. Low voices shared the high-altitude agonies of waking, the heating of water, the struggle...
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1090L
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English
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A single-volume edition of William J. Bennett's bestselling series, thoroughly revised and updated. A decade ago, William J. Bennett published a magisterial three-volume account of our nation's history. Now, Bennett returns to that bestselling trilogy, revising and condensing his epic tale into one volume, a page-turning narrative of our exceptional nation. In Bennett's signature gripping prose, Washington, Franklin, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Reagan, and...
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Mosaic Press
Pub. Date:
2022
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English
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The memoir of a radical mass-marketing entrepreneur, an autopsy of a super successful serial entrepreneur told with honesty and a wry sense of humour, revealing intimate details of his journey to massive wealth and the melt-down. This story spotlights essential life lessons for achieving happiness and fulfillment in business and in one's personal life. Ron Hume was genetically programmed to be an entrepreneur. He achieved success because he was able...
13. Invisible by Day
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Evolved Publishing LLC
Pub. Date:
2018
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English
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Beautiful young Kate has three men in her life-the aristocrat who wants to bed her, the suitor who wants to marry her, and the man who must save her.WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Fall 2018 - Best FictionFINALIST: Beverly Hills Book Awards 2019 - Historical Fiction"If you loved Downton Abbey, you'll devour Invisible by Day. Teri Fink recreates World War I era England with vivid details, but while she paints the era with love, she doesn't...
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Gildan Audio
Pub. Date:
2011
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English
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Financial legend Barton Biggs' fictional account of the hedge world and the broader workings of Wall Street Barton Biggs' latest book is an inspirational rags to riches story of drive and financial talent. Told through the eyes of a fictional insider, this engaging story provides a detailed look at the hedge fund business in the late 1990s and through the first decade of the twenty-first century. A Tale From the Hedge Fund World chronicles the life...
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Wildside Press LLC
Pub. Date:
2014
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English
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Classic American author Stephen Crane (1871-1900) wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism. He is recognized by modern critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation. His novel "The Red Badge of Courage" is standard reading in many American schools. This volume collects 94 of his classic works, including: STEPHEN CRANE: AN INTRODUCTION, by Vincent Starrett THE...
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SMART LILY PUBLISHING INC
Pub. Date:
2023
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English
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The man who entered my shop by mistake checks all the boxes on my perfect guy list. He's the best thing that happened to me since my husband's death. Why did we agree to be just friends?After years of struggling, my life finally makes sense again. Yes, I can rock this, on my own terms. All pun intended.Until Nick Peterson walked into my shop by mistake. Light hair, whiskey golden eyes, sun-kissed skin, and broad shoulders. And he can't hide the effect...
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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[2005]
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English
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When Pope Julius II (Harrison) commissions Michelangelo (Heston) to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the artist initially refuses. Virtually forced to do the job by Julius, he later destroys his own work and flees Rome. Eventually resumed, the project becomes a battle of wills fueled by the artistic and temperamental differences that form the core of this movie.
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In The Age of Reagan, Sean Wilentz offers a fresh, brilliant chronicle of America's political history since the fall of Nixon. The past thirty-five years have marked an era of conservatism. Although briefly interrupted in the late 1970s and temporarily reversed in the 1990s, a powerful surge from the Right has dominated American politics and government. Wilentz accounts for how an extreme conservative movement once deemed marginal managed to seize...
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Shortwave Press
Pub. Date:
2019
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English
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You can read this four-book collection all at once. Inspired by exciting and romantic stories from the Bible, each book is a modern retelling set during WWII. Love's Harvest: Noreen Hirsch loses everything including her husband and two sons. Then her adopted country goes to war with her homeland. Has God abandoned her? Rosa Hirsch barely adjusts to being a bride before she is widowed. She gives up her citizenship to accompany her mother-in-law to...
20. Better off dead
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Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date:
[2002]
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English
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After his girlfriend ditches him for a boorish ski jock, Lane decides that suicide is the only answer. However, his increasingly inept attempts only bring him more agony and embarrassment.