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1. Ruin road
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High school football player Cade Webster buys a ring in a pawn shop, but when his wish that people stop acting scared of him seems to be coming true, he remembers the ring came with a warning--"When the strangeness begins, come back"-- and suddenly peopleseem to have lost their fear of everything.
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Dortmunder volume 11
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English
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In this "furiously funny" new novel from Donald Westlake, career thief John Dortmunder is back to steal a fleet of vintage cars from a corrupt CEO (New York Times).
The con is on. The mark is Monroe Hall, a CEO who lavished more of his company's money on himself than the boys at Enron and WorldCom combined.
The loot? A fleet of vintage automobiles that would leave the Sultan of Brunei blushing.
The catch? Trying to outsmart...
The con is on. The mark is Monroe Hall, a CEO who lavished more of his company's money on himself than the boys at Enron and WorldCom combined.
The loot? A fleet of vintage automobiles that would leave the Sultan of Brunei blushing.
The catch? Trying to outsmart...
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Ice cream shop mystery volume 1
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English
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5 stars
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"Riley Rhodes, travel food blogger and librarian at the CIA, makes a bittersweet return to her childhood home of Penniman, Connecticut - land of dairy farms and covered bridges - for a funeral. Despite the circumstances, Riley's trip home is sprinkled with reunions with old friends, visits to her father's cozy bookshop on the town green, and joyful hours behind the counter at the beloved Udderly Delicious Ice Cream Shop. It feels like a time to help...
5. Road to ruin
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Saga Press
Pub. Date:
2024
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English
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"An electrifying, gritty fantasy from debut author Hana Lee that takes a royal messenger on a high-speed chase across a climate-ravaged wasteland, featuring motorcycles, monsters, and magic. Jin-Lu has the most dangerous job in the wasteland. She's a magebike courier, one of the few who venture outside the domed cities on motorcycles powered by magic. Every day, she braves the wasteland's dangers-deadly storms, roving marauders, and territorial beasts-to...
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Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date:
[2019]
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English
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5 stars
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"August 1945. As Stefano, an Italian POW, heads toward home across war-ravaged Germany, he encounters a young child beside his dead mother. Unable to leave him to an unknown fate, Stefano takes the boy with him, finding refuge in a seemingly abandoned house in a secluded woodland. But the house is far from vacant. Stefano wakes at the arrival of its owner, Erich, a former German soldier, who invites the travelers to stay until they can find safe passage...
7. Road to Ruin
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Trixie Publishing
Pub. Date:
2023
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English
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Daisy CarverWho knew a wardrobe malfunction would change the trajectory of my life? My father is the VP of the Dogs of Fire MC and I've grown up believing that I was destined to fall in love and marry a biker of my very own, but a pair of patent leather pants and a broken zipper changed all that. Huck WiltonI was a starting rookie for the Hurricanes, but my NHL career ended before it even had a chance to begin. Now I'm back home, licking my wounds,...
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Harlequin
Pub. Date:
2012
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English
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Considered a spinster, Lady Drusilla Rudney has only one role in life: to chaperone her sister. So when her flighty sibling elopes, Dru knows she has to stop her! She employs the help of a traveling companion, who looks harmless enough...;. Former army captain John Hendricks is intrigued by this damsel in distress. Once embroiled with her in a mad dash across England, he discovers that Dru is no simpering woman. Her unconventional ways make him want...
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Portfolio
Pub. Date:
2016
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English
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"The bestselling author of The Death of Money and Currency Wars reveals the global elites' dark effort to hide a coming catastrophe from investors. A drumbeat is sounding among the global elites. The signs of a worldwide financial meltdown are unmistakable. This time, the elites have an audacious plan to protect themselves from the fallout: hoarding cash now and locking down the global financial system when a crisis hits. Since 2014, international...
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Luminare Press
Pub. Date:
2024
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English
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"After a lifetime of being called a nobody, a never-was, a social DOA, I wasn't just popular; I was with the band. Klarissa could suck it." Charlemagne Devlin is addicted to drama. Plus, booze, coke, and anything else to escape the memories of a tragic loss that still haunts her, including running away on tour forever with her rock star husband, Jubal. The trouble is, his band's back from rehab and she's still partying. When her booze-and-blow-infused...
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BookBaby
Pub. Date:
2016
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English
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The Erden Archives: A Monthly Short Fiction Series by Whisky Wilson. In a digital world, truth is numeral, and whoever holds the code can break free or enslave. Erden is a world on the brink of cataclysm. Overpopulated and unenlightened, humanity settled into a comfortable cycle of technological progress at a considerable, hidden expense. Shadow players move people, private militaries, and entire governments in a games of winner-take-all chess. From...
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Pluto Press
Pub. Date:
2015
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English
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There is no alternative' has been the unofficial mantra of the neoliberal order since its utterance by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. However, there is an alternative to our crisis-ridden, austerity-inflicted world-and not just one alternative, but many. Challenging the arguments for markets, mainstream economics and capitalism from Adam Smith onwards, Economics After Capitalism provides a step-by-step guide to various writers, movements and schools...
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BOOK VINE PRESS
Pub. Date:
2020
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English
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Walking the Ephesian Road brings you face to face with the heart of God. Thrill with Charlie, a 21st-century believer, on his first visit to Ephesus as he is, stirred by the echoed greatness of the city. Have your heart touched as Charlie's heart is with the love of Jesus. The opening chapters carry you along in the great sweep of the Ephesian story as the good news of Jesus arrives amid strong opposition in one of the first century's most magnificent...
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Benjamin Eames
Pub. Date:
2020
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English
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Most of us would agree that the world has some issues. Wars still rage, refugees search for safety, pandemics spread like Australian bushfires. Slavery has not been, eradicated, and neither, has extreme poverty or even racism. But, what are we to do about it? Can we do anything? Every now and then, a powerful leader puts up their hand and promises change. 'Follow me and I will give you want!' But too often, those pretty promises turn out to be pipe...
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Kalin Roads
Pub. Date:
2022
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English
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The first book in the Zemblanity series.Being stabbed in an alley by an enigmatic woman is the least of Ellen's problems. Her life slowly crumbling after the death of her mentor, Ellen jumps on the chance to track down her attacker. Her journey takes her to a shop of curiosities only she can see, run by an old woman with information about Ellen that no one should know. Coerced into buying a sword she's not entirely convinced she needs, Ellen leaves,...