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G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date:
2025
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English
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"On a cold winter day in 1832, Sarah Cornell was found hanging in a barn, four months pregnant, after a disgraceful liaison with a charismatic Methodist minister, Reverend Ephraim Avery. Some (Avery's lawyers) claimed her death was suicide...but others weren't so sure. Determined to uncover the real story, intrepid Victorian writer Catharine Williams threw herself into the investigation and wrote what many claim is the first American true-crime narrative,...
2. Great Gain
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Publisher:
GLH Publishing
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
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"As a writer, Brooks scatters stars with both his hands: he hath dust of gold; in his storehouse are all manner of precious stones.... One of these pithy extracts may assist our meditations for a whole day, and may open up some sweet passage of Scripture to our understandings; and perhaps some brief sentence may stick in the sinner's conscience, like an arrow from the bow of God." -C. H. Spurgeon.
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Alice Hoffman
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
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A THRILLING COLLECTION OF MAFIA ROMANCE BOOKS, 3 BOOKS IN 1! BOUND BY DUTY Alicia Ashford is the daughter of the leader of the largest American mafia in the country. Although she knows her father is a cruel man outside of their home, she has never seen that side of him. Alfred Ashford has put all of his effort into preserving his daughters innocence, even in the midst of his criminal activity. Even though she's nineteen, Alfred insists that someone...
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Church historian John W. O'Malley examines the 265 individuals who have claimed to be Peter's successors. Rather than describe each pope one by one, the book focuses on the popes that shaped pivotal moments in both church and world history. --from publisher description