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While not as famous as her older siblings Wilbur and Orville, the celebrated inventors of flight, Katharine Wright is equally inventive – especially when it comes to solving crimes – in USA Today bestselling author Amanda Flower's radiant new historical mystery series inspired by the real sister of the Wright Brothers.
December 1903: While Wilbur and Orville Wright's flying machine is quite literally taking off in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina...
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¡Los antídotos! ¿Los necesitaste alguna vez? Supe que los antídotos eran momentáneos; sin embargo, me salvaban de la realidad. Cada antídoto es único e irrepetible, como lo son cada una de las personas. Algunos reaccionan de manera más rápida, más eficaz, más duradera; algunos son más nocivos que otros incluso.
Los antídotos fueron necesarios en mi viaje hasta que armé mi propia crisálida y fue ahí que finalmente pude abandonarlos....
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Le livre explore la vie et les réalisations d'Elon Musk, entrepreneur, ingénieur et PDG de SpaceX, Tesla Motors, The Boring Company et SolarCity. Le livre se concentre sur les premières années de Musk, les défis rencontrés par ses entreprises et ses projets futurs. Il couvre l'histoire de SpaceX et de la vision de Musk pour l'exploration spatiale, l'innovation de Tesla dans les technologies de conduite autonome, la création de SolarCity, les...
5) Sex
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Wedged between a rock and hard times, Hank finds himself in Las Vegas-the City of Sins. There he finds himself in the midst of people who would do anything to get ahead and those who'd make him seek pleasure unlike before. In the struggle to survive and write, Hank experiences more than he thought the Las Vegas could ever give.
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John Isaac Jones's new biographical novel on Samuel Langhorne Clemens, A/K/A Mark Twain, brings the fascinating life of America's most famous humorist to you in vivid, captivating detail. His time – 1840s-1910 America. Wagon trains moving west; California gold rush; telegraph invented; War between the States; Lincoln assassinated; the golden spike; Custer massacred; the trail of tears; invention of electric light, the telephone and the automobile;...
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"The Dark Joy of Despair" is a captivating and thought-provoking collection of diverse poems. With its seamless blend of genres, this captivating poetry collection by Stephen Alexander North promises to both thrill and challenge readers. Transcend conventional storytelling boundaries with verse rather than prose, featuring the story poem 'The Revenant and the Bell'.Read now and become enveloped in The Dark Joy of Despair. Florida Man Writes!
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Quiconque est assez vieux pour se souvenir de l'ère du Verseau, des films drive-in et de la télévision en réseau devrait apprécier, non, de faire cette « fouille » Échapper à l'innocence: une histoire d'éveil. Rencontrez David Justin, un jeune catholique italien, aux prises avec des problèmes de taille, qui tente désespérément d'échapper aux liens de la répression sexuelle et de l'innocence adolescente qui le retiennent captif dans...
9) Bellosguardo
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Enter an opulent world that no longer exists. Stretching from Europe to North Africa to the Hawaiian Islands, Bellosguardo: The Lives of Anna & Huguette Clark is based on a true story. It is a novel of a remarkable American family from the nineteenth through the twenty-first centuries. Enabled by one of the richest men of the Gilded Age, the mother-daughter duo lived according to the values and traditions of Old Money, pursuing luxurious privacy and...
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Jack Whyte is a master of the sweeping historical epic and The Guardian is another evocative chronicle of the formation of his beloved Scotland.
Some men strive for greatness. And some men find themselves thrust into the role of their nation's saviors. Such are the two heroes who reshaped and reconfigured the entire destiny of the kingdom of Scotland. Wallace the Braveheart would become the only legendary, heroic, commoner in medieval British history;...
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The new ideas of the new era give some new feeling to the human being. If there is something missing in this Kali-yuga, it is trust. Do not understand who is right and who is wrong. If you look from the wrong side, everyone looks wrong and on the other hand, if you look at the right side, everyone looks right. Now the biggest thing is how to identify who is right and who is wrong. In this competition, a person sometimes argues with someone and sometimes...
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April 1913—Belle Newbold hasn’t seen mountains for seven years—since her father died in a mining accident and her mother married Indiana gas magnate, Shipley Newbold. But when her stepfather’s friend, Henry Ford, invites the family on one of his famous Vagabonds camping tours, she is forced to face the hills once again—primarily in order to reunite with her future fiancé, owner of the land the Vagabonds are using for their campsite,...
13) Cello Bride
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Read the story when heartache becomes destiny. . .
A beautiful hot, sexy, and ravaging classic that tells the life of a young girl name Miya Xi. She is an enthusiast, and strict critic for all art through-out world, but also a best distant friend to young woman name Angela who continues to serve as Beijing's Queen Piyan's chosen toy concubine that she uses to please her husband sexual desires.
Miya is a care-free woman who loves to tease men time...
14) Flawed
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Edward Horner was born with a silver spoon in his mouth but the spoon is tarnished as he suffers from a debilitating lack of self respect and self confidence. This has dire consequences for him in his later years as he squanders his inherited fortune due to his irrational determination to prove himself. It also creates an inability to confidently implement his own creative ideas.Edward's marriage to Cynthia fails as he avoids the responsibilities...
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The Kindergarten Adventure" is a heartwarming children's book that follows the journey of five-year-old Sam as he embarks on his first day of kindergarten while navigating the challenges of autism. Written with empathy and understanding, this story sheds light on the unique experiences of children with autism and promotes inclusivity and acceptance in educational settings.Sam is a bright and curious child who loves trains, puzzles, and spending time...
16) Dead Hedge
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Dead Hedge is a satire. It is a fictitious novel, but based on a real case. It portrays the corruption and criminality prevalent in the global banking system today. It is the story of Cleopatra and how she and her shipping company were manipulated and cheated by powerful forces that reached into the High Courts and even governments. How Cleo was defrauded and then persecuted when she tried to expose the truth. It is not the end of the story and a...
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This novel is based on the life of Alfonso Nuñez Balboa, former Iberia commander with more than 25,000 flight hours under his belt.The nineteen thirties: Nuñez is a boy from a small town called Dos Barrios de Aragón. The flight of a plane captivates his heart. He could have never imagine that years later he would be wearing a pilot's uniform. Before reaching his destination in Havana, though, he will have to navigate through the many and capricious...
18) Getting Vetted
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New Zealand vet Samantha accepts a job in small town Southland after graduation. She wants to be thrown in the deep end and experience all life has to offer before heading overseas. Could life be any better? She has her career, her friends and her fiancé. His only vice is the drinking. And the annoying best mate always along for the ride.Samantha travels with friends through South East Asia before setting up to work in the UK. With the arrival of...
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George Washington novels volume 2
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A riveting, personal look at one of our country's first heroes in the second captivating novel of the George Washington series by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen, the New York Times bestselling authors of To Try Men's Souls
It's the winter of 1777, a year after Washington's triumphant surprise attack on Trenton, and the battered, demoralized Continental Army retreats from Philadelphia. At Valley Forge, they discover that their requests for...
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Mais je suis miséreux, je n'ai plus que quelques sous, j'ai déroulé mes richesses sous tes pieds, consomme-les doucement parce que tu gaspilles mon sang, mais je suis nécessiteux, je n'ai plus que mes yeux, j'ai immolé mes lumières dans tes yeux, garde-les précieusement puisque je ne peux voir sans eux, mais je suis pauvre, je n'ai plus que mon âme, j'ai dépouillé mon corps comme un fou, traite-le gentiment parce que tu écrases mes os,...
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