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Combining the pulsating drive of Showtime's Homeland with the fascinating historical detail of such of narrative nonfiction bestsellers as Double Cross and In the Garden of Beasts, Dark Invasion is Howard Blum's gritty, high-energy true-life tale of German espionage and terror on American soil during World War I, and the NYPD Inspector who helped uncover the plot-the basis for the film to be produced by and starring Bradley Cooper. When a "neutral"...
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Mail Order Bride: The Cowboy's Bride With A Dark Secret, A Clean Western Historical Romance (Western Brides of Virginia, Book 1)The year is 1869 and Josiephine Vanstine, a former soiled dove decides to become a Mail Order Bride.Josiephine Vanstine has learned to find forgiveness with God. But even though he has forgiven her sins, the people of Culpeper Virginia haven't. In order to find a fresh start, the young woman heads west to Nebraska and her...
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Swiss Family Robinson volume 10
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English
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The cave is dry, but is it hospitable? The Robinsons find the cave already occupied by multitudes of bats, and a skeleton, the grim remains of an earlier shipwreck victim who once lived on the island.
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Pen & Sword Books
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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The true—and often shocking—stories behind some of the biggest names in business.
We live our lives immersed in name brand products. What most of us don't know is that the origins of many of the most well-known and beloved brands in the world are shrouded in controversy, drug use, and sometimes even blatant racism.
A Secret History of Brands cuts through the rumors and urban legends and paints a picture...
We live our lives immersed in name brand products. What most of us don't know is that the origins of many of the most well-known and beloved brands in the world are shrouded in controversy, drug use, and sometimes even blatant racism.
A Secret History of Brands cuts through the rumors and urban legends and paints a picture...
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When Reece arrives at Cathy's door aged 7 years old, he has already passed through the hands of four different carers in four weeks. As the details of his short life emerge, it becomes clear that to help him, Cathy will face her biggest challenge yet. The latest title from the author of Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Damaged. Reece is the last of six siblings to be fostered. Having been in care for four months his aggressive and disruptive...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Fred Kaplan's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Dark Territory includes: Historical context, chapter-by-chapter overviews, profiles of the main characters,...
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Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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The unflinching, spellbinding new book from the acclaimed author of The Second Life of Mirielle West. Based on the little-known story of America's first nursing school, a young female grifter in 1880s New York evades the police by conning her way into Bellevue Hospital's training school for nurses, while a spate of murders continues to follow her as she tries to leave the gritty streets of the city behind...
"A spellbinding...
"A spellbinding...
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Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"In the tradition of Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore's Dilemma, an extraordinary investigation into the human lives at the heart of the American grocery store What does it take to run the American supermarket? How do products get to shelves? Who sets the price? And who suffers the consequences of increased convenience end efficiency? In this alarming exposé, author Benjamin Lorr pulls back the curtain on this highly secretive industry. Combining...
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Net Return Inc
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2015.
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English
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"Stink!" opens with a foul smell and a pair of kids pajamas. And a single father trying to find out what that smell could possibly be. But instead of getting a straight answer, director Jon Whelan stumbles on an even bigger issue in America, which is that some products on our store shelves are not safe -- by design. Determined to uncover the source of this mysterious stench and whether it poses a health risk to his daughters, Whelan quickly discovers...
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Wings of fire volume 4
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Molino
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2023.
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Español
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The New York Times bestselling WINGS OF FIRE saga soars to the mysterious land of the NightWings, where Starflight must face a terrible choice -- his tribe, or his friends? In the shadows, trouble is brewing. . .The mysterious NightWings keep everything hidden, from their home and their queen to their allegiance in the war. Now, they've kidnapped their own dragonet of destiny, and Starflight is finally meeting the rest of his tribe -- whether he wants...
33) The giver
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Giver quartet volume 1
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English
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2023 Most Circulated Teen Fiction
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Tear Jerkers
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Tear Jerkers
Time's 100 Best YA Titles of All Time
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Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
34) Safe haven
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"When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations,...
35) The dolls
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Little, Brown and Company
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2017.
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English
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An investigative reporter is about to uncover the secrets of The Dolls: the perfect lovers, perfect companions, and perfect killers.
Investigative reporter Lana Wallace has covered many crimes of passion in 10 years. But nothing will prepare her for the dark secrets of . . . The Dolls.
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Lightning-fast stories by James Patterson
Novels you can devour in a few hours Impossible to stop reading All ...
Investigative reporter Lana Wallace has covered many crimes of passion in 10 years. But nothing will prepare her for the dark secrets of . . . The Dolls.
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Lightning-fast stories by James Patterson
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"An evocative novel in the vein of Kate Morton and Daphne Du Maurier, in which the thrill of first love clashes with the bonds of sisterhood, and all will be tested by the dark secret at the heart of Applecote Manor"--
"An evocative novel in the vein of Kate Morton and Daphne Du Maurier, in which the thrill of first love clashes with the bonds of sisterhood, and all will be tested by the dark secret at the heart of Applecote Manor. Sisters. Survivors....
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Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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In season two, tensions between the Northside and Southside were at an all-time high, and a civil war seemed imminent. A riot brought out the worst (and best) of Riverdale and its citizens and culminated in the shocking arrest of Archie Andrews. This season, it's the start of junior year, and the gang is forced to think about something new, the future.
39) Pravda
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2008
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English
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A sweeping transcontinental novel of secrets and lies buried within a single family
Thirty-two-year-old Gabriel Glover arrives in St. Petersburg to find his mother dead in her apartment. Reeling from grief, Gabriel and his twin sister, Isabella, arrange the funeral without contacting their father, Nicholas, a brilliant and manipulative libertine. Unknown to the twins, their mother had long ago abandoned a son, Arkady, a pitiless Russian predator
...40) Someone knows
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Bestselling and award-winning author Lisa Scottoline reaches new heights with this riveting novel about how a single decision can undo a family, how our past can derail our present, and how not guilty doesn't always mean innocent.
Allie Garvey is heading home to the funeral of a childhood friend. Allie is not only grief-stricken, she's full of dread. Because going home means seeing the other two people with whom she shares an unbearable...
Allie Garvey is heading home to the funeral of a childhood friend. Allie is not only grief-stricken, she's full of dread. Because going home means seeing the other two people with whom she shares an unbearable...
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