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Last Mountain Man series volume 25
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p2011
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THE GREATEST WESTERN WRITER OF THE 21ST CENTURY
Selling his gun to the highest bidder, sharpshooter Monte Carson rode side by side with Big Jim Slaughter, the most feared hombre in Wyoming Territory. But when Monte decided to reform his ways and give back $50,000 in stolen army payroll, he made an enemy in Slaughter and a friend in mountain man Smoke Jensen. Now, an enraged Slaughter wants his money, and if he doesn't get it, he's going to kill...
182) Stationary bike
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New on audio from Stephen King. Climb aboard Stationary Bike -- a streamlined fever dream of a tale, in which an ordinary household object assumes otherworldly powers and a familiar journey takes a terrifying twist. When commercial artist Richard Sifkitz finally gets around to having that physical he'd been putting off for years, and his cholesterol comes back dangerously high, he does what so many thirty-something, junk food-eating couch potatoes...
183) Pirate: a novel
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When the free world is threatened by an oil-hungry China and her allies, Alexander Hawke works with British Naval Intelligence and the CIA to uncover a dangerous scheme intended to topple America and establish China's supremacy.
184) The hearing
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 7
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When a homicide detective's daughter is killed, the aggrieved father pushes the main suspect for answers, D.A. Sharron Pratt sets out to revive her career by declaring war on the accused, and defense attorney Dismas Hardy struggles to ensure a fair trial
185) All dogs go to Kevin: everything three dogs taught me (that I didn't learn in veterinary school)
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A humorous and touching portrait of a veterinarian, her beloved dogs, and the lessons they impart to her along the way. You can't always count on people, but you can always count on your dog. No one knows that better than veterinarian Jessica Vogelsang, who with the help of three dogs, is buoyed through adolescence, veterinary school, and the early years of motherhood. Taffy, the fearsome Lhasa; Emmett, an amiable Golden; and Kekoa, the neurotic senior...
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Presents a humorous plan for reclaiming the real American ideal of cool, from building businesses and protecting freedom at home and abroad to taking responsibility for one's actions and leaving other people alone to live as they please.
"Behind every awful, dangerous decision lurks one evil beast: the Cool. From politics to the personal, from fashion to food, from the campus to the locker room, the desire to be cool has infected all aspects of our...
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Dexter books volume 5
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[2010]
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Serial killer Dexter Morgan reevaluates his life views upon the birth of his daughter and investigates the disappearance of a teenage girl who has been running with a group of goths rumored to be engaging in cannibalism.
189) Sullivan's justice
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Carolyn Sullivan novels volume 2
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[2005]
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When her brother is accused of murdering his girlfriend, Ventura County Probation officer Carolyn Sullivan sets out to clear his name, only to discover that evidence links him to one of the most dangerous criminals she has ever encountered.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 18
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"When her older sister runs away to marry a rodeo cowboy, Alice Winston is left to bear the brunt of her family's troubles - a depressed, bedridden mother; a reticent, overworked father; and a run-down horse ranch. As the hottest summer in fifteen years unfolds and bills pile up, Alice is torn between dreams of escaping the loneliness of her duty-filled life and a longing to help her father mend their family and the ranch." "To make ends meet, the...
191) The Johnstown flood
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At the end of the last century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was a booming coal-and-steel town filled with hard-working families striving for a piece of the nation's burgeoning industrial prosperity. In the mountains above Johnstown, an old earth dam had been hastily rebuilt to create a lake for an exclusive summer resort patronized by the tycoons of that same industrial prosperity: among them Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and Andrew Mellon. Despite...
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"Sparked by long-forgotten gifts and memorabilia discovered in an old trunk, the now ninety-year-old Hill reminisces about private moments, shared laughs, and crazy adventures with one of the world's most iconic women during her time as First Lady and the excruciating year following the assassination of her husband. After all, he notes that "when you travel with someone...you experience things that can't be fully appreciated by anyone who wasn't there""--...
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Less than a month ago, Thomas Hunter was a failed writer selling coffee at the Java Hut in Denver. Now he finds himself in a desperate quest to rescue two worlds from collapse. In one world, he's a battle-scarred general commanding an army of primitive warriors. In the other, he's racing to outwit sadistic terrorists intent on creating global chaos through an unstoppable virus. Two worlds on the brink of destruction. One unthinkable solution.
194) A vow for always
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After months of facing nothing but blank memory, "Eddie" remembers his name -- and Luke's past seems within reach. But miles away in Lancaster County, everything has changed. Luke's house is occupied by Englishers. His parents believe he is dead. And caught between her undying love for Luke and concern for her son's future, his presumed widow Meredith has grown closer to Jonah and closer to marriage. Can Luke salvage the rest of his memory and return...
195) That summer
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2009: When Julia Conley learns that she has inherited a house outside London from an unknown great-aunt, she assumes its a joke. Wrapped up in her New York life, she hasn't been back to England since the car crash that killed her mother when she was six, an event she remembers only in her nightmares. But when she arrives at Herne Hill, however, to reluctantly sort through the house-with the help of her cousin Natasha and an attractive antiques dealer...
196) The new American
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2020.
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"Emilio thinks he is living the American Dream: his parents, who emigrated from Guatemala to California, sacrifice daily to make sure of it. And his life seems relatively normal until he turns sixteen. Like most teenagers, Emilio is determined to get his driver's license-however, his mother dissuades him from doing so. When Emilio asks why, his parents reveal a shocking secret: he is undocumented. Emilio adjusts to his new normal. Under the Dreamers'...
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Sonnenberg illuminates the friendships that have influenced, nourished, inspired, and haunted her and sometimes torn her apart. Each has its own lessons that Sonnenberg seeks to understand. Her method is investigative and ruminative; her result, fearlessly observed portraits of friendships that will inspire all readers to consider the complexities of their own relationships.
198) Good people
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A family, and the security to enjoy it: that's all Tom and Anna Reed ever wanted. But years of infertility treatments, including four failed attempts at in-vitro fertilization, have left them with neither. The emotional and financial costs are straining their marriage and endangering their dreams. So when their downstairs tenant--a recluse whose promptly delivered cashier's checks were barely keeping them afloat--dies in his sleep, the $400,000 they...
199) The crooked street
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Frost Easton novels volume 3
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On the streets of San Francisco, a cat-and-mouse game can get a little twisted. "Lombard is your Moriarty. Frost. Taking him down will be the most dangerous thing you've ever done." San Francisco homicide detective Frost Easton hadn't seen his estranged friend Denny in years. Not until he dies in Frost's arms uttering a final inexplicable word: Lombard. Denny appears to be the latest vicitim in a string of murders linked by a distinctive clue: the...
200) The Kill Society
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Sandman Slim volume 9
Pub. Date
[2017]
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Sandman Slim returns in this stunning, high-octane ninth thriller in the series, filled with the intense, kick-ass action and inventive fantasy that are the hallmarks of New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey. Sandman Slim has been to Heaven and Hell and many places in between, but now he finds himself in an unknown land: the far, far edge of the Tenebrae, the desolate home of the lost dead. Making his way inland with nothing but his unerring...