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Riding with Ghosts, Angels, and the Spirits of the Dead John Russell Imagine if everywhere you roamed ghosts, angels, and the spirits of the dead came to greet you, communicating intriguing messages to you and providing you with an incredible array of amazing supernatural manifestations. Internationally known professional psychic, medium, paranormal... |
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Mavericks, Mystics, and Misfits Arthur Hoyle Mavericks, Mystics, and Misfits takes the reader on a journey across American history, from the colonial period to the present, through the life stories of exceptional men and women who have responded in unconventional ways to the challenges and circumstances of their time and place. The journey begins in... |
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The Chameleon Shuffle Jere Krakoff After languishing in The Depository for Foundlings and other Discarded Children, Leonard Zweig is adopted by staunch Conservative lawyer Milton and pious Liberal lawyer Miriam Zweig. When the Zweigs launch a secret program to indoctrinate Leonard in... |
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Heart in Dixie Nicholas Bouler A new political novel, for America's new politics. In 1972 a segregationist southern governor ran in the Democratic Presidential primaries, before dropping out of the race. Primaries had been held in 15 states. He had won five. Heart in Dixie is a fictional description of the movement that began... |
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Silver Baron's Wife Donna Baier Stein The Silver Baron's Wife traces the rags-to-riches-to-rags life of Colorado's Baby Doe Tabor. This fascinating heroine worked in the silver mines and had two scandalous marriages, one to a philandering opium addict, one to a Senator and silver baron worth $24 million in the late 19th century. A... |
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The World in a Grain Vince Beiser A finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award – The gripping story of the most important overlooked commodity in the world—sand—and the crucial role it plays in our lives. After water and air, sand is the natural resource that we consume more than any other—even more than... |
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Wonderkid Robert Scott Ross Keith Ferguson is a scout for a middling Italian soccer club. He and his boss are in jeopardy of losing their jobs when Keith discovers Remigio, a once-promising Brazilian player who mysteriously refuses to play for his Russian League club. Watching Remigio in practice, Keith is astounded by his abilities. Remigio strikes a deal with Keith... |
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Valor of the Storm Frederick Krasse The greed and ferocity of the Council know no bounds. Hirudu will not stop until all the free people have been conquered. And with someone loyal to him in their ranks, he can taste victory already. Amo wakes to find that disaster has struck and he is pushed into a position of authority. With a plan in mind in case of events like... |
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The Endtime Is Now C. S. DeCaro We are living in uncertain times, and many are looking for answers. What does tomorrow hold? Is the time of the coming of the Lord at hand? Are we living in the Endtimes? As events continue to unfold, these questions will be sought after with urgency. The church needs to be able to answer these questions with Biblical... |
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Ruah: Following His Footsteps Dan Phillips Ruah is the Hebrew word for "breath" or "wind" and is commonly referred to as the Holy Spirit. Each of us that have accepted Jesus as our Savior has the opportunity to listen to the Holy Spirit within them to live their life as God has intended. In 1927, in the small town of Monmouth, Maine, sixteen-year-old... |
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Louisburg Square A. Dudley Johnson, Jr. How does a woman divorce her husband in a time when only men had the right to "grant divorces?" It’s the Gilded Age and Anna Tattersall has taken her two boys and left her husband who was seen in the embrace of one of her closest friends. She’s now staying with her true love, a wealthy... |
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Secrets My Mothers Kept Rebecca Tucker Austin Nobel is preparing for a summer trip to France, which includes obtaining a passport. However, when she receives her birth certificate in the mail with the wrong name on it, she uncovers that she was adopted, something her parents had kept secret from everyone. Austin pursues more information about her... |
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Fractured Fumbles MJ Fabel One missing human. Three busybody fairies. One garden gnome turns reluctant sleuth after his peaceful existence implodes. Bamboozled into helping the fairy sisters investigate the human's disappearance, Zig is about to uncover hidden secrets that forest kinfolk would rather remain buried. When Zig, a knick-knack scavenger and turnip... |
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The Big Dead Dry Portia Stanton-Noble Would you drive into a small Australian town in drought, packed with intrigue, lust and murder? Brumby Flat, a small country town in South Australia, suddenly rises to notoriety and becomes the centre of the world through a baffling series of murders and accidental deaths. Raquel Willaston and her son, Steve, have just... |
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Pavarotti and Pancakes Francesco Granieri Pavarotti and Pancakes is a candid, yet genially rendered tale, of the struggles and victories of a young Italian-American, Francesco Granieri. A child of the 1980's, Francesco grows-up amidst the erosion of a warm, embracing family, subject to the chilling grip of a tenacious... |
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The Mourning Report Caitlin Garvey Two years after her mother's death from breast cancer, Caitlin, then 20 years old, was admitted to a psychiatric facility after a suicide attempt. There, a therapist diagnosed her with major depression and anxiety, and she spent time as an inpatient. Years later, still suffering from grief and depression, Caitlin decided to embark on... |
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