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Darkness in Malaga Paul S. Bradley Crime Mystery novel set in Andalusia, Spain. In the narrow channel between Spain and Morocco, a Guardia-Civil patrol-boat discovers a small dinghy crammed with African migrants. They are towed into Algeciras and detained. By the following day, the majority have absconded. Further... |
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The Cry of the Lone Coyote Debra Barton American history books often portray the Spanish missions of California as havens of civil coexistence between the Spanish conquistadors, the Catholic priests, and the native Indians who had long inhabited the area. In reality, the "civilized" Christian life that was... |
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Missing Books Brian Harris This is a book for the book-lover. As the author writes, ‘great and wondrous things can happen around books. Boswell met Johnson at Tom Davies’s bookshop in Covent Garden. Karl Marx planned to remodel the world in the Reading Room of the British Museum. Jorge Luis Borges conceived a... |
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The Light: A Modern-Day Journey for Peace Judith T. Lambert Religion’s common denominator? The Light. God does not have a religion. God does not speak a language. God does not have a culture. It is we who require these things. Why has humankind always sought the Light? What do pharaohs and prophets and festivals... |
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The Taste of Air Gail Cleare A simple phone call disrupts Nell Williams's well-ordered life. Her mother, Mary, is in a hospital in Vermont. But her mother is supposed to be safely tucked away in an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, so Nell can't fathom why she would be so far from home. After notifying her sister, Bridget, Nell... |
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Shady Place David Byrne Shady Place is a fifty-five and up planned community in Florida. It's full of vibrant seniors enjoying the the sunset years of their lives. Shady Place the novel is about those people. Shady Place follows the antics and exploits of Jim Phillips, are tired police detective from Philadelphia, as he... |
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Some Rain Must Fall The fifth book of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s powerful My Struggle series is written with tremendous force and sincerity. As a nineteen-year-old, Karl Ove moves to Bergen and invests all of himself in his writing. But his efforts get the opposite effect — he wants it so much that he gets... |
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Some Thoughts on God and Other Things Jerome Gleich Our cities, states, countries, and seemingly the whole world, seem to be coming apart at the seams. While many of us live in relative comfort, the wars, killing, economic strife, lack of morals, decency, and just common sense, take a heavy toll on our spirits and psyches... |
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iCandidate David and Michelle Gardner It is the most divisive election campaign in U.S. history and the Republican and Democratic Party presidential nominees are locked in an ugly fight to capture the public’s trust. It’s a familiar story; one paints himself as a political outsider, the other... |
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The Idea of Socialism The idea of socialism has given normative grounding and orientation to the outrage over capitalism for more than 150 years, and yet today it seems to have lost much of its appeal. Despite growing discontent, many would hesitate to invoke socialism when it comes to envisioning life... |
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Just How Long Is a Lifetime D.A. Sciortino When Luisa, a young girl in nineteenth-century Sicily, falls in love with Giovanni, she is destined for heartache. Luisa’s father has plans for her – to marry the heir of the vineyard that both Luisa’s and Giovanni’s families work on. Avoiding trouble, Giovanni’s father... |
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Building 8 Anthony C. Mazzella "You Know If You've Been There." "Been where?" "Where is 'There'?" Let me tell you, or should I say, let the people in these stories tell you? They, not I, will tell you where "There" is. You see, it is about real life. It is about right and wrong. It is about good and evil. It is about you! We are all these... |
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A Story of Bad Edward M. Krauss The relationship between the police and the media has always been a strange one, but it turning romantic certainly raises some questions. "A Story of Bad" is the tale of a cop and reporter entering into a controversial romance, where they both try to stay loyal to each other and their... |
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Small: The Little We Need for Happiness Jane Anne Staw Known as someone who worried about every little thing, always anticipated the worst possible outcome, and generally allowed her thoughts to get far ahead of life's actual circumstance, author Jane Anne Staw was one day inspired to think small. Her inspiration led her to... |
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Wicked Game of the Hunter Tracey L. Ryan Finally, everything seems to be falling into place for Emma Sharpeton. Her new marketing company has just won the bid for the Boston Children’s Hospital Gala event. Little does she suspect that this good fortune will bring her face-to-face with her past... |
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The Garrington Garden Benjamin Lederer Peter Trenton knows everything about Fort Garrington, Illinois, and he'd like to help his coworker Jeff Hansen learn the tricks of the town. Peter hoped to make a friend in Jeff, and when that falls through, Peter seeks other means to fill the void. Meanwhile, Jeff... |
