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Standing at the Scratch Line: A Novel (Strivers Row)

by Guy Johnson

Published: 2001-01-09

Paperback: 576 pages

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Raised in the steamy bayous of New Orleans in the early 1900s, LeRoi "King" Tremain, caught up in his family's ongoing feud with the rival DuMont family, learns to fight. But when the teenage King mistakenly kills two white deputies during a botched raid on the DuMonts, the Tremains' fear ...

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The Visitors: A Novel

by Sally Beauman

Published: 2014-07-08

Hardcover: 544 pages

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Based on a true story of discovery, The Visitors is New York Times bestselling author Sally Beauman’s brilliant recreation of the hunt for Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings—a dazzling blend of fact and fiction that brings to life a lost world of exploration, adventu...

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* * * * Insightful,
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Take Me With You

by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Published: 2014-07-22

Paperback: 362 pages

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August Shroeder, a burned-out teacher, has been sober since his nineteen-year-old son died. Every year he’s spent the summer on the road, but making it to Yellowstone this year means everything. The plan had been to travel there with his son, but now August is making the trip with Philip...

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The Girls of August

by Anne Rivers Siddons

Published: 2014-07-08

Hardcover: 240 pages

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Every August, four women would gather together to spend a week at the beach, renting a new house each year. The ritual began when they were in their twenties and their husbands were in medical school, and became a mainstay of every summer thereafter. Their only criteria was oceanfront and isolation,...

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White Fire (Pendergast)

by Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Published: 2014-05-27

Mass Market Paperback: 512 pages

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Past and present collide in Preston and Child's most thrilling novel ever . . .WHITE FIRESpecial Agent Pendergast arrives at an exclusive Colorado ski resort to rescue his protégée, Corrie Swanson, from serious trouble with the law. His sudden appearance coincides with the first attack o...

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Crunch Time (Goldy Schulz)

by Diane Mott Davidson

Published: 2012-01-31

Mass Market Paperback: 624 pages

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“A cross between Mary Higgins Clark and Betty Crocker.”—Baltimore Sun“The Julia Child of mystery writers.”—Colorado Springs Gazette TelegraphNo one cooks up a tastier stew of murder, mystery, and mayhem than New York Times bestselling author Diana Mott Davidson. Entertainment W...

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Cath Mhuighe Léana, or The Battle of Magh Leana

by Eugene O'Curry

Published: 2008-08-21

Paperback: 236 pages

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not...

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Cliodhna's Wave

by Arleen McFadden Anderson

Published: 2014-04-14

Paperback: 560 pages

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The wave of the fabled Irish Goddess, Cliodhna, comes to Cliodhna Danielle McDaniels in the form of a tormented man from whom she cannot escape. Every life has a force, a wave, pushing them to their destiny. In this emotionally charged, suspense- filled story, a sensitive, spirited, inde...

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* * * * Addictive,
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The Reckoning: A John Madden Novel by the Author of River of Darkness

by Rennie Airth

Published: 2014-08-14

Hardcover: 358 pages

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Inspector John Madden?who debuted in River of Darkness?returns in a gripping post?World War II murder mystery On a quiet afternoon in 1947, retired bank manager Oswald Gibson is shot in the head while fishing. In Scotland, a respectable family doctor is killed in the same manner?an...

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The Sea Garden: A Novel

by Marcia Willett

Published: 2014-08-12

Hardcover: 304 pages

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Marcia Willett delivers another powerful and touching tale of the importance of friendship and family in The Sea Garden.Jess Penhaligon is on her way to Devon to receive an award for her botanical painting. Hosting her will be Kate, who gladly welcomes her into her home. Jess's own family ...