Anne Lee
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Captain Garridan knows his enemy well. The Erepos, whose bite turns humans into zombie-like creatures, have isolated his people from the world. After one of the Infected breaches the city walls, desperation forces Garridan to do the impossible: enter a world of magic to escort his king and plea for aid from the mysterious faerie queen and her princesses, who shut their doors to humanity a thousand years ago.
Raised by the cryptic sorcerer liaising...
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How things are divided up or pieced together matters. Half a bridge is of no use at all. Conversely, many things would do more good if they could be divided up differently: Perhaps you would prefer a job that involves a third less work and a third less pay or a car that materializes only when needed and is priced accordingly? Difficulties in "slicing" and "lumping" shape nearly every facet of how we live and work-and a great deal of law and policy...
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Chelsea and Melody have recently lost their father to cancer, and now their mother is found dead lying in her bed. It looks like murder. Detective Beebe Givens has to determine who would want to murder a music teacher and why. The suspects are few in the small town of Covington, but no one is talking. She is stymied at every turn. She enlists the help of the part-time coroner and funeral director, Jacob Heist. Together they unravel the mystery that...
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Ginger Whelihan found a much desired gorgeous widow facing the cruelty of men, nature and her own weaknesses and decided to lend a hand. As a lightning fast gunfighter and tracking bounty hunter working both sides of the law, Whelihan has lived the lone ridge wolf life using his Colt .45 and riding rawhide leather across the U.S. and Mexico. He holsters his Colts to rebuild her home and ranch after he uncovers a plot by the dishonest ranch foreman...
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A close friend locked up behind bars. Another friend had gone missing with her interstellar freighter torn to pieces.
Thirty-one-year-old Chasse Domuzu is thrown into the horrific world of human/alien trafficking, weaponized DNA viruses, and child abduction.
When Ameera Vintebras was caught smuggling contraband, Domuzu had to take over her cargo hauling business, ships, and crews. When best-friend Shakka Thuras came missing, Domuzu stored the remaining...
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Kate, Pearl and Colin are back for another wild adventure. Vacationing at her family's remote cottage in northern Ontario, Kate, Pearl and Colin, take in Ben, a stranger who's been injured and lost in the woods after losing a blueberry patch dispute with a bear. Summer adventures nurture growing relationships but the mystery of a poisoned friend draws them into the intriguing world of high-grade gold, murder, real estate conspiracies and unforgettable...
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Delaware is known as the "First State," because it was the first of the original thirteen colonies to ratify the U.S. Constitution. Although Maryland is small, it is known for the rivers, bays, and creeks that feed into the Chesapeake Bay, as well as sandy beaches, forested plateaus, and mountains. The nation's capital city, Washington, is located in the District of Columbia; it is known for its many monuments and museums, as well as for its critical...
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Who are you, really? Short. Tall. Fat. Attractive. Boring. Shy. Fun. Bossy. Inept. Clumsy. Untalented. Athletic. Ditzy. Timid. Weak. Smart. Immature. Bitchy. Cold. Failure. Religious. Geek. Perfectionist. Lazy. Labels are a smokescreen. They don't tell us anything that truly matters about the person being described. We've all been labeled in our lives. And even worse, we are sometimes the one giving the label. We buy into the lie. While honest assessment...
9) The Kurds
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The Kurds are the world's largest ethnic group without a state of their own. Most live in the mountainous region historically known as Kurdistan; however, this region, which includes parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria, never existed as a political entity. Under the rule of others, the Kurds were discriminated against and sometimes persecuted, so the dream of a national home holds a powerful grip on the Kurdish imagination. Many Kurds hope that...
10) Colombia
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Colombia, which has coasts on both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, has been a strategically important region for more than 500 years. Today, the Republic of Colombia is the fourth-largest country in South America by area, and second-largest by population. At one time, Colombia's economy was highly dependent on agriculture, but today the country is fully modernized and has industrial centers in Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Barranquilla, and other...
11) Bolivia
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Named for South America's famed independence fighter Simón Bolívar, landlocked Bolivia rests in the center of the continent. With its snowy mountain peaks, tropical rain forests, and grasslands, the nation holds vast mineral resources and great natural beauty. The Andes Mountain range dominates the western third of Bolivia, where most of its 10 million people live. More than 60 percent of Bolivia's citizens are Native Americans, who historically...
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It took decades, and a Constitutional amendment, for all American women to get the right to vote. But the legal right to vote did not guarantee equality under the law. Suffrage leader Alice Paul believed another amendment was needed. In 1923, she wrote the Equal Rights Amendment. It was introduced in Congress. And the national debate over the ERA began. The major principle of the Equal Rights Amendment is that gender should not determine any legal...
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Space is dark and deep and has a bull-eye painted on Jake Lattrell's forehead.His freighter exploded when the wrong asteroids kissed. Depressed, almost bankrupt, and on the verge of losing it all at the bottom ofa bourbon bottleA trouble-magnet since birth, Lattrell had nothing left to lose when he sat down at that pokertable. A once-in-a-lifetime royal flush hand of cards won him title to Tarragon, one of the most technologically advancedships out...
15) Sierra's Journey
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Sierra was always an exceptional child. She was the child every parent hoped for. From the time she was two, she already knew she wanted to be the next Jenny Finch. She started T-ball at four years old on the pitcher's mound, and that is where she played until she was nineteen when she was in a horrific car accident. She had a team of about twenty doctors, and every one of them warned us that people didn't make it through this kind of accident. But...
16) Drag Racing
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Describes drag racing and why it is only legal in a closed track. Provides information about the history of the sport, characteristics of the vehicles, important events, and famous drivers.
17) Go-Kart Racing
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Describes go-kart racing and who enjoys doing this sport. Characteristics of the vehicles, who participates in races, and where the races are held are included in this book.
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The narrative of Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'Young Goodman Brown' unfolds like a horror film, as the pious protagonist goes to an appointment in the woods near the town of Salem. The author's use of tongue-in-cheek humor serves to intensify the ultimate horror of the story. One by one, a series of revelations shakes Brown to the core. First he meets a figure with the combined features of a demon and of his grandfather, then he sees the shadow side of his...