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"On December 16, 1842, the US brig-of-war Somers dropped anchor in Brooklyn Harbor at the end of a cruise intended to teach a group of adolescents the rudiments of naval life. But this seemingly harmless exercise ended in catastrophe. Commander AlexanderSlidell Mackenzie came ashore saying he had narrowly prevented a mutiny that would have left him and his officers dead. Some of the thwarted mutineers were being held under guard, but three had been...
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Ted Kotcheff continues his First Blood fervor with Uncommon Valor. Gene Hackman stars as Cal Rhodes, a former Marine Colonel who has been getting the run-around for ten years from the government concerning the disappearance of his son and his buddies - all Marines who enlisted years prior and served in Vietnam. Rhodes' son was last seen in Laos, where he was fighting in the war and captured as a POW. When word gets back to Rhodes that the men may...
3) InVisible
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A woman is detained by authorities after a terrorist attack, sending her on a twisting path from London to Afghanistan in this emotionally powerful saga.
When Laila and her lover, Faisal, are detained after the 2005 terrorist attack in London, it sets in motion a chain of events that will alter Laila's life forever.
After being held in solitary confinement for months, Laila is released back into the world without charge, a woman changed beyond recognition....
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Falling truly, madly, deeply in love with one animal after another was a recurrent theme of the author's childhood, actively encouraged by her beautiful, impetuous mother as she single-handedly held the family together during the war's darkest days.
While her husband's regiment battled through the Tunisian desert to Italy and Austria, she criss-crossed beleaguered Britain with children, ration books, and an unwieldy train of rabbits, dogs, cats and...
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Tonia Tyson has experienced her share of tragedy, may be more than most. She is first chair in the local Canadian orchestra and has been promoted to Assistant Concert Master for the extra money to help her and her niece pay for their growing living expenses. Star, all of five years old, is Tonia's main motivation for training and practicing hours everyday for a chance to win the elite prize from the prestigious Tchaikovsky International contest being...
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Téa, a Latina soldier in training, is used to standing her ground in a world that seems hellbent on bringing her to her knees. Orphaned at age five and held captive on a military base for most of her life, she barely remembers a time before the government controlled her every move.
Now, fifteen years later, the Earth is dying, a resistance is forming, and the corrupt government is hoarding resources and information that could save the world. When...
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Freja Sorenson is content running 2 Sisters Kringle and Fudge, their family business in Dickens. She decides to rent out the back apartment in her big Victorian home. She's taken aback when the man who once held a special place in her heart wants to rent the space. Once a loving couple, she suffered his betrayal when he shared her secret ingredient with her biggest contender when she competed in her culinary school's distinguished bake-off.Her grandmother...
8) Big Medicine
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Owen wakes up in the Montana Territory tied to a wooden pole in the middle of a Blackfoot Indian village. He doesn't remember his name, where he came from, or anything about his past. The Blackfoot Indians believe a book that was lying beside Owen when he was captured has spiritual powers and helped him survive an attack when all the others in his large wagon train were killed.
When Owen is restored to health, a Blackfoot chief named Askuwheteau forces...
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How to Improve Eyesight Instantly!
The "gift of sight" is not one to be taken for granted. Our eyesight is our most invaluable dependable tool we use every day, working for us every second we are awake.
Can you imagine living without your vision? Scary, huh?
In our modern world, with the ever-growing surge of new technologies and hand-held devices, we are spending far more times behind the screen on our computer, smartphone, and good old television...
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The fourth book of the million-bestselling A Shade of Vampire series!
"A Shadow of Light is by far the best book in the series yet. I would absolutely recommend this book a thousand times over!"
- Pink Fluffy Hearts Reviews ★★★★★
"A Shadow of Light throws you right into the heart of the Shade of Vampire series." -TeenBlurb ★★★★★
"A riot among the humans. A siege at the port. A kingdom on the brink of civil war while still facing...
11) Sprouting the Curriculum: Perversely Logical Essays and Thoughts on Improving American Education
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Classroom teacher by day, professor by night. My daytime classroom is everything I rail against at night.
Every day I walk into a maelstrom; a middle school classroom. We have many precious and euphoric learning moments in a matrix of confusion. Picture an atom with electrons careening around a nucleus. Students can appear impetuous but they are really just doing what electrons do in the universe of elements, careening around in their orbits. Whether...
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*Hey Skinny, Are You Seeking an Easy Quick Way to Gain Brawn?*
Learn How I Gained Muscle Mass Without Weights, Shakes, Dieting, or Meat!
(They didn't think I could do it being vegetarian, you should've seen the look on their faces when they saw my pecs!)
Making the mistake of working out until failure is why you're scrawny. This whole "No Pain, No Gain" crap is the reason why so many are dangerously pushing themselves harder, and yet are still struggling.
You...
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Sometimes, the only way to combat fear is to hold tighter to what the heart values most, shielding it from any shadow but also from any light. Nothing but love can break this seal and release what has been frozen in time. At least, that's how the saying goes…
There are actions and reactions to every given situation, ones that point the way down a road toward destiny. But what happens when the lines between right and wrong become unclear? Fate...
14) Pardonable
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: Lou Bettigole could not believe his good fortune. Recruited to travel the country as a reporter for the school newspaper, Lou was first assigned to cover the 1899 baseball season.
For the baseball-loving 17 year-old; an unexpected telegram from New Haven interrupted his dream assignment. The Yale Daily News was now sending him to the country's most dangerous locale, Clay County, Kentucky. Clay County had recently seen a string of one revenge murder...
15) Guy's Girl
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"Ginny isn't sure which came first-the bad habit or the boy. They showed up at almost exactly the same time, like two trains pulling into one station from opposite directions. And when they left, it took much longer for one to go than the other. On the surface, the two seem completely disconnected-one a human being, the other a human defect-but at their core, they're both powered by the same thing: false versions of love. One the wrong way to love...
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