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381) The man from Oakdale
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2009.
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Desperate to locate her missing granddaughter, high-powered businesswoman Lucinda Walsh hires Henry Coleman for the job. Two years ago, Lucy Montgomery kidnapped her infant half brother Johnny in order to protect him from their manipulative father, Craig Montgomery, and Johnny's equally ruthless uncle Paul Ryan. Now, both Craig and Paul are hot on Lucy's trail and it's up to Henry and his socialite girlfriend, Vienna, to find the lovely fugitive...
382) As bright as heaven
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2018.
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"From the darkest hours rises life in all its glory...From the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life and A Bridge Across the Ocean comes a new novel set in Philadelphia during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, which tells the story of a family reborn through loss and love. In 1918, Philadelphia was a city teeming with promise. Even as its young men went off to fight in the Great War, there were opportunities for a fresh start on its cobblestone...
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2010
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Married to a man twice her age, quickly widowed, and a mother at only fourteen, Margaret Beaufort is determined to turn her lonley life into a triumph. She sets her heart on putting her son on the throne of England regardless of the cost to herself, England, and even her son. Disregarding rival heirs and the overwhelming power of the York dynasty, she names him Henry, like the king; sends him into exile; and pledges him in marriage to her enemy Elizabeth...
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2011.
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Descended from Melusina, the river goddess, Jacquetta has the gift of second sight. She is married to the Duke of Bedford, English regent of France. Her only friend in the great household is the duke's squire Richard Woodville, who is at her side when the duke's death leaves her a wealthy young widow. The two become lovers and marry in secret, returning to England to serve at the court of the young King Henry VI. Jacquetta fights for her king, her...
386) The devil's weapons
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2022.
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Dick Canidy and the agents of the OSS scour war torn Poland looking for a rocket scientist who holds the secrets to the Nazis most dangerous weapon in this new entry in W.E.B. Griffin's New York Times bestselling Men at War series.
April 1940. By terms of the Soviet Nazi Nonaggression pact, the two dictatorships divided the helpless nation of Poland. Now, the Russians are rounding up enemies of the state in their occupation zone, but one essential...
387) A lie for a lie
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2009.
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After the former wife of a local celebrity is charged with his murder, minister's wife Aggie Sloan-Wilcox seeks divine inspiration to help clear the woman's name.
388) Savor the moment
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Wedding baker Laurel McBane is surrounded by romance while working at Vows wedding planning with her best friends Parker, Emma, and Mac. She appreciates Parker's older brother Delaney, on whom she's had a mega-crush since childhood, but is convinced that the Ivy League lawyer is still out of her reach-- or so she thinks.
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The woman on the bed was barely out of her teens. She wasn't exactly beautiful, but she'd tried to make the most of her looks. And now, alone in a seedy beachfront motel, she was dead. Paradise Police Chief Jesse Stone doesn't know her name. Whoever she is, she didn't deserve to die. Jesse starts digging, only to find himself caught in the crosshairs of a bitter turf war between two ruthless pimps. And more blood will spill before it's over.
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A new spy agency has been created to target America's enemies. Field operative Scot Harvath has just returned from his first assignment when a bombing in Rome kills a group of American college students. Simultaneously, a young woman is struck by a taxi in a hit-and-run in Chicago. The family's attorney uncovers a shocking connection to the Rome bombing and the perpetrators; plans for America.
391) The Corsican shadow
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Dirk Pitt adventures volume 27
Pub. Date
[2023]
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"In May 1940, as the German army blitzes Europe and Parisians flee their city, the chief curator of the Musée de l’Armée is ordered to get a mysterious piece of cargo out of the country. When he arrives at the port of Le Havre and learns that his intended ship has been sunk, he places the object on a decrepit steamer that sails out under German fire. In the present day, National Underwater and Marine Agency Director Dirk Pitt is on a diving expedition...
392) Victory and Honor
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Honor bound volume 6
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Just weeks after Hitler's suicide, Cletus Frade and his colleagues in the OSS find themselves in battles every bit as fierce as the ones just ended. The first is political -- the very survival of the OSS, with every department from Treasury to War to the FBI grabbing for its agents and assets. The second is on a much grander scale -- the possible next world war, against Joe Stalin. To get a jump on the latter, Frade has been conducting a secret operation....
393) Silent bite
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2020.
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"Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara, are finding that all is not calm or bright in Silent Bite, the latest Christmas mystery in this heartwarming series from bestselling author David Rosenfelt. Lawyer Andy Carpenter can finally take a breath; he's back on dry land after a family Caribbean cruise forced on him by his wife, Laurie, to get into the Christmas spirit. Of course the family's first stop is to the Tara Foundation, the dog rescue...
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It was only because Leelee Satterfield had adored her husband since the tenth grade that she agreed to leave Memphis to follow his dream of managing an inn in Vermont. But when Leelee is left swindled and snowbound, she's forced to confront the true depth of her Southern grit in this foreign town. Readers will rejoice in the hilarious antics, colorful cast of characters, and heartfelt moments in Whistlin' Dixie in a Nor'easter.
395) Hazardous duty
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"The Presidential Agent adventures return in the most harrowing novel yet in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Mexican drug cartels are shooting up the streets of Laredo and El Paso. Somali pirates are holding three U.S. tankers for ransom. The President is fed up and has what he thinks is a pretty bright idea-to get hold of Colonel Charley Castillo and his merry band and put them on the case. Unfortunately, that will be difficult. Everybody...
396) The spymasters
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It is summer 1943. Two of the allies' most important plans are at grave risk--Operation Overlord's invasion of France and the Manhattan Project's race to build the atomic bomb. President Roosevelt turns to OSS spy chief Wild Bill Donovan--and Donovan turns to Dick Canidy and his teams behind enemy lines. They must fight the Axis to sabotage Germany's new "aerial torpedo" rockets; to rescue a missing covert OSS team; and to exploit German intelligence...
397) Vector
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2017.
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"The Amazon rain forest spawns a new terror that will bring the world to its knees in this new Joe Rush bio-thriller. Joe Rush is at an Amazon gold rush to study new forms of malaria when his best friend and partner, Eddie Nakamura, disappears. When learning that many of the sick miners have also vanished, Rush begins a search for Eddie that takes him into the heart of darkness. Where he must battle for his life, and where he discovers a secret that...
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2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 21
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Together, Ament, two young Trackers, and a daring Elf princess must defend their ancestral home. But suspicion and hostility among their countrymen threaten to doom their efforts from within. Meanwhile, beyond the breached borders, a ruthless Troll army masses for invasion. And in the thick of it all, the last wielder of the black staff and its awesome magic must find a successor to carry on the fight against the cresting new wave of evil.