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Looking for a little mischief after finding an old flare gun, Ron and Ben suddenly find themselves in trouble when the local gas bar on Agamiing Reserve goes up in flames, and they are wrongly accused of arson by the sheriff's son. As the investigation goes forward, community attitudes are revealed, and the truth slowly comes to light.
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Bryan Grayhill is making his life difficult. A hot temper like his father and a propensity for making bad decisions are leading him down a road to nowhere. When he runs into Sara during the Fall of 1989, an unexpected love quickly grows between them. With her encouragement, Bryan begins taking small steps toward being a better man, as well as trying to repair the tattered relationship with his Dad. Eventually, Bryan learns Sara has a damaging secret...
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The ten slice of life stories in this short story collection are about a young boy growing up and coming of age during the decade of the Sixties. Some of the stories are funny, some are sad and some may just make you think. The Ricky Huening Stories are semi-autobiographical stories all based on some event in the author's life as a boy growing up in a southern Indiana farm.
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A comprehensive guide to unlocking your full potential and finding balance in various aspects of life. In this book, we delve into the realms of sleep, mental control, mindfulness, sexual energy, happiness, physical strength, solitude, and invaluable life lessons inspired by the majestic eagle.In today's fast-paced and demanding world, it can be challenging to navigate through the complexities of daily life while maintaining our well-being and personal...
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This book is for those that still remember their first real kiss or their first black eye. This is for those who remember their cuts and bruises and scrapes and the fun they had getting them. This is for those that still remember their first broken heart and the tears that they shed from it. This is for those that can still remember the "guys." The bullies and the bookworms, the jokers and the jesters and the tubbies and the tom boys. This is for...
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A clash of empires that will echo for eternity…
AD 1071. Emperor Romanus Diogenes has rekindled the guttering flame of Byzantium, and a reinvigorated empire rises to meet the Seljuk threat. In the eastern borderlands, two vital strongholds hang in the balance: Manzikert and Chliat. The Byzantines and Seljuks race to secure the twin fortress-towns.
Apion rides by the emperor's side as they march east, marshalling Byzantium's armies for the conflict...
8) Thumper
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At the age of four, you witness your mother's collapse as the washing machine overflows and sends clumps of soapsuds scudding past her across the kitchen floor. When your father goes to work, he leaves you next door at the Blue Belle Diner, under the watchful eye of Charlie, an ex-boxer turned short-order cook. The Diner becomes your day-care center as your mother waits for remission.
Deprived of a mother's physical affection, you become increasingly...
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Mitch Davis has devoted his life to two things-his family and the building and funding of rehabilitation centers.Now in his early sixties and the latter in the forefront, Mitch is set to open his twenty-fifth location. Not only is the number monumental but so is the location-his home state of Michigan.Yet, an even bigger deal than both, Mitch finds himself face to face with Alice's son, Caleb. Allowing Mitch the chance at closure he desperately needed...
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Love continues. (Sequel to 'Love at First Encounter')The name suggests that their next encounters are full of love. Though it is true, but not in the way anyone expected. And what happens at the end of this book is again not expected.In their first month, no expectation of anything, but things happened. And now, when expected, things don't turn out the way they were expected to be… Encounters remain encounters... Unable to turn into meetings.
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1969. Nineteen-year old Cal Vallance leaves his hometown of Churchill, British Columbia, Canada for New York City.Once there, it's not long before he finds fame and fortune as a comic book writer.After recieving word of his father's murder, in 1975, Cal returnes to Churchill and quickly realizes that the peaceful townhe was born in has become a cesspool where prostitution and drug abuse are rampant.Cal is determined to find the killer of his father.And...
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La vida, al final, es el mayor de los misterios
Emma está internada en un hospital en el que los niños desaparecen a la mitad de la noche. Al día siguiente, las camas, que ellos dejan destendidas, vuelven a estar listas para recibir a nuevos pacientes, como si nada hubiese pasado. Ella está convencida de que algo oscuro ocurre en ese lugar y, armada de una imaginación alimentada por todos los libros que ha leído en su corta vida, de un espíritu...
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While watching the demolition of his old school Placidus College, Simon Hickey looks back on ten turbulent, life defining years, when the first crop of Australia's baby boomers were awakening to their sexuality. Seduced by the power of the pulpit, and the Aquinine Brothers, Simon's attention is directed toward a religious vocation.
15) Days of Eight
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"Days of Eight" is set in 1968, in Dorchester, MA. The Vietnam War was at its peak and Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy had been assassinated. Boston was a city in turmoil, torn apart by racial strife and senseless acts of violence. 17-year-old Danny McSweeney is a good kid treading a fine line between standing up for what he believes in and maintaining his street cred. He's also helping his mother raise three kids after their father, a war...
16) Extreme Elvin
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Is being popular really as fun as it seems? After surviving high school orientation camp, Elvin and his two best friends embark on their freshman year at an all-boys school. High school serves up all sorts of hardships: the dreaded rumor mill, dances with the local sister school, and jockeying to be seen with the "right" type of people. But for overweight Elvin, figuring out who the "right" people are is almost as confusing as his relationship with...
17) Because We Are
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Emma's dreams of popularity and academic success go up in smoke when she's transferred to a less prestigious high school. Twelfth grader Emma Walsh is one of the lucky few African Americans at exclusive Marlborough High School. She is the only black student on the student council, and she's just been elected to the National Honor Society. Now, the Golden Slippers will invite her to participate in their annual debutante ball. Graduation will be followed...
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Gray's life changes forever when she meets a boy as wild as an untamed stallion When Chav walks into Gray's class at school for the first time dressed all in black, with wild hair and fierce eyes, Gray knows that her life is about to change. What she doesn't yet know is that her mysterious new classmate is as fascinated by her as she is by him. Gray and Chav are drawn to each other by their shared love of horses. But Chav's home life is more complicated...
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'A great story ... Doherty's writing is evocative, providing richly detailed scenes of life in medieval Byzantium' World History EncyclopediaTragedy broke him. Revenge will remake him.
AD 1046. The Byzantine Empire teeters on the brink of full-blown war with the mighty Seljuk Sultanate. The two great powers vie to control Anatolia – a land of strife, riven with bloodshed and doubt.
Young Apion's life is shattered one night when his family is murdered...
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Una exasperada profesora de ciencias sociales de secundaria con la mitad de su clase de último año reprobando, recurre a una medida drástica que resulta en el Mar de la Tranquilidad 2.0. Cuatro de sus estudiantes proponen un proyecto radical para ayudar a frenar el aumento del nivel del mar y proporcionar una patria a algunos de los millones de refugiados que están a la deriva por las guerras, las economías en quiebra y la violencia de las pandillas....
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