Pete Bradbury
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Series
Alex Cross novels volume 24
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English
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Shots ring out in the early morning hours in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. When the smoke clears, a prominent police official lies dead, leaving the city's police force scrambling for answers. Under pressure from the mayor, Alex Cross steps into the leadership vacuum to investigate the case. But before Cross can make any headway, a brutal crime wave sweeps across the region. The deadly scenes share only one common thread -- the victims are all criminals....
3) Bad ground
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English
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Seventeen-year-old Jeremy Prine's father was killed in a mining accident when Jeremy was only a child. now his mother has passed away, leaving him with an odd request. Jeremy is to find his father's brother Aiden, a hardrock miner, and stay with him, regardless of Aiden's wishes. So Jeremy joins the ranks, doing physical labor with rough, complex miners. He must trust in God to give him the courage to find the humanity behind these tough-as-steel...
4) Walden
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English
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Walden first published in 1854 as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is a book by American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon the author's simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and-to some degree-a manual for self-reliance.
Walden details Thoreau's experiences over the course of two years, two months,...
Author
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Dagger and the coin volume 4
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English
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"THE RISE OF THE DRAGON AND THE FALL OF KINGS Lord Regent Geder Palliako's war has led his nation and the priests of the spider goddess to victory after victory. No power has withstood him, except for the heart of the one woman he desires. As the violence builds and the cracks in his rule begin to show, he will risk everything to gain her love or else her destruction. Clara Kalliam, the loyal traitor, is torn between the woman she once was and the...
7) Acts of God
Author
Series
Christ clone trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2002, c1998
Language
English
Description
Two nuclear wars. Three asteroids. Demonic madness that kills one third of the world's population. Into this, a savior will rise, cloned from Christ. It's not fiction. It's prophecy.It is the dawn of the New Age. After six millennia of stagnation, humanity stands on the brink of its final great evolutionary step. But it is a step that has come at tremendous cost. Half the world's population is dead. The Pacific Ocean is barren. The forests of North...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2005
Language
English
Description
In 1943, as German prisoners work the plantations of Mississippi Delta country, Dan Timms roves the area in a "rolling stone" selling goods for his uncle. Dan's partner is L.C., a young black man. While L.C. struggles against the inequities surrounding him, Dan romanticizes World War II and dreams of his eventual participation. But when his battleweary friend returns from the action, Dan gains a new, shattering perspective.
Author
Series
Christ clone trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2002, c1997
Language
English
Description
Two nuclear wars. Three asteroids. Demonic madness that kills one third of the world's population. Into this, a savior will rise, cloned from Christ. It's not fiction. It's prophecy.The Messiah of the New Age. His coming is prophesied by more than a dozen major religions. Cloned from live cells of Jesus Christ found on the Shroud of Turin, Christopher Goodman was born into the most turbulent time in human history. Already two nuclear holocausts have...
10) The long home
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2003
Language
English
Description
William Gay's work has appeared in Harper's, The Georgia Review, and G.Q. Like Larry Brown, Gay creates deeply layered tales that plumb the depths of the human heart. The Long Home focuses on a volatile triangle of deception, love, and guilt. As Nathan Winer grows up in a rural Tennessee community, his life, and those closest to him, are touched by the evil that dwells in one ruthless and powerful man.
11) Active measures
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Jericho Quinn novels volume 8
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English
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OLD ENEMIES NEVER DIE
Cuba and the United States are in talks to normalize relations, something the old guard on the Communist-controlled island has vowed to stop-by any means necessary. Zayda de la Guardia, a rogue general in the Cuban security services, has gotten his hands on a nuclear weapon left over from the Cold War. He plans to launch it on Miami, an attack that could kill millions. There's just one thing standing in his way: special agent...
12) Dark awakening
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2011
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed for her richly imagined paranormal romances, Kendra Leigh Castle begins her Dark Dynasties series with this sizzling tale. Shapeshifting vampire Tynan MacGillivray has been ordered to find a human seer who can give his clan the upper hand in a devastating war. So he tracks down Lily Quinn, and together they discover a new world of danger, sensuality, and powers that cannot be controlled. "Castle's world-building is superb."-RT Book Reviews...
13) In his image
Author
Series
Christ clone trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2001
Language
English
15) The Rifleman
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2019
Language
English
Description
A gripping, fact-based story of how Daniel Morgan and his courageous riflemen played a crucial role in George Washington's victory in the American Revolution. They wore hunting shirts, deer-skin leggins and moccasins. Each had a tomahawk and a scalping knife in their belts and carried "long rifles" in their hands. Every rifleman was a Patriot volunteer, a tracker, and a hunter. And they could kill a redcoat from 250 yards. "This is a war story. It's...
16) The warded man
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Ballantine Books
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English
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As darkness falls after sunset, the corelings rise—demons who possess supernatural powers and burn with a consuming hatred of humanity.
For hundreds of years the demons have terrorized the night, slowly culling the human herd that shelters behind magical wards—symbols of power whose origins are lost in myth and whose protection is terrifyingly fragile. It was not always this way. Once, men and women battled the corelings on...
For hundreds of years the demons have terrorized the night, slowly culling the human herd that shelters behind magical wards—symbols of power whose origins are lost in myth and whose protection is terrifyingly fragile. It was not always this way. Once, men and women battled the corelings on...
17) The skull throne
Author
Series
Demon Cycle volume 4
Publisher
Del Rey
Language
English
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"The Skull Throne of Krasia stands empty. Built from the skulls of fallen generals and demon princes, it is a seat of honor and ancient, powerful magic, keeping the demon corelings at bay. From atop the throne, Ahmann Jardir was meant to conquer the known world, forging its isolated peoples into a unified army to rise up and end the demon war once and for all. But Arlen Bales, the Warded Man, stood against this course, challenging Jardir to a duel...
18) The desert spear
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Series
Demon Cycle volume 2
Language
English
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • “[Peter V. Brett] confirms his place among epic fantasy’s pantheon of greats amid the likes of George R. R. Martin, Steven Erikson, and Robert Jordan.”—Fantasy Book Critic
The second volume in the internationally bestselling Demon Cycle series continues the epic tale of humanity’s last stand against an army of demons—and reveals a new contender...
The second volume in the internationally bestselling Demon Cycle series continues the epic tale of humanity’s last stand against an army of demons—and reveals a new contender...
19) The core
Author
Series
Demon Cycle volume 5
Publisher
Del Rey
Language
English
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"The epic fantasy saga of humans winnowed to the point of extinction by night-stalking demons, and the survivors who fight back. The New York Times bestselling Demon Cycle series comes to its epic conclusion"--
20) Criminal justice
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
The New York Times-bestselling author of Suspicion of Innocence brings her prodigious legal experience and storytelling gifts to this riveting thriller about a disgraced US attorney determined to prove his innocence and get justice Dan Galindo was a highly respected US attorney until a single lapse in judgment cost him everything. A year ago, he refused to put a lying witness on the stand. As a result, a drug kingpin walked, earning Galindo the eternal...