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BloodstoneAn intriguing new Brother Athelstan historical mystery December, 1380. When the corpse of Sir Robert Kilverby is discovered in a locked room, Brother Athelstan accompanies the King's coroner to investigate. For Sir Robert had in his possession a priceless relic, a sacred bloodstone, which...
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Thomas Hardy's the Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid: Time Changes Everything Except Something Within Us Which Is Always Surprised by Change.Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid (1883) is a long short story by Thomas Hardy. It follows the life of Margery, a lower-class woman who is young, delicate and beautiful. She is engaged to James Hayward who works in a kiln. When one day Margery...
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Heart of the CrownFor as long as he can remember, Alric dreamed of being a hero; of defeating a dragon and saving the princess, but his royal position would never allow it, until...The arrival of the Mercerian Emissaries demands a princely escort, and being neither the heir,...
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Sword of the CrownWhen an invading army crosses the Mercerian border, the only thing standing between victory and defeat is an heir to the crown with no battle experience.Enter Dame Beverly Fitzwilliam, who has trained for this moment since she first held a sword. From her relentless...
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Pillars of Avalon (Newfoundland)David and Sara Kirke live in a time of upheaval under the reign of King Charles I who gives, then takes. He gives David the nod of approval to range up and down the French Canadian shores, burning colonies and pillaging ships that are...
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SnowdriftsThree weeks before his wedding, on the eve of the most important trial of his career, Joe Sinclair has vanished. As his fianc e anxiously awaits word on his whereabouts, Joe's dearest friends question his recent unusual behavior. And while Joe's teenage defendant grasps...
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Les Chroniques Du Canal Lachine: La Loi de MurphyLa Loi de Murphy, le deuxième épisode des Chroniques du Canal Lachine, suit Tom Murphy essayant de faire face aux évènements tragiques du précédent roman ainsi qu'à sa nouvelle renommée en tant qu'écrivain. Ce dernier tente de se débarrasser de ses tendances autodestructrices et...
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In Another Country: Selected StoriesThis paperback edition of David Constantine's Selected Stories, originally named among Kirkus Reviews' Best Story Collections of 2015, features In Another Country, the tale that inspired the Academy Award-nominated feature film 45 Years. Constantine's work is acclaimed for its pristine emotional clarity, spare but...
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Explosions: Michael Bay and the Pyrotechnics of the ImaginationMathieu Poulin brings us an action comedy of a novel, starring big-budget, explosion-happy movie director Michael Bay. What if Bay were, against all odds, a misunderstood genius right up there with the likes of Plato, Sartre, and Nietzsche? What if his films were more...
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On Island: Life Among the Coast DwellersWinner of the 2017 BC Book Prizes' Bill Duthie Booksellers Choice Award In this collection of short stories, Pat Carney follows the rhythms of day-to-day life in coastal BC. Featuring a revolving cast of characters --the newly retired couple, the church warden, the musician,...
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Big Bear HugA huge bear is wandering through the forest - but wait a minute! Who's that he's hugging? A beaver? And a moose? And a bird? And a tree?Welcome to the world of Big Bear Hug, a contemporary fable about a bear who has an...
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Honey"Sinuous and captivating."-- Foreword Reviews Shortlisted for the 2019 Staunch Book Prize For readers of Sharp Objects comes a thrilling modern noir with a fresh narrative voice that explores coming of age, desire, and the lengths we'll go to for love When 24-year-old Nicole...
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FathomlessCARCHARODON MEGALODONThe largest and most fearsome predator to have ever existed on our planet. Rumors of its existence in our modern oceans have persisted for centuries. Now, in a new adventure, the rumors explode into brutal and terrifying reality. BARANOF ISLAND, GULF OF ALASKA,...
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The Immortality CurseWhat would you give for eternal life? An impossibly old man, a family gruesomely murdered and a woman whose collection of mythological artefacts defies belief: Professor Matt Kearns knows they are connected. These ancient clues bring Matt out of his self-imposed solitude to seek...
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The First BirdEXTINCTION IS CONTAGIOUS Matt Kearns, linguist, archaeologist and reluctant explorer from Beneath the Dark Ice and Black Mountain returns to help save the world. And this time he doesn't have Alex Hunter to save him when the stuff hits the fan. When a fame-hungry...
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MURDER REPLETE...for now: An Oregon Coast murder mysteryA man found hanging in a usually serene Oregon forest sends the town of Brookings into a panic and brings Detectives Patty O'Toole and Rick Starker running. Who is he? What has he done to be murdered in such a way? Uncovering the answers...
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A Thread So FineCan love for a secret child heal old wounds?St. Paul, MN, 1946: St. Paul, Minnesota, 1946: When Shannon was a child, her father read aloud stories of a motherless princess who ventured far from the kingdom, connected to home by only the ethereal magic...
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Sophie Washington: Code OneAN AMAZON BESTSELLING BOOK FOR KIDS! GIRL POWER! Xavier Academy is having a computer coding competition with a huge cash prize! Sixth grader Sophie Washington and her friend Chloe can't wait to enter with their other classmates, Nathan and Toby. The only problem is...
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The Circus Pig and the Kaiser: A Novel: Based on a Strange But True EventA Russian circus in trouble. An animal trainer in love. Can the ensemble survive an international scandal?Russia, 1907. Vladimir Durov has a prized pig he has trained for the circus. Dorov loves to make people laugh at his pig's crazy antics. But he finds...
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The Stealing of the SaharaIn 1975 Morocco invaded Western Sahara, what is now the last remaining colony in Africa, setting off a 16 year war with the inhabitants of that territory. This is the story of their struggle to regain their homeland, based on true events. It is...
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