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Blood trail [playaway] : a Joe Pickett novel
C.J. Box
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Former game warden Pickett is now a special agent reporting directly to the governor. With someone targeting elk hunters, Pickett must head off a potentially deadly showdown when a flamboyant anti-hunting activist rolls in to town
2008; ; isbn:9781436132602 |
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Farewell summer [playaway] : a novel
by Ray Bradbury
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Thirteen-year-old Douglas Spaulding, his younger brother and their friends declare war on the elderly men of Green Town, IL, in an effort to stop the clock on top of the courthouse building, believing that in doing so, they could hold onto their youth and the last days of summer. Doug and his friends find themselves equally matched by town elder and ...
2007; ; isbn:1602528985 More Information |
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Flyboys [playaway] : a true story of courage
James Bradley
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The money men [playaway] : capitalism, democracy, and the hundred years' war over the American dollar
H.W. Brands
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From the first days of the United States, a battle raged over money. On one side were the democrats, who wanted cheap money and feared the concentration of financial interests in the hands of a few. On the other, were the capitalists who sought the soundness of a national bank--and the profits that came with it
2007; ; isbn:9781602529168 More Information |
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Honolulu [playaway]
Alan Brennert
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When a young Korean girl known as Regret leaves her homeland for a better life in Hawaii, as a "picture bride," she expects to find prosperity and a chance at education. But the rich husband she is promised turns out to be a poor plantation worker with drinking and gambling problems, and the girl now known as Jin is forced to seek her own path. ...
2009; ; isbn:9781436195119 |
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The good rat [playaway] : a true story
Jimmy Breslin
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A street-savvy journey behind the scenes of the Mafia during its golden era chronicles the people, places, and events that defined organized crime and traces the rise and fall of the mob in New York
2008; ; isbn:9781605149592 More Information |
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Boom! [playaway] : [voices of the sixties : personal reflections on the '60s and today]
Tom Brokaw
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Redefines the tumultuous 1960s, a decade that saw the rise of the rebellious children of the greatest generation, to reveal how American social, political, economic, and cultural institutions were transformed by an era of dramatic change
2007; ; isbn:9781602527249 |
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The Da Vinci code [playaway]
Dan Brown
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While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works ...
2006; ; isbn:1598951378 |
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The purrfect murder [playaway] : a Mrs Murphy mystery
Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown
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Harry Haristeen and the peaceable residents of Crozet, Virginia, are found busily preparing their gardens and homes for winter. When wealthy Carla Paulson begins plotting her extravagant new home, she ruffles more than a few feathers. Soon Carla is stabbed to death, and standing over her with knife in hand is one of Harry's good friends
2008; ; isbn:9781436102483 More Information |
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The sand castle [playaway]
Rita Mae Brown
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It's August 1952, and seven-year-old Nickel Smith spends a day at the seashore with her mother, aunt, and cousin Leroy, who is recently motherless and frightened of the world around him. As the group begins work on a magnificent sand castle, the sisters try to coax Leroy out of his shell by telling stories about their own childhood trips to the shore. ...
2009; ; isbn:9781608125296 More Information |
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Santa clawed [playaway]
Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown
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When murder befouls the idyllic winter wonderland of Crozet, Virginia, amateur sleuth Harry Haristeen takes up the investigation. Also on the scent are Harry's intrepid, four-legged friends--who never met a mystery they couldn't solve
2009; ; isbn:9781436199971 |
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American thighs [playaway] : the Sweet Potato Queens' guide to preserving your assets
Jill Conner Browne
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New York Times bestselling humorist Jill Conner Browne takes a "Hit and Run" down Memory Lane for the sake of offering "Asset-Preserving Tips," with astonishing disclosures about women and aging
2009; ; isbn:9781441803566 More Information |
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