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"Cain Lemaire is an ex-Secret Service agent from New Orleans. With help from his sister who's working in Japan, Cain takes a job in Tokyo as head of security detail for a very successful and important CEO. [He] ends up tangling with the yakuza (Japanese mafia) and unraveling a sex slavery ring"--
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An American living in London receives a phone call from a German policewoman telling him that his sister, Miriam, has been found dead of starvation in her Berlin apartment. Three weeks later the man, his father, and an American consular official named Trish find themselves in the bizarre surroundings of a fogbound Munich airport, where Miriam's coffin is set to be loaded onto a commercial jet and returned to America. Greg Baxter's astonishing novel...
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When his girlfriend, Jillian Russo, washes up on the shore of the Merrimack River in Essex County, Massachusetts, Carmen Vaughn immediately finds himself the main suspect in her murder investigation. Desperate, he turns to his college professor and former criminal prosecutor, Timothy Pickering, for help clearing his name and figuring out what really happened.
Against his family's wishes, Pickering decides to help and recruits Adrian Watson, a...
4) Fatal beauty
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Provides a detailed account of the events surrounding the shooting of Jimmy Joste, a man who had achieved success in the oil and gas industry, and the trial of his longtime lover, Rhonda Glover, who was accused of ending her fifteen-year relationship with Joste with murder.
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The tragicomic tale of a frustrated writer angry at the world. Living on a diet of fried Spam, vodka, sardines, cupcakes, and Southern Comfort, Andrew Whittaker is slowly being sucked into the morass of middle age. A negligent landlord, small-time literary journal editor, and aspiring novelist, he is-quite literally-authoring his own downfall. From his letters, diary entries, and fragments of fiction, to grocery lists and posted signs, this novel...
7) Dead End
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Is this the end of Carson Reno? Has he finally reached the end of the road - his 'Dead End'? Is this Carson's last adventure?While trying to protect a client for Jack Logan, Carson finds himself in the middle of a family feud – a deadly feud with skeletons AND bodies hidden in all the family closets.Murder, blackmail, infidelity, counterfeit money and, of course, the Mafia send Carson in search of a client that doesn't want to be found. In fact,...
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A Son's Worst Fears...
When Jerry Heimann's son arrived at his father's home in Everett, Washington, he found his grandmother, an Alzheimer's patient, alone in the house, starving and dehydrated. His father was missing. The furniture was gone. Within hours, police realized that Jerry's live-in housekeeper, Barbara Opel, had robbed him and fled. But where was Jerry?
A Mother's Worst Crime...
The next morning, Barbara Opel's 11-year-old son led...
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An expert on American authoritarianism offers a searing rebuke to the "exceptional" narrative that dominates our understanding of US history. In 12 lessons, On Fascism exposes the divisive rhetoric, strongman tactics, violent othering, and mainstream attitudes that continue to through American history and compete with our egalitarian, democratic aspirations.
10) Broken doll
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In May, 1988, in Everett, Washington, four-year-old Feather Rahier disappeared while playing outside after dinner. Her frantic cries drew Feather's mother to the dark garage that was home to Richard Matthew Clark. Clark had stolen the child, bound and gagged her, and begun to undress her. Only at the last instant was the little girl saved by her mother's desperate intervention. The next victim wouldn't be so fortunate.
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A brilliant, original exploration of how the CBD revolution is going to transform Americans' lives. We are an anxious and uptight nation on the brink, divided by a broken political system and a president who is pushing us over the edge. Many of us are agitated about terrorism, guns, religious fundamentalism, and refugees. With only 5% of the global population, we consume 80% of the world's prescription opioids, antidepressants, and amphetamines-addictive...
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Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Dale Maharidge has spent his career documenting the downward spiral of the American working class. Poverty is both reality and destiny for increasing numbers of people in the 2020s and, as Maharidge discovers spray-painted inside an abandoned gas station in the California desert, it is a fate often handed down from birth.
Motivated by this haunting phrase-"Fucked at Birth"-Maharidge explores the realities of being...
13) Chipped
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What if there were a way to become faster, stronger, smarter, better? To achieve every task you've ever set your mind to? What if you could finally reach your ideal weight, master any language, or kick that one bad habit that's been standing in your way, all at the cost of a chip in your brain. With the advent of a revolutionary neurosurgical procedure, the Chipped Program represents all of the potential that humanity can achieve. For better and worse....
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Did you know that sleep is a key component for a happy life? Research shows us it is. But with all of today's technology and stresses, many people are getting less sleep or experiencing poorer quality sleep. This can negatively impact mood, concentration, productivity, physical health and, yes, even happiness.
As a practicing physician for more than twenty years, Dr. Venkata Buddharaju (known as Dr. Buddha to his patients) has extensive experience...
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Christ & Caribbean Culture(s): A Collection of Essays on Caribbean Christology and Its Pastoral Implications is an important piece that allows the readers to distinguish a good read from a great literature. This book and its short, attention grabbing collection welcomes the readers to a better understanding not only about Christianity but also more importantly about the Caribbean people. Who is the Caribbean person? What is the impact of Christianity...
16) Trending Topic
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Victor VanWely has no use for social media. But now the executive director of the National Society of Rodent Professionals (NatSoRoPro) is facing the biggest challenge yet in his career: organizing the annual world conference Rodentia. Things are not looking well. They are far behind on registrations, their budget is depleted and the chairman of the board is losing his patience. Can social media indeed be his savior, as everybody always seems to claim? In...
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A rewarding philosophical essay on memory, language, love, and the passage of time, from a Greek immigrant who became one of Sweden's most highly respected writers
"Nobody should write after the age of seventy-five," a friend had said. At seventy-seven, struggling with the weight of writer's block, Theodor Kallifatides makes the difficult decision to sell the Stockholm studio where he diligently worked for decades and retire. Unable to write, and...
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Jack Carney's life is unexpectedly put on hold. He is not a criminal lawyer, but his friend needs help. He remembers his time in Japan flying covert missions against the Russians. What would his flight crew think of him now? By comparison his legal career lacks purpose. If he defends Connor, there will be consequences: his firm does not allow involvement in criminal cases.
This is the story of a trial that changes the lawyer's life. If you like...
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How to Wash a Chicken is not a book about public speaking (or chickens), it's a comprehensive playbook for business leaders and people on their way up to give the best presentations of their lives, and embark on a circle of presentation success. All too often, the best intentions and most innovative ideas get lost in a poorly executed presentation. Author Tim Calkins understands the power of a compelling presentation and the difficulty in accomplishing...
20) Head Shot
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Paul St. Pierre was an alcoholic driven by an urge to kill all the time. He bullied his younger brother, Chris, into committing unspeakable acts. His childhood friend, Andrew Webb, took drugs, talked to skulls, and dreamed about eating human flesh. It was only a matter of time before the trio terrorized a quiet neighborhood near Tacoma, Washington, with the brutal murders of innocent victims caught in a storm of senseless rage. Then the twisted triad...