James Bond 14 - Octopussy & The Living Daylight

James Bond 14 - Octopussy & The Living Daylight

Ian Fleming

Thriller / Nonfiction / Children's

For James Bond, British secret agent 007, international espionage can be a dirty business. Whether it is tracking down a wayward major who has taken a deadly secret with him to the Caribbean; identifying a top Russian agent secretly bidding for a Fabergé egg in a Sotheby’s auction room; or ruthlessly gunning down an unlikely assassin in sniper’s alley between East and West Berlin, Bond always closes the case with extreme prejudice.
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The Last Rational Man

The Last Rational Man

Karlin

Nonfiction / Humor / Writing

Stories ranging from the romantic (Hair), to the skeptical (The Last Rational Man) and a few macabre ones (do not read Anatomy Lab just before going to sleep)IMAGINE . . .living in a constant state of yesteryear, when the worst days of your past were the “good ol’ days.”MEET . . .Milton—a man so burdened with guilt and shame that he is unable to find peace; and worse yet, he cannot remember any real happiness.Annette—the woman whose love for Milton remained pure for an entire lifetime...even as he carried on an illicit and at times torrid affair with her closest friend before, during, and after her marriage to him.Sheila—the fiery, irresistible lover who staked a claim on Milton’s lust that never subsided. Her roller-coaster, lifelong friendship with Annette would torment her, even in death.A tumultuous story of love, deceit, and the dark side of humanity...When We Were Young!
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This is Me

This is Me

Shari Low

Fiction / Nonfiction / Contemporary

This is... Denise. Married to Ray, her first and only love, Denise has never for one moment regretted putting the husband she idolised on a pedestal above everyone and everything else. But, after forty years of marriage, he is gone, leaving Denise to discover that their perfect marriage was fatally flawed. Now she faces a future alone, but first she must face the betrayals of the past. This is... Claire. The estranged daughter of Denise, the woman who put her husband before her children, Claire took the opposite path and devoted her life to raising her her family, sacrificing her marriage along the way. With her teenage sons about to flee the nest, she realises she may have left it too late to find her own happy ever after. This is the story of two women, both alone, both cautionary tales of one of motherhood's biggest decisions. Who is more important, your partner or your children? And what happens if you make the...
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Their Wander Canyon Wish

Their Wander Canyon Wish

Allie Pleiter

Romance / Religion & Spirituality / Nonfiction

Can two little girls find their mom a match?Their mother needs a fresh start...Could he be what they've been waiting for?Back in her hometown with her twin daughters, widow Marilyn Sofitel is set on never falling in love again. She's sure her heart is safe spending time with Wyatt Walker as he works to fix the carousel her girls love. Everyone knows he's handsome, charming...and trouble. But as they grow closer, might their unlikely friendship to develop into something deeper?Wander Canyon
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Alien Forever

Alien Forever

Andreas Ingo

Nonfiction

Two space-travelers to meet on a barren planet. One from a dystopia, seeking life. One from an utopia, seeking death. Their destinies are about to collide...Two space-travelers to meet on a barren planet. One from a dystopia, seeking life. One from an utopia, seeking death. Their destinies are about to collide...Alien Forever is a novella by Andreas Ingo. It's the author's dream of "Alien": The movie you didn't see. It's about dreams, and a world of darkness, where everything changes and nothing's certain in the end...
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The Friends of Harry Perkins

The Friends of Harry Perkins

Chris Mullin

History / Nonfiction

'Harry Perkins was buried on the day that America declared war on China.' The definitive post-Brexit novel, and long-awaited sequel to the bestselling A Very British Coup. 'Terrific...measured, heart-stopping, moving, clear-eyed'. Stephen Frears 'Brilliant, chilling and all too plausible.' Alastair Campbell 'A very knowledgeable and pleasurable political thriller.' Mark Lawson, The Guardian 'Readable and very entertaining, and should appeal to both sides of the divide. A book that seeks your X in the ballot box.' – The Spectator 'Brexit Britain was a gloomy place. True, the Armageddon that some had prophesied had not occurred, but neither had economic miracle promised by the Brexiteers. Instead there had been a long, slow decline into insularity and irrelevance. The value of the pound had fallen steadily against the Euro, the dollar and the Yuan. The much vaunted increase in trade with the...
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Pilgrims To Jerusalem

Pilgrims To Jerusalem

Norbert Mercado

Nonfiction / Russian History / Romanovs

“Life is more exciting if there is a dream,” Jonathan Abraham told Gene Ensomo as the cruise ship Queen Virginia plied the Mediterranean Sea on a cold night. The ship was on its way to Port Haifa in Israel. Jonathan Abraham, and his wife Ruth, were Jews who were born in Australia. Their parents escaped from the Netherlands to the Philippines during World War II.A glimpse of Gene Ensomo's past.“Life is more exciting if there is a dream,” Jonathan Abraham told Gene Ensomo as the cruise ship Queen Virginia plied the Mediterranean Sea on a cold night. The ship was on its way to Port Haifa in Israel.Jonathan Abraham, and his wife Ruth, were Jews who were born in Australia. Their parents escaped from the Netherlands to the Philippines during World War II when the German leader Adolf Hitler began the horrifying persecution of the Jews in Europe. This persecution resulted in genocide: the killing of more than six million Jewish people.
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The Master Switch

The Master Switch

K McConnell

Animals / Dogs / Nonfiction

Is there a problem at the behavioral science lab? No one is responding. Has something gone terribly wrong? Or have some of the subjects received a long overdue and richly deserved freedom? It may depend on your perspective. Animal lovers may rejoice at this...then again---maybe not.Is there a problem at the behavioral science lab? No one is responding. Has something gone terribly wrong? The ownership has sent Jason Brentwood to find out. What he finds is hard to describe. Has everyone gone a little crazy? Or have some of the subjects received a long overdue and richly deserved freedom? It may depend on your perspective. Animal lovers may rejoice at this...then again---maybe not.
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The Bangtail Ghost

The Bangtail Ghost

Keith McCafferty

Mystery / Nonfiction

"Keith McCafferty is a top-notch, first-rate, can't-miss novelist."—C.J. Box, #1 New York Times bestselling authorIn Montana's Gravelly Range, paw prints discovered at the horrific scene suggest a woman had been attacked and carried away into the wilderness by a mountain lion. Sheriff Martha Ettinger employs her fiancé, sometimes-detective Sean Stranahan, to put a name to the gnawed bones and single discarded breast implant comprising all that is left of the body, the first of several deaths that perhaps are not as simple to explain as they first appear to be. The gruesome trail will lead him from the ridges of wintry Montana to the sun-scorched foothills of the Indian Himalayas, as Sean finds himself on his most adventurous and dangerous quest yet. For as he comes closer to unearthing the secret shared by the dead and missing, the tracks he is following will turn, and the hunter becomes the hunted.
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Playing Naomi

Playing Naomi

Erika Rummel

History / Nonfiction / Religion

Liz is waiting for her big break in Hollywood, when a different offer comes her way. The wealthy Naomi Baum, a best-selling author, asks Liz to impersonate her on the Ted Hillman Show. The reclusive Naomi cannot bear public appearances but is desperate to make contact with another guest on the show: Miro Bogdan, the son she has abandoned as a baby. On the set, Liz gives a convincing performance as Naomi Baum and attracts the passions meant for the author. Miro, now a successful installation artist, harbours a deadly hatred for his mother and is plotting her murder. Ted Hillman, the host of the show, is fascinated with Naomi Baum and romances her stand-in. Liz gives a superb performance as Ted's love interest. But is it a performance, or is Liz beginning to live Naomi's life? {Guernica Editions}
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