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81) The Scared Stiff
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Attempting a worldwide insurance scam in South America, a con artist finds the natives less than friendly After more than a decade of skipping out on their debts, Lola and Barry owe a lot of money to the wrong people. To escape the loan sharks, Barry decides it's time for one of them to die-or at least to pretend to. As the venue for this insurance fraud, they choose Lola's home country, Guerrera, where death certificates come cheap and government...
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In a farm plagued by mischievous crows, the farmer's prized fruits and vegetables are constantly under threat. Tired of the endless battles, the farmer crafts what he believes to be the most intimidating scarecrow imaginable. Yet, this is no ordinary scarecrow. Armed not with fright but with magic words, the scarecrow surprises everyone by forging an unexpected bond. Dive into a heartwarming tale of friendship and understanding in The Scarecrow That...
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Hester Prynne must be punished. Why won't she name her baby's father? The vengeful Puritans of Boston demand an answer. Can the new doctor in town unlock the mystery of the shameful secret? Hester's gentle pastor seems unable- or unwilling- to give her any help.
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In twelfth-century Ire, a redheaded orphan is saved by a legendary warrior. Trained by him, she becomes a legend herself amongst the villages of Scandinavia, a land torn by inner wars. One battle sends Scarlet on a course that brings her to Johnthe Duke of Agammar and her birth father, and Henryhis ward and only heir, but not his son by blood. When she stays longer than planned, she unwillingly ruins someones plan to get rid of Henry, and by saving...
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Do you sometimes, feel life is completely hopeless and it's just too hard to keep going? You are not alone! Me too! An average of 129 people in the US-men, women, and children-end their lives daily. And, for every person who commits suicide, 268 others consider it. That's 12.6-million people a year whose lives are directly impeded or ended by it, without counting the friends and family members it indirectly affects.
But, we don't have to be part of...
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In a small Puritan community, Hester has a baby, but her husband has been away for years. She is forced to wear a bright red "A" sewn onto on her dress, broadcasting her disgrace as an Adulteress. When her jealous and deranged husband returns, he becomes obsessed with finding the truth, no matter what it takes. Lives hang in the balance as the secret shared by Hester and her lover threatens to consume them all. A gothic novel of romance, revenge,...
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1914: Palestine's future hangs in the balance as Sara Levinson longingly awaits the return of Daniel Rosen, planning a life for two in the harsh beauty of their adopted homeland. But, young and idealistic, Daniel returns from Paris determined to forswear love as he strives to fulfill his own burning dreams for a Jewish state. The pages of the book of fate begin to turn more rapidly as the Great War sweeps over the crumbling Ottoman Empire, precipitating...
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The Scarlet Cord: Conversations With God s Chosen Women tells the story of biblical women in a new way, drawing the reader further down her spiritual path and closer to Christ. And, here is why: for too long, women in the Bible have been demonized, sanctified or simply misunderstood, leaving highly stereotyped figures in their wake. As a result, passionate, faithful and bright individuals, from Eve to Ruth to Mary Magdalene, have lost meaning for...
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The Scarlet Letter SparkNotes Literature Guide by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Making the reading experience fun!
When a paper is due, and dreaded exams loom, here's the lit-crit help students need to succeed! SparkNotes Literature Guides make studying smarter, better, and faster. They provide chapter-by-chapter analysis; explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols; a review quiz; and essay topics. Lively and accessible, SparkNotes is perfect for late-night...
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Dontae of Dragondor loves scaring his little sister, Pattie.
He likes making her believe that scary goblins live in the village outside their Kingdom. But this time Dontae has gone too far and now his sister is afraid to go trick or treating. His mother is tired of him telling Pattie scary stories. To teach him a lesson, his mother has told him if Pattie doesn't go trick or treating, he doesn't get to go trick or treating.
This was not how he expected...
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You are invited underneath the great greenwood tree to hear how a young man became a hero, and a hero became a legend. When Robin takes a shortcut through Sherwood Forest, the path he chooses leads not to Nottingham's archery contest, but to a life on the run from the law. Unable now to become a knight, and joined by his childhood friends, Robin Hood leads the most infamous outlaw band ever to evade the king and his sheriff.
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94) The Scarlet Gown
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WHAT IS HE HIDING FROM HER?
When impoverished Lucy Halbrook arrives at Lord Adversane's estate she knows her assignment is unusual-;not only will she act as hostess at his Midsummer's Eve play, she must also pretend to be his fiancée!
What Lucy doesn't know is that Ralph is hiding something dark and dangerous. He must uncover the truth behind his wife's death-;and Lucy is the key. She challenges him at every turn and, as each day passes, unlocks...
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The Trilett family and friends prepare for the joyous celebration of Tahn and Netta's wedding. Returning from a party in her honor, Netta is kidnapped, and her coachman and escorts are found murdered. It looks like the work of bandits, but Tahn is secretly sent a message that Netta will be released if he will present himself in trade. Tahn believes that his murderously jealous cousin, Baron Lionel Trent, is responsible for the villainy. The baron...
96) The Scarlet Haze
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The scarlet haze embody a door opening onto a world of sadness and joy, where everyone can find themselves. In this collection of poems written according to her inspiration and significant events, the author recounts the sorrow of a one-sided love, the angst felt during a deep depression or the happiness caused by the single view of her heart's desire.
97) The Scarlet Cord
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I was inspired to publish this mainly by my granddaughter. I had been writing for a few years already. The material was on three-by-five notebooks. My granddaughter gathered these notebooks and wanted to put them in a book for our family. While transferring the material from notebooks to paper, she suggested that I should try to get them published. That was about a year ago. So, I decided to see if someone was willing to take a chance, and Christian...
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Brandon Marshall, in Paris for his twin sister's wedding, has a fling before the big day. At the end of a whirlwind week of discovering each other, Brandon and his lover place a scarlet lock on the Love Lock Bridge.
Follow Brandon through six years of letters - to the citizens of Paris, on everything from how to make love, to eating passionate fruit - and to the lover, who is now his brother-in-law.
Can Brandon and Hubert keep their oath to leave...
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One month after her novel “Gone with the Wind” was published, Margaret Mitchell sold the movie rights for fifty thousand dollars. Fearful of what the studio might do to her story, "I wouldn't put it beyond Hollywood to have...Scarlett seduce General Sherman," she joked, the author washed her hands of involvement with the film. However, driven by a maternal interest in her literary firstborn and compelled by her Southern manners to answer every...