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1) Downfall
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Journey back to the unforgiving 1800s, where two lives torn from their roots collide in an extraordinary tale of courage, resilience, and defiance. Robert Bright from Cambridge, and Mary Anne Goulden, a fiesty soul from the gritty streets of London's east end, found themselves ripped away from family and thrust onto a treacherous voyage aboard prison ships bound for a distant world.As they face the iron grip of a colonial Governor's oppressive regime,...
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Can Anwen help Sagramore find a way out of the darkness?Sagramore and Tristan are closer than brothers, sharing wine, women and an affinity for feral, furious fighting. As heir to both the King of the Magyars and the Eastern Roman throne, Sagramore is an outsider who has never been fully accepted by King Arthur's court, or King Mark's either.Calm, composed Anwen Idria, oldest daughter of the King of Strathclyde, is adored by all of Camelot the moment...
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"Why would you decide to seduce me? And why now after all these years?"
Southern debutante Vivienne LaBlanc can't believe bad-boy rock star Connor Mansfield is back in town for the New Orleans annual Saints and Sinners pageant. He has a reputation as wicked as his devilish smile, and Vivi has no intention of becoming one of his latest groupies!
He once crushed her high school heart, so playing the saint to Connor's sinner should be easy. But how...
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One grim day looming, five lovers fighting to not shatter into a thousand pieces.The weekend wasn't easy on Mia or her four guys, Mal, Dylan, Tom and Jake. It started with Jake suddenly showing up at the house, bringing with him some secrets Mia tried to keep from the others, and ended with Tom begging for him to stay a little longer, hoping that his presence will help them not fall apart.Because dark days are looming. The anniversary of Poppy's death...
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Jonny, an old-model crash test dummy, has been repurposed as a hitman for Don Vito Coriaci, the supremely powerful mob boss of Santa Clara City, a sprawling, ocean-bound metropolis. It all starts to fall apart when Jonny's tasked with bringing in a mermaid, a delicacy whose flesh has healing properties. Quite unexpectedly, Jonny falls in love with the mermaid and decides to save her. This decision launches a long journey that is fraught with danger....
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This memoir is designed to inspire and it was written for people who have a nudge to change and be effective but they have little resources to chase their dreams. Our Greatest Downfall will really get you out of your comfort zone and make you want to do something with your life. Let me leave you with this question if I could do it through the odds what is your excuse.
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After Haile Selassie was deposed in 1974, Ryszard Kapuściński-Poland's top foreign correspondent-went to Ethiopia to piece together a firsthand account of how the emperor governed his country, and why he finally fell from power. At great risk to himself, Kapuściński interviewed members of the imperial circle who had gone into hiding. The result is this remarkable book, in which Selassie's servants and closest associates share accounts-humorous,...
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In the wake of the US invasion of Nicaragua in 1912, the country came under the rule of the Somoza family, which imposed a brutal and corrupt military dictatorship. A low-scale insurgency of students, supported by peasants and other anti-Somoza elements of the society developed already in the 1960s. By the 1970s, the country became embroiled in a brutal insurgency. Supported by Cuba, a coalition of students, farmers, businessmen, clergy and a small...
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An account of the wealthy socialite who opposed the French emperor and found herself exiled from Paris-from the author of Marie Antoinette's Confidante.
Napoleon Bonaparte and Juliette Récamier were both highly influential and well-known in France, yet they were often at odds with each other. Their story played out on the European stage during a period of political upheaval and new political ideas. Napoleon gained power in the aftermath of the French...
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A history of the build-up and the ultimate clash during the Chilean coup of 11 September 1973, featuring over 100 color photos, profiles, and maps.
In 1970, Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens, a physician and leftist politician, was elected the President of Chile. Involved in political life for nearly 40 years, Allende adopted a policy of nationalization of industries and collectivization-measures that brought him on a collision course with the legislative...
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A distinguished historian and British Army veteran examines the political and military alliances that led to the defeat of France in the Napoleonic Wars.
1813 was a critical year in the war that ended with the downfall of Napoleon-the year in which the balance of power tipped decisively against the French monarch's First Empire. In 1813: Empire at Bay, military historian and retired British Army Lt. Gen. Jonathon Riley explores the international alliance...
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Hugh Despenser the Younger and Edward II tells the story of the greatest villain of the fourteenth century, his dazzling rise as favorite to the king and his disastrous fall.
Born in the late 1280s, Hugh married King Edward I of England’s eldest granddaughter when he was a teenager. Ambitious and greedy to an astonishing degree, Hugh chose a startling route to power: he seduced his wife’s uncle, the young King Edward II, and became the richest...
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In the early hours of 10 February 1567, a large explosion ripped through the Provosts lodgings at Kirk o' Field, Edinburgh, where Mary Queen of Scotland's consort, Henry Lord Darnley, was staying. Darnley's body was found with that of his valet in a neighboring garden the next morning. The Queen's husband had been murdered and the ramifications for Mary and Scottish history would be far-reaching. Lord Darnley cuts an infamous figure in Scottish and...
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The Money Man is an epic story for our times, which will offer hope to many who have seen the fruit of their hard work eaten away by the economy, mistakes, poor health, etc. Readers will meet the rich, the famous, the infamous, the powerful, and the powerless in the USA, England, Monaco, France, and Switzerland. The Money Man is a story of determination, love, and faith that includes many page turning stories of extraordinary success and dismal failure....
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Athens, 404 BC. The Democratic city-state has been ravaged by a long and bloody war with neighboring Sparta. The search for scapegoats begins and Athens, liberty's beacon in the ancient world, turns its sword on its own way of life. Civil war and much bloodshed ensue. Defining moments of Greek history, culture, politics, religion and identity are debated ferociously in Athenian board rooms, back streets and battlefields. By 323 BC, Athens and the...
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A finales de los años 70 la ETA había impuesto su ley de hierro en las provincias vascas y Navarra,
especialmente en las zonas rurales. Sus continuos y feroces atentados estremecían al país y abrumaban
al Estado. Y las fuerzas de seguridad (junto a los militares, sus dianas preferidas) se veían impotentes para
contrarrestar la embestida criminal. En febrero de 1980, tras el atentado en Ispáster que acabó con la vida de
seis guardias,...
17) Jet (Book 2)
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This is book 3 and the finale of the Jagged Blades MC trilogy!
Taking Emmie might ruin me. But I'm willing to risk it all for her.
I didn't plan on falling for a stripper.
Especially not one who belongs to my fiercest rivals, the Chaos Warriors MC.
She's their property. Their toy.
But I knew it as soon as I saw her: this was the woman who would bear my child.
She was born to be more than just a biker's b!tch.
The Chaos Warriors think they own...
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This sprawling, adventuresome historical novel examines the life of a Swiss pioneer driven by greed and his downfall during the California Gold Rush.
John Sutter is perhaps best known today for an accidental discovery that occurred on his California property in 1848. When huge deposits of gold were revealed at Sutter's Mill, hordes of would-be miners descended on Sutter's previously unrivaled domain. In Gold, the renowned Swiss poet and novelist...
20) Spiral
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Is there anyone I can trust?A shocking revelation and a devastating confession leave me stunned and confused. How many more secrets lie in wait for me at Larkspur, and which of them will be the one to cause my downfall?