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Firefly The Fall Guys volume 5
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English
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The penultimate issue arrives, and it's dawn on the day of the Prime Minister's fateful speech, tension hanging in the air.
With Zoë, the gangsters, and the Feds all lining up the shots… will Zoë finally have her revenge as a Browncoat, or will Mal talk her down?
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Firefly The Fall Guys volume 1
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English
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The crew is broke and out of luck, and will have to deal with some less-than-trustworthy associates if the Serenity is going to keep flying.
What seems like an easy job in town for half the crew, is primed to turn sideways with feds, uneasy locals, and a high profile politician in the mix…
Superstar Marvel and DC writer Sam Humphries (Star-Lord: The Saga of Peter Quill, Harley Quinn) teams up with fan-favorite artist Jordi Pérez (How I Became...
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Firefly The Fall Guys volume 4
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English
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While dodging the feds as The Alliance flexes its power to regain control, the crew faces a dilemma.
Another plan to assassinate the Prime Minister is in place, and the crew realize they'll be blamed no matter what goes down, with nowhere to hide.
It's time for a change in plan–one that none of them care for.
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English
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Experience some Fun and Frolic with The Circus Saints & Sinners and their Fall Guys.
LAUGH, Be happy, be gay! This is the book that will lift your spirits. YOU will never regret laying out cash money for this sprightly collection of jokes, gags and cartoons. SINNERS will particularly enjoy this volume.
25) Hit the deck
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Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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Sailor Danny Xavier Smith and two other guys try to save his sister Susan's virtue. She wants to get a role in the show "Hit the Deck". After wrecking the producers hotel suite, they land in the brig. But Danny's father is a Rear Admiral ...
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The entire world knows Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage sidekick of Doc Brown in Back to the Future; as Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties; as Mike Flaherty in Spin City; and through numerous other movie roles and guest appearances on shows such as The Good Wife and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Diagnosed at age 29, Michael is equally engaged in Parkinson’s advocacy work, raising global awareness of the disease and helping find a cure through The Michael...
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For readers of Tom Perrotta and Lorrie Moore, these nine unforgettable stories, all set in and around Cape Canaveral, showcase Patrick Ryan’s masterly understanding of regret and hope, relationships and family, and the universal longing for love.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
St. Louis Post Dispatch • Refinery 29 • Electric Literature
The Dream Life of Astronauts balances heartbreak...
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
St. Louis Post Dispatch • Refinery 29 • Electric Literature
The Dream Life of Astronauts balances heartbreak...
28) The enemy
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Jack Reacher novels volume 8
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English
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Jack Reacher. Hero. Loner. Soldier. Soldier's son. An elite military cop, he was one of the army's brightest stars. But in every cop's life there is a turning point. One case. One messy, tangled case that can shatter a career. Turn a lawman into a renegade. And make him question words like honor, valor, and duty. For Jack Reacher, this is that case.
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Jack Reacher novels volume 28
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English
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1992. Eight respectable, upstanding people have been found dead across the US. These deaths look like accidents and don't appear to be connected. Until one body - the victim of a fatal fall from a hospital window - generates some unexpected attention. That attention comes from the Secretary of Defense, who promptly calls for an inter-agency task force to investigate. Jack Reacher is assigned as the Army's representative. Reacher may be an exceptional...
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English
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Law of the Jungle by John Otis is a wild and riveting true story of kidnapping and drug trafficking in the jungles of South America. Written by a 20-year veteran reporter based in Colombia-the only reporter qualified to tell the tale-this incredible account of "The Hunt for Colombian Guerrillas, American Hostages, and Buried Treasure" tells the untold flip side of the story chronicled in the New York Times bestseller Out of Captivity. An amazing surreal-but-true...
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Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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"In 1973, the Vietnam War ended in a cease-fire and a U.S. withdrawal that included promises by President Nixon to assist the South in the event of invasion by the North. But in early 1975, when North Vietnamese forces began to attack, Congress refused to send arms or aid. By April 5, the South was on the brink of defeat, spelling execution or years in a concentration camp for the untold number of South Vietnamese who had supported the government...
35) Caper
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Stanley Hastings mysteries volume 17
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English
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The latest in the beloved Stanley Hastings series-the unlikeliest private eye in New York City, who doesn't even carry a gun.
Poor Stanley Hastings. After getting hired by a hitman and nearly getting shot, the put-upon PI needed some fun, so when a gorgeous damsel in distress walks through his office door, she seems just what the doctor ordered.
Wrong again.
The fair maiden turns out to be a married mom who wants Stanley to find out why her teenage...
36) Twin sombreros
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English
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When Brazos Keene, a haunted cowboy with an honorable streak, comes across Twin Sombreros Ranch, he finds himself dragged into a vicious family feud. A convenient fall guy, Brazos is accused of the murder of Allen Neece, son of Abe Neece. The Neeces are the former owners of Twin Sombreros, but lost it to the Surface family when their $50,000 herd of cattle mysteriously disappeared, turning the once-proud Abe into a broken man as he and his twin daughters...
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"Kill your secrets . . . Volunteer Virginia Beach firefighter Alayna Curry used to pride herself on saving lives. But now, determined to conceal her part in an arson-for-insurance scam gone bad, she's using her skills to have the scheme's leader, Tim-her ex-lover-shot dead, claiming it was a robbery. She's carefully set him up to be the ultimate fall guy. And she's ruthlessly aiming to silence more witnesses-which will also get her beloved brother...
38) The rendition
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English
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The brutal secret war to win Kosovo's freedom from Serbia is in full swing when The Rendition takes readers behind the headlines for an inside look at the United States' involvement. Alex Klear, a veteran intelligence officer, is sent to the Balkans on a hastily planned rendition which goes terribly bad. Alex decides it's time to retire. However, when he is persuaded to go to Germany as part of an operation connected to the rendition, he finds himself...
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Great Courses volume 5
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English
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You might think you know Socrates, but in this lecture you'll encounter a whole new context for understanding one of the Greeks' most famous citizens. In the wake of the Peloponnesian War, tension lingers following the overthrow of an oligarchy in Athens, and the democratic population is in search of a fall guy. See how Socrates fits the bill.
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Silk volume 4
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English
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In a David and Goliath battle Martha represents the driver of a high security prison van. When some of his prisoners escape, Michael Ward opens the doors of his van to find another dead. With Ward and the security firm accused of causing the prisoner's death, Martha fights to make Ward stand up for himself, lest he becomes the fall guy.