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Young upper class artist believes in not helping the poor while spending his days doing nothing of consequence, essentially living a futile existence. Lida is his polar opposite and argues with him as she organizes subscription campaigns for the poor, makes charity drives, and tries to change the local government. Lida's younger sister Genya is vacant and undeveloped, both physically and emotionally. She can be easily swayed by either Lida or the...
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Smarting from his recent divorce, newly single attorney Mike Conroy wanted only one thing-to be the best dad ever. And if that meant he needed to lead a life of celibacy, he could handle that. Until he met his new next-door neighbor, that is. Flame-haired Amanda Scott was as passionate as the color of her hair-and as determined as Mike to be a fantastic parent to her daughter. Not only was the rugged Mike her polar opposite, but she'd also sworn off...
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The Stockbroker' hits the ground running. This fast-moving, action thriller is a tale of survival, in the treacherous world of international corruption.
Michael Beaufort is forced into a life of crime and deceit... the polar opposite of his comfortably, affluent life-style. The novel is a well-researched story that carries you through each chapter, detailing the desperation of a young man, whose life is turned upside down by corporate greed and...
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The people of Umvitar, also known as Homeworld, use their wormhole control for both good and evil. A few, the Billionaires, excel at this. It's a bizarre planet with reverse chronology, which is the polar opposite of the galaxy's time arrow.
On Umvitar, Cleopatlekaveh is a Zero, a pariah who lacks the most basic and common skill. In her early twenties, she fails test after test. But then something unexpected happens.
Adam, an Earthling in the 25th...
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"Married at eighteen, divorced at twenty eight, Sarah Blair reluctantly swaps her luxury lifestyle for a cramped studio apartment and a law firm receptionist job in the tired hometown she never left. But things fall apart completely when her ex drops dead, seemingly poisoned by Emily's award-winning rhubarb crisp"--
86) Crazy Horse
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Horses of Half Moon Ranch volume 3
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When Crazy Horse and Cadillac, two very different but inseparable horses, go missing from the Half Moon Ranch in Colorado, thirteen-year-old Kirstie tries to recover the stolen animals.
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In this O Me of Little Faith Ebook, author Jason Boyett brings you a transparent and personal account of his own of struggles with doubts and unbelief in living out his faith. With humor and frankness, Boyett uses personal anecdotes and a fresh look at Scripture to explore the realities of pursuing Christ through a field of doubt.After three decades of knowing God, understanding Christianity, and living a Christian life, Boyett has come to the place...
89) The Hurricane
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Emily McCarthy is living in fear of a dark and dangerous past. A gifted mathematician, she is little more than a hollow, broken shell, trying desperately to make ends meet long enough to finish her degree.
Through an unlikely friendship with the aging, cantankerous owner of an old boxing gym, Em is thrown into the path of the most dangerous man that she has ever met.
Cormac "the Hurricane" O'Connell is cut, tattooed and dangerous. He is a lethal...
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They say a good man is hard to find. Kardell Spencer and Lewis Turner know this all too well. Neither is lucky in love.
Kardell Spencer is a hard-working, successful advertising company owner who has a no nonsense approach to work and professionalism.
Lewis Turner is Kardell's flamboyant, over-the-top employee. They are polar opposites. Lewis speaks how he feels. Sometimes the things he says are so shocking that they leave people around him gasping...
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"The Double" centres on a government clerk who goes mad. It deals with the internal psychological struggle of its main character, Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, who repeatedly encounters someone who is his exact double in appearance but confident, aggressive, and extroverted, characteristics that are the polar opposites to those of the toadying "pushover" protagonist. The motif of the novella is a 'doppelgänger', known throughout the world in various...
92) Lucky Hit
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Oakley Hutton, the hockey prodigy. The guy ready to grab the sports world by the balls and finally live his dream.
Octavia Layton, the girl unable to move beyond her broken past, fearful of her childhood betrayal following her through her new adult life.
Two polar opposites with only one thing in common. Their inability to stay away from each other.
Two people pushing the other in ways they've never experienced, forcing them out of their comfort...
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"Historians have long analyzed the battles and the military strategies that brought the American Civil War to an end. Going beyond tactics and troop maneuvers, this book concentrates on the characters of the two opposing generals--Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant--showing how their different temperaments ultimately determined the course of the war. As author David Alan Johnson explains, Grant's dogged and fearless determination eventually gained...
94) Braeton & Drew
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Braeton Reed left his small-minded hometown and disapproving family long ago and never looked back.Andrew Hines has nothing against a solid, loving relationship; he just isn't sure he'll ever find one.Braeton has been told he's a bit of a diva. Andrew has heard he's not flashy enough. Can their differences pull them together? Or will these polar opposites allow society to dictate who they are and who they love?Braeton & Drew is an opposites attract...
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A beautiful unassuming girl.
A debonair suitor.
A dream dashed...
Beautiful, trusting and alone, Anya has always been the poster child for honesty and integrity.
Handsome, suave and smooth, Gus reconnects with Anya in a way, she didn't expect.
She's a bit of an introvert and enjoys the simple things in life. He is her polar opposite, and true to the laws of magnetism, they are attracted to each other. But, everyone has a story and Anya isn't prepared...
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Running slam-dunk into Vic Golinski at her college reunion leaves Mimi Lodge with a lot of questions. Back in the day, they were Grantham University's star athletes and polar opposites. If she said left, he said right. If he said hot, she said cold. All of that opposition had an unexpected consequence: a heated attraction. So will she and Vic still clash like the fiercely competitive jocks they once were? Life might have softened their beliefs, but...
97) Bluegrass Hero
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Kentucky horsemen clean up their act
Dust-covered men who smell like horses are the norm at Gil Sorrent's farm. Until a trip to Emily Montague's bath shop changes their lives. Suddenly, Gil's lovelorn farmhands are sparkling clean and attracting women instead of working! So Gil barges into the shop, surprised to find Emily, his pretty polar opposite, selling soap by the truckload. Suddenly everyone in town is not only cleaner-they're nicer. And...
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Tugboat to Palmyra Atoll is a true story that I experienced back in the fall of 1997. The story starts with me talking to a new neighbor who is a tugboat captain. We become friends, and two years later, he asked me if I would like to experience going to sea. At that time, I was in love with sailing and had dreams of blue-water sailing. The story takes the reader through what I experienced, and like a lot of things in life, dreams and reality can be...
99) Moonlight Mix-Up
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When Alex steps onto the elevator, KC's day goes from bad to worse. She's had a rough life, but that doesn't mean she's a door mat. She feels his judgment the moment he sees her, and she doesn't like it one bit. Thankfully, their barbed and frosty time together will be short-lived.
Alex's smooth edges ruffle when the elevator gets stuck. Claustrophobic and trapped with his polar-opposite, he isn't sure how much more of the painted lady he can take....
100) Developing Murder
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Serenity Estates, Port St. Lucie, Florida, 2018. A human skull, buried over twenty-years earlier, has been uncovered by the construction crew of the new fifty-five plus housing development. Dynamite detective Lisa March, reluctantly teamed with a new, polar opposite partner, JoJo Worthington, is given the challenging assignment to figure out who the victim is and who was responsible for his death.
The partners' roller coaster path to solving these...