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1) Intrusion
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WAR THREATENS AT THE VERY SHORES OF HOME . . . With Hitler in Europe and devious cousin, Kenneth, at the doorstep, Billy's world is about to change. A fateful rivalry is born . . .
Lonely Billy's excitement at having a playmate turns to dismay. Frail, artistic Kenneth is set on tormenting him, Uncle Frank is an outright bully and Billy's parents fail to see further than Kenneth's porcelain looks to his darker soul. Those very emotions that enable...
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Little A
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[2016]
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Kat and Scott Hamilton are dealing with the hardest of losses: the death of their only child. While Scott throws himself back into his law practice in Los Angeles, Kat is hesitant to rejoin the workplace and instead spends her days shell-shocked and confused, unable to focus. When an unwelcome face from Kat's past in England emerges -the beautiful and imposing Sarah Cherrington's marriage is thrown into a tailspin. Now wealthy beyond anything she...
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The action begins with bachelor Jimmy Pitt in New York; having fallen in love on a transatlantic liner, he befriends a small-time burglar and breaks into a police captain's house as a result of a bet. The cast of characters head to England, and from there on it is a typically Wodehousean romantic story, set at the stately Dreever Castle, overflowing with impostors, detectives, crooks, scheming lovers and conniving aunts. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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A military coder with a score to settle. An illegal AI with an independent streak. As galactic conflict looms, what will they risk to keep each other alive?
Technical Specialist Kerry Sevvers is an elite combat programmer, the best in the Division. Aboard the autonomous warship CDNS Alexander Lehman, Sev and his squad of A.I. hunt raider ships threatening humanity's last colonies. Beneath the routine of his duties, a personal project with an illegal...
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Carrigan and Miller novels volume 3
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When a distressed young woman arrives at the police station claiming that her friend has been abducted, and that the man will return and "claim her next," detectives Carrigan and Miller are drawn into a terrifying new world for cyberstalking -- where online intimidation and control can be deadly. Under scrutiny themselves, and with old enmities re-surfacing, how long will Carrigan and Miller have to discover the truth behind what happened to these...
7) An Intrusion
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Sam and his family's lives are shattered as they are terrorized and psychologically tortured by a malicious stalker ... But as an investigation mounts, he fears the attacks may be related to secrets he has violently kept from his family.
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When was the last time you felt God's touch?
Every Christian believes in miracles, but few recognize how God performs them in their own life today. Through a series of profound experiences in exotic locales with colorful characters, the author's astonishing life journey demonstrates how God performs miracles in both the mundane and extraordinary moments.
Starting with an encounter on a small boat in the South Pacific as a teenager to a near mishap...
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This is the authors autobiography from birth to when he started his professional career. As stated in the book, from the beginning, his chances were pretty slim. His chances increased with each gamble his mother made. His mother took a chance to move to the bushes of Smythfield to live in a hut built of tar drums by his father, gambling that the financial situation would get better. His mother taught herself to sew and took a chance to invest all...
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Anthony Hope has written two kinds of stories; one interesting for the civilised detail, the other for the situation and plot. When we read the first kind we do not care about the result, and we don't get excited. If we have plenty of leisure and care for little turns of expression, feeling, and thought, and care a great deal for clean and pleasant society, we are content with books like "The Dolly Dialogues." The mixture of tolerance, urbanity, and...
11) WAR: Intrusion
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A doctor accused of weapons smuggling must convince a distrustful soldier of her innocence before the real smugglers use the weapons in a catastrophic attack.
WAR team leader Lachlan MacKay has tracked smuggled weapons to an American doctor at a West African clinic. But his deep hatred for doctors threatens to blind him to evidence that suggests all might not be as it seems.
Trauma surgeon Dr. Helen Kirk is desperate to put her family's tainted...
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Veteran CIA man, Winston Hamilton III, FBI Special Agent, John Crawford, and Jacob Savich, a troubled surgeon from Cincinnati, must push their personal differences aside while combining their talents to become the country's only chance at avoiding disaster. Their first challenge is to identify the elusive enemy before they can stop him. The trail is a convoluted one that begins in a tiny Afghan village thirty years ago, and winds its way through modern...
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Peter Gunn volume 35
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A golf pro, due to marry a socialite, is blamed for a hit-and-run death. He is not guilty but has no verifiable alibi. Gunn is hired and finds the golf pro's auto mechanic is part of a chain connected to a gambler who holds IOU's involving the socialite's brother-who does not approve of his sister's upcoming marriage.
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How can we assess the ability of a place to respond to challenges like migration, recession and disease? Places which seem similar can respond very differently, and with varying degrees of success, to external threats and to the interventions designed to manage them.
In this magisterial work, drawing on decades of research, Sandra Wallman explores how we can measure and compare the resilience of communities, looking in detail at neighbourhoods...
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Do you feel vulnerable in your own home? The Shooter's Bible Guide to Home Defense was written to help you trade in your fears for a feeling of vigilance, readiness, and pride. This is not a catalog of gimmicks, gadgets, and drills that only a Navy Seal can perform but an intense look at how to fortify your home discreetly and protect yourself from home invaders. Learn how to choose weapons and use them under stress. Gain legal perspective, sharpen...