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"The Rider has no memory of who he is, where he is, or how he came to be lying dying in the brutal heat of the North African desert. Rescued by a band of deserters, the Rider begins to piece together his identity, based on shards of recollection and the letters in his mailbag. The Letter Bearer is unlike any other novel of World War Two. In the midst of profound trauma, terrible warfare, and the nameless experience of desertion, this gripping story...
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William St Clair is perhaps the only soldier to have left a continuous account of his experiences day by day from the moment of joining up in 1914, through the years of horror in the trenches, to the march into Germany in 1919 and the long aftermath of trying to make sense of what had happened. A private in the medical corps, St Clair wrote daily letters, sometimes more, to his future wife Jane. Often scribbled under fire, and sent in the green envelopes...
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When Alice Waters opened the doors of her "little French restaurant" in Berkeley, California in 1971 at the age of 27, no one ever anticipated the indelible mark it would leave on the culinary landscape--Alice least of all. Fueled in equal parts by naivete and a relentless pursuit of beauty and pure flavor, she turned her passion project into an iconic institution that redefined American cuisine for generations of chefs and food lovers. In Coming...
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From the joy and anguish of her own experience, Sexton fashioned poems that told truths about the inner lives of men and women. This book comprises Sexton's ten volumes of verse, including the Pulitzer Prize-winner Live or Die, as well as seven poems form her last years.
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Dead Reckoning
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[2022]
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English
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"Maxwell Fox didn't know what he would witness in France. America had only been in the Great War since April 2, 1917. Nothing could have prepared him for the horrors that awaited him and the rest of the men of the 4th Infantry "Ivy" Division. As the Meuse-Argonne Offensive raged on, Maxwell became assigned to a unit of stretcher bearers, men who were tasked with running into harm's way to rescue their fallen brethren from the clutches of death"--
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DC Comics
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[2017]
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English
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Donna Troy takes over as Wonder Woman when Amazon warrior Diana goes missing, but Diana secretly resumes her alternate identity as secret agent Diana Prince while trying to decide if she will return to being Wonder Woman.
"Acclaimed television scribe and co-writer of the film Allan Heinberg presents a new story about Wonder Woman. Is she Diana Prince, secret agent of the Department of Metahuman Affairs? Donna Troy, sister to Diana and the current...
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DC Comics
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[2017]
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English
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"Khalid Nassour was just a first-year med student when he was chosen by the spirit of the sorcerer Nabu to be the new bearer of the helmet of Doctor Fate. Since then, he's been learning about the world of magic and what it means to be a hero...but not without making a few almost deadly mistakes along the way. But now Khalid's long-lost great uncle has returned--Kent Nelson, the original hero known as Doctor Fate. And just in time, as Khalid's home...