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(0)Ray Porter
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Leaving behind the military special forces, John Eastman settled down into civilian life as a defence lawyer. Over the past five years, he has built a reputation for himself as one of the best defence lawyers in the country. Winning on logic and facts, the long list of thankful clients secured his place at the law firm where he works. Newly married and about to become a father, life couldn't be better, that is, until the darker side of his background...
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Human trafficking is a lucrative business. Young girls go missing somewhere in the world every 30 seconds.When the god-daughter of a governor is snatched from the streets of her hometown in the U.S., she is sold by the Russian Mafia to a Chinese Triad organisation.To try to secure her safe return, the FBI recruit a down on his luck ex-undercover cop. He will be their key to infiltrate the Triads base in Nepal.Time is running out and they need to act...
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This action adventure Maori warrior period piece begins in 1950's New Zealand as mourners are arriving at a Marae (meeting place) for a funeral.When a young boy shows no respect for the deceased, his great-grandmother, an elder, sits him and his two companions down to tell them the story of Aroha and Arapeta, the daughter of a Chief and the warrior she loved.The story shifts back to the 1880's, as the old orator tells them how Aroha is wrongfully...
4) Wind Song
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Wind Song: the story of James EastWind Song opens in 1860s England, with the difficult birth of James East. They call for Mrs. Linder, a local lady who acts as midwife, who does what she can for mother and child.James grows, and though small of stature, he is strong of mind and proves to be very intelligent. He gains an apprenticeship at a railway workshop and begins to establish his mechanical worth.An unfortunate circumstance forces him to travel...
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In 1953, English journalist Graham Peters is sent to Nepal to cover the attempt to conquer Mt Everest. Kathmandu is full of foreigners, including two textile merchants, who upon reading of the successful ascent - and the New Zealander who has "knocked the bastard off" - do some exploring of their own.Unfamiliar with the area, they misread their map and get lost. Stumbling through a valley, they find fragments of wreckage from a crashed plane, a German...
9) The border
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ONE OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED BOOKS OF THE YEAR
Contains an excerpt from Don Winslow's explosive new novel, City on Fire!
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY Washington Post • NPR • Financial Times • The Guardian • Booklist • New Statesman • Daily Telegraph • Irish Times • Dallas Morning News • Sunday Times • New York Post
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...10) Broken
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Includes "Crime 101," "Broken," and "The Last Ride" – all soon to be major motion pictures!
"One of America's greatest storytellers." – Stephen King
"Winslow, whose work includes a dozen of the finest crime novels written in the last 20 years, displays all of his strengths, including propulsive narration, compelling characters and a tight, staccato writing style, in 'Broken,'
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In this highly entertaining and insightful memoir, one of television's most respected broadcasters interweaves the story of his life and career with lively firsthand tales of some of the most thrilling events and fascinating figures in modern sports.
No sportscaster has covered more major sporting events than Al Michaels. Over the course of his forty-plus year career, he has logged more hours on live network television than any other broadcaster
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In the remote, frozen waters of the Arctic Ocean, the high-powered and technically advanced submarine U.S.S. Montana is in peril. Adrift and in flames, the boat and entire crew could be lost. The only team close enough to get to them in time is led by Marine doctor and bio-terror expert Joe Rush.
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Frank Brady chronicles the brilliant yet troubled life of iconic chess master Bobby Fischer. An enigmatic genius, Fischer is best remembered for defeating Soviet chess champion Boris Spassky in 1972. However, the victory was overshadowed by the exorbitant demands Fischer made before the match and is subsequent decent into irrelevance. A rematch with Spassky in 1992 put Fischer back in the spotlight, but also got him into trouble with the American...
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Blackstone Audiobooks
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2008
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After Pat Peoples and his wife Nikki separate, he goes to live with his parents but everything seems changed. No one wants to talk to him about Nikki, his old friends are busy with their families, and his new therapist seems to be recommending adultery as therapy. He meets Tiffany, a clinically depressed widow, who offers to act as a liaison between the couple if Pat will give up watching football, agrees to perform in the Dance Away Depression competition...
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Blackstone Audiobooks
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2́008
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Art Montana is an obsessive DEA agent. The Barrera brothers are heirs to a drug empire. Nora Hayden is a jaded teenager who becomes a high-class hooker. Father Parada is a powerful and uncorruptable Catholic priest. Callan is an Irish kid from Hell's kitchen who grows up to be a merciless hitman. And they are all trapped in the world of the Mexican drug Federación. From the streets of New York City to Mexico City and Tiajuana to the jungles of Central...
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2023.
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In 1980, a freshman congressman was gunned down in Rhode Island, sending shockwaves through Washington that are still reverberating more than four decades later. Now, with the world on the brink of war and a weakened United States facing rampant inflation, political division, and shocking assassinations, a secret cabal of global elites is ready to assume control. And with the world's most dangerous man locked in solitary confinement, the conspirators...
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Terminal list (Series) volume 7
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2024.
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With the walls closing in, Navy SEAL sniper James Reece is on a race to dismantle a conspiracy that has forced America to her knees.
19) Flat Spin
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Based in sunny Rancho Bonita - "California's Monaco" as the city's moneyed minions like to call it - Cordell Logan is a literate, sardonic flight instructor and aspiring Buddhist with dwindling savings and a shadowy past. When his beautiful ex-wife, Savannah, shows up out of the blue to tell him that her husband has been murdered in Los Angeles, Logan is quietly pleased. Savannah's late husband, after all, is Arlo Echevarria, the man she left Logan...
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The apostle Paul writes that we are to be transformed, but for many Christians, figuring out how to approach spiritual transformation can be elusive. Best-selling author Jerry Bridges helps us understand that we have available to us the ultimate power source for true spiritual growth: the gospel. In The Transforming Power of the Gospel, Bridges guides you through a thorough examination of: What the biblical meaning of grace is and how it applies to...