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42) The trial
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A young attorney is appointed by the court to defend a criminal he knows to guilty of murder. His defense may result in acquittal. What can he do?
44) Whitefire
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In an age of unspeakable savagery and unbridled passion, forbidden love sparks wild adventure in #1 New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels's unforgettable novel. . .
Katerina Vaschenko possesses the courage and beauty of her wild Cossack ancestors. Now she seeks vengeance against the marauders who destroyed her village and stole her priceless snow-white horses in the name of the mad czar. Nor will she rest until she has killed the man who...
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One Thousand White Women is the story of May Dodd and a colorful assembly of pioneer women who, under the auspices of the U.S. government, travel to the western prairies in 1875 to intermarry among the Cheyenne Indians. The covert and controversial "Brides for Indians" program, launched by the administration of Ulysses S. Grant, is intended to help assimilate the Indians into the white man's world. Toward that end May and her friends embark upon the...
46) The water horse
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In 1930, on the coast of Scotland, eight-year-old Kirstie finds a large egg which hatches into an unusual sea creature, and as he grows her family must decide what to do with him.
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Maggie Montgomery, the owner of Magdalena's, an elegant New Orleans boutique, was shocked to learn about the mysterious beheading of a local street person, and the trail of blood that led from the corpse to her building. Her shock turned to turmoil when she met Sean Canady, the police officer who arrived to question her...and inspired a dangerous desire.
49) Pay the devil
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Sick to death of war, Confederate Colonel Clay Fitzgerald escapes to Ireland to find that country also torn asunder by civil war--the Fenian Rebellion--into which he throws himself, after first taking the identity of a legendary outlaw.
53) City of bones
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Detective Harry Bosch tears open a 20-year-old murder case - with an explosive ending that leave all Bosch fans hungrily awaiting the next instalment. When the bones of a twelve-year-old boy are found scattered in the Hollywood Hills, Harry Bosch is drawn into a case that brings up the darkest memories from his own haunted past. The bones have been buried for years, but the cold case doesn't deter Bosch. Unearthing hidden stories, he finds the child's...
55) Winterkill
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It's an hour away from darkness, a bitter winter storm is raging, and Joe Pickett is deep in the forest edging Battle Mountain, shotgun in his left hand, his truck's steering wheel handcuffed to his right--and Lamar Gardiner's arrow-riddled corpse splayed against the tree in front of him. Lamar's murder and the sudden onslaught of the snowstorm warn: Get off the mountain. But Joe knows this episode is far from over. Somewhere in the dense timber,...
57) The cold dish
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After twenty-five years as sheriff of Absaroka County, Walt Longmire's hopes of finishing out his tenure in peace are dashed when Cody Pritchard is found dead near the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. Two years earlier, Cody has been one of four high school boys given suspended sentences for raping a local Cheyenne girl. Somebody, it would seem, is seeking vengeance, and Longmire might be the only thing standing between the three remaining boys and...
59) Fairy dust
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When Rosie finds a tiny tartan sock in her bedroom, she's sure that only one thing could fit it--a fairy! Mum tells her not to be so silly; fairies don't exist. Then the old lady who lives next door tells Rosie that Mum's the one who's silly; fairies are everywhere if you know where to look. And they love chocolate. Rosie's not sure who to believe until she sees something in the grass at the top of the moor, and then she can hardly believe her eyes....
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God needs a strong and valiant people to run this last leg of the race for souls, and He gives enabling power to those who are faithful. Sheri Dew outlines five sources of that power -- the scriptures, the gift of the Holy Ghost, priesthood ordinances, temple covenants, and the atonement of Jesus Christ.