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1) Sons
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Second in the trilogy that began with The Good Earth, Buck's classic and starkly real tale of sons rising against their honored fathers tells of the bitter struggle to the death between the old and the new in China. Revolutions sweep the vast nation, leaving destruction and death in their wake, yet also promising emancipation to China's oppressed millions who are groping for a way to survive in a modern age.
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First published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads-driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America divided into Haves and Have-Nots evolves a drama that is intensely human yet...
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When her fiancae dies exactly as described in one of her novels, mystery writer Harriet Vane becomes the prime suspect. Can Lord Peter Wimsey find the real poisoner in time to save her from the gallows? Impossible, it seems. The Crown's case is watertight. The police are adamant. The judge's summing-up is clear: Harriet Vane is guilty. But Lord Peter is determined to find her innocent - as determined as he is to make her his wife.
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Mystery writer Harriet Vane, recovering from an unhappy love affair and its aftermath, seeks solace on a barren beach - deserted but for the body of a bearded young man with his throat cut. From the moment she photographs the corpse, which soon disappears with the tide, she is puzzled by a mystery that might have been suicide, murder, or a political plot. With her dear friend Lord Peter Wimsey, she begins to investigate.
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Classic adventure from the undisputed master of action and adrenalin-pumping suspense. When a plane crashes in the icy Greenland desert with no passengers on board, and no means of identification, Joe Martin is hired to fly to the scene of the crash by the insurance company involved and the beautiful widow of the dead pilot. But the routine mission spirals into hair-raising suspense when a priceless batch of emeralds are added to the mystery, and...
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British secret agent James Bond has never met an adversary like Mr. Big, a gangland kingpin who uses voodoo to control his vast criminal empire. When a crooked trail of smuggled gold leads through Mr. Big's New York hideout to SMERSH headquarters in Moscow, Bond's mission takes him from Harlem to the Florida Everglades.
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"All of England rejoiced at the marriage of Gavin Montgomery to the heiress Judith--all except Judith herself. At the altar, Gavin looked deep into his bride's eyes and burned with desire for her ... but his heart had been pledged to another. Alone in a strange castle, Judith resolved to hate this husband who took her body but rejected her love ... though she would never admit her fear of losing him. But destiny held another fate for Judith--a fate...
9) Velvet song
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With her father murdered and her home burned, Alyx Blackett fled to the woods - and found sanctuary in the camp of Raine Montgomery, a nobleman outlawed by the king's harsh decree. There she hid her beauty in the guise of a boy, and her sorrow in her work as Montgomery's squire. But how long could such lovliness as hers remain hidden? How long could such a gallant man's desire be blind? Soon - even as a blood feud raged between the Montgomerys and...
10) The danger
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When a string of kidnappings rocks the horse racing world, Andrew Douglas is brought in to recover the missing-without becoming the next victim.
14) White cargo
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Woods's violent but involving thriller about a father's attempts to retrieve his kidnapped daughter from the clutches of a merciless drug kingpin is thankfully relieved by pleasant interludes at lavish South American hotels, often poolside, and by a little romance.
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"Rebecca Lopez enjoys a life of privilege in Elizabeth's England yet she guards secrets she dares not reveal. The beautiful, tempestuous daughter of the queen's own physician, Rebecca is also a converso, a Jew who practices her prohibited religion clandestinely helping others of her banned faith escape persecution and death." -- Back cover.
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Of all the dukes in England, Jared Marcus Benton, the Duke of Bradford, was the wealthiest, most arrogant. And of all London's ladies, he wanted the tender obedience of only one--Caroline Richmond. She was a ravishing beauty from Boston, with a mysterious past and fiery spirit. Drawn to the powerful duke, undeterred by his presumptuous airs, Caroline was determined to win his lasting love. But Bradford would bend to no woman--until a deadly intrigue...
17) Body of evidence
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A reclusive author, Beryl Madison finds no safe haven from months of menacing phone calls?or the tormented feeling that her every move is being watched. When the writer is found slain in her own home, Kay Scarpetta pieces together the intricate forensic evidence?while unwittingly edging closer to a killer waiting in the shadows.
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The bear is on the prowl in many different guises. He may be the master thief stealing into Graceland, an intense young passenger experimenting in terror, or a psychiatrist haunted by his patient's nightmare. Or maybe he's beautiful, lethal woman in a blood-red scarf. So beware of the this huge, dangerous beast. Because first he will enthrall you.. and then he will strike.
20) Dark paradise
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“Without a doubt . . . one of the most intense suspense writers around.”—Chicago Tribune
New Eden, Montana, is a piece of heaven on earth where one woman died in her own private hell. Now it’s up to ex-court reporter Marilee Jennings to decipher the puzzle of her best friend’s death. But someone has a stake in silencing her suspicion. Someone with secrets worth killing for—and the power...
New Eden, Montana, is a piece of heaven on earth where one woman died in her own private hell. Now it’s up to ex-court reporter Marilee Jennings to decipher the puzzle of her best friend’s death. But someone has a stake in silencing her suspicion. Someone with secrets worth killing for—and the power...