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1) Vanished!
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IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
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In Washington, D.C., twelve-year-old Florian Bates, a consulting detective for the FBI, and his best friend Margaret must uncover the truth behind a series of private middle school pranks that may or may not involve the daughter of the President of the United States
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"Vivian Gordon went out before midnight in a velvet dress and mink coat. Her body turned up the next morning in a desolate Bronx park, a dirty clothesline wrapped around her neck. At her stylish Manhattan apartment, detectives discovered notebooks full of names--businessmen, socialites, gangsters. And something else: a letter from an anti-corruption commission established by Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Led by the imperious Judge Samuel Seabury,...
3) Rule of Law
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What did the president know? And when did she know it? For the members of SEAL Team Six, it was a rare mission ordered by the president, monitored in real time from the Situation Room. The Houthi rebels in Yemen had captured an American journalist and a member of the Saudi royal family. Their executions were scheduled for Easter Sunday. The SEAL team would break them out. But when the mission results in spectacular failure, the finger-pointing goes...
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Secrets of the sky volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
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"Ten-year-old Kinjal knows something strange is going on. But he does not expect his dog, Thums-up, to disappear before his eyes in the middle of the night! Even stranger, two enormous flying horses appear and insist on taking Kinjal and his twin sister, Kiya, to a place they have never heard of: the Sky Kingdom. The twins have no choice but to go if they want to see their dog again, even if that isn't why the winged pakkhiraj horses showed up in...
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On Brooklyn's treacherous streets, having a conscience can be a dangerous commodity. When Andrew Giobberti, exiled from Homicide to Appeals, suddenly finds himself in demand in the prosecution of the horrific murder of a beloved neighborhood grocer, he cannot know the hornet's nest of lies and double-dealing he will uncover. With the newspapers and the powers-that-be insisting Gio convict the supposed perp at any cost, his capacity for fair play and...
6) Anti Hero
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Nate Gaines knows he's no hero. After losing his team in a fiery betrayal, he left the army. Now he works for cold hard cash. And, the girl he loves? She's better off without him. Until her story makes her a target.
Then he'll protect her. He'll kill for her. He just won't let himself fall for her again. That would be dangerous, for both of them.
WARNING: Contains an inked military man, a plucky reporter on a mission, and explosive chemistry!
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They want - if you like - to have that tiny taste of death.
Holly Blain and Inspector Tanaka are back on the case. Despite their tumultuous relationship when taking down the Otaku killer, the unlikely pair find themselves teaming up once more to stop a new murderer who is plaguing Tokyo. Recently, there has been an increase in poisonings from the delicacy fugu. But with strict preparation guidelines for the toxic fish, Blain and Tanaka fear these...
8) Out of Time
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The leader of one of South Florida's most notorious and brutal motorcycle gangs has been put to death by lethal injection. Days later, his family and friends should have been picking up the pieces, moving on. Instead, they've been catapulted into a world so twisted and dangerous that even the most ruthless among them would be stunned to discover the tangled web of deception, not only on the dangerous streets of South Florida but all the way to the...
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Jenna Zwagil was a young mother of two with a "broke mindset" and a bank account to match. Even with an inner belief that she was meant for more, the obstacles in her life seemed to hold her back from success. So, how did she go from constantly struggling all the way to the top female earner in network marketing? In her absorbing and fast-paced book, Jenna shares how she made the decision to change, committed to focus, study and relentlessly work...
10) Jagd Auf Null
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In HUNTING ZERO (Book #3), when CIA operative Agent Zero finds out his two teenage girls have been kidnapped and are bound for a trafficking ring in Eastern Europe, he embarks on a high-octane chase across Europe, leaving a trail of devastation is his wake as he breaks all rules, risks his own life, and does everything he can to get his daughters back.
Kent, ordered by the CIA to stand down, refuses. Without the backing of the agency, with moles...
11) Manifesto
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Dale Vince never intended to start a business. Driven by a passion for sustainability, he left school aged 15 and became a New Age traveler, living for free in a wind-powered double decker bus. But after building his first wind turbine, he realized that to change the world he needed to be on the grid, not off it. In 1996 he founded green energy company Ecotricity based on principles of social, financial and environmental sustainability, and changed...
12) The Hack
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A vigilante on the hunt. A journalist on a warpath. To expose an international crime ring they might have to pay the ultimate price...
Ex-CIA assassin Doug Hunter wants to forget his lethal past. But when he discovers a well-connected American involved in a grotesque child abuse network, his rage brings him out of retirement. Vowing to take down the entire twisted syndicate, his biggest obstacle will be keeping a beautiful investigative reporter...
13) Bad City
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For fans of Spotlight and Bad Blood comes a journalistic thriller about corruption and betrayal at two of Los Angeles's most powerful institutions, from a Pulitzer-prize winning reporter who investigated the story and helped bring justice in the face of formidable odds.
In 2016, a salacious tip came into the L.A. Times's newsroom that journalist Paul Pringle thought would, at most, take a few weeks to check out: a minor drug incident at a fancy hotel...
14) Cruel Compassion
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When disloyalty is punishable by death, and the government is always watching…
…They can force you to marry, but they can't force you to love.
Being promised to a stranger would be better than this, given away like an endorsement to the man that brought her nothing but heartbreak and betrayal. Especially when Dimitri is inconveniently even more attractive than she remembered.
With a citizen score of 1, and her father the Head of The New Russian...
15) Deadly Secrets
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In this intricate political thriller, ordinary people uncover an extraordinary conspiracy. Their choice is; stay silent and condone unspeakable injustice or speak up and risk everything. It's more than principles, it's about lives.
This is 440 pages of mystery, drama, and suspense.
Can ordinary people thwart a powerful conspiracy?
Shelley Ormond's life is about to change forever. Her friend, a young refugee, dies suddenly and the federal police...
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Skyrocket Your Business with Social Media Branding
"As a next-generation leader and trusted voice in the digital arena, Isis Bradford provides the blueprint to take your brand from the ground floor all the way to the top." -Pauleanna Reid, founder of WritersBlok and nationally published journalist
Skyrocket Your Business with Social Media Branding guides you on how to start and build your brand and business. Through social media branding and selling...
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Follow journalist Alex Vane from 9/11 into the social media age in the breakout series from A.C. Fuller.
Book 1: THE ANONYMOUS SOURCE
Find the Source. Break the Story. Stay Alive.
One year after the 9/11 attacks, Alex Vane-a brilliant, fitness-obsessed reporter for The New York Standard-wants nothing more than to break into the flashy world of TV news. But when he uncovers the scoop of a lifetime, his tightly controlled world is rocked: his editor...
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A fascinating history of the profitable paradox of the American outdoor experience: visiting nature first requires shopping
No escape to nature is complete without a trip to an outdoor recreational store or a browse through online offerings. This is the irony of the American outdoor experience: visiting wild spaces supposedly untouched by capitalism first requires shopping. With consumers spending billions of dollars on clothing and equipment each...
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"Seventeen-year-old Noelle Layne knows horror. Every trope, every warning sign, every survival tactic. She even leads a successful movie club dedicated to the genre. Who better to throw the ultimate, most exclusive Halloween party on all of Long Island? With some of the top influencers in her school on the guest list, including gorgeous singer-songwriter Archer Mitchell, her popularity is bound to spike. She could really use the social boost for an...
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