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Unbroken... A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption, by Laura Hillenbrand

 

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In her long awaited new book, Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed in her first book Seabiscuit.

Telling an unforgettable story of a man's journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit.

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A Line of Blood by Ben McPherson

 

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For Alex Mercer, his lovely wife Millicent and their eleven year old son Max are everything, his little tribe that makes him feel all’s right with the world.

But when he and Max find their enigmatic next door neighbor dead in his apartment, their lives are shocked; suddenly and irrevocably changed.

As the police conduct a methodical investigation, Alex becomes increasingly impatient for them to finish.

After all, it so clearly was a suicide.

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Marine: A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit

by Tom Clancy

 

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They are the very best America has to offer, the few and the proud.

The Marine Corps has served our nation with distinction, and achieved an almost mythical status among America's defenders.

Tom Clancy tells us the real story of the men and women who serves in this most hallowed branch of the Armed Forces. With the same compelling style and eye for detail that marked his bestselling nonfiction works Submarine, Armored Cav, and Fighter Wing, Clancy paints fascinating picture of the Corps as only he could.

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No Man's Land by David Baldacci

 

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Special Agent John Puller, combat veteran and the army's most tenacious investigator, is back in this action packed thriller from David Baldacci.

 

NO MAN'S LAND

Two men. Thirty years.

 

John Puller's mother, Jackie, vanished thirty years ago from Fort Monroe, Virginia, when Puller was just a boy. Paul Rogers has been in prison for ten years.

But twenty years before that, he was at Fort Monroe. One night three decades ago, Puller's and Rogers' worlds collided with devastating results, and the truth has been buried ever since.

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Apocalypse by Dean Crawford

 

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In the notorious Bermuda Triangle a private jet vanishes without trace, taking with it scientists working for world famous philanthropist Joaquin Abell.

 

In Miami, Captain Kyle Sears is called to a murder scene.

A woman and her daughter have both been shot through the head.

But within moments of arriving, Sears receives a phone call from the woman's husband, physicist Charles Purcell.

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Bleed for Me by Michael Robotham.

 

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When Sienna Hegarty, a troubled friend of his daughter, comes to Joe O'Loughlin's door terrorized, incoherent, and covered in blood, he vows to unearth the dark Secrets her mind has buried.

The police find a major piece of the puzzle at Sienna's house: her father, a retired cop, murdered.

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The Stranger You Seek (Keye Street #1)

by Amanda Kyle Williams.

 

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The papers have called me a monster.

You’ve either concluded that I am a braggart as well as a sadist or that I have a deep and driving need to be caught and punished.

 

In the sweltering heat of an Atlanta summer, a killer is pushing the city to its breaking point, preying on the unsuspecting, writing taunting letters to the media, promising more death. Desperate to stop the Wishbone Killer before another victim meets a shattering end, A.P.D. lieutenant Aaron Rauser turns to the one person he knows can penetrate a deranged mind: ex–FBI profiler Keye Street.

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The Wilt Inheritance, by Tom Sharpe.

 

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Stuck in a job he does not want but cannot afford to lose, as nominal Head of the Communications Department at Fenland University, Wilt is still subject to the whims of the powers that be, both in and outside of work.

The demands of his snobbish wife Eva, and the stupendous school fees of his despicable quadruplet daughters, cause him the biggest headaches, apart from the hangovers, that is.

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Crime Inc. Martin Short...

 

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Based on three years' research, this book unfolds the story of organized crime in America since the 1920's.

Includes material from interviews with some of the most powerful bosses of the families of La Cosa Nostra and many other leading criminals, and speculates about its power in the future.

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The Bangkok Cowboys by Alexander Lewis

 

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The Bangkok Cowboys is a gritty, straight talking tale based on true events with dashes of unique northern humour in parts, bringing to life the astonishing journey of two working class men told by the writer in their own words, how they struggled working the streets in the rag trade throughout the North East of England.

After them being held down by higher forces, they eventually get the break in the used clothing industry using their wits and determination and become successful exporters into Eastern Europe.

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Madonna - Unauthorized - Biography.

Written by Christopher Andersen

 

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Florida Roadkill (Serge A. Storms #1) by Tim Dorsey

 

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Sunshine State trivia buff Serge A. Storms loves eliminating jerks and pests.

His drug-addled partner Coleman loves cartoons.

Hot stripper Sharon Rhodes loves cocaine, especially when purchased with rich dead men's money.

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Stupid White Men by Michael Moore

 

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Now with more than three million copies sold, Oscar winning filmmaker and political activist Michael Moore's bestseller Stupid White Men tells you everything you need to know about how the great and the good screw us over.

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Teacher Man (Frank McCourt #3) by Frank McCourt

 

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McCourt's long awaited book about how his thirty year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer.

 

Nearly a decade ago Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty six, he burst onto the literary scene with Angela's Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir of his childhood in Limerick, Ireland.

Then came 'Tis, his glorious account of his early years in New York.

Now this Beauty....

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Beulah Hill by William Heffernan

 

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A novel of rare literary distinction, an erotic thriller combined with a true mystery, and a look back at a little known part of the American societal patchwork.

Beulah Hill, by bestselling author William Heffernan, is a brilliant and deeply original work of fiction.

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Gypsy Jane by Jane Lee.

 

Depicting Pikey life,I expect she had someone write this for her? Don't let them near your house?

 

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Merde in Europe by Stephen Clarke

 

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One Brit in Brussels.

Two French Women.

And a whole lot of merde.

The hilarious new novel from Stephen Clarke, author of A Year in the Merde and A Thousand Years of Annoying the French.

 

Does Brussels really want to outlaw bingo, bagpipes and smoky bacon crisps?

Are eurocrats trying to rename the English Channel?

And can the ink in euro notes really make men impotent?

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Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen...

 

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Bruce's Story...

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Janie: "I'm Just Sorry" Mark Said Pt. 2 by Rudi Mustafa.

*****Rare book*****

 

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Thai girl story.

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Fatherland by Robert Harris.

 

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It is twenty years after Nazi Germany's triumphant victory in World War II and the entire country is preparing for the grand celebration of the Führer's seventy fifth birthday, as well as the imminent peacemaking visit from President Kennedy.

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Better than Fiction 2: True adventures from 30 great fiction writers by Lonely Planet

 

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From Lonely Planet, the world's leading travel guide publisher, Better Than Fiction 2, the follow up to 2012's Better Than Fiction, is a second serving of true travel stories told by some of the world's best fiction writers including Dave Eggers, Jane Smiley and Karen Joy Fowler.

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Paddle to the Amazon: The Ultimate 12,000-Mile Canoe Adventure by Don Starkell

 

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It was crazy, unthinkable, it was the adventure of a lifetime.

 

When Don and Dana Starkell left Winnipeg in a tiny three seater canoe, they had no idea of the dangers that lay ahead. Two years and 12,180 miles later, father and son had each paddled nearly twenty million strokes, slept on beaches, in jungles and fields, dined on tapir, shark, and heaps of roasted ants.

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Marching Powder, A True Story of Friendship, Cocaine, and South America's Strangest Jail by Rusty Young.

 

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Rusty Young was backpacking in South America when he heard about Thomas McFadden, a convicted English drug trafficker who ran tours inside Bolivia's notorious San Pedro prison.

Intrigued, the young Australian journalist went to La Paz and joined one of Thomas's illegal tours.

They formed an instant friendship and then became partners in an attempt to record Thomas's experiences in the jail.

Rusty bribed the guards to allow him to stay and for the next three months he lived inside the prison, sharing a cell with Thomas and recording one of the strangest and most compelling prison stories of all time.

The result is Marching Powder.

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Abducted by Charlene Lunnon & Lisa Hoodless

 

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In 1999, at the young age of ten, Charlene Lunnon and Lisa Hoodless were snatched as they walked to school.

Over the next week, they were held captive, tortured, raped and almost murdered.

News of the girls' disappearance dominated the headlines, and the entire country preyed and held its breath, a massive police hunt failed to turn up any clues.

But then the miracle happened.

The girls were found alive, their abductor was arrested and the case was closed.

But there was to be no such closure for Charlene and Lisa.

Over the coming years, their friendship was strained to breaking point, as they struggled to reconcile themselves to their painful memories and to each other.