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44341) The Balancing Stone
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Toby goes to the Eastern Steppe to investigate sheep rustlers while avoiding the Mongol invaders, who probably aren't from Mongolia and may not be invaders. The large, brown predatory lizards are real enough: fast, silent, and according to one rancher, for every Donn you don't see, there are three Donn you don't see.
44342) No Man's Land
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A small group of soldiers, led by an Australian named Viney, has fled the trenches of the Western front. Now they scavenge to survive in the desolate area known as no man's land.
One of them, Josh, is shaken by the brutality he has witnessed. Another, Lothar, was a German aristocrat who had no desire to die as a supposed hero. There are tensions among the group, but they are united in their disdain for the war that rages around them-and Lothar and...
44343) Élisa Bonaparte
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Extrait: "D'o lui vient le prénom d'Elisa qui ne figure pas sur son acte de naissance ni sur les pièces officielles relatives à son entrée à Saint-Cyr? - C'est un point très difficile à établir, sinon même insoluble. On a prétendu, et assez récemment encore, le baron Larrey, auteur d'un ouvrage très consciencieux sur Mme Laetitia, que Marie-Anne reçut ce nom d'Elisa « en mémoire d'une sœur décédée, baptisée avec Napoléon et morte...
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She fell for the wrong woman ... now it's going to cost her.
In the shadowy world of 1940s New York City, a sultry spy falls for the one woman she shouldn't. When reporter Jenny Ryan's father is murdered, her burning need for justice drives her to take on a ruthless tycoon. But her plan goes awry when she falls for the criminal's alluring mistress, OSS agent Kathryn Hammond.
Kathryn is more than just a popular nightclub singer with a glamorous façade....
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Islamic Folklore The Life of Prophet Isaiah AS (Esaias) Bilingual Version In English Languange & French Languange Based from The Noble Quran. Prophet Isaiah AS or Esaias is considered a prophet in Islam and is mentioned in several Islamic sources, although he is not mentioned by name in The Noble Quran. According to Islamic tradition, Isaiah (Arabic: Ishay) was one of the prophets sent to the Children of Israel by Allah SWT The Creator of Earth &...
44346) Stalin's Scribe
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Mikhail Sholokhov is arguably one of the most contentious recipients of the Nobel Prize in literature in history. As a young man, Sholokhov's epic novel, Quiet Don, became an unprecedented overnight success. Stalin's Scribe is the first biography of a man who was once one of the Soviet Union's most prominent political figures. Thanks to the opening of Russia's archives, Brian Boeck discovers that Sholokhov's official Soviet biography is actually a...
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Raya Schapiro and Helga Weinberg found a box of letters among their mother's effects after her death in 1990. They were written by their grandmother and uncle, trapped in Prague after the Nazi occupation, to the girls' parents who had escaped to the United States in May 1939, leaving the two girls, who were five and seven years old at the time, behind.
The 77 letters reprinted here span a period of two years, during which the Nazis drew an ever-tightening...
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Extrait: "Aussitt que j'eus achevé mes études, mes parents jugèrent utile de me faire comparoir devant une table habillée de drap vert et surmontée de bustes de vieux messieurs qui s'inquiétèrent de savoir si j'avais appris assez de langue morte pour être promu au grade de bachelier..."
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44349) A Rogue About Town
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A disgruntled operative...
Gabriel Statler, Lord Wharton, has a problem. His duties as an operative for the Crown are being, compromised for the sake of his cover, where he is, known only as the Rogue. His days are now, filled with trivial investigations, and none of the problems, are ones he wants to solve. Then he meets a mysterious young woman who holds more secrets than he likes, and, against his better judgment, he takes her case.
A determined...
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After her first romance ends in disaster, Miss Isabelle Strathmore vows never to fall in love again. She will travel, certainly, and see the world, but it will be a spinster's life for her. She has learned the most painful lesson of all-that her heart simply cannot be trusted.
Gavin Reed, the Earl of Jasper, is unexpectedly charmed by Isabelle. Past encounters have made him wary of taking a chance on love, but by the end of the Grand Tour, he is...
44351) Claire's Tea Shop
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She's opened his eyes to the delicious world of tea. Can she open her own heart to his love?It's 1967 and young widow Claire is living her dream as the owner of Claire's Tea Shop, a dream she refuses to give up on again.Richard is a successful up-and-coming realtor and believes his life is complete. Until he falls cup over saucer for Claire.Both feel the steam in the room, but Claire fears falling in love again will force her to choose between a second...
44352) The Legacy
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Rhys Le Noireau has spent nearly four decades feeling like a puzzle piece out of place, struggling to find his true identity.When his mother, Astral, falls into a coma and requires hospitalization, Rhys, a successful architect, is entrusted with the daunting task of organizing her belongings and settling her affairs.As Rhys delves into the process of cleaning out his mother's home, he stumbles upon a hidden treasure trove of family heirlooms: an ancient...
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Prophet Musa Ibn Imran known as Prophet Moses in the Bible, considered a prophet and messenger in Islam, is the most frequently mentioned individual in The Holy Quran, his name being mentioned 136 times. The Noble Quran states that Prophet Musa or Moses was sent by Allah SWT (God) to the Pharaoh of Egypt and his establishments and the Israelites for guidance and warning. Prophet Musa is mentioned more in The Holy Quran than any other individual, and...
44354) Northerners
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The definitive history of the North of England as told through the lives of its inhabitants.
A work of unrivalled scale and ambition, Northerners is the defining biography of northern England.
This authoritative new history of place and people lays out the dramatic events that created the north — waves of migration, invasions and battles, and transformative changes wrought on European culture and the global economy. In a sweeping narrative that...
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A wheat farmer is torn between allegiances while fighting to keep the woman he loves in this epic of the First World War!
It's 1917, and the United States is about to enter the First World War. The wheat farms of rural Washington State have become an important resource in winning the war. Kurt Dorn is a wheat farmer born of a German father and an American mother, and his family's farm contains some of the finest wheat grown anywhere. But a Bolshevik...
44356) The Princess and The Sea
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Princess Annabelle is the youngest daughter of the King of Guildenstock and hopes to be allowed to choose her own husband, when the time comes, if only from an approved list. When her father accepts a surprise proposal on her behalf from a prosperous neighbouring kingdom -- one that will see his baby girl be a queen one day-- Annabelle rebels. She'd rather be a pirate than marry the odious Prince Rupert!This is a reprinted short story, originally...
44358) Texas Honor
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Charlotte Johnson spent most of her adult life working as a bartender and occasional card dealer in the Holy Moses Saloon. And in all those years, she had made it crystal clear to anyone who pushed that she wasn't one of the upstairs girls. But one night, she was forced to defend herself against a persistent customer who refused to take no for an answer. As a last resort, she hit him over the head with a spittoon bucket. It wasn't the first time she'd...
44359) Lincoln's Yarns and Stories
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A complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Abraham Lincoln famous as America's greatest storyteller.
Whenever Abraham Lincoln wanted to make a strong point he usually, began by saying, "Now, that reminds me of a story." And when, he had told a story every one saw the point and was put into a good humor. While nearly all of Lincoln's stories have a humorous side, they also contain a moral, which every good story should have.
It...
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Sammy Davis Jr. lived a storied life. Adored by millions over a six-decade-long career, he was considered an entertainment icon and a national treasure. But despite lifetime earnings that topped $50 million, Sammy died in 1990 near bankruptcy. His estate was declared insolvent, and there was no possibility of itever using Sammy's name or likeness again. It was as if Sammy had never existed.
Years later his wife, Altovise, a once-vivacious woman...
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