George Newbern
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Series
Mick Hardin novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
Army-cop-turned-small-town-investigator Mick Hardin returns to the Kentucky hills in this vividly atmospheric thriller from an acclaimed literary-crime novelist.
122) Sublime
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English
Description
Family man George Grieves checks into Mt. Abbandon Hospital for a routine procedure. When he awakens from his anesthesia, something is terribly wrong...with George...with the hospital..and especially with the shuttered East Ward, an eerie lair of secrets, sex and surgical terrors.
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English
Description
The Sons of Mistletoe, a boys' orphanage, is in danger of being shut down. The owner leaves the place to his daughter, Helen Radke, and Jimmy worries about funding, especially as the old house begins to show its wear. Just when it appears that Ms. Radke is going to pull the plug on her father's investment, a Christmas miracle changes everything.
125) I am Elizabeth Smart
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English
Description
A psychological scripted thriller based on the famous true story of Elizabeth Smart, a fourteen-year-old girl who escaped from her captors after living a life of terror.
This LIFETIME film chronicles the true story of the June 2002 abduction of 14-year-old Elizabeth Ann Smart from her home in Salt Lake City by religious fanatic Brian David Mitchel. Over the course of her nine-month captivity, Elizabeth was starved, drugged, raped, and subjected...
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English
Description
Too much power, some think. From their Watchtower in space, the Justice League floats above Earth, with countless new members, including Green Arrow, Supergirl, and Black Canary. Their combined powers are awesome. And although these super heroes fight crime, eridicate evil, and save the world over and over again, a conspiracy against them is growing. Led by the government, funded by Lex Luthor, and fueled by a hidden enemy, Cadmus is born.
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English
Description
Dazed and Confused not only heralded the arrival of filmmaker Richard Linklater, it introduced a cast of unknowns who would become the next generation of movie stars. Embraced as a cultural touchstone, the 1993 film would also make Matthew McConaughey's famous phrase, alright, alright, alright, ubiquitous. But it started with a simple idea: Linklater thought people might like to watch a movie about high school kids just hanging out and listening to...
131) Unstable
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English
Description
A divorced mother takes in a handsome and charming boarder to help with the mortgage but her decision has dangerous consequences.
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English
Description
When a Thanagarian spaceship descends upon Earth, the Justice League turns to Hawkgirl for some answers. And their questions multiply when they discover she has been living amongst them as a spy! As the Thanagarian visitors reveal their dark intentions, Hawkgirl must choose between loyalty to her people and love for her friends on her adopted planet Earth.
134) True stories
Series
Language
English
Description
The fifth installment in the Guys Read library of great reading features ten stories that are amazing, adventurous, unbelievable, and true. A collection of essays, biographies, travelogues, and more.
135) The evening star
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English
Description
The generations grow, but life still spins around Aurora like a cyclone: her rebellious granddaughter wants to run off with Mr. Wrong; a snooty rival has come up with new ways to meddle in Aurora's life; her longtime spinster housekeeper is ready to ditch domestic work for the domestic bliss of matrimony; her great-grandson is like a poison pill; and her shrink is more than eager to cross the line separating client relationships and romantic entanglement....
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English
Description
Hatching Pete: Poole has becomes his school's mascot. He comes from a long line of mascots in his family, but it turns out that he can't do it because he's allergic to the costume. So his shy best friend, Pete, does it for him. But when Poole starts becoming popular for being the mascot, and people don't know that it's really Pete, trouble starts between the friends.
Dadnapped: Melissa has a bad case of sibling rivalry. Her competition is a fictional...
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English
Description
In a small southern Georgia community lives Noah Dearborn, a master craftsman and farmer who cherishes his solitude. When a greedy real estate developer sets his sights on Noah's land, Noah rejects his offer, but he must summon all his strength in order to defend his property, his way of life and ultimately his sanity.
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English
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The night baafore Christmas: Bo just wants to fall asleep before Santa comes, but when the sheep he's counting rebel and wreak havoc around the house, Christmas Eve starts to go baa-dly wrong.
Only you can save Christmas!: It's Christmas Eve, and Santa's head Elf needs viewers to honk, whistle, wiggle, and shake to help him get Santa's present ready for Mrs. Claus!
Dasher: An adventurous reindeer named Dasher spends her days yearning for the North...
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English
Description
The Sons of Mistletoe: The Sons of Mistletoe boys home is on the verge of losing its funding until a Christmas miracle changes everything.
A Christmas romance: A widowed mother with financial woes comes to the aid of a bill collector who crashes his car in a snowstorm.
What I did for love: It's one catastrophe after another when a blundering L.A. lawyer finally meets his fiancée's rural family.
A song for the season: Cal and his niece Fern...