Mudpoo and the Magic Tree Stump

Mudpoo and the Magic Tree Stump

Peter Klein

Peter Klein

Another exciting Mudpoo adventure, as Captain Pete, Mudpoo and Harry travel in the Kombi van, to the 'magical' Iluka World Heritage Nature Reserve. Deep in Antarctica, Mudpoo's humpback whale friends are being attacked by horrible pirates. Will Mudpoo be able to rescue them? This is an adventure story for everyone who wants to make a difference!
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Dead Man's Bridge

Dead Man's Bridge

Robert J. Mrazek

Robert J. Mrazek

Disgraced former army officer Jake Cantrell and his pal, Bug, a wolf-dog he saved while in Afghanistan and the only friend he has left, try to put their bitter pasts behind them as Jake finds employment at the bottom rung of the campus security ladder of a small upstate New York college. But things only turn for the worse when the college's richest and most powerful alumnus is found hanging from a campus footbridge on the eve of homecoming weekend.Jake is convinced the man was murdered, but with no honor to his name, no one agrees—at least not until a second body is found hanging from the same bridge. Unable to push aside his military training, Jake and Bug finds themselves working to bring justice to the small college town. But as a vicious hurricane sweeps up the Eastern seaboard and the college's homecoming weekend rapidly unfolds, the clock is ticking and it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again.From award-winning author Robert Mrazek, comes...
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314

314

A. R. Wise

Horror / Mystery / Fantasy

Alma Harper has been trying to forget what happened in Widowsfield 16 years ago. She has a good life as a music now, and might rekindle her relationship with her one true love. However, the number 314 haunts her, and threatens to bring her back to the day that her brother disappeared. When a reporter shows up, just days before March 14th, Alma realizes that her past is coming back to haunt her.
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A Hideous Beauty

A Hideous Beauty

Jack Cavanaugh

Jack Cavanaugh

This isn't the world you think it is... Every day they slip across our borders to infiltrate our government, our schools, our neighborhoods. Homeland security can't stop them. The armed forces are no threat to them. Powerful and unseen, they cannot be stopped. They have been doing this for millennia. On what should have been the best day of his life, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Grant Austin learns of a plan to assassinate the president of the United States. Every attempt to sound the alarm is thwarted, and Grant soon finds himself at the center of an even greater battle that predates time as he stands alone against ancient powers and unspeakable evil -- evil that can only be described as a hideous beauty.
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A Writer's House in Wales

A Writer's House in Wales

Jan Morris

Jan Morris

Through an exploration of her country home in Wales, acclaimed travel writer Jan Morris discovers the heart of her fascinating country and what it means to be Welsh. Trefan Morys, Morris's home between the sea and mountains of the remote northwest corner of Wales, is the 18th-century stable block of her former family house nearby. Surrounding it are the fields and outbuildings, the mud, sheep, and cattle of a working Welsh farm. She regards this modest building not only as a reflection of herself and her life, but also as epitomizing the small and complex country of Wales, which has defied the world for centuries to preserve its own identity. Morris brilliantly meditates on the beams and stone walls of the house, its jumbled contents, its sounds and smells, its memories and inhabitants, and finally discovers the profoundest meanings of Welshness.
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North to Montana

North to Montana

Colin Bainbridge

Colin Bainbridge

When Buck Nation rides into Gunsight, he little knows what trouble awaits him. He has been left an abandoned ranch, but did its former owner really die in an accident? Questions mount and Nation is bushwhacked. Is Selby Rackham, the owner of the biggest spread around, the Grab All, somehow involved. Nation's quest to discover the truth takes him on a long ride from Wyoming, to Montana, with an old-timer, a woman, and a dog for company. On the way, it is not only Rackham's gun slicks they have to face, but the past with its buried secrets and hidden fears.
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The Time Machine Did It

The Time Machine Did It

John Swartzwelder

John Swartzwelder

The Time Machine Did It (ISBN 0-9755799-0-8) is a comic novel by American author John Swartzwelder, known for his work on popular cartoon sitcom The Simpsons. The book was published in 2004. Combining elements of science fiction and detective stories, Swartzwelder presents a comedy full of jokes and humorous situations. The main character is a klutzy detective named Frank Burly and his pursuit of a time machine. This was Swartzwelder's first book. It was followed by in what became a series of novels featuring Burly: How I Conquered Your Planet (2006, ISBN 0-9755799-4-0), and The Exploding Detective (2007).
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SH02_Hugh Kenrick

SH02_Hugh Kenrick

Edward Cline

Edward Cline

Following the success of Sparrowhawk Book One: Jack Frake, this second installment in the historical series recounts the life of Hugh Kenrick as he finds his own moral path through England’s upper class. When his adventures in London earn him the enmity of his uncle, the Earl of Danvers, Hugh is sent to the colonies for his own safety. He shares with Jack Frake—a future friend and enemy—the hallmark of all heroes who act in the name of a rational cause. About the Author: Edward Cline is the author of two other novels: First Prize, a detective novel, and Whisper the Guns, a suspense novel, and has written for a variety of publications including the Colonial Williamsburg Journal and the Marine Corps League. His essay on John Locke was anthologized in McGraw-Hill’s Western Civilization. He lives in Yorktown, Virginia
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The Way to Game the Walk of Shame

The Way to Game the Walk of Shame

Jenn P. Nguyen

Jenn P. Nguyen

Taylor Simmons is screwed.Things were hard enough when her single-minded dedication to her studies earned her the reputation of being an Ice Queen, but after getting drunk at a party and waking up next to bad boy surfer Evan McKinley, the entire school seems intent on tearing Taylor down with mockery and gossip.Desperate to salvage her reputation, Taylor persuades Evan to pretend they're in a serious romantic relationship. After all, it's better to be the girl who tames the wild surfer than just another notch on his surfboard.Readers will be ready to sign their own love contract after reading The Way to Game the Walk of Shame, a fun and addicting contemporary YA romance by Jenn P. Nguyen.
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The Ice Limit

The Ice Limit

Douglas Preston

Douglas Preston

The largest known meteorite has been discovered, entombed in the earth for millions of years on a frigid, desolate island off the southern tip of Chile. At four thousand tons, this treasure seems impossible to move. New York billionaire Palmer Lloyd is determined to have this incredible find for his new museum. Stocking a cargo ship with the finest scientists and engineers, he builds a flawless expedition. But from the first approach to the meteorite, people begin to die. A frightening truth is about to unfold: The men and women of the Rolvaag are not taking this ancient, enigmatic object anywhere. It is taking them.
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