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2026
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The warning became reality. A wave of coordinated terrorist attacks shatters the United States, triggering economic collapse, infrastructure failure, and widespread panic. As cities erupt in violence and federal agencies struggle to respond, emergency room physician Jacque Meyers realizes she can no longer rely on the systems she once trusted. Survival is now her responsibility. When a teenage girl is suddenly placed in her care, Jacque makes a desperate decision: flee High Point and head ...
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
The True Story of the Manson Murders
2001
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"[A] social document of rare importance."—The New RepublicProsecuting attorney in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one of the most baffling and horrifying cases of the twentieth century: the cold-blooded Tate-LaBianca murders carried out by Charles Manson and four of his followers. What motivated Manson in his seemingly mindless selection of victims, and what was his hold over the young women who obeyed his orders? Here is the gripping...
Diablo:
The Texans
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- The Texans
2010
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Meet the Texans--rough-hewn heroes as bold and rugged as the Lone Star State itself--in a sweeping new series only Georgina Gentry could bring to heart-pounding, hard-riding life. . .DiabloThey call him "Devil," and with good reason. The half-breed Santee Sioux bears the twisted scars that made him the fastest, deadliest gunfighter in Texas. Diablo will never forget the kind cattleman who once took him in, but it is his torturer who haunts his every thought...
2014
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TIMELESS LEGENDIt is a painting with a ghost in it—according to the guidebook in the Pawnee museum. Journalist Blossom Ann Murdock, in Oklahoma to research her family's roots, thought the painting might spark a good article. Now, as shadowy images seem to flicker and move, she glimpses the figure of a majestic Indian warrior within the frame, his eyes filled with torment, his powerful arms outstretched. . .TIMELESS LOVESuddenly, Blo...
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- Rama
2012
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In the sequel to the multi-award winning sci-fi novel Rama, a second Raman spaceship enters our solar system and "offers one surprise after another" ( The New York Times).Years ago, the enormous, enigmatic alien spacecraft Rama sailed through our solar system as mind-boggling proof that life existed—or had existed—elsewhere in the universe. Now, at the dawn of the twenty-third century, another ship is discovered hurtling toward u...
2019
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From the author of Good as Gone ("So gripping you might want to start to question your own family's past"— Entertainment Weekly) comes a brilliant and timely thriller: Strangers on a Train by way of Thelma and Louise.Dana Diaz is an aspiring stand-up comedian—a woman in a man's world. When she meets a tough computer programmer named Amanda Dorn, the two bond over their struggles in boys' club professions. Dana confides that she's ...
2012
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A journalist hunting military secrets uncovers an alien presence off the Florida Keys in this novel by the award-winning author of 2001: A Space Odyssey.In 1994, an experimental navy missile mysteriously disappears off the coast of Florida during testing. While investigating the link between the disappearance and some unusual whale sightings, journalist Carol Dawson finds much more: a strange golden trident that may be worth millions . . . and may not be o...
Be the Boss Everyone Wants to Work For
A Guide for New Leaders
2016
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Most new managers fail not because they're untalented but because the skills that earned the promotion are the wrong ones for leading a team.This practical, research-backed guide from a senior research scientist at the Center for Creative Leadership walks newly promoted supervisors through 6 essential mindset and skill shifts, from individual contributor to people leader. Backed by data and endorsed by Brené Brown and Adam Grant, it delivers honest, sometimes humor...
2008
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Easy To Catch. . .Texan Will "Waco" McCain and his gang are under orders to rob a bank in Prairie View, Kansas, and get the loot back to their home state, pronto. Trouble is the town's crawling with Yankee soldiers so it's on to Plan B: kidnap the banker's stepdaughter. Nabbing the delectable Rosemary Burke turns out to be easy as pie. But Waco soon discovers the smart, stubborn heiress is quite the handful--in every sense. . .Harder To Keep. . .
Bad Habits
A Novel of Suspense
2021
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"A truly original novel . . .a primal scream of a book that could be written only by this author at this time." —Laura Lippman, New York Times –bestselling author of The Sunburn and L ady of the LakeClaire "Mac" Woods—a professor enjoying her newfound hotshot status at an academic conference—finally has the acceptance and admiration she has long craved...
Good As Gone
A Novel of Suspense
2016
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**A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, Amy Gentry's propulsive and suspenseful Good as Gone is a "smart, crisply written thriller" (Minneapolis Star Tribune)."So gripping you might start to question your own family’s past."—Entertainment Weekly**Anna’s daughter Julie was kidnapped from her own bedroom when she was thirteen years old, while Anna slept just downstairs, unaware that her daughter was being ripped away from her. For e...
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- Rama
2012
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In the New York Times–bestselling conclusion to the award-winning Rama series, a human colony aboard Rama III approaches the ultimate confrontation.Two thousand humans have been trapped on the enormous spaceship Rama III, bound for the Raman Node orbiting Sirius. As they hurtle through interstellar space, the human population has formed a violent authoritarian society—one that has imprisoned astronaut Nicole Wakefield. After a daring esca...











