Adam Barr
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Set in the 1960s, this novel exploring the mysteries of the multiverse—and of human identity—is "a rare page turner that avoids the obvious traps." —The New York Times Book Review
Garrett Adams, an uptight behavioral psychology professor who refuses to embrace the 1960s, is in a slump. The dispirited rats in his latest experiment aren't yielding results, and his beloved Yankees are losing. As he sits at a New York City bar...
Garrett Adams, an uptight behavioral psychology professor who refuses to embrace the 1960s, is in a slump. The dispirited rats in his latest experiment aren't yielding results, and his beloved Yankees are losing. As he sits at a New York City bar...
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On December 11, 1973, Mark Segal disrupted a live broadcast of the CBS Evening News when he sat on the desk directly between the camera and news anchor Walter Cronkite, yelling, "Gays protest CBS prejudice!" He was wrestled to the studio floor by the stagehands on live national television, thus ending LGBT invisibility. But this one victory left many more battles to fight, and creativity was required to find a way to challenge stereotypes surrounding...
3) Lone Wolf
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What would it take to turn an all-American teenager into a stone-cold killer?
America has fallen to a catastrophic stealth attack and a ground invasion of the continental United States has begun. Sacramento teenager, Jack Monaghan, has just buried his parents, and needs to work out what to do. Trouble is, his older sister has locked herself in her room and won't eat, drink, or talk to him - let alone sit down and plan what they'll do to survive....
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Step back in time a bit. The year is 1973, and by all appearances, Monty Atkins has a wonderful life. Along with his wife, Rose, the girl of his dreams he met in college, they are raising two boys, Eli and Walker. Humble but competitive, Monty is slowly but steadily building a profitable and well-respected law practice in beautiful Charleston, SC. His hard work, steeped in a deeply engrained Protestant work ethic, is paying dividends in the form of...
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In Carry That Quota, Jesse Rothstein provides an insider's account of how to succeed in sales. Drawing on more than 15 years of sales experience across multiple fields and continents, Rothstein unpacks numerous essential topics. Chief among them are how to determine if a career in sales is right for you, how to cultivate productive relationships with clients and co-workers while still ensuring one's professional development, and how to leverage a...
6) The Drifter
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"People are trouble and to be avoided at all costs..."
That was Joshua Ragland's golden rule for survival in the After Days. In his previous life he had studied law, and he figured that back then, people probably said the same thing about lawyers. That was before America fell. Before a deadly biological strike and subsequent land invasion brought the superpower to her knees in a matter of days.
Unlike the rest of the adult population, he survived...
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Never try to catch a falling knife.
Ex-NYPD detective Evan Adair has finally figured out what's good for him: to step back and allow death its dominion. The truth, after all, doesn't bring the dead back. It's a lesson Adair has had to learn the hard way.
But when a brilliant young man dies by violence-the victim of an apparently impossible crime-the case calls out to Adair like a siren's song. He can't stay away, not even when it threatens to drag...
8) Texas Fight
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Infection. Invasion. Chaos.
A weaponized virus ravages the U.S. somehow leaving children and young adults unscathed. As hundreds of millions die, for those left, surviving the virus is only the beginning…
Jack, Robert and Jen have been rescued in the most unlikely of circumstances. The new group, headed by Grandpa, take them to their secret camp in the Sam Houston National Forest where they gladly accept an offer to stay. Life is hard in the camp,...
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There's everyone else in the world. And then there is you. World-class heart surgeon Dr. Peter Sutter runs his life with the instinctive precision of a master of the universe. But when he leaves the operating room, the only living thing waiting for him is a golden retriever. Then a chance encounter with an enigmatic woman changes everything. Exploring the depths of Rosalind's intoxicating body and captivating spirit, Peter quickly falls under her...
10) Storm Clouds
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Get ready for the most thrilling, action-packed America Falls installment yet...
Luke begins his trek back to Manchester with the latest bunch of 'recruits' for the cities. He is strangely impressed by the 'old' man, Ragland, who, after proving he is not a threat asks if he can travel south with them.
Meanwhile, back in Manchester, a group of children have gone missing after a day out exploring. Isaac, Indigo and the other parents are frantic with...
11) Found Shadows
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Get ready for a different kind of ghost story.
Decades ago, six children from across the United States disappeared on the same afternoon. Now the only one who can stop it from happening again is the boy who managed to escape.
Eric Partin doesn't understand what happened 30 years ago. All he knows is that he was taken by strangers and locked in a small room for weeks before he escaped his captors.
Now the other five have been found living seemingly...
12) Inga
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The thug ran his hand down the warm curve of her thigh, and it wasn't until an impossibly strong hand gripped his arm that he realized the girl, was no girl at all. Still, if not for bad timing he might have left the room alive...
Things aren't always as they seem. The girl in the box is unbelievably beautiful and while Ivan Petrovic knows she's a Synthetic, he experiences cognitive dissonance trying to reconcile her appearance and what she actually...
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How do you become highly successful-while living a fulfilling life and growing as a person? Most ambitious people struggle in at least one of these areas, yet they feel they don't have the tools to improve their situation. Return on Ambition is the culmination of an ambitious effort to harness insights from recent research in psychology and neuroscience to help people pursue their ambitions more fruitfully.
The result is a radical and holistic approach...