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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...
22) 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...
24) 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...
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Political journalist Michael Tomasky tracks an exciting change among progressive economists who are overturning decades of conservative dogma and offering an alternative version of capitalism that can serve broadly shared prosperity to all.
"Engaging, briskly paced ... On balance, history appears to be on Tomasky’s side." —The New York Times Book Review
In the first half of the twentieth century the Keynesian...
"Engaging, briskly paced ... On balance, history appears to be on Tomasky’s side." —The New York Times Book Review
In the first half of the twentieth century the Keynesian...
26) 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...
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New York Times bestselling author and Washington Post columnist E. J. Dionne, Jr. sounds the alarm in Code Red, calling for an alliance between progressives and moderates to seize the moment and restore hope to America's future for the 2020 presidential election.
Will progressives and moderates feud while America burns? Or will these natural
28) 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...
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"Bob Harig's latest deep-dive into Tiger Woods' thrilling career, as seen through his iconic 2019 Masters comeback and win. In April of 1997, the world of golf was forever changed. At the age of 21, a young Tiger Woods won the most prestigious golf tournament in the world, the Masters, by a record of 12 strokes. Woods became the youngest golfer ever to win the Masters and the first African or Asian-American player to win a major. History had been...
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Angie is awakened by a midnight call from an officer with the Boise Police Department and thinks there must be a misunderstanding. The officer tells her that her husband was involved in a shooting at a local bar, but how can that be when her husband is sleeping right next to her? But when she turns to wake him, he isn't there. Tessa is the twenty-three-year-old bartender who escapes to a backroom storage closet during the shooting. When it comes to...
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This book by military strategist Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., is the definitive take on the race for military dominance in the twenty-first century. It shows how militaries that successfully pursue disruptive innovation can gain a major advantage over their rivals, while those that fail to do so risk exposing their countries to great danger. The Precision Warfare Revolution, introduced by the US military in the First Gulf War, found the United States...
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"In this book, Dr. Saul L. Miller, one of the world's leading sports psychologists, describes eight of the most common problems limiting golfing performance and, in the process, gives listeners powerful, practical techniques to overcome these challenges. With his guidance, you'll learn the performance mindset and emotional management to play with more impact, consistency, and pleasure. Do you want to discover what the pros do to prepare mentally and...
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Most humans are significantly richer than their ancestors. Humanity gained nearly all of its wealth in the last two centuries. How did this come to pass? How did the world become rich? Mark Koyama and Jared Rubin dive into the many theories of why modern economic growth happened when and where it did. They discuss recently advanced theories rooted in geography, politics, culture, demography, and colonialism. Pieces of each of these theories help explain...