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41) HIV Why Me?
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Daniel Bartlett's HIV started around 2010, when he contracted the virus. His promiscuous ways got him into this situation. He wasn't diagnosed until 2017 when he was close to death. Daniel's journey takes him through numerous hospital admissions, all of them for long periods of time. Daniel also explains what he's done throughout his life before catching the virus. He feels the book will offer huge help and therapy and hope to those in despair. He...
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Coming close to death, Jim Stanley has a vision of his deceased grandfather which leads Jim into the world of magic and the secret brotherhood of the Templar Knights.
Jim meets his garden gnome guide Togman and they soon find themselves running from an evil Waerloga. Hiding out in Gariwerd, Jim and Togman find help in the form of two Wirringan twins and the surrounding wildlife.
But with a Waerloga hunting them, Jim and Togman will need to work...
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Sisters, daughters, mothers, wives-Marilyn French's life-affirming saga celebrates four generations of women With Bella Dabrowski close to death, her daughter Anastasia, who has reinvented herself as Stacey Stevens, is trying to penetrate the longstanding barriers between them to understand the woman who gave her life. Through the eyes of Stacey, a divorced, feminist New York photographer, we get to know Bella, a remarkable woman, wife, and mother....
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It is the year 1589, and on a cold and wet January evening, Catherine de Medici, Queen Mother of France, lies close to death. For the people of this war torn country her demise will be welcome news. This is the end of the evil Jezebel, the mother of Kings and Queens whom she had dominated, manipulated and ultimately destroyed. We journey with Catherine from her early political emergence to her leading role in one of the worst atrocities in European...
45) Aquarius
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Lost on a glacier and close to death, Andrea finds an unexpected ally. A research facility on one of Saturn's moons holds a disturbing mystery. Fídi longs to escaper her aunties' island, but they sink any ship that comes close.
AQUARIUS is a collection of twisted poems and dark stories inspired by this fascinating Zodiac sign, as well as retellings of the myths behind the sign. The tales span multiple genres, including science fiction, horror, fantasy,...
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After finding out Mihko reinstated the Reckoner Initiative in Breakdown, Cole and Eva confronted Mihko head-on. But when Eva stumbles across a secret laboratory, she finds her worst nightmares come to life. After a vicious battle with Mihko's newest test subject leaves Cole close to death, Eva is forced to continue their investigation without him. With Brady missing and Cole in recovery, Eva is on her own.
What new terrors has Mihko created? Can they...
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As Samhain approaches, worlds collide.
A Shifter family arrives in White Haven, one of them close to death. Avery offers them sanctuary, only to find their pursuers are close behind, intent on retribution. In an effort to help them, Avery and Alex are dragged into a fight they didn't want but must see through.
As if that weren't enough trouble, strange signs begin to appear at Old Haven Church. Avery realises that an unknown witch has wicked plans...
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St. Catherine of Siena was born during an outbreak of the Plague in Siena in 1347. She was brought up in the faith and especially after her own sister died at the age of sixteen found herself committed to pursuits of piety. She joined the Dominican order and, at the age of twenty-one, had what she described as her "mystical marriage" to Christ. Today, we know St. Catherine mostly through the many letters she wrote to her fellow brothers and sisters...
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This is a fascinating and massively entertaining account of the life of Phil Lynott; a man whose talent is hailed universally but whose early life of poverty is less well documented. The programme seeks to address, with marked success, some of the unanswered questions. We're treated to a rare insight and even rarer interview by his mother Philomena, who speaks fondly of her famous son, ranging from her trauma in the early years to the devastation...
50) Reckoning
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Desperate times-
Brilliant chemist Tamara Chen can't believe the wild desire she feels for ex-Delta Force operative Nate Pratchett, especially with their lives on the line. But his strong body offers her the comfort she needs during this insane period-when she, Nate and his team are wanted, dead or alive.
Desperate pleasures-
Nate knows he's stealing pleasure with sweet Tam on borrowed time. They're just a step ahead of their enemies, and...
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Terrenden is being terrorized by a previously underestimated Neví who through the mysterious "Curator" have been controlling elections all over the planet.In this collection, we meet some interesting women. Iyva is a homeless teenager in Irola whose untrained power leaves her close to death. Marc'la is a breeder of prized caballus in Kasago whose heart lives in the past. Zukie is an abused widow whose heart is afraid to try for future happiness....
52) The Wave of Time
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Stephen Webb is stranded on a dim, lifeless planet and Dr. Lowell is close to death. Across the universe, Neil and Marie arrive on the ocean planet Amphibios, where they run into an unexpected visitor.
The path to finding Neil's father takes them to a scarred planet named Cylosis, where they arrive in the middle of a raging battle between the Resistance forces and the oppressive State. Neil must find the path that leads to his father and Dr. Lowell...
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A lord in want of a wife
Ruined and on the run, Julia Prior is in desperate straits when she meets a gentleman with a shocking proposal. Certain he is close to death, William Hadfield, Lord Dereham, sees Julia as the perfect woman to care for his beloved estate when he is gone-;if she will first become his wife...;.
Marriage is Julia's salvation-;as Lady Hadfield, she can finally escape her sins. Until three years later, when the husband she...
54) Passage
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One of those rare, unforgettable novels that are as chilling as they are insightful, as thought-provoking as they are terrifying, award-winning author Connie Willis's Passage is an astonishing blend of relentless suspense and cutting-edge science unlike anything you've ever read before.
It is the electrifying story of a psychologist who has devoted her life to tracking death. But when she volunteers for a research project that simulates...
It is the electrifying story of a psychologist who has devoted her life to tracking death. But when she volunteers for a research project that simulates...
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"The explosive story of the poisoning of the former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and what it reveals about the growing clandestine conflict between the West and Russia. Salisbury, England: March 4, 2018: slumped on a bench, paralyzed and barely able to breathe, were a former Russian intelligence officer named Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia. Sergei had been living a quiet life in England since 2010, when he was expelled from Russia as part of...
56) Vanishing Point
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Early on a Sunday morning in Whitley Bay, a headless female torso washes up on the beach. Two days later, the head finally appears - and with that, DI Jack Brady is plunged into one of the most harrowing cases of his career.
Just when life couldn't get any tougher, news arrives that Brady's old flame DS Simone Henderson is close to death after being mutilated in a horrific attack.
Brady's investigation uncovers...
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Some secrets are so dark they'll bring any man to his knees…
With revenge still on his mind, Omarion forms an elite team to bring his enemies to their end. And this time around there's not a stone that goes unturned.
After being in the lion's den and being close to death, Goddess is set on boarding the first flight back to Dallas to be with her family. However, with enemies now lurking in her city, she's trying to get her family out of harm's...
58) An American Life
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A sad and humorous look at the author's life growing up during the depression, living in hovels, having merciless experiences one after another and learning to survive. Almost in an impossible place to gain acceptance and love, his dad shows him love as he is close to death in one of the few ways he knows how. A tremendous read on a recollection of this first time author in some of the worst times in American history and how a family survived during...
59) Gold
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ADVENTURE STORIES (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). Esper and Starn are twin boys who live in a grim world that has been almost laid waste by massive volcanic explosions. Very little grows in Orchard, which used to be a fruit-growing area, but with the death of insects and birds, pollination of the fruit trees is a tedious and precarious undertaking. When the boys discover an intriguing old manuscript in a locked room in their apartment, which tells of gold...
60) Isolation
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As a deadly epidemic sends the nation into quarantine, one family must face a killer in their home in this tense and timely mystery thriller.
Seemingly out of nowhere, a vicious virus puts all of America on lockdown. In their opulent mansion, the wealthy Stone family is better off than most. But they're not without their problems. Mark, a former tech industry giant, is now an invalid close to death. His wife Brenna is unravelling more each day. And...
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