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1) Knife
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Tightly knit, these five stories weave an unholy mélange of revenge and ultimate kindness-a Frankenstein tale, vignettes wired together and spanning a thousand years of language, birth, cruelty, justice, and incest.
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From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring--and surviving--an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him. Speaking out for the first time, and in unforgettable detail, about the traumatic events of August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie answers violence with art, and reminds us of the power of words to make sense of the unthinkable. Knife is...
3) Knife Creek
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Mike Bowditch novels volume 8
Mike Bowditch) volume 8
Mike Bowditch Mystery
Mike Bowditch mysteries volume 8
Mike Bowditch) volume 8
Mike Bowditch Mystery
Mike Bowditch mysteries volume 8
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"When Maine game warden Mike Bowditch is tasked with shooting invasive feral hogs that are tearing up the forest in his district, he makes a horrific discovery -- a dead baby buried in a shallow grave. Even more disturbing: evidence suggests the infant was the child of a young woman who was presumed to have died four years earlier after she disappeared from a group rafting trip. As Bowditch assists the reopened investigation, he begins to suspect...
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Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men think, and they can hear everything he thinks. Todd is just a month away from becoming a man, but in the midst of the cacophony, he knows that the town is hiding something from him -- something so awful that Todd is forced to flee with only his dog, whose simple, loyal voice he hears too. With hostile men from the...
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Wheel of time volume 11
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As the very fabric of reality wears thin, all portents indicate that Tarmon Gai'don, the Last Battle, is imminent - and Rand al'Thor must ready himself to confront the Dark One. But Rand must first negotiate a truce with the Seanchan armies, as their forces increasingly sap his strength. All is in flux as established powers falter ...In Caemlyn, Elayne fights to gain the Lion Throne while trying to avert civil war and Egwene finds that even the White...
6) Knife music
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Hank Madden novels volume 1
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Six months after saving the life of teenage accident victim Kristen Kroiter, emergency room surgeon Ted Cogan is shocked when he is questioned by police in the wake of her baffling suicide, which causes the womanizing Cogan to be wrongly accused of rape.
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"Lost for more than 75 years, The Knife Slipped was meant to be the second book in the [Cool and Lam] series, but shelved when Gardner's publisher objected to (among other things) Bertha Cool's tendency to 'talk tough, swear, smoke cigarettes, and try to gyp people.' But this tale of adultery and corruption, of double-crosses and triple identities -- however shocking for 1939 -- shines today as a glorious present from the past, a return to the heyday...
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As both a prisoner and an undercover operative, US Marshal Hank Fallon has faced down some of the most vicious, terrifying, cold-blooded thieves and murderers in the West. Now, Hank is finally free and he's got no intention of setting foot inside a jail ever again. But the new federal prison being constructed in Leavenworth, Kansas, needs a warden and Hank is the right man for the job. But keeping these lawless hornets in their nest is no easy feat....
9) Knife edge
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After the murder of his father, Lieutenant-Colonel Mike Blackwood, Ross Blackwood finds himself assigned to the Far East, taking on rebels and illegal-arms dealers in Hong Kong and Malaysia. Along the way he meets another Blackwood, his cousin Steve, who has made a life for himself in the Corp, as an explosives expert. The two Blackwoods uphold the honor of their family and their chosen profession while negotiating the fallout of Britain's post-colonial...
10) Knife: Not Cool
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Writing this book has given me the privilege to know more about youth crime, than I ever knew. As a youth myself, i pains me to see other teenagers and youth dying primarily in the hands of their fellow youths. And it makes me feel so sick. So one of the reasons for writing this book is to reach out to the youths out there so that they can change for the better. This book is written to show the youths that taking people's lives is something that is...
11) Knife Making: Beginner + Intermediate + Advanced Guide to Bladesmithing: Knife Making for Beginne
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Powerful bladesmithing techniques for beginner, intermediate, and advanced knife makers. Do you want to make your first knife but don't know where to start?
Does your pride in your bladesmithing skills motivate you to take them to the next level?
Are you constantly inspired by popular bladesmithing TV shows, and want to improve and compare to the master blade smiths present on them?
I, Wes Sander will share the secrets of creating knives and...
12) Knife Party
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The extraordinary "Knife Party" is from a new collection of stories by Mark Anthony Jarman titled Knife Party at the Hotel Europa, published in the spring of 2015. Published on the occasion of Goose Lane Edition's 60th anniversary, it is also part of the six@sixty collection.
13) Knife's Edge
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PART 7 OF THE GRIPPING CRIME SERIES 'WHEN DUTY CALLS',
'KNIFE EDGE' RATCHETS UP THE TENSION STILL FURTHER...
Two cannisters of nuclear waste bound for the newly developed storage facility in northern Victoria have been hijacked by the Ndrangheta, a lethal Mafia-based crime syndicate. In direct opposition to this group, The Board, a Russian criminal organisation with links to the Kremlin, has attempted to blow up the storage facility, resulting in...
14) Knife Edge
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An unwitting columnist. A shocking death. A devious killer. Is Zee Morani tracking clues or playing a role orchestrated by a murderer? When Zee discovers the bloodied corpse of a disgraced medical researcher, the accused killer begs her for help. But Zee is not a cop. She's not even a PI. She's a regionally syndicated satirical columnist who dreams of breaking into serious journalism. Zee believes the suspect is guilty. After all, he staggered into...
15) Knife River
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A sheriff fighting to keep the peace in 1970s Oregon faces a shocking secret from his town's past, in this crime thriller from the author of Reckoning.
There are rules in the West no matter what era you were born in, and it's up to lawman Ty Dawson to make sure they're followed in the valley he calls home. The people living on this unforgiving land keep to themselves and are wary of the modern world's encroachment into their quiet lives.
So...
16) Knife Edge
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An all-new story of The Empire's Corps! Earth has fallen. The Core Worlds have collapsed into chaos. War is breaking out everywhere as planetary governments declare independence, entire sectors slip out of contact and warlords battle for power. The remnants of the once-great Empire are tearing themselves apart. And, in the shadows, the Terran Marine Corps works to save what little they can to preserve civilisation and build a better tomorrow....
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Not only is knife throwing fun, it is also a great sport, entertainment, recreation and exercise. It can be a wonderful pastime, or even a profession, and the fundamentals are easy to learn. Anyone who can throw a stone, or baseball can also learn how to throw a knife with skill and accuracy. All you need is a good knife-designed for the purpose, whether made to throw by the handle or blade, a target, and a small portion of the back yard for the throwing...
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Stories of the mysterious and macabre from "Canada's answer to Stephen King" (Helen Marshall, author of Gifts for the One Who Comes After).
In this follow-up to his award-winning debut collection, Monstrous Affections, David Nickle stretches the boundaries of horror into a sphere of "uncertainty, of helplessness, of traditions and change... The stories are sui generis in presentation, veering from the discombobulating nightmare that is 'Basements'...
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A knife flashes in the dark, on a brutal hunt for flesh and blood…Stefan Korzh continues to unleash his bloodthirsty collection onto an unsuspecting world. But as his past catches up with him, he discovers that there's a price to pay for his murderous desires. Death waits at his doorstep and it causes him to act in ways no one could have ever anticipated.Korzh's efforts are still going strong as haunted antiques continue to grip the world in their...
20) Knife at My Back
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Private detective Steve Conacher tails a runaway wife to a luxury Catskills resort for a weekend of fun, sun, and murder. When popular cartoonist Lawrence Lariar decided to moonlight as a mystery writer, creating comic book artist turned amateur sleuth Homer Bull was a natural. From the 1940s through the 1960s, Lariar continued to switch from sketching caricatures to sketchy characters, writing hardboiled crime fiction under his own name as well as...
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