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There have gotta be better choices than beheading, hanging or slavery for the young son of a famous Cantonese martial hero and a legendary woman warrior-shaman. Northern California, 1850's: Heroes and villains from three cultures (Native Peoples, Chinese, Anglo) collide violently as they struggle to survive the raw, quickly-changing frontier society of the Gold Rush. This historical fiction novel in the wu jia genre-American style-is all action, with...
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This cozy and fun-to-knit scarf will keep your neck warm all winter long while still keeping your style intact. Knit with 2 skeins of MC, 1 skein of CC1 and 1 skein of CC2 with Plymouth Yarn® Encore® Chunky using U.S. size 11/8mm needles and a size K/10 1/2/6.5mm crochet hook for the fringe. Finished size is 8" x 60", excluding fringe.
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She doesn't believe in Magic. When human Slip Traveler Cait Brennan's routine mission to DC to retrieve a lost interstellar pet goes FUBAR, she ends up hip-deep in a plot to kill five US senators that puts Earth's entire population at risk. If she can't uncover who's behind the conspiracy and keep her alien employers a secret, she'll be terminated –permanently. He doesn't believe in Aliens. Haunted by a devastating failure in another city, magical...
24) The Slip
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In this wickedly funny novel, one bad afternoon and two regrettable comments make the inimitable Philip Sharpe go viral for all the worst reasons. Dr. Philip Sharpe, absent-minded professor extraordinaire, teaches philosophy at the University of Toronto and is one of Canada's most combative public intellectuals. But when a live TV debate with his fiercest rival goes horribly off the rails, an oblivious Philip says some things to her that he really...
25) The Slip
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Mysterious illnesses borne by advanced technologies. The appearance of a unique entity. Can a CIA agent and her unusual new partner complete the mission that just might save the human race?
Sam has no memory of his past, no body of his own, only haunting dreams to offer clues to his existence. Propelled by a need for justice, Sam agrees to join the operation.
Julia Cacerek is one of the best the CIA has, but she likes to work alone. With no other...
26) The Slip
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It's only been a few days since Veterinarian Amy Lewis escaped Asgard with the FBI's professional hacker, Bohdi Patel. The escape involved "borrowing" Odin's magical, world-walking, eight-legged, horse, Sleipnir. Now Odin wants Sleipnir back. FBI Director Steve Rogers doesn't want Odin getting anything he wants. Amy and Bohdi want to set Sleipnir free. The horse has his own ideas. A story (mostly) from Sleipnir's point of smell.
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With no fewer than nine members and a unique stage image based on grotesque masks and boiler suits, Slipknot retained a mystique that was unprecedented in the metal world, never allowing their faces to become known – so that the focus would remain on their music.
The first edition of this book published in 2001 followed the band from their inception in Des Moines, Iowa in the mid-1990s through to the release of their second album: an updated...
30) The Slip Swing
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When a mysterious encounter with female jogger Penny takes a paranormal twist, Riordan, our teacher-turned-detective, becomes a prime suspect for her kidnapping. Pieces start to fall into place, but answers lead to more questions as Riodan struggles to exonerate himself.
The case against him is doggedly (and maliciously) spearheaded by small town Detective Sergeant Cromwell, whose tenacity is only matched by his increasingly sinister aspect.
This...
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Recollecting school escapades, ridding a house of lust, a practical joke misfiring, dealing with a boy's swearing, a talking dog, a woman's take on the Odysseus legend, dogged self-centeredness, a suspect solution to the world's problems, bizarre seductions, an afterlife wish granted, a jinxed lover pursuing his beloved... These are some of the themes of the seventeen humorous short stories in Pursuit involving a variety of comic expressions: situational,...
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A little black girl has much to deal with growing up in a family dominated by religion and keeping up appearances in a small town. J. W. Bella takes you through the ups-and-downs of those experiences through the eyes of a piece of clothing that is never seen: a dress slip. From horrible mother moments to facing silence to recognizing her own strength, Bella reveals her loves, hates, and pain in words congregated into stanzas to reveal and expose her...
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When a twenty-year-old murder case comes back to life, a detective must race against his failing sight to unravel the mystery When Allison Wallis was beaten to death, Detective Francis X. Loughlin found the killer-Julian Vega, a teenager with a crush on the murdered girl. Using his natural sense of empathy, he cozied up to young Julian, convincing him to give a confession that would put him away until he was thirty-six. Twenty years later, Julian...
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